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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt‬ | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine Proud queer 🏳️‍🌈 Trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
The Corrymeela Community @corrymeela.bsky.social The oldest peacebuilding and reconciliation community on the island of Ireland 🕊️ based in Ballycastle and Belfast, NI 📌 bringing thousands of people together in an increasingly divided world. 🌎
Joanne Roulston, MSW, JD @ottawakiwi.bsky.social Lawyer, social worker, teacher, and writer. Montréal born, Ottawa based. Citizen of Canada, Ireland, and Aotearoa New Zealand. Bilingual/bilingue. Pro Oxford comma. ☘️🍁🥝 Saoirse don Phalaistín 🍉 https://joanneroulston.substack.com/
Richard Gallagher @richardgallagher.bsky.social Sinn Féin. PhD from Queens University Belfast. Book: Screening Ulster: Cinema and the Unionists. Donegal. Email: drrichiegallagher@gmail.com
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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936. https://usihs36.com/
The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social Official Blue Sky Account for The Reviews Hub www.thereviewshub.com
Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.
Stephen Cushion @stephencushion.bsky.social Professor of journalism & political communication at Cardiff University & night time 🚖 for my kids
WEA Llanelli - Workers Educational Association @weallanelli.bsky.social We are the Workers Educational Association Llanelli, formed in 1914, dedicated to enlightenment and broadening the mind. We invite experts to challenge assumptions, illuminate complex issues and encourage open debate. Discover the joy of lifelong learning.
Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social Doing history, gender, punishment, postcolonialism, borders at Maynooth University. PI on Research Ireland Laureate Award, CONSPACE - Contested Space: Penal Nationalism & the Northern Ireland Border.
Isabelle Prim @horatioforever.bsky.social Music librarian. Churchcrawling, art, stained glass, Baroque music, manuscripts, ships. Also #embroidery, mostly cross stitch and blackwork 🪡 Learning Welsh <3 Ych a fi ! Profile picture by glass artist Nancy Sutcliffe + mask by Insta honteuzaikonfu
Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social Best British Short Stories 2026, The London Magazine, Free Flash Fiction, Eunoia Review, Blood+Honey. Fylde Coast. https://kieranstorieswriter.blog/about/
Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social A vibrant celebration of poetry in memory of Thurles-born poet Dennis O'Driscoll held annually at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and other venues in the town. This year's festival will take place on October 16th, 17th & 18th.
Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social Writer The Earth Thy Great Exchequer Ready Lies (UK) Something Wonderful (US) Winner BBC National Short Story Award #bbcnssa O Henry Stories in Zoetrope, Southern Review, Ploughshares, BBSS, && She/her Ally
Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths. Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places. Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/
Sian Collins @siancollins.bsky.social Head of Special Collections and Archives, University of Wales Trinity St David
Ysgol De Caerdydd @ysgoldecaerdydd.bsky.social Ymgyrch dros ysgol Gymraeg bob oed yn ne Caerdydd - uwchradd a chynradd https://decaerdydd.cymru Campaign for an all-ages Welsh-medium school in south Cardiff - secondary and primary
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social FRHistS SFHEA; Vice President @bars.bsky.social; Senior Lecturer @newcastleuni.bsky.social; 🇮🇪 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Studies, 1798, labouring class poetry, transatlantic networks, MedHums; Member @thencps.bsky.social Didn’t come up the Lagan in a bubble
Rosie S. @rosiespinoza.bsky.social 🌈 grassland-prairie gal in CO 🧶🎨🌱 fiber artist, printmaker, drawer of plants grow regionally native plants to keep the music of birds & insects alive in our landscapes 🎵🎶 🌻🐝🌼🐜🌳🦫🌾🐛🪻🦋🌸🦇🌼🪰🌲🐦
Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social History: gender, women, children, music, African diasporas, queer histories, disabilities. British #womencomposers 🎶 Long-term housebound with #longcovid Garden flora and fauna 🌿 🐦‍⬛🐞
Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social Environmental consultant, researcher & non-fiction writer; water & nature; heritage & natural history; women in science; biographer of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter; Ireland & Wales connections; accepts commissions. https://catherineduigan.co.uk/
Katie Fulford @katiefulf.bsky.social Literary Agent at Bell Lomax Moreton. Previously at HarperCollins. Mostly book stuff here. No query dms please.
Sandy Seeber-Quayle @sandyseeberquayle.bsky.social #writer, #poet, exploring the #human experience inside-out. https://linktr.ee/Sandyseeber
Mary E. Ringland @mringlandpoet.bsky.social
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
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁: @subruria.com 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iamb.uk / @afterpoetry.com 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: Reading at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival | Oct 6th: bit.ly/3TvBbRa
Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Genealogist ✍️🏻 Death, Wales and Psychiatry 💀 Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠 Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠 🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚 📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her 🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social Poet, Husband, Northumbrian, Sax novice. Forward/Pushcart/BOTN nominated Work in FH Lit, Dust, IS&T, The Winged Moon, Black Bough and more https://paulwritespoems.com/unwhispered-legacy/ https://linktr.ee/paulwritespoems
Paul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.eurosky.social 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇺🇦 Cork born, small country favourer, food scientist. Academic Secretary of University College Cork @ucc.ie Member of Senate, National University of Ireland Ex Welsh Gov; WDA; ADAS; MAFF. Views own. 📸Monumental Reckoning, Dana King, Golden Gate Park, SF
Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis. https://longbarrowpress.com
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc. out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press) https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/ https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
Caroline G. @tlodge60.bsky.social Curiosity keeps life interesting!
Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social Nano-publisher & provider of self-publishing services based in Ilfracombe, Devon. Submissions open for books with a strong focus on Devon and the South West. https://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk
VERVE Poetry Festival @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social Festival of Poetry & Spoken Word ✨#Brum and online✨ Online Multi-press Poetry-only Bookshop @vervepoetryshop✨ https://vervepoetryfestival.com
Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Books incl: Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls Emergency Dream Swimming The Seasons https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
Free Speech For Peace @freespeechforpeace.bsky.social "Showing compassion is the most patriotic thing I can think of" ~ Zack Polanski
Paul Fernandez @exilefromgroggs.bsky.social Books. Music. Language. Science. Theology. Family. Talk. Think. #Wülferhampton. POD shop at cjkdigital.co.uk/shop. Remarried widower. Retd pilot. PhD research (applied linguistics)
KD Smith @kd-smith.bsky.social I love animals, knitting, gardening, clean air, chick peas, photography and tractors. Ancient feminist. She/Her. Was once a cat, or maybe a mouse? Instablock Covid-deniers and bigots. Naw to AI. Capybaras forever! https://campsite.bio/wild_strawberry
Henry Martin @h3nrymartin.bsky.social Author (new book, ‘Dog Leads to God’) Painter Quaker, Green, he/him 🐾🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🌱fta
JayEsstoo @js2.bsky.social Ageing IT dunce A tough old bird so I'm told #ActuallyADHD at age 56, mourning the life I cd hv had Prolly autistic too. Less "Suaviter in Modo", more "Fortiter in Re" ID not verified so cant do DMs #campervan #Levellers #TogetherWeAreStrong
Prof Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social Feminist, musicologist, musician, extreme knitter, gardener. Not necessarily in that order. Girl groups from Ferrara to Motown; all the nuns, all the time; disability studies Prof Emerita of Music, Uni of Southampton, FRHistS; @musicasecreta.bsky.social
The Real Neil. @neilb.uk Self-employed/business owner. Founding member of the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati. Happiest when riding my bike or drinking coffee.
@da1sy-alexander.bsky.social @da1sy-alexander.bsky.social Garden, environment, history. 51 years in building industry. Mum and grandma. Leaning leftward as I age. NHS, Social Care needs government investment. Austerity and Brexit damaged our lives. All taxes paid!
Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social Green Party Member. NHS Worker. Wells. Somerset. Green Runner. Late Rosette Adopter. Hot Fuzz Superfan.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales) London Assembly Member. 🏳️‍🌈 Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. ✍️📖
Melissa Fegan @melissafegan.bsky.social Irish literature, Victorian literature, Famine studies
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.
Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social Mytholeg Cymreig. Welsh myth, legend, folklore and magic beyond the Mabinogion. Quite a huge dose of Welsh magic. I'm Andrew Phillip Smith. Twitter profile was @mythwelsh
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.
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social Defending readers and writers. A partner of PEN International.
Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social Cork based non-profit arts organisation promoting Irish and international literature since 1993. Website: https://munsterlit.ie/
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️ www.thereaderberlin.com Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Garrett Hargan @garretthargan.bsky.social Citizen of Derry city, Ireland. Journalist. Music and sports fan.
Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Dutch Government News @dutchgovnews.com The English version of openrijk.nl/en offers essential government reads for all non-Dutch speakers. This is not an official government account! https://openrijk.nl/en/missie Build your own Dutch gov feed here: https://www.openrijk.nl/en/my-openrijk
Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social Celtic Revivals and Imperial Cultures. Research Fellow at University of Wales (CAWCS) on C18th/19th travel in Wales, Scotland, and India. Cymrawd Oddi Cartref Book: 'Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain' (2025), Francis Jones Prize Winner He/They/Fo/Nhw
Jamie Woods @jamiewoods77.bsky.social Poet, indie punk, optimistic rebel. Buy my book, read my poems etc etc: https://linktr.ee/jamiewoods77
Rachel Carney @createdtoread.bsky.social Cardiff based Poet, Writer, Academic 'Octopus Mind' (Seren Books) - a Guardian Best Poetry Book of 2023 https://linktr.ee/createdtoread Teach creative writing, writing on/around ekphrasis, neurodiversity, creativity, climate crisis, art
Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry). https://nualaoconnor.com/
The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. poetrysociety.org.uk linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Prof Rachel Lichtenstein https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
The Rialto @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Leading independent poetry magazine and award-winning poetry publisher. https://therialto.co.uk
Butcher's Dog Publishing @butchersdog.bsky.social Canny. Inclusive printed bi-annual magazine and anthologies for emerging and established poets in UK/ROI. Best Magazine 2022 + 2023, Saboteur Awards. Editor @joclement.co.uk
Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018 Website: brokensleepbooks.com
Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CarcanetPress
Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com publisher of boundary-breaking prose books come get us @ splitlippress.com and https://linktr.ee/splitlippress posts by yrs truly @suburbanprairie.bsky.social
Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships https://linktr.ee/KenyonReview
Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social Lit journal, cellar door knocker, sic semper tyrannis. Work reprinted in Best of the Net. Open for poetry submissions December 1st - 20th! www.rustandmoth.com www.duotrope.com/listing/13546/rust-and-moth
Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social Poetry that re-enchants the ordinary, that knows what the rational world has explained away. EIC @leepottspoet.bsky.social. stonecirclereview.com
Jasmine Donahaye @jasminedonahaye.bsky.social Writer controlled by a small blue parrot.
Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social Storyville Books is located in Pontypridd, South Wales, and we are the town's only independent bookshop selling new books.
Jane Fraser Writer @janefraserwriter.bsky.social Writer in Gower. Novels ‘Weights and Measures’ & ‘Advent’ (winner of Paul Torday Memorial Prize) Short story collections ‘The South Westerlies’ & ‘Connective Tissue’ published by SALT. Rep'd by Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates. www.janefraserwriter.com
Siân Chapman @pilipilipala.bsky.social
Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027 www.ronanhession.com Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/
Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social Writer Hill-walker, Parkrunner Seizer of opportunities Winter knitter https://cathbarton.com
Cardiff Hubs & Libraries @cdflibraries.bsky.social Caerdydd / Cardiff Cymru / Wales 🏘️ https://cardiffhubs.co.uk/ 📚 https://cardiff.spydus.co.uk/ ℹ️ https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/libraries
Siôn Tomos Owen @sionmun.bsky.social Be kind, laugh a lot, don’t be a knob. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bilingual Cymro, socialist, freelance, corwynt creadigol, creative hustler. He/Fe. www.siontomosowen.cymru
Jon Doyle @jondoyle.bsky.social COMMUNION out now via Atlantic Books Coming May 2027 via Graywolf Press Rep: Emma Paterson, Aitken Alexander https://linktr.ee/jondoylewriter
Y Lolfa @ylolfa.bsky.social Cyhoeddwyr ac Argraffwyr o Gymru / Publishers and Printers from Wales
Dr Durre Shahwar @durreshahwar.bsky.social Writer, artist, creative writing lecturer. Editor: GATHERING: WoC on Nature (2024). Cardiff/London.
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️‍🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/ https://linktr.ee/lighthouseedinburgh
Independent Alliance- for Booksellers @indiesalliance.bsky.social Atlantic•BedfordSq•Canongate•Daunt•DFB•Duckworth•Europa• Faber•Fitzcarraldo•Granta•LP•Murdoch•Oneworld•Profile• Pushkin•SchoolOfLife•Scribe•Swift
Gutter Magazine @gutter.bsky.social The magazine of new Scottish and international writing. https://www.guttermag.co.uk/subscribe
Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social Montgomeryshire Literary Festival. 12-24 June 2026 in historic town of Montgomery. Celebrating writing from Wales, the Borders and beyond (no self-publishing). With music, art and cake #FriendlyFestival
Alys Conran @alysconran.bsky.social Writer. Novels. Poems. Stories. Essays. 'Pigeon' (Parthian Books) & Dignity' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) Represented by Jenny Hewson Senior Lecturer @ Bangor Cymraeg, English, Català, Español.