Hastings Book Festival 2026 @hastingsbookfest.bsky.social The 9th annual Hastings Book Festival will take place from 10th to 20th September 2026, with 40 events and more than 80 speakers and performers.
Our headline guests: David Olusoga; Kate Mosse; Roger McGough and Robin Ince. Many more speakers and events.
Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds
Cyclops is so great
I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | The Tower, The Moon, The Gun ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ธ @horrorculturist.bsky.social Gothic gardening, goblincore, dark art, horror, weird music. ๐ฟ๐๐๐
Agnostic atheist. Nyctophile. AuDHD. Demi-Pan. They/them. | Contrary to internet lore, I am not lost, sorrowful, despairing, trapped, drowning, falling, or stuck in a maze. (You OK?)
Mild Horses @mildhorses.bsky.social Noise-pop/dream-pop/shoegaze/electronica/lo-fi/psychedelia and all points inbetween. Ex-Crest/Coin-op/Cortez/2Hot2Sweat
www.mildhorses.co.uk
Contact: mildhorses2@gmail.com
Darren Betts @pressure72.bsky.social Music, books, nature.
Kikฤ@Kailua @hale-ie-maia.bsky.social Aloha kฤkou - just another compulsive doodler who spends his days in endless Zoom calls, reading scientific papers and long flights to meetings. Hope you enjoy my psychedelic cosmograms or dadaist mandalas ! Mahalo, Kikฤ ๐ช๐ฆ@Kailua, Hawai'i
Treadwell's Books @treadwells-books.bsky.social Esoteric arts, great books, high culture, witchcraft, scholarship. Advanced degrees in the banned, the burned, the ridiculed.
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social Author, journalist, editor and critic combining his time in Turin, Austin, Ibiza, Belgrade etc #BruceSterling
Henning @henningo.com Musician, Producer, Songwriter. My band is Gentle Hen, @gentlehen.bsky.social. I'm also a member of the Fawns, Mark Mulcahy band, and Polaris (the Pete and Pete one). I mostly post music stuff. My links: https://rubwrongways.com/henning
JimmyC1968 @jimmyc1968.bsky.social It is all about the tunes and live gigs. Author of music blog listed under jimmysgigapedia.com
Pemut buttre Jlelly Tine @pbjellytine.bsky.social 
BlueSky Remnant @blueskyremnant.bsky.social Micro-poetry and micro-writing capturing the remnants and aftermath of fleeting moments, impressions, and events that linger. Share them in a single BlueSky post with the #BlueSkyRemnant hashtag.
Raymond B. Steinmetz @raymonds-towers.bsky.social Seattle-born farmboy,
Madrid-forged,
Europe-tempered,
Poet & Prose Smith,
Spinner of songs,
Wanderer of words.
All rights reserved.ยฉ
Founder of: @ThreeWordGenre @Dyadigmas @TrilisyPoetry @BlueSkyPoetry @BlueSkyRemnant
Web: raymondstowers.wordpress.com
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.
Sussex @sussexuk.bsky.social News and updates from the county of #Sussex, UK - we originally started this service on another app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Frolic Press | Travis D. Johnson @frolicpress.bsky.social Publisher & Founder, Frolic Press | Writer, Artist, Composer, Folklorist | Weird Fiction & Literary Horror
https://linktr.ee/6travisjohnson6
BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social British Library Publishing - bringing you the very best incredible classic literature, republished for readers new and old. Plus bold new non-fiction for everyone. ๐
Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social Non-binary researcher supporting trans kids and challenging cis-supremacy
Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, small press champion, Small Press Day co-organiser, multiple comics awards judge and recreational nihilist He/Him. "Small-time journalist" (Art by Francesca Cassavetti).
Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com Book design and other rectangles danielgray.com
Meanwhile https://buttondown.com/meanwhile
Anthony P-Calling Bullshit @altadude651.bsky.social Friend to all freedom and equality folks. Enemy to all haters and dividers. True patriots support all Americans. Will fight for for the needs and greater good of those who have the least. No interest in crypto nor your 20 something bodies. Proud Minnesotan
๐ท๐งฟ khthoniaa ๐งฟ๐ท @khthoniaa.bsky.social 29 | theyโขfaeโขshe | ๐งฟ
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer
๐ Biracial (Black/white)
๐บ Neo-Orphic Polytheist
๐ฎ Witch
๐ Theurgist
๐ Healing Practitioner
๐Co-Host of "The Eternal Void, But With Jazz" Podcast
๐ผ Icon by: minniechanart
The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social Subcultural raconteur
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social In 2025 my ex-publishers Unbound imploded, taking many many ยฃ1000s of my earnings, for seven (yes, seven) books, into hell with them. I am here primarily as an attempt to recover from that disaster. if you buy/read/recommend one of my books, it helps.
Hunter Felt ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @hunterfelt.bsky.social "Rachel Getting Married" LARPER. Writing about music, comedy, sports and pop culture (email hunterfeltblog@gmail.com). "Doll with problems." I'm my own Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Pic is a younger and cuter me. 18+
Konstantin Matrix๐๐โ๏ธ @konstantin777.bsky.social Esotericism. The path of the soul. Emigration and mindfulness.
I write about how energy, intuition, and wandering through the world transform a person. ๐
Julianne Regan @julianneregan.bsky.social Songs, book chapters, and journalistic pieces. Nature, 2nd-generation Irishness, melancholy & joy! Survived the great All About Eve miming disaster.
Salty Dog 69 @oldbay05.bsky.social Playing D&D, BG3, and Sci-Fi Fan. Big Fan of Soccer
Dave Blackwell @daveblackwell.bsky.social Medical Engineer and Indie Author from Kent, UK. I am profoundly deaf and write comedy based on my experiences.
The Hospital is now available - check it out.
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, โWhatever You Do, Just Donโtโ, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
furlight @jazzagemusic.bsky.social Interests:
#ART
#CATS
#HISTORY
#MUSIC
#LIT
#NOKINGS
Substack: ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
A daily blog on SubStack devoted to the Music of THE JAZZ AGE!
https://onthisdayinjazzagemusic.substack.com/
Dream Smotherers @dreamsmotherers.bsky.social D.I.Y. shows in Worthing, est. 2025!
dreamsmotherers[AT]Gmail[DOT]com
DS#10: 18.09.26 - Irked + Credentials + Self Torque
TICKETS: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dream-smotherers
Tim Noble @tim-lh.bsky.social Once upon a time: The Lowland Hundred. These days: whatever floats my way. Probably some new music stuff in 2026 || North Tyneside
De Selby @deselbysgold.bsky.social De Selby's Golden Hours
Expansive sounds for exploratory heads
Compiled by Talksy/Nobrightside
#TalksyArt
Stone Club member 790
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DMs not activated
deselbysgold@proton.me
๐Bristol
C.Synthare @csynthare.bsky.social Philadelphia, Goth, Ex-Geek, Discordian
James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social Writer. MEMORY SONGS | IN HER ROOM | Editor @Review31. Bylines @TheTLS @Guardian. Agent @oliagent @AMHeathLtd. jamesbpcook.blogspot.com
Anna Doble @annadoble.bsky.social Digital editor at BBC World Service. Also wrote a book about growing up through the music of the โ90s - Connection is a Song. Paperback out now ๐
https://geni.us/Connection-is-a-Song
MO.Hash @missourihashish.bsky.social ๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข๐ข
๐บ๐ธ๐ป LET KANSAS GROW ๐ป๐จ๐ฆ
Kansas cannabis reform โข Psychedelic awareness โข Veterans advocacy
Building community through education, art & conversation.
HEARTLAND HEMP & CANNABIS, ALLIANCE (HHCA)
๐ตLawrence, Kansas democrat๐ต
London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social Strange and wonderful events since 2011
Paranormal, psychic, folkloric, fortean events.
Sharing the oddest London-based news.
Kozfest @kozfest.bsky.social A 3 day psychedelic and psych music festival
Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com Pop label with a stubborn streak, since 1989.
๐ต https://slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com
๐ https://linktr.ee/slumberlandrecs
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Temporal Boundary @temporalboundary.bsky.social Editor at Temporal Boundary Press (Undefined Boundary: The Journal of Psychick Albion, Waiting For You: A Detectorists Zine, Man is the Animal: A Coil Zine).
The Funkadelic Manifesto @funkadelicmanifest.bsky.social Art, philosophy, culture, politics, power, and the human condition through a sharp, soulful lensโchallenging conventions and sparking thought where others play it safe. thefunkadelicmanifesto.substack.com/
Gyrus @gyrus.bsky.social Dreamflesh czar
odubhda @odubhda.bsky.social Music enjoyer from Sligo town, living in Dublin town.
https://www.instagram.com/0dubhda/
Abiff J:. Ravencloak @ajrpoee.bsky.social Holy Chao, it's nuts out there
Fun with #haiku
Faith is a riddle, not a rulebook
WSB&CC&UJ
TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social #Scientist, #advocate, and #educator in the field of #climatechange. #Author of uplifting #climatefiction novel "A New Faith." Read or download the novel for free at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #books #sciencefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk
Mathew Clayton @mathewclayton.bsky.social Connecting literary festivals with authors at https://spotlithub.com/. Over 40 publishers already using this service!
Trustee: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
3.45RPM @phil345rpm.bsky.social 3.45RPM Lathe Cutting Service
For all your small run record release requirements
#lathecuts #dubplates #vinyl #DIY #microlabel
https://www.345rpm.com/
Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
timworthington.org
Forbidden Science @forbiddenscience.bsky.social Random excerpts from Jacques Vallรฉe's journals: Forbidden Science, Vols. 1-4 (1957-1999). Some excerpts lightly edited to fit character limit. Not affiliated with the man himself or Anomalist Books. ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ญ๐พ๐ด๏ธ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SNYT3CQ
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
Mulgrave Audio @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social Original audio drama. Where white noise meets dark forests, where waking terrors meet sleepy hollows, where analogue dreams meet digital nightmares...
mulgraveaudio.co.uk
mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com
Chuck D @chuckdpe.bsky.social RapARTivist GET OUR Culture APPS at RsTVapp.com RapCentralStation.net
Holy Erisian Kirk of Caledonia @eriskopalian.bsky.social Discordian Freak Orthodox Church of Scotland, skeeting catma, sputras, nondescripture, hyperbles & loose canon
Rev. Nibor Bokonon (he/him), Cazique of Poyais, neglectant
"AI art" is neither, buy some damn crayons
Neil Campbell @astralsocialite.bsky.social Astral Social Club, Futurist Bags, you know the score.
Day job in a11y.
Russell Bloor @russbloor666.bsky.social Photographer, Artist, Nerd - Trying to keep the glass half full but sometimes waiting for the asteroid. Manchester UK.
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Archive TV Channel. Keeping celluloid alive! Freeview82 Freesat306 Sky324 Virgin445 Freely36. FREE catch-up via Freeview Red Button and http://tptvencore.co.uk
sherri cola โบ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
Miles Reid-Lobatto @milesreidlobatto.bsky.social Formally @manmiles on Twitter. British Writer, Comedian and Former Barista living in Wisconsin. Cohost of the โCasual Trekโ podcast.
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com 
SST Publications @sstpublications.bsky.social Publisher of special limited editions
Nightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social Single short story chapbooks since 2009. Uncanny, dark, experimental. Manchester/London. Editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Design @johnoakey.bsky.social.
Nicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Writer. Latest: Paris Fantastique from @confingopublishing.bsky.social and Finders, Keepers from @saltpublishing.com
Also runs @nightjarpress.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of bold new fiction and non-fiction, based in Liverpool
https://linktr.ee/deadinkbooks
@confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social 
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If youโre reading this, youโre in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Andy Bieman @subsumed.bsky.social Musician, writer, after school program worker. Debut novella Brocken Spectre forthcoming from Galileo Press. he/him
Music: http://subsumed.bandcamp.com
Drone/noise/ambient duo active from 2014-2016: http://inneraether.bandcamp.com
Billy Edwards @biiilyedwards.bsky.social I make radio at the BBC. Writer for a few places. Doctor Who fan! he/him
Alan Burns @alanburns.bsky.social Kilmarnock-born Edinburgher, civil servant who likes a lot of music, niche trivia and funny stuff
Lucy Cage @lucycage.bsky.social Writer, maker, mother, grrrl.
In favour of brunch โข trees โข revolution โข sauna โข dogs โข femme-forward noise โข poetry. Very much against fascists.
John McCullough @mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. Next book: Crowd Voltage (Bloodaxe, March 2026). He/him. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Michelle Steele @octoberclub.bsky.social Mich. Walking, wild camping, swims, jangly indie pop / synths, software geek, cats
Josh Babarinde OBE MP @joshbabarinde.bsky.social โ๏ธProud MP for #Eastbourne ๐@ForbesUnder30 Entrepreneur ๐ฎ๐พโโ๏ธEx-youth justice worker
๐๐พโโ๏ธSUP-er ๐ถ josh4president.co.uk
Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social (They) Digital & narrative trainings.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. ๐ค๐ป ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐๐ป Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. #CountryRockSunday https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
James McNair @jamesmcnairwrites.bsky.social Slightly under / over word count since 1994. Writes for MOJO, Prog and Classic Rock. Previous stints at The Independent, Q, and as a trainee baker. Whitley Bay transplant via Glasgow, East Kilbride and London.
MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk Horror anthologist.
"This generation's Hugh Lamb" - Mike Mignola
"A valuable man" - Stewart Lee
AuDHD.
Got the morbs.
The Crystal Teardrop @thecrystalteardrop.bsky.social psychedelic garage rock from the Midlands U.K
Linktree https://t.co/SOj0oanLhI
Sheffield Patrol Group @sheffpatgrp.bsky.social Selected Trash from the Ruins of Society
https://sheffieldpatrolgroup.wordpress.com/
https://sheffpatgrp.bandcamp.com/
XingWu๐ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social @x1ngwu on X. I collect, translate and write about ancient Chinese folklore, mythology, and history. Love books and cats.
Mythology | Yaoguai(ๅฆๆช) | Ghost(้ฌผ) | Art | Myth | Fantasy | History
Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social look / draw / repeat - works nights - author / artist - flint / chalk etc 
curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social โช๏ธFolkloreโช๏ธMythโช๏ธMagicโช๏ธArtโช๏ธ
Sharing Japanese and supernatural folklore, mythology, yokai, culture and art. Also love books, cats, crows and trees.
http://linktr.ee/curiousordinary
@jimthediamond.bsky.social @jimthediamond.bsky.social Restorative practitioner, sci-fi fan, podcaster, ND twin parent and dad dancer.
Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.com
๐ Now shipping worldwide from
www.helleborezine.com
@drbramwell.bsky.social @drbramwell.bsky.social 
John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social Writing your dad's Christmas present since 2012 - https://linktr.ee/johnhiggs
TAM (Thierry Abraham Mauduit) @vinylogram.bsky.social Ambassador of good musical taste. Shoegazer. Vinyl addict. #indie music, especially the #90s. Feel free to follow me.
https://linktr.ee/vinylogram