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Sidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social 📚 UK publisher of collaborative/hybrid poetry books since 2010, based in London and Cambridge. Editors: Kirsten Irving (@kirstenirving.bsky.social) and Jon Stone (@shotscarecrow.bsky.social).
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Siobhan Logan @siobhanloganwriter.bsky.social Writer, doodler, former editor & publisher at Space Cat Press. She/Her. Currently VP of Leicester Writers Club, a lovely writers community. Dabbles in Art classes for joy.
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The Owl (traveling) @451degrees.bsky.social Pianist and poet. 🎹🖋️
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Siobhan Potter. @shivpotter.bsky.social art,writing, body psychotherapy.
Ireland.
Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social writes poetry
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Black Cat Poetry Press @blackcatpress.bsky.social Independent poetry press.
Editors Satya Bosman & Catherine Balaq.
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
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Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social Writer from London. Studying MA at Royal Holloway. Tear and Share (brokensleep) - Thoughts I lost in the Laundry (stanchion) - make up my mind (steelincisors) other work in Streetcake magazine - she/her
Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social Writer and independent scholar.
Used to be a vicar.
Writing in Spelt, Black Bough Poetry, BB journal, Frost Magazine, The Clearing,The Pilgrim, Landlines for Nature ,The Church Times.
Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Zoological Society of London,
Ian D Smith @iandsmith77.bsky.social Poems of presence, care & the quiet strangeness of being alive. Wiltshire ↔ Manchester. Ekphrastic, surreal edges, working‑class roots. Published in The North, Stand, PIR, HU
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John North @johnnorthwrites.bsky.social Tea and poetry.
Based in Cumbria UK.
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The Way of Tea:
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Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Dean Norton @zentinl.bsky.social somewhere between cold coffee
and used twist ties
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in an automatic heart
English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/englishpen
Miranda Lynn Barnes @luminousjune.bsky.social poetry & science, writer, researcher. she/her/ they is fine, too.
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Oxford Poetry Library @oxpoetrylibrary.bsky.social Community-powered poetry in Oxford. Workshops, events, open mics and a lending library of poetry open on Saturdays from 12pm-3pm. Entirely volunteer-run. Currently based at The Community Works, 21 Park End St, OX1 1HU
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Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social 🇨🇦Canadian author by day, potato by night • fantasy nerd • book enthusiast • magical • Harvard alumna • part owner of Canada • my life is an absurd musical • Lake Ontario forever
Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social EIC @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
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author of 4 poetry chapbooks & 2 microchaps
latest: rowhouse song (Ghost City Press '25) | irl (Stanchion '26)
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Sara McAulay @swmcaulay.bsky.social Fiction writer, poet, hiker, birder. Retired horse trainer, retired academic, retired on-the-cheap traveler. Now I train my dog, the cats train me. Oh yeah, and I'm older than dirt. Where's the wisdom that's supposed to come with that?
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Gréachán @greachan.bsky.social Metaphysical poetry
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Imogen Forster @imogenforster.bsky.social Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there. 
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.
Hannah Lawson @hannahlawson.bsky.social Artist & printmaker. Mum, UK. Woolly jumper and poirot fan.
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Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social Haiku etc.. Also, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Buddhism, art and cool science stuff. Some politics . . .
She/her.
clareluck.bsky.social @clareluck.bsky.social Prolific wanderer, photographer, occasional poet and dilly-dallyer.
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Kim Morgenstern @kimmorgenstern.bsky.social
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Catherine Bruton @catherinebruton.bsky.social Award winning children's author. 'No Ballet Shoes in Syria' 'Bird Boy'. Also writing as Cate Shearwater! Teacher too! Rep'd by Rupert Crew
Acropolis Journal @acropolisjournal.bsky.social Acropolis Journal | Home for temples, ruins, darkness & myth | Online Poetry & Art Journal | Projects | EIC Louise Mather | SUBS OPEN
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social Writer, publisher, woke lefty, he/him, founder of Blue Poppy Publishing, in North Devon.
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Scoobiesue2 @scoobiesue2.bsky.social Lover of all things book-ish, making things and nice people!
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V. Press @vpresslit.bsky.social V. Press publishes poetry and flash fiction that is very very
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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social Dipping a toe in here... Oxford Professor of Poetry
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
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The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
Kerry Darbishire @kerrydarbishire.bsky.social Cumbrian. Poet. Latest collections: Jardiniere. River Talk - HedgehogPress. What Love Is Feb 2026 ✨️
Literature Works @literatureworks.bsky.social We are a charity in South West England using words and stories to support creativity and wellbeing. We connect people and communities, nurture talent, and champion the power of storytelling, writing and reading. 📖
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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social Headteacher, picturebook addict. Sometimes a bit ranty. Passionate about the best job in the world. #PicturebookPage
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods. www.benwansell.com
Marion Ashton @marionashton.bsky.social A poet member of Louth Writing Group. MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway. Well travelled. Lived in Houston, Texas for several years.
Find me on poetrypf.
Xenon Lobster (Gordon Vells) @xenonlobster.bsky.social Xenon Lobster Books, featuring the poetry of West Country writer and translator Gordon Vells. © Gordon Vells 2019–2025
http://www.xenonlobster.co.uk
Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Award winning poet/writer/artist Chaps: Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs, Moon kissed Earth wrought Vision drunk, RavenSong, Down River with Li Po etc. Art: BirdSong, Women of Babylon, etc. More: linktr.ee/KPGFolkHeart NO MAGA No solicitation
Bridport Arts Centre @bridportarts.bsky.social Art & Exhibitions | Books, Writing & Literature | Classical | Comedy | Family | Film | Gigs | Performance. We are a charity serving audiences since 1973.
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In Three Poems @inthreepoems.bsky.social Each episode is a conversation in three poems with a different guest poet, examining how poems connect us and how they communicate with each other.
inthreepoems.com
Hosted by @davidjbauman.bsky.social
Peter J. King @rock-rex.bsky.social Poet, painter, translator (mainly from modern Greek & German). Originally from Boston, Lincolnshire, I now live in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.
https://wisdomsbottompress.wordpress.com/peter-j-king
Shasta H Ali @shastahali.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Dreamer. Racial Equity at Corra. Communities. Chai for the win.
poetry of witness @poetryofwitness.bsky.social A poetry project for 2025.
poetryofwitness.substack.com
Alison Moyet @alisonmoyet.bsky.social 
Fiftywords @fiftywords.bsky.social Thinks too much and tries to make sense of the world’s chaos, beauty, and commas; mostly through poetry.
John Adlam FRSA 🌈🌍 @johnadlam.bsky.social groups 🔄 activist research ✍ #welcometheboats ⛵ #antiracistpractice ✊ #traumanotpd ❌ Gaia theory 🌍 psychosocial studies 📚 practices of equality 🤝 open mic poetry 🎤 Bob Dylan 🎸 Brixton 🧡 https://barrelblog.org https://open.substack.com/pub/johnadlampoems
Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social Absurdist, writer, explorer, escape artist.
Writer of poetry, prose
Words in Literary Revelations: Haiku for Soul Mates @epistemiclit.bsky.social, Pure Haiku, From One Line Vol.7, Survivor Zine, #BOTN nominee x 2 2026
British, lives in Italy
Carolyn Thomas @carolynthomas.bsky.social Welsh poet and writer in exile on Tyneside. Poems in Anthropocene, Dreich, The Ekphrastic Review, Impossible Archetype, These Pages Sing and elsewhere including Broken Spine’s Coffeehouse podcast. Stories in Gwasg Honno anthologies
Katie Jenkins @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social Mother, writer, public servant. Poetry co-editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Alien Buddha Press has been publishing emerging writers and artists since 2017. Open for submissions at abuddhapress@yahoo.com
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
#Moth Hybrid Mini-Book Ethel Zine - second edition 🚀 July 2026
Pubs below 👇
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social Connecting Poetry and People. Proudly funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding. www.poetryireland.ie
Sam @sammyzorba.bsky.social Words. Books. Quotes. Dogs. Horses. All living creatures. Trees! Photography, especially B&W film, painting, drawing. Baseball.
Food: married to a great cook. Prefer to follow positive, upbeat people posting bout daily life. Embarrassingly emotional.
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
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Gill Barr @gillbarr.bsky.social Derry girl, Dorset woman. Debut Poetry Collection (Cinnamon Press) 2025, Arts Council Award 2024. Website: gillmbarr.wixsite.com/gillbarr
Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social 
Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
Lisa O @goldennotebook.bsky.social A glimpse inside my golden notebook… 🖋️Writer. Psychologist. Black belt.
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
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whb @frogtowncroaker.bsky.social Abandoned all redeeming qualities upon retirement and took up writing. When you wonder if I'm kidding, assume I am. Judge, lawyer 40 years. JD Law, BS Biology. 6th generation Georgian. I search obituaries under "T" every morning. DM=BLOCK EVERY TIME!
Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices Winner ‘26
Poems on the Move ‘26.
Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize SL‘25, Guppy Open LL’25
Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24
Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, LTP, BBC Upload.🏴
@allstarterpacks.bsky.social @allstarterpacks.bsky.social 
JeggyPo @jeggypo57.bsky.social Artist, Reader, Poet, Amateur Photographer
Mehmet Izbudak @baudelairescat.bsky.social Urban Minotaur @LiveCanon. Poet & playwright. Translates. Dabbles in art. Too lazy to write a novel. Malika's Poetry Kitchen & Tideway Poets. 
Rachel Carney @createdtoread.bsky.social Cardiff based Poet, Writer, Academic 'Octopus Mind' (Seren Books) - a Guardian Best Poetry Book of 2023 https://linktr.ee/createdtoread Teach creative writing, writing on/around ekphrasis, neurodiversity, creativity, climate crisis, art
Fay Heatley @fayheatley.bsky.social A life in the London suburbs. Very disappointed to announce that there really are no more heroes anymore. And finding out I'm an old fool feminist after all. It is time to go and do that reading.
Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social Freelance artist and provider of 3D ART workshops & training. Author of the best-selling book Art Shaped. Free ART ideas and projects at www.darrellwakelam.com
Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social Scottish living in France. Poet, lover of art and nature. Retired from the world of smash and grab.
Birds of Poole Harbour @harbourbirds.bsky.social Registered charity boosting the profile of bird conservation, observation and education in and around the Poole Harbour area.
Isobel Cook @isobelcook.bsky.social Researching nuclear-themed British poetry. PhD-in-progress. Theatre and ballet fan. Based in Sheffield. Travels by train. She/her.
Nick Ray @nicklifeafloat.bsky.social You’ll find me in the wild. Exploring Scotland's beauty, one adventure at a time. Advocate for mental health awareness & suicide prevention. Embracing nature's healing touch.
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
English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social Department of English, UoB 📚
Top 10 UK university and 54th in the world (QS Rankings 2025)
Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life. (DMs are open.) Email tips to: pecksniffsdiary@gmail.com
Diarist for eastangliabylines.co.uk
Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social Flash fiction, poetry, translation / Micro nouvelles, poésie, traduction. Ghost City Press, NFFR, Reflex Fiction, Bath Flash Fiction, Spark2Flame, Neither Fish Nor Foul, The Hooghley Review. Pushcart Prize nom. Dance, LFC, la belle vie. Elue municipale. 🌄
Marjolein Rotsteeg @marjoleinrotsteeg.bsky.social Published writer and poet in English, Dutch & French.
*Touchstone Award winner
*Book: 'Cherchez la femme. Travestie als fenomeen'(Vassallucci,1996)
*Former music journalist
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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social Interested in everything you have to say. 🇨🇦 Learning every day.
Cable Street @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social An international, online literary journal fostering exchange across cultures, languages, and genres. https://cablestreet.org
Ethel, a Micro Press @the-ethelzine.bsky.social Part Gucci part intestinal parasite, Ethel publishes handmade chapbooks, sewn with sword and talon since 2018.
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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social I'm an artist, musician, poet, writer, a creative being. I live in France, but born in the UK. I have written anything from horror books to a children's book. Vegetarian, dog lover, anti war maybe a bit woke Follow me if you can.
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