Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF ๐ Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ Spec Fic โจ, and Horror ๐ง Part of Profile Books ๐ https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
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BookSource @booksource.bsky.social BookSource is a distributor of books and printed material. We provide a comprehensive service for over 170 client publishers. www.BookSource.net
PeterUrpeth @peterurpeth.bsky.social Writer | poet | development editor | pianist | improviser | Journalist |
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Lina Langlee @linalanglee.bsky.social Letโs see if this is any better. Literary Agent at the North Lit Agency, based in Edinburgh.
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
Researching place & memory
across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social
Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk
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John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
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๐ https://blackties.my.canva.site/home
Benedict Anning @benedictanning.bsky.social Horror/SF writer, occasional artist, general creative chump. Creature of the abyss and cat dad.๐
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- out now in UK! (Transworld/PRH)
- Oct 6 in US/CAN (Saga Press/S&S)
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The Deliberate Literate @kytchenwytch.bsky.social Passionate reader of books, baker of biscuits (both kinds!), and stirrer of pots.
Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.bsky.social Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 200+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.
Ed James @edjamesauthor.bsky.social Scottish crime author. Marshall, Fenchurch, Cullen, Dodds.
Books: Linktr.ee/edjamesauthor
Ross Alexander @rossalexwriter.bsky.social Scottish Crime Writer. Find out more at RossAlexWriter.com
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris๐Online store ships to the world ๐ Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company ๐ง
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๐บ#IAMWOLF out now! ๐ค #BLITZERS out now!
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. ๐ท Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cookโs Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social Weโre the national library of the UK.
Islay Book Festival @islaybookfest.bsky.social We are an annual autumn book festival on Scotland's whisky isle. Next festival taking place 27th - 30th August 2026. ๐
Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of bold new fiction and non-fiction, based in Liverpool
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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards. Substack: https://smallfinds.substack.com
Andrew James Greig @andrewjgreig.bsky.social No 1 bestselling author, CWA New Blood Dagger listed, multiple McIlvanney Prize listed creator of books.
insta@andrew_james_greig
http://andrewjgreig.wordpress.com
Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social Writer & musician. 20th novel Ghost Notes out now. Tombstoning and The Ossians also re-published in 2026. Album Crow Hill out now. Drummer for Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. www.dougjohnstone.com
Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social Far From The Madding Crowd: an award winning indie bookshop with a bit on the side! Open 9:30-5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sun.
๐ Linlithgow, Scotland
๐ https://linktr.ee/fftmcbookshop
๐ง info@maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com
World Book Day UK @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social ๐ World Book Dayยฎ - Thursday 5 March 2026 ๐
World Book Day is a charity, sponsored by National Book Tokens. Follow here for news, bookish fun and more!
Leith Books @leithbooks.bsky.social Independent publishing press in Edinburgh | Books since 2017 ๐
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social Stories that connect people & planet ๐ฑ
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๐ฆ 2026 SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED!
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Foyles @foylesforbooks.bsky.social The UK's iconic bookseller since 1903, with shops in London, Bristol, Birmingham & Chelmsford.
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@booksaremybag.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social 
Peeblesshire News @peeblesshirenews.bsky.social The only newspaper dedicated to Tweeddale, Scottish Borders. In shops every Friday!
Border Telegraph @bordertelegraph.bsky.social Weekly newspaper covering the Scottish Borders. In shops every Wednesday!
Fruitmarket @fruitmarket.bsky.social A free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, the Fruitmarket provides inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.
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https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UKโs largest childrenโs reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
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Floris Books @florisbooks.bsky.social Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Visit us online - florisbooks.co.uk
Portobello Book Festival @portybookfest.bsky.social Portobello Book Festival is a volunteer run festival, taking place over the first weekend of October.
Iain Kelly @iainkellywriting.bsky.social ๐ Writer. ๐บ Editor. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Glasgow.
๐ The Barra Boy /๐ All We Cannot Leave Behind / ๐ Full Sun - all out now and available from all good booksellers.
www.iainkellywriting.com
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Grayโs studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops ๐ Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery ๐ 5 star Trustpilot rating.
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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social Author. Crime writer. Festival organiser. Cat slave. 
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social MSP for Glasgow Southside. Former First Minister of Scotland. Book lover.
James Oswald @jamesoswald.scot Author, cat slave, coo wrangler. Mostly posting as sirbenfro.bsky.social
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McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
Agatha Christie Festival @agathafestival.bsky.social Official news page for the Agatha Christie Festival, taking place between 12 and 20 September 2026 #AgathaFestival
Vivian French @vivianji.bsky.social Writer of children's books, co-founder of Picture Hooks. (www.picturehooks.org.uk)
Currently hosting small neurotic dog...
Alan Cumming @alancumming.bsky.social Willing to give it a go
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
๐๏ธ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026
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Michael Pedersen @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / my novel Muckle Flugga is out now ๐๐๐ซ www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
St Andrewโs Book Festival London @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social 27-30 Nov 25. We bring Scottish writers, Scottish themes and Scottish connections to London. Https://StAndrewsBookFestival.org/
Peter May @authorpetermay.bsky.social Award-winning writer of crime novels, including the Lewis Trilogy, The China Thrillers and the Enzo Files, as well as numerous standalones. Sixteen million books sold worldwide. โThe Black Lochโ out now.
Arne Dahl @arnedahl.bsky.social Swedish crime fiction writer, among other things. Sometimes even someone else - and a TV series.
Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social Reader, crime-writer and advocate for libraries and the Reading for Wellbeing project. Creator of Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Matthew Venn, among others.
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to womenโs history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
Bigglestones Books @bigglestones.bsky.social Bookshop in Glasgow.
Ink @ 84 Bookshop @ink84books.bsky.social ๐ Indie bookshop and cafรฉ bar in North London
๐Shop online for collection or postal delivery
๐
Mon-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5
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BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social A website from @publishingscotland.bsky.social dedicated to championing the best new writing in Scotland.
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/BooksfromScotland
Daunt Books @dauntbooks.bsky.social 
All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk A community co-op bookshop in the heart of #Haringey, North London located at 35 Turnpike Lane. We do books and events and local.
http://linktr.ee/allgoodbookshop
TheHighlandBookshelf @highlandbookshelf.bsky.social Reader | Book reviewer | From Scotland
Fantasy โข Folklore โข Gothic โข Dark Academia
๐ LizzieCastle05@gmail.com
The Wee Review @theweereview.bsky.social Scotland's online arts & culture magazine | Fringe | Film | Theatre | Music | Comedy | Books | Dance | #edfringe partners with
Theweereview.com
Elle McNicoll ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟโพ๏ธ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
Alice Oseman @aliceoseman.bsky.social author, illustrator, screenwriter, creator of HEARTSTOPPER ๐
Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
Dead Ink Bookshop @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop exclusively stocking independent publishers, based on Smithdown Road in Liverpool.
https://linktr.ee/deadinkbookshop
Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublinโs Oldest Independent Bookshop | DโOlier St, Dublin 2
Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5
Cafรฉ open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
Mark Bridgeman Author โ๏ธ @markbridgeman.bsky.social Best selling author of The Scottish Murder Book, ERASED, and The Nearly Man.
Hollie McNish @holliemcnish.bsky.social Follow for poetry, random thoughts and new discoveries because poetry and the world is endlessly fascinating and I know nothing.
On tour now: www.holliepoetry.com/livedates 
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women๐
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
๐ linktr.ee/womensprize
Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social Writeroonie
Claire Mitchell KC @clairekc.bsky.social Quarrelsome Dame, co founder of Witches of Scotland campaign, lawyer, writer, fighter
Publishing Scotland @publishingscotland.bsky.social Trade assoc & charity supporting book publishing.
Foillseachadh Alba in Gaelic.
https://www.publishingscotland.org/
The Reading Room in Melrose @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social A small independent bookshop in the historic Borders town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, focusing on Scottish writing and the best new books around. Sister bookshop of @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow, Selkirkshire. Welcome!
Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social Group of editors and trainers partnering with library staff to bring the under-told histories of Perth's women to Wikipedia. Aiming to be inclusive and intersectional ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Changing the world in small and important ways!
Posts by Gill
Perth, Scotland- N Natalie Jayne Clark @nataliejayneclark.bsky.social
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
https://www.mkhardywrites.com/links/
FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social Book devourer & reviewer. Archivist. Occasional crafter. Edinburgh ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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๐ Fulvia๐ฑThe Society of Unknowable Objects ๐ง There are Rivers in the Sky
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Old Weird Scotland @weirdscotland.bsky.social Forgotten Stories, Science, Language, History, Art, People, Poetry.
https://linktr.ee/weirdscotland
Old Weird Scotland supports trans rights.
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | ๐ Leithโs Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
| ๐๏ธ Open 7 Days a Week
| ๐ฐ๏ธ Sun-Thurs: 10:00-18:00/Fri-Sat: 10:00-20:00
| ๐ 15-17 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 8LN
| ๐ argonautbooks.co.uk
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers.bsky.social Author. Scottish, Bengali, generally confused. โThe Godfather of Anglo-Asian Crime Writingโ (Daily Express) Repโd by @stubbleagent
From Glasgow.
More here: abirmukherjee.com
and here: https://www.amazon.com/author/abirmukherjee
Alison Belsham @alisonbelsham.bsky.social Crime writer under duress
James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social I write stuff
He/Him
https://jamesoswald.co.uk
Jill @OnTheShelfbooks @ontheshelfbooks.bsky.social Book Reviewer. Traveller. Vintage Beetle Owner. Lover of Beetroot
Book Editor @17degreesmag
Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy. 
Elisabeth Wolf @elisabethwolf.bsky.social Writing gothic fiction. Spending time in graveyards. Eating ice cream. Edinburgh. Writes crime as @alisonbelsham.bsky.social
Website: https://elisabethwolf.net/home
Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social Modern & Contemporary Art Specialist & Art Historian
A Saltire Society Outstanding Woman of Scotland
Photo by Alex Robson
www.alicestrang.co.uk
Please find me on instagram @alice.strang.art
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social Independent Bookshop of the Year 2019 UK & Ireland. PostBooks subscription boxes + bespoke literature consultations. Contact us at mail@goldenharebooks.com // 0131 225 7755
Find us at 68 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AQ
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Shona MacLean @shonamaclean.bsky.social Scottish writer. Not sure about this at all.
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