BC Studies @bcstudies.bsky.social The British Columbian Quarterly: a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring BC's cultural, economic, and political life; past and present.
Kat Arnett @katarnett.bsky.social Canadian writer & cultural commentator chasing the zeitgeist one post at a time https://katarnett.com
LiFest Alberta @litfestyeg.bsky.social LitFest is a celebration, a moveable feast of nonfiction. At LitFest, books about real life come off the page. Avid readers connect with writers through a series of live events, great conversations, and exciting gatherings every October in Edmonton, AB.
Sarah Kirby-Yung @sarahkirbyyung.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor
Auditor General Vice Chair | UNDRIP Co-Chair | Metro Van Director, Zero Waste Chair | VAG Trustee | Translink Mayors Council |past UBCM Exec, Park Board Chair | housing•smallbiz•arts•city-making• | she/her
Mike Klassen 麥嘉信 🇨🇦 @mikeklassen.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor, husband, dad, gardener, fitness enthusiast, optimist, podcaster. I ❤️ #cities
Vancouver City Councillor - Lenny Zhou @lennynanzhou.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor | Dad | Husband | 15-year Healthcare Professional | Evidence-Based | Fight for Diversity & Democracy | When they go low, we go high!
Lisa Dominato @lisadominato.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor
Strategic Leader | Bringing People Together | Values Driven
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Councillor Peter Meiszner @petermeiszner.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor and champion of our beautiful, vibrant city.
Links: https://linktr.ee/petermeiszner
Email: peter.meiszner@vancouver.ca 📧
Rebecca Bligh @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor /Past-President of FCM @fcm_online / Vice-Chair of Metro Van Parks/ Small business, sustainability & livability. Mom 🏳️🌈 she/her
www.votevancouver.ca
Pete Fry @ptfry.bsky.social Vancouver City Councillor. Fighting corruption and greed.
UBCM Director, planning commission, arts/culture, dog-guy. Green.
Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Road safety advocate, former environmental lawyer, cyclist, parent. Working for you.
SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social Vancouver city councillor
Gavin Wade @gavinwade.bsky.social artist-curator www.eastsideprojects.org
Songs https://newrealityrecords.bandcamp.com/artists
Show: L is for Landscape https://divisionoflabour.co.uk/gavin-wade-l-type
Book: (555 Verses) https://www.setmargins.press/books/is-this-the-way-the-universe-works/
@literasian.bsky.social @literasian.bsky.social 
Subhro @back-spacer.bsky.social Senior Editor at Niyogi Books, India
Selena Mercuri | Writer, Editor, Book Publicist @selenamercuri.bsky.social 📝 MFA Candidate @uguelphcwmfa
💼 @thenewquarterly @therightsfactory @river_street_writes @warlandaward @vancouver.manuscript.intensive.
VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social Ottawa's International Festival of Poetry / le festival international de poésie d’Ottawa / administrator of the City of Ottawa's Poet Laureate Program / l’administration du Programme des poètes lauréats d’Ottawa / https://www.verseottawa.ca/
Thad McIlroy @thadmcilroy.bsky.social Author: "The AI Revolution in Book Publishing: A Concise Guide to Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Writers and Publishers."
Vesica Press @vesicapress.bsky.social Independent press publishing poetry, hybrid writing and creative-critical work at the collision of disciplines. The third thing. Journal: Hypnagogic Peacock. Based in the North of England.
vesicapress.co.uk
A.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor. Words in McSweeney’s, Utne Reader, Joyland, Broken Pencil & more. Author of the Jack Palace crime series. Most recent book: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. As co-editor: DEVOURING TOMORROW
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
Katrina 🌙✨ @bookishmoons.bsky.social -Associate Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency
-Associate Editor at Haven Spec Magazine
- Poet & Fiction Writer
OPEN to Queries.
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Serenity Booksellers @serenitybookshop.bsky.social Independent Bookshop in Romiley, Greater Manchester. Second bookshop in Stockport Centre now open! Co-founder Stockport Noir. Admin: @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
Daunt Books @dauntbooks.bsky.social 
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival @mdff.bsky.social 🎬 Melbourne’s Documentary
🌏 Documentary Month | July 2027
🎞️ Call for entries now open
🎥 Celebrating the best in documentary storytelling
👇
www.mdff.org.au
Mark Sarvas @marksarvas.bsky.social American Book Award winning author of MEMENTO PARK (FSG). HARRY, REVISED (Bloomsbury), @UGMAN (ITNA). Hero: John Berger. Dog: Berger
“ … ceaselessly intelligent” - Joseph O’Neill.
"Chilling, flawlessly executed" - Kirkus Reviews
www.marksarvas.com
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
Elena Johnson @elenajohnson.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor. Probably outside. My book is Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra. Unceded Coast Salish territory, Vancouver, BC.
g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social • Fruity poet. Probably on your left.
• Be Water 🌊
• Writing in: ROOM, Arc Poetry, Grain, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead + more…
🇭🇰 🍁
https://grace-writes.com
https://anvilpress.com/books/be-water
[somewhere on Georgian Bay, Ontario]
Gazelle Book Services | Book Distribution Company 📚 @gazellebooks.bsky.social UK & European Book Distributor. Founded in 1987
🔗 www.gazellebookservices.co.uk
Doug Gordon @dougmgordon.bsky.social Voracious reader (Is there any other kind?) Host of Wisconsin Public Radio's weekend arts pop culture culture show/podcast, https://www.wpr.org/shows/beta
BE KIND TO EVERYBODY. MAKE ART. FIGHT THE POWER.
-- Colson Whitehead
Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social Editor in Chief & Publisher, Whisper House Press.
Award-Winning Writer & Screenwriter.
Educator since ‘08.
Trained ethicist.
#booksky #HWA #Horrorsky #WritingCommunity #IBPA #WhisperHousePress
https://linktr.ee/stevecaponejr
Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social Nonprofit, movement-based, and worker-run publisher of books that provide timely reflections, clear critiques, and inspiring strategies that amplify movements for social justice.
📍Philadelphia
📍NYC
www.commonnotions.org
Alta Journal @altajournal.bsky.social 
Snug Books, LLC @snugbooksbmore.bsky.social Bookstore for all ages in NE Baltimore
4717 Harford Road, Baltimore MD
www.snugbooks.com
PaintedWit @paintedwit.bsky.social Artist, writer, trivia expert, chocoholic, enthusiast of asmr, Pokémon, cocktails, and tattoos. Just a silly goose with purple hair who lives in PDX
Monkey Wrench Books (WV) @monkeywrenchwv.bsky.social Community bookshop and coffee spot in Morgantown, WV 🔧
Literary Arts @literary-arts.org A nonprofit literary center in Portland, OR dedicated to engaging readers, supporting writers, & inspiring the next generation with great literature. https://literary-arts.org/about/our-story/
Literati Bookstore @literatibookstore.bsky.social Curing brain rot since 2013.
As seen on NBC News, NPR, etc.
📍Ann Arbor, MI.
LiteratiBookstore.com
Book Shucker @bookshucker.bsky.social 📚 Edison’s biggest little bookstore
Fri 11-3 / Sat and Sun 11-4
www.bookshucker.com
www.bookshop.org/shop/bookshucker
Jacaranda Books @jacarandabooks.bsky.social Multi-award-winning, publisher of groundbreaking, inclusive titles.
www.jacarandabooks.com
Braille Institute @brailleinstitute.bsky.social Empowering visually impaired people to live fulfilling lives since 1919.
Learn more about us and find FREE resources at https://www.brailleinstitute.org/. 
ShelfAwareness @shelf-awareness.com Free e-newsletters dedicated to the reading, buying, selling & lending of books.
Subscribe & read! http://shelf-awareness.com/xs/register
Normals Books & Records @normalsbooks.bsky.social A 33 year old book and record store located in The People’s Republic of Waverly, Baltimore. Founded and run by writers, musicians, artists and humans freaky for physical media.
www.normals.com
Normals Books & Records @normalsbooksbalto.bsky.social A 34 year old book & record store nestled in the heart of The People’s Republic of Waverly. From the obscure to the indispensable is our motto. Open 7 days a week.
Next Chapter Booksellers @nextchapterbooksmn.bsky.social St Paul's largest independent bookstore
38 S Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota
(651) 225-8989
https://nextchapterbooksellers.com/
New Dominion Bookshop @ndbookshop.bsky.social Charlottesville's independent bookshop since 1924. Shop local and support your community bookstore!
Odyssey Bookshop @odysseybks.bsky.social Your book curators in South Hadley, MA and globally at odysseybks.com! Hosting great books & authors since 1963.
Oblong Books @oblongbooks.bsky.social Independent booksellers in the Hudson Valley since 1975. Signed books, staff picks, and more! 📚 Open daily + free shipping on online orders over $30.
Print: A Bookstore @printbookstore.bsky.social Indie bookstore on Portland's East End! Open Sun/Mon 11a-4p, Tues/Wed/Thurs 10a-5p, Fri/Sat 10a-7p. Dog-friendly and very gay. 🌈🌲
Shop by appointment: printbookstore.com/appointments
Propeller Books @propellerbooks.bsky.social Indie press seeking viable business model since 2009. Sling books, movies, and gifts in PNW-focused company store at Urbanite in Portland, OR.
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Possible Futures @possible-futures.bsky.social Community bookspace and beloved community / Spreading bookjoy in the Elm City and beyond / We take care of us
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
Rosie Warren @proletaricat.bsky.social Worker-owner, Pilsen Community Books
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Point Reyes Books @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social "The best nature and environmental bookstore in the U.S." -- William duBuys
Tamál-Húye | Marin County, CA | www.ptreyesbooks.com 
Politics and Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social So many books, so little time. Proud independent bookstore since 1984. 
Tom Nissley @tomnissley.bsky.social Owner of Phinney Books in Seattle, author of A Reader’s Book of Days and The Phinney by Post Book
Peninsula Book Collaborative @peninsulabooks.bsky.social Our mission is to build and grow the next generation of book lovers by providing a space in North San Mateo County.
Nonprofit Bookstore
Community Space
Free Book Area
441 Westlake Center, Daly City, CA 94015
www.peninsulabooks.org
Paper Moon Bookstore @papermoontroy.bsky.social 42 4th st, Troy
Open Wed - Friday 11am to 7pm Sat 11am to 5pm Sun Noon to 5pm
Papercuts Bookshop @papercutsbookshop.bsky.social Award-winning, woman-owned independent bookstore in the beautiful Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. Open 7 Days. Established 2014
Shop online: papercutsjp.com
Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social The weird and wonderful from the world of words.
geist.com
Elamin Abdelmahmoud @elamin.bsky.social I’m doing good, I’m on some new shit 
Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social Author of “Frank Zappa’s America” (LSU Press, ‘25); “U2: Until the End of the World” (Gemini, ‘25); & “U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America” (Backbeat, ‘21). Interviewer for the New Books Network. Music film fest director for CHIRP Radio
The British Columbia Review @thebcreview.bsky.social The British Columbia Review (formerly Ormsby Review) is BC's online book review journal, the go-to place for BC writers, readers, reviewers, and publishers.
John Ackermann @jackermann.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster — formerly 1130 NewsRadio - CityNews - CHEK News — seeking new opportunities
Tom Zillich @tomzillich.bsky.social Reporter, musician, concert-goer with Jilly Wonka, lifelong Canucks fan. Bylines in surreynowleader.com. #SurreyBC #Vancouver #DeltaBC
Prairie Lights Books @prairielights.com Independent bookselling in Iowa City since 1978.
The Raven Book Store @ravenbookstore.bsky.social Lawrence, KS purveyors of print on paper since 1987. What @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social calls a "Kansas cultural beacon." Visit us at 809 Massachusetts St.
ravenbookstore.com
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Quimby's Bookstore @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social The world’s leading purveyor of zines and author and artist produced publications! Open every day 12-7! 1854 North Ave, Chicago! We print books, zines & comics!
https://linktr.ee/QuimbysBookstore
Seattle Book Girl @seattlebookgirl.bsky.social Aspiring Elizabeth Zott 📚
Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social he/him
writer of stories and such
professional bookman for Rough Draft Bar & Books
contributing editor at Literary Hub
occasional guitarist and singer
https://drewsof.neocities.org/
Rosa Blanca Books @danielitorbb.bsky.social 
Republic of Letters @republicofletters.bsky.social An independent bookstore in Mineral Point, WI.
Secret World Books @secretworldbooks.bsky.social Used and new books, comics, and other wonders. Owned by author Gayle Brandeis and her husband Michael Brandeis in Highland Park, IL.
Schuler Books @schulerbooks.bsky.social We are a bookstore with 4 locations in Michigan! We are currently trying to figure out what social media platforms to be on, so this is just a placeholder account to save our username. Learn more about us at SchulerBooks.com
Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social An indie bookstore and community workshop space in Chicago focused on building our connections to the natural world.
https://linktr.ee/skunkcabbagebooks
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
Seminary Co-op Bookstores & 57th Street Books @seminarycoopbooks.bsky.social The Seminary Co-op & sister store 57th Street Books are valued places of discovery and cultural institutions. Known for our academic books and our award winning children's book section, we became the United States' first not-for-profit bookstores in 2019.
South London Gallery @southlondongallery.bsky.social 📍 Contemporary art gallery in south London.
✨ We are free to visit & open Wed-Sun, come and say hello!
https://linktr.ee/southlondongallery
chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : say hi
Split Rock Books @splitrockbks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Cold Spring, NY.
Symposium Books @symposiumbooks.bsky.social Independent Bookstore in the heart of Providence
Strand Bookstore @strandbooks.com Legendary home of 18 miles of new, used & rare books since 1927. Located at Union Square and UWS.📚 Shop online at http://strandbooks.com
Nationale @nationale.bsky.social Art space and bookshop (est. 2008) //
15 SE 22, Portland, OR //
Open Thursday-Monday, 12-6pm //
Anya Roberts-Toney through May 10 //
www.nationale.us
Netherworld Books @netherworldbooks.bsky.social Feats of radical imagination from around the world
>> https://netherworldbooks.net/ <<
books & digital via Bookshop I audio via Libro.fm | IRL @ gatherings in & around Kalamazoo, MI
Queer owned / Weird Left ✊⛓️💥🌈
Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria @wordupbooks.bsky.social Collectively run non-profit bookshop & arts space in Washington Heights NYC 🗽 Check out our new space Recirculation!
Wolfe & Kron Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚫🧊 @wolfeandkronbooks.com She/They is serving Collectible, Used + New Titles in 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 & non 🦈💨
𝓜𝓸𝓼𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓻—SciFi | Horror | Fantasy | Romance | Mystery | ...etc...
𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙙.
808 1/2 Fifth Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ
https://wolfeandkronbooks.com
Village Books @villagebookstw.bsky.social Indie bookshop in The Woodlands, Texas, fighting book bans and spreading literary joy.
Turnsol Books @turnsolbooks.bsky.social a worker-owned bookstore, coffee shop, & writers' studio in Kansas City, MO located at 1664 Broadway
Open: Tues-Thurs 12-6; Fri-Sat 12-7; Sun 12-6
https://www.turnsolbooks.net/
Two Dollar Radio HQ @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social Indie bookstore/bar/vegan restaurant in Columbus, OH. 🌴
Typewronger Books @typewronger.bsky.social A bookshop, events space, and risograph print studio in the heart of Edinburgh, run as a not-for-profit company 📚
Find us here 👉 www.typewronger.com
Tombolo Books @tombolobooks.bsky.social ⚡️Indie Bookstore St. Pete, FL
📍2153 1st Ave S, 33712
Author events, book clubs and shopping at tombolobooks.com
📚Mon-Fri 10 am-7 pm
Sat & Sun 10am-5:30pm
Thistle & Nightshade @thistle-nightshade.bsky.social A bookstore for weirdos and others in Reno, NV
https://linktr.ee/thistleandnightshade
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
The Radical Cat @theradicalcat.bsky.social radical bookstore, adoptable cat lounge & community space
1500 s virginia, reno, NV
open tues-sat 10-6 sun 12-6
theradicalcat.com