Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Gabe McGrath @gabemcgrath.bsky.social 🦘Aussie 📝 Writer 📻 Radio Creative 🎤 Writing a memoir about Melbourne’s youth-run Hitz FM. 🔊 "Those pesky 90s kids that turned Australian radio upside down."
Jessica Hoadley @jhoadleyedits.bsky.social 🌺 Australian professional editor (IPEd)
🤸♂️ Middle grade and young adult specialist
✍️ Also writing a witchy YA series
😍 Here for #kidlit
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Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Glenn Rose @gsrose.bsky.social It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Tim Robbins
Rosa Campbell @rosavcampbell.bsky.social Historian of global feminism & believer in 🏃💗 🦭🕊📚🏊♀️ 🌹 🍉
Author of The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared (April '26)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's College.
PhD from Cambridge. Homesick Australian.
www.rosa-campbell.com
Most Difficult K @sometimeskristy.bsky.social All views are those of me the musician not whatever place pays me for work. Pacifist.
Kruzy, Sometimes Anderson, Making of a Musician host https://www.sometimesanderson.com/
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@not-a-karen.bsky.social @not-a-karen.bsky.social 
@zindoxin.bsky.social @zindoxin.bsky.social Dad, husband, brother, uncle, technologist, writer.
Lukas Stone 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈 👨👨👦 @stonestories.bsky.social Sydney-based storyteller writing about surrogacy, same-sex parenting, breaking generational trauma, and documenting my journey to getting my first book published. Raw, real, occasionally sweary.
Website: https://stonestories.com.au
Sarah Jansen @sarahjansencom.bsky.social Writer for energy engineers, disabled, queer, mixed, anxious, organ donor. Made in Logan, Qld. She/her. #ItsNotYouItsCapitalism
Filleastuta @filleastuta.bsky.social Public policy and politics. Emergency management. Music, art and design. Oxford comma. Wannabe cat owner. Naarm.
Torsten Schönberg @schoenbergvienna.bsky.social Crime writer based in Vienna, bringing the city's dark corners and quirky tales to life.
https://a.co/d/0ye5EL5
#slavaukraini🇺🇦
#Pro-Democracy
#Resist
Krimiautor aus Wien, der die dunklen Ecken und skurrilen Geschichten der Stadt zum Leben erweckt.
@aureliamay.bsky.social @aureliamay.bsky.social 
Jackie 🇦🇺🇵🇭🇲🇾🌈 @jackieyap.bsky.social emerging mystery & kidlit writer
✨2025 #CYA Aspiring YA Winner
✨2025 #WeNeedDiverseBooks #KillYourDarlings
🌈 adhd, tck, solar-powered, dog mama, shaved iced enthusiast
📍Australia
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Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
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I do not read DMs here.
Pamela Ueckerman @melalouise.bsky.social Children's Author | Poet | Middle Grade Mavens Podcast.
Rep'd by Silvia Molteni of PFD Agents.
Ayla's Christmas Wish 2023
New book out 2026 with Scholastic Australia.
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KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social 📚🚭💙
David Harris @davidharrs.bsky.social I'm working at the United States Air Force
Major. Commander-in-Chief of Staff, at Lask Air Base
Studied a Bachelor of Science Degree at Brigham Young University- Provo, Utah
Studied Distinguished Graduate at Squadron Officer School
From California.
Elara Rosequartz @elararosequartz.bsky.social 🧚♀️ I write chapter books for young dreamers like me who love fairies and friendship.
💖 No villains - just sparkle, heart, and adventure.
📚💙 Ages 6–9
www.fairyacademybooks.com
Digital creator, parent managed account.
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 |
Peter Blazey Fellowship @peterblazey.bsky.social The Peter Blazey Fellowship is awarded annually to further a work in progress for those writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life writing. https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/prizes-and-scholarships/peter-blazey-fellowship
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
#scifi ✨ #fantasylit✨ #WritingCommunity ✨
🚫 OnlyFans, GoFundMe, DMs
Kelly Burke @burke-guardian.bsky.social Arts writer, Guardian Australia
Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon) @golgaloth.bsky.social Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins. I write Fantasy and SciFi under the pen name D. Harrigon. Books available everywhere.
#Writer #Writing #BoardGames #Fantasy #SciFi
MD @m67d.bsky.social 
Ian Robinson 🇦🇺🐨🦘 @idrobinson.bsky.social Saving democracy, saving the planet.
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
J Lee @jleewriting.bsky.social Trying to write good.
My work obliges some discretion.
Jubril Temitope Isiaka @thefatherofflame.bsky.social 
Kristin Martin @kristin-author.bsky.social Children’s author and poet from Adelaide, Australia 
Kat'll Do @katlldo.bsky.social Give 'em food an' keep 'em warm an' make 'em happy, so happy n free. La la la! O!
Sooty @sootymatt.bsky.social Court reporter, musician & birder. Hyperlexic, autistic & Australian. Proudly boring.
Lucie Stevens @luciestevens.bsky.social Children’s book author and freelance editor living on Gadigal land
Little Go Getters @littlegogetters.bsky.social Little Go Getters focuses on helping youth learn about enterprising behaviors. Being enterprising is the willingness and ability to get personal, family, community, social and for-profit projects done.
www.littlegogetters.com
Ursula Theinert @wersula.bsky.social Escapee from the other place. Artist and believer in justice. Very concerned citizen!
Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social
Backyard revolution is my thing🌺
@carmen777.bsky.social @carmen777.bsky.social 
CYA Conference @cyaconference.com Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
CYAConference.com
T.M. Clark @tmclark.com.au I am a Zimbabwean-born author who writes stories that blend diverse cultures and wildlife. I am passionate about nurturing writers, building libraries in Papua New Guinea, and inspiring readers through my love for storytelling.
@majlh77.bsky.social @majlh77.bsky.social Music geek. Healthcare worker and nature lover, because we all need a good life. Author of “Samantha’s Voice.” The young girl who tackles the fentanyl crisis and kicks some terrorist ass!!
Patti Miller @pattimillerwriter.bsky.social Writer, (books, articles, essays), memoir teacher, long-distance walker, book-lover, nature-lover.
Ali Stegert @ali-stegert.bsky.social Writer of Tales ✨Builder of Worlds ✨ Artist✨Illuminator✨ Patter of all the Dogs
| Repped by PFD Agency, London | 🇦🇺
Vanessa Smith @ohshitmydraft.bsky.social The editing service for half completed writing projects. Run by @normalness.bsky.social
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Vanessa Smith @normalness.bsky.social We're all normal to ourselves. I write. I hate hustle. I love shiny objects. Can't even influence an ant. Anthropology & sociology graduate. Author of books. Spoonie. And much more.
www.normalness.com
Sharon Baldwin @sharonbaldwin.bsky.social Author, publisher, designer, event producer, educator, catless child lady.
Living in Australia's Blue Mountains, the unceded land of the Dharug and Gundungurra people.
Katrina Germein @katrinagermein.bsky.social Australian children's author with an untidy desk. Popular picture books include Bev and Kev, Big Rain Coming, One Little Duck & the My Dad Thinks He's Funny series.
Michelle Wanasundera @mwanasundera.bsky.social Freelance Writer & Editor
Blue Mountains, Australia 🌳🇦🇺
Author, Book Reviewer
Lover of books, nature, art, travel, cats!
Marjorie Crosby-Fairall @crosby-fairall.bsky.social Australian/American picture book illustrator and author. SCBWI Australia East Regional Illustrator Coordinator
📚Debut author/illustrator PB ‘Emmie Builds Something New’ (Fall 2025 Red Comet Press)
https://www.crosby-fairall.com
Cranky Old Man 🏴 🇪🇦 @crankyoldman.bsky.social I can write cursive, tell the time on a clock with hands, and balance a checkbook! I rode a bike with no helmet, played outside all day, and ran around barefoot. I received all of my childhood vaccines, too! Yet, here I am. No DMs, please!
Flagpie @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social I'm just here to burn Nazi's and chew bubble gum...
and I'm all outta gum.
Liz Ledden @lizledden.bsky.social Kids' book author • Latest: Everyone Wants An Octopus Book! (Hardie Grant) • Gadigal/Sydney • www.instagram.com/liz_ledden • www.lizledden.com • https://lemongrassletters.substack.com/
Dan Cas @eastcoastyowie.bsky.social Lefty from 🇦🇺, Pro Labor🚫LNP🚫MAGA
SciFi lover and all things horror,massive Stephen King fan. AFL, NRL, Cricket and Tennis fan. Watching America burn is cathartic and horrifying at the same time 🤫🤯💯🇦🇺 🚫 crypto 🚫porn🚫 religion or Illuminati 👋
Romanian mum Down Under @nad1na.bsky.social Mother of three, including the dog. Living on the stolen land of Yugambeh and Yuggera country. Grew up in communist Romania, so I am wary of extremism of any type. Love books, interested in politics. Pro-diversity, pro woke, anti totalitarianism. She/her
Jackson B @ozantifa.bsky.social Creature of the left. Furious and impatient with the obvious consequences of colonialism everywhere, even in my own mind. Lover of books and dogs. “There is no peace without justice “ MLK. Voted YES
Susan Arms @susanarms.bsky.social Children's author, writer, reader, tea drinker, crochet as therapy, CPTSD recovery. On Awabakal land. Confused but hopeful. She/her.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
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 💙
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social DEMOCRAT!! The Resistance | Minnesota #MinnesotaStrong
#Producer/#Artist/#Songwriter/#Gamer http://twitch.tv/big_d_grandroy… Some of my music here http://reverbnation.com/dmcgrandroyal
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Kat Mc @ebonykat.bsky.social Thalassophile. Lover of Story. Director of Hunter Writers’ Centre and Lighthouse Arts. 🍉
Live, love, swim, play, cry, work and write in Mulubinba on Awabakal land.
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
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Punktoady @punktoady.bsky.social Check out my YouTube! (link below)
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Michelle Petterson @michelletp.bsky.social Atheist, HCW 🦷 MPH student. 🍉
Warwick Gow @warwickgow.bsky.social He/They. Photographer, arts worker and artist. Based on stolen land on the so called Sunshine Coast - Aus.
Often NSFW and lots of socio-political rants.
https://warwickgow.carrd.co/
@jacob16280.bsky.social @jacob16280.bsky.social 
@alexrobinson4.bsky.social @alexrobinson4.bsky.social 
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social Science, facts, society for everyone. Public health, education, housing. Opportunities for all. Water. Climate Action. Rewilding. Free McBride. Australia 🇦🇺 End poverty. The economic model needs tweaking. #RaiseTheRate #EndTheDuopoly #VoteIndy
No DMs!
Kim Barnes @kbpaperstories.bsky.social Australian author and illustrator.
Author of 'The Farmers Hat' published by Ashton Scholastic 2010. SCWBI member .
Billie Rooney @billierooney.bsky.social Children’s writer, reader and hopeful human 📚🌈 Writing PB and MG. #SCBWI member
Mickey Blue @poornhonest.bsky.social Injustice & world driven by possessions, consumption & greed unsustainable. True joy comes from a walk in the bush, the beach time with family. Darkinjung land
Veronica Strachan (V. E. Patton) @veronicastrachan.bsky.social Writer #scifi #fantasy - Ochre Dragon #picturebooks - Chickabella . #memoir - Breathing While Drowning . CoFounder & Podcaster Australian Book Lovers . #6amAusWriters . #AusWrites . Leadership Coach & Facilitator . She/Her
Australian Book Lovers @australianbooks.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting Australian #writers and #readers. A free platform full of Australian authored books. And a fabulous free podcast hosted by @VeronicaStrachan.bsky.social & @writerLaurieBell.bsky.social
#ReadMoreAussieBooks #AusWrites #booksky
Lisa. @thatblogchick.bsky.social Liker of Things
Lover of Horror
Proficient Swearer
Contributor: Hannibal For Dinner
Screenwriter
Master of Arts (Writing)
BA (Hons)
lisarufus.com