@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
Photo right hand corner of author Sarah Hagger-Holt. Under which is written the title of her book “The Fights That Make Us” and then “WINNER”. Left side is the book cover and, above that, a confetti shower.
🥳🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉🥳
We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2025 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction is @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social for The Fights That Make Us, published by Usborne.
Congratulations, Sarah! Our first ever double champion!!
#KidLitUK
Students 👋
Save the date.
Our annual student discount night returns, 21st October, 7-9pm. 🤝
Really looking forward to visiting @housmansbookshop.bsky.social its always been one of my London touchstones. I will be in conversation with the always excellent @annaminton.bsky.social and looking forward to seeing loiterers old and new x
29.09.2025 09:33 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Pastel balloon shapes frame a poster announcement. Top left has a logo “little rebels award 2026” Top middle reads: “celebrating radical fiction for children!” Centre, written in to large maybe balloon: “Winner Reveal Wednesday 1st October (evening)” Bottom left logo for “Barry Amiel & Norman Melburne Trust” Bottom right “stay tuned” followed by deets of Insta & Bluesky accounts.
THIS WEDNESDAY!!
9pm-ish
The winner of the edgiest children’s book award comes out to play!
Run by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical booksellers.
#LittleRebelsAward
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK
Eek! Next Wednesday for the reveal of the 2025 Little Rebels Award winner! 🎉
The children’s book prize celebrating radical fiction for young readers 🫶
📚 BOOK TALK: England’s Military Heartland
🎙️ Khem Rogaly, Saskia Papadakis, Antonia Dawes & Rachael Milliner
⏰ 7.00PM — 8.30PM
🗓️ Weds 24 Sept
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social, 5 Caledonian Rd, London N1 9DX
🔗 Sign up for a ticket now!
housmans.com/event/book-t...
Great night at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Huge thanks to Mel Pennant for being in conversation with me. I'm so glad that so many old friends were able to join us.
#debutauthor
#TheMercyStep
#booktok
Wonderful author talk tomorrow evening 📚 (Weds 17th)
Marcia Hutchinson and Mel Hortense are chatting about Marcia's new novel THE MERCY STEP - expect conversations around the Black British Experience, women’s writing and Britain in the 60s!
⏰ 7pm
Tickets here: housmans.com/event/book-t...
London! Join us in King’s X tonight at 7pm for a FREE event 🤝
Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988
More info ➡️ housmans.com/event/autono...
Shows the four judges for the award, together holding the six shortlisted books, standing outside Housmans Bookshop.
The window display of the award’s shortlisted books at Housmans Bookshop.
Yesterday was Judges Day! A good chunk of hours mulling over, discussing & ideas-ping-ponging the #LittleRebelsAward 2025 Shortlist.
With a side serving of cake.
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@chrishaughton.bsky.social @alomshaha.bsky.social @soofiya.bsky.social Phoebe (@theclpe.bsky.social)
A screenshot from the little rebels award Instagram account showing a poster of the 6 shortlisted books and the header “Primary School Giveaway!”
📣UK Primary Schools! There’s a 6-book giveaway over on the #LittleRebelsAward Insta account.
**CLOSES 10am TOMORROW!**
A glorious mini library of KS1/2 Social Justice titles. a.k.a.: #LittleRebelsAward2025Shortlist
Share the book love folk!😃
instagram.com/littlerebelsaw…
Wonderful to see you here!
The #LittleRebelsAward is an award for UK radical children’s fiction, run by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.
And we’ve just announced our:
2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist!
Demonstrating my headstand reading stunt during last night's Q&A with @akhtarsascha.bsky.social about my book Fascist Yoga at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social - similar upcoming events in Glasgow, Edinburgh & London listed here: www.stewarthome.co.uk/news.html
27.07.2025 10:38 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Do you read rebelliously? How many of the #LittleRebels shortlist have you read? @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
17.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to the authors and illustrators on the longlist for this year's Little Rebels Award!
A prize celebrating radical fiction for children, which we're proud to help coordinate with @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social
Browse the list: uk.bookshop.org/lists/little...
#LittleRebelsAward
Two events this week and a few tickets left for both! 🎟️
Tonight (Tuesday) ➡️ Andy Beckett and Melissa Benn on Tony Benn, his fellow Labour renegades & the future of the Labour left
Tomorrow (Weds) ➡️ Samuel Burgum on Squatting London
Tickets here:
housmans.com/events/
THE RAYMOND WILLIAMS FOUNDATION TARGETED GRANTS SCHEME 2025
The RWF invites applications for up to eight grants of max £1,500 to support self-organised adult learning activities to help realise social justice aims. Deadline: 29 June 2025. More info at:
Just Books are a great anarchist publisher flying the black flag in Belfast. They've got a little crowdfunder going for what will be the first in a series of titles dealing with anarchist anti-militarism. Your money gets you the book:
buff.ly/43kHBFD
On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed & Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere.
Follow #BooksellingIsNotACrime to see which bookshops around the world are participating.
This Saturday we're taking part in a day of solidarity with the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, which was raided by Israeli police on 9th Feb.
50% of our profits on Saturday will go to the solidarity fundraiser. Come have a browse and celebrate the right to read. 📣
#BooksellingIsNotACrime
Picture of front of London Review bookshop
Board outside London review bookshop
Picture of front of Housnsns bookshop
Trolley of books outside Housmans bookshop
1. There's nothing better than going on a bit of a radical/ independent bookshop crawl and finding stuff you like. Here's my haul from today. Visited @londonreview.bsky.social and @housmansbookshop.bsky.social amongst others #booksky #books 🧵 thread
11.02.2025 19:08 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Join us to mark the launch of this important book, coming to a bookshop or venue near you!
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@blackwells.bsky.social
@conwayhall.bsky.social
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
I’m off to @housmansbookshop.bsky.social tomorrow to celebrate all things Neuroqueer!
Still a last chance to grab a ticket and come chat about neurodiversity, ADHD, love and relationships. 🌈🏳️⚧️🍸
housmans.com/event/book-t...
Hooray! We're thrilled to find out we're a London finalist for Indie Bookshop of the Year! 🫶🥳
Alongside a fab lineup of fellow London indies 😍
full list here: www.thebookseller.com/british-book...
#britishbookawards
Dr. Abeera Khan will be chairing the conversation at Hummingbirds 4.0 on February 7th at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social 7 - 9pm! @azad-ashim.bsky.social and Waithera Sebatindira will read, followed by a conversation.
Tickets are free: https://buff.ly/40db4Or
Alareer Book Club for Solidarity with Palestine in collaboration with Maqam Books and @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
01.02.2025 17:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Azad Ashim Sharma @azad-ashim.bsky.social is joining us, this time on the other side of the conversation, for Hummingbirds this Friday Feb 7th at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social 7 - 9pm! Azad will be joined by Waithera Sebatindira followed by a discussion with Dr. Abeera Khan
https://buff.ly/40db4Or
Paul Gilroy, one of the foremost theorists of race and racism, has very generously donated several hundred books from his university office library, for which we are very grateful. We will be selling these books, priced mostly from £1-5, from the 18th of January onwards. Come find a hidden treasure!
05.01.2025 18:36 — 👍 142 🔁 58 💬 6 📌 12
And you can also watch my book launch at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social here! youtu.be/M7BlxReHLv8?...
05.12.2024 14:43 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Dec 22nd: Poetry for the Many : JEREMY CORBYN In-Store Signing (2-4pm) 🌹
Jeremy Corbyn will be at Housmans Bookshop signing copies of the new paperback edition of Poetry for the Many! To book your place and get your copy signed in person you MUST order in advance here: housmans.com/event/poetry...
