Louise Kennedy – In-Conversation
Louise Kennedy – In-Conversation at Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre, London
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Louise Kennedy – In-Conversation £10.00
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About the show
Louise Kennedy will be in conversation with the award winning author Timothy O’Grady, (‘I Could Read The Sky’, ‘Monaghan’). ‘STATIONS’ will be published in September 2026. Following this event Louise Kennedy will do a book signing and copies of the book will be available to buy at the ICC.
“STATIONS”
A devastating tale of love, friendship and the choices that shape our lives
In 1982, Róisín and Red meet as teenagers in their hometown in Ireland. Red’s reputation
for trouble might precede him, but Róisín finds in him an intelligent and funny – if unlikely – friend. When a brush with the law pushes Red into a corner, he escapes their town and his family for good to start a new life in England.
As the years pass, they grow up and apart. Despite Red’s particular gift for disappearing,
they remain tethered to one another, a fragile thread holding their once fierce friendship
together. When Róisín arrives in London to spend Christmas with her estranged father, she finds herself swept up once more into Red’s storm. Róisín longs for the closeness they once had, but Red continues to travel away from her – and as the past weighs on the present, Róisín wonders if she’ll ever reach Red where he is.
STATIONS is a devastating story of love and friendship, and the choices we blithely make
when we are young, unaware that the consequences will reverberate throughout our lives.
Featuring - Louise Kennedy
Louise Kennedy grew up a few miles from Belfast. She is the author of Trespasses, which won Novel Of The Year for 2023 at the An Post Irish Book Awards and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards and was short listed for the Women's Prize; and the acclaimed short story collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac. She is the only woman to have been shortlisted twice for the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award (2019 and 2020).