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Kirkland Ciccone
@kirklandciccone.bsky.social
Author of Happiness Is Wasted On Me, writer of Scottish fiction, punk with pores, bookshop botherer, library lurker, and tea swigger.

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This is happening. 😎
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Crypt keeping i̶n̶ a̶ m̶u̶s̶e̶u̶m̶.
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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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.

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/who-...
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I like a theme. 🎃
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm happy October's here. 🎃
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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!
September 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The BBC/Doctor Who deal with Disney needs to be done with *now*, and I mean right now.
September 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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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September 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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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September 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reading pile. 🙂
September 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
More #Cumbernauld stuff.
August 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Cumbernauld Library stuff.
August 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
August 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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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July 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I'm flamin-going to the library.
July 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I hate the summer.
July 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
July 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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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July 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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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July 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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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July 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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? 😎
June 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm about to see BETTY BOO live!!!
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
School libraries need librarians. They're an essential strand of the educational and social DNA of any school.
BREAKING on @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Glasgow schools face losing their librarians as part of council cuts aimed at saving £100k.

Glasgow Life won't say why this information is only coming out a few days before schools close for the summer.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525653...
Glasgow schools to lose librarians due to council budget cuts
The proposed changes have only come to light days before schools close for the summer.
www.heraldscotland.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM