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Kirkland Ciccone

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Author of Happiness Is Wasted On Me, writer of Scottish fiction, punk with pores, bookshop botherer, library lurker, and tea swigger. https://kirklandciccone.wordpress.com/

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 2d

This is happening. 😎

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 3d

Crypt keeping i̶n̶ a̶ m̶u̶s̶e̶u̶m̶.

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Carrie plays guitaaargh 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 10d

Another bit of Aye Write! excitement: I'll be chatting with Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh and Lewis Hetherington on Saturday 8 November about Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland.

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Cover of the book Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland.

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 10d

I like a theme. 🎃

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 14d

I'm happy October's here. 🎃

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 26d

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Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social · 27d

The Eighth Doctor v Zygons! 📣 Click https://bgfn.sh/8zygons to read all about December's forthcoming adventure. 📣 Paul McGann! 📣 Nicola Walker! 📣 Hattie Morahan! 📣 It's about time!

Sean Longmore's cover artwork for Doctor Who: Empty Vessels, featuring the Eighth Doctor in his Dark Eyes leather jacket ensemble, holding the sonic screwdriver. Behind him is a Zygon, holding a crystal. Either side are Helen (and her doppelganger) in a Zygon ship and Liv in a spacecraft corridor.

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 28d

The BBC/Doctor Who deal with Disney needs to be done with *now*, and I mean right now.

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · 29d

I'll be hosting Ely Percy at Cumbernauld Library, where we'll talk about their Scottish classic Duck Feet. In preparation, I dug this iconic old jacket out of the wardrobe.

Visit the link below for tickets...

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Sep 8

Goooood. Ask me again after I've had a few more cups of tea.

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Sep 8

I see a lot of people using it, but my GOD, I pay too much money for WordPress to just dump it. How are you doing? Well, I hope. 😎

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Sep 8

WordPress is my platform of choice, but I've also started a Substack. Today, I wrote about mysterious fires burning down iconic buildings in Cumbernauld...

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reading pile. 🙂

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Aug 21

More #Cumbernauld stuff.

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cumbernauld Library stuff.

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Aug 20

IT'S TIME. #Godzilla @criterion.bsky.social

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 20

Someone has listened to 1. Outside and unlocked the whole album. It's my favourite Bowie record. PS he might have worked out the identity of The Minotaur...

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My explanation of Bowie's 1.Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper-cycle)

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 17

I'm flamin-going to the library.

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 12

I need my taste buds intact, Roy! 😀

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 12

I hate the summer.

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'll miss 404 Ink. They have great taste, their aesthetic was really my thing, and I loved their books. Running a publishing house in this anti-art economy must be hell. Brilliantly, Heather and Laura did everything (including closing 404) on their own terms. That's punk! #publishing

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thirty years ago today, Kylie Minogue released Where Is The Feeling? '90s me really, really loved '90s #Kylie. wp.me/p2RXK-X8

Kylie In The ’90s

There are two types of Kylie Minogue song. The type that work and the type that don’t. Being talented as she is, Kylie definitely has more in the former category rather than the latter. Really, an …

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 9

And...if you're in the mood for a touch of '90s cult movie mania, here are a few other links to similar articles on the blog. Yes, I owned The Glesga Odeon.

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Years Later, The Craft Continues To Cast A Spell On Me

Decades after being released to mixed reviews and a good showing at the box office, The Craft continues to be revered and relevant, a preciously guarded artefact for an entire generation of teens w…

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jul 9

With the release of I Know What You Did Last Summer on the way (again), I wanted to post the article I wrote a few years ago about the book and Lois Duncan's complex relationship with the movie of the same name.

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#IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer #LoisDuncan

I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan – an examination

SPOILERS AHEAD! Lois Duncan was a household name if your house was home to kids with library memberships in the 70s and 80s. Her books for young people were Young Adult before the genre became main…

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Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's raining. I don't mind the rain because I'm Scottish. Anyway, I pulled this out the a̶r̶c̶h̶i̶v̶e̶ cupboard. I *think* it was made by a girl in Malaysia. It was nearly ten years (and five stones) ago. Who says you can't dress up as a watermelon for a day out? 😎

Kirkland Ciccone @kirklandciccone.bsky.social · Jun 25

I am. You too, with luck!