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20 Jay Street, Suite 1010
Brooklyn, NY 11201

UK:
6 Meard Street
London
W1F 0EG

“There is no doubt about the need for a radical publisher, particularly in the United States. An alternative point of view is not being offered by the press, television or mainstream publishers. Baker, Publishers’ Weekly

16/11/2024

Andreas Malm and Wim Carton join Eleanor Penny to discuss climate models, resource conflicts, and the false promise of carbon capture on The Verso Podcast!

VersoBooks · Overshoot | Andreas Malm & Wim Carton On this week’s episode of The Verso Podcast we’re back to our typical format - our host, Eleanor Penny, is joined by Wim Carton and Andreas Malm to discuss their new book Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. We’re st...

15/11/2024

In this interview Tariq Ali discusses his experience with Hugo Chavez, reporting from Vietnam, and interviewing Palestinian intellectuals.

His new memoir, You Can't Please All, is out now!

In his new memoir Tariq Ali recounts a life committed to writing and cultural interventions. An eyewitness in Moscow to the fall of the Soviet Union, he was ...

14/11/2024

If we do not believe we can win, we will not win. How can we learn from the past in order to invent a new concept of political faith to guide us in today’s pessimistic world?

1 After taking power in January 1933, Adolph Hi**er immediately eviscerated his enemies. In March, the N***s opened their first concentration camp in Dachau, designed specifically for the regime’s political opponents. Their primary target: the Communist Party of Germany. By the end of the year, th...

13/11/2024

“She wanted to dig a square hole in the dark mud, lie down in it, and wait for someone to come along and cover her up. Thank you, she would say, if they did.”

The entire day had been spent unpacking the vase—unpacking the vase, looking at the vase, orienting and reorienting the vase—and should it have a mount, and would it be wrong to actually use the vase, to put flowers in it, maybe dried flowers and maybe just for special occasions, would that be a...

12/11/2024

We're hiring!

We're looking for a Direct Marketing Managed, Publicist, and Editorial Assistant - apply on our website.

Direct Marketing Manager - UK and Export Verso Books, the leading radical publisher in the English speaking world with a 50 year history, is seeking a Direct Marketing Manager. This is an exciting opportunity with a growing company which, as well as working with numerous distributors and booksellers...

11/11/2024

A group portrait of six of the finest historians of the First World War from Perry Anderson - out now!

In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson picks out from the highly charged historiography on the First World War one leading historian from each of the major powers that survived the conflagration: Fritz Fischer, famous historian of German war guilt; Pierre Renouvin, a disabled serviceman and preeminen...

09/11/2024

Come join our London office!

We're looking for a Direct Marketing Manager (UK & Export) - deadline for applications November 18th.

07/11/2024

How did we get here? These are key books for understanding why Donald Trump has been elected (again).

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07/11/2024

A new memoir from renowned political activist Tariq Ali is out now!

"Vintage Ali: literate rabble-rousing mixed with entertaining sniping, smart aperçus, and endless provocations." — Kirkus Reviews

The revolutionary upsurge of 1968–1975 jump-hopped continents with ease but finally petered out. What happened after is the subject of You Can’t Please All. Tariq Ali recounts a life committed to writing and cultural interventions. An eyewitness in Moscow to the fall of the Soviet Union, he was ...

06/11/2024

Enzo Traverso on the global far right, the Frankfurt School, left wing melancholia, and Israel's war against Gaza.

VersoBooks · Fascism, Marxism and Israel | Enzo Traverso This week we have a special episode for you as part of our inter-season programming - an interview with Enzo Traverso. Of course, we’re still working hard to bring you more roundtable discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upco...

04/11/2024

What are the necessary political, social and ideological resources that could overcome the prevailing sense of fragmentation and helplessness that dominates all varieties of what we could describe as the “Left”.

Discuss the most pressing questions of today with comrades at the 21st annual Historical Materialism conference.

Countering the Plague: Forces of Reaction and War and How to Fight Them 7–10 November 2024 Registration is open and Draft Programme is out SOAS, Russell Square, Central London For inquiries contact: [email protected]

01/11/2024

For the first time ever, buy Verso books at full price!

Verso readers know it: we run a lot of sales. Sometimes it seems like our books are always discounted. It's time to try something new.

As many of you may know, Verso is navigating a financial crisis. In July we were informed that our UK distributor, Marston Book Services, was beginning the process of filing for bankruptcy. Marston owes Verso nearly £1 million for book sales stretching back to January, and there is little chance th...

01/11/2024

Jodie Hare assesses how much of the earliest work on autism, neurodivergence and disability began from a position of prejudice and fear.

31/10/2024

The award-winning former Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell writes about his first encounters with Margaret Thatcher and other horrors.

I’ve long believed in the importance of reportage in cartooning. There is always a story to be found and told, and some of us do it with pictures. You work out a way of telling the story as you draw, and in a daily strip you build characters in real time. Margaret Thatcher was my first real challe...

24/10/2024

Thank you for your incredible support! We have reached our stretch goal with 5 hours to go - this will help us recover stability in the autumn/winter, and to bring our books to as wide an audience as possible.

Last chance to get exclusive rewards including over 100 ebooks, merch, and Verso Book Club subscriptions.

Verso Books needs your help to launch its Autumn 2024 list of books after the bankruptcy of one its most trusted partners.

21/10/2024

We need to raise £70,000 in the next 3 days in order to meet our fundraising goal and reach solid footing following the bankruptcy of our UK distributor.

If you can - please donate below and pick up tons of exclusive rewards as a thank-you!

Verso Books needs your help to launch its Autumn 2024 list of books after the bankruptcy of one its most trusted partners.

17/10/2024

Craig Gent talks algorithmic management, the gig economy, and lost mid-century dreams of a technological utopia.

This week we’ve got something a little different for you. Whilst we’re still technically between seasons - and working hard to bring you more roundtable discussions with our wonderful Verso authors in our upcoming fourth series of The Verso Podcast - we wanted to share a great episode we’ve be...

16/10/2024

UPDATE: We are announcing a stretch goal of £300,000.

We are so grateful for your support following the bankruptcy of our UK distributor—which went bust owing Verso nearly £1 million.

We were initially optimistic that Verso might eventually receive part of the £1 million it is owed. We now know there is little chance that Verso will receive any payment from its former UK distributor.

Reaching our stretch goals will allows us to reach solid footing this autumn.

Verso Books needs your help to launch its Autumn 2024 list of books after the bankruptcy of one its most trusted partners.

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Hannah Regel introduces her debut novel, The Last Sane Woman, out on July 2nd. Described by Sophie Mackintosh as a "brilliant, slyly funny, and acutely observed meditation", and "disquieting and gorgeous" by Daisy LaFarge. Now available for pre-order: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3203-the-last-sane-woman?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_last_sane_woman

The time has finally come. Democracy or Bonapartism is out today! https://www.versobooks.com/products/330-democracy-or-bonapartism

New podcast episode featuring a discussion between Anton Jäger and Vincent Bevins on their new books analyzing the 2010s. Available on Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, and more. https://linktr.ee/verso_podcast

🚨 New Verso Podcast episode alert 🚨 Don't miss the latest episode of the Verso Podcast with Nancy Fraser and Gargi Bhattacharyya as they discuss the peculiar fact that capitalism is constantly undermining the conditions of its own existence. Links here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/on-cannibals-and-capitalists-nancy-fraser-gargi-bhattacharyya?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the_verso_podcast&utm_content=season_1_episode_8

This is your nation's history on drugs. Quick Fixes: out now in partnership with Jacobin magazine https://www.versobooks.com/products/2981-quick-fixes

Who Will Build the Ark? OUT TODAY https://www.versobooks.com/products/2917-who-will-build-the-ark

What makes a class traitor or social climber? Engaging with a wide variety of thinkers and writers, from Richard Wright and Annie Ernaux, to Spinoza and Bourdieu, Transclasses puts forth a theory of social non-reproduction - the distinction within distinction. https://www.versobooks.com/products/791-transclasses

Ralph Dutli's masterfully written biography of Osip Mandelstam is out today! https://www.versobooks.com/products/944-osip-mandelstam

Join us for the relaunch of the Verso Podcast, a new series where leading Verso thinkers, activists and authors discuss the big ideas of our time. Full episode: https://linktr.ee/verso_podcast

“As soon as you start talking about handing over power, that’s when the phone calls dry up” On a new episode of the Verso Podcast, Maori activist and human rights advocate Tina Ngata discusses the tokenistic support indigenous people receive when fighting for climate justice. Full episode: https://linktr.ee/verso_podcast

On the first episode of The Verso Podcast Eleanor Penny is joined by Raj Patel and Tina Ngata for a fascinating discussion on the historical roots of exploitation, the impact on our planet, and the fight for justice. https://linktr.ee/verso_podcast