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Great to know that NfN is still alive & kicking. Back in the 80s I worked in Days of Hope socialist bookshop in Newcastle, now sadly long gone. But I think that - against all the odds - radical bookshops are making a comeback.
Martin Spence

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On 7 Mar 2016, at 11:56, Stephen Linstead <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

One of my favourite bookshops. In fact, Bold St in Liverpool has such a great choice of cafes and teashops in which to read your radical purchases, it's perfect for both content and context.

On 7 March 2016 at 10:15, Emma Longstaff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Subscribers,

I curate a blog that profiles independent bookshops. Bookshop of the month for March is the radical News from Nowhere in Liverpool,  set up in the 1970s and now run by a women's co-operative. They don't stock books just because they're bestsellers - they try to scrutinise every book they stock. Often the book trade lacks principles - principles are the whole reason for News from Nowhere's existence.

Take a book like “Fifty Shades of Grey”. News from Nowhere would never stock it. In fact, when it was topping the bestseller lists they took a stance on the book and the fact it centred on an abusive relationship. Instead, they had a display about domestic violence and a sign up explaining why they weren’t stocking it.

You can read the post here:


I chuckled to myself when I read the recent media coverage of the opening of hipster Libreria in London, where the absence of flat whites and smart phones on the shop floor is presented as something radical. Much as I welcome the opening of any bookshop, especially an independent one,  Libreria make an interesting contrast to a bookseller like News from Nowhere. If we were having a competition to decide who’s the most radical, I know who would win…

Happy reading!

Emma. 

Emma Longstaff
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Some Recent Journal Publications

Linstead, S. A. and Maréchal, G. 2015 “Re-reading Masculine Organization: Phallic, Testicular and Seminal Metaphors”. Human Relations. 68, 9: 1561-1489  doi: 10.1177/0018726714558146.

Gabriel, Y., Linstead, S. A. and Muhr, S. 2014 Luck of the draw? Serendipity, accident, chance and misfortune in organization and design. Culture and Organization 20, 5: 334-341. doi:10.1080/14759551.2014.967452. [Special Issue]

Linstead, S. A., Maréchal, G. and Griffin, R. 2014 “Theorizing and Researching the Dark Side of Organization” Organization Studies. 35, 2:165-88. doi:10.1177/01708 40613515402. [Special Issue] 

Linstead, S. A. 2013 “Organizational Bystanding: Whistleblowing, Watching the Work Go By or Aiding and Abetting?” M@n@gement 15th Anniversary Special Issue 16, 5: 680-96. doi: 10.3917/mana.165.0680 ISSN: 1286-4692.

Maréchal, G., Linstead, S. A. and Munro, I. 2013 “The Territorial Organization: History, Divergence and Possibilities” Culture and Organization 19, 3: 185-208. doi:10.1080/14759551.2013.812703. [Special Issue]