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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Apologies, there's just so much social around today, I'm not sure where to turn (so I usually turn to Insta, and, less often Substack). But I see there's quite a gathering here, so will have to visit more often! In the meantime... tombenjamin.substack.com/p/i-met-that...

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I met that Andy Burnham once

Which obviously qualifies me to have a strong opinion about him

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TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I have taken up knitting again! A shout out to my tribe: where are the #knitters and #booklovers (and #travellers of course). Say hello! #amreading @tombenjamin.bsky.social Old Bones in Puglia set in, well, #Puglia

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Absolutely adored this latest novel from my wonderful friend @tombenjamin.bsky.social, just as I have loved every book in his #DanielLeicester series. A delightful and absolutely riveting read. Grab your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/old-bon...

A picture of the book cover, showing the top of a Gothic church building, surrounded by flapping pigeons against a bright blue sky

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

📚 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to @tombenjamin.bsky.social with ‘Old Bones in Puglia’! 🦴🦴🦴 #BookLaunch #BookRelease #CrimeReads #TomBenjamin #OldBonesInPuglia

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Happy Publication Day to me! Buy: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1408... Explore Italy's mysterious Gargano region of Puglia with Daniel Leicester as vacation turns investigation... @thecrimevault.bsky.social @scotlandchris1.bsky.social (quote looks familiar?! 😁) #gargano #puglia #crimefiction

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Next is #OldBonesInPuglia the latest in @tombenjamin.bsky.social #DanielLeicester series set in Bologna, though in this one he must be visiting the south. Published by Constable on 14 May. It will be my turn on the @annerandomthings.bsky.social blog tour on 25 May

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Buying a cheap day return at the railway ticket office, the woman asked me if I had a railcard. No, I replied, and almost added cheerfully, I know I look young, but I'm not that young! It was only sitting on the train that it occurred to me she wasn't referring to THAT kind of railcard...

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Grazie @annerandomthings.bsky.social‬ for the tour of my alter ego #alexmakepeace. "It's been a very long time since a novel sunk its hooks into me to such an extent." @edwinhayward.com "Brilliant, compelling, unsettling." @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social @elsewhen.press Buy: tinyurl.com/36mx6h62

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Today is the final day of the @annerandomthings.bsky.social for @tombenjamin.bsky.social latest novel #TheBolognaVendetta bk 6 in the Daniel Leicester series set in Bologna. There are lots of other great reviews to check out. @littlebrown.bsky.social peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/t...

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

My latest substack. This on AI and fiction and why we need labelling sooner rather than later. open.substack.com/pub/tombenja...

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Bananas, booze, and the Backwards Machine

Why authors need a 'Human-made Mark' sooner rather than later

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Karen Cole @karlou72.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

#BookReview #TheBolognaVendetta by @tombenjamin.bsky.social This brilliant series is consistently unmissable and The Bologna Vendetta is no exception; intriguing, intelligent and thoroughly compelling, it's the best yet! hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-... @annerandomthings.bsky.social

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The Bologna Vendetta by Tom Benjamin #BookReview #BlogTour

Hair Past A Freckle - For the love of books! Reviews and more....

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Many, many congrats to @tombenjamin.bsky.social on publication of “The Bologna Vendetta”! If you love Italy, if you love crime fiction … you need to be following this series!

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Congratulations to @tombenjamin.bsky.social as his sixth Daniel Leicester novel #TheBolognaVendetta is published today by Century @littlebrown.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts on this later in the month as part of the Random Things blog tour

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social with ‘The Bologna Vendetta’!

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

To mark publication of #thebolognavendetta I penned a substack post. I'm going to try and post more often, although the last time I said that was July 2024... #Fantasy #crimefiction #romantasy tombenjamin.substack.com/p/other-read...

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Other readers monsters

Why crime and fantasy have more in common than you might think

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

⭐️ Excited that the launch of the sixth in my Bologna-set crime series, which is currently #99p on Amazon (link tinyurl.com/52btm46t ) and @thecwa.bsky.social 'read of the month' will be marked by a blog tour with the fantastic @annerandomthings.bsky.social ⭐️😁 #CrimeFiction @littlebrown.bsky.social

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The CWA's Read of the Month for May is The Bologna Vendetta by Tom Benjamin! Read more about it here! buff.ly/7riAc6w #crimewriter #crimefiction #cwareadofthemonth

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Yes, that's a cake 😁 A perk from my role as author ambassador to Bologna Book Plus which included a fantastic interview with @bookbrunch.bsky.social in print and online (in profile)! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar... @thecrimevault.bsky.social @billgoodall.bsky.social #CrimeFiction #Bologna

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Delighted to share my Q&A in advance of my role of "ambassador" for Bologna Book Plus, which kicks off next week 🙂 #Bologna #BolognaBookPlus www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

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Q&A: Crime writer Tom Benjamin

BookBrunch - The publishing trade's daily news magazine

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

⭐️ When Hollywood comes to Bologna... Italian Rules, just #99p 'A really great read' @ianmooreauthor.bsky.social ⭐️ www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Rule...

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Caroline England Author *The Return of Frankie Whittle out 8 Feb @cazengland.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Whoop!! When a bestselling top notch author you hugely admire says THIS 👇👇 "An emotional rollercoaster of mounting tension. England fills the story with twist after agonising twist." #TheReturnOfFrankieWhittle is out now! Find it here: #eBook: amzn.to/3DrRA16 #paperback: amzn.to/43t3qmb

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Caroline England Author *The Return of Frankie Whittle out 8 Feb @cazengland.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨#NewRelease #TheReturnOfFrankieWhittle🚨 'Full of twists and turns, I couldn't put this down. A taut, claustrophobic thriller that left me breathless' SIMON McCLEAVE, multi-million selling author #KindleUnlimited: amzn.to/4aUxPvn #Paperback: amzn.to/40QQXWF

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A cheeky 12k to ##sanluca dragged up by doggo.

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Miles Nipper @milesbsn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Further to my bookshop observing… Waterstones Llandudno: No @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social or @davidhewson.bsky.social but @tombenjamin.bsky.social see attached…

Books by Tom Benjamin on a bookshop shelf

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

In the press. If you're in Bologna, you can catch me @feltrinelli_librerie this evening at 1800 Piazza Ravegnana.

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

On Wednesday, January 15, at 1800, I am presenting my latest book (in English) at the Feltrinelli Piazza Ravegnana. Mercoledì 15 gennaio, alle ore 18, presenterò il mio ultimo libro (in inglese) alla Feltrinelli di Piazza Ravegnana.

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

To the opening of @antonelloghezzi Palazzina dei Sogni for the night of Santa Lucia (an Italian thing). The light in photo #2 illuminates every time there is a shooting star. #antonelloghezzi #palazzinadeisogni #shootingstar #santalucia #nightphotography #rainphotography #reflection

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Victoria Dowd @victoriadowd.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Here it is! The cover reveal for Death In the Aviary. I am utterly blown away by how gorgeous this is. It’s one of those amazing moments when you see the cover and the whole book is there. Thank you Datura. #deathintheaviary

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Finished! I've loved all the books in this series, and it was great to read the deep backstory of Daniel Leicester's relationship with his late wife. A very satisfying culmination of his character arc. #TheBolognaVendetta @tombenjamin.bsky.social Order here!🧡💛🧡 www.amazon.co.uk/Saturday-Mas...

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Back cover of the book with the blurb

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally - into the present, Daniel begins to suspect Lucia's accidental death may not have been an accident after all.

With characters ranging from the Bologna branch of Italy's Right and Acknowledged Masons to an activist group trashing tourist lets, Tom Benjamin takes the reader on another colourful excursion to one of Italy's most mysterious locations as the English detective and his partner Dolores Pugliese go after the truth, and a trace of justice, in a changing city.

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Oh dear. I see they're adopting the old 'Fog in Channel, Continent cut off' strategy again.

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hi Blue Sky, I realise you're mainly about follows these days, but today's the last day to snaffle up two of my novels for 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09D2XTT99

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Daniel Leicester

Visit Amazon's Daniel Leicester page and shop for all Daniel Leicester books. Check out pictures, author information and reviews of Daniel Leicester

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I'm a keen Instagrammer (and was a keen photographer... remember cameras?!) so I thought I'd brighten up my feed with some faves. Here's an old one I think sums up my Bologna series. Fancied it for a cover but was told it was too gritty...they were probably right! #bologna #crimefiction

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Wise words here from Awais. Writers need reviews like oxygen. (We also need cheese and wine like oxygen but that's another matter...)

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Trevor Wood @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Delighted to announce that The Silent Killer has been optioned for TV by FilmNation TV UK which makes the @wearebookanista.bsky.social review seem very prescient indeed.

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

There appears to be a flurry of AI-related worries about writing at the moment, not least because of the latest by a self-publisher promising to get machine-penned books to market, for a price. So it seemed like a good time to post my substack... tombenjamin.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...

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Fear and hope in the Age of the Robographer

Asking myself what AI will really mean for the novelist

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Louise Fein @louisefein.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Thanks to @tombenjamin.bsky.social for making this starter pack of D20 authors! go.bsky.app/pAYZwQ

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Feeling a little rusty returning to Blue Sky after a year, so still trying to remember my way around, but honoured to be named 'Author Ambassador' Bologna Book Plus, the adult part of the children's book fair, and looking forward to April 2025! #BolognaBooksPlus #bolognabookfair #Bologna

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Tom Benjamin @tombenjamin.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Catching up on social media as I've been so bogged down with edits. I hope this will rival Twitter one day, but having put so much effort into growth (admittedly, a modest 1K+, but I'm no natural!) it's tough to quit. Anyway, here's a new substack link 🙂 tombenjamin.substack.com/p/the-troubl...?

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