Category Archives: ARB News

ARB launches new book prize: The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award

Last year the ARB set up the Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing, administered by Housmans Bookshop. This independent prize for adult non-fiction literature ran for the 1st time in 2011, with the prize awarded in May 2012. The … Continue reading

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ARB London Radical Bookfair 2013

On Saturday May 11th 2013, the ARB will be hosting a new radical bookfair, to take place in London’s Conway Hall. The idea behind the fair is to create an event which showcases the depth and breadth of radical publishing … Continue reading

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Four new members join the ARB

The ARB is happy to announce that four new booksellers have just joined the alliance, representing the four corners of the UK. Two of these shop are already well established: the Calder Bookshop in London is a beautiful shop in … Continue reading

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Latest member of the ARB open new bookshop in Bristol

A group of people around the Bristol Radical History Group have opened up a new radical bookshop in Bristol called Hydra Books. Bristol has been without a good dissenting bookshop for a while now, and it’s great to see a … Continue reading

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Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing

The following is a piece about the Bread and Roses prize – which bookshops of the ARB will be awarding in the new year – originally published in the Morning Star. “As we come marching, marching in the beauty of … Continue reading

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We’re off!

The Alliance of Radical Booksellers is officially launched! Alliance of Radical Booksellers The Alliance of Radical Booksellers is a supportive community for Britain’s remaining radical booksellers. Intending to pick up where the former Federation of Radical Booksellers left off in … Continue reading

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