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Monday, November 28th, 2011The latest issue of Anarchist Studies (‘Anarchist Studies, Vol,19, No 2, 2011) is being launched on 7th December 2011 at Housmans, to celebrate the life and work of Colin Ward. Ward was one of the best known anarchist writers of his generation and his work on children and play, urban architecture and plotlands, squatting and [...]
DD Johnston at Housmans Bookshop (UK)
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011D.D. Johnston, author of Peace, Love, and Petrol Bombs, will be discussing radical fiction and the funnier sides of anarchism at Housmans Bookshop on the eve of the anarchist bookfair. He’ll be asking why all the best writers are anarchists, what happens if you mispronounce chants in German, and why occupying a twelve-year-old girl’s slumber party [...]
Ten questions for Combustion Books
Friday, June 24th, 2011Last month I had the great fortune to table for AK Press at the annual Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, one of the most well-attended anarchist events in North America, and a total pleasure. I was also fortunate enough to get a stack of copies of the first book released by Combustion Books, a new publishing project [...]
Support Marie Mason!
Thursday, April 14th, 2011Marie Mason is a loving mother of two and a long-time activist in the environmental and labor movement. On February 9th, 2009 Marie Mason was sentenced to just under 22 years in prison for charges related to two acts of property destruction. No one was harmed in either of these actions. She is now serving [...]
Mark Frauenfelder (of BoingBoing fame) on Make Your Place
Friday, January 21st, 2011Microcosm’s been BoingBoing’ed! Make Magazine editor and BoingBoing blogger Mark Frauenfelder posted about his experiments with the recipes in the wildly popular Microcosm book, Make Your Place, by Raleigh Briggs. One of our bestselling distro titles … and it’s probably going to sell even better now! Thanks Mark! Here’s part of the post: I went [...]
Big changes for small bookstores? Maybe not.
Thursday, January 20th, 2011I was asked to participate in a series of interviews with independent bookstore owners in Baltimore under the auspices of my work with Red Emma’s. But, it occurred to me that much of my commentary on the changing world of small bookstores is applicable to what we do as AK Press & AK Distro, so [...]
Kate Sharpley Library Blog!
Friday, September 10th, 2010The rumoured Kate Sharpley Library blog has now appeared. It “will share, notes, news, and more. It is a special place to share information from the archive that you might not find anywhere else.” The first entry is an article on Mat Kavanagh and the History of Anarchism. It’s partly about how movements record their [...]
Providence Anarchist Bookfair
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Are there any songs about Providence? There should be! Tabling for AK is always an adventure! I had the distinct pleasure of traveling up to Rhode Island this past weekend to table at the 5th Annual Providence Anarchist Bookfair. I’m not gonna lie, I was not a happy camper when Spencer (an awesome tabling helper!) [...]
Back Issues: Online Archives of Radical Publications — Radical America and Cultural Correspondence
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Like many of you, I’m sure, I spend a lot of time trolling the internet for interesting bits of anarchist and radical history. I’m probably happiest in this obsessive endeavor when I come across archives that house entire (or nearly entire) runs of a single periodical. There are a bunch of them out there…probably a [...]
Irish Anarchist Review Issue 1
Friday, June 18th, 2010The folks from the Workers Solidarity Movement in Ireland recently announced the publication of the first issue of The Irish Anarchist Review. It looks pretty damn good…and of interest to folks outside Ireland. Here’s what they have to say (and there’s a link to a pretty PDF of the issue, as well as audio from [...]
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