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Benjamin Myers

@benjaminmyers76.bsky.social

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Writer. RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE. New novel Oct 2025. Pre-order signed books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 3d

Special signed limited versions of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI (with sprayed edges) can be bought from indie shops only.

A selection of them can be found here:

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Or support your local shop via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 12h

Out of Office / Paternity leave.

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Andy @boyleastlikelyto.bsky.social · 14h

The Gallows Pole by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social First read it only knowing a few places when living in S. Manchester. Now I live in the Upper Calder Valley, and every hamlet and place name is recognisable. Reading a book set where you live hits different #BookSky

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 23h

I'm certainly inclined to add Jonathan Coe to the list.

Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 23h

(Apart from Alan Garner. And Pat Barker. Well, that went well...)

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 23h

There are no truly great living British novelists.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Stephen Bickers @stephenbickers.bsky.social · 1d

#Booksof2025 74 - The Perfect Golden Circle by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social The summer of 1989 in southern England and two friends, Redbone and Calvert are spending their weekends creating crop circles. Has the perfect end of summer tinge of melancholy. A great book.
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The paperback cover of The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3d

SIGNED BOOKS!

Pre-order "Jesus Christ Kinski", the new novel by the incredible Benjamin Myers.

We're getting these special editions that are SIGNED & come with awesome sprayed edges.

Published this month

Find out more and pre-order HERE.

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 1d

A good piece, this.

Sarah's the real deal.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

‘I wanted to write more than I wanted to have children’: author Sarah Perry on rejecting motherhood

When the novelist was faced with the decision of whether to pursue fertility treatment or focus on her career, her literary ambitions kicked in

www.theguardian.com

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 1d

Post you from a different era.

Santa Monica, 2002.

It's no Scarborough.

Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 1d

Shades of Denton Welch, funnily enough.

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 2d

Please say hello to Sandy Valentine Stripe.

He's 6 weeks old, tiny and he lives with us now.

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 4d

Rory Kinnear reading JESUS CHRIST KINSKI.

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Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers, read by Rory Kinnear

Bloomsbury presents Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers, read by Rory Kinnear. A bold and brilliant short work by the author of the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Cuddy November, 1971. Berlin, Germany.

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 4d

I looked like that in 1998 when I lived off Dunns River Nurishment drinks, eggs and self-loathing.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 4d

ICYMI: More than 20 independent publishing houses – including Bluemoose Books, Tilted Axis Press and Influx Press – have written an open letter calling for the trade to “work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses” as they face an “existential crisis” 👇

Indie presses in ‘existential crisis’ call for trade support

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 4d

www.kickstarter.com/projects/212...

Folklore Tapes present: The Watchers - Book | Record | Show

Folklore Tapes re-imagine the 1969 film The Watchers. A creative expansion through a new soundtrack, archival book, and live show

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 5d

Good old Daily Mail.

Always on the right side of history.

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...

Real life meets fiction in our picks of the Literary novels out now

Claire Allfree reviews the best Literary Fiction out now.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 5d

I've been doing yoga 3-4 times per week for 11 years now, and the physical changes are remarkable.

I am now fatter and hairier.

#Nameste.

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 5d

JESUS CHRIST KINSKI is here.

I'm celebrating with a gaucho poncho (from Buenos Aires) and a fedora (Kirkby Lonsdale).

Credit to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for backing this sonic blast with such enthusiasm.

Fight fascism of all forms.

I am forever your humble servant & co.

B. D. Myers

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 6d

It cooled slightly for me when Pete Doddy told me he wanted to punch one of our female colleagues....

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 6d

I gave their Barfly show a 5/5 then went off them fairly soon afterwards (I actually preferred The Libertines, who at least appeared quite committed and had no wealth to fall back on.)

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 6d

Have loved what I've read in the past - I'm drawn to Norwegian fiction for some reason - but have not yet started this.

Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 6d

"And this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize For Banter is... Jonathan Coe."

Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 6d

I'm very pleased to say the audiobook of my new novel JESUS CHRIST KINSKI is being read by the inimitable Rory Kinnear.

It out Oct 23rd 2025 and you can pre-order it now on Audible or in the big internet shop etc.

www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FFGX3RN...

Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Shortlist magazine.

www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...

10 seriously good new fiction books for Autumn reading

Tis the season the literary big hitters come to play