Carol Matas @carolmatas.bsky.social 48 books, mostly novels for #MG or #YA. #Holocaust, #Historical #Fantasy #Paranormal #PB
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP #TWUC #PEN #KIDLIT
https://carolmatas.com
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
Seth Trueger @mdaware.org ER doc at Northwestern & @BedsideMedNU.bsky.social
interests include social media for medical journals and medical education, health policy, and airway management
amateur guitar gear nerd
opinions are mine, arent medical advice
ja.ma/seth
Jurassic Knits @jurassicknits.bsky.social I'm an avid knitter, crocheter, and general crafter, and I like to share my various projects and assorted interests with others. 🇨🇦
S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com Prohibition on Use of Work in AI.
For avoidance of doubt, the Author reserves the rights to this publication. No part of this publication can be utilised or reproduced for the purposes of assisting artificial intelligence technologies. © 2026
Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social Poet. Coach. #ElasticBandPhotos. Loves coasts, peculiar things and the scent of ice-cream freezers. ‘Magnifying Glass’ and ‘Welcome to the Museum of a Life’ published by Black Eyes Publishing UK.
https://suefinch.co.uk/
Chris Campbell @citizen-chris.bsky.social 2nd poetry collection (Parlyaree Press), mini-pamphlet (Atomic Bohemian) | Co-founder/host, Kiss The Sky poetry night (Bristol) | Co-managing editor, Anteroom | Poems in The Rialto, Magma, Prole | Oxford | https://linktr.ee/bychriscampbell
Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept ‘26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC. Chiefs.
Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social science reporter covering biomedical research at Nature | proudly Ukrainian 🇺🇦
maxkozlov.com
signal: mkozlov.01
Beth Stilborn 🇨🇦 @bethstilborn.bsky.social Writer (mostly Middle Grade), CANSCAIP, SCBWI Canada West, Freelance Editor specializing in picture books and middle grade fiction, Cat-lover. My website is https://www.bethstilborn.ca/
Orion's Belt magazine @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social We publish experimental literary speculative fiction, poetry, reviews & translations. Read us at http://orions-belt.net. Support us at http://patreon.com/orionsbeltmag. EiC: @gessicasakamoto.bsky.social
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Elections Canada @e.electionscanada.ca This is the official Elections Canada Bluesky account.
Terms of use: www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=cont&dir=soc/term&document=index&lang=e
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Nelly Armstrong @biosciphd.bsky.social Working on a graduate degree in biosciences.
Love nature, mushrooms, amphibians, astronomy and beach combing.
Hoping that one day people of all colours, genders and sexual orientations can be safe in the US. Hope science funding is restored.
Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com Your Emotional Support Canadian 🇨🇦 ♥️
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Support my work: support.todmaffin.com
Contact my team: contact.todmaffin.com
Everything else: links.todmaffin.com
SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social Lord of worms. Home of the hashtag game #SFFChat! Join us every Thursday for a new set of questions, comment on other authors' posts, and make some friends!
Absolutely NO AI allowed.
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com Miss604.com est. 2004
📚 New book FREECOUVER is in stores now!
🏆 2025 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence
📰 Columnist & Photographer
💻 Managing Partner sixty4media
💟 @johnbollwitt.com
Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social Illustrator and future museum ghost.
lizbutlerdraws.com
Sheryl Bender (Waben) @sherylbender.bsky.social Canadian Artist from Ontario
Enjoy my art 😀❤️
Follow me and my art journey 💝
Bluesky Status @status.bsky.app https://status.bsky.app/
Laura Bundesen @laurabundesen.bsky.social Artist 🌈🧠 nerd who is always stitching
https://www.laurabundesen.com
https://linktr.ee/LauraBundesen
Kris DeCaro @musingmommumble.bsky.social Kid lit writer. Magic bean buyer. Dyslexic. I shall leave my amusing mumbles here. Rep’d by Stephanie Winter. #SCBWI #PB #Kidlit #poetry
Liam Sprod @liamsprod.bsky.social I write (philosophy/theory/fiction) and take photographs (winter/textures/rubbish).
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Småland.
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He/him/Dr.
Andrew Janjigian @wordloaf.org bread-pilled
he/him
'Breaducation: The Science and Practice of Bread Baking,' for Ten Speed Press (November 2026, preorders open now!)
Recipe?: newsletter.wordloaf.org
Shop: shop.wordloaf.org
Two wheels good
Our fair city
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Fractured Lit @fracturedlit.bsky.social Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/ Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social Enthusiast of British (mainly) ghostlore, folklore and vintage ghost and weird fiction. Collector of old magazines. Also keen on prehistoric monuments, old churches and suchlike. Am decidedly Q. All scans/photos my own (unless stated). Runs #SpookySunday
Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social Writer of picture books and kisser of cats. DeborahUnderwoodBooks.com
J.C. Corry @jccorry1.bsky.social Writer, army brat, regular brat, medieval nerd & author of The Storyteller’s War: Geoffrey Chaucer, Reluctant Spy (Black Rose Writing). Order via https://linktr.ee/jccorry
Dr Chris Macdonald @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social 👨🔬 Scientist | Founder | Author
🏥 Health Tech🍴Better Protein
🏆 40 Under 40 in Science
🥇 Innovation of the Year
📍 University of Cambridge
🎯 On a mission to provide 1M free treatments in 2026
🔗 DrChrisMacdonald.com
BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social Celebrate literature every Saturday with BookWormSat. Hosted by @signemaene.com and @racheldeering.bsky.social
Weekly themes: https://signemaene.com/bookwormsaturday/
Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social Fantasy author (THE TETHERED MAGE, THE OBSIDIAN TOWER, THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS, etc). Tea drinker, larper, mom. Swordfights in ballgowns. THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID coming 11/26!
Liz Lazar (she/her) @lizlazarlit.bsky.social #PB writer, former reading teacher, boy & dog mama, 🎶 & 🌎 lover. Highlights/Boyds Mills Scholarship Winner 2026, #12x12 Scholarship Winner 2025 & 2024, #PBParty HM 2024, #PBRisingStars Mentee 2023, #SCBWI #KidLit #CBA #LyricalLanguageLab ✨Seeking Rep
Toni Schneider @toni.bsky.team CEO of Bluesky, partner @trueventures.com, more at toni.org
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
James Lilliefors @jameslilliefors.bsky.social Poet, journalist, novelist. Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. Poetry chapbook SUDDEN SHADOWS published last fall.
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Karin Hedetniemi @karinhedet.bsky.social Writer, wanderer. Finding quiet beauty in life✨Creative nonfiction, photography, poetry and haiku • Just being human here.🇨🇦
agoldenhour.com
The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society @ecisociety.bsky.social The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society serves to promote original, multidisciplinary research into Ireland in the long eighteenth century. Founded in 1985, it has members across Ireland and internationally. ECIS is open to all.
https://www.ecis.ie/
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction. Good on paper since 1965. https://linktr.ee/chbooks
Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social The place for writers
Val Harris - Poet @valpoet.bsky.social Children’s poetry published in The Toy Press, Paperbound Mag, Little Thoughts Press, Caterpillar and lots on the Dirigible Balloon.
A CLASSROOM OF STARS first collection
Website - www.valharrispoet.co.uk
(Also writes poetry for grownups - same name 📕)
Stefanie Molina-Santos @agentstefanie.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/agent.stefanie | Agent @LookingGlassLit.bsky.social | @litagentsofchange.bsky.social mentee alumni | she/her
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social Ensuring a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping small literary publishers work better. www.clmp.org
Maria Gianferrari (she/her) @gianferrari-m.bsky.social Creature & nature lover
Bird nerd 🐦
Wordsmith
#Kidlit Fiction & #STEM PBs:
Latest: Just One Oak 🐿 & Puffins!
Horn Book honoree for Fungi Grow 🍄
Obsessed with auroras
Website: https://mariagianferrari.com/
Hank Moore @hankmoore.bsky.social Author 14 books: Pop Music Legends, Big Picture of Business, Classic TV Reference, Non-Profit Legends, Pop Icons & Business Legends. Nominated for 7 Pulitzer Prizes. 100+ awards. Speaker. Business guru. Corporate Strategist. Humanitarian. Pop Culture Maven
Trailer Park Orthopod @stresshoop.bsky.social Cranky #MeatCarpenter & #curmudgeon. Orthopaedic Surgeon, sucker for food, cocktails, doggos, & unheard voices. That was definitely not me you saw at your local karaoke bar.
The trailer is aspirational.
#ginfluencer
he/him
Leah de la Mer @leahcallen.bsky.social Canadian poet 🇨🇦
Forever feminist and anti-fascist.
www.leahcallen.com/about
🚫DMs.
Cindy Sommer @cindysommpb.bsky.social Award-winning children's book author of PB SAVING KATE'S FLOWERS (Arbordale) Crystal Kite winner, #KidLit, #SCBWI, #12X12PB Gold Member, ISO Agent, Querying PBs. www.cindysommer.com
Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social (she/her) Poet, songwriter, finder of lost things. Lover of the amphibious. Endearingly uncool. Occasional open mic performer. Visit https://prairievixenpress.ca/about/ for a list of places to find my poems.
Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social We host virtual events for authors! Find out more at https://ko-fi.com/weeknightwriters
hanna ✨ @andcuriouser.com queer game dev / tech artist + writer🔸currently: Rift of the Necrodancer, Phantom Brigade🔸previously: The Long Dark, like 5 different Halos, Remember Me🔸posts on this account are legally binding🔸I miss BBSes🔸she/her 🏳️⚧️
Vancouver Public Library @vancouverlibrary.bsky.social 
Luke Hunt @luke-hunt.bsky.social Reporter at Large | Author | Photographer | Video | Professor Emeritus
alex benzer @alexbenzer.com head of product @bsky.app
Mary Helen Berg @maryhelenberg.bsky.social Children’s book author | ENOUGH TO SHARE @TielmourPress l Soon: Bushel & Peck Books | #PBParty Finalist ‘25 & ‘23, HM ‘24, l Writementor ‘22 | #SCBWI | #12x12PB | #Kidlit #PB
BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social Physician Scientist MDPhD
Infectious Diseases
Academic Medicine
Global Health
Science Communicator
Posts are my opinions, not my employer's and not medical advice
I bet on myself and double down
https://substack.com/@bktitanji
winterroom @winterroom.bsky.social Cemetery studies, Cemetery Friends
In the distant past, an archaeologist
Haikuist and storyteller
Three score years and ten
Francesca L Rolle @francesca-laura.bsky.social Art. Nature. Poetry. Life.
She/Her.
Hannah Lorenzo @hannahlorenzobooks.bsky.social ESL Teacher. Mom. Travel. Dance. Strawberry ice cream. #Kidlit Author, repped by @KaitlynLeann17 SCBWI 12x12 http://HannahLorenzoBooks.com
European Journal of Neurology @europeanjournalofneurology.ean.org The official Journal of the European Academy of Neurology. Covers all areas of clinical and basic research in neurology. #EurJNeurol #OpenAccess
Chronicle Books @chroniclebooks.bsky.social 
Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social Lecturer, dress & textile history. Author of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes. Amateur stitcher
Fellow of the Royal Hist Soc
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
Erin Casey Westin @erincaseywestin.bsky.social She/her
Associate Agent at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
Open to queries from the 1st-7th of each month.
www.erincaseywestin.com / www.galltzacker.com
Profile photo by DMOimages
C. Oulens @owlnsquirrels1111.bsky.social Poet, thinker, dreamer, scribbler… in ascending order
For my recent posts: #Oulens
Winner, 3rd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Poetry Contest 2025 by sixdegreesofpoe
Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Toronto. Bloodborne infections, Lyme disease, misinfo. COVID-19 Resources Canada. Defend journalism. Look for the helpers. Opinions mine. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
https://covid19resources.ca
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Nathan Anderson/Submersible Press @njapoetry.bsky.social Experimental poet and artist from Mongarlowe, Australia. Member of the C22 experimental writing collective. Publisher of Submersible Press.
nathanandersonwriting.home.blog
c22press.wordpress.com
submersiblepress.wordpress.com
Jacqui Culler @cullerpictures.bsky.social #RevPit ‘24 Winner | Writer (Fantasy) | Graphic Designer | she/her | IG: @cullerpictures
Amber Borner @playingwithwords.bsky.social KidLit Author, Biologist, Jeweler, Mom.
Writing for children with intention:
-building bridges
-broadening horizons
-encouraging empathy
-inspiring science literacy
2024 PNWA winner #PBParty 2025 Finalist 2024 hon. mention
#SCBWI #12x12 #KidLit
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social Writer. Icelander in New York.
Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social Clinical-community psychologist, cycologist. Sask by a lake, Kelowna by a mountain. Retired fr clinical practice. Consultant re mental health & physical injury recovery. Ride a bike, ski a mountain, dog run me, nature. Let's be excellent to each other!
Hillary Fazzari @hillaryfazzari.bsky.social Lit Agent at @bradfordagents.bsky.social in San Diego, representing Kid Lit, New Adult, and Adult books.
👉 #MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/hillary-fazzari
👉 Query Me: https://querymanager.com/query/3240
isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social making lives better, making better lives, for everyone. retired #mentalhealth professional #haiku #peace #writingcommunity #buddhism #pagan #longcovid. old. they/she.
unceded, traditional, ancestral musqueam, squamish & tsleil-waututh lands aka vancouver.
KarenJameson15.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social Children’s author of lyrical/STEM picture books - WOODLAND DREAMS & more. WHO NESTS HERE? & THE SECRETS of the JELLIES. Repped by K. Rushall of ABLA.
Rhiannon Purchon @rhiannonpurchon.bsky.social Currently querying an adult romantasy: The Cinnamon Covenant 🌊⚓️🏴☠️🩶
WIP: Where All Vile Creatures Go 🧚🏻♀️🌿🩸
Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social Hiker, backpacker, forager, fisher, gardener, fossil finder, iPhone nature pic taker, nature nerd. Retired (biologist, ec. dev. practitioner, entrepreneur). 🇨🇦
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
linktr.ee/adelegallogly
Andy Radde-Gallwitz @argphd.bsky.social Disabled Prof. Long Covid, ME/CFS: my new Muses. He/him.
Songs written: https://tinyurl.com/5n6zmhm5
“Until we are sick, we understand not.” (Keats)
“By reason of my infirmities, I am, . . . like a plant, always held to the same place." (St. Basil)
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Independent poetry press + cultural review platform. We publish narrative-led work with edge. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs
#PromoteIndieLit
Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk
www.thebrokenspine.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/brokenspinearts
April Gavin @agavinart.bsky.social Berkeley based painter, print maker, and poet
www.aprilgavin.net
Jessica Goldstein MD @jrgoldstein.bsky.social #ChildNeurology & #MedEd Scholar I APD @umnneurores I PD @umnpedsneurores I cofounder @ndecinstitute I passionate about training next gen #neurosky
Genalea Barker @gcbwrites.bsky.social Author, Mom, surviving on caffeine & carbs.
linktr.ee/genalea_barker
Skionar @skionar.bsky.social Roger Clarke. Author of A Natural History of Ghosts, published by Penguin Books (2012). Former writer for the Independent Newspaper, Sunday TimesUK, Sight & Sound. In it for the long haul with severe chronic illness, dealing with NHS on a weekly basis
darkwinterlitmag @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social Small press and literary magazine from Ontario, Canada publishing poetry, short stories, novels, and novellas. Editor: Suzanne Craig-Whytock
Shashanna @shashanna.bsky.social Mom, music therapist and multi-instrumentalist musician. Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence survivor. Feminist as f.
I write poetry- author of “Survival Haiku” and “Cancer Doesn’t Give A F*ck.”
El is in the Details @elsbells.bsky.social Copy and line editor*, queer, 24/7 nerd. Reads, writes, sings, plays D&D. Passionate and hopeful. Loves music — & dogs, most especially my own giant floof. They/them.
Wishlist: http://bit.ly/3R5zI2X
*Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.
Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Todd W. @toddwe.bsky.social Writing at Merion West, Key West Lit Seminar Workshop, Neptune, Writers in Paradise, Lunchbox, Beyond Queer Words, Lambda Lit, & more. he/him. Rep'd by Sterling Lord Literistic. toddwe.com
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social Here's to spread the Wyrd - join us for a different theme every #WyrdWednesday! Please don't post anything AI generated, we will not share these 🚫🤖
Victoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social I make aerial embroidery landscapes 🧵✈ Queer, autistic and obsessed with green! They/them or other neutral pronouns are preferred. All my current and previous work is on my site: https://linktr.ee/aerialembroidery
The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social Artist, potter, gardener, lover of trees, frolics in nature, star gazer.
Kindness matters.
Please join me on my pottery journey ❤️
rakupottery.ca
🏳️🌈 He/him, They/them
Mi’kma’ki/Eastern Canada