National Association of Writers in Education @nawewriters.bsky.social
The National Association of Writers in Education advocates for Creative Writing as a subject, supporting writers & good practice in teaching & facilitation in all settings. Conference, journal & more.
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Susannah Stapleton @susannahstapleton.bsky.social Reader, writer, collector, maker. Author of That Dark Spring (2025) and The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective (2019).
Polly Billington @pollybillington.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament, East Thanet,
Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. BAD LANGUAGE out now with Peninsula Press 🐉 THE WORD FOR WORLD (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social 🌳 Website & newsletter: somayer.net. Won't age-verify so no DMs.
Publishers' Licensing Services @plslicensing.bsky.social Providing rights and licensing services, overseeing collective licensing, and maximising the value of published content for over 4,500 publishers since 1981.
PLS have collected & distributed more than £49.3m in 2025-26.
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social That environmental writer. Editor of The New Climate medium.com/the-new-climate. Author of The Last Drop https://a.co/d/i5grqa9 & Clearing the Air https://a.co/d/6AynmFZ. Climate columnist for @prospectmagazine.co.uk https://shorturl.at/eCU5h.
Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social Writer.
Addicted to the written word. Reads everything from Shakespeare to sauce bottles.
Directors UK @directors-uk.bsky.social The home for film and TV directors
directors.uk.com
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/
Miranda Dickinson @wurdsmyth.bsky.social Writer, singer songwriter and sparkly little optimist in a dark, dark world... Six-times Sunday Times Bestseller, vlogger, podcaster and million-copy-seller. Also daft!
Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.social Novelist, screenwriter, freelance dev editor. Crime/thriller/sff/horror. General miscreant. Dad of cats. Scottish. Latest Book: THE FRIDAY GIRL (as R.D. McLean) Rep: Allan Guthrie at the North Lit agency
https://www.russeldmcleanbooks.com
folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social Best-selling children's author. Complete idiot. Mostly Dad Jokes. Rep. Claire Wilson - RCW. Also Production Manager at Hachette Children’s.
Check out my books at https://tinyurl.com/39cc3xy5 he/him
Ghostwriter. School visits. Workshops. DM for more info
Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social Lecturer in Old English at University College Cork. Writer of poetry & prose. Early Medievalist, Late Modernist, Feminist. Author of 'Poet of the Medieval Modern'. Find more of my writing at https://francescabrooks.com/
Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social Writer, poet, editor, musician.
Ghost Signs (Bluemoose 2022)
Keshed (Ortac Press, 12.02.26)
Disappear Here: Bret Easton Ellis' America (Ortac, 2027)
#MDANT
https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/stu-hennigan
https://stuhennigan.substack.com/
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Andy KJ Cragg @andykjcragg.co.uk Short Stories (andykjcragg.co.uk), Web Designer (lilacpixel.com), Musak (chintzbaby.com), Audio Narration (andykjcragg.co.uk/audio), Book Scanner App (mylilacbooks.com).
Me and all my websites: https://linktr.ee/andycragg
Please no DMs unless I know you!
Alice Oseman @aliceoseman.bsky.social author, illustrator, screenwriter, creator of HEARTSTOPPER 🍂
Copyright Licensing Agency @cla.co.uk CLA, a regulated not-for-profit organisation, licenses and educates organisations to lawfully use, copy, and share text and image-based content owned by authors, publishers, and visual artists.
Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI (2016,2017,2022,2023)& Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord (2006-2019) & Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & Sch Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love writing book & nature haikus.
Laura Henry-Allain @laurahallain.bsky.social Educationalist, Consultant, Producer, Storyteller: The inspiration behind JoJo and Gran Gran, Daddio & Co, My Skin, Your Skin, etc
Website: www.LauraHenryAllain.Com
Rob Biddulph @robbiddulph.bsky.social Children's book author and Illustrator of the Year 2025. #DrawWithRob, Peanut Jones, I Follow the Fox, Gigantic, Odd Dog Out, Show and Tell, Blown Away, GRRRRR! & more.
Agent: @jodiehodges.bsky.social
www.robbiddulph.com
www.youtube.com/@DrawWithRob
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
National Literacy Trust @literacytrust.org.uk We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
Louise Gooding @louisegooding.bsky.social Neurodivergent Kidlit writer fuelled by coffee and sugar, and F/T youth worker at Break Charity 🙌.
Also, the very recently made captain of Dragon’s Fury, the women’s buhurt team in Norwich😅
She/her. Rep’d by Creative Roots
Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social Award-winning author. 0.4% potassium. Books include ESCAPE ROOM, BLACK HOLE CINEMA CLUB, ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO and FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. “A writer of genuine originality.” The Guardian https://rb.gy/l2ynyx
Ruth Millington @ruthmillington.bsky.social Art writing, curating & consulting. Author of MUSE (Vintage, 2022) and This Book Will Make You An Artist (Nosy Crow, 2024).
@mrmcgrammar.bsky.social @mrmcgrammar.bsky.social 
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!
Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Manchester| General Editor, Literature & Theology
📚Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century (2025)
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-of-thunder
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/
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 📚🏴
Christina Baron @baronchristina.bsky.social Wells U.K. (former mayor) LibDem, member of General Synod, sometimes busy with granny duties
(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Children’s author by night.🌙 🍉She/her. Writing a 📗 on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
Luke Murphy MP @lukemurphy.bsky.social First ever Labour MP for Basingstoke 🌹 Promoted by R Kellaway, on behalf of Luke Murphy, both at Basingstoke Labour Club, Sandys Rd, Basingstoke, RG22 6AS
Mellie Buse @melliebuse.bsky.social Writer/producer/voice director in Kids’ Media at Adastra Development. Bafta winner, dahlia grower, cook, knitter, grandmother, tired person.
ISM @ism-music.bsky.social We are the Independent Society of Musicians, the UK’s professional body for musicians, representing over 11,000 members.
📩 membership@ism.org 📞020 7221 3499
Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social Historian 思想史家 ∙ JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow @utokyoofficial.bsky.social nominated @britishacademy.bsky.social ∙ Reviews Editor @global-ih.bsky.social ∙ Co-org @gpolthought.bsky.social ∙ early modern (English) republicanism ∙ England and Sengoku/Edo Japan
Keith Goh Johnson @keithgohjohnson.bsky.social Writer. Film-maker. Generally interested in things
www.keithgohjohnson.com.au
Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker Books, the Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children.
Lydia Wilkins @journo-lydia.bsky.social Award-winning freelance journalist and editor, Disability Review Magazine. Rep’d by Artellus & WNF. https://lydiawilkins.substack.com/
Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social 🎨 The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Returns 2–3 OCT 2026 in KENDAL!
Celebrating comics as art, storytelling & activism
#LICAF2026
John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social Publisher, downthetubes.net | Linktree: https://linktr.ee/johnfsfreeman | Comics, feature writer, editor. Credits inc. Doctor Who Magazine, Overkill, Star Trek Magazine
@msauls14.bsky.social @msauls14.bsky.social 
Chant Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴 Strange TTRPGs for strange people.
https://exstasisgames.com
Also the producer for DIE, Hollows, and Voidheart Symphony at Rowan Rook and Decard. All views are my own unhinged ideas, and are not RRD's fault.
Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social An indie, anti-AI social book tracker that’s like if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby
(on the web at pagebound.co + iOS + Android)
linktr.ee/pagebound
@thainaleticiavaz.bsky.social @thainaleticiavaz.bsky.social 
Zoe Hines @zosa.bsky.social 📍LA
“PSYCHO” out now
https://linktr.ee/_zosa_
Amanda Bennett @amandabennett.bsky.social Usually up mountains, sidetracked by long covid since Dec 2020. Now mostly housebound with cardiac issues.
Luke Bradford @lukebradford.bsky.social Photo by Galen Rowell (National Geographic)
Poetry: https://lukebradford.xyz
Apps: https://apps.lukebradford.xyz
Matt Crofts @mattjcrofts.bsky.social Dad, husband, filmmaker, writer, wildlife photographer, vegan & a runner.
Based in Musselburgh, originally from Sheffield.
Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social I research, write, and teach about the Quaker tradition. I also write fiction (mainly sapphic romance novels set in prehistory) and poetry. She/her.
Judith Wilkinson @judithwilkinson.bsky.social 
@keg032461.bsky.social @keg032461.bsky.social 
Jack Williams @faulty-jack.bsky.social Working in seismic hazard and active fault hazards at Lettis Consultants International. Previously worked on earthquakes and faults in 🇳🇿 and 🇲🇼. Running and climbing are my escape
れにれに体操 @renireni.bsky.social ももクロ
Marilyn Leask (Prof.) @marilynleask.bsky.social Teacher/teacher educator/author/researcher
Co-chair Education Futures Collaboration charity which supports knowledge exchange between researchers and teachers via @MESHGuides.bsky.social -research summaries used worldwide #teacherswithoutborders 
Julia Pühringer @juliapuehringer.bsky.social Gemischte Sätze.
Kleeblatt-Influencerin bei @frohmann.bsky.social
Kuratorin "Werkstattgespräche mit Filmpionierinnen" im Ö Filmmuseum &
"Feminist Frames" im @gartenbaukino.at
"Perspektiven" auf @dorftv.bsky.social
Ich will ein Lassie-Singer sein.
Joe @lifeisnotanovel.bsky.social writer and critic for the TLS, Spectator, Tribune, etc / PhD from UEA on the university and literary culture / reviews editor at Critical Quarterly
Mr T does Primary History @mr-s-tiffany.bsky.social Teacher, visiting lecturer, CPD provider, writer, author, and former member of the Historical Association primary committee (2017-23). Happy to talk about primary history!
Find out more: https://www.mrtdoeshistory.com 
Steve Hankey @steve-hankey.bsky.social Producer #You'reDeadToMe , @TifoFootball_ , The Enoughness with Melanie Rickey, Ex #bbc606 @BBCRadio2 Silver Award Winner @weareaudiouk he/him
Muhammad Jawad @jawadafzal.bsky.social EHS Engineer♻️ | Love directly proportional to respect💞| Note: Keep difference b/w request & proposal👮♂️|| #نوکر_زہراہ_دا| #پنجابی
Katie Ailes @katieailes.bsky.social Poet, researcher, educator, dancer. Co-Director, I Am Loud CIC. 2023 Glastonbury Poet in Residence. she/her.
@theresaboyle.bsky.social @theresaboyle.bsky.social 
Daniel Lopes @danielgillopes.bsky.social 
Heather Davis @drheatherdavis.bsky.social Eating Disorder Researcher. Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech. Views my own.
Laura Thomas @lauraj.bsky.social Mom, dog mom, living on the stolen land of Tohono O’odahm Nation & Pascua Yaqui Tribe, atheist, hiker, happily anti-social, over-thinker, NO DM’S please- T @taniakawalit.bsky.social @taniakawalit.bsky.social
Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social SNP MSP for Glasgow Central
Promoted by Angus Millar on behalf of Alison Thewliss, both at 68 St Vincent Terrace, Glasgow, G3 8DX
Mark Josef Rapa @mjrapa.bsky.social Medical law & ethics, policy and media. previously at UOM. Founder of PrEPing Malta http://bit.ly/2M2XViU. all views my own (they/them) 🏳️🌈
Danielle Roberts @danirni.bsky.social Feminist activist, trade unionist, researcher. Often doing the boring paperwork behind rallies, marches, and change.
John Day @drjrd.bsky.social Lecturer @universityofessex.bsky.social
sociologist | health policy | qualitative research
Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social Mary, Queen of Scots | Annas Keith | Lady Anne Percy | PI AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 @ UofGlasgow History |
https://www.waterstones.com/book/captive-queen/dr-jade-scott/9781789296464
Also: dogs, horses, books
Gina Headden @gina-gmdfreelance.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Work in BFFA & Flash Fiction Festival anthologies, FlashBack Fiction, EllipsisZine, NFFD Flash Flood and elsewhere.
Tim Coombe @timcoombe.bsky.social Guitarist, interested in ecology, software engineer- U Asif Munir @urdo.bsky.social
Jennifer Radcliffe @jenradcliffe.bsky.social Education Editor at the Houston Chronicle and adjunct journalism instructor at the University of Houston. Mom of 7.
Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Prof. of Law @nyulaw.bsky.social; Faculty Dir. @bwlcnyu.bsky.social; co-host @strictscrutiny.bsky.social; talking head @ms.now; @NYTimes.com bestselling author. Views mine. RT not endrsmt.
@clementinaverni.bsky.social @clementinaverni.bsky.social 
Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social Professor of Political Geography & Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social
Algorithms, politics, technology, biometrics, AI, ethics
Author Cloud Ethics http://dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics
Cathy - Psychic Glympse @psychicglympse.bsky.social Psychic Coach. I do life and business coaching, teach and read the Tarot. 
@aceditor.bsky.social @aceditor.bsky.social 
John Hollingworth @hollingworth.bsky.social Actor
Writer
Yorkshireman
@iamengland.bsky.social @iamengland.bsky.social 
Sarah Jackson @drsarahejackson.bsky.social Behavioural scientist, UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. Smoking, vaping, and alcohol research. President of SRNT Europe. Senior Editor at Addiction.
Ruth @ruthbushi.com Freelance writer in Cumbria. Covers film & fiction at www.thehaughtyculturist.com. Bridport Prize winner, 2025!- J Jennifer Hawkins @jenhawk6248.bsky.social @jenhawk.bsky.social Researcher, SocioCognitivePsychologist, Philosopher BOOKS:-'Feelings & Emotion-based Learning' - 'Brain Plasticity & Learning' - FFB educators-no hate profiles
Ken Browne @browneken.bsky.social Author: An Introduction to Sociology (GCSE); Sociology for AQA Vols.1&2 for AS & A-level+Revision Guides 1&2 (all Polity Press). Posts on sociology, politics and other contemporary issues.
Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social Academic health economist working on social value(s), health inequalities and community led health. And learning how to do realist economic evaluation..
Laura Rattray @drlaurarattray.bsky.social Reader in American Literature, University of Glasgow. All things Edith Wharton, US women's writing, modernism, 1930s, Transatlantic Literary Women
@alliechristopher.bsky.social @alliechristopher.bsky.social 
Dr. Holly Singh @drhollyhds.bsky.social Anthropologist @USouthFlorida, @UVA Ph.D., Ed.board @SocSciMed. Reproduction & #ReproJustice, South Asia, demography, feminisms, infertility, #MedHum. My views. http://linktr.ee/drhollyhds
Nabil Ali @nbzy34.bsky.social He/Him. Senior policy lead at @Barnardos.org.uk on children & families seeking sanctuary in the UK. Formerly European education and #Erasmus+ former advisory board member for #Taith. Proudly LGBTQ+🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️.
All views my own.