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Jane O'Sullivan @sightlined.bsky.social Writer / Art writing, cultural criticism & fiction in Art Guide, Vault, Apollo, Sydney Review of Books, Island, Adroit Journal, Flash Frog & Okay Donkey / Secret πͺ‘ habit
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Laurie Bell @writerlauriebell.bsky.social Sci fi and fantasy author, blogger, reviewer, secret keeper. My opinions are my own. Author of Boss From Hell, White Fire and more. She/her
Veronica Strachan (V. E. Patton) @veronicastrachan.bsky.social Writer #scifi #fantasy - Ochre Dragon #picturebooks - Chickabella . #memoir - Breathing While Drowning . CoFounder & Podcaster Australian Book Lovers . #6amAusWriters . #AusWrites . Leadership Coach & Facilitator . She/Her
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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social Writer, poet, editor, musician.
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Keshed (Ortac Press, 12.02.26)
Disappear Here: Bret Easton Ellis' America (Ortac, 2027)
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Peter Donoughue @peterdonoughue.bsky.social Former MD of publisher John Wiley Australia. Now retired but still engaged.
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Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
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Jonathan Butler Author @jonathan-butler.bsky.social THE BOY IN THE DRESS (Affirm Press)
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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social Architect, urbanist, public advocate. Principal @HillThalisAUP co author #PublicSydney Book & Puzzle. Architecture Prof. ex Sydney Ind Councillor. Aust Arch Goldπ₯2024
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Jerome R @jamsky96.bsky.social Aspiring writer/ Adherent of leftist politics/ Pessimist on most days.
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net Protect libraries. Children are people. Fight patriarchy. Abolish plenary adoption. Make streets safe for everyone. Trans rights are human rights.
The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked.
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Joelle McTigue π· @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social Sydney's original online review of books, established March 2012 by Jean Bedford and Linda Funnell. We are a free and independent site for book reviews. Find us at https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <νμ§ λ§λΌκ³ λ μ νμμμ?> (μ΄ν¬λ‘μ€). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
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sjxsjc @sjxsjc.bsky.social Snake Milker / Mattress Grave / METH-DTF / SEX SHOPS OF SHERMAN OAKS, XEROX OVER MANHATTAN, BELFIE HELL, YEEZUS IN FURS, NAPALM RECIPE, POLICE FORCE AS A CORRUPT BREEZE.
Filthy Loot @filthyloot.bsky.social Misfit Fictions
Ames, IA, EST. 2018
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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
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π The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iβve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
π Maggie & Me.
π You Will Be Safe Here.
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Ian MacClayn @ianmacclayn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ianmacclayn
Writer. Debut novel THE HOLLOW OF EVENING out Feb 9 2027 with Dundurn Press/Rare Machines
Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social New novel, TERRY DACTYL, out now from Coffee House in US & Cipher in UK!β‘π·Also: TOUCHING THE ART, THE FREEZER DOOR, BETWEEN CERTAIN DEATH AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE + working on ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK ++ https://www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/
RΓ³nΓ‘n Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
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Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/
Ingrid Horrocks @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Aotearoa. Likes the sea & other stuff. Latest book Where We Swim. Fiction debut, All Her Lives: Nine Stories, on its way from THWUP & UQP. www.ingridhorrocks.com
Charlie Lewis @theshufflediary.bsky.social Journalist at Crikey, radio at Triple R, extremely intermittent music writing here: dancingtoarchitecture.home.blog
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Rebecca Starford @rebeccastarford.bsky.social Writer, magazine publisher, bad gardener.
Based in France.
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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social former 2x pie-eating champion of St Olaf College
Nathan Hobby @nathanhobby.bsky.social Biographer, scholar & special collections librarian in Perth, Australia. Author of THE RED WITCH, 2023 WA Premier's Prize Book of the Year. Working on a biography of John Curtin. https://nathanhobby.com
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
Serina Hartwell - Author @serinahartwell.bsky.social Award winning author of The Hidden Saga
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Matthew Malenich @axl-warpshaft.bsky.social Writer, artist (on occasion), and Penguins fan. I make horrible things happen to imaginary people. Pro Oxford comma. Pro em dash. AI evangelists can fuck off. He/Him.
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Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.social Writer of noir fiction, designer of book covers. Derringer Award finalist. Published by Punk Noir, All Due Respect, Bristol Noir, Revolution John, and Reckon Review.
Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harperβs etc. Abolish ICE is the moderate position.
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@cineoutsider.bsky.social @cineoutsider.bsky.social 
Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social Can't not write. Not seeking publication. Plays bass guitar. Writes doom metal songs.
He/him. AI-free. Lives in Bangalore, India.
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Novel | Man Alone https://www.asterismbooks.com/product/man-alone
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social Creative Director, Writer, Broadcaster - host Spin Cycle on RRR plus podcast platforms. Living in Naarm. Baker of bread. Here we go again.
Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social Aussie rural, NYT bestseller - people die in my books π Feb 2026: NO ONE IS SAFE π Here's the fun stuff: https://t.co/ujW6HqmgSi
Nick Petroulias @nickpetroulias.bsky.social Writer of fiction
Melbourne Australia
Author of Man Alone
https://www.asterismbooks.com/product/man-alone
Incessant chatter on social media does my head in.
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social Author: JOAN SMOKES, A SUPERIOR SPECTRE, MOON SUGAR ⨠writing & publishing lecturer ⨠former publisher & bookseller⨠bi ⨠https://linktr.ee/AngelaMeyer
@parramattaslit.bsky.social @parramattaslit.bsky.social 
Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social Wordy emigre. Means well. Talks to microphones. Writes. Wokish.
Carlton FC victim. he/him
https://greenworlds.substack.com/
Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social Unprofessional word arranger. Debut novel, 'Here Are My Demands', out now via Wakefield Press. Rugby enthusiast in a town full of Aussie Rules fans. More at www.roffwrites.com
Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social St. Louis-based literary press distributed by New York Review Books. Publishes Renee Gladman, Leonora Carrington, Cristina Rivera Garza, Amina Cain, Nathalie LΓ©ger, Giada Scodellaro, Kate Briggs, Pip Adam, Laura Vazquez, Lana Lin, etc. dorothyproject.com
Alaina Gougoulis @radiomoderation.bsky.social Book editor. City views. 
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) π Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social The imprint has now adopted a more variable approach, new titles appearing as and when, both uniform and 'nonuniform'.
Edited and published by Colin Sackett since 2011.
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Quill Scotland @quill.scot Championing the LGBTQ+ Community in the Scottish Literary Scene
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). βAn exceptional writerβ - Olivia Laing.
Greg Gerke / Socrates on the Beach @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social In the Suavity of the Rock (novel)with
@thisissplice
https://tinyurl.com/3dthp3u2
Editor: http://socratesonthebeach.com
Ryan @rygebhart.bsky.social Writer, architect, runner, bicyclist, reader and proud Delawarean living in DC (he/him) π³οΈβπ
www.RyanDGebhart.com
Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction.
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/
"Frankenstein Rex" coming in October:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Rex-Adam-Roberts/dp/1399617729/
Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social Writing. Teaching. Mentoring. Making...
Books: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @edlacroisee.bsky.social
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue, Paris Review...
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Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 π including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
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Ron Manton @ronmanton.bsky.social Unit of capitalist production. Never TPFP. Aspiring musician. Keeper of wolves.
@louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social No longer Director of Adelaide Writersβ Week.
Jo Case @jocaseau.bsky.social Professional book nerd (writer, editor, critic - former publisher, bookseller). Deputy Editor, Books & Ideas, The Conversation: @aunz.theconversation.com. Co-editor, Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Autistic Writers (UQP).
A.C. Harper (he/him) @harperac.bsky.social π³οΈββ§οΈ Transgender Author
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Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social A detective. Astrid Aillume's New Case: A Billionaire's Mystery
Cracking a case is like salty liquorice.
Surprising at first,but ultimately addictive.
Kylie @kyliemmason.com Freelance book editor based in Sydney, Australia. AuDHD. Working on Bidjigal land. I created a workbook to help writers self-edit their novel: https://kyliemmason.com/after-the-first-draft-workbook/
Also my kid's stan account.
Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social Employment & industrial relations lawyer, Honorary Associate Adjunct Professor, Author βWorking for the Brandβ, tribunal member.
https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/working-for-the-brand-9781761381041
Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social The Jewish Council of Australia provides an independent, expert Jewish voice opposing all forms of racism and supporting Palestinian freedom and justice
Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social βItβs worse than death in the mines. You want them to sing opera as well?β
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https://linktr.ee/andrewnette
Jock Serong @jockserong.bsky.social jockserong.com
clothes hearse
Gunditjmara country, southwest Vic
Rep'd Melanie Ostell Literary
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Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.
Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelance SFFH editor. Commissioning for The Broken Binding. Living in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social The apocalypse will be shitposted
No skeets are legal advice
Minors DNI except w/ a signed permission slip from your legal guardian on file w/ my manager
If I argue, I probably have a degree in it
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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social Associate Professor of English at UNSW | Modernism, novels, specialisation, media, bildungsroman &c | Chair Australasian Modernist Studies Network
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, childrenβs books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Gilles Deleuze For You @deleuzeforyou.bsky.social The writings of Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher, pure metaphysician.