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@weare1of100.bsky.social
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Cool to find the button in the box with print. Thanks! 🏴
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Dave C
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2020 #47 I grew up in a culturally-comatose corner of Australia and missed the whole punk/post-punk thing so this fabulous debut from
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was not just a great novel but a bit of cultural enlightenment as well. Definitely on a roll in this part of 2020. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚
#booksky
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White Rabbit Books
about 1 month ago
Thank you
@resident-music.com
for selecting 168 SONGS OF HATRED AND FAILURE by
@keithcameron2.bsky.social
as your #1 book of the year! And for choosing
@danielrachel.bsky.social
,
@audreyjgolden.bsky.social
,
@liaminscoejones.bsky.social
,
@reversediorama.bsky.social
+ Budgie on the best of 2025 list 🙏
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JR Moores
about 2 months ago
#RecentlyRead
XSTABETH by
@reversediorama.bsky.social
There are so many great lines (or half-lines, if that’s what they are) in this experimental, intoxicating and rather-rude-in-places novel. “Art should be like a hand grenade thrown through an open window.”
#booksky
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White Rabbit Books
about 2 months ago
Incredible reaction to the announcement of
@reversediorama.bsky.social
’s new novel BOYHOOD, and the first quote is in - and what a quote it is. Thank you
@irvinewelsh.bsky.social
🙏
#whatafuckingbook
COMING APRIL 2026
geni.us/Boyhood
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Behind the Black Mirror: a Manifesto of Bliss mix streaming now on my Substack:
reversediorama.substack.com/p/behind-the...
about 2 months ago
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Jon Vernon
2 months ago
Some good news...
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White Rabbit Books
2 months ago
For the weekend crowd, if you somehow missed this week’s announcement… BOYHOOD, the new novel from
@reversediorama.bsky.social
COMING APRIL 2026
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Tom Robinson
2 months ago
This is just great news. Brother Keenan back again, just wondrous as usual
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Stefan Siebert
2 months ago
Can’t wait! 🙌
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John Earls
2 months ago
Now then…
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Tom Noble
2 months ago
NEW KEENAN, APRIL 26, HERE WE GO (Also surely my favourite announcement video I’ve ever worked on)
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Limited to 500 copies signed hardback edition of Boyhood
@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
comes with a gorgeous art print of the cover shot by legendary photographer Douglas Corrrance. Get in there:
geni.us/Boyhood
2 months ago
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Had a blast touring Boyhood around our favourite booksellers in Glasgow and Edinburgh over the last few days. Thank you all for bringing the magic and enthusiasm. What a vibe x
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2 months ago
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Wayne Connolly
2 months ago
Magic is real
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White Rabbit Books
2 months ago
BOYHOOD lands in April 2026 but
@reversediorama.bsky.social
has already been out visiting bookshops and record stores across Glasgow and Edinburgh this week to share proof copies – thank you to all for being so welcoming, so passionate and for supporting this incredible novel 🙏
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White Rabbit Books
2 months ago
Pre-order a SIGNED copy of
@reversediorama.bsky.social
's BOYHOOD from select independent bookshops and record stores and receive a limited edition art print of the stunning cover photo by legendary photographer Douglas Corrance. Find your nearest store at
geni.us/Boyhood
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Benjamin Myers
2 months ago
Got me grubby mitts on this beauty...
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HipPriest
2 months ago
Oh yes...
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White Rabbit Books
2 months ago
Glasgow, 1979: A young boy is abducted outside a football ground. Nine years later: The boy's brother, Aaron Murray, is facing the final days of his youth. Here’s
@reversediorama.bsky.social
to tell us more about his new novel BOYHOOD – a story of grief, angels and redemption...
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Resident Music
2 months ago
DAVID KEENAN Boyhood *Signed* Hardback + Print Preorder:
resident-music.com/product/keen...
Airdrie’s answer to Alan Moore returns with a numinous new Glasgow-set tome. If you devoured This Is Memorial Device, you'll want in on this!
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Memorial Device
2 months ago
YES! 🙏
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White Rabbit Books
2 months ago
This is a hymn to the resilience of youth, to the brave dreams of artists and lovers, and a love letter to Glasgow – a city where magic happens. Announcing BOYHOOD, the most ambitious and magical novel yet from
@reversediorama.bsky.social
COMING APRIL 2026
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Psyched to announce my new novel, Boyhood, coming April 2026
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Memorial Device
2 months ago
The Church of Keenan 🙏
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White Rabbit Books
3 months ago
Another amazing Convenanza weekend, and thank you to everyone who came to our sold out Sunday Literary Salon feat.
@reversediorama.bsky.social
,
@irvinewelsh.bsky.social
and Zofia Page. See you again next year 🙏 📸 Photo by Luis Kramer
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New subscriber-only photo essay The Book of Books up on my Substack:
reversediorama.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
4 months ago
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Disciples
4 months ago
Thee endless revelation ov volcanic tongue, the third and final DJ mix companion to the compilation 2xLP on Disciples celebrating the amazing Glasgow-based record shop run by David Keenan and Heather Leigh.
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@wishimage.bsky.social
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DISCMIX35 Nine Wrong Answers
Thee endless revelation ov volcanic tongue, the third and final DJ mix companion to the compilation 2xLP on Disciples celebrating the amazing Glasgow-based record shop run by David Keenan and Heather
https://soundcloud.com/d_i_s_c_i_p_l_e_s/discmix35-nine-wrong-answers
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Memorial Device
4 months ago
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New on my Substack. Part One of The Book of Airdrie: A Life in Pieces. Subscribe to read or redeem your one-off free read here:
reversediorama.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
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@memorialdevice.bsky.social
4 months ago
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David Scott
4 months ago
Mad not to. 👍
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Two Epiphanies: new subscriber-only essay out via my Substack. Eric Rohmer, Georges Perec, Paris and more.
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4 months ago
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Latest post at Reverse Diorama:
reversediorama.substack.com/p/elliot-and...
5 months ago
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Stu Hennigan
5 months ago
Instant sub 🙏✊️
@memorialdevice.bsky.social
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Memorial Device
5 months ago
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I’ve finally launched a Substack where I’ll be publishing new and archival material, including exclusive content and limited edition chapbooks for subscribers. Check it out here and consider signing up:
reversediorama.substack.com/p/this-is-re...
5 months ago
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Wayne Connolly
5 months ago
I never tire of this sublime piece of music.
@reversediorama.bsky.social
showed me the way and I swear it's the best thing I've ever heard.
youtu.be/xXMUpqSyJJo?...
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Bach - Cantata Gottes Zeit..., 'Actus Tragicus' BWV 106 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society
YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society
https://youtu.be/xXMUpqSyJJo?si=H3EGpZgVvmNzwSUF
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Jonathan Wright
6 months ago
Thanks to
@reversediorama.bsky.social
for taking the time to speak with me for Groovy Times.
groovy-times.com/david-keenan/
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David Keenan - Groovy Times
The acclaimed novelist, journalist and former record shop owner tells us how his love of outsider music has shaped his work As he recalls in his spectacular collection of music writing, Volcanic Tongu...
https://groovy-times.com/david-keenan/
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Groovy Times
6 months ago
Issue 3 of Groovy Times opens with an interview author David Keenan He talks first gigs, record reviewing and Volcanic Tongue (record shop, book & compilation)
@reversediorama.bsky.social
@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
@disciples.bsky.social
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
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David Keenan - Groovy Times
The acclaimed novelist, journalist and former record shop owner tells us how his love of outsider music has shaped his work As he recalls in his spectacular collection of music writing, Volcanic Tongu...
https://groovy-times.com/david-keenan/
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SEESOUNDPRINT
6 months ago
Suitably surreal and magical reading in the 🇵🇹☀️ from
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Up in the sun ✊🏻
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Glass Modern Records
6 months ago
We have 10 copies of Performs Monument Maker signed by David Keenan on the rear sleeve. David's pen work was so fast, like his patter, the ink didn't dry before they went back in the box...Oh dear
@glassmodernr.bsky.social
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Sven Schlijper-Karssenberg 🔻
6 months ago
Yeah ❤️👍🤟
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Mark O’Brien
6 months ago
Opened this book on Saturday lunchtime and couldn’t put it down until I finished it on Sunday night. Dark, dangerous, hallucinogenic, disturbing and totally brilliant. For The Good Times by
@reversediorama.bsky.social
Belfast in the mid 1970’s on a journey towards the hunger strikes. Blown away
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Mark Robot Silver
7 months ago
Another fantastic
@leedslitfest.bsky.social
event, this time featuring
@adellestripe.bsky.social
,
@reversediorama.bsky.social
and
@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
founder Lee Brackstone. Thanks to
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
, the festival team and Leeds Libraries for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.
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Stu Hennigan
7 months ago
What a fucking banging event. Enormous thanks to
@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
, brothers
@leebrackstone.bsky.social
@reversediorama.bsky.social
and sister
@adellestripe.bsky.social
for some splendid chat. Pics courtesy of
@silverdraws.bsky.social
(hope you don't mind!)
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Tom Noble
6 months ago
Back up home to magnificent West Yorkshire for the
@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
special at
@leedslitfest.bsky.social
. Great crowd, great venue, and great panel and host (Brackstone +
@adellestripe.bsky.social
+
@reversediorama.bsky.social
with
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
). Leeds: the greatest city
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Stu Hennigan
7 months ago
@whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
@reversediorama.bsky.social
@adellestripe.bsky.social
and the gaffer
@leebrackstone.bsky.social
in the house,
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
asking the questions, whoever HE is.....Gonna be a banger.
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White Rabbit Books
7 months ago
'The best fun is when you're in the middle of a book and you don't know where it's going and the characters are alive' Today's listening:
@reversediorama.bsky.social
on 101 Part Time Jobs, talking about writing, running a record shop and much more. Listen now:
www.101parttimejobs.com
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