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Iain Maloney

@iainmaloney.bsky.social
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PhD, writer, editor. He/him. Ally (I hope, I try). Fallible. 9th book, Mountain Retreats, out now.

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Minka @minkasociety.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
@iainmaloney.bsky.social born in Aberdeen, Scotland, has lived in Japan since 2005. He is the author of nine books, including two travel memoirs - The Only Gaijin in the Village and The Japan Lights— ...
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Episode two of @booksaboutbands.bsky.social is out now, on REM and Peter Ames Carlin’s The Name of this Band is REM. booksaboutbands.buzzsprout.com
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Books About Bands
Writers Iain Maloney & Jason Emde discuss books they dig, & don't, about bands they dig, & don't.
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Books About Bands @booksaboutbands.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Inaugural episode, available everywhere July 1st. Writer @iainmaloney.bsky.social & I take on 'The Amplified Come As You Are' by Michael Azeraad. Bookish muso chat from two old cats: just what you've been craving. booksaboutbands.buzzsprout.com
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
“There’s a lot of scorched earth, in my brain.” What a sentence. @rodgeglass.bsky.social
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Find someone who looks at you the way Michael looks at Mike playing Nightswimming.
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
We’re back, baby! After a bit of a hiatus Red Flag Waltz are back on stage with StarKat on Feb 1 in Nagoya. See you there!
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A friend has asked me to come up with taglines and slogans for his new range of nautical-themed craft beer and I feel like my entire writing career has been building to this point.
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thom Yorke was phenomenal.
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The only silver lining about being at work from 8am on a Sunday is that the students sitting the exams are having a worse day than me.
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Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Some thoughts on why I decided to join you lovely people and why it’s mostly @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social’s fault. iainmaloney.substack.com/p/twixit
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TwiXit
I’ve finally surrendered to the inevitable and will stop posting on TwiX.
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