Simon Pattern @simonpattern.bsky.social Retired broadcaster
Avid volunteer
Living life at the end of the line in Hull
Mike Kraus Art @mikekraus.bsky.social Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
MikeKrausArt.etsy.com
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. 🖤
Worcester, UK
Damion @damionmatthews.bsky.social Publisher of The Notable (coming soon.)
💙💙💙
🟠🟢🔵 https://boxd.it/6oHmx
📸 https://instagram.com/damionmatthews
Taleah Graves @taleah-graves.bsky.social - Reader 📚
- Writer ✍️
- Lover of stories 🧜🏻♀️🧚♀️🦄
- Everyone is welcome here ❤️
https://www.taleahgraves.com/
https://www.instagram.com/taleah_graves/profilecard/?igsh=MTk0czhzZGUxbzhpeQ==
@meghanreadsbooks.bsky.social @meghanreadsbooks.bsky.social Book Lover: here to share book and audiobook reviews, talk all things bookish with you! #booksky
#bookstagram #booktok #bookreviewer #bookish #bibliophile #booklover
https://linktr.ee/Meghan_ReadsBooks
Booksintherearviewmirror @sineadhalpin.bsky.social 🇮🇪 Book and music lover! Also found on Insta @booksintherearviewmirror
Happy to engage with all positive bookish people 😂
Marbooks88 @marbooks88.bsky.social There is always time and room for more books!
Book lover 📚 Book reviewer 📚
Mood reader
Sambookreviews @sambookreviews.bsky.social Volunteer for Bookbanks and Oxfam Books . Book reviewer in the usual places. 2 dogs and a cat, adult kids (sort of!) Love art, theatre and music Sam@rsw.co.uk
Bookish_Gabby @bookishgabby.bsky.social Loves to read and review books 🤩|UK 🇬🇧| Romance/Contemp & Translated Fiction
bookish.gabby@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/Bookish_Gabby
Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social Independent bookshop on Bristol's legendary Gloucester Road https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/
Helensburgh Book Festival @hburghbookfest.bsky.social Reading Minds - a literary festival with a difference! Join us for a weekend of wellbeing through books on the West coast of Scotland 🏴
Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social Storyville Books is located in Pontypridd, South Wales, and we are the town's only independent bookshop selling new books.
Raven Books @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social Raven Books, an imprint of BloomsburyBooks, is the home of the best & the brightest in new writing for all who love their books with a touch of the dark side.
@edbookfest.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social 
Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
https://ninearchespress.com/
Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social Book distributors for US & UK indie publishers including fiction, art, graphic novels, and everything in-between! Impudently independent since 1984 & employee-owned since 2022. 📚
https://linktr.ee/turnaround_books?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAab4W9C8mGvdr0Z
Jenna Warren @bookcornershop.bsky.social Owner of an indie bookshop in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Author of novels 'The Hometown Bookshop' and 'The Moon and Stars'. Loves books, writing, musical theatre, dogs, mythology and folk tales.
www.jennawarrenwrites.com
Hodder Fiction 📚 @hodderfiction.bsky.social All the best book news and general chit chat from the Hodder Fiction Editorial Team 🖍️
Little Acorns Bookstore @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social Award-winning Indie bookshop, Derry, North of Ireland. 70k new & used books. Est 2011. Two LegenDerry Chairs (380 signatures). Typewriter Museum due to open 2025. Donegal owner💚📚
Script Haven LTD @scripthavenltd.bsky.social Thriving independent bookshop, coffee shop, event venue, safe community haven in Worcester, UK!
scripthavenltd@gmail.com
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/scripthaven
5 Crown Passage, Worcester WR1 3LL
scripthaven.co.uk
Also on Insta, Facebook and Twitter
Artemesia Publishing @apbooks.bsky.social Small indie publisher located in the Land of Enchantment.
MG/YA imprint: Kinkajou Press
SF/F/H imprint: Shadow Dragon Books
Currently closed to submissions.
www.apbooks.net
The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. support@thestorygraph.com
BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social 🏆 Award-winning children’s booklisting website 📕 Recommended children’s books sorted by age or topic - visit us at http://www.booksfortopics.com
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #BookSky
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
Follow us for news, culture, and to support our mission to dismantle poverty in the UK.
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social Independent Bookshop in Romiley, Greater Manchester. Second bookshop in Stockport Centre now open! Co-founder Stockport Noir. Admin: @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social
Tell Tales Books @telltales.bsky.social More bookshelf than bookshop! I stock books for children.
Smallest shop you’ll ever see, but the warmest welcome. ❤️📚
City Books @citybookshove.bsky.social Brighton & Hove's largest and liveliest indie bookshop since 1986.
https://city-books.co.uk
Rough Trade @roughtrade1976.bsky.social Rough Trade, est. 1976
London | Nottingham | Bristol | Liverpool | NYC | Berlin
roughtrade.com
blog.roughtrade.com
Burley Fisher Books @burleyfisher.bsky.social We sell books in Haggerston, London. New + used + antiquarian. Also zines, coffee, events + a riso press (not for sale, but come print with us)! www.burleyfisherbooks.com.
Bridge Bookshop Isle of Man @bridgebookshop.bsky.social 2 indie bookshops, Port Erin & Ramsey, Isle of Man. Est. 1972. Books, artist materials, records and sheet music etc. Also a Director & partner bookseller to book festival, Manx Litfest, Est. 2012. School & library supplier.
Rabbits21 @rabbits21.bsky.social Independent Bookshop in Brigg North Lincolnshire
The Portal Bookshop @portalbookshop.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy, & LGBTQIA. Queer resistance. Always trying to help. Portalbookshop@gmail.com Mon-Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-5:30; 5 Patrick Pool, York, UK
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lalidoesbooks
Duff Cooper Prize @duffcooperprize.bsky.social A £5,000 annual prize for non-fiction, celebrating imaginative insight, compelling narrative, scholarship & good writing since 1956. Next awarded 2 March 26.
Dark Peak Books and Gifts @darkpeakbooks.bsky.social A long-established independent bookshop in Glossop on the edge of the Peak District. Selling the best new adult and children’s books plus gifts, games and greetings cards.
www.darkpeakbooks.co.uk
Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social Social/Climate Justice
Environmental Protection
Green/Just Transition Now
fossilfueltreaty.org
XR
JSO
Defend our Juries
Quakers
Go Vegan
Boycott Palm Oil
palmoildetectives.com
Universal Education/Healthcare
Local Economies
Biodiversity
Citizens Assembliesk
Kiri Inglis @kirianglaise.bsky.social Marketing and editorial Bookshop.org, previously Faber and MUBI
The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social Stories that connect people & planet 🌱
#WainwrightPrize
🦆 2026 SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED!
linktr.ee/wainwrightprize
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
nb Magazine @nbmagazine.bsky.social An independent literary magazine illuminating new and notable reads 📚
🖌 Quarterly zine
🖌 Monthly book club
🖌 Online interviews & reviews
linktr.ee/nbmagazine
Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social Independent Bookshop of the Year 2019 UK & Ireland. PostBooks subscription boxes + bespoke literature consultations. Contact us at mail@goldenharebooks.com // 0131 225 7755
Find us at 68 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AQ
linktr.ee/goldenharebooks
World Book Day UK @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social 📚 World Book Day® - Thursday 5 March 2026 📚
World Book Day is a charity, sponsored by National Book Tokens. Follow here for news, bookish fun and more!
Urmston Books & Board Games @urmstonbooks.bsky.social Book shop and board game cafe in Urmston, Manchester. Find us at 72 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AB. urmstonbooks.co.uk
Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social A tiny world of books and bookish gifts. Come visit, bring chocolate! Owner is a delight, at times. Drinker of terrible tea (allegedly)
Www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
P&G Wells Bookshop @pgwells.bsky.social The oldest independent bookshop in England (probably), selling books, stationery, & more.
Quinns Bookshop @quinnsbookshop.bsky.social Award winning indie bookshop in Market Harborough. Est 1981.
Books on the Lane @booksonthelane.bsky.social An indie bookshop in Walton, Wakefield. Open for book browsing Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 10am to 5pm. Saturdays 10am to 4pm & Sundays 11am to 3pm. Featured in Yorkshire Life, The Guardian online, Living North & Red Magazine. 
Beckenham Bookshop @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social The Beckenham Bookshop has been supplying books in South East London for over forty years to all discerning readers, casual readers and anyone else come to that!
hello@beckenhambooks.com
0208 650 9744
The Bookery, Crediton @thebookery.bsky.social Non-profit organisation
Award-winning, not-for-profit community-owned indie bookshop in Crediton, Devon.
Schools, community outreach & events
Open 9.30-5 Mon-Fri and 10-2 Saturday
21 High Street, Crediton, EX17 3AH
https://linktr.ee/thebookeryhq
Bookends of Carlisle & Keswick @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social Indie bookshops, family owned & run by Lucy; one mega-sized in Carlisle, t'other tiny-ish in Keswick + Cumbrian titles & signed editions at www.bookscumbria.com. + partners in Words by the Water festival in Keswick [Mar12-15 in 26]
The Book Corner @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
Newham Bookshop @newhambookshop.bsky.social Est in 1978, Newham Books is one of east London's leading independent bookshops. With an extensive events programme, check out some of the authors coming up.
www.newhambooks.co.uk
Harbour Bookshop @harbourbookshop.bsky.social We’re a well-stocked independent bookshop in the heart of the South Hams in Devon.
Red Lion Books Jo Coldwell @redlionbooks.bsky.social Bookshop manager, bookclub organiser, death club host,
yoga teacher
Bookbugs and Dragon Tales @bookbugs.bsky.social Bookshop specialising in inspriing children to read. Events, outreach, customer orders and a large selection of books for grown ups too!
Check out our 3d map here:
https://bookbugsanddragontales.com/the-virtual-tour 
Climate Fiction Prize @climate-fiction.bsky.social 📚Book award recognising the power of stories in shifting climate narratives
💡Inspiring writers to reimagine our future
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social In 2025 my ex-publishers Unbound imploded, taking many many £1000s of my earnings, for seven (yes, seven) books, into hell with them. I am here primarily as an attempt to recover from that disaster. if you buy/read/recommend one of my books, it helps.
The Mold Bookshop @bookshopmold.bsky.social 
Shalimar Books @shalimarbooks.bsky.social South Asian book specialist based in London. Fine art and handmade fair-trade craft products from across the sub-continent. Est. 1968.
Insta: @shalimarbooks
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/shalimar
www.indianbooksuk.com
Open Monday-Saturday 11.30 to 6pm
The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
The Haslemere Bookshop @haslemerebookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop selling a wide range of both new and second hand books.
The Book Nook @booknookhove.bsky.social Children's Bookseller of the Year 2018, finalist 2023. Spreading the joy of reading since 2009. We believe there's a book out there for everyone.
Niche Comics Bookshop @nichecomics.bsky.social Niche Comics Bookshop - an award winning, inclusive, diverse, accepting and welcoming safe space for EVERYONE. Established 2011. Two floors of new books, games and gifts.
Love welcoming authors/artists
https://linktr.ee/NicheComicsBookshop
TheBookshop on the Square-Otley @bksotsquare.bsky.social Otley’s independent bookshop, right in the heart of this wonderful Yorkshire market town. Carefully curated- beautiful books, the best greetings cards, stationery and gifts.
Clapham Books @claphambooks.bsky.social We are an independent bookshop in Clapham, by the Common. Hello!
26 The Pavement
020 7627 2797
Mon - Sat 10-6
Sun 10-4
https://www.claphambooks.com
University Bookshop @cccubookshop.bsky.social “The University Bookshop is a wonderful help in my search for the books I’ve never heard of”
Primrose Hill Books @primrosehillbooks.bsky.social One of London's leading independent bookshops, established as a family business for more than thirty-five years.
134 Regent's Park Road
London NW1 8XL
020 7586 2022
www.primrosehillbooks.com
Herne Hill Books @hernehillbooks.bsky.social We are a small independent bookshop in Herne Hill. Hello!
289 Railton Road
020 7998 1673
Tue - Fri 10 - 6
Sat 9:30 - 5:30
Sun 9:30 - 4
Gnash Comics @gnashcomics.bsky.social Comic bookshop in Devon - living loving comics 
Gullivers Bookshop @gullivers.bsky.social We're an award winning indie bookshop in Wimborne, Dorset.
We love books, dogs and friendly people.
Est 1968
All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk A community co-op bookshop in the heart of #Haringey, North London located at 35 Turnpike Lane. We do books and events and local.
http://linktr.ee/allgoodbookshop
Village Books Dulwich @villagebooks.bsky.social Award-winning indie bookshop in Dulwich, London. We love books 📚and we love dogs too 🦮
Borzoi Bookshop @borzoibookshop.bsky.social Independent bookshop in Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds. Warm and friendly with curated bookshelves and cute bookshop dogs! Order online, via email, phone and social media. Sister bookshop, Mostly Books in Abingdon.
The Kemptown Bookshop @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social Brighton’s Oldest Independent Bookshop 📚🌈
Books & Ink Bookshop - Winchcombe @booky.bsky.social Independent bookshop since 2005. Now in beautiful Winchcombe, Cotswolds. Open Thurs, Fri, Sun. Mostly old books, some bears. Book Nook holiday let for 3 above bookshop. Posts about books, bookshop, the Cotswolds.
Sam posts (she/her).
https://linktr.ee/boo
Westwood Books in Sedbergh, Cumbria @westwoodbooks.bsky.social Bookshop in England’s official Booktown
www.westwoodbooks.co.uk
*CALTON BOOKS* @caltonbooks.bsky.social Please follow @calton-books.bsky.social for updates from the best wee radical book shop in the world
Website: www.calton-books.co.uk
Calton Books @calton-books.bsky.social The Best Wee Radical Book Shop in the World .
People’s Republic of Glesga
Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social Publisher | Bookshop | Museum | Library | Archive | Gallery | Event Space
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) - philosopher, theologian, scientist & mystic.
The Book Stop @sthbookstop.bsky.social Charitable Community Benefit Society Independent Bookshop based in St Helens. New books, coffee, music, art.
Colours May Vary @coloursmayvary.bsky.social Independent Bookshop & Gallery.
Located in Leeds Corn Exchange. Open 10.30 - 5.30 Mon-Sat & 10.30-4.30 Sun
Shop online 24/7
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Est. 1983. Not-for-profit children’s booksellers celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Schools/EY supplier. Co-runs Little Rebels Award. Workers’ Cooperative. www.letterboxlibrary.com
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
Beckside Books Penrith @becksidebooks.bsky.social Secondhand & antiquarian bookshop in Penrith, Cumbria, overlooking St Andrew’s churchyard. Over 15000 books on two floors. Browsers welcome.
You can also support us through: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/becksidebookspenrith
Fourbears Books @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social Indie Bookshop in Caversham, Reading. www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| 🗓️ Open 7 Days a Week
| 🕰️ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| 📍 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
Paned o Gê @panedoge.bsky.social Siop Llyfrau LHDTC+ arlein ac yn The Queer Emporium |
LGBTQIA+ bookshop based online and The Queer Emporium
Books on the Rise @booksontherise.bsky.social Bookshop, Record Shop, Art Gallery and Events Hub on Richmond Hill!
Home of Aurora Metro, Supernova Books and Amber Lane Press.
Checkout our website www.booksontherise.com
Crunch Comics @crunchcomics.bsky.social Independent comic shop based in Harris Arcade, Reading. Comics, manga, graphic novels and collectibles for all your comic-loving needs! Established 2017
https://linktr.ee/crunchcomics
The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social Sending books to every corner of the known universe since 1918
The Old Queeriosity Shop @toqs.bsky.social We are an LGBTQIA+ Bookstore based in Plymouth, UK. We currently only ship within the UK.
our website: toqs.co.uk
our linktree: linktr.ee/toqs
J. E. Books @jebookshull.bsky.social Indie bookshop in Hull's Old Town. 12 Hepworth's Arcade, Hull, HU1 1JU. Email jlellam@hotmail.co.uk if you'd like to order books from me. DMs not working, sorry. Home delivery or collect in store. Open 10.30 to 4, Tues to Sat
uk.bookshop.org/shop/JEBooks
The Curious Cat Bookshop @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookstore in Winsted, CT
🐈 Fostering through Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue
📖 Curation, expertise & a place to meet bookish friends
👩 Woman-owned
curiouscatbookshop.com
National Theatre Bookshop @ntbookshop.bsky.social South Bank, London. We love theatre, books, performance, architecture and design.
Find us also @nationaltheatre and @ntbookshop on Instagram and
https://shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk/
Pritchards Bookshop @pritchardsbookshop.bsky.social We’re an Independent Bookshop based in Crosby, Liverpool. Opened in April 1975. Follow us for book recommendations, event info and more!
Swindon Story Shed @swindonstoryshed.bsky.social A travelling bookshop literacy project - with a twist!
We are a small, independent business with a focus on literacy, accessibility and community. Visit our website or get in touch to find out more! 
Sevenoaks Bookshop @sevenoaksbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookselling since 1948, black-owned bricks and mortar and online shop
https://sevenoaksbookshop.co.uk/
Pages of Hackney @pagesofhackney.bsky.social An independent bookshop on the Lower Clapton Road, East London 📚 Browse our shelves and order online for collection or nationwide delivery: https://www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/