The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social The University of Chicago Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the United States and a distinguished publisher of trade and scholarly books and journals. Refining minds since 1891!
Lilliput Books @lilliputbooks.bsky.social Lilliput Books is a BIPOC woman-owned, independent bookstore in Lincoln Park, Chicago at 2150 N. Halsted Street.
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Rachel Lynett @chelalyn89.bsky.social She/they, playwright & screenwriter & everything in between…..kitchen witch, curator of chaos, happily married, and queer as f^ck 🐍
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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social Author of Lovecraft Country, Fool on the Hill, Bad Monkeys, and various other novels.
https://www.bymattruff.com
David Grann @davidgrann.bsky.social Author of The Wager, Killers of The Flower Moon, The Lost City of Z, The White Darkness, and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. Also a longtime New Yorker writer. 
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Indie City Games @indiecitygames.org Chicago nonprofit community supporting the local game development scene with exhibitions, playtests, meetups, game jams and more!
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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social Spec fic writer. It probably didn't happen, but it should have, could have or might have. Represented by Fox Literary. Cis, queer, she/her.
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Michi the Adorable Tiny Demon @michitrota.bsky.social FilAm Feminist Foodie Firespinner. British Fantasy & 5x Hugo Award winner. Writing a book on representation, AAPI identity & power. Green America Executive Editor. She/Her. buttondown.email/MichiTrota. Repped by @lmpnk.bsky.social
Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Andrew Hertzberg @andhertz.bsky.social Chicago. Bikes. Books. Writes sometimes. Drums sometimes.
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RHINO Poetry @rhinopoetry.bsky.social Independently published journal of poetry, translation, and flash. Crashing and creating for 50 years. 🦏
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Public Library Association @ala-pla.bsky.social Wherever public libraries are working, possibility lives. The Public Library Association helps shape that possibility for public libraries nationwide. #PLA2026
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Eve L. Ewing @eveewing.bsky.social I’m a Chicagoan and a prof and I write a lot of things like books [Original Sins, Electric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, Maya and the Robot] and comics [X-Men, Black Panther, Ironheart] and more + I love my dog so so much
Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com Author, dad, professor, doodler, loafer
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Tortoise Books @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Your favorite publisher's favorite publisher.
Poets & Writers @pw.org Official account of Poets & Writers, the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers since 1970. Sign up for our newsletter: at.pw.org/newsletter
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ALA Public Policy & Advocacy @librarypolicy.bsky.social Updates from the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Public Policy & Advocacy team in D.C. #LibrariesStrong #BuildLibraries #FundLibraries #eBooksForAll #ForOurLibraries
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social The official account for Banned Books Week.
Digital Public Library of America @dpla.bsky.social The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives and museums, and makes them freely available to all.
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
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Opposed to Tuberculosis
Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social #UniteAgainstBookBans is a national @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.
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Library of America @libraryofamerica.bsky.social Library of America is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to preserving America's best and most significant writing.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
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National Book Foundation @nationalbook.bsky.social National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. Dedicated to the celebration of the best literature in America. 
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Veronica Roth @veronicarothbooks.com Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy)
Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
Amanda Gorman @amandagorman.bsky.social Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment.
https://amandagormanbooks.com/
Do312 @do312.bsky.social Do312.com - What to do in Chicago
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