On this page you will find a list of titles of the books we will read and discuss in 2025. When we have full details for events – date and venue for discussion, free resources and more, there will be a link to a separate page on this site for each event.

We provide this list in advance of full details so that people can plan and budget ahead, perhaps picking a few books from the year they would most like to focus on, or times when they are most able to find time to read. If you can find the time to read all the books and join us for all the discussions, that’s wonderful – but we are more than happy to welcome people along to a single session on a topic they are most interested in.

We are very grateful that, once again, most if not all of the books will be available to buy from the Yellow Lighted Bookshop with a 15% discount – as the books up till April already are (by entering the coupon code “25stroudradical” when you reach the basket stage).

Our discussions will always be held in a Stroud town centre location, and entry will always be free – with occasional collections of donations to cover costs.

2025 book list:

January: The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah by Benjamin Zephaniah (our webpage with full details)

February: Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber (our webpage with full details)

March / International Womens’ Day: Revolutionary and Enemy Feminisms: Revolutionary Feminisms – Conversations on Collective Action and Radical Thought by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah (Editors) and Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation by Sophie Lewis (our webpage)

April: Climate in Parable of The Sower by Octavia Butler and It’s Not That Radical by Mikaela Loach (our webpage)

May: Radicalism and Resistance in Palestine: Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh and Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women by Shoal Collective (our webpage)

June: Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C.Riley Snorton (our webpage)

July: Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline – Edited by Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, Nawara Mahfoud (our webpage)

August: Toussaint Louverture The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History By C.L.R. James – Graphic Novel Adaptation by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee (our webpage)

September: Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat by Hannah Proctor (Yellow Lighted Bookshop shop page)

October: Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments – Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals, by Saidiya Hartman (Yellow Lighted Bookshop shop page)

November: Lipstick Traces: A secret history of the twentieth century by Griel Marcus (Yellow Lighted Bookshop shop page)

December: Encounters With James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years – Edited by Kadija George Sesay and Cheryl Robson (Yellow Lighted Bookshop shop page)