Epilogue Books // Chapel Hill, NC @epiloguebooks.bsky.social A little bookshop and cafe serving brews of all kinds along with freshly made pastries and churros 📚🍫☕️ // Living-wage certified and Latine owned
@mcintyres.bsky.social @mcintyres.bsky.social 
Susan Gregg Gilmore @susangregggilmore.bsky.social Author. Advocate. Southerner.
Lover of a really fine biscuit.
She/her/hers
Fourth novel, The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush, coming August 26.
Pre-order now at https://blairpub.com/shop/p/the-curious-calling-of-leonard-bush
Poetry Beyond Words @ineffablepoetry.bsky.social In search of the sublime experience of poetry taking the reader beyond words. Adore Rilke and any poetry that invokes inexpressibility.
Julia Ridley Smith @juliatrifles.bsky.social Writer. www.juliaridleysmith.com
Sex Romp Gone Wrong: Stories (Blair, 2024)
The Sum of Trifles (U of Georgia Press, 2021)
Not here much because I'm trying to write things and live IRL. 
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Barbara Claypole White @bclaypolewhite.bsky.social Author, woodland gardener, mental health advocate … Brit with a KBO mentality (keep buggering on) and a taste for southern gin.
River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open in May. Posts by editors @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social
www.riverriverbooks.org
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social Forthcoming: 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑜n, 2023 Barrow Street Editors Prize • 🇨🇷 🏳️🌈
Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
banner pic by Stephanie Gibson
Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚 Host of @slowdownshow.org
Airea D. Matthews @aireadee.bsky.social Poet. Thinker. Professor. 2024 Gugg Fellow. Assembles without reading directions.
josé olivarez @joseolivarez.bsky.social writer
The Writer's Center @thewriterscenter.bsky.social Writing workshops and free events for writers since 1976! In-person and online! 
Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams @hannahabrams.bsky.social Whiting, Rona Jaffe, NCAC Fellow.
Work in Orion, Oxford American, Southern Humanities, StoryQuarterly, MayDay, The Pinch, and elsewhere. 
Jeffrey Dale Lofton @jeffreydlofton.bsky.social RED CLAY SUZIE
The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize Longlist
Georgia Author of the Year
Sr Advisor at Library of Congress
Inside Voices Podcast
JeffreyDLofton.com
Charlotte Lit @charlottelit.bsky.social ✑ Celebrating the literary arts
✑ Educating & engaging writers & readers
✑ Writing classes & community
https://www.charlottelit.org/
https://www.charlottelit.org/press/
Dave Lucey @daveinwf.bsky.social Bookstore owner, #servicenow consultant, Genealogist
@page158books.bsky.social @page158books.bsky.social 
Whitney Rio-Ross @whitlynnrioross.bsky.social writer, author of Birthmarks (Wipf & Stock), poetry editor at Fare Forward
she/her
https://www.whitneyrioross.com
Mary Lambeth Moore @mlmoore.bsky.social Writer, editor & recovering debutante. Producer of Recovering Debs podcast. Raleigh (she/her/y'all)
Elaine Neil Orr @elaineneilorr.bsky.social Novelist, memoirist, global nomad, Southerner, dog lover, tree hugger, Southerner, NC State English professor, faculty @naslundmannschoolofwriting.
New novel, Dancing Woman @Blair. January release.
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Jody DiPerna @jodydiperna.bsky.social Lovechild of the Rust Belt & Appalachia.
Reprobate reader. Rogue writer.
Blow up the Data Centers.
This is a no AI Zone.
Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app Check your vernacular & then I’ll get back to ya. Essayist poet philosopher & writer of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS & the novella FES IS A MIRROR. She/her
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226/none-but-the-righteous-by-chantal-james/
Independent Publishers of New England @ipne.org Publishing nonprofit where the cool indies hang and collaborate to "make better books and sell more of them." IPNE.org. Please add to relevant lists. 🙏🏻📖
Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
https://barrelhousemag.com/
Folklore Review @folklorereview.bsky.social Folklore Review is a literary journal for magic enthusiasts. We love unique works born from magic, myths, and legends. The weirder, the better. https://www.folklorereview.com/submit
Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social Feeling literary? Come see us at www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com!
Steven Leyva @stevenleyva.bsky.social Poet, Associate Professor at the University of Baltimore, Nerd, Author of THE UNDERSTUDY’S HANDBOOK and THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY
BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org She/her. Book person. An Old. Founder of Bookstore Romance Day.
Eagle Harbor Book Co. @eagleharborbooks.bsky.social Established in 1970, Eagle Harbor Book Co. is a full service, locally-owned and proudly independent bookstore located on Bainbridge Island, WA. With an extensive selection of books and gifts, we're the perfect "destination bookshop"
East City Bookshop @eastcitybooks.bsky.social 
East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social We are a bookstore -- a good one, we think! -- selling new books -- good ones, we hope! -- in Oakland, California.
Love’s Sweet Arrow | Romance Booksellers @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social A romance-focused bookstore in the suburbs of Chicago (Tinley Park, IL).
Selling HEAs like it’s our job since 2019.
https://shop.lovessweetarrow.com/product/second-chance-romance/10013?cs=true&cst=custom
https://linktr.ee/LovesSweetArrow
Ballast Book Company @ballastbookco.bsky.social 🐉 Rad indie bookstore located in beautiful & complicated Bremerton, WA
📚 Shop indie bookstores and support local
📍 Corner of 4th street and Pacific Ave
www.ballastbookco.com
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, Horror & more!
Author events, book signings & more!
For general queries, please contact our booksellers: 619-539-7137
https://linktr.ee/mystgalaxybooks
king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.
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
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
Gibson's Bookstore @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social Concord, NH. Indie Bookstore. Est. 1898.
www.gibsonsbookstore.com
Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in San Francisco since 1967.
Our Sunset location is @booksonthepark.bsky.social
https://greenapplebooks.com/
Wild Rumpus Books @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social For young readers and the young at heart. We're the independent children's and young adult bookstore with a little purple door. Posts mostly by Rumpian Timothy.
Est. 1992
Minneapolis, MN, USA
https://linktr.ee/wildrumpus
City Books @citybookspgh.bsky.social Used & collectible books in Pittsburgh since 1984.
Hours Wed-Sun 11-5
Fuck Amazon. 📚💪🏻🧊
https://linktr.ee/citybookspgh
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
Helianthus Books @helianthusbooks.bsky.social https://www.helianthusbooks.com/
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 🎧
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.
Mostly Books Tucson AZ @mostlybooks.bsky.social New & Used Books, Cards, Gifts
6208 E Speedway
Tucson AZ 85712
520-571-0110
Mostlybooksaz.com
The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
Leviathan Bookstore @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social An independent bookstore for all kinds of independent readers, near Tower Grove Park in St. Louis.
https://leviathanbookstore.com/
McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com Canada's largest, most eventful independent bookstore.
https://linktr.ee/mcnallyrobinson
Thank You Books @thankyoubooks.bsky.social Birmingham, AL’s independent bookstore
Find your book. Find your people. 🩵
lnk.bio/thankyou_bham
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
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/
TheBookLoft @thebookloft.bsky.social 32 room Indie book store at 631 S. Third St Col. OH
bookloft.com
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop @ylbooks.bsky.social In all our forms - bookshops in Gloucestershire, a festival or two, schools and libraries. Occasionally Hereward. Less often, Errol the dog.
TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fáilte.
www.thebookshop.ie
linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie
https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
Firefly Bookstore, New & Used @fireflybookstore.bsky.social Located in downtown Kutztown since 2012, Firefly Bookstore is an independently-owned and operated new and used bookstore. Re-located in a bigger store in 2017, we now have almost 3000 square feet of space for over 65,000 items.
Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2026 Living Wage employer.
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Tree House Second-hand Bookshop @treehousebookshop.bsky.social Read, Recycle, Rediscover
Second-hand bookshop and music venue in Kenilworth, Warwickshire run by Victoria Mier. Profits to charity. Patron is glorious Bad Seed Warren Ellis. Posts by Victoria.
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for!
An Post Bookshop of the Year 🏆
Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social A tiny world of books and bookish gifts. Come visit, bring chocolate! Owner is a delight, at times. Drinker of terrible tea (allegedly)
Www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013
Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995
www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk
We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
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/
The Bookshop Bridport @thebookshop.bsky.social We are an indie bookshop selling new books for all ages, games, puzzles and stationary. Situated in the heart of Bridport, near to the jurassic coast. 
Matthew Kollmer @matthewkollmer.com PhD student, info sci at UIUC. DH research–NLP, AI, cultural analytics
Lecturer @ Berkeley (Python for DH)
Interests: place studies, activist histories, US lit, creative writing, rhet/comp: https://matthewkollmer.com
Owner @ https://eveninglandbooks.com
Shelf Life Books @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Calgary [Moh’kinstsis]. Open 7 days a week. Free local delivery. Dog friendliest. Find good books here. www.shelflifebooks.ca
The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics.
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
Sistah Scifi @sistahscifi.bsky.social 1st Black owned book store in the US focused on Science Fiction and Fantasy as validated by the ABA
Caz | Wild Hearts Bookshop @wildheartsbookshop.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Western Australia - Independently published and small press romance books are our specialty.
https://wildheartsbookshop.com.au
Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social Harvard Square's landmark independent bookstore since 1932. Visit us at Harvard.com
The Wandering Albatross @walbatrossbookshop.bsky.social A tiny indie bookshop in Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada. Translated literature, travel, offbeat history, walking, geography, folklore & other interesting finds.
287 Bloomfield Main St, around the back. Open Friday - Sunday.
www.wanderingalbatrossbooks.com
Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social Chicago's 1st Manga Shop! 🌈Proudly Queer-Owned & Arab-Owned
Manga • Manhwa • Danmei • Comics • Crafts • RPGs • Games • Curiosities
(Posts, comments, and bizarre opinions about popular media are by Ryvre/@NikaRiots)
Olde Towne Book Shop @otbookshop.bsky.social An author-run, new & used nonprofit bookstore selling online nationwide at oldetownebooks.com
• Supports childhood literacy through programs and free books
• Offering titles from traditional & indie authors
• 🏳️🌈Safe Space🏳️⚧️
Dark Matter Books @darkmatterbks.bsky.social Bookstore to be in St. Paul, MN.
Our website: https://darkmatterbooks.co/
BookPeople @bookpeople.com The largest independent bookstore in Texas 📚 A community bound by books located in the heart of downtown Austin.
Federal Street Books @federalstbooks.bsky.social Independent shop for new & used books in Greenfield, MA. Established 1994 but under new ownership since September 2019.
bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. 
Murder By The Book @murderbooks.bsky.social Located in Houston, Texas, MBTB is one of America’s oldest and largest bookstores dedicate to crime fiction.
https://linktr.ee/murderbooks
Poisoned Pen @poisonedpen.bsky.social Your Local Bookstore No Matter Where You Live.
www.poisonedpen.com
Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.
Red Emma’s @redemmas.org Worker-owned radical bookstore and cafe in Baltimore, the greatest city in America
The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
Posts by Jo
Books & Books @booksandbooks.bsky.social Celebrating 40+ years of locally owned, independent bookselling.
Based in Miami, Florida.
Grimsby Books @grimsbybooks.bsky.social A new & used bookstore owned by two best friends in Grimsby, ON 🇨🇦
https://www.tiktok.com/@grimsbybooks
instagram.com/grimsbybooks
www.grimsbybooks.com
4 Ontario St.
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
South Main Book Company @southmainbookco.bsky.social Independent bookstore proudly located in the heart of historic downtown Salisbury NC for over 20 years
Pete & Freddy's Pages Aplenty @pagesaplenty.bsky.social Indie Bookshop in Mentone, Indiana
Woman Led. Love Powered.
Community Driven. Book Inspired.
Reading: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
www.pagesaplenty.com
She/They
Boggledybook Children’s Bookshop @boggledybook.bsky.social Multi award winning children’s bookshop & school book fair provider. New £1, £2 & £3 children’s books 📚 Doncaster
https://linktr.ee/boggledybook
The Haunted Book Shop, Mobile @hbsmobile.bsky.social The Haunted Book Shop, Mobile AL's downtown bookstore. Come in for the cat, stay for the spectral droning chants that aren't there.