Brock’s Gay Bookshelf @brocksgaybookshelf.bsky.social ✨probably yapping about gay things, book stuff, and marketing ✨
*Can also be found on Bookstagram, Threads, and TikTok*
Spencer B Miller @spencerbmiller.bsky.social Educator, reader and writer. 📍Treaty 7 | Calgary
I write a monthly newsletter called The Merit Badger 🦡 where I award made up merit badges to standout Canadian content 🍁📚🎥📺.
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Instagram: @SpencerBMiller
Lee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social He/him
Books:
THE WITCH BOY series 🔮🕯️
THE GIRL FROM THE SEA 🦭🌊
THE DEEP DARK 🐉🏜️
The DUNGEON CLUB series 🎲⚔️
STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST 🦸💪
WATSON’S SKETCHBOOK 🕵🏼♂️📚
TV:
THE OWL HOUSE & more
www.ostertag.substack.com
www.leeknoxostertag.com
🚫AI
Amber Chen @amberwrites88.bsky.social UK #1 bestselling YA author | OF JADE AND DRAGONS (Out Now, Penguin Teen) | Next up: THE BLOOD PHOENIX (17 Jun '25) | Rep: Laura Crockett | 🇸🇬 
Michelle Kulwicki ✨ AT THE END OF THE RIVER STYX ✨ @kulwickiwrites.bsky.social She/They 🏳️🌈
AT THE END OF THE RIVER STYX OUT NOW!
Words
@strangehorizons @fusionfragment
Repped by
Becca Langton
linktr.ee/kulwickiwrites
Megan Davidhizar @megandavidhizar.bsky.social Author of SILENT SISTER (Summer ‘24). PitchWars ‘21. Believer. Wife. Mother. Teacher. Reader. Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
Fern Haught @ferncomics.bsky.social ✨ Illustrator and author. The Baker and the Bard (Feiwel and Friends 2024). ♿️ he/they
T.L. Simpson @tlsimpson.bsky.social Printz Honor Book author of COPE FIELD. Also STRONG LIKE YOU and ACCELERANT (forthcoming). Rep'd by Shari Maurer.
www.tlsimpson.net
Elizabeth Holden @elizabethwriter.bsky.social Author & more
MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK (Flux, 2024)
Repped by Katie Shea Boutillier & Rachel Saylor at Donald Maass Literary Agency
linktr.ee/elizabeth.holden.author
Claire Forrest @claire4est.bsky.social Author of WHERE YOU SEE YOURSELF (Scholastic, 2023) 🪞👩🏻🦽
Disgruntled social media user 
Byron Graves @byrongraves.bsky.social Author of Rez Ball 📚🏀🛹🦇🌈 💍
Medicine Wheels drops 6.2.26 (Available for preorder now)
semi retired emo
Most mid skater on my rez
https://linktr.ee/Byrongraves
Randy Ribay @randyribay.bsky.social YA author. 2x National Book Award Nominee. Printz Award co-winner. APALA award winner. PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING, EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD, THE RECKONING OF ROKU, + more.
Anna Kopp @annakoppauthor.bsky.social Author | I YELL ABOUT DEBUT BOOKS! | http://linktr.ee/annakoppauthor | She/her | Rep:
Claire Draper 🏳️🌈
Angela Montoya @angelamontoya.bsky.social I write books. Sinner’s Isle and A Cruel Thirst are out now.
I cohost a writerly podcast: Of the Publishing Persuasion.
My current obsession are period C-Dramas. Have any recs for me?
Will Taylor @willtaylorbooks.bsky.social NYT bestselling children's author (Scholastic; HarperCollins, Penguin Workshop) Queer. Seattleite in Wales. Rep: Brent Taylor at July First Literary. THE SCHOOL FOR WICKED WITCHES Book 5 out Feb 2027! willtaylorbooks.com
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne @thebuffwriter.bsky.social WHAT FEEDS BELOW (Oct 2026)
THE MEAN ONES
SUCH LOVELY SKIN
Last name pronounced: shh-low-tee Bo-nay
Beth Tabler @bethtabler.bsky.social Editor of the quarterly issues of Grimdark Magazine and owner of Before We Go Blog.
#SPFBO7, #SPFBO8, #SPFBO9, #SPFBOX
A Coffee and an iPad full of books makes everything better.
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.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Sabina Khan @sabinawriter.bsky.social Author of books about desi girls.
YA: The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali, Zara Hossain Is Here, Meet Me in Mumbai, What A Desi Girl Wants
MG: The Bloodstone Thief (Sept 16/Scholastic)
Karaoke enthusiast & puppy wrangler
Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social She/They, I'm a queer freelance illustrator from Germany, Commissions OPEN | Online Shop CLOSED ♥ https://ilibra.carrd.co/
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
💡 Books & Ideas series January–June
📖 2026 Festival Oct 18–25
R.M. Romero @rmromeroauthor.bsky.social 🌊 THE TEAR COLLECTOR (LYBR)
🧜🏻♀️ THE MERMAID OF WARSAW (Summer 2027, Peachtree Teen)
📕 Rep: Patricia Nelson
🏳️🌈 🇨🇺 🧿 ✡️ 🍉 🇺🇦
https://linktr.ee/rmromeroauthor
Mallory Marlowe @mallorymarlowe.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Author of LOVE AND OTHER CONSPIRACIES
🛸 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHTING coming 8/12/25
Rep: Jessica Mileo @ Inkwell Management
https://linktr.ee/mallorymarlowe
Britney S Lewis @britneyslewis.bsky.social Award-Winning. Angsty Black Girls. Fantasy Romance.
🖤BLOOD MOON (preorder today!)
🖤The Dark Place
🖤The Undead Truth of Us
🖤WCS Dancer
Jill Tew @jtewwrites.bsky.social THE DIVIDING SKY (YA dystopian romance from PRH) out October 8th, 2024! www.thedividingsky.com
mason @masondeaver.bsky.social movie enjoyer, muppet enthusiast, best-selling author of queer romances like THE BUILD-A-BOYFRIEND PROJECT, out 08.05.25 from AVON 🧡
Bastian Blythe @bastianblythe93.bsky.social A nerdy trans boy just trying to survive. He/They. Latine/x. 🇨🇴 Opinions Are My Own. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/BastianBlythe93
Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka @wibbroka.bsky.social A couple of writers. Authors of The Roughest Draft, Book Boyfriend (upcoming), and more novels for teens and adults. Two-thirds of USA Today bestselling trio E.B. Asher.
Skye Quinlan @skyequinlan.bsky.social YA Author of DON'T BE A DRAG & FORWARD MARCH 📚 | They/Them 🏳️⚧️ | Ace/Lesbian 🌈 | Autistic & Disabled ♿ | Agent: Moe Ferrara at Triada 📖
www.skyequinlanbooks.com
ADAM SILVERA @adamsilvera.bsky.social Tall for no reason + #1 New York Times bestselling author of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
Alder (Ash) Van Otterloo @aldervanotterloo.bsky.social Author, Lammy nominee, WA Book Award finalist, CBC Notable Social Studies Award. trans, autistic, queer, semi-feral 🦷THE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING ELSE, CATTYWAMPUS
rep: @sknigge.bsky.social- W Angela Ahn @writeahn.bsky.social Children's Author | Korean Canadian | GG Literary Awards Finalist | Rep: Laurel Symonds kt literary
www.angelaahnbooks.com
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life & behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com
🖤🩶🤍💜
www.clairelordon.com/links
Kirsten Pendreigh @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️; WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ Fanfare Book; JLG, CCBC⭐️; LUNA'S GREEN PET (Quill & Quire Book of the Year. Next: CAMPING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author @leefodi.bsky.social
Kidlit author who teaches creative writing
+
🧳 Traveler
🐉 Maker of dragon eggs
❤️ Dad
he/him
🧹 Spell Sweeper & more
Rep'd by Rachel Letofsky
https://linktr.ee/leefodi
@canscaip.bsky.social
Shari Green @sharigreen.bsky.social author, poet, beach-wanderer 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 | she/her | Vancouver Island, BC | www.sharigreen.com
Sue Macartney @smacartney.bsky.social Writer, illustrator, educator, nature lover, nomad - BENJAMIN’S BLUE FEET: Pajama Press #SCBWI #12x12
Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social I'm the creator of Savage Chickens, and Laser Moose & Rabbit Boy.
Zoe Si @zoesees.bsky.social Pulitzer-nominated cartoonist, kidsbook illustrator, lawyer. linktr.ee/zoesees 
Deborah Hodge @dhodgebooks.bsky.social Children's author and west coast writer of nature and ecology books for kids. New! The Burrowing Owls of the Prairie Grasslands.
Sherry McMillan @sherrymcmwrites.bsky.social Kids Lit | Kayaking | Kaizen
Nurturing a love of nature and language in little ones with big imaginations. 
Nikki Bergstresser @nikkibergstresser.bsky.social 🇨🇦Children’s author & educator. Best day has me with ☕️ in hand, lost in nature and a good story to share. 📚www.nikkibergstresser.com
Gander: The Town that Welcomed the World PB NF
Lila Lou’s Little Library PB
Seasons for Stones PB
A Promise to Protect MG
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
M. J. Muir @purplerobin.bsky.social A Canadian Illustrator. lives in Vancouver BC. A curious lifetime learner. Member of CWILL BC. 
Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social Illustrator-author, once a designer 🇨🇦
HAPPY DREAMS LITTLE BUNNY (2021) WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT, A MOUSE FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2024)
Represented by Catbird Agency
Karen Autio @karenautio.bsky.social Children's book author (PB, chapter book, MG), avid reader, nature photographer, disability awareness sensitivity reader
Kathleen Gros @kagcomix.bsky.social I've made a bunch of graphic novels. Most recent: CAROUSEL SUMMER (kids) and I HATED YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL (adults).
I teach comics & illustration around Vancouver. I spend my spare time sewing.
Portfolio can be found here: http://www.kagcomix.com/
@suzannedemontigny.bsky.social @suzannedemontigny.bsky.social 
Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, out now! @booksbycindy.bsky.social Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
🦋 🐝 🍃
www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
Melanie Jackson @mljackson.bsky.social Writer/editor www.writersunion.ca/member/Melanie-Jackson
@normacharles.bsky.social @normacharles.bsky.social 
LoisP @lpcreates.bsky.social ‘Serial creator’ living on Vancouver Island. Collages (analog), writes, cooks, reads, travels, teaches, volunteers.
Mark David Smith @marksmithbooks.bsky.social Author of books for kids.
Scot Ritchie @ritchiescot.bsky.social Award winning author and illustrator of many children's books and cartoons. Apparently I'm amusing when needed and quite reliable. Out. And about. https://scotritchie.com/ Kidlit 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social international bestselling pervert • writer: DAYSPRING, AVENGERS ACADEMY, etc • film programmer • phd • any pronouns http://linktr.ee/meakoopa lycan sub scribe.
DAYSPRING - out now! dayspringbook.com
Kathleen Glasgow @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of super sad books. Girl in Pieces, The Glass Girl, You'd Be Home Now. Co-author of The Agathas series. Serial napper, dog earer of books, desert dweller.
https://linktr.ee/kathleenglasgow?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=
CWILL BC @cwillbc.bsky.social CWILL BC is a lively group of published writers and illustrators for children, with over 150 members across British Columbia.
https://www.cwillbc.org
K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social Canadian dark speculative author 🖤🇨🇦Words in: STRANGE HORIZONS, FANTASY, LIGHTSPEED, PULPHOUSE, FACTOR FOUR, NOSLEEP &more | @cwillbc.bsky.social president | CWC educator | #ecopunk #bodyhorror #monsters #gothic #dystopian #sff
https://kaie.space/tree
Penguin Teen @penguinteen.bsky.social 
Cara Stout / Vienna James @carastoutauthor.bsky.social ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU & A KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (PRH UK / Harper US)
THE NIGHTMARE KEEPER (‘26) Montlake
www.carastout.com
Rep’d by @jemiscoe.bsky.social
Gabriella Buba - Preorder Daughters of Flood and Fury @gabriellabuba.bsky.social SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW out now! DAUGHTERS OF FLOOD AND FURY- July 2025
Author and chemical engineer keeping things riding the explosive limit. I write anti-colonial filipino epic fantasy 🇵🇭🇨🇿🇺🇲🏳️🌈
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃
He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel. I’ve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
📕 Maggie & Me.
📕 You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
@gayonwye.bsky.social @gayonwye.bsky.social 
Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk A queer online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBTQ+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekbookshop elsewhere.
https://linktr.ee/ProudGeekBookshop
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/
Paned o Gê @panedoge.bsky.social Siop Llyfrau LHDTC+ arlein ac yn The Queer Emporium |
LGBTQIA+ bookshop based online and The Queer Emporium
The Old Queeriosity Shop @toqs.bsky.social We are an LGBTQIA+ Bookstore based in Plymouth, UK. We currently only ship within the UK.
our website: toqs.co.uk
our linktree: linktr.ee/toqs
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
Housmans Bookshop @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
The Common Press Bookshop @thecommonpress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 London's queer intersectional bookshop! A sanctuary for storytelling, queer literature & culture.
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We are open Tues - Sun 11 am - 6.30 pm | Events 7 pm-late
118 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom E2 6DG
commonpress.co.uk
The BookishType @thebookishtype.bsky.social Queer Indie Bookshop in Leeds
The Portal Bookshop @portalbookshop.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy, & LGBTQIA. Queer resistance. Always trying to help. Portalbookshop@gmail.com Mon-Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-5:30; 5 Patrick Pool, York, UK
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lalidoesbooks
Cross & Crows Books @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social That queerly friendly neighbourhood bookstore in the community of East Van on unceded and occupied MST land. Offering new and used books, small gifts, and Cozy Chairs™ for the queer soul and beloved community since 2023. www.crossandcrows.com 
A Seat at the Table Books - Elk Grove's ONLY Indie Bookstore @seatbooks.bsky.social Inclusive, LGBTQ-owned "third space" bookstore w/ cafe, events, and free wifi in Elk Grove, just south of Sacramento
Wayfaring Booksellers @wayfaringbooks.bsky.social Queer Bookstore in Lansing, MI
wayfaringbooksellers.com
At the REO Town Marketplace ~
Open: Thurs 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6
New & Used Books
Left Bank Books STL @leftbankbooks.bsky.social St. Louis City's Largest Indie Bookstore
Founded in 1969
Queer woman owned
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division @bgsqd.bsky.social The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer bookstore and cultural center hosted by The LGBT Community Center, on the unceded land of the Munsee Lenape, now known as New York City. 208 W. 13th St. Rm. 210, NY, 10011
Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ
Under the Umbrella Bookstore & Cafe @utubookstore.bsky.social A Queer Little Bookstore & Cafe 🍉
Queer owned / queer everything 🏳️⚧️
MASKS STILL REQUIRED 😷
T-F 12-8
S-S 11-6
📍Ute/Goshute/Shoshone land (SL,UT)
Wolf & Wyld's Queer Bookstore @wolfwyld.bsky.social Independent online & pop-up bookstore based in Manitou Springs, Colorado | Specializing in LGBTQ+ books 🐺⛰️📚
https://linkpop.com/queer
The Wedale Bookshop @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland. Open in historic Stow, Thur 1330-1900 and Fri-Sun 10-12.30, 1-4.30.
Sister shop of @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social
www.wedalebooks.scot
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Weda
Main St. Books Monroe @mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social A used and new bookstore in Monroe, Washington since 1995. Woman- and LGBTQIA-owned and operated. Store cat. 110 E. Main St. Monroe WA 98272 📚🌈😺 MainStBooksMonroe.com
Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com adventurer
Karen M. McManus @writerkmc.bsky.social #1 NYT and international bestselling author of the ONE OF US IS LYING series & other young adult mysteries. Latest: SUCH CHARMING LIARS. Will keep you up too late.
www.karenmcmanus.com/links
April Henry @aprilhenry.bsky.social I kill people, but only on paper. New York Times bestselling author of over 30 thrillers. Out May 12: IN THE BLOOD. I love snacks, scary things, Brazilian jiujitsu, and democracy.
Courtney Summers @courtneysummers.bsky.social I'm your favorite author's favorite author.
You will not see me here much.
courtneysummers.ca
courtneysummers.substack.com
ig summerscourtney
Jandy Nelson @jandynelson.bsky.social NY Times Bestselling author of the novels When the World Tips Over, I'll Give You the Sun, and The Sky Is Everywhere. 
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Daniel Aleman @danaleman.bsky.social Author of I MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE (Dec 3, 2024). Also: INDIVISIBLE & BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN (out now!)
Never not craving tacos 🌮
Linda Cheng @lychengwrites.bsky.social Taiwanese Canadian SFF & horror author 🖤 GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES out now 🖤 BEAUTIFUL BRUTAL BODIES coming fall 2025 (Roaring Brook Press) 🖤 Rep'd by John Cusick
https://linktr.ee/lindachengwrites
Lewis // AchilleanShelves @achilleanshelves.bsky.social 📚BookTokker
📱Social Media Marketer
🖊️Freelance Beta-Reader
✍🏻Writer
🎓BA(Hons) in English with Creative Writing
James L. Sutter @jameslsutter.bsky.social Co-creator of the Pathfinder & Starfinder TTRPGs. Author of the queer young adult romance novels DARKHEARTS and THE GHOST OF US, plus fantasy novels, comics, video games, and more. Musician. ME/CFS husband.
Natalia Peña @madebynatalia.bsky.social Published illustrator, writer, Life Coach, ADHD , wife, mom, Latina, Colombian-Canadian, if you want a reminder to drink water follow me at https://bsky.app/profile/nataliaadhd.bsky.social
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
The Gaily Show @thegailyshow.org The only daily LGBTQ radio news & talk show in the US! Hosted by GLAAD Media award nominee John Parker. 2pm AM950 Radio: http://tun.in/serpH. 6pm 92.7 FM http://tun.in/seo9P 10pm WCPT 820: http://tun.in/sep74. Read: https://thegailyshow.org
Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary