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Book Review: Assata by Assata Shakur – A Powerful Memoir of Resistance and Survival
Book review of Assata by Assata Shakur—her memoir of activism, injustice, and resilience. A must-read on Black resistance.
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Mar 13
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Update: New Dates for Our Hackney Road Pop-Up Bookshop!
From 04th to 06th April 2025, we’re launching our first pop-up bookshop of the year at 198 Hackney Road, London. Read more here!
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Mar 5
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Book review of Our Women on the Ground by Zahra Hankir: A Powerful Exploration of Women Journalists in the Middle East
Book review of Our Women on the Ground, by Zahra Hankir. An insightful collection of essays on women in journalism in the Middle East.
asb-archives
Feb 27
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Our First 2025 Pop-Up Bookshop – Coming to Hackney Road!
From 21st to 23rd March 2025, we’re launching our first pop-up bookshop of the year at 198 Hackney Road, London. Read more here!
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Feb 20
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Book review of "Broken Cities: Inside the global housing crisis" by Deborah Potts
Explore our thoughts on Deborah Potts book "Broken Cities" which focuses on the global housing crisis - how we got here and how things can c
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Jan 30
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Book review - Confrontations by Simone Atangana Bekono
Find out what we thought of "Confrontations" by Simone Atangana Bekono
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Mar 23, 2024
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Book review - Crip Kinship by Shayda Kafai
Find out what we thought of "Crip Kinship" by Shayda Kafai
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Nov 20, 2023
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We're back! And we have officially been open for 2 years, which is a good reason to celebrate!
We have been awfully quiet lately and for good reason. Having been open for business for 2 years we have changed a lot, learnt a lot and...
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Nov 12, 2022
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Thank you for joining us at our event!
We hosted our first pop pop up event this past weekend and we just wanted to thank everyone who made it to The Factory in Dalston and...
asb-archives
Jun 23, 2022
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We're popping up!
Being based online is great but nothing quite replaces the feeling of an actual bookshop where you can browse and look and touch. You...
asb-archives
May 25, 2022
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Author Highlight #2 - Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021) was an internationally renowned feminist writer and activist from Egypt. She founded and became president of...
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Feb 22, 2022
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1K Instagram followers giveaway!
We have recently reached 1000 followers on Instagram and we have decided to have a little giveaway to celebrate! The lucky winner will be...
asb-archives
Feb 16, 2022
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Author Highlight #1 - Mary Seacole
Have you heard of Mary Seacole? One of the greatest nurses and humanitarians who was forgotten from history for 100 years.
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Feb 8, 2022
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1 Year Anniversary Book Raffle!
This October we celebrate our first year of being open! We’re grateful to everyone who has found our little radical bookshop and to...
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Oct 7, 2021
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