David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Now up on my Substack for subscribers-only. Free Jazz in Japan: A Book Review in the Form of a Personal Meditation. A long-form essay on silence, grace, secret art, watercolours, free jazz and old friends: reversediorama.substack.com/p/free-jazz-... 160
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My latest Substack post announces details of the first of my hand-made chapbooks, Old Sea Remember Me, exclusive to paid Substack subscribers, my appearance at Edinburgh Book Fest tomorrow night (Fri 21 Aug), signed editions and more: reversediorama.substack.com/p/old-sea-re... 140
Reposted by David KeenanLost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Bought this to go on holiday. Didn't open it - too busy holidaymaking. Now I have; Jeso! - @reversediorama.bsky.social - captures something I'd thought I'd lost; that willow-the-wisp of magic possibilities. He writes like a fever dream of Glasgow. 2162
Reposted by David KeenanRadioFreeBronx | MD ANT 🥇 @radiofreebronx.bsky.social · 19/08/2026She’s heard it, surely My Precious Gift ❤️ @reversediorama.bsky.social 091
Reposted by David KeenanBecSceB @becsceb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026#BOOKS Finished 'England's Hidden Reverse' by David Keenan < @reversediorama.bsky.social > (expanded ed., @strangeattractor.bsky.social, 2016). Excellent book about #Coil, #Current93, and #NurseWithWound. Chock full of good #Music info about England's "esoteric underground." #Reading 141
Reposted by David KeenanAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 27/07/2026David Keenan & Andrew O’Hagan: Boyhood “A love letter to Glasgow – a city where magic happens” In this @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk podcast, David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social reads from his latest novel BOYHOOD, & talks with Andrew O’Hagan 💙📚 www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...londonreviewbookshop.co.ukDavid Keenan and Andrew O’Hagan: Boyhood | London Review BookshopDavid Keenan speaks to Andrew O'Hagan about Keenan's latest novel, Boyhood 091
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Psyched to announce that the latest podcast from the LRB Bookshop is a Boyhood special and features me in conversation with the brilliant Andy O’Hagan. We go deep. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid... 020
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New for paid subscribers to my Reverse Diorama Substack. Boyhood Tour Diary Part 3, where I hook up with Lindsay Hutton of The Next Big Thing zine and reminisce about his influence and generosity and reprint an embarrassing letter I sent him as a kid: reversediorama.substack.com/p/boyhood-to... 031
Reposted by David KeenanDoctorGRAW @doctorgraw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Rather lovely bit of bookmail yesterday with titles from @reversediorama.bsky.social and @jeffnoon.bsky.social. 2nd this year from Keenan as i picked up Boyhood, his new fiction when back in Glasgow but this one is collected music writings which starts with a piece on the mighty Pere Ubu 162
Reposted by David KeenanMike Corbett @mikecorbett1.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Came (very) late to the amazing This Is Memorial Device. Anyway, have left it in some good (and some odd) company in the holiday house in Spain we are soon leaving. It will hopefully impact others from its new home… @reversediorama.bsky.social 2122
Reposted by David KeenanSNACK magazine @snackmag.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Since This Is Memorial Device, David Keenan has carved a singular career as an author unlike any other. Latest novel Boyhood is arguably his best to date Out now via @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social We caught up with @reversediorama.bsky.social Words by Ali Braidwood snackmag.co.uk/david-keenan... 072
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Psyched to announce that I’ll be back at Edinburgh International Book Festival this August to talk about my latest novel, Boyhood. Can’t wait to see everyone x @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 091
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Belter of a review for Boyhood in the print edition of the Times Literary Supplement. Feels absolutely mental that this could possibly be my seventh novel, but here we are. Big thanks to Nicholas Clee. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 1293
Reposted by David KeenanJason Bowers @phdnd.bsky.social · 14/06/2026My essay on Apuleius' "The Golden Ass" and David Keenan's "Xstabeth" is now publicly viewable on YouTube! @reversediorama.bsky.social youtu.be/v6AA28Kcft0youtu.beApuleius and XstabethYouTube video by PhD&D 021
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Spotted in the wild. Boyhood at John Sandoe Books in London. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 0140
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Psyched to be a guest on the brilliant Across The Pond podcast and to talk to Lori and Sam about Boyhood. Get it where you get your podcasts or listen via the link below. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/32vj... 050
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Over on my Substack I’ve posted Part One of my Boyhood Tour Diary: Edinburgh Tuesday 7th April 2026. Make sure to subscribe to read further instalments. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social reversediorama.substack.com/p/boyhood-to... 041
Reposted by David KeenanJason Bowers @phdnd.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Ghosts, golf, and butt stuff: please listen to me talk about our only novel from ancient Rome, alongside @reversediorama.bsky.social David Keenan's "Xstabeth," an anti-literary literary novel from 2020 that really wants you to think about the *anal* in *analysis.* www.patreon.com/posts/apulei...patreon.comApuleius and Xstabeth | PhD&DApuleius and Xstabeth by PhD&D on Patreon. Join PhD&D's community for exclusive content and updates. 111
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Thanks to Alistair Braidwood for the piece on Boyhood in the new issue of @snackmag.bsky.social which you can read on-line or in print wherever you pick up the mag. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social snackmag.co.uk/read-this-mo... 083
Reposted by David Keenanold flappers... @borderpatrolma1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026like a fever, sometimes wet, dream turned stream of consciousness this one is special. I was especially unprepared for how bloody funny it is also; 'sniffing records?', reader, I lol'd, nice work @reversediorama.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 0122
Reposted by David KeenanDan Jenks @dantjenks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026May reading: Thanks to @iammilliam.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @conduitbooks.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @omnibuspress.bsky.social @reversediorama.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social etcetera… 3194
Reposted by David KeenanRadioFreeBronx | MD ANT 🥇 @radiofreebronx.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Posties been ❤️📕🎈 Cc @memorialdevice.bsky.social @blackwells.bsky.social @reversediorama.bsky.social 191
Reposted by David KeenanGlennA @glennairey.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Like most of DK’s books Boyhood has reoriented my brain and I expect it will go back to normal eventually but I’m in no rush tbh. 061
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Another brilliant review for Boyhood, this time in the Times Literary Supplement! Big thanks to Nicholas Clee. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/f... 091
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Tonight! The Boyhood book tour arrives in Manchester! Can’t wait to see everyone x @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 071
Reposted by David KeenanJohn Earls @johnearls.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Spent good chunks of yesterday and today finishing off David Keenan’s latest novel ‘Boyhood’. As with all his novels it’s a work you can and should get completely absorbed in. Might write more about it but for now suffice to say I’m grateful we have him. Thank you @reversediorama.bsky.social 1121
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Big thanks to Ian Cusack for the magnificent review of Boyhood 🙏 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social payaso-de-mierda.blogspot.com/2026/05/men-... 040
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Very much looking forward to returning to my favourite literary outpost in Manchester next week for the second phase of the Boyhood tour. Psyched to see everyone x @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 050
Reposted by David Keenanechosounder.bsky.social @echosounder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@reversediorama.bsky.social Thanks for signing this on Friday in Paisley. Buzzing cos I got Remy, Mary Hanna & Street Hassle to sign it too!! Patrick called me a fanny for asking and the guys he was with (who I think might’ve been some of Sentimental Mercenaries) pissed themselves laughing at that 🤷♂️ 231
Reposted by David KeenanTony Pettigrew @teepers2.bsky.social · 20/05/2026@reversediorama.bsky.social Hi David, I’m reading Boyhood at the moment and it’s fantastic! You keep surpassing yourself. Incredible. 111
Reposted by David KeenanGlennA @glennairey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Oh wow this is just magnificent. As heady, absorbing, unpredictable and uncontainable as always and more forcefully written than ever. I think it’s my favourite @reversediorama.bsky.social book of them all and that’s a very big deal. 3253
Reposted by David KeenanRadioFreeBronx | MD ANT 🥇 @radiofreebronx.bsky.social · 18/05/2026And yet another beauty headed my way next week from @reversediorama.bsky.social ❤️ 131
Reposted by David KeenanBlueAstronaut🖤 @blueastronaut.bsky.social · 16/05/2026This @reversediorama.bsky.social book's been on the list for a while... need it now to send the skull in a different direction from recent events. It's about as far up my street & down my rabbit hole as you can get... Gonna burrow down 😎😉👍 1141
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Phenomenal review of Boyhood over at Bookmunch 🙏 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social bookmunch.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/u... 040
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I’m back in Glasgow tonight for the Boyhood event at Paisley Book Festival! Looking forward to seeing everyone x @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social paisleybookfestival.com/programme/da... 060
Reposted by David KeenanAdmiral Wilfington; Queen’s Park boating pond fleet @paley.bsky.social · 14/05/2026@reversediorama.bsky.social reading Industry of Magic & Light while having some Albanian red is definitely THE refined way to ease into a Thursday evening (Wilf though is gubbed) 141
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Wonderful piece on Boyhood in The New World magazine - big thanks to Dale Shaw! @thenewworldmag.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/dale-shaw-th... 051
Reposted by David KeenanIan72 @ian72.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A brilliant book, it really is a Precious Gift. Make no bones about it…🙌 0141
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Phenomenal review of Boyhood in the print edition of the Literary Review 🙏 @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 061
Reposted by David KeenanWayne Connolly @wayneconnolly.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There it is, finished. Boyhood is everything I wanted and needed. Driven by the unmistable voice and rhythm of @reversediorama.bsky.social it's visionary, sexy, bewildering, joyous and dark. And very, very funny. The answer, in the magic of the moment, is yes. 0102
Reposted by David KeenanRichard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The new book by @reversediorama.bsky.social is fantastic. I pray & pray in front of my favourite relic for the day when some far out Japanese artist makes it into a manga book and psychedelic cartoon film. It’s also fun for mentally traversing Glesga, too. Recommend!!! @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 0122
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I’m in the print edition of the Observer today, talking Boyhood, writing, sex, violence and the redemptive power of the word. @theobserveruk.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 2264
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Great to see Boyhood on display at my local @waterstones.bsky.social in Islington x @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social 2100
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Epic review of Boyhood by Sophie Charara over at Shortlist Magazine! www.shortlist.com/books/new-fi... 061
Reposted by David Keenanerrantfrequency.bsky.social @errantfrequency.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The April bookpile. Really enjoyed this month's reading! Some real treasure there, including @zebko.bsky.social and @reversediorama.bsky.social new books. The sooner read, the sooner re-read. 1122
Reposted by David KeenanThe Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026@reversediorama.bsky.social: ‘I want my books to be horny’. The Boyhood author on love songs as great art, writing books to dance to, and resolutely refusing to do his research. ✍️ Interview by Killian Fox bit.ly/4u0Wojjbit.lyDavid Keenan: ‘I want my books to be horny’ | The ObserverThe Boyhood author on love songs as great art, writing books to dance to, and resolutely refusing to do his research 061
David Keenan @reversediorama.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Your boy is profiled in The Observer today. Print edition on Sunday. And yes, I write about sex. What a headline. @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book... 0132
Reposted by David KeenanSophie Charara @sophiecharara.bsky.social · 28/04/2026spring reading recommendations - featuring an absolute tour de force from @reversediorama.bsky.social www.shortlist.com/books/new-fi...shortlist.com10 must-read fiction books to sort your Spring readingTwisty crowd-pleaser: Check. Elegant meditation on tech: Check. Fresh, original debuts: Check check. 162
Reposted by David Keenan1 of 100 @weare1of100.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Liner Notes 142 lands in your inboxes around 7pm tonight, our latest Limited Edition, a new collaboration with David Keenan. Every order ships in an exclusive tote bag. No general release. 3122
