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Fuse book group: Caitlin Moran’s How to Build a girl
This is just a reminder that the Fuse Bookclub at Housmans will be meeting this Thursday, 9th October, at 7pm, to talk about
How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran.
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Book launch: Safe Planet – October 3rd
What is the greatest challenge facing humanity this century? The answer is, how we can produce the energy and resources we need without endangering the future of human life on the planet. And yet, there aren’t many books which present technical and political strategies for a rapid progress towards a safe planet – one powered […]
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John Cowsill: how do we get to a safe planet?
We spoke to local author John Cowsill, who’s forthcoming book Safe Planet comes out on the 26th September. Why did you write this book? My next door neighbour asked me that question two years ago. ‘Anger’ was my initial one word reply. The anger is rooted in the knowledge that the world has enough resources […]
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The Story of Baby P – Ray Jones in Conversation – Sept 4th
Thursday September 4th – 7.00pm – 8.30pm at The Big Green Bookshop – Unit 1 Brampton Park Rd, Wood Green, N22 6 BG. In England in 2007 Peter Connelly, a 17 month old little boy – known initially in the media reporting as ‘Baby P’ – died following terrible neglect and abuse. Fifteen months later, his mother, […]
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Nick Davies – Hack Attack at The Big Green Bookshop – Sept 12th
Friday September 12th – 7.00pm – 8.30pm at The Big Green Bookshop – Unit 1, Brampton Rd, Wood Green, N22 6BG. At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal editor of the News of the World was caught listening to the voicemail messages of staff at BuckinghamPalace. In 2007 he and a private investigator were sentenced to […]
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‘London Irish Fictions’ 30th July
BOOK TALK ‘London Irish Fictions’ with John Healy and Tony Murray Wednesday 30th July, 7pm at Housmans Bookshop. Tony Murray’s ‘London Irish Fictions’ is the first book about the literature of the Irish in London. By examining over 30 novels, short stories and autobiographies set in London since the Second World War, Murray investigates the […]
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‘Machen’s London Adventure’ 23rd July
THE THREE IMPOSTERS PRESENT ‘Machen’s London Adventure’ with Robert Kingham Wednesday 23rd July, 7pm at Housmans bookshop. Three Impostors press (www.threeimpostors.co.uk) unveil their new edition of Arthur Machen’s ‘The London Adventure’, a classic of psychogeographical writing in the form of an unorthodox memoir of the time Machen spent as a reporter for the Evening News […]
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