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‘It was the original viral moment’: the complete story of Keisha the Sket

Jade LB

Keisha the Sket is truly a crucial part of not just Black Brit literature, but British literature as a whole.

Keisha the Sket accidentally decolonised literature.

'Reading Keisha the Sket as an adult makes me swoon at the richness of its nostalgia.

Keisha the Sket has united a nation and rebirthed a generation of readers who were gripped by the tale of a 'top sket'.

Keisha The Sket feels like an old friend.

I'm not sure if we knew it at the time, but KTS was decolonising and demystifying literature for a generation.

‘A true British classic.’ Stormzy

Where were you when Keisha the Sket first broke the internet? 
 
Keisha is a girl from the ends, sharp, feisty and ambitious; she's been labelled 'top sket' but she's making it work. When childhood crush and long-time admirer, Ricardo, finally wins her over, Keisha has it all: power, a love life and the chance for stability. But trauma comes knocking and with it a whirlwind of choices that will define what kind of a woman she truly wants to be. 
 
Told with the heart and soul of the inner city, with an unforgettable heroine, Keisha the Sket is a revelation of the true, raw, arousing and tender core of British youth culture. 
 
Complete with essays from esteemed contemporary writers Candice Carty-Williams, Caleb Femi and Aniefiok Ekpoudom.

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Keisha the Sket is truly a crucial part of not just Black Brit literature, but British literature as a whole.

Our literary foremother.

Keisha the Sket accidentally decolonised literature.

Keisha the Sket is truly a crucial part of not just Black Brit literature, but British literature as a whole.

Our literary foremother.

Keisha the Sket accidentally decolonised literature.

Keisha the Sket is truly a crucial part of not just Black Brit literature, but British literature as a whole.

Our literary foremother.

Keisha the Sket accidentally decolonised literature.

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‘It was the original viral moment’: the complete story of Keisha the Sket

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