Real Feminist Utopias [Radical Book Fair]

Real Feminist Utopias is at Assembly Roxy on Sunday 8 November, part of the Radical Book Fair. It's a panel discussion on feminist utopias and the alternative worlds they offer, with historian Juliana Gleeson, journalist Tahmina Begum, and feminist academic Dr Hemangini Gupta, chaired by writer and critic Anahit Behrooz.

Juliana Gleeson is a writer and the author of Hermaphrodite Logic, and she co-edited Transgender Marxism. Tahmina Begum is a journalist, and Dr Hemangini Gupta is a feminist academic. The four of them will be talking through the idea of feminist utopias and the different ways of imagining a world built on those terms. It's the kind of session that works best if you're into the intersection of politics, gender, and the kind of speculative thinking that asks what things could actually look like if we built them differently.

The session is part of the Radical Book Fair, the annual November gathering run by Lighthouse, Edinburgh's radical left community bookshop. Lighthouse stocks around 10,000 titles across politics, poetry, history, and fiction, with a strong focus on feminist, environmental, anti-racist, and LGBTQ+ writing. This year's fair runs from 5 to 8 November at Assembly Roxy under the theme 'Building a Better Now', framing its programme around the spaces, people, and movements carving out alternatives to late capitalism. Over the four days, there are more than 70 publisher and activist stalls, alongside over 20 events, workshops, and a community meal, with many of the sessions filmed and recorded. Past speakers have included Reni Eddo Lodge, Terry Eagleton, Naomi Klein, Silvia Federici, and Jackie Kay.

Real Feminist Utopias runs from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm on Sunday 8 November at Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place. It's free to listen in, with the option to book a seat for £5 or for free.