Edinburgh Radical Book Fair — Against Literatures: Arts Breaking Free
Poet George Abraham, novelist Nida Sajid and visual artist Remi Graves address the use, abuse, purpose and potential of the arts in causing radical change in our polarised world.
Edinburgh Radical Book Fair — Love & Rage: A Literary Cabaret
A cabaret of love and rage, featuring readings, performance and discussion with Esme Allman, Mymona Bibi, Simran Kaur Johal and Sunny Singh.
Book Launch — The First Jasmines with Saima Begum and Shahnaz Ahsan
Housmans and Hajar Press welcome Saima Begum and Shahnaz Ahsan for a conversation about Saima’s debut novel, The First Jasmines.
Fundraiser: Authors Read for Gaza
Pages of Hackney hosts an evening of author readings to raise funds for The Sameer Project and The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature.
Book Launch — The First Jasmines
Join Saima Begum and Hajar Press to celebrate the publication of The First Jasmines.
Bowl Cut MAP Fundraiser
A fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians, with treats for all the senses, taking over our fave SE London haunt The Ivy House.
Materials Festival
A day festival at Pelican House focused on visual culture as a catalyst for transformative social change.
Gargi Bhattacharyya, ‘We, the Heartbroken’: On Revolutionary Brokenheartedness
Come join Gargi Bhattacharyya as they explore the power of heartbreak in sparking change, healing and growth in our lives and society.
Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies — Alareer Book Club
Join author Heba Hayek at PSC’s ‘Alareer Book Club for Solidarity with Palestine’ for a discussion of Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies.
The Trident Author Series with Nathan Alexander Moore
Nathan Alexander Moore talks about The Rupture Files at Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Boulder, CO.
SYP Scotland — Panel with Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy joins guests at the SYP Conference to speak as part of a panel exploring trust and transparency in the publishing industry.
The Message: Ta-Nehisi Coates & Zena Agha
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ UK debut and launch of his best-selling new book, The Message (Penguin Books), in conversation with Zena Agha.
Lola Olufemi: Clearing Space for the As Yet Unseen
The Musuem of Impossible Forms welcomes Lola Olufemi to Helsinki for a lecture and workshop exploring the uses of the political imagination as it relates to crisis, cultural work and the archival material of radical social movements.
Reading Circle: Experiments in Imagining Otherwise
Join Micol Curatolo and the Musuem of Impossible Forms (Helsinki) in reading Experiments in Imagining Otherwise by black feminist writer Lola Olufemi.
Hummingbirds 4.0, with the87press and Housmans Bookshop
the87press presents Hummingbirds 4.0, a literary salon at Housmans Bookshop, with Waithera Sebatindira and Azad Ashim Sharma.
Heba Hayek: Voices of Palestinian Women Authors
An online literary series of reading and discussion, showcasing Heba Hayek, author of Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies.
Heba Hayek at Birmingham Literature Festival
Heba Hayek, author of Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies, will be speaking at the Birmingham Literature Festival.
Book Launch — The Rupture Files
Join Nathan Alexander Moore to celebrate the publication of her debut book, The Rupture Files.
Book Launch — Curious Affinities
Join Hajar Press, Sophie Chauhan & Amardeep Singh Dhillon to celebrate the publication of Curious Affinities.
Poets for Palestine: Raising Funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians
An online evening of poetry, raising funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Book Launch — Seeing for Ourselves
Join Hajar Press, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan & Oluwatosin Daniju to celebrate the publication of Seeing for Ourselves.
Retrofit Reimagined x Beyond Books Woodland Dinner
Join Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan at the Centre of the Earth for a magical woodland dinner with poets and conservationists as part of the Retrofit Reimagined season.
Heba Hayek at Palestine Writes
Heba Hayek, author of Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies, will be speaking at the Palestine Writes festival.
Housmans Queer Book Club — You Must Believe in Spring
Housmans Queer Book Club reads a wide range of LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction. This month, we’ll be reading You Must Believe in Spring by Mohamed Tonsy.
Unobscuring Our Wants & Needs
A workshop on Through an Addict’s Looking-Glass with IWEC Academy and Transit Bookstore in Jakarta, inviting you to reconnect with your inner child through memoir.
Feminist Print Cultures: Creating Community and Consciousness
A day-long workshop exploring the past and present of queer and feminist print cultures, with keynotes from Julie Enszer and Nat Raha.
Book Launch — Through an Addict’s Looking-Glass
Join Hajar Press, Waithera Sebatindira & Micha Frazer-Carroll at Reference Point to celebrate the publication of Through an Addict’s Looking-Glass.
Writing Otherwise: Stories and Small Utopias
Join Lola Olufemi and Yara Rodrigues Fowler in thinking about the role of literature and story-telling in the struggle for liberation.
Politics of Love: Shon Faye with Alva Gotby, Sophie K. Rosa and Gargi Bhattacharyya
A panel discussion at Foyles with writers whose recent work explores the politics of emotion and care, hosted by Shon Faye.
On Prisons, Borders and Abolition
With Cradle Community, Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke de Noronha, in support of Hackney Migrant Centre.
Black Women Writers at Work — Launch Party
A celebration of Haymarket Books’ republication of Black Women Writers at Work, edited by Claudia Tate.
AWAN Festival — Palestinian Literature Now
Join three inspiring Arab women, Heba Hayek, Nora Parr and Selma Dabbagh, for a conversation about Palestinian literature.
A Critical Muslim Decade: Hope in Fiction and Poetry
Celebrate a decade of Critical Muslim, featuring a writers studio on hope in literature with Farhaana Arefin of Hajar Press.