Louise Kennedy – In-Conversation

About this event

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.