Get Keshed - In conversation with Author Stu Hennigan

Get Keshed - In Conversation with Stu Hennigan - author of Ghost Signs, a blistering account of entrenched poverty exposed by the covid pandemic.

Were excited to welcome Leeds author Stu Hennigan back to Stockton to celebrate the publication of Keshed - his first work of fiction.Stu Hennigan is a writer, poet and musician from the North of England.

His non-fiction book Ghost Signs (Bluemoose) was shortlisted for two national literary prizes including Best Political Book By A Non-Parliamentarian at the Parliamentary Book Awards in 2023.

His short fiction, essays, poetry, criticism and other work has been published widely in print and online.

He also plays guitar in the rock band Kamie.Keshed is his first novel.

Dark, complex, and visceral, Keshed is an unflinching character study exploring class, belonging, fatherhood, and conflicting ideals of modern masculinity.

At heart, it's the story of a relationship struggling to cope with the impossible pressures of raising a child under late-stage capitalism; but it's also a love letter to the working-class North, from the grinding poverty of Thatcher's '80s to the present day.Tickets include a welcome drink and copies of Keshed will be available to purchase on the night and Stu will be happy to sign copies