A.P. Barrett
Raw stories of survival, family and the long road back from the past — told without flinching, and without losing hope.
GED
Some ghosts refuse to be buried. Growing up in Glasgow's Southside in the 1970s and 80s, Ged Geraghty learns that survival comes at a cost. In a home scarred by addiction and violence, Mammy struggles to cope while Faither disappears deeper into alcoholism and rage.
But Ged's greatest fear isn't the chaos around him — it's becoming the man he hates. As he battles temptation and self-destruction, a death changes everything, and an unexpected mentor offers a way out: education, opportunity and the chance to escape. Yet the past holds tight.
GED is a raw and unflinching coming-of-age novel, where survival and identity collide with poverty, violence, addiction and sectarianism. Often brutal, but ultimately hopeful, this story of resilience, family and redemption asks one inescapable question: can you ever break free from the past?
Currently in progress
Alongside GED, A.P. Barrett is working across longer fiction, short stories and stage writing.
The Art of Redemptive Suffering
A novel developed from work that earned a Distinction on the Creative Writing Masters at Newcastle University. Expected late 2027.
The Orange Cord & other stories
Short stories including The Orange Cord, Escape from Cambois and The Grievance.
Whisky for the Wean
A theatre script currently in progress.
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