Dylan Horrocks @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social Spills ink, rolls dice:
hicksvillecomics.com
hicksvillepress.com
Teaches about both:
visualnarrativelab.com
Book Haven @bookhavennz.bsky.social Book Haven is an independent second-hand bookshop (with some new books) in Newtown, Te-Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington. We co-share the space with the Freedom Shop, a local info-shop. If you're in town, drop by & browse https://bookhaven.co.nz
Liam Boardman @liamjboardman.bsky.social Still dabbling. Socialist/Greenie Pākehā. He/him
Lucy A. Snyder @lucyasnyder.bsky.social SISTER, MAIDEN, MONSTER (Tor Nightfire, Titan). 5 Bram Stoker Awards. Shirley Jackson finalist. Work in Strange Horizons, Nightmare, Asimov's, Pseudopod, etc. Clarion grad. 🏳️🌈
www.lucysnyder.com
Rep: @jord4nhill.bsky.social
Cats, aquariums and terrariums
@suburbanfarmcat.bsky.social @suburbanfarmcat.bsky.social tip shop appreciator
Chloe | @grassangel everywhere | Best Enemies since 2009 🐀 @grassangel.bsky.social 30s, she/they, weird & queer. Fandoms: Doctor Who, MCU, various sff books. Writes fic. Small biz owner. Has tendencies towards food, biology, history, politics & shinies
If you care to find me elsewhere: https://bio.site/grassangel
Homeward Books @homewardbooksco.bsky.social Homeward is a small press. We publish books that defy the constraints of genre, because we believe that weird, brave, complex stories deserve a home. // homewardbooks.com
Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social SFFH Author | Winner-Apex Reader's Choice Award | SFWA & Codex Member | Bibliophilic ghost haunting libraries | she/her
Work forth/in Apex, The Dark, Heartlines, Small Wonders, Flash Point SF & more
Links: https://catherinetavares.com/links/
Sandra Grey @sandragreynzctu.bsky.social President of the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi. Working in union to bring social, political, and economic change.
Authorised: NZCTU, 79 Boulcott St, Wellington.
Melissa Ansell-Bridges @melansellbridges.bsky.social Secretary of the NZCTU ✊
A better world of work, a better world for all ♥️🌏
Authorised: NZCTU, 79 Boulcott St, Wellington.
Avi Silver (they/he) @thescreambean.bsky.social author of SÃONI CYCLE & PLURALITIES. coparent to The Shale Project. poet, editor, dice goblin enabler, gender menace. on here sporadically!
Frankles @franklesconina.bsky.social She/her, reader of books, player of games (PC and tabletop), singer of songs, erstwhile scientist.
I'm mainly here to follow authors and find new books and to learn random things from interesting people.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ally, visibly disabled
Guin Kelly @guinkelly.bsky.social *I do not auto-follow; following me may get you blocked if I think you're playing those games.*
Bi nerd. Writer. Earper. TCBOO. she/her #BwiththeT
Alex Kingsley @alexyquest.bsky.social writer/comedian/game designer | they/them | co-founder @StrongBranchPro | Author of EMPRESS OF DUST | ✍️ Translunar Travelers Lounge, Radon Journal | UIC English MA student | Rep: Sara Megibow
P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social 2x Nebula finalist. Aurora, and World Fantasy-finalist. Chilean-Canadian writer. Winner Short Works Prize. SFWA, CSFFA, ALCiFF Chile. Odyssey ’02. Codex. Stories in Apex, Fantasy, Lightspeed, and others. Linktree: http://linktr.ee/pacornell
Brooke 🖤🤍💜🏹 @bronftw.bsky.social Formerly Bronwyn \\ any pronouns \\ Aotearoa (NZ) \\ Pākehā \\ aroace \\ dyscalculic probably \\ reads books out loud \\ writer at heart but not in practice
A.J. Ponder @ponderbooks.com Author at https://ponderbooks.com
Poet. Builder of worlds. Player of games.
He, she, they. 
Clancy Nacht @clancynacht.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Gender rebel. Eldritch horror. Rainbow Award Winner. Eine Kleine Press. 🏳️⚧️ Writes queer romance w/@thursdayeuclid. linktr.ee/clancynacht
E.M. Linden @emlinden.bsky.social Nebula-nominated writer from Aotearoa NZ. Caffeinated.
Words in Strange Horizons, The Deadlands, PodCastle, Kaleidotrope, The Dark, Flash Fiction Online, ECO24 & elsewhere
Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social Promoting and celebrating the quality and unique voice of speculative fiction of Aotearoa.
Wellington City Libraries @wcllibrary.bsky.social We are Wellington City Libraries' network of 12 libraries, with our central library located in the beautiful Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui📚
Zoë Irene 😷❤️🦈 @getcaughtliving.bsky.social ♡ @jluvs2luv.bsky.social ♡
Into: science, nature, polyam/ENM, accessibility, antifascism, MMA, & Pokémon.
ADHD/APD. Pansexual. 🏳️🌈 Cis she/her
#BlackLivesMatter #LandBack #ToitūTeTiriti #UseAltText
Immigrant: Chicago -> Tauranga Aotearoa
😷 Covid competent 🥰
Emily B-H @emilyb-h.bsky.social narrative witch | ❤ a good em-dash | she/her | TTRPG and sled dog enthusiast #uglydogs | Sir Julius Vogel Winner 🏳️🌈🇳🇿
Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @christchurchlib.bsky.social Official account of Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi located in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/
Cath S @cathsheard.bsky.social Work in local govt. Widow, artist, partner. Living my best life despite tricky health! Well vaxxed.
Rabbit @lochinvar.bsky.social .Anything but it .ארנב רות :in Hebrew. Not white. Born the year Raiders of the Lost Ark came out. And yeah I do some ttrpg writing/design stuff from time to time.
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Westie. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queen Anna V 👑 @annavernerauthor.bsky.social Author of cozy Fantasy/Horror Raven duology.
Enjoys reading and writing Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, Spicy. 📚 ⚔ 🚀 👻 🌶
Will talk about movies for a long time.
Loves Zombies and other monsters.
These are my Friends 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
NO AI
https://anna-verner.itch.io/
Kirsty @alkalinekiwi.bsky.social Wishes she was reading. Or napping. Or patting cats.
She/Her
Tattooed 40 year old Pokémon trainer
Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc.
Naarm/Melbourne
KieraLesley.com
KoBettyAhau ♥️🤍🖤 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kobettyahau.bsky.social Chic cat lady - ngai Aotearoa ahau. Social Justice is my bag she/her #NZ/Aotearoa 🇳🇿
Thetaniwha @thetaniwha.bsky.social 🇳🇿 Wellington. Disabled, activist for forever. Disability rights honour all of the CRPD. All means all Genealogist. Historian. CATS.BOOKS. TEA. Life is political but politicians err... Missing letters etc all my own fumblefingers.
Derek Tyler Attico @dattico.bsky.social Bestselling award-winning author, screenwriter, photographer. Www.SouloftheSTORY.com #podcaster Advocates inclusion. #StarTrek scholar. Born in Harlem, raised in the Bronx. Writing truth into fiction | Opinions are my own.
@firedupstilettos.bsky.social @firedupstilettos.bsky.social 
Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com 100% human science fiction, fantasy, & horror writer. Stories galore. Books: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, High Times in the Low Parliament, Alias Space https://kellyrobson.com/books
Trans rights are human rights ffs
she/her in Toronto, Canada
Marxism and Disability Network (MDN) @marxdisability.bsky.social Study and engagement network with a particular focus on Disability Politics & Marxism(s). We hold monthly talks. To join the mailing list, check out our contact page: https://marxismdisability.wordpress.com/Contact
NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social My mother survived walking through Hiroshima the day after as a 13 year old, so I have a fair idea of what a nuclear holocaust looks and feels like
🇯🇵 🇳🇿
Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social literary agent @kiagency.bsky.social **closed to unsolicited queries** ex Grimdark Magazine, ex medievalist. queer. she/they (header is a Rovina Cai illustration from Spear)
Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com Trans Queerdo. He/Him. Shirley Jackson Award Winner. Nebula, Sturgeon, World Fantasy, and L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe). No AI. Fuck ICE.
Cat Connor @catconnor.bsky.social Crime writer, tequila drinker, mostly a good person. Has cats. www.catconnor.com
Toby @tobymacnutt.bsky.social Poet, dancer, textile artist ✨ they/them disabled trans queer
Ronnie Smart @ronniesmart.bsky.social Scottish-born Kiwi Writer of Dark Weird Horror, Poetry, and Flash Fiction. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Currently writing a dark fantasy novel.
🚫AI
Fran Amery @franamery.bsky.social I research topics that make everyone feel very comfortable like periods, transphobia and abortion
co-convenor @reacpolrn.bsky.social (she/her)
Una the Archivist 📜 @preserver.archivistorder.com Get in losers, we're going to attack and dethrone god.
writing fantasy 🌠
and trying not to despair
Feby Idrus @febyidrus.bsky.social 
Brisbane in 28 Worldcon Bid @brisbane28.org Help us bring Worldcon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) to Brisbane, Australia in 2028! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🇵🇬 🇫🇯 🇼🇸 🇸🇧 🇻🇺 🇳🇨 🇹🇴 🇨🇰 🇫🇲
brisbane28.org
instagram.com/brisbanein28
Emily @emilywrites.co.nz 
Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social Citizen of the Wildeeps! Writer Editor Podcaster TeachingArtisr of Speculative Fiction! Words in Apex, Fiyah, Anathema, Prismatic, Escape Pod, PodCastle. Ghost Class/Clarion c/o 2030-2022. Just Keep Writing co-host. Art Institute Chicago BFAW c/o 2027.
Duchess of Doom @kilagreene.myatproto.social I like the Astros, the outdoors, and books. Also sometimes I write and edit things. ND, disabled cat lady. She/they. 🏳️🌈
https://kilagreene.carrd.co/
I maintain a list of upcoming queer SF/F/H book releases: https://kilagreene.bearblog.dev/masterlist
SFF Reviews @sffreview.bsky.social Science FIction and Fantasy book and movie reviews.
Lovers of space, aliens, dragons, swords and lasers!
>>>transitioning from X - help us GROW here!<<<
#scifi #bookSky #fantasy #sff
Kirsten R. 🏳️🌈♿ (Disabled Academic) @ringwraith10.bsky.social M.A. in Literature | Regular Human Writer on "Video Games as Literature" and "My Forest Library" | I am ♿🏳️🌈. She/Her.
📚 DM me to join the Literary Game Club
♿: CFS, Endo, Autistic, many other dx.
See also @videogamesaslit.bsky.social
Julia @mswicker.com Mom to a great kid, neurospicy, web developer, and gluten free baker. Voracious reader, owner of too many domains and board games.
Gwynne Garfinkle @gwynnega.bsky.social My short fiction collection SINKING, SINGING is available from Aqueduct Press. Work published in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Escape Pod, and Uncanny. she/her. gwynnegarfinkle.com
Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social UNIXy Guy. He/him. Prone to shouting "PUPPY" in public.
I frequently (almost every day, in fact) give away Kindle genre books using #KindleBookGiveaway hashtag, and wrote a feed named "Kindle Book Giveaway" -- but remember bsky has hashtags now!
Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social Stop by for a sip of fun. Stay as long as you want; enjoy the view. Edited by Bennett North, Priya Sridhar and Hannya Kay https://translunartravelerslounge.com/
Alicia E. Goranson | Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood Doll @aliciagoranson.bsky.social Lambda Literary Finalist novelist, playwright, and Parsec award-winning audio drama writer/producer!
She/her - Trans as heck!
https://alicia-goranson.com
blooddollpod.bsky.social
https://blooddollpod.com
https://brittletq.com
https://themaskofinanna.com
tj (THEY/THEM) go watch invincible fight girl 😷😷😷 @atjscreams.blacksky.app they/them. black cripplepunk writer.
usually screaming
i talk a lot about rape culture, abuse, trauma, covid (caution vs. denialism)/physical masking/ableism, homo/transphobia, misogynoir and anti-blackness, and the intersections of the aforementioned
Jane @janerefreshed.bsky.social She/her Aotearoa NZ #kikorangi. Toitū Te Tiriti, Climate Justice 💚 We are all made of star dust✨️ #BlackLivesMatter #IndigenousLivesMatter #LGBTQIA+🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #DisabledPeopleAreMyWhānau LovingKindness #FreePalestine🇵🇸 #Decolonisation Reject Capitalism
Matt Ivy @mattivyauthor.bsky.social LGBTQ+ SFF Author & Editor | 26 | Queer | They/He
Based in Naarm
Works found in Baffling Mag, Apparition Lit, AUSTRAL 2024 & more
Aurealis award winning editor (SLOTS OPEN)
https://mattivyrichardson.com
https://linktr.ee/mattrauthor
Calanthe Colt @calanthecolt.bsky.social Author of SFF romances about golden retrievers, cinnamon rolls, and black cats with hearts of gold
@otherworldsofem.bsky.social @otherworldsofem.bsky.social 
Manuka Majo 🏳️🌈 🧙♀️ 🇳🇿(She/Her) @manukamajo.bsky.social Reading books, thinking about Kiwi Politics, and doing crafts..
The Eminent Cake @eminentcake.northsky.social At least two goblins in a trenchcoat.
Enby (They/Them)💛🤍💜🖤 | Scientist | Reader of books | Player of cards
Charlie Allen @mxguppy.bsky.social 30 something disabled trans man in vermont
Sapphic Action Support Squad @s-a-s-s.bsky.social Organize, support, and advocate for the international sapphic literature community
Erica @ericastretton.bsky.social writer, reviewer, editor at Kete Books.
Ki Agency @kiagency.bsky.social Boutique literary and scriptwriting agency based in London. Find us online at www.ki-agency.co.uk
Agents @megdavis.bsky.social and @knifewitch.bsky.social and @helenlane.bsky.social and @chamomeriam.bsky.social
Pip Adam @pipadam.bsky.social Audition :: Nothing to See :: The New Animals :: I'm Working on a Building :: Everything We Hoped For :: Better off Read :: she's no Hemmingway.
Maya Evan MacGregor / Eamhair MacGriogair @maigheach.bsky.social Nebula finalist. Writes as Eamhair MacGriogair, Maya MacGregor, Emmie Mears, & more mysterious names. Evan/Eòghainn to pals. Gàidhlig speaker.
Sgrìobhadh, ceòl, cànan. Agender void. she/they. i/ise. Autistic.
Rep: Keir Alekseii
http://mayamacgregor.com
Forever Delayed @foreverdelayed.bsky.social A Manic Street Preachers Fansite
http://www.foreverdelayed.org.uk
GlitterShip @glittership.bsky.social Returning soon
Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social Author. Baker. Cheese lover. Late-diagnosed autistic. Writer of fantasy novels & cozy mysteries. Unrepentant poet. Hanford, CA native now in Red Wing, MN.
@auntyseahorse.bsky.social @auntyseahorse.bsky.social 
Daniel @harborne.co.nz 
em @skyuni123.bsky.social theatremaker. comms. writer. i also went to 16 mojos once. very into trains. eph__em__era elsewhere. wellington person. they/them
No. @ayamccabre.bsky.social 
Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social Fan of weird microbes, Pākehā nō Pōneke, dilettante crafter, co-President @nzscientists.bsky.social. All opinions my own etcetera.
ORCID: 0000-0001-7352-3329
Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social Am a Dr. Not the useful kind. Teach Evidence Law, International Human Rights, Gender & the Law at UC.
Researching online abuse, human rights, law. ASD-Dyspraxia 🌈
Instagram: @legally.feminist
Views are my own.
Jasmin Taylor @meshedlight.bsky.social Deaf. NZSL (second language). Cis/she/her. Pākehā. Advocate for accessibility & inclusion. Trans rights are human rights. Aotearoa
Toitū Te Tiriti. Land back. Free Palestine. Free Sudan. Free Congo. Free Kanaky...
Formally kiwi_curly on Twitter
Mel Aitchess @melaitchess.bsky.social Author of MM paranormal and monster romance with a bite.
She/They
https://melaitchess.com/
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
#scifi ✨ #fantasylit✨ #WritingCommunity ✨
🚫 OnlyFans, GoFundMe, DMs
Jojo (they/them) @jojoinabox.bsky.social Professional non-creative wordsmith (and amateur creative wordsmith) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Currently crocheting more than reading. See https://red-pens-and-playwriting.ghost.io/.
Profile pic is Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse. Header is Akaroa Harbour.
Claire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social poet. nerd. performer. educator. critic. phd in poetry and brain injury. general enthusiast.
located in Ōtepoti Dunedin. from Canada.
Hal Duncan @halduncan.com Writer, editor, gardener--sometimes even in that order.
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
Sage Anastasi @sageanastasi.bsky.social Pākehā, dream avatar of gender magic. PhD student working on political & social polarisation, trying to make data scientists read Laclau. Opinions mine. he/him 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Mastodon, where I am not active but there are DMs: @sageanastasi@mastodon.nz
OpenAccess — Digital Accessibility Consulting @openaccess.nz OpenAccess is a disabled-led, NZ-based consultancy making tech accessible for disabled people. https://www.openaccess.nz/
K.A. Doore @kadoore.com Insufferable Morning Queer - She/they
Author of THE CHRONICLES OF GHADID trilogy (queer assassins save the day!)
Shouter of queer sff books.
Sarah Chambers @sarahpolo10.bsky.social I'm the owner of Little Makos Swim School that teaches Learn to swim for wee ones and mum to 1 child & 2 staffies
Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE IS AN IGNYTE FINALIST! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (🏳️🌈🍄MG horror, Ignyte finalist). Worker-owner at Sword & Kettle Press. Newsletter, teaching, & more: lnk.bio/jamsternazzy
People Against Prisons Aotearoa @papa.org.nz A prison abolitionist organisation committed to building a fairer, safer, and more just Aotearoa.
Jack is so back @toyourstations.bsky.social They/he. Ttrpg designer, streamer, writer. Disabled, Pākehā, Aotearoa.
Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land Chronically ill public health JD writing to make sense of the policy hellscape so you don't have to do it alone. Actionable analysis & trustworthy guidance for people the system wasn't built to protect. Free & paid: ShouldntNeed.com
Sr. Fellow DFP. 🏳️⚧️nb
Kassie @kassiejade.bsky.social Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Director for ActionStation Aotearoa.
Rey (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️ @dissonantsignal.bsky.social Constantly sleep deprived musician and nerd. Be warned I post about cute animals, music and nerdy special interests like TTRPGs, music and whatever else grabs my ADHD brains attention!
Fighting the binary one day at a time!
GM/writer, weaver of worlds!
Hanna @hannabaorange.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷 never witty enough to summarise myself in these bios 🙃
@curiouscerid.bsky.social @curiouscerid.bsky.social 
Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social Writer of dark fantasy. Fil-Am. Repped by Azantian Literary. Sunday Times Bestselling author of MISTRESS OF LIES. LORD OF RUIN, out now! He/him. 🏳️⚧️
Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social I love cats, comics, and houseplants. She, her. SFWA Romance Steering Committee member. Writer of "A Place of Refuge" hopepunk space opera: https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge
Wellington Pride Festival I Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara @wellingtonpride.bsky.social Wellington Pride Festival is the longest-running annual Pride celebration in Aotearoa.
The 2027 Festival is happening 5 - 21 March.
https://www.wellingtonpridefestival.com/
Lauren she/her @eccentriccatlady.bsky.social Reader, queer, nerd, mom, animal lover, passionate about social justice, neuro spicy, Aotearoa newbie, 🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇳🇿🇵🇸💚🐶🐱👩🏻🎓