Ian Collings @bookamatic.bsky.social running | reading | ‘rithmetic
Autistic & ADHD (Inattentive)
There will be occasional ITFC material. 🚜
Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg 🏴
Curator of #Bardspotting 🐦⬛
Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social Award winning #Shortstory #Writer
#SciFi 📚: A Short History of the Future, Northodox Press
#Fantasy 📚: Happy Ending Not Guaranteed, Arachne Press
Oxford Physics, Codexian.
Everything, Ever ✍️: http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly
info: http://hollygramazio.net
ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/
pic: Diana Patient
CILIP London and South East @ciliplondon.bsky.social We are the representative body for library and information professionals living or working in London & the South East of England.
https://tinyurl.com/CILIP-LondonSE
| Volunteers manage this account. Communications from it are not CILIP policy. |
Robscurantist @robscurantist.bsky.social Unconscionably self-centred bit-player.
Not 100% neurotypical.
Just out of shot, at the back and to the left.
Pronouns: your choice.
https://ngl.link/robscurantist
Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social New book coming next year. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Reading: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/meandmybigmouth
Writing: https://meandmybigmouth.medium.com/
Selling: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/meandmybigmouth
He/him.
8 Sail Brewery @8sailbrewery.bsky.social Micro-brewery sited next to the UK’s only eight-sail windmill. Award winning beers, a unique location and special community. Established 2010.
Heckington, Lincolnshire
www.8sailbrewery.com
The All Good Music Club @allgoodmusicclub.eurosky.social Being a club for the performance and/or creation of music, taking place at the @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
Three different events:
Music Jam - 2nd Thurs every month
Songwriting Circle - last Sat every month
The All Good Whistle Test - last Fri every quarter
Hornsey Historical Society @hornseyhistorical.bsky.social Local history society since 1971 for Hornsey, Crouch End, Muswell Hill, Wood Green, Bounds Green, Stroud Green & Highgate.
Shady Dell Public Library @sdpl.bsky.social By the time you spot the librarian, she’s already been watching you for some time.
Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social American/British Swiss resident. Builders tea, indie publishers, and editing till it hurts ❤️🔥♾️
Ben Moor @benmoor.bsky.social When expressed as a fraction I'm an Actor/Writer. Elastic Planet, Undone, More Trees to Climb, A Three Thing Day etc.
linktr.ee/benmoor
Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writer & Narrative Designer @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social Making quirky little games with a lot of heart.
🖊 Senior Game Writer / Narrative Designer @ Frontier
🌟 Portfolio: https://gameswriting.coffee
🌎 https://rebeccam.carrd.co
🌟 Previously: Dirty Bomb / Gears Tactics / Yooka-Replaylee
Hive.co.uk @hivestores.bsky.social Online store supporting local independent bookshops with each purchase 📚
🔗 www.hive.co.uk – 📍 United Kingdom
✉️ customerservice@hive.co.uk ☎️ 0203 176 3838
Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social
Professional cat sitter.
Studying feline behaviour.
Poet, sometimes.
Founder of W.A.N.G.
Walthamstow Adults Neurodivergent Group.
https://www.threads.net/@happimess73
https://linktr.ee/happimess73
Cate Baum @catebaumwriter.bsky.social Writer. Musician. Repped Curtis Brown Sabhbh Curran. Novel April 2025 with The Indigo Press. Founder Club Hemingway VLC. Henry's wife. Living with AS.
Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social I live and breathe Music🎶Flora🌻| Mentor | Author: Roots and Wings| Shares: Mostly oldies music, flower photos, Leadership insights, Humans and AI| My📱photos are mine, except as attributed | https://shanthamohan.com | Member East Coast Kin.
Ben Adam Sohawon @bensohawon.bsky.social Singer, linguist, berk. Also treasurer and bookseller for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk
The opinions expressed here are nobody's, not even mine.
Banner art: James Gurney ( @jamesgurneyart.bsky.social ), "Amtrak Station Rhode Island", 2014
Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
https://canongate.co.uk
European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/europeanwriterssalon
Old White Beard @martin61.bsky.social Books. I love books. Inane chitchat. I engage in it all the time.
Hungry4comix @hungry4comix.bsky.social Graphic novel and comics reviews and recommendations. Used and new book sales at Stroud Green Market, London N4
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Jan Jones @janjonesauthor.bsky.social I write mysteries (contemporary, 1920s), romance (contemporary, Regency), poetry (as the mood takes me). New tag: "Putting the heart into cosy mystery".
Shelf Life Books @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Calgary [Moh’kinstsis]. Open 7 days a week. Free local delivery. Dog friendliest. Find good books here. www.shelflifebooks.ca
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social Book candy for readers, software candy for publishers and bookshops.
Bridgeside Books @bridgesidebooks.bsky.social Bookseller musings from the indie bookstore in Waterbury, Vermont.
Books and more plus bespoke literary events that are off the hook!
Bridgesidebooks.com
Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social That queerly friendly neighbourhood bookstore in the community of East Van on unceded and occupied MST land. Offering new and used books, small gifts, and Cozy Chairs™ for the queer soul and beloved community since 2023. www.crossandcrows.com 
The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
Evil Uncle Tim @evil-uncle-tim.bsky.social Ex-bookseller, now shed-lovin' retiree.
Moved from London to Warwickshire in 2024.
Not missing London (nasty, smelly place)
Missing the people (even the nasty, smelly ones...)
Tilted Books @tiltedbooks.com Online Independent Bookstore selling Vintage & Antiquarian books plus select Comics. Buy, Sell & Trade.
www.TiltedBooks.com
https://www.ebay.com/str/tiltedbooks
#boycottAI #quitgpt
Richard Baxell @richardbaxell.bsky.social British historian writing about the International Brigades.
Author of Unlikely Warriors, the British in the Spanish Civil War. Recent collection of biographies, Forged in Spain, published by theclaptonpress.bsky.social.
richardbaxell.info for more.
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
A Lady Bear @bearfacedlady.bsky.social Cat Food Letterbox Day is the best thing I've ever done. Bird librarian, awful lefty liberal, booming soprano. Council estate and proud.
Palmers Green Community @pgweb.uk News, events and discussions for Palmers Green and nearby places
Philip Gray @philipgraybooks.bsky.social Author of THE HOUSE WITH NINE LOCKS (2025) and TWO STORM WOOD, A Times Book of the Year (2022), and other stuff. Pub: Harvill (Penguin Random Hs). Rep: Nicola Barr
#TheHousewithNineLocks #TwoStormWood
Web sites: philipgraybooks.com &
philipgrayauthor.com
S. A. Sizemore, Author @beckettcoven.bsky.social WHISPERS OF THE PALE WITCH by S.A. Sizemore 9.29.2026
@RowanProsePub Award-winning horror/thriller set in Salem, MA.
Shall we begin? 🕯
www.beckettcoven.com
📖🎨: S. A. Sizemore
🏳️🌈 📚 🩸🖊 🧡🪶 🌒🌕🌘
Queer; Salem Witch Trials descendant
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.
Kevin Jon Davies @kjd42.bsky.social Filmmaker & Author
Interview:
https://youtu.be/XjGXDE1MPtE
Rene S Perez II @renesperezii.bsky.social Author. Teacher. Tejano in London. 
Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social Jordan Shiveley • writes fictions/games • words in Uncanny, Nightmare Magazine, Neon Hemlock, Best Horror of the Year vol. 15 • Unbound survivor • designs • Voidmerch owner• He/They • Queer • MPLS
www.voidmerch.net
www.jordanshiveley.com
Nicola Penfold @nicolapenfold.bsky.social Writer of Where the World Turns Wild, Between Sea and Sky, Beyond the Frozen Horizon. 
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Helen Ireland @helenireland.bsky.social Art history junkie, book shop botherer, coffee lover.
Eiderdown Books @eiderdownbooks.bsky.social Female founded indie publishing house. Publishing books about women artists. Modern Women Artists series and more. Find our books in museums, galleries and the best indie bookshops ✨ Up next: Ithell Colquhoun by Emma Sharples 💙📚 www.eiderdownbooks.com
Blackwell's Bookshops in Oxford @blackwelloxford.bsky.social BOOKS BOOKS
Two bookshops in the most literary of cities, Oxford
48-51 Broad Street / Science Fiction and Manga 27 Broad Street
Oliver Dowson, Author @oliverdowson.bsky.social Author of 'The Repurposed Spies' series. Before retiring and turning to writing, CEO of a multi-national energy data management company. Passionate about travel - I've visited 150 countries for business and pleasure, and user them as settings for my books.
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Super Relaxed Fantasy Club @srfantasyclub.bsky.social A London-based fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and speculative fiction book club for meeting readers and writers. Two or three authors each month!
Meet us at the Star of Kings, near Kings Cross station, second Tuesday of every month
Mailing list: srfantasy.club
Kevan @kevanm.bsky.social The leotarded king of the insane, I have repeatedly denied the allegations
Litalistbooks @litalistbooks.bsky.social Recommend your favourite books, discover new ones and then shop for them from local independent bookshops.
www.Litalist.com
Allen Tsui @compscitsui.bsky.social Life long Londoner, born, educated and now specialist Computing teacher. Views my own.
The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. 😷 Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for!
An Post Bookshop of the Year 🏆
Riley Danvers — A.S., B.A., M.F.A., M.A., M.S. @jdbrubaker.bsky.social 🇵🇸 | Poet | Word Mage | Tree Hugger | Hedge Witch | Bisexual | Nonbinary (she/her/they/them) | Disabled | https://linktr.ee/j.d.brubaker
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 📚🏴- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social We publish the best contemporary non-fiction writing. Peer-reviewed. Representation US @UChicagoPress Australia @WileyGlobal
www.ucdpress.ie
https://linktr.ee/ucdpress
Lucy Ann Unwin @lucyannunwin.bsky.social Children's writer. Non-fiction debut INSIDE YOUR BRAIN out in June published by Thames & Hudson. Fiction HOW TO BE A REVOLUTIONARY and THE OCTOPUS, DADU & ME out now. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. www.lucyannunwin.com linktr.ee/lucyannunwin
Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social Thinking of moving to The Discworld or Ambridge as reality is a bit frightening. Books, Politics, Nature, Leeds United and The Archers.
LGBTQ ally🏳️🌈
king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
Anthony Adams @antsteradams.bsky.social Grumble Moan Whinge Bah Humbug. Not as good as in my day.
Professional unicorn hunter.
Come on the O's.
Spend most of my time travelling between norf London and The People's Republic of Radnorshire....
Anna Aitken @annaai.bsky.social MRes student researching peatland hydrology at woodland edges. OU graduate, lover of insects.
Veep @princesssofvp.bsky.social Lost author. Angry poet. Controlled Explosion.
Judge @judgles.bsky.social Northerner in north London. Apes are people too! #TRAHR
Buy/stream/listen/watch Everybody Needs A Hero by Orla Gartland #ENAH
Glenn Quigley @glennquigley.bsky.social Irish Author and Artist
Song of the Wren, Heart of the Wren, Curse of Stag's Eye, Knights of Blackrabbit series, The Moth and Moon trilogy
My shop: https://ko-fi.com/glennquigley/shop
Mybook.to/songofthewren
www.glennquigley.com
Linktr.ee/glennquigley
Rhett (they/she) @rhettoracle.bsky.social your internet big sister • comfort bi • data scientist • owned by cats • musical lover • BOTC • #migraineur • opinions my own • aka MaggieBob • wife guy
MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social Scholarly books from University Presses. News and info from across academia. Part of the Mare Nostrum Group. Based in Harrogate, UK.
Emma Perry @emmaperry.bsky.social ▪️ Children's author writing stories & poems filled with giggles & warmth.
▪️Teacher
▪️Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2023
▪️www.emmaperryauthor.com she/her
Fin @fintasm.bsky.social Tired, so very tired
Puffins @puffins42.bsky.social "'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'" likes compassion.
peter_pdm 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇪🇺 🐟🐟 @peterpdm.bsky.social Management Consultant, Politics major, European, Diamond hard Rejoiner, Music fanatic, Spurs fan, Wine lover, detester of blame culture and conservatism. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Steffi, Goddess of Thunder @cptsteffirogers.bsky.social Introverts, we get the job done.
(and hide in bed afterwards) /
she/her /
higher, further, faster, baby 
@darcyswickham.bsky.social @darcyswickham.bsky.social Paddy in London. Or a Londoner, former Paddy depending on how you see it. 
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Writes science fiction as Gareth L. Powell and horror and mystery as G.L. Powell. 2 x BSFA Award winner. Repped by Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency
🔗 Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
🔗 Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social Small press specializing in horror, sci-fi, contemporary fantasy, zines, poetry, and reprints. Voted best small press by our EIC's mom. We used to be From Beyond Press. agitapublishing.com
Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.bsky.social Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 200+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.
Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com Writer of comics like Death of a Necromancer, Courier Z and StoneCop. Author of online bios like this one.
Buy my work: https://nickbryan.gumroad.com
More: https://nickbryan.carrd.co/
Avatar: @johntucker.bsky.social | Header: Appley/Jordan/Lettersquids
Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com I'm a freelance content creator, copywriter and video editor in London. I'm also a writer and film-maker. I've run one of London's top-rated writing groups for 15 years and I do a bunch of local arts stuff. He/him.
slam.fitzsimons @slamfitzsimons.bsky.social creator of things: novels•prose poetry•shorts•spoken word performer• bookseller.
http://linktr.ee/slamfitzsimons
stephenfitzsimons.com