Kirsty Loehr’s first book A Short History of Queer Women, a brilliantly written and incisive history of female same-sex desire was one of Housmans’ best-selling titles in 2024. So we are DELIGHTED that she’s back with another brilliantly written and incisive (and warm and funny!!) history, this time of Queer Parenting! Queer families, Kirsty argues, […]
Kirsty Loehr’s first book A Short History of Queer Women, a brilliantly written and incisive history of female same-sex desire was one of Housmans’ best-selling titles in 2024. So we are DELIGHTED that she’s back with another brilliantly written and incisive (and warm and funny!!) history, this time of Queer Parenting! Queer families, Kirsty argues, […]
The Brockley Anarchist Reading Club will be discussing Lola Olufemi’s Experiments in Imagining Otherwise. This book is a an exploration in how we can embrace imagination’s radical potential. Olufemi urges us to look past the confines of the state, capitalism, and actively practice dreaming up necessary political futures, from abolition to total liberation. Join […]
Join Feminist Fightback for our autumn reading group book: Why Would Feminists Trust the Police?: A tangled history of resistance and complicity by Leah Cowan Leah Cowan’s book deals with the tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistance as it traces the history of British feminism’s alliances and struggles with the law and its enforcers. Drawing […]
A landmark of Black British cinema and incendiary portrait of late-70s working-class life in Brixton, with racial tension and police brutality fuelling the anger that would erupt in the 80s uprisings. Anchored by Dennis Bovell’s propulsive score, the film draws on his personal experiences of racist policing targeting his Sufferer’s Hi Fi sound system. The […]
Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6 56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run, 100% unfunded, DIY social centre in Walworth, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. we sell radical books, zines, magazines, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of […]
Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6 56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run, 100% unfunded, DIY social centre in Walworth, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. we sell radical books, zines, magazines, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of […]
VENUE UPDATE – 🔥 HARDMIND at The Black Heart – 12th of December 🔥 When it comes to Beatdown in France, you aren’t able to miss the beasts from Hardmind. Another night of bagarre with Cash Pistache just before Christmas, come and fight the cold in the pit. ⚡ Opening set – UK’s finest mix […]
Dalston Solidarity Cafe – Connecting grassroot networks over free food, tea & community resources every 2nd Sat of the month. Generally 2pm-8pm. What we practically do is rescuing food, turning it into delicious meals, serving it together with drinks on a “pay what you can basis down to £0“. Over the arc of the day, we also […]
Are you transgender and/or non-binary? OR are you a cis woman who has had a mastectomy for health reasons? Are you curious, non-judgemental and interested in exploring connections between these two groups? If so…join us for a workshop on 13th December 2-5pm at the Feminist Library. The workshop will be a fun, safe, brave, explorative space […]
Open: Thurs 2-8 / Fri 3-7 / Sat 2-6 56a Infoshop is a long-term volunteer-run, 100% unfunded, DIY social centre in Walworth, South London since 1991. We share a collectively-run building with the brilliant Fareshares Food Co-op and the awesome 56a Bikespace. we sell radical books, zines, magazines, pamphlets and other printed matter on a wide variety of […]
CLR James: An Unexpected Life Speaker: John L. Williams John will be talking about his biography of the great Trinidadian historian, radical & cricket-lover: CLR James. His book brings this extraordinary 20th century life into brilliant focus as it moves from Trinidad to London to Lancashire to the USA & back again. ‘CLR James was […]
By squatters for squatters! Join us for evenings of practical squatting knowledge, skillshares, and meeting squatters new and old. Whether you’re looking to join a crew, looking for more people to join your crew, or just coming along to skill up, we hope that Practical Squatters Evenings can provide something for everyone, and bring together […]
Experimental trans neonoir fiction.‘Jaw Filler instantly joins the canon of outlier literature: jaw-dropper, more like.’– Isabel Waidner, author of Sterling Karat GoldHousmans and Montez Press invites you to a conversation around the new neonoir novel Jaw Filler by Maz Murray & Charlie Markbreiter, hosted by writer So Mayer. Tickets are free but booking is essential.‘You don’t need dysphoria to […]
