[LAF] FW: Housmans newsletter February 2008

[Joy Wood]

Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:41:41 +0000
From: shop at housmans.com
To: nik at housmans.com
Subject: Housmans newsletter February 2008






  
  



  
  
  



  

















 

 
 
FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER 2008 
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CONTENTS:
 
NEWS
1. HOUSMANS SALE!
2. EVENTS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD…
 
IN-STORE EVENTS
3. [book launch] BIRDS, BOOZE AND BULLDOZERS
4. [book launch] CONFUSE & CONCEAL
5. [book launch] METRO
6. [book launch] THE WHISTLER
7. [poetry reading] TORRIANO POETS FOR PEACE 
 
BOOKS
8.
THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: THE RISE OF DISASTER CAPITALISM
9.
LONDON
WRITING
 
PERIODICALS
10.
A REQUEST FROM PEACE NEWS
________________________________________________________ 
 
NEWS
 
1.
HOUSMANS SALE!
 

The spring clean at Housmans continues, and there is
still
lots of quality stock at hugely reduced prices, with top books going
from as
little as £1. It’s all part of our plan to improve the shop over the
coming year, an element of which requires making room for the excellent
new
titles we intend to get - so come by the shop and pick up a bargain!
 
2.
EVENTS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD…
           

 
The following themes have been earmarked for events in
the
year ahead. If you would like to organise an event along the themes
outlined,
or on an entirely different subject, please contact the shop staff.
 
*March: 5th
anniversary of
the invasion of Iraq
Asking how the world has changed, and what’s next for
the peace & anti-war movements.
 
*April: Feminism
today
Taking the temperature of the women’s movement today.
 
*May: 1968 and all
that… www.1968andallthat.net
Looking at the revolutionary impact of situationism,
Dadaism,
surrealism – in conjunction with the 1968
and all that… conference at London’s Conway Hall.
 
*June: London
Turning the spotlight on the best London writing and local campaigns.
 
*July: Climate change
A series of events tackling the biggest issue of our age.
 
*August: Latin America
Analysing the impact of ‘Socialism in the 21st
Century’ across Latin America.
 
*September: Peace
movement
Discussing the development in non-violent global
struggles.
 
*October: Anarchy in
the UK
Tying in with the Anarchist bookfair, Housmans will be
welcoming our friends from across the anarchist movement.
 
*November: Music
&
Politics
Our annual music and politics month will feature the best
talks and live acts.
 
 
IN-STORE
EVENTS 
Refreshments
served at all events.
 
3.
[book
launch]
Birds,
Booze and Bulldozers (a novel)
by
Peter Styles
Saturday
2nd February, 5pm

Can
you save the planet with a bicycle lock? Maybe. Birds,
Booze and Bulldozers is the inside story of Britain's environmental
direct
action movement - the most effective political counter-culture of the
1990s. 
 
Peter
Styles was a full-time environmental activist for much
of the 1990s. Deeply involved in a variety of campaigns, he was one of
the
first to be charged under the 1994 Criminal Justice Act and was jailed
for his
part in the Newbury bypass protests. He then spent several years
covering the
movement for the underground and mainstream press. Now living in Brighton, he has kept penury at bay with
subsequent
careers as a journalist, lecturer and comedy writer.
 
 
4.
[book
launch]
Confuse
and Conceal: 
The
NHS and Independent Sector Treatment
Centres
by
Stewart Player and Colin Leys
Thursday
7th February, 6.30pm

“For
anyone still not convinced that the NHS is being broken up and
privatised, this
detailed study provides the evidence. It will be an invaluable guide
and
reference work in the struggle to preserve on of our greatest assets.”
           
Peter Fisher, President, NHS Consultants’ Association
 
The authors shall
be presenting their shocking findings, and discussing the uncertain
future of
our health service.
 
5.
[book
launch]
Metro
by
Alasdair Duncan
Wednesday
13th February, 7pm

Housmans are
proud to welcome celebrated Australian author, Alasdair Duncan, to London for the UK launch of his latest
novel: a
new cult classic for today's young, gay community.
 
As well as introducing
his latest novel, the author will be discussing identity issues young
people
face when trying to break away from the ”norm” and enjoy their
sexuality.
 
6.

[book
launch]
The
Whistler
by
Ondjaki
Tuesday
19th February, 7pm
  

Spellbinding,
irreverent and hilarious, Ondjaki’s comic
masterpiece from Angola,
The Whistler, is a
triumph of joy
over adversity in a country ravaged by sorrow. 
The
Whistler is the first
work by one of Africa’s
most promising writers in the Portuguese language to be made available
in
English.
 
Professor
of Portuguese language studies at the University of Bristol, David
Brookshaw, will be
introducing Ondjaki, and speaking about the Angolan culture of
storytelling,
after which Ondjaki himself will take part in an informal question and
answer
session.
 
 
7.

[poetry reading]
Torriano
Poets for Peace
Wednesday
27th January, 7pm
 
The
long running, and ever brilliant, Torriano Poets for
Peace return to Housmans for a night of the very best in peace poetry.
This
month’s contributions include songs from Eric Levy and John P Kenton
and
poetry from Robert Ilson and Recker Donnelly, plus many more. As ever,
the
evening’s readings will be introduced by the irrepressible John Rety.
All
poets and singers welcome, or just come along to listen.
 
BOOKS
 
8. 
The
Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster
Capitalism by Naomi Klein 
£25
(Hardcover), Allen Lane,
576pp

Klein
has a unique talent to make socio-economics accessible
and readable, and her latest is no exception. The Shock Doctrine is an
examination
of the cause and effect of free market politics, which not
uncontroversially
she links to events ranging from Pinochet’s coup of 1973, to tortute in
Guantanamo
Bay.
 
The
shock doctrine itself, refers to the use of public
disorientation following massive collective shocks - wars, terrorist
attacks,
natural disasters - to push through unpopular economic measures.
Crucial
reading.
 
`Impassioned,
hugely informative, wonderfully controversial,
and scary as hell' John le Carré
 
 
9. 
London
Writing by Merline Coverley
£4.99,
Pocket Essentials, 160 pp 

An
indispensable guide to the London
novel, starting with its origins in the Victorian metropolis and moving
through
to the present day and the revival of London
writing. Includes examination of the Occult Tradition, London Noir, the
Disaster Novel and the rise of Psychogeography and features both
recognised
classics and the work of lost London
writers. From Bleak House to Hawksmoor, from Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde to
White
Chappell Scarlet Tracings, London
has continued to generate a series of fantastic visions - Merlin
Coverley
traces their genesis and influence in this volume. A Housmans favourite.
 
Merlin
Coverely will be coming into Housmans to talk about
the psychogeography of London
later in the year – watch this space!
 
 
PERIODICALS
 
10. 
A
request from Peace News

I’m sure many of
you
will be familiar with Peace News,
having seen it sold at a whole host of actions and demonstrations over
the
years. For those unacquainted with the paper, Peace
News has been the voice of the British peace movement since
its
inception in 1936, and has featured contributions from the likes of
Aldous
Huxley, Bertrand Russell and Noam Chomsky. 
PN back at the
newsstand
We’ve been
working
hard to increase the availability of Peace
News and have managed to secure a distribution deal that
means you
can now get Peace News
at your
newsagents. 
At
present
it is only stocked in several hundred shops, but with your help we can
grow Peace News’
presence, and truly
challenge the domination of the ever-compliant, mainstream press.
Please visit
your local newsagent and ask them to stock Peace
News!
We have
arrangements with
the big three national distributors (Menzies, Dawsons and Smiths) which
means
that there isn’t anywhere in Britain that isn’t able to
stock the paper. If your newsagent is having difficulty making the
necessary
arrangements please ask them to contact David Jones at Postscriptum on
020 852
67779, who will be able to sort everything out.
Please
help us!
Britain needs
a
non-partisan voice speaking out for peace, and with your help we can
help
secure Peace News’
position
as a newspaper of national importance and recognition. 
Please ask your
newsagent
to stock Peace News
today, and
help redress the balance in the British media. Thank you for your
support.
 
           
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