Benjamin Myers
@benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
Pinned
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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A selection of them can be found here:
jesuschristkinski.cmpgn.page/KRfQts
Or support your local shop via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/jesu...
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My New Year’s Resolution is to thank authors for dazzling reads. Cuddy is perfect January reading. Spellbinding. A hard recommend @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social and @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
My New Year’s Resolution is to thank authors for dazzling reads. Cuddy is perfect January reading. Spellbinding. A hard recommend @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social and @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Sliced the tip of my finger off while cutting a Bakewell tart.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Sliced the tip of my finger off while cutting a Bakewell tart.
Fun made-up fact: long johns were invented in 1867 by a Mr. Longevity Johnson of Arkansas.
January 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Fun made-up fact: long johns were invented in 1867 by a Mr. Longevity Johnson of Arkansas.
I've ordered the delivery of a new doorbell, but how will I know when it arrives?
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I've ordered the delivery of a new doorbell, but how will I know when it arrives?
Until Americans learn how to pronounce "herbs" it's hard to see how the empire can progress.
January 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Until Americans learn how to pronounce "herbs" it's hard to see how the empire can progress.
I really appreciated this review of Cuddy, a book that now feels like a once in a lifetime, never-to-be-repeated creative project.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Time Measured in Stone: Benjamin Myers's "Cuddy"
Benjamin Myers writes about people history overlooks—working-class lives, rural communities, and the way the past refuses to stay buried.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I really appreciated this review of Cuddy, a book that now feels like a once in a lifetime, never-to-be-repeated creative project.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
If Withnail & I was made today it would be set in the heady days of 2007.
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If Withnail & I was made today it would be set in the heady days of 2007.
There is no word quite so satisfying as "mangelwurzel".
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
There is no word quite so satisfying as "mangelwurzel".
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The Spire by William Golding. Foreword by Benjamin Myers.
Published by Penguin Classics (US), March 3rd 2026.
Published by Penguin Classics (US), March 3rd 2026.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Spire by William Golding. Foreword by Benjamin Myers.
Published by Penguin Classics (US), March 3rd 2026.
Published by Penguin Classics (US), March 3rd 2026.
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We announced our books and records of 2025 earlier this week, in no particular order, but now we're proud to reveal our #1 picks: Jesus Christ Kinski by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social, and Liminal, by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe. Sending thanks and love to all authors and artists on the lists!
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We announced our books and records of 2025 earlier this week, in no particular order, but now we're proud to reveal our #1 picks: Jesus Christ Kinski by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social, and Liminal, by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe. Sending thanks and love to all authors and artists on the lists!
No, YOU built an extension onto your desk so that the dog can be vigilant and woof at potential literary naysayers.
January 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
No, YOU built an extension onto your desk so that the dog can be vigilant and woof at potential literary naysayers.
New Year's Eve viewing.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
New Year's Eve viewing.
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Every day in 2025 I added a new discovery or a favourite old song to a playlist.
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
2025: A song a day.
open.spotify.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Every day in 2025 I added a new discovery or a favourite old song to a playlist.
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
New year's resolutions: none.
December 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New year's resolutions: none.
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Books of the Year 2025
Benjamin Myers' Books of the Year 2025...
www.benjaminmyerswriter.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every day in 2025 I added a new discovery or a favourite old song to a playlist.
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
2025: A song a day.
open.spotify.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Every day in 2025 I added a new discovery or a favourite old song to a playlist.
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
And here it is: 365 songs for your (but mainly my) enjoyment.
The cover art is a photo of the wood at the end of my garden.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5B8...
I can't be the only novelist who types WRITE SOMETHING HERE >>, then buggers off to have eg. a sauna instead.
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I can't be the only novelist who types WRITE SOMETHING HERE >>, then buggers off to have eg. a sauna instead.
People who have turned down OBEs, MBEs etc: Roald Dahl, JG Ballard, Aldous Huxley, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Robert Graves (twice), Lucien Freud, LS Lowry, Benjamin Zephaniah.
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
People who have turned down OBEs, MBEs etc: Roald Dahl, JG Ballard, Aldous Huxley, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Robert Graves (twice), Lucien Freud, LS Lowry, Benjamin Zephaniah.
Books of the Year 2025
Benjamin Myers' Books of the Year 2025...
www.benjaminmyerswriter.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Busy day unsubscribing from all those 10% off emails I had to subscribe to.
December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Busy day unsubscribing from all those 10% off emails I had to subscribe to.
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Thank you so much @galleybeggars.bsky.social. Great to read this about @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social and so touched - and delighted! - by what you say, Sam, about The Benefactors.
samj.substack.com/p/three-books
samj.substack.com/p/three-books
Three books
Some end of year recommendations that prove writers are still producing the kind of books that make it all worthwhile.
samj.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Thank you so much @galleybeggars.bsky.social. Great to read this about @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social and so touched - and delighted! - by what you say, Sam, about The Benefactors.
samj.substack.com/p/three-books
samj.substack.com/p/three-books
Predictions for 2026:
- 'Dubai' revealed to be a warehouse in Essex
- the rise of Bae-Pop (all baby pop bands) acclaimed by Guardian critics
- Tommy Robinson converts to Rastafarianism
- cat milk lattes launched
- Strictly Ozempic special
- Linehan transitions
- Wales (finally) invades US
- 'Dubai' revealed to be a warehouse in Essex
- the rise of Bae-Pop (all baby pop bands) acclaimed by Guardian critics
- Tommy Robinson converts to Rastafarianism
- cat milk lattes launched
- Strictly Ozempic special
- Linehan transitions
- Wales (finally) invades US
December 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Predictions for 2026:
- 'Dubai' revealed to be a warehouse in Essex
- the rise of Bae-Pop (all baby pop bands) acclaimed by Guardian critics
- Tommy Robinson converts to Rastafarianism
- cat milk lattes launched
- Strictly Ozempic special
- Linehan transitions
- Wales (finally) invades US
- 'Dubai' revealed to be a warehouse in Essex
- the rise of Bae-Pop (all baby pop bands) acclaimed by Guardian critics
- Tommy Robinson converts to Rastafarianism
- cat milk lattes launched
- Strictly Ozempic special
- Linehan transitions
- Wales (finally) invades US
December 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm the guy who goes into McDonald's and orders beefburger, chips and a pot of Earl Grey.
December 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm the guy who goes into McDonald's and orders beefburger, chips and a pot of Earl Grey.