End of Year Reflections
A round up of podcasts, events & other bits!
Some end of year thoughts on friendship & Friends in Common! ๐
friendsincommon.substack.com/p/end-of-yea...
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In the midst of political pessimism, this episode on friendship as transformative power gave me some hope.
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I've got a new article out @historyworkshop.org.uk. It argues for history as a form of intergenerational friendship.
History, like friendship, can be a politically powerful way of talking and thinking across time, and can connect past, present, and future struggle โ
academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...
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Joel & I talking to Chris Browne about friendship, reimagining the world, & fighting the far right
Radicals in Conversation ๐ป
open.spotify.com/episode/1gNi...
25.09.2025 10:47 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Explore the revolutionary potential resting in our relationships.
Friends in Common: Radical Friendships and Everyday Solidarities is OUT NOW!
www.plutobooks.com/978074535058...
23.08.2025 12:53 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โFriendshipโs political power is made evident by the way in which capitalism attempts to co-opt itโ
@lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social speak with @theskinnymag.bsky.social about Friends in Common:
www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur...
24.08.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The Paris Commune in Britain reviewed in the TLS by the wonderful @mauricejcasey.com
20.08.2025 19:48 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Lighthouse | Friends In Common: Forster & White on Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities
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@lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social speak at Lighthouse for @edfringe.bsky.social 2025!
๐๏ธWed, Aug 13
โฐ1 pm
๐@Lighthousebks
lighthousebookshop.com/events/frien...
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โก๏ธREADING ROOM EVENTโก๏ธ
Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social, authors of Friend in Common, for an evening of discussion, workshops and food with @leftbookclub.bsky.social
๐๏ธ Thurs, July 31
โฐ 6 pm
๐The New Bridge Project
thenewbridgeproject.com/events/frien...
30.07.2025 05:01 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
And thank u everyone who came along, asked questions, offered up their sofas, & sang friendship karaoke with us ๐
29.07.2025 14:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Notes from the road
A book tour, some songs, some lists.
substack.com/home/post/p-... Friends in Common on tour! Thanks so much to the Lubberfiend, @thebookishtype.bsky.social, the CCA, @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, @1in12club.bsky.social, Nan Moor's, @junobooks.bsky.social & East Bristol Books for having us!
29.07.2025 14:44 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
TONIGHT!
25.06.2025 10:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Bristol mates! Come and see us on Monday 30th June ๐ซ
*date in original Pluto post is wrong - it's the 30th!*
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๐ฅBOOK EVENT๐ฅ
East Bristol Books will host @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social, presenting and discussing their new book Friends in Common
๐๏ธFri, June 20
โฐ7 pm
๐East Bristol Books
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
23.06.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Friends In Common Todmorden Book Launch - Laura C. Forster & Joel White
Join Laura and Joel for the Launch of their new book Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities.
Todmorden friends! Come and see us on Wednesday 25th June at Nan Moor's! Expect a bit of reading, chat, and pints - followed by the regular folk club ๐ค
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friends-in... @plutopress.bsky.social
19.06.2025 10:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
We're going to Leeds!
19.06.2025 10:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐BOOK EVENT๐
Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social for the Leeds launch of their new book Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities
๐๏ธThurs, June 26
โฐ7 pm
๐The Bookish Type
thebookishtype.co.uk/collections/...
19.06.2025 09:42 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Sheffield mates - come and see us on the 24th @junobooks.bsky.social!
18.06.2025 09:24 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Friends in Common - Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities Tickets - Sheffield - OutSavvy
Friendship is potent and full of possibilities for social change. Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Friends in Common exploresโฆ
โก๏ธBOOK EVENTโก๏ธ
Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social for this book event!
๐๏ธTues, June 24
โฐ6:30 pm
๐Juno Books
17.06.2025 07:12 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Friends In Common Glasgow Book Launch - Laura C. Forster & Joel White
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgowโs hub for the arts, hosting exhibitions, films, music, literature, workshops, festivals and performances.
๐ฅBOOK EVENT๐ฅ
Join @lauracforster.bsky.social and @joeljoel.bsky.social for the Glasgow Launch of their new book Friends in Common: Radical Friendship and Everyday Solidarities
๐๏ธFri, June 20
โฐ7 pm
๐Aye Aye Books
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/fr...
13.06.2025 17:03 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
New Friends in Common post is up! I'm in conversation with my friend Evelina Gambino - talking about friendship, solidarity, and the BakuโTbilisiโKars railway. Have a look!
We've also finalised all the dates & details for our upcoming book tour ๐ค
05.06.2025 13:02 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Infrastructures of friendship
Book launch tour news & a conversation with Evelina Gambino
New blog post is up! Laura talks to the brilliant Evelina Gambino about Georgia, trains, and 'infrastructures of friendship' ๐โ
friendsincommon.substack.com/p/infrastruc...
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art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
PhD Researcher exploring asexual geographies in Ireland (she/her) ๐๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐
University College Dublin School of Geography ๐
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar
https://www.rachel-bayer.com/
โข Work or die is a threat presented as a choice โข
Independent literary publishers. Discover our books here: http://granta.com/books/.
Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.info
Read my book (free in Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/Dynasty-Divine-Adam-Rowan-ebook/dp/B0FS3G3WWH/ref
Historian and Writer at Queenโs University Belfast. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLEโS HISTORY out now with Hurst: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/multicultural-britain/
Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary
Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com
CEO @praxisprojects.bsky.social. Chair @refugeestogether.bsky.social. Brummie. All views own (subject to personal growth and development).
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
Professor of political geography at the University of Hawai'i; editor-in-chief of Geopolitics; author of Violent Borders, White Borders, Border Walls, and Nobody is Protected. Personal account. www.reecejonesauthor.com
The IRR's online news service on anti-racism & social justice issues in UK & Europe.
Our journal is Race & Class โถ https://bit.ly/raceandclass
Donate to the IRR โถ http://irr.org.uk/donate
For more info โถ https://linktr.ee/instituteracerelations
Migrants Organise is a grassroots platform where migrants and refugees organise for justice.
In 1993 we came to life in living rooms across West London, where migrant leaders would provide support to their communities.
www.migrantsorganise.org
Book workers organising in solidarity with Palestine, and against fossil fuels โ๐๐
fossilfreebooks.org
linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks
opencollective.com/fossil-free-books
Template letter: https://bit.ly/4kDo2O4
Border and Rule (2021) & Undoing Border Imperialism (2013).
Sikh. Inquilab. (she/her). Hard on issues, soft on people. Antidote to despair is collective struggle.
New here - mostly find me IRL organizing, in internationalist collectives & networks.
stuff against borders
working for @haymarketbooks in london
Lesbian, Actor, London-based
Repped by DNA Management
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Wick (She/They) โฐ Digital Artist โฐ Loves The Elder Scrolls and FFXIV too much
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Writer, The Ringer | Co-host, The Press Box & Ringer Tailgate | Former host, Slow Burn seasons 3, 6, 8 | Nationโs fastest 10-year-old in 1988 | Dez & Laniโs dad.
๐๏ธBritish Journal of Politics and International Relations.
๐A Political Studies Association journal edited by a team at POLIS, University of Leeds.
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PhD candidate & Research Ireland scholar @tudublin
Interested in DIY online radio, algorithmic culture, alternative & community media.
Radiomaker & writer
University worker ๐ฉ
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