Stuart Pennebaker presents Ghost Fish, featuring Emma Stephenson

Tue Aug 26 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts | New York

P&T Knitwear
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Stuart Pennebaker presents Ghost Fish, featuring Emma Stephenson
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"A luminous novel of grief, sisterhood, and the necessary magic we need in order to bridge loss and healing." —Chelsea Bieker
About this Event

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Stuart Pennebaker to celebrate and discuss her new book, Ghost Fish: a tender coming-of-age novel about a young woman haunted by her sister’s death, who starts to believe that her beloved sibling has returned to her—in the form of a ghost fish, for fans of Sweetbitter and Our Wives Under the Sea.

Stuart will be joined in conversation by Emma Stephenson. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Stuart will also sign copies ofGhost Fish.



AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES
  • This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
  • Doors open at 6:30pm.
  • Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
  • Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
  • Books will also be available for purchase in store.
  • The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
  • We encourage all guests to wear masks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stuart Pennebaker is a writer and former bookseller raised in South Carolina. She now lives in the East Village where she works and teaches for Gotham Writers Workshop. Ghost Fish is her first novel.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Emma Stephenson is Director of Communications & Events and Gotham Writers Workshop and the editor of Gotham’s literary magazine The Razor. She co-created The Writer’s Mind course and has published prose poems in Bullshit Lit’s 2nd Anthology, Masks Literary Magazine, Passing Through, and other places. She served as education coordinator for Symphony Space’s Thalia Kids Book Club Camp and holds a BA from Emerson College.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States

Tickets

USD 7.18 to USD 21.04

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