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YA urban fantasy “Bones & Runes”
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Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social Victorianist, Dickensian, adaptation scholar. Teaches at Radboud University in NL. Edits English Studies @englishstudies.bsky.social. He/him
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Steve @adriel1819.bsky.social BA (Honours) English Literature. Always learning and trying to make a small dent in a vast array of worldly knowledge...
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Nyasa Books @nyasabooks.bsky.social Independent publisher.
Uncanny Valley Comics @uncannyvalleycomic.bsky.social A Nairobi-based, mostly-online comic book store focusing on comics, stories, & art from Africa & the Diaspora.
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Haiku Book @haikubook.bsky.social Writing from London England, I love photography and these are my own photos. I write Haiku poems, and travel. I play ragtime guitar
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Christine Bode 🇨🇦 @bodaciouscopy.bsky.social Book Editor supporting indie authors by editing their words with uncommon magic! 🪄 | Writing, editing, publishing tips & more on my blog: bodaciouscopy.com/blog | Poet
Elleke Boehmer @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social Writer, reader. To the Volcano 2019, Postcolonial Poetics 2018, Ice Shock 2026, Southern Imagining 2026. FAHA 2025. FRSL 2019, FRHistS 2019 http://ellekeboehmer.com
Penny Haw @pennyhaw.bsky.social Author of The Woman and Her Stars, Follow Me to Africa, The Invincible Miss Cust, The Woman at the Wheel, The Wilderness Between Us and Nicko. Dog walker. Runner. Former journalist.
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social Author of novels, short stories and non-fiction in Dutch and English | currently dabbling in screenwriting | prone to curiosity and enthusiasm | Will accept money to write. | https://linktr.ee/richarddenooy
Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social Interested in journalism, literature, freedom of expression and human rights. Born in Jo’burg, now in London.
Florian G. Kern @floriangkern.bsky.social Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Gov, Univ of Essex, governance in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; ESRC MCCRA; East Westphalian
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Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social Zimbabwean publisher, editor, writer, visual artist.
Anthology series ed./pub: African Roar, AfroSF, and the ZamaShort imprint launched 1st May 2025 @zamashort.com
Jayne Bauling @jaynebauling.bsky.social South African YA author. Here for books and cats.
Mandi Smallhorne @mandirainbow.bsky.social Freelance writer and journalist passionate about the climate crisis, health and social issues.
Charl Blignaut @poptartology.bsky.social Writer, reader, editor, poptart, flaming queer. 
Sands @revsodhi.bsky.social Wander soul | Spiritual l Poet l
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Michael Everon @mikhaeleveron.bsky.social Author | Game-maker | Fate-hacker
Debut novel: The Eternal Games
Don’t play by the rules. Rewrite them.
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Lena - Poet and Questioner @lena1370.bsky.social Poet, Questioner and Walker in darkness
Barry Maher @barrymaher.bsky.social Author, speaker. No SALES DMs please.
Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social “For a nod to the nabir is better than a wink to the wabsanti.”
James Joyce, ‘Finnegans Wake’.
“Agenbite of inwit”
https://substack.com/@jackehill
@evebrowning.bsky.social @evebrowning.bsky.social Philosophy prof, able to bore people on any abstract topic. Aghast at the horror show that is U.S. politics. Fleeing into books, walks, horse time, and viola. None of this is working at the moment.
Death Wizard @deathwizard.bsky.social Novelist. Professional writer. Former journalist. Lifelong Dem. Science rocks!
Nick Wilford - Speculative Fiction Author @nickpwilford.bsky.social Speculative fiction author, making the impossible reality | Freelance editor and formatter | THE BECALMER out now from Creative James Media | Linktree: https://t.co/DgWLVKN03N
Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social Public servant,
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Mostly writing haiku these days,
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Colleen Higgs @colleenhiggs.bsky.social Writer, publisher, interested in the magic of ordinary life.
Live in Cape Town, South Africa
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Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Social impact writer. PhD in Creative Writing. Sixth book of poetry, Understorey, coming out February 2027 (uHlanga Press). Librettist and amateur artist. 🇿🇦 LLMs are a scourge. 🚫 NO AI SLOP
David Karlsen @vonkarlsen.bsky.social Prose writer and poet. BA (Hons) Humanities, Literature. Non-binary. Interests: The Arts, Natural History, Geology. Vegan. Francophile. EU
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Daily Short Story Deadlines @shortstorycontests.bsky.social Submit your short story to the relevant genre. All of these contests are guaranteed acceptances. Your story gets a video performance reading made!
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WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
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Dr Lizzy Attree @lizzyattree.bsky.social Trusts Officer @tht.org
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Co-founder #KiswahiliPrize
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Blood on the Page: Interviews with African Authors writing about HIV/AIDS https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-2077-6
Deep South Publishing @deepsouthsa.bsky.social Publisher of South African poetry and literary excellence since 1996.
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