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MEET THE BÀRD: Stu Hennigan | Bard Books We are delighted to be hosting the first London event for Stu Hennigan's hotly tipped debut novel 'Keshed', a brutally poetic examination of class, belonging, masculinity, addiction and fatherhood. St...

LONDON FOLKS INTERESTED IN TOP DRAWER FICTION THAT WILL RIP YOU APART, AND BOOK EVENTS THAT WILL STEP OUTSIDE SAFE 'INDUSTRY' SOUNDBITES, SHOULD BE GOING TO THIS. TOMORROW. #GetKeshed

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We had an exceptional launch for Michael Arditti's sensational new novel, The Tribe – thank you @dauntbooks.bsky.social for hosting us. A brilliant turnout and utterly compelling conversations.

Congratulations to Michael Arditti on the launch of his epic new novel, The Tribe, out today!

"A tremendous, ambitious novel." —William Boyd

It’s a sweeping meditation on survival, memory, and the weight of history that we are incredibly proud to publish.

#BookSky #LitFic #HistoricalFiction

The Author >> The Book >> The First Page

It’s time to meet @smwwriting.bsky.social, the mind behind #MalcsBoy 👀📖

Here’s five fun facts about Shaun:

🏡 He was born in 1980 and raised in Wigton, Cumbria.
🏆 An early draft of Malc’s Boy won a Northern Writers’ Award in 2021.

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MEET THE BÀRD: Stu Hennigan | Bard Books We are delighted to be hosting the first London event for Stu Hennigan's hotly tipped debut novel 'Keshed', a brutally poetic examination of class, belonging, masculinity, addiction and fatherhood. St...

Roll call, motherfuckers. It's costing me about six hundred quid to do this and people have started bailing on me again. The toys are going RIGHT out the pram if the gaff's half-empty this time and I ain't organising another one. Who's definitely coming? 🤘💪

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MEET THE BÀRD: Stu Hennigan | Bard Books We are delighted to be hosting the first London event for Stu Hennigan's hotly tipped debut novel 'Keshed', a brutally poetic examination of class, belonging, masculinity, addiction and fatherhood. St...

This should be awesome. Do come along to hear @stuhennigan.bsky.social talk about his fierce & moving debut novel, KESHED, with me at Bárd Books this Thursday 12th March, 7pm. @ortacpress.bsky.social Tickets going fast: 👇
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Ghastly middle-class materialism: The Quantity Theory of Morality, by Will Self, reviewed In ‘Ward 9’, the central story of Will Self’s lauded debut collection, The Quantity Theory of Insanity (1991), it is posited that a society can only contain a finite supply of sanity, and that when it...

Here's my review of Will Self's provocative new novel, The Quantity Theory of Morality, in this week's @thespectator1828.bsky.social spectator.com/article/ghas...

First Line Friday 📖🖊

In 48 days we publish our very first title @smwwriting.bsky.social's incredible #Debut, MALC'S BOY, and we can't wait for you to read it!

Available to pre-order: www.conduitbooks.co.uk/books/p/malc...

Here's a sneak peek 📖

#FirstLineFriday #LiteraryFiction #Cumbria #Malcsboy

#Books that Inspire 📖

#Reading is a vital part of the writing process, offering inspiration, guidance, and a deeper understanding of the craft of #Storytelling.

We asked @smwwriting.bsky.social which five books inspired his #Debut novel #MalcsBoy, and these were the titles he highlighted (1/3)

Which spotty animals got Robert Newman into reading? Robert Newman answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, and what left him cold?

Robert Newman, beloved comedian and author of #Intelligence, for the Mail Online's What Four Books? From Isaiah Berlin to The Hundred And One Dalmatians, here are four books that shaped Robert Newman 📚

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All the way from NYC to #GetKeshed with me n @judecook.bsky.social.

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They by Helle Helle review – a novel to make the reader slow down and take notice Minimalist but never austere, this mother-daughter portrait from the Danish author finds its power in everyday detail

I reviewed Helle Helle's precise, controlled unforgettable novella, They, in @theguardian.com. Translated by Martin Aitken, published by new small press Akoya. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

The reviews are starting to come in for Shaun Wilson's incredible debut novel #MalcsBoy and we are over the moon with these words from the award-winning author of #Saltwater, Jessica Andrews

A son’s struggle and friendship with his father amidst a legacy of toxic masculinity and violence.

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An atmospheric & moving essay about 1970s horror movies (but really so much more) by @judecook.bsky.social. I recommend his Substack.

A February Substack essay from me. I wrote about 70s horror movies & broken families in Trust Exercise: The Horror Movie. Read for FREE here: judecook.substack.com/p/trust-exer...

New event alert: Do come along to the @owlbookshop.bsky.social in Kentish town on Thursday 23rd April to hear Shaun Wilson and Sam Mills talk about his brilliant debut novel MALC'S BOY (it's publication day too so should be great!) @conduitbooks.bsky.social Tickets: owlbookshop.co.uk/product/shau...

Having played a gig to just a soundman & his dog before (just the dog when the soundman went for a leak), 15 paying punters to see the fabulous, fierce Stu Hennigan is a pretty good start. Do please swell the throng & see me & Stu in conversation at Bàrd Books on 12th March 7pm (tickets below).

Coming of age in New York’s music scene “Every room was to be destroyed”, Mark Ronson writes in Night People, his rapturous account of his early life as a hip-hop DJ in New York in the 1990s.

Mark Ronson’s memoir is a hoot. He makes 90s NYC sound even more exciting than 90s London. My review for this week’s @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/lives/autobi...

Thrilled to announce the launch of Conduit Books' first title, MALC'S BOY, the brilliant debut novel by @smwwriting.bsky.social will be held at @thesociallondon.bsky.social on Tuesday 21st April, 7-midnight.

FREE ENTRY! - reserve a place here: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/condui...

Thrilled to announce the launch of @conduitbooks.bsky.social's first title, MALC'S BOY, the brilliant debut novel by @smwwriting.bsky.social will be held at @thesociallondon.bsky.social on Tuesday 21st April, 7-midnight.

FREE ENTRY! - reserve a place here: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/condui...

Only another 24-hours to get 25% off RRP on pre-orders of
@conduitbooks.bsky.social's launch title, MALC'S BOY, the stunning debut novel by Shaun Wilson!
@smwwriting.bsky.social

Link: www.waterstones.com/book/malcs-b...

Use code FEB26
Offer must end tomorrow at midnight, Friday 20th Feb!

🚨 25% OFF PRE-ORDERS 🚨

The February pre-order offer is LIVE at @waterstones.com! Get 25% OFF RRP on these 8 incredible upcoming titles.

🎟️ Use code: FEB26
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⏳ Offer ends Friday 23.59.

(1/2) #WPreorder #Books #NewBooks

Places are selling fast for my course on 11/03 from 6.30-8.30 pm GMT with the extraordinary @saloneurope.bsky.social ! Join us if you're writing narrative nonfic or memoir, and are inspired by landscape, setting and time: where are we standing? What in this place makes us feel alive?
All welcome!

So happy that my next book - & debut novel - will be published by @manillapress.bsky.social in July 2026. A TINY SPECK OF BLACK AND THEN NOTHING, set in Japan in the early 2000s, is the story of two young friends - a nightclub hostess & a school teacher - & what happens when one of them disappears.

25% off preorders at Waterstones until midnight Friday!!!! use code FEB26 xx #wpreorder

As of today, you can get 25% off RRP on pre-orders of @conduitbooks.bsky.social's launch title, MALC'S BOY, the stunning debut novel by Shaun Wilson! @smwwriting.bsky.social

Follow the link here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...

Use code FEB 26
Offer must end Friday 20th Feb!

Free Thinking - Working Class Creativity - BBC Sounds Depictions of working class life on TV and in culture and how they've changed.

Fascinating discussion around class on Radio 4's Free Thinking feat. @adellestripe.bsky.social

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Happy publication day to the deep, dark, beautiful ride that is Keshed by Stu Hennigan.

We’re incredibly proud to be publishing this bold, uncompromising novel.

Congratulations @stuhennigan.bsky.social, and thanks to @turnarounduk.bsky.social, Jack Smyth, Tom and Jaime Witcomb and Alex Billington.

🔊 OUT NOW!

"Amis's talent was to put words to things in ways both unobvious and inevitable."

David Szalay and @jackaldane.bsky.social discuss:

✒️The first Amis novel David ever read
✒️The lessons for all writers in The Information
✒️Why Amis was right about style

🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTrz...

📣IN THE NEW YEAR…

David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social