**NEW** FAILURE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION: GLORIOUS ADVENTURES ON THE BETA BAND FRONT LINE AND OTHER TALES by STEVE MASON A wild story about youth culture, success, sadness and redemption Crash landing 23-04-26 R: tinyurl.com/39r74x6k RT: tinyurl.com/2zbx5c3e W: tinyurl.com/42mb34pw @thebetaband.com

‘Teenage Daydream: We are the Girls Who Play in a Band’ by Debsey Wykes Out 25-09-25 RT: tinyurl.com/3cf7y4r2 M: tinyurl.com/78z94zrr HMV: tinyurl.com/yz77z22f R: tinyurl.com/p5wmy5wr @debseyonbass.bsky.social

Fantastic support from our friends @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social. More news on Justin’s full September book tour coming soon. It’s the music book that everyone is going to be talking about

Louder Than Words Festival@lthanwordsfest.bsky.social · last yr.

Heads up Louder Lovers! Our Event Only tickets for Justin Currie in conversation at #Louder2025 have now Sold Out! We have ONE Discounted Book & Event Combo left & only 5 Concession Tickets - they’re all available here: tinyurl.com/bd6m8n3r Sat 15 Nov, 4pm @innsideuk #Manchester.

‘The Tremolo Diaries: Life on the Road and Other Diseases’ by Justin Currie is available to pre-order now R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c HMV: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv A: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9 W: tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc RT: tinyurl.com/yc75yeh4 @delamitri.bsky.social

It has been one of those days where you just feel genuinely touched by the kindness of others. Didn’t think it could get much better until I checked in an hour ago to see how Justin’s book was doing on Amazon. The day has peaked. I’m turning in x

I have some exciting news This is New Modern I hope you’ll join me x @newmodernbooks.bsky.social

A book about adversity and courage, love and loss, museums and zoos. ‘The Tremolo Diaries: A Life on the Road and Other Diseases’ by Justin Currie is out 28th August R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c A:https://tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9 W:https://tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc RT: tinyurl.com/mskf5tj3

Sad to hear of the passing of Tom Robbins. Safe travels in the great beyond, big guy. “What I try to do, among other things, is to mix fantasy and spirituality, sexuality, humor and poetry in combinations that have never quite been seen before in literature.” www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Tom Robbins, comic novelist of US counterculture, dies aged 92

Author of books including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Another Roadside Attraction, was known for his outlandish tales of sex, drugs and mysticism

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Much love to @tedkessler.bsky.social for recommending ‘Street Level Superstar’ by @willhodgkinson.bsky.social and ‘Connection is a Song’ by @annadoble.bsky.social as two of his music books of the year Listen 2 hours in. And subscribe to Ted’s @thenewcue.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Steve Lamacq - Futureheads What's The Story and Ted Kessler Reading List - BBC Sounds

The Futureheads take on What's The Story? and Ted Kessler has a Christmas reading list.

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‘1984: The Year Pop Went Queer’ and ‘Street Level Superstar’ both feature in the Guardian’s Five Music Books of 2024. Huge love and congrats to @wadeywade.bsky.social and @willhodgkinson.bsky.social With additional love and respect to Alexis Petridis who was a great friend to Nine Eight Books

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

Five of the best music books of 2024

The best part of this 'orcas wearing dead salmon as hats' story is the quote from the orca scientist "honestly, your guess is as good as mine"

Build-Your-Own toy record shop from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com - a fine way to spend your time over the festive period1

More Books of the Year goodness for Will&Lawrence and @mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social from the mighty Resident in Brighton. And the spoils from never being able to leave a record shop empty handed. A huge thank you to James, Georgia, Jon, Nat and everyone at the shop for their love and support

A conversation I had elsewhere reminded me that this excellent adaptation of Anita Brookner's novel HOTEL DU LAC is on the iPlayer. #BookSky Anna Massey is *perfect* as Edith, and other cast members (e.g. Googie Withers, Patricia Hodge, Denholm Eliot) are superb too! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Screen Two - Series 8: 8. Hotel Du Lac

Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests.

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Great that there's a Powell and Pressburger film season on BBC. Heard from Thelma Schoonmaker that the doc I made about I Know Where I'm Going! will be shown too. Don't know when. Made it decades ago, not my usual style, but if you love IKWIG you might like it.

When Will, Lawrence and myself started out on this journey two years ago I don’t think I ever anticipated it culminating in an art happening by a Turner Prize winning artist at a working men’s club in east London. But one thing I’ve learnt about Lawrence World: never be surprised. Do not miss this!

Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club@rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 2y ago

Jeremy Deller presents: Street-level Santa Claus Walthamstow Trades Hall, Tuesday 17 December Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/street-lev...

From the people who brought you @louderthanwar.bsky.social the Louder Than Words Festival is underway in Manchester at INNSIDE and on Sunday at 6.15 I’ll be “in conversation” with Gareth Bird and signing books after. See you there. Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-one-ear...

IN ONE EAR: Simon Raymonde In Conversation

‘A beautiful insightful and honest look into the life of legend and musical polymath Simon Raymonde.’ Cillian Murphy

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Hello there folks! We release films over here at Metis. We have one out this weekend. Memories of a Burning Body is a beautiful docudrama about what it means to be a woman. Check out the trailer 🔥🇨🇷🔥🇨🇷🔥 youtu.be/yhZw0zIfGXg?...

Memories of a Burning Body

YouTube video by Metis Films

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Powell and Pressburger fans, BBC 2 and BBC Four’s season starts this Sunday with new documentary Made In England, plus the films I Know Where I’m Going!, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Later in the week, archive BBC Scotland doc on I Know, and Scorsese on Powell and Pressburger. #Filmsky #Moviesky

Hello everybody! We’re working on the 2025 festival (6-8 June) and interested to hear suggestions for our eclectic, counter-cultural, feministy, musicy, Londony programme. Please RT (do we call it that here?) so publicists etc can find us again 🤓. Thank you!