sakyrat @sakyratreads.bsky.social The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
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Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Gothic author, corp.associate, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, sports fan, existential seeker. Author of two metaphysical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are in English and NOT AI.
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Banned Books @banned-books.org Documenting book censorship worldwide. A banned book every day — what it is, where it's banned, and why. ~20,000 titles across 119 countries. Free & open data. 📚 banned-books.org
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Lady Queet @ladyqueet.bsky.social Lady Queet is a music producer, singer, songwriter and rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Owner of Picture Perfect Entertainment. #MusicSky #WhoIsYourFavoriteFemaleRapper
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Laura Blackwell @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer, manic pixie night hag. Copy editor, Hugo-nommed @thedeadlands.com. Cohost @storyhour.bsky.social. Website: pronouncedlahra.com. HWA, SFWA. No AI. She/her. Photo: Jodi Foucher. Rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
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Manju Beth Howard @manjubeth.bsky.social Indian American Writer of PB, CB, MG & Poetry
SCBWI Indiana RA
Inked Voices PB & MG Critique Groups
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Sonja Thomas @bysonjathomas.bsky.social Kidlit author | she/her | bysonjathomas.com
📗 Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
📙 Sir Fig Newton & the Science of Persistence
Maria Williams @lightwitch876.eurosky.social #Eurosky Account/Alt
#ActuallyAutistic #BlackandAutistic. Aspiring writer, author, worldbuilder, and reader. #BostonFleet #PWHL, #scientificskeptic, and #secularhumanist Love Squishmallows, TTRPGS, RPGS, #podcasts, #webnovels, #lightnovels, and #donghua
@writenerd.bsky.social @writenerd.bsky.social 
deblund.bsky.social @deblund.bsky.social KidLit author, creativity coach, writing teacher, doodler, northern Minnesota transplant to Whidbey Island. Check out KidLit Catalyst on YouTube!
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
@freedomtowrite.bsky.social @freedomtowrite.bsky.social 
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
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Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
ReadiLN – Discover & Share Books @readiln.com 📚 Where Readers & Authors Connect!
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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social Librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting on the frontlines of democracy 🤝📚🇺🇸 from director KIM A SNYDER.
Stream now- US: PBS, UK: BBC
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Eduwyn @eduwyn.bsky.social #Literature, #philosophy, rippling thoughts and questions flow abundantly here.
Drink from the fountain of #inspiration and let your mind sparkle with creativity. Prosit.
Elayne Crain @elaynecrain.bsky.social Writer of childish things. Fan of sidequests. THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER (w/ John Ledda, Feiwel & Friends). #scbwi #12x12pb #kidlit #☕ #📚 elaynecrain.com/books + elaynecrain.substack.com
Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans is a state affiliate of Authors Against Book Bans, book creators fighting for our freedom to read. #MassFreedomToRead https://www.massfreedomtoread.org/ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Virginia Chapter of Writers for Democratic Action @virginiawda.bsky.social Uniting Virginians through the power of words to protect our future. Join the movement!
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Jeanette Bradley @jbradley.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of books for kids. LOVE, MAMA, SOMETHING GREAT, NO VOICE TOO SMALL, NO WORLD TOO BIG & forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME 🏳️🌈
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social Parent-led nonprofit dedicated to protecting access to information in our schools and public libraries. www.freedomtoreadproject.org
Debbie Vilardi @debbievilardi.bsky.social Freelance author and editor of works for the educational markets, working on my own YA, poems, picture books. Fascinated by the mind. Saved by chocolate. (It's a mood booster, so some days I mean it.) 
We ❤️ HB Public Library! @supporthbpl.bsky.social We are a grassroots group of residents in Huntington Beach, CA, battling an extremist City Council that wants to ban books at our public library. They have also explored privatization of our library.
Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
Once Upon a Ban @onceuponaban.bsky.social We're a newsletter that covers attempts to censor children’s picture books around the country. Part journalism, part book club, we talk to activists and authors about the freedom to read. https://www.onceuponaban.com
Laura (she/her) @findingwild.bsky.social None of us are free unless all of us are free.
Trudi Trueit @truditrueit.bsky.social Writer, Cat Mom, Author of the EXPLORER ACADEMY series from National Geographic
Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence @trishtoneylawrence.bsky.social She/her. Senior agent @ Aevitas Creative Management. Founded real/brilliant, inc. Writer/surface pattern designer. Reign/Sounders/Seahawks fan. I'm always reading. 
Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans @pubprosabb.bsky.social We are a coalition of industry professionals united against the unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We support the availability of diverse voices on shelves across the country.
Learn more at www.ppabb.org
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
@zelda63.bsky.social @zelda63.bsky.social 
Atomicvegan @atomicvegan.bsky.social Vegan writer, artist, poet living in Upstate New York. I don't tolerate fascists but welcome open minds, kind hearts and creative souls. I am Antifa. Header and icon from art by Liberal Jane.
Author Jessica Salina @jessicasalina.bsky.social ❤️ Award-nominated romance author in Seattle
❄️ STUCK ON THE SLOPES (Conquest Pub 2025)
🦸🏻♀️ RIVERPEAK HEROES series (on KU now!)
New Door Books @newdoorbooks.bsky.social Micro-publisher of literary books, mostly fiction & creative nonfiction
Azalea Dunn/A.Z. Dunsworth 🇯🇲 🇳🇬 🍉 @azaleadunn.bsky.social Island girl 🌺
African princess 👑
Queer & proud 🏳️🌈
Writer of interracial/multicultural romance (as Azalea) & sci fi/fantasy (as A.Z.) http://books2read.com/u/38MPwV
Currently based in Jamaica.
Agnieszka ✨ @abrewood.bsky.social Creative soul in love with art.
Contemporary dancer who adores nature and a good book. Psychology & social politics through education and passion. Queer feminist Red Witch.
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Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social The Bluesky home of Authors Against Book Bans Rhode Island , a coalition of book creators united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. Learn more and join at https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
@nh-aabb.bsky.social @nh-aabb.bsky.social 
Library Cryptid (Chazlyn) @chazlyn.bsky.social 1st of Her Name. Library girlie. MLIS student at SJSU. Farm girl. I pretty much live in Twin Peaks, WA. I like horror & animals & video games & photography & film & crafts & video games & I wish I was better at sign language. (She/Her) 🤟🏻🧏🏻♀️🦻🏻★
Cris Ascunce Sapphic Author @crisascunceauthor.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Sapphic Author | 🎨 Graphic Designer/Web Designer
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🌴 Telling queer stories with corazón
👩❤️👩 20 yrs strong w/ my wife + our 🐶 baby
✨ Currently dreaming in dual timelines
Rachel Runya Katz @rachelrunyakatz.bsky.social she/they. USA Today bestselling rom-traum-com author.
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DC @sinjinco.bsky.social Globe trotter 🌍 *learning Dutch * mom to 2 Ethiopian adoptees *love my animals * Sussex Squaddie *#Genealogy *#Aviation * 📚 #BookSky *a good beer 🍻 *Harris/Walz *Magats can go fuck themselves and will be blocked. 🚫 DM's.
Karen Renee @karenrenee.bsky.social Romance author, wife, mom, olive lover, nap taker, probably working on the next book.
GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social Stories about women getting what they want
My short story "Unnoticed" appears in #MixedBagOfTricks,
an anthology of 11 short stories by 11 women writers.
Finalist in 2025 Fugue Prose Contest
Member of Armadillo Authors Society
Samantha M Clark @samanthamclark.com Author of books for kids and young at heart. Repped by Rachel Orr, Prospect Literary. Samanthamclark.com | Samanthamclark.substack.com | Bsky.app/profile/samanthamclark.com
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Vanessa Grossmann @vanessagrossmann.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Crafter, Slightly Wicked Witch and All-Around Weird Chick
Best Selling Author of The Underwest: The Tale of the Clockwork Girl
cis-pan (she/her) Trans rights are human rights. Mental health matters. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🔮🕉️
Marisa @itsmsmaris.bsky.social Sarcasm is my love language. Also likes: Snacks, dogs, libraries, flowers, labor unions. PNW.
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Laurie Ann Thompson @lauriethompson.com Author for kids. Raised in rural WI, former software engineer, still a nerd, animal lover always. I root for underdogs and cry at the drop of a hat. https://linktr.ee/lauriethompson
Ava Nightingale Writes @avanightingale.bsky.social Just an author.
That’s all.
I promise.
Karen Eisenbrey @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social She/her. Writer, reader, musician, band name aficionado.
Fantasy and Sci-Fi author. Deep River Rising, coming 11/11/2025
Into Truth, Justice, Rock & Roll.
https://kareneisenbreywriter.com/
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
@bahchee.bsky.social @bahchee.bsky.social Looking for communy in these stressful times.💙🏳️🌈 Dogs|
Psychology|Science|Resist|Choice|Curiosity|1st gen american| Humanist|Union daughter
Kira Brady @kirabrady.bsky.social Author of Paranormal and Contemporary romance. Out now: Love and Pickleball, a small town, sports romance set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. ❤️🥒🏓
kirabrady.com
J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social YA/MG author. Newest: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025); The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
tippyloohoo @tippyloohoo.bsky.social Library cataloger. Hockey mom. Lover of books. Opinions are my own and not endorsed by any library or whatever.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Claire E. Jones | Author @clairjoyance.bsky.social Author | Speaker | Mentor | Marketing in the Age of Aquarius | Threads of Destiny 🏳️🌈 Fantasy Romance | Publishing Strategist | Award Winner | D&D 🔗 linktr.ee/clairjoyance
Stephanie Flynn @stephanieflynn.bsky.social Primary Immune Disorder/Lupus/Sarcoidosis Haver, Mom, Writer, Recovering Standup Comic, sometime fire fighter and badass. I'm here to help. She/her and They/them
Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog Furry writer and poet, apparently. Co-host of thevoice.dog podcast. Gay, He/Him.
Find my books and links at https://pawpals.place/robmacwolf
Gabriela Denise Frank @civitaveritas.bsky.social Author of HOW TO NOT BECOME THE BREAKING (Gateway Literary Press, 2025). Literary artist, editor, educator, alchemist, plant lady, holobiont, earthling. linktr.ee/gabrieladenisefrank
Maya Prasad @msmayaprasad.bsky.social YA & kid lit author of DRIZZLE, DREAMS, AND LOVESTRUCK THINGS (Disney) and SEJAL SINHA BATTLES SUPERSTORMS (S&S / Aladdin) | she/her | In heaven with a cup of lavender tea, pop music, and a view of the sea.
https://linktr.ee/mayaprasad
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
Molly Ringle @writermollyringle.bsky.social She/her. Editor of lots of things; writer of often-queer stories about fae, witches, and love, such as Lava Red Feather Blue and the other Eidolonia books.
Mary Cronk Farrell @marycronkfarrell.bsky.social I write about women whose courage has shaped our history. My work shines a light in shadowy forgotten corners, amplifies marginalized voices and empowers us all to work constructively for what we believe in.
www.MaryCronkFarrell.com she/her
Philip Athans @philathans.bsky.social Liberal author, editor, and SF, fantasy, horror, and TTRPG fan who has some links at https://linktr.ee/philathans and is happy to have rebuilt a #writingcommunity here. NO to AI.
AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS: https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com