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.
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.
Tilted Axis Press Lunar New Year Party
Join Tilted Axis Press for a special Lunar New Year celebration with Yan Ge and Pear Nuallak, moderated by Kwan Ann Tan.
Book Launch – You Must Believe in Spring, Mohamed Tonsy – Topping Edinburgh
Celebrate the launch of Mohamed Tonsy’s debut novel, You Must Believe in Spring, at the Topping bookshop in Edinburgh.
Book Launch – You Must Believe in Spring, Mohamed Tonsy – Lighthouse Bookshop
Join Lighthouse for a night of heart-full, rebellious storytelling to celebrate the launch of Mohamed Tonsy’s debut novel, You Must Believe in Spring.
Book Launch – Pearls from Their Mouth by Pear Nuallak
Join Hajar Press, Pear Nuallak & June Bellebono at Reference Point to celebrate the publication of Pearls from Their Mouth.
Lola Olufemi at Edinburgh International Book Festival: Be the Change
Nesrine Malik chairs a discussion with Lola Olufemi about her book Experiments in Imagining Otherwise at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Close Read: Lola Olufemi on Preti Taneja and Hannah Black at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Join Lola Olufemi for an open discussion about Aftermath by Preti Taneja and Tuesday or September or The End by Hannah Black.
Again, Again — Conversation 2: A Reading Group
The second event in a two-part series by Hajar Press on the theme of childhood and transformative politics.
Again, Again — Conversation 1: Lola Olufemi, Heba Hayek & Pear Nuallak
The first event in a two-part series by Hajar Press on the theme of childhood and transformative politics.
Freeing Education with No More Exclusions: Conversation 1
Join No More Exclusions, Haymarket Books and Hajar Press for a series of conversations on abolitionist education.
Glasgow Zine Fest — Experiments in Imagining Otherwise: In conversation with Lola Olufemi
Join Lola Olufemi and Titilayo Farukuoye in a live-streamed conversation about imagination as a strategy for change.
Brighton Book Festival: Ties that Bind — Writing for Collective Liberation
Join Stella Dadzie, Suzanne Scafe and Cradle Collective to hear about writing for liberation at the Brighton Book Festival.
Cradle Community — Brick by Brick comes to Sheffield!
Join Cradle to explore how we build a world without prisons, share skills in abolitionist practices, and connect with other abolitionists.
LSE Festival – On Writing, Motherhood and Care: A conversation with Iman Mersal and Lola Olufemi
A conversation about two feminist texts exploring care, intimacy and politics.
Book Launch – Objects from April and May with Zena Agha and Sarah Lasoye
Celebrating the launch of Zena Agha’s new poetry collection, Objects from April and May, join the author in conversation with Sarah Lasoye.
Cambridge Literary Festival: Lola Olufemi
Join Lola Olufemi in conversation with New Statesman assistant editor Lola Seaton at the Cambridge Literary Festival.
Reading Group — Writing Back, Fighting Back: Lola Olufemi
An in-person reading group with Lola Olufemi about imaginative-revolutionary potential, temporality and cultural production.
In-Haus: In Conversation with Lola Olufemi
Head over to bookhaus for an invigorating conversation with Lola Olufemi and bookseller Nayya Raza about Experiments in Imagining Otherwise.