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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 1h

RICHARD OSMAN IS LEAVING HOUSE OF GAMES?!?

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 1h

Oh please, George Will has always been Montgomery Burns if he went to Bennington.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 3h

Now if only Burnham could be that brave about trans people…

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 9h

Singing to my five month old daughter this morning and only belatedly realizing it was Criminal Intent by Robyn.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22h

What Bake Off keeps calling American cookies are neither. NOBODY FROSTS A SNICKERDOODLE. I am irate, I tell you, irate.

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sound+fury 🐉 @soundandfury.bsky.social · 22h

Kinda wish this was true now.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22h

For the first ten years I lived in England, I genuinely thought it was Angela Ruskin University. I assumed she was a suffragette.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dated a guy once who told me about a woman he met at a party who, when someone said something funny, wouldn’t laugh. She would instead say the actual word “laughing”. I think about that woman a lot.

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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Christian 'discriminated' against in job retraction over LGBT views, court hears

Felix Ngole was rejected for a job after his potential employer discovered his views on homosexuality.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oops, just realized what I did there. It should read, "Authors! if you follow me..." That rather opens it up a little more. If you're an author, illustrator, etc, drop me a message. Thanks!

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Authors! If I follow you and I haven’t emailed you, drop me a line! Working on a cool thing…

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New Lizards book! Out October 8th! Genuinely think it’s one of the best books I’ve ever written. Brilliantly illustrated by Tim Miller.

Cover of The Pelican and His Blimp by Patrick Ness. Plus the author in socks and sandals but he has a cold, so don’t judge

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fun fact: Bambi’s mother didn’t die in the script. The hunter improvised shooting her on the spot. Those are real tears from Bambi. The director kept it in!

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just thinking again of how white hot brilliant Fleabag was.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wont name or tag as i don't want to embarrass anyone, however there are some absolutely legendary authors and writers donating to the Crowdfunder and its beautiful. From all over the world.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I will never cease to be amazed about how much contemporary literary discourse is straight women explaining gay men to me.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Patrick Ness came in & signed a stack of books - we are trying to behave normally about it! Ness is one of that small but vital cadre of writers that gets & keeps boys reading through the difficult period when they are easily lost - a vital weapon!

Patrick Ness stands beneath the Chapters Bookstore sign holding Piper at the Gates of Dusk. A second photo shows signed Patrick Ness books on display, including Monsters of Men, The Knife of Never Letting Go and Piper at the Gates of Dusk.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Japan! A new musical of A MONSTER CALLS opens in previews next month! That’s right! A musical! In Japanese. Details below.

Japanese language poster for the musical of A Monster Calls

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, that Paris Jackson album she released in 2020, produced by Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra, is really, really good. Who’d have guessed?

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Naked Eyes debut was one of the first I ever got as a child on vinyl (that long ago). Some good tunes and some fine singing. RIP. deadline.com/2026/09/pete...

deadline.com

Peter Byrne Dead: Naked Eyes Singer Was 74

Peter Byrne, singer for the band Naked Eyes who scored hits with “Always Something There to Remind Me” and "Promises, Promises," died September 14 at 74.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Disappointed the shortlist left off The Vicisectors, but a very solid list otherwise. I think five of the books are very very good. Not a fan of the sixth, as it’s the kind of book about Americans that the British love: rendering us as harmless fools. Fools, yes. Harmless? Sadly, no.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nigella is already four times as good at this as Paul Hollywood

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bake Off is back! It is such a happy place. And now with Nigella! Who turned down an OBE because “I’m not saving lives”! Cool!

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Trans rights killed my father and my dog!" is the new "Freddie Starr ate my hamster!"

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In researching the next lizards book, I have discovered Sir David's Long-Beaked Echidna, an echidna on New Guinea so rare that it was discovered in 1961 and then NO ONE SAW ANOTHER ONE until 2023. Named after David Attenborough.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Own up, which of you melanated sexual deviants rejected Bret Stephens' novel manuscript?

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am suddenly getting a lot of instagram reels of very cheerful nuns doing a podcast and answering questions about nunhood and also how much they love Ultimate Frisbee.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I know "narcissist" has somehow come to mean "my ex-boyfriend", but now that one's been President for what seems like eternity, can we just take account of the damage that a real one can do? The man has a sense of self and literally nothing else. It would be fascinating if it didn't also kill people

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Even for Bret Stephens, this is embarrassing.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My favorite is when people who have no experience of a thing think they can talk all day about a thing. If you don't have ADHD, then how do you "know" it's over-diagnosed? If you don't need SSRIs, then how do you "know" others don't need them? This is literally basic empathy.

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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

very very basic calculation: do you want to save people or do you want to Always Be Right

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This 100% applies to trans and queer kids. I'm sorry that your imaginative empathy can't stretch to another person's direct experience, but why should you expect another person to suffer for your failings? Believe queer kids. Believe trans kids. You, who have no experience, do not know better.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I remember when the loudest voice on Twitter against anti-depressants was someone who'd never taken them. Are they perfect? Nope. Have they kept my extreme, murderous anxiety in check long enough for me to not kill myself? Yep. Not interested in your inexpert opinion.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From that rather good longlist, if I were a Booker judge (*cough*), these would be my choices (in no order): HELEN OF NOWHERE, Makenna Goodman THE VIVISECTORS, Missouri Williams THE END OF EVERYTHING, M John Harrison THE DISAPPEARERS, Marlon James THE RENOVATION, Kenan Orhan BLACK BAG, Luke Kennard

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My glorious friend Shamim Sarif directed and executive produced this new BBC show, starting tonight! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hksq...

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The Split Up | Official trailer - BBC

YouTube video by BBC Trailers

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Nick Coveney @nmjcoveney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’ve decided to celebrate the amazing news that my debut novel EVERYTHING NOT SAVED has been shortlisted for the Speakies by running a special promo on the ebook edition it’s currently only £0.99/€0.99/$0.99 with all retailers it’d be amazing if you could support me www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-N...

Following the amazing news that EVERYTHING NOT SAVED has been shortlisted for the 2026 Speakies Best Young Adult Audiobook on Friday…

Nick is running a special promotional price on the ebook edition of his debut novel with all ebook retailers in all territories

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pleased and amazed that both me AND MY HUSBAND @nmjcoveney.bsky.social have been separately shortlisted for The Speakies Audio Book Awards. Congrats the Jorden Renzo and Zach Barack who read Ben and Max. They did all the hard work.

Shortlist for the Speakies audio book awards YA category

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Dublin taxi is playing contemporary Christian music radio, which unfortunately is the music of my childhood. It hasn’t got any better.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sad about the death of Duncan Sheik. I saw Spring Awakening at the Lyric Hammersmith knowing nothing about it beforehand except that it had won Tonys and loved it.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And Betty White refused to remove a Black singer and dancer from her show in the 1950s despite southern states insisting. Another thing to think about.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On my way to Dublin for Children’s Book Ireland. Hopefully see some of you there.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

*Chariots of Fire theme*

inspiring series of grainy B/W stills from a slow-mo video of a dictyopharid planthopper launching itself majestically into the air (Burrows 2014 in JEB)

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