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Ben Davis

@bendavisauthor.bsky.social

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Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe. https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll Frankfurt Book Fair you in a minute

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Haha! Yeah I always feel like someone’s going to tap on my window and ask me what I’m doing.

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 2d

The Davis Express has pulled into Beaumont Leys School for more booknessnessnessness. How early am I? Very.

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Doing the Lord’s work!

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

They’ve yelled ‘six seven’ dozens of times. Think I might nip up the offy and drink from a whisky bottle that’s still in a brown paper bag.

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Sitting in the park while my son and his friend play football. Only ‘sigma gyatt rizzler Ohio’ goals are allowed apparently.

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Yasmin Sheikh @nerderella.bsky.social · 8d

So stoked for this!!
Brilliantly written by @bendavisauthor.bsky.social
Published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social
🌈🚀✉️

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 9d

What’s that? A book trailer? And cover reveal? Featuring illustrations by the brilliant @nerderella.bsky.social? Go on, then.

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Brian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social · 10d

It's #WorldSpaceWeek so how about writing a love poem from one alien to another? Lots of examples here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/03/writ...

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel

WRITING LOVE POEMS...... TO ALIENS. (To begin with, children think they are simply writing love poems and there is always ...

brian-moses.blogspot.com

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 8d

Hi Brian! This one might fit the bill. It’s called Don’t Come to Saturn.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 9d

What’s that? A book trailer? And cover reveal? Featuring illustrations by the brilliant @nerderella.bsky.social? Go on, then.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 11d

Here’s a valuable tip for all the authors out there x

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 14d

The Davis Express has pulled into Swanwick Hall School for a day of booknessnessnessnessness. How early am I? Earlier than the Earl of Earlingshire.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 15d

Just received an email:

Read your book. 1/10

Nice of them to let me know, but why put the date on it?

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 16d

And when my wife went out the front to ask my son what he wanted for lunch, she stepped outside, yelled ‘FOR GOD’S SAKE,’ then went back in. I think she’s troubled.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 16d

We also had a fence panel blow out in the storm, so she went out and propped a load of manky polystyrene and an old window against it for some reason.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 16d

Keir Starmer needs to do something about this imo

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 16d

She doesn’t answer the door and I haven’t managed to run into her yet, but she’ll receive a full and frank appraisal of the situation when I do.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 16d

The next morning, my wife went to go around and saw the empty box by the recycling.

SHE STOLE OUR DINNER AND LEFT THE EVIDENCE FOR ALL TO SEE!

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 16d

Here’s something wild that happened last week:

We ordered one of those Green Chef boxes but it never arrived. After checking the tracking, we saw it had been left in front of next door’s gate. It was quite late at this point, so when I went round and it wasn’t there, I didn’t knock the door.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 19d

RIP Tony Harrison. One of the greats. This is my fav.

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 22d

The Davis Express (and associated knitwear) has pulled into the Nottingham Academy for the first burst of booknessnessnessness of the academic year. I am, as ever, stupidly early 👍

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 24d

I’ll 6 7 you in a minute

Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 25d

Been cutting about in a jumper with my own name on it today. Disgusting behaviour.

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 25d

Say what you like about the cast of the Borrowers. You’ve got to give them massive props.

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Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social · 26d

Just been reminded of the time the entire family dressed up as Freddie Mercury

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