Housmans are delighted to welcome Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist, Nawal El Saadawi, to discuss her novels, three new editions of which have just been published by Zed B
With Sharon Monteith and Katie Hamilton. To celebrate the publication of Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman, the prequel of To Kill a Mocking Bird, Sharon Monteith and Katie Hamilton will be speaking about then the impact and representation of the US South on Harper Lee’s writing.
With Peter Mortimer, Stanley Middleton and Simon Callow.
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With Ian McMillan. Five Leaves Bookshop is delighted to host the poet, journalist and broadcaster Ian McMillan, who will be talking about his latest book Neither Nowt Nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire (Ebury press).
With support from Jez Noond. Join us for the launch of Adam Craig’s new novel Vitus Dreams, published by Cinnamon Press as part of its tenth anniversary.
Larry Beckett is the author of Beat Poetry which discusses the work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg and many others. Tonight he will be performing Gregory Corso’s Bomb as well as from his own new collection Paul Bunyan.
Book Launch with Sara Read Dr Sara Read is a lecturer in English at Loughborough University. She holds a PhD in early modern literature. Her particular interest is in representations of the female body in literature and she has published widely in this field.
With Lisa Mckenzie. Fresh from her standing as candidate for Class War in the general election, Lisa Mckenzie joins us to discuss her book ‘Getting By’ (Policy Press, 2015), which looks at the positive aspects of estate life, despite the many hardships.
With Helena Earnshaw, Angharad Penrhyn Jones and Helen Steel. Our guests present this unique anthology about contemporary women campaigners and how they were changed by the process of changing the world.
With Matt Kennard. Matt Kennard gives a no holds barred political tour through the power elites’ secret corruption, tyranny, destitution, robbery, mass murder and censorship.
With Rachel Holmes. Unrestrained by convention, lion-hearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flaubert’s Mme Bovary. She pioneered the theatre of Henrik Ibsen. She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers’ and gas workers’ trades unions.
Dave Smith will be talking about his new book, Blacklisted (Pluto Press), which he co-authored with investigative journalist Phillip Chamberlain. Blacklisted brings together the controversial story of the illegal strategies that multinational construction companies were willing to resort to in their attempt to keep union activists away from their places of work.
Restless Minds is an anthology of fiction, poetry and script put together by Nottingham Trent University’s 2013-14 Creative Writing MA students. It contains their work, as well as that of lecturers and guest lecturers including Rory Waterman, Jonathan Taylor, Amanda Whittington and Sujata Bhatt.
