Christopher Owens
@mrowens212.bsky.social
Reviews for The Pensive Quill.
New novella 'Soineanta Maskirovka' out now.
Also author of 'A Vortex of Securocrats' and 'Dethrone God'
Buy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0BT865QJL/allbooks
New novella 'Soineanta Maskirovka' out now.
Also author of 'A Vortex of Securocrats' and 'Dethrone God'
Buy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0BT865QJL/allbooks
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Christopher Owens
@mrowens212.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Praise for the works of Christopher Owens:
"Belfast Noir par fheabhas." Brandon Sullivan (The Pensive Quill)
"...if you don't read this book you deserve to be beaten...with...copies of the Sacred Heart Messenger." Patrick McCabe (The Butcher Boy)
Available now:
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
"Belfast Noir par fheabhas." Brandon Sullivan (The Pensive Quill)
"...if you don't read this book you deserve to be beaten...with...copies of the Sacred Heart Messenger." Patrick McCabe (The Butcher Boy)
Available now:
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...
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www.thepensivequill.com/2026/01/pete... @mrowens212.bsky.social tribute to the late punk legend Petesy Burns #Music #Punk #Belfast #Memorials
Petesy Burns
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January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
www.thepensivequill.com/2026/01/pete... @mrowens212.bsky.social tribute to the late punk legend Petesy Burns #Music #Punk #Belfast #Memorials
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My tribute to Petesy Burns and his legacy. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#Belfast #punkrock #LestWeForget #Obituary
My tribute to Petesy Burns and his legacy. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#Belfast #punkrock #LestWeForget #Obituary
Petesy Burns
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January 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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My tribute to Petesy Burns and his legacy. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#Belfast #punkrock #LestWeForget #Obituary
My tribute to Petesy Burns and his legacy. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#Belfast #punkrock #LestWeForget #Obituary
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January 14, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Reposted by Christopher Owens
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Thanks to BAM Magazine for this feature on my upcoming book 'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown'.
#BookSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #IndieWriters
Thanks to BAM Magazine for this feature on my upcoming book 'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown'.
#BookSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #IndieWriters
Belfast Author Owens Unveils Haunting New Novel Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown - BAM NI
Acclaimed Belfast-based writer Christopher Owens returns with his most searing and psychologically incisive work to date, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown — a novel of fractured memories, parallel lives, an...
bamni.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
bamni.co.uk/2026/01/11/b...
Thanks to BAM Magazine for this feature on my upcoming book 'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown'.
#BookSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #IndieWriters
Thanks to BAM Magazine for this feature on my upcoming book 'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown'.
#BookSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #IndieWriters
Belfast Author Owens Unveils Haunting New Novel Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown - BAM NI
Acclaimed Belfast-based writer Christopher Owens returns with his most searing and psychologically incisive work to date, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown — a novel of fractured memories, parallel lives, an...
bamni.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM
bamni.co.uk/2026/01/11/b...
Thanks to BAM Magazine for this feature on my upcoming book 'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown'.
#BookSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #IndieWriters
Thanks to BAM Magazine for this feature on my upcoming book 'Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown'.
#BookSky #AuthorsofBlueSky #IndieWriters
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Christopher Owens
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Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Belfast author Christopher Owens unveils haunting new novel Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown
Remember the date - February 16. Why? read below: Acclaimed Belfast-based writer Christopher Owens returns with his most searing and psy...
booksandwritersnorthernireland.blogspot.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
booksandwritersnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2026/01/belf...
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Reposted by Christopher Owens
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My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
Dancefloor
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January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
"You will argue that this is a counsel of despair. What of the anarchist dream, the Stateless state, the Commune, the autonomous zone with duration, a free society, a free culture...The point is not to change consciousness but to change the world."
#nowreading #nowspinning
#nowreading #nowspinning
January 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"You will argue that this is a counsel of despair. What of the anarchist dream, the Stateless state, the Commune, the autonomous zone with duration, a free society, a free culture...The point is not to change consciousness but to change the world."
#nowreading #nowspinning
#nowreading #nowspinning
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
Dancefloor
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January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
www.thepensivequill.com/2026/01/danc...
My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
My thoughts on Victor Jestin's 'Dancefloor'. Something might have been lost in translation but ones gets the feeling this should be much more than it is. As ever thanks to
@anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FrenchLit #FridayThoughts
booksandwritersnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2026/01/belf...
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Belfast author Christopher Owens unveils haunting new novel Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown
Remember the date - February 16. Why? read below: Acclaimed Belfast-based writer Christopher Owens returns with his most searing and psy...
booksandwritersnorthernireland.blogspot.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
booksandwritersnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2026/01/belf...
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
Big thanks to Jonathan Traynor (author of Chords of Chaos and Race the Undead) for this profile of my upcoming book, Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown.
#booksky #indieauthors #irishnovels #belfast
www.thepensivequill.com/2026/01/have...
My thoughts on Paul Hanley's book 'Have A Bleedin Guess: The Story of Hex Enduction Hour'. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#bookreview #thefall #markesmith #postpunk #hexenductionhour
My thoughts on Paul Hanley's book 'Have A Bleedin Guess: The Story of Hex Enduction Hour'. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#bookreview #thefall #markesmith #postpunk #hexenductionhour
Have A Bleedin Guess 📚 The Story of Hex Enduction Hour
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January 2, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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My thoughts on Paul Hanley's book 'Have A Bleedin Guess: The Story of Hex Enduction Hour'. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#bookreview #thefall #markesmith #postpunk #hexenductionhour
My thoughts on Paul Hanley's book 'Have A Bleedin Guess: The Story of Hex Enduction Hour'. As ever, thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#bookreview #thefall #markesmith #postpunk #hexenductionhour
Very sad to read that Petesy Burns is no longer with us. As a member of Stalag 17, FUAL, A-Political and his work in The Anarchy Centre and Giros/Warzone Centre helped to build and nurture an alternative way of life in Belfast during severe conflict. Eternal respect for that.
#LestWeForget #Belfast
#LestWeForget #Belfast
January 1, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Very sad to read that Petesy Burns is no longer with us. As a member of Stalag 17, FUAL, A-Political and his work in The Anarchy Centre and Giros/Warzone Centre helped to build and nurture an alternative way of life in Belfast during severe conflict. Eternal respect for that.
#LestWeForget #Belfast
#LestWeForget #Belfast
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My choices for the best books of 2025. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
@keithkahnharris.bsky.social @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social @jasonburke2.bsky.social
My choices for the best books of 2025. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
@keithkahnharris.bsky.social @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social @jasonburke2.bsky.social
TPQ Books Of 2025
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December 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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My choices for the best books of 2025. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
@keithkahnharris.bsky.social @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social @jasonburke2.bsky.social
My choices for the best books of 2025. As ever thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
@keithkahnharris.bsky.social @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social @jasonburke2.bsky.social
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
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My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
Pornocracy
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November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/porn...
My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
Pornocracy
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November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
www.thepensivequill.com/2025/11/porn...
My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
My thoughts on Jo Bartosch & Robert Jessel's 'Pornocracy'. A challenging and thought provoking read but the hectoring makes it difficult to sympathise. Thanks to @anthonymcintyre.bsky.social for the platform.
#BookReview #FridayThoughts #Pornocracy
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OUT NOW
ShitNoise ‘Charades’
cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades
“More of this sort of thing please.” @mrowens212.bsky.social
“unhinged and deranged in the best possible way” @monolithcocktail.bsky.social
ShitNoise ‘Charades’
cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades
“More of this sort of thing please.” @mrowens212.bsky.social
“unhinged and deranged in the best possible way” @monolithcocktail.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
OUT NOW
ShitNoise ‘Charades’
cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades
“More of this sort of thing please.” @mrowens212.bsky.social
“unhinged and deranged in the best possible way” @monolithcocktail.bsky.social
ShitNoise ‘Charades’
cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/charades
“More of this sort of thing please.” @mrowens212.bsky.social
“unhinged and deranged in the best possible way” @monolithcocktail.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26 on Down by Law Books. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#ComingSoon #IndieBook #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor
#ComingSoon #IndieBook #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor
August 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26 on Down by Law Books. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#ComingSoon #IndieBook #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor
#ComingSoon #IndieBook #Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor
Reposted by Christopher Owens
Thanks for the support Tay-Tay! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport, Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor #IndieBook
#Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor #IndieBook
August 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks for the support Tay-Tay! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown, due out 28/02/26. After having their flights diverted to Dublin Airport, Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor #IndieBook
#Irishnovel #Belfast #IndieAuthor #IndieBook
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The celebrity endorsements are coming thick/fast! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown due 28/02/26.
After having their flights diverted Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#booksbooksbooks #indieauthor #indiepublishing
After having their flights diverted Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#booksbooksbooks #indieauthor #indiepublishing
August 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The celebrity endorsements are coming thick/fast! Soviet Hotel Dressing Gown due 28/02/26.
After having their flights diverted Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#booksbooksbooks #indieauthor #indiepublishing
After having their flights diverted Jake and Roibeard ponder on their past traumas, how they reacted to them and what's next for them once they reach Belfast.
#booksbooksbooks #indieauthor #indiepublishing