We are very pleased to be joined by two rising literary stars for a double header, in which Freya Bromley and Stacey Yu will be in conversation.

Freya will be here to discuss A Real Piece of Work.

What does it mean for a stranger to think you’re brave?

A Real Piece of Work is a sparkling and spiky story of complicated families and even more complicated sisters, narrated with tenderness, nuance and wit.

Stacey will be discussing Kitten.

A magnetic novel about a young woman who falls in love with her boyfriend’s cat.

Delicately playful and unexpectedly heartfelt, Kitten is a sensitive reckoning with the allure of helplessness and the uncertainty of becoming yourself in a world that is as disorienting as it is full of hope and connection.

Join Freya and Stacey as they discuss their novels here at bookhaus. Tickets cost £7 and include a glass of wine or soft drink and £2 off each book. Presented by bookhaus.

Praise for A Real Piece of Work:-

'Sharp, tender, and bracingly honest' OISÍN MCKENNA

'A beautiful story about grief and fractured families' Prima

'Introspective, funny, philosophical, and bringing the outside world in' EMMA GANNON

'A tender and intricate novel . . . It’s like looking at a family portrait through the shards of a broken frame' WILLIAM RAYFET HUNTER

'Sharply observed, and deeply human.' JENNIE GODFREY

'A sparkling ode to sisterhood and finding the sublime in the everyday' SHARLENE TEO

Praise for Kitten:-

‘Strange, playful and intimate . . . I didn’t want it to end’
LUCY ROSE, author of The Lamb

‘Soft and sharp, totally in control, utterly deranged. I lapped it up’
KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE, author of Almost Life

‘A spellbinding story . . . it will play on your mind for days’
ORE AGBAJE-WILLIAMS, author of The Three of Us

‘A fresh, funny, and totally bewitching girl-meets-cat love story’
GINA CHUNG, author of Sea Change