Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of EMPIRE OF AI: empireofai.com. ai reporter. national magazine award & american humanist media award winner. words in The Atlantic. formerly WSJ, MIT Tech Review, KSJ@MIT. email: http://karendhao.com/contact.
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Sister Spreadsheet
IWTV Writers @iwtvwriters.bsky.social Official #InterviewWithTheVampire Writer’s Room. Come be our savory inferiors...
The Vampire Lestat @annerice.amc.com Vampires are real. Tell your mom.
Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Ceilidh Club @ceilidhclub.bsky.social Scottish ceilidhs in London. Scottish culture worldwide. Nothing deep-fried.
Andrew Wittkop @awestfell.bsky.social books, images, place
LITERARY VOYAGERS forthcoming from Belt Publishing
https://andrewwittkop.com
Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social #EJBotany is a Diamond Open Access International Journal of Plant Systematics and Biodiversity
journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/index
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
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no context our flag means death @ofmdnocontext.bsky.social stream ‘our flag means death’ created by david jenkins on hbomax ☕
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Rhys Darby @rhysiedarby.bsky.social The Legend Returns TOUR 2025
NZ, AUSTRALIA, UK & IRELAND
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David Jenkins @david-jenkins.bsky.social Pirate. Daddy.
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
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Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social Do investigations for the FT, into dubious accounting and dodgy characters mainly. Wrote a book called Money Men about a spectacular fraud
JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org 🪬🧿 Freemason | Traveller | Historian | Novel Author | Filmmaker & Photographer
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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social The UHI Institute for Northern Studies is a hub for world-class research and teaching on all aspects of the culture, heritage, and history of the Highlands and Islands, including their wider connections across the world.
Ayça Türkoğlu @aycatur.bsky.social Literary translator from German & Turkish, little woodland creature and professional dweeb.
Cllr Claire Miller (she/her) @cllrcmiller.bsky.social 💚 Green Councillor for 📍 Edinburgh City Centre ward
💰 Finance spokesperson
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Promoted by Claire Miller on behalf of Scottish Green Party, both of 19b Graham St, EH6 5QN
Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social Director/Trustee: @archscot.bsky.social (she/her)
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social Yes it’s The Captain off of Ghosts. Screenwriter and you know the rest.
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https://instagram.com/benjaminwillbond
CARAA Center @caraacenter.bsky.social 🔬 Centre d'Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie
La science au service de l’Art
📍 at Paris & Le Mans
Andrew Wilson @aigwilson.bsky.social Hold Fast
Working for a better, prosperous, peaceful, greener independent Scotland.
X/T: @aigwilson
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Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social Explore Cambridge Digital Library:
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North Ages @northages.bsky.social Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. On this day, feast days, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
Andrea Reimer @andreareimer.bsky.social I spent 4 terms in local gov focused on climate action, reconciliation, social justice & a stronger democracy. I left in 2018 to figure out why Trump got elected. Now I teach power literacy & help courageous people take action on bold, progressive ideas.
Beatrice Martin @beatricepirate.bsky.social Former teen pop star.
La fille que tu écoutais enfant mais qui est toujours là.
Anne-Marie Creamer @amcreamer.bsky.social Exploring the interstitial spaces of #Artist-Researcher-Patient. Or, knowing from the body’s edge lands
Dear Friend -Soane Museum
R&D 🗣️Ghostbodies
IRL-Lived Experience Lab UAL
Better Making CSM
EURORDIS xERDERA Open Academy
https://amcreamer.net
Dr Leith Davis @drleith.bsky.social English Prof @SFUenglish; Director @sfuscottishstudies; #18thc.; early #19thc; #bookhistory; #culturalmemory; early #circus; amateur #trad musician
Goblin Purwin @goblinpurwin.bsky.social Comic book artist, writer and illustrator
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
Petra Johana Poncarová @poncarova.bsky.social petrajohanaponcarova.com | Research, poetry & translation between Gaelic, Czech & English | Rannsachadh, bàrdachd & eadar-theangachadh eadar Gàidhlig, Seicis & Beurla
Dr Nasia Sarwar-Skuse @nsarwarskuse.bsky.social Lawyer. Writer. Artist. PhD: Creative & Critical Writing: The Hybrid Aesthetic as Decolonial Practice
Winner of Queen Mary Wasafiri Prize 2023. Co Ediitor: Gathering (2024). Nasiasarwarskuse.com
Dr Durre Shahwar @durreshahwar.bsky.social Writer, artist, creative writing lecturer. Editor: GATHERING: WoC on Nature (2024). Cardiff/London.
Ludo_Tech @ludotech87.bsky.social #médiation @ Musée des Confluences
Je parle #musée #culture #numérique #art #patrimoine #tourisme #Lyon etc.
http://instagram.com/ludo_tech_/
MariaCathlena @mariacathlena.bsky.social carolstatella.com
Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies @dias.ie Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is the world’s second, and Ireland’s only, Institute for Advanced Studies. We perform advanced, fundamental, research across our three Schools - Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics, and Cosmic Physics.
Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social a guy
BookBlast® Official @bookblast.org Championing world literature since 1997. Book Club @hatchards piccadilly; reviews, interviews, podcasts by publishing insider Georgia DC & friends & special events. Instagram @bookblastofficial www.linktr.ee/bookblast Accept no imitations
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF. More: emfaulds.com NEW HANDLE, bethkesh will still work.
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Old Edinburgh Club @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social The Old Edinburgh Club (OEC) is the city’s local history society, concerned with all aspects of the capital’s history and development.
Blue Kirkhope @bluekirkhope.bsky.social Writer. Trudging through the bog, always heading northwards.
Glasgow, Scotland | (she/they)
www.bluekirkhope.com
Peter Barrett @peterbarrett.bsky.social Literature in Translation, Poetry, Photography, Kayaking, Forest Meandering, Adventures with Charlie.
Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada
Manchán Magan @manchanmagan.bsky.social writer, tv maker, explorer of cultures
Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Guardian Country Diarist. Author of LAND BENEATH THE WAVES (one of BBC Wildlife Best Books of 2025): https://shorturl.at/PFJPF
Patron #JohnClare Countryside, Fellow & Trustee of British Naturalists' Assoc. MA PGCE. Rep Cathryn Summerhayes
Cal Flyn @calflyn.bsky.social Author of the Sunday Times bestseller ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT: LIFE IN THE POST-HUMAN LANDSCAPE—a book about the ecology and psychology of abandoned places. Currently at work on THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE, expected early 2026
Ness of Brodgar @nessofbrodgar.bsky.social Ongoing project investigating a monumental Neolithic complex in Orkney, Scotland.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social As Olga Wojtas, writes the Miss Blaine's Prefect series. As Helena Marchmont, the Bunburry e-series. Supports the Caledonian Antisyzygy. NUJ life member.
The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social An online independent media from the islands of Orkney. Not for profit company. https://theorkneynews.scot/
St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social A twelfth-century cathedral built during Viking times in the beautiful Orkney Islands. https://www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/st-magnus-cathedral/#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20St%20Magnus%20Cathedral&text=Built%20from%20local%20red%20and,of%20the%20Kingdom
Tuatha @tuatha.ie Explore Ireland with us! Visitor guides, itineraries, courses, events — created by archaeologists for people who really want to get under the skin of Ireland.
Start your Irish archaeological adventure:
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(pics all our own work)
Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
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Limmy @limmy.com Shop: limmy.com | Streams: twitch.tv/Limmy & youtube.com/@DaftLimmy
Tom Duffin Photographer @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social Pro photographer in Edinburgh posting landscapes & other work. Regular free newsletter at https://tomduffin.substack.com/ I'd be delighted to be contacted at tom@tomduffin.com to ask about photography work.
Nick McLoughlin @nickmacwrites.bsky.social Reader, writer, runner. Tea, trees, and cats.
My debut novel Slings and Arrows was published on the 28th March 2024. 📚💙- N 🇺🇸 @n976wow.bsky.social
Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social Championing stories and storytellers.
This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368)
Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social Poetry and other bits of writing | Pit Lullabies with Bloodaxe Books and The Quick and Liffey Swim with Dedalus Press | Essays in Tolka, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review | Poetry editor at Banshee | New Arcana forthcoming Sept 25 from Bloodaxe Books.
Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social Author, translator, vocal and pissed off SEND mum
Paris<>London
She/her
Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social Irish Writer. Art Critic. Author, art/divorce memoir Negative Space; RHA From Ten Till Dusk. Fiction, non-fiction, journalism: RTÉ Culture, Irish Arts Review, Winter Papers. Hybrid texts, collaborations. 20yrs ✍🏻 Sunday Times. https://linktr.ee/cristinleach
Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social Wrote FAIR / GOBLINHOOD / VEHICLE / DUST SUCKER, translate German lit, publish Maltese lit at Praspar Press. Tutor, Granta Writers’ Workshop. www.jencalleja.com
Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social 
Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social Associate Prof @UoBrisEnglish 🏳️🌈 A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) 🐨 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 🐈⬛ rep: @mfredturner
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
Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social Reading, writing, rabbits 🐇 ✡️
Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social
London
www.deborahzafer.com
https://substack.com/@deborahzafer
The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social Literary magazine established in 1997 to publish & promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Stinging Fly Press was launched in 2005. Summer 2026 Issue #54 available to buy now:
https://stingingfly.org/product/summer-2026/
Eoin Rogers @eoieoin.bsky.social Programme Manager @ The Stinging Fly
Professional Goblin
Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social Poetry / Art Magazine Edited by Susanna Galbraith and Gregory McCartney. Abridged since 2004. A Derry Magazine. www.abridged.zone
Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of stories underrepresented in Irish literature
📚Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh & The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel Menéndez trans by Robin Munby
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
Tolka @tolkajournal.bsky.social Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction. Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow. Supported by the Arts Council.
tolkajournal.org
Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #InternationalDebutNovelCompetition 📚
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland.
SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
📍#Edinburgh
Positive, sustainable changes. Live well locally. #streetsNOTroads
🚲FREE e-bike & e-cargobike hire: sw20.info
🛠️Tool Library: @sw20etl
🏃♀️Helped setup: Kids Park Run @ Hailes Quarry Park
Archaeology Scotland @archscot.bsky.social Inspiring people to discover, explore, care for and enjoy Scotland's archaeological heritage! We are an independent charity: https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot Land campaigner, former MSP, forester, author The Poor Had No Lawyers. http://andywightman.scot & http://whoownsscotland.org.uk
Patrick Limb @patchlimb.bsky.social Half-English, half-French, half-Scots KC @ropewalklaw. Completing biography of Capt FC Dietrichsen. Learning how to handle the Northumberland Small Pipes.
kieran cutting @kierancutting.bsky.social Writer of queer horror and weird fiction. Service designer, researcher, and games designer. Former indie publisher at EXIT Press. they/them
https://kierancutting.substack.com
Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫 @robertmoor.com essayist, journalist, wandering-around-and-looking-at-stuff-ist
books: On Trails; In Trees.
magazine work: The New Yorker, Outside, NYMag, New York Times Book Review, Emergence, Lapham's Quarterly, n+1, Granta
website: robertmoor.com
Roseanne Watt @roseannewatt.bsky.social Writer, filmmaker, musician from Shetland. She/shö/her. Author of multi award-winning poetry collection 'Moder Dy' (Polygon, 2019). RSL Jerwood Poetry Award Winner 2024. Midder tongues, folklore, islandness, illness.
Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medieval archaeologist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member Royal Irish Academy; Fellow Society of Antiquaries; Dad of boys; Dog Dad; Hurling/Camogie; IC Member; Own Opinions here
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Rebecca Tamás @rebeccatamas.bsky.social 🌿 Poet & nonfiction writer. ‘Strangers: Essays on the Human & Nonhuman’ w/Makina Books. 'WITCH' w/Penned in the Margins.
(https://makinabooks.com/product/strangers/)
Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy
Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Leila Johnston @whosthesuit.com B2B copywriter for work. Financial history library volunteer for fun. Recreational business & finance enthusiast. Mensa magazine feature writer. Horse girl energy🐴
Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social A non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just.
https://www.futureeconomy.scot
Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social Co-director @FutureEconScot.bsky.social Fellow UCL IIPP and the Democracy Collaborative. Co-author ‘Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing’ 
Adrien Gombeaud @agombeaud.bsky.social Journaliste aux Echos, auteur de livres et spectateur de cinéma.
Jeanette Castle @jeanettecastle.bsky.social University Librarian at the University of the West of Scotland, Doctoral Student, Historian and Photographer. Researching the impact of public libraries on loneliness and social isolation in communities. SCURL Vice Chair and Director at SUP.
Mark Davis @profmarkdavis.bsky.social Economic Sociologist | Co-created Local Climate Bonds - raised +£30M for #netzero projects so far | Now researching social relations of retrofit | Deputy Head of School @sspatleeds.bsky.social | First-Gen | Views mine