Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social reviewed in @irishtimes.com by @andrewgallix.bsky.social
'Heartbreaking yet exhilarating ... Hennigan's unflinching fiction debut channels the entire history of British kitchen-sink realism.'
"Environment shapes people, language and stuff. But I am wary of publishing-speak ... Often these labels become restrictive, they mean you’re only allowed to write about one thing. Stay in your lane ..."
@stuhennigan.bsky.social x @susannacrossman.bsky.social
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Up on @minorliteratures.bsky.social now, a brilliant chat between @stuhennigan.bsky.social and @susannacrossman.bsky.social about Stu’s debut novel, Keshed, which we published two months ago.
You can order a copy from your local bookshop now.
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I interviewed the brilliant @stuhennigan.bsky.social about his debut #keshed @ortacpress.bsky.social. We chatted about his process, the complexities of writing class & addiction, blistering sentences, T.Harrison, Dylan Thomas, Pat Barker, punk poets & more. All thanks @minorliteratures.bsky.social.
Thursday in Glasgow!
This will be a great time and tickets are free.
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and coming up this week ...
— @susannacrossman.bsky.social interviews @stuhennigan.bsky.social
— an extract from Darker with the Dawn by @adamsteinerauthor.bsky.social
Thanks Deirdre!
11th May! This is going to be a good one. Get your tickets.
We had a great time at the Alternative Book Fair in London on Saturday.
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There’s a Manchester event for Keshed next month! It’s at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social where @stuhennigan.bsky.social will be in conversation with @workshy-fop.bsky.social. Grab a ticket while you can.
We’ll be at the Indie Press Fair tomorrow as part of the Alternative London Book Fair.
So many great presses, authors and panels.
If you’re in London, come along to Islington Central Library between 10-5pm. Tickets are free!
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Punk Rock Birdwatching in Glasgow! Join @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social for an evening at the brilliant @weare1of100.bsky.social next Thursday. Tickets are free. Link below!
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Fascinating meeting of minds chatting with Susanna, always. Looking forward to reading this myself and seeing what we were on about!
Editing an interview with the brilliant @stuhennigan.bsky.social about his amazing debut novel Keshed for @minorliteratures.bsky.social . We talk about language, class, women, substance abuse, Dylan Thomas, editing &more…
@stuhennigan.bsky.social justice finished your novel. Extraordinary writing, especially about the childhood and college experiences, & depression. The end has done me in. Wasn’t expecting that. Well done, Stu. #booksky
Join @stuhennigan.bsky.social at Drake the Bookshop in Stockton this June. Bound to be a good one!
Had some belting reviews but "like Joyce's Dublin with more cheap speed" is somewhere near the top of the pile 💪👍
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Finished this beauty/ beast of a book this week by @stuhennigan.bsky.social . If you haven’t read it yet, you NEED to. It achieves the rare feat of being savage and tender at the same time, and being genuinely original in an era of literary blandness. Real, essential writing…. Also…
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Tomorrow. Join us! Me n Naomi are a great double act. I've interviewed her at least four times but we've never done it this way round and i can't wait. Always nice to be in York too, booked the day off for a proper jolly.
Big up Adam for taking the time to share these thoughts on Keshed. Word of mouth is the lifeblood for writers at this level of the game and it's truly appreciated every time.
A Molotov to a stale age of English literature. It’s visceral, raw and full of heart. @stuhennigan.bsky.social prose is breathless and hypnotic, a kaleidoscopic vision of addiction and depression, before settling to tender, quiet moments about the beauty and mundanity of life. What a book.
This was great. Even more drazzled and digressive than usual cos i didn't go to bed again on Sunday night 🤪
Wonderful to interview brilliant @stuhennigan.bsky.social today about his extraordinary debut Keshed for @minorliteratures.bsky.social. Words on: layered writing process, language, Dylan Thomas, vernacular, setting, people & place, visceral rhythms, love stories, class, belonging & what's left out.
Get Keshed with @stuhennigan.bsky.social and Naomi Booth at York Lit Festival this Wednesday! Some tickets still available.
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Front cover of Keshed by Stu Hennigan, published by Ortac Press. Image shows a man's silhouetted head and shoulders in a mirror image
New arrival! Have heard lots of good things about this so very much looking forward to reading @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social
Bard Books Gets Keshed. Image for a SubStack post about the London launch. White text, brown background on the top half, bottom half is a colour photo of two scruffy middle-aged blokes sat in green chairs with metal legs in front of some bookshelves in an independent bookshop in East London. Both look relaxed, pissing themselves laughing at something or other.
All the deets here from Thursday. Shouts to @judecook.bsky.social @dantjenks.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @jamesscudamore.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @nancykay-alt-acct.bsky.social @jonathangibbs.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social
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