BC Studies @bcstudies.bsky.social The British Columbian Quarterly: a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring BC's cultural, economic, and political life; past and present.
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Lisa Richter (she/her) @lisarichter.bsky.social Poet, writer, educator, coffee addict
Sublunary @ualbertapress in Spring 2026
https://lnk.bio/lisarpoet
Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social Author of THE CRANE (Breakwater, 2025) and HOLDING GROUND, THE WORLD'S ERODING COASTLINES forthcoming from Harper Collins Canada (2027) || Journalist || MD MSc MFA || associate editor at CMAJ || monicakidd.ca || represented by Aevitas
Na Malum Afrad @namalumafrad.bsky.social Journalist and documentarian posting independently curated and underreported global news.
Amplifying grassroots movements & mutual aid.
Anonymous for safety, vocal for justice. 👇 Drop tips in replies.
Eleyezee Librarian @eleyezeelibrarian.bsky.social Academic outreach/instruction librarian turned tech marketing writer & PT ref librarian turned…hopefully a FT librarian again? Interested in #scholcomm #copyright & #openaccess. I missed y'all & need to catch up.
Medusa Salt Poet @medusa-salt-poet.bsky.social Envisioning and writing liberation and meaningful healing from modern Empire. 🇨🇦
Kate Blair @kateblair.bsky.social Award-winning British-Canadian YA author of WE BURY NOTHING, A MIST OF MEMORIES, TRANSFERRAL, TANGLED PLANET & THE MAGPIE’S LIBRARY (MG), out with DCB/Cormorant. https://www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/W/We-Bury-Nothing
She/her
@cllrainslie.bsky.social @cllrainslie.bsky.social 
Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireen.link Writer, artist, blogger, mind explorer. At jeejeebhoy.ca. My #BrainInjury postings at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/concussion-is-brain-injury
📍Toronto, Canada
Louise Bradford @storybylouise.bsky.social 📚Author. Member of Batchewana First Nation. SAGE AND THE SNOWSHOE EXPRESS, coming Sept 1, 2026! Illustrated by Maya McKibbin. Kids Can Press, publisher.
louisebradford.com
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Heather J. “Lives in a city on Lake Ontario” Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime.
A Gentleman and a Thief • The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream • Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books/HarperCollins Canada)
Website: www.deanjobb.com
Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y935u82h
Iryn Tushabe (she/her) @wordsweaver.bsky.social EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE (House of Anansi, 2025) available now from your favourite indie bookstore.
Native of Uganda transplanted to Treaty 4 (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Iryntushabe.com
Laurie D. Graham @lauriedgraham.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/lauriedgraham
Simon Thibault @simonthibault.bsky.social Journalist, editor, food writer, cookbook fan. Lover of pomology, grains, and archives. Author of "Pantry and Palate: Remembering and Rediscovering Acadian Food."
Acadien. Queer. Kjipuktuk/Halifax, NS
Deleted old account due to b*ts, starting fresh.
Robert Lecker Agency @leckeragency.bsky.social International Literary Management
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Linda Ludke @lindamludke.bsky.social Librarian, book lover, vintage enthusiast and children's book reviewer for Quill & Quire and Booklist 
Margo McMahan, Part Owner 🇨🇦🍁 @margomcm.bsky.social Proud supporter of Mark Carney, Liberal Party Leader & Prime Minister of Canada! Organizational Psychologist, Retired Professor of Business, Leadership scholar & educator, Strategic & Human Resource Management specialist. Activist/Dancer/Gardener. 🇨🇦🍁
Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
alphan vardarlı @alphanv.bsky.social sudo science free thinker, non affiliated citizen scientist and artist. please dm for art commissions.
https://www.versopolis.com/author/1104/alphan-vardarli https://alphanvardarli.blogspot.com/
https://books2read.com/ap/RDkvQp/Alphan-Vardarl
Ann Cavlovic 🇨🇦 @anncavlovic.bsky.social Writer. Debut novel Count On Me (Guernica Editions 2025). Nonfiction in Globe and Mail, CBC, Event, Grain, etc. Into elder abuse prevention/sandwich generation, climate crisis, and environmental economcs. #QCwriters #booksky #greensky anncavlovic.com
The Kel @kelthulhu.bsky.social I'm a 31 year old Canadian who is here...sometimes. They/them.
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The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social Canadian literary journal established in 1967 publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers.
Anastasia Chipelski @anachips.bsky.social Editor and writer, often stuck under a napping cat. Managing editor @prairiebooksnow.bsky.social
Jason Hammond @headtale.bsky.social Yet another Blue Skyin’ librarian
More: www.headtale.com
Joseph Laba @josephlaba.bsky.social Library and Information Technician (LIT) and Records and Information Management (IM) graduate.
My professional website/e-portfolio: https://joseph-laba-e-portfolio.webnode.page/
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social SF/F Writer | Aurora Award winner | World Fantasy & Locus Award finalist | Editor, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, SFWA Nebula Award Showcase anthologies | Ansible Press | Tesla: The Life & Times Podcast | Bonsai enthusiast | 🇨🇦+🇺🇦+🌳
Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social Full-time author writing horror, erotica, and romance with my soulmate @jekeep.bsky.social
♡ 18+ ♡ No GenAI ♡ Here to yap ♡ Newfoundland ♡ Sheltie owner ♡
The Lane Anderson Award @laneandersonaward.bsky.social The Lane Anderson Award has been celebrating Canadian science writing for more than 10 years! To learn more visit our website. 🌱 📚 www.laneandersonaward.ca
Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social mentally robust
https://adamsnotes.substack.com/
Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected literary agencies. 🍁
https://wcaltd.com/
Michelle Barker @michellebark.bsky.social Senior #editor at DarlingAxe.com. Award-winning #author, Ironman #triathlete. michellebarker.ca
Rebecca Salazar Leon @rsalazar.bsky.social haunted swamp femme, PhD // author of sulphurtongue (2021) & antibody (2025) // (she/they) 🇨🇴🤎🇵🇸
Writer/Artist#StopFemicide 🇨🇦📚🧑🏻🎨🇵🇸 @writerartisteh.bsky.social Visual art, writing
📚🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG, mason bees etc. General musings, rants, politics site for a Cdn artist and writer with 10 books. Happy to see resisters, but block if you block fundraisers. writing: @eatonhamilton.bsky.social
PICSEL @picsel-collective.bsky.social Supporting visual artists with royalties, rights advocacy & collective licensing. Revolutionising image licensing w/PICSEL-id. Est. by BAPLA in 2016.
www.picsel.org.uk
https://www.instagram.com/picselcollective/
PRISM International @prisminternational.bsky.social Periodical literary magazine located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Vancouver, BC)
https://prismmagazine.ca/
Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual juried award that recognizes exceptional works of Canadian speculative literature. www.sunburstaward.org
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Starleigh Grass @twinkleshappyplace.bsky.social Books. Beads. Indigenous scholarship.
Main blog- https://twinkleshappyplace.blogspot.com/?m=1
PhD topic blog - https://indigenousfuturismsfan.blogspot.com/?m=1
Forrest @thetomjoad.bsky.social Writer. Shamus Award Nominee. The Wrecking Game out now from reboundpress.com
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social A Reading Series
Sept 24 Insta Live w/ Jowita Bydlowska
Oct 4 TYPE Books Junction
Oct 8 Insta Live w/ Kim Fahner
Nov 8 On Zoom w/ Norma Dunning
Nov 22 TYPE Books Junction
Nov 26 Insta Live w/ Greg Rhyno
www.junctionreads.ca
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Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
Amanda Lastoria @amandalastoria.bsky.social North America's 1st PhD in Publishing
Sessional at Simon Fraser University
Sessional at Emily Carr University of Art + Design
EA at SHARP
Children's and YA Book Reviewer at Quill & Quire
Former Editor of Lewis Carroll Review
Mark Goldstein @beautifuloutlaw.bsky.social Writing · Publishing · Design
"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none."
—Jules Renard (Trans. Louise Bogan)
Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social Visual art, writing
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG
UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2; on Patreon at HamiltonArt.
O.L. McAnord @olmcanord.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦 Author 📖 Revisionist
Work in Progress / Second Draft
Writing on Treaty Land
@writingaward.bsky.social @writingaward.bsky.social 
Arquipélago Press @arquipelagopress.bsky.social Dedicated to publishing Luso North American authors and Portuguese literature in translation
Laura Brady @laurab7.bsky.social Making books, reading books, yelling about baseball (she/her)
Serif @serif.inc Serif works with publishers, literary prizes, book festivals, industry associations, bookstores, media companies, authors and storytellers.
Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social Anti-fascist, author, journalist, consumer & human rights advocate, ally to youth liberation, bicyclist, consultant to the Identity Project.
https://hasbrouck.org
edward@hasbrouck.org
Signal +1-415-824-0214
Mastodon: https://urbanists.social/@ehasbrouck
IFRRO @ifrro.org International, independent, not-for-profit organisation representing the interests of CMOs and authors & publishers. 
@atingjil.bsky.social @atingjil.bsky.social 
@lpgcanada.bsky.social @lpgcanada.bsky.social 
Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social Reading, writing, walking in Ontar-i-air-i-air-io (Can-Am). Publishing advocate. Nonprofit consultant. Author of a short story collection (MOTHERISH), essays & more TK. She/her
Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social Founded in 1975, the Book Publishers Association of Alberta supports the thriving Alberta publishing industry.
https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/
Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁 @cdncurmudgeon.bsky.social 🍁 Woke writer, editor, reviewer, consultant, municipal politician.
☑️ Shakespeare, Horace, Machiavelli, Chaucer, Cicero, Homer, Godzilla, ERB, ukuleles, democratic socialism, atheism, pets, science, bread, tequila.🚫crypto!🚫 MAGA!
www.ianchadwick.com/blog
Nadine Bachan @nadinebachan.bsky.social writer * editor * crafter
https://linktr.ee/nadinebachan
Lisa Whittington-Hill @lisawhitt.bsky.social This Magazine Publisher. Words in Longreads, The Walrus, Catapult, Hazlitt and more. Author of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women and a 33 1/3 on Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's.
spinetingling @spinetingling.bsky.social Nancy Forde | Writer/Photographer | she/her🇮🇪🇨🇦🏳️🌈 MFA in Creative Writing (2026) | MA in Documentary Photography & Photojournalism (2021) | Grab a cuppa & curl up: spinetingling.substack.com (This here's my 📚 bsky. Personal bsky: @nancyfjorde.bsky.social)
BC and Yukon Book Prizes @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social Our mission is to recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs. The 10 Prizes are presented annually recognizing authors, illustrators, and publishers.
Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social Eight-time award losing author and true crime podcaster with a passion for history. Latest book: Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck http://evelazarus.com/
knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social Poetry. Well-served.
FLASH SUMMER SALE! EXTENDED NOW THRU 31 AUG! ALL KFB TITLES CURRENTLY IN STOCK $10 Exclusively at knifeforkbook.shop
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Gail Anderson-Dargatz @anderson-dargatz.bsky.social Canadian. Mentor. Editor. Author of The Cure for Death by Lightning, The Almost Wife, The Almost Widow and many other books. Her latest novel, The Atlas Keeper, hits the shelves Aug. 26, 2026. Visit Gail at https://linktr.ee/Gail_AndersonDargatz
Leslie Mireille @42miray.bsky.social Illustrator in Northern Ontario, Canada
Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
Common Deer Press @commondeerpress.bsky.social Publisher of uncommon books for children & teens. #picturebooks, #chapterbooks, #MGBooks and #YABooks
Work in Culture @workinculture.bsky.social Supporting the careers of people who work in the arts through entrepreneurial and business skills training, innovative research, and job search tools.
Pembroke Publishers @pembrokepublish.bsky.social Pembroke has been proud to produce practical books for teaching and learning since 1985. From just 3 titles in our first year, our catalogue has grown to include over 250 books and ebooks.
@lucywhitecoaching.bsky.social @lucywhitecoaching.bsky.social 
ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social All about text: reading it, editing it, enjoying it. I am a professional reader: an author, an editor, a reviewer, an academic, and an administrator.
la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social Author, editor, publisher. Fierce feminist. 
@egauthier1.bsky.social @egauthier1.bsky.social 
Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions @caitlinpress.bsky.social An independent Canadian publisher based in BC • Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry • Dagger Editions is our imprint for queer women-identifying writers.
Helaine Becker @helainebecker.bsky.social Writer of words and artist of art. Kids books and pretty pictures are my thing. And coffee. Lots of coffee. Helainebecker.com and Helainebeckerart.com.
Jason James Martin @jjmartin.bsky.social Biz guy, book guy, dog lover.
Elizabeth Murphy @ospreysview.bsky.social Banner by Gene Herzberg
https://mun.academia.edu/ElizabethMurphy/
https://fictionbyelizabethmurphy.blogspot.com/
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ospreysview
Dundurn Press @dundurnpress.bsky.social Books and news from leading Canadian independent publisher, Dundurn Press. Read with us. These are your stories.
Links: https://campsite.bio/dundurnpress
westofcanon @westofcanon.bsky.social
westofcanon.com.
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Michel Basilieres @basilieres.bsky.social Novelist (Black Bird, A Free Man). Writing Instructor (SCS at U of T). Still learning to keep my mouth shut.
Ontario Book Publishers Organization @obpoofficial.bsky.social The OBPO is your connection to Ontario's vibrant literary scene. Posts via Holly and Sarah. Visit our website to learn more: https://obpo.ca
Catherine Lewis 🏳️🌈🩷💜💙 @catwrites604.bsky.social Author of poetry chapbook ZIPLESS (845 Press), finalist for two Bisexual Book Awards. Chinese Canadian. Banff Centre and Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio alum. Tin House ‘25. she/her/hers
Vancouver, Canada
linktr.ee/cat_writes_604
Douglas Glover @douglasglover.bsky.social Canadian author of novels, short stories, and essays.
https://douglasglover.net/
https://douglasglover.substack.com/
https://independent.academia.edu/GloverDouglas
Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social Medical historian specializing in alcohol & drug policy at BrockUniversity. Danmalleck.ca Allergic to acronyms, fyi. And jargon. Posts do not represent my workplace. Often they just represent a current fever dream.
CDEC - CDCE @cdec-cdce.bsky.social La voix du milieu culturel canadien / The voice of the canadian cultural community
#culture #unesco #canada
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor.
Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada
The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024)
The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025)
www.kimfahner.com
Liberman @libermanbooks.bsky.social Pioneering Canadian Literature in Spanish and Hispanic Literature in Canada.
Liberman.es
Federation of European Publishers @fep-fee.bsky.social FEP is the voice of the great majority of publishers in Europe. We represent 31 national associations of publishers of books, learned journals and educational materials, in all formats, in Europe. More about us: https://fep-fee.eu/
Kimiko Fraser @kimikofraser.bsky.social 🌿Illustrator & Loremaster in training 🌿 Illustrator of Her Courage Rises: 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon, the Trailblazing Canadians Series, & Huxley's Island Adventure
Katie Arthur @katiearthur.bsky.social Author/illustrator of books for kids 🌻
OUR WOOLLY BEAR
WHAT IF MARTY DOESN’T LIKE MY PARTY?
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Rep: Westwood Creative Artists
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