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As part of the

"All Power to the Imagination - 1968 and its Legacies"

season in London, Housmans will be hosting the following events. Also see the Housmans 1968 booklist page. Other excellent resources are: www.1968andallthat.net, www.1968.org.uk and www.nationalpsychogeographic.com.

Saturday 3rd May - 5pm
Book Launch / Talk: Lou Rowan - Fiction for Justice
Housmans are very proud to welcome celebrated American author, Lou Rowan, to London for the UK launch of two new pieces of fiction, the novel My Last Days and short story collection Sweet Potatoes, as part of the Housmans '1968 and All That' season.

Wednesday 7th May - 7pm
Torriano Poets for Peace
Keeping the spirit of '68 alive, Torriano Poets for Peace will be hosting an evening of the best in peace poetry and song. This month's session will feature contributions from Valeria Melchioretto, Hylda Sims, Dan Kennedy, and songs from Eric Levy. Hosted by John Rety.

Friday 9th May - 7pm till late
The Official '1968 and All That' launch party
'68 music, film, drinks and guests. All welcome. In conjunction with the '1968 and All That' conference and book fair.

Saturday 10th "1968 and All That" Conference at Conway Hall (Red Lion Square, London WC1) 10am-10pm - see www.1968andallthat.net
Housmans will have a stall at the event all day. (The shop will be closed)

Sunday 11th May
Housmans '1968 and All That' after party
An informal chance to meet up with drifting guest speakers, and watch '68 films. Good Jeff Laster of the Synergy Project will give a talk on Free Love at 1pm.

Tuesday 13th May

Book Launch: Rebel, Rebel with Bibi van der Zee
Journalist and activist Bibi van der Zee launches 'Rebel, Rebel', an easy-to-use handbook designed to turn any concerned citizen into a successful activist.

Wednesday 14th May - 7pm
Psychogeography with Merlin Coverley
A chance to take part in an informal Q&A with Merlin Coverley, and explore the importance of psychogeography across the decades. Merlin is the author of the essential guide to the subject, simply entitled 'Psychogeography' - available at Housmans now.

Thursday 15th May - 7pm
"We will not fight!" with Will Ellsworth-Jones
To mark International Conscientious Objectors' Day, Will Ellsworth-Jones will be talking about his WW1 book 'We Will Not Fight'.

Saturday 17th May - 5pm
Savage Messiah
Bringing the '68 spirit of imagination, confrontation and psychogeography into the present, the Savage Messiah collective launch the latest issue of their cult zine.

Monday 19th: (175 Euston Road, London NW1; opposite Euston station). Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, and author of the renowned anti-globalisation manual No Logo, will be in London on 19 May for the launch, at Friends House, of the paperback edition of her latest book, Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. See http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=15464

Wednesday 21st May - 7pm
Esther Leslie on Walter Benjamin
Esther Leslie will be discussing the radical influence of Walter Benjamin on the activists and thinkers of 1968.

Wednesday 28th May - 7pm
Nick Heath on '68
Nick Heath will be giving us his take on the events of 1968 from an anarchist perspective.

Friday 30th May 2008 - 7pm
' 68, '78, '88: From Women's Liberation to Feminism
In May 1988, this groundbreaking anthology of Women's Liberation history was published, to mark the 20th anniversary of the May events.

Saturday 31st May 2008 - 6pm
Peace News presents 'Investigation of a Flame: A Documentary Portrait of the Catonsville Nine'

June: events based on London and London writing

Tuesday 3rd June - 7pm
Aidan Andrew Dun

Wednesday 4th June - 7pm
Torriano Poets for Peace

Wednesday 11th June - 7pm
Squatting in London

Thursday 12th June - 7pm
Stewart Home brings you a trippy night of occultism, sex and London
psychogeography to celebrate the first publications in Book Works Semina
series. Readings by Stewart Home, Maxi Kim, author of One Break, A
Thousand Blows! and Bridget Penney author of Index. More details...

Saturday 14th June - 5pm
Songs from the Hub with Rob Inglis

Wednesday 18th June 2008 - 7pm
The London Nobody Knows

Thursday 19th - 6.30pm
Freeborn Traveller by Grattan Puxon - Based on real events during the 1960s, including the legendary stand made by the Travelling People at Cherry Orchard near Ballyfermot, this remarkable novel tells the story of a young English couple who join with the Travellers, get mixed up with the IRA and find themselves personae non gratae with the Irish state and church.

Wednesday 25th June - 7pm
Occult London with Merlin Coverley