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Benjamin Myers

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Benjamin Myers was born in Durham, UK, in 1976.

He is an award-winning author and journalist.

His next novel The Offing will be published by Bloomsbury in August 2019.

His latest book, Under The Rock, a work of non-fiction, is published May 2018.

Recipient of the Roger Deakin Award, his novel The Gallows Pole was published to acclaim in 2017 and was winner of the Walter Scott Prize 2018 - the world's largest prize for historical fiction.

The Gallows Pole will be reissued by Bloomsbury, alongside previous titles Beastings and Pig Iron, in 2019.

Turning Blue (2016) was described as a "folk crime" novel, and praised by writers including Val McDermid. A sequel These Darkening Days followed in 2017.

His novel Beastings (2014) won the Portico Prize For ...more

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	The Gallows Pole 4.21 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Offing 4.36 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pig Iron 4.32 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beastings 4.21 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning Blue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard 3.38 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion 3.80 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Darkening Days 4.03 avg rating — 175 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Rock: The Poetry of a Place 4.45 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muse: Inside the Muscle Museum 3.59 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Benjamin and 2 other people liked Ellen's review of The Offing: "Beautifully read by Ralph Ineson, this was was an unusual read. Convincing descriptions drew me in and quirky characters made me care. Lovely and lyrical. "
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Benjamin and 2 other people liked Pam Saunders's review of The Offing: "Bliss. I chose this book on the advice of a bookseller at Readings in Carlton, Australia. I wanted a good read but had no specific title in mind. Suggest some books I said, he asked what I enjoyed, he then showed me some titles, this was the first..." Read more of this review »
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Benjamin and 9 other people liked Nigel's review of The Offing: "I really enjoyed this - it was a deeply satisfying read. The writing was exceptional, very rich and with words in I had to look up - rare these days. Both Robert and Dulcie were great characters and their relationship was extremely well worked. It..." Read more of this review »
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Benjamin liked Roland's review of The Gallows Pole: "HELL YEAH "
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Benjamin answered a question about The Gallows Pole: Nothing to ask?. just I live in Halifax, and there's a place called beacon hill, where we still light the beacon on occasions. Today I was in town and was looking up to it. Visible from all over. All I can imagine is the crazy number of people that have being hung there. And I'm not sure if these chaps did, but it's more than likely as it's based around Cragg Vale, near to Halifax. I can't wait to buy it and read it. Well then, I suspect this may be just the book for you...
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“Each time he returned to town, to home, to lie in bed perfectly still beside his sleeping wife, his senses enlivened, William Deighton felt utterly exhausted, yet he was nevertheless imbued and infused with a sort of joyful drunkenness too, and increasingly a part of him was still out there, stalking the moor, a half-feral man whose very dreams were now scented by heather and lit by moonlight, crackling with the mute power of all things connected.”
― Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole

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“Yes my sleep it was diysturbed by the sound of the moore tryin to get into my room an the sound of the moore tryin to get into my bed and the moore tryin to get into my mind becors it can do that can the moore and no man can sleep in that state no Not unless thur in a coffing.”
― Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole

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“Fuck the king because you can be sure the king is already fucking you.”
― Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole

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Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck

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The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers

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Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón

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Home by Marilynne Robinson

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Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

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