Greg Buzwell @gregbuzwell.bsky.social Curator of Contemporary Literary Archives at the British Library. Co-curator of Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition. Loves literature, Doctor Who, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe and anything spooky.
Blue Rodeo @bluerodeo.bsky.social Official Blue Rodeo Page - on tour now!
BlueRodeo.com
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.
Rachel Ward @racheltranslates.bsky.social FITI, Literary & creative translator, German & French to English: children's/YA and crime fiction, history; proofreader, bookworm; food, crafts, history; cats; climbing; cycling; she/her; Twitter: @FwdTranslations Mastodon: @FwdTranslations@zirk.us
🧶🇨🇦 @alicewalter12.bsky.social
Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social A literary podcast hosted by Lori Feathers and Sam Jordison. Author interviews, publishing news and comment on classic and contemporary fiction.
Claire West @magentabias.bsky.social Cinema/music/theatre/art.
Film conservator at BFI National Archive. Opinions own.
https://boxd.it/9PCJ
Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop on Oxford Road, Manchester 📚 Bookchat, events and silly things. Bleets (?!) by @rednewsom.bsky.social
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blackwells-manchester-11315868456
Philippa @gingerworrier.bsky.social
therapist; once publisher & indie bookseller; peddling own blend of weird since the late 70s; here for all of it (ish)
seldom fast; often furious
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Aoife Martin @lockdownbookclub.bsky.social You know, from the other place.
Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social An eclectic reader looking for new perspectives & unusual reads. Real life librarian and general word nerd who enjoys frolicing in the linguistic playground.
Longer thoughts:
https://alisontcucchetti.wordpress.com/
Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social Bookshop
34 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
info@ravenbooks.ie ¦ (01) 278 9509 ¦ 086 3390231
Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
@foundryeditions.bsky.social @foundryeditions.bsky.social
Cait_onthe_luce @caitluce.bsky.social Bookseller in Seattle, lost in a stack of books.
Please bring me fries.
Max Cairnduff @maxcairnduff.bsky.social Repairer of Reputations.
@grantrintoul.bsky.social @grantrintoul.bsky.social
And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com a podcast about Japanese fiction + some of its best works | posting updates on new Japanese fiction | apologies for the typos | blocking new follows that look like bots | DON’T buy or read AI translations | all stories are political
Claire McAlpine 📚 @clairewords.bsky.social Reads, Reviews at Word by Word
#WITMonth Women in translation, Irish Lit,
Nature Writing, Creative Non-fiction
Adoptee
France
clairemcalpine.com 📚
flairesse.com 🕊🙏🏻🇫🇷
Linda Grant @lindasgrant.bsky.social Writer Latest novel The Story of the Forest
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social We're an independent Canadian publisher of fiction, sports, poetry, pop culture, wrestling, business, science, and memoir. Certified B Corp.
https://ecwpress.com/
Dundurn Press @dundurnpress.bsky.social Books and news from leading Canadian independent publisher, Dundurn Press. Read with us. These are your stories.
Links: https://campsite.bio/dundurnpress
Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social Writer. Alston Moor 1st September 2026. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. She/her. Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such.
https://linktr.ee/annecharnock
https://annecharnock.com/
yarndale.bsky.social @yarndale.bsky.social The Festival of Yarn and Woolly Creativity in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Every year over the last weekend of September: 26th - 27th September 2026. www.yarndale.co.uk
hannevo @hannevo.bsky.social I mostly talk about knitting and music. @hannevo on Ravelry.
AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social Author, comic, broadcaster and tired person.
Usually UK based, but who knows... Member of the Leguminati, kayaker, friend of ravens.
Catherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social Author & anthropologist. Human-animal relationships, landscape & identity.
Book - The Ponies at the Edge of the World
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ShetlandKeepsakes
https://ko-fi.com/catherinemunro
@confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social
Renard Press @renardpress.com 🍃 An award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Also home to Hay Press.
renardpress.com
linktr.ee/renardpress
Meiju Kallio @meijuknits.bsky.social Knitwear designer, Meiju Knits patterns on Ravelry. Author of Contrasts - Textured Knitting
Rouleur @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social The world’s finest independent cycling publication.
Gail Anderson-Dargatz @anderson-dargatz.bsky.social Canadian. Mentor. Editor. Author of The Cure for Death by Lightning, The Almost Wife, The Almost Widow and many other books. Her latest novel, The Atlas Keeper, hits the shelves Aug. 26, 2026. Visit Gail at https://linktr.ee/Gail_AndersonDargatz
Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social Part-time bookseller, full-time reader.
Bristol, UK.
When I read a book, I post a little review here.
Gina @brokenbiros.bsky.social I had to phone someone so I picked on you
Stephen Sharkey @steshark.bsky.social Playwright. Liverpool.
anikoknitter @aknitter.bsky.social I am usually knitting, with some crocheting and spinning when I can tear myself away from knitting. I also help out my friend in her hand-dyed yarn business, Kat's Riverside Studio. I'm Aniko on Ravelry.
Matthew Turner @filmfan1971.bsky.social Film critic, podcaster @FatalAttractPod.bsky.social, compiler/co-author of What To Watch When, creator of #PreCodeApril. Hasn't missed an episode of EastEnders since 1998.
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
Archipelago Books @archipelagobooks.bsky.social a non-profit press devoted to contemporary and classic international literature
iroai.jp @iroai.bsky.social Japanese Textiles, Traditional Patterns & Color | Indigo Dyeing, Handcrafted Textiles, Weaving, Textile Design
https://www.instagram.com/iroai_jp?igsh=MTY2dTI1OHN6ZzZ0dg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Charlotte Walford @lottieknits.bsky.social She/Her
I’m Charlotte, but everyone calls me Lottie!
Hand dyer of luxury knitting yarns, knitter, maker, sometime knitting pattern designer, always a bit of a nerd. Based in the UK
www.lottieknits.com
Tim Rding @timrding.bsky.social I spend most of my time teaching. Outside of that I read an awful lot, watch old movies, and love Doctor Who. I also like walking, cathedrals and eating well. As Rocky once said: “I’ve got gaps”
Dean Street Press @deanstpress.bsky.social A publisher devoted to producing, uncovering, and revitalising good books.
Website: https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk
Facebook group: https://bit.ly/3NshjrH
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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social Name shouter
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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petipaw @petipaw.bsky.social Venezia / Los Angeles. I read books.
Collingwood-Norris @collingwoodnorris.bsky.social Visible Creative Mending to help you reduce textile waste! I teach regular mending workshops online and in person, have video tutorials and darning materials, and have published a book full of instructions!
https://www.collingwoodnorrisdesign.com/links
Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social Uncharismatic megafauna.
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
https://linktr.ee/causticcovercritic
Kate Louise Mathis @drmaudbailey.bsky.social Scottish European | #GreenYes | Academic | Lace knitter | Concrete enthusiast | Gaelic women's poetry | Celtic/Gaelic Revivals | Still acknowledging ongoing pandemic (She/her)
Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
redgumvicki @redgumvicki.bsky.social Knitter 🧶, baker 🍞, former soap 🧼maker, I embrace self-reliance and survival skills. I loathe fascism, far right mindset and inequality.
Georgia Reads @georgiarybanks.bsky.social Reading books from around the world.
Lifting. Painting. Walking dogs. Watching sport.
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
Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social book blogger, short fiction writer, (armchair) traveler, migratory bird 📚
📍Edinburgh, Scotland
📖 https://alexandracristie.com
@wintersonworld.bsky.social @wintersonworld.bsky.social
Framlingham Bookshop @framlinghambooks.bsky.social Lovely little secondhand bookshop in Framlingham, Suffolk and online as Rightwayup Books. www.framlinghambooks.co.uk
@das-ins.bsky.social @das-ins.bsky.social
Radz Pandit @radzpandit.bsky.social Avid reader, book reviewer & amateur book photographer. I write about books on my blog Radhika’s Reading Retreat. Love art and travel too.
Website: https://readersretreat2017.wordpress.com
Also on: linktr.ee/radzpandit
Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff.
Rants about stately homes here:
https://susannahwalker.substack.com
Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
ARNE & CARLOS @arnecarlos.bsky.social Scandinavian artists, designers, best-selling authors, pyjama gardeners and YouTubers based in Norway. Welcome to our universe! #arnecarlos https://www.arnecarlos.com
KT @karentempler.bsky.social HUDSON VALLEY | Talk to me about books & movies, slow & DIY fashion, hiking & gardening, small houses & small business — and yes, the state of our democracy
Sue @veg-grower.bsky.social Happy smiley person, walking on sunshine, living the dream, occasionally given to over-exaggeration. Chicken keeper, permaculturist, jam-maker, knitter, wannabe designer. She/Her. No DMs
John Arbon Textiles @jarbontextiles.bsky.social We're a fibre mill based in North Devon, UK. We are passionate about using local breeds to create beautiful tops and yarn for crafters all over the world.
Felix Ford (she/her) @knitsonik.bsky.social Artist celebrating daily life in amazing ways in my online school; healing from 5+ years of autistic burnout; and becoming the AuDHD additional needs coordinator I have needed my whole life.
@thisisknit.bsky.social @thisisknit.bsky.social
Brenda Dayne @brendadayne.bsky.social Host of Cast On, a podcast for knitters.🧶Lover of books, art, birds, wildflowers, heritage textiles, women and Wales. Insufferable and correct.
Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social Feminist, gardener, knitter, cyclist. Professor of Modern History Uni of Glasgow, gender history, oral history, textiles esp knit
WOOLSACK @woolsackuk.bsky.social BRITISH WOOL - PROMOTE, INFORM & ENABLE.
Free website listing & linking to anything & all relating to British wool.
Knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting, needle felting
Run by volunteer Jane, a rare breed sheep farmer in Orkney.
woolsack.org
OrkneyBoreray @orkneyboreray.bsky.social Our Community farms rare Orkney Boreray sheep for mutton/products & saving the breed
Book, The Lost Flock, @chelseagreen
orkneyboreray.com
++welfare, nature #agroecology
Orkney, Scotland
Stu the reader @stujallen.bsky.social World lit blogger husband trying to get by day to day
Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social Wrote FAIR / GOBLINHOOD / VEHICLE / DUST SUCKER, translate German lit, publish Maltese lit at Praspar Press. Tutor, Granta Writers’ Workshop. www.jencalleja.com
Anna Hunter - Long Way Homestead @longwayhomestead.bsky.social Sheep farmer, wool mill owner, Canadian wool advocate.
Tom Smith @smithtm.bsky.social
Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social What if we created the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling and horse-riding network for Britain and Ireland? Up for helping?
linktr.ee/slowwaysuk
www.slowways.org
Quintin Lake @quintinlake.bsky.social Award-winning photographer exploring landscape, architecture, and long journeys on foot. #ThePerimeterBook out now. Order, events & prints here: https://is.gd/P2BW67
Open Letter Books @openletterbooks.bsky.social Publishing world voices that are extraordinary and influential, works that we hope will become the classics of tomorrow!
James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now! 🐈⬛
https://lnk.to/LikeaCatLovesaBird
Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
Farrar, Straus and Giroux @fsgbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning fiction, nonfiction and poetry since 1946. Home of AUWA Books, Quanta Books, FSG Originals, and Picador.
Alfred A. Knopf @aaknopf.bsky.social #ABorzoiBook • Dedicated to publishing distinguished fiction and nonfiction since 1915.
An imprint of @penguinrandomhouse.
Bistitchual Yarn Shop @bistitchual-lys.bsky.social Toronto’s newest queer-owned LYS! 🇨🇦🧶🏳️🌈
Exclusively selling Canadian sourced yarn and locally made accessories.
Visit us in person - 266 Jane Street, Toronto, or online www.bistitchual.ca
k @kristen401.bsky.social 🌊
Brian Busby 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 @brianbusby.bsky.social Writer, écrivain public, anthologist, literary historian, bibliophile, and three-time winner of the Ice Capades Colouring Contest.
Author of Character Parts (Knopf), A Gentleman of Pleasure (McGill-Queen's UP), and The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis).
Stephen Mangan @stephenmangan.bsky.social Insta: @realstephenmangan Twitter: @stephenmangan and nowhere else!
Trident Booksellers & Cafe @tridenthalifax.bsky.social Cafe & Bookshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia
https://tridenthalifax.ca
Asterism Books @asterismbooks.bsky.social Trade distributor and online bookstore representing more than 160 independent literary publishers from around the world!
The Future of Figure Skating @futureoffs.bsky.social A podcast about making figure skating healthier, more inclusive, and more joyful. Find us on major podcast apps, Spotify and YouTube. Hosted by @choreosequence.bsky.social
The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com Canada's national newspaper, but on Bluesky
Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social CBC’s provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick. Publicly funded & independent. Author of five non-fiction books. My newsletter: https://jacquespoitras.substack.com?r=o9a37&utm_medium=ios
Mayor Olivia Chow @mayoroliviachow.ca Mayor of Toronto 🇨🇦
Former City Councillor, Member of Parliament, and school trustee.
For assistance, email mayor_chow@toronto.ca.
Hopscotch Translation @hopscotch-tr.bsky.social An online revue dedicated to the promotion and discussion of literary translation. https://hopscotchtranslation.com/
Franklin Habit @franklinhabit.bsky.social Author, illustrator, photographer, designer, knitter. American in Paris. Textiles fanatic. Host of patreon.com/franklinhabit. Student of Latin, Roman history nut. Devoted fan of The Archers.
Kath Andrews @kathandrews.bsky.social Knitter, designer, teacher, spinner, gardener, baker, plant-based but use and wear wool, sewist, singer, general nerd, wife to Sue, she/her
Linktr.ee/KathAndrewsDesigns
Modernism/modernity @mmodernity.bsky.social The official journal of the Modernist Studies Association.
David Jón Fuller 🇨🇦 @davidjonfuller.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Author of VENUE 13, out now from Ravenstone. Interested in history, knitting, baking, cycling infrastructure, not necessarily in that order. Talar smá íslensku. He/him.
@savoryknitting.bsky.social @savoryknitting.bsky.social https://www.ravelry.com/designers/amy-christoffers
Justyna Lorkowska @letesknits.bsky.social I design knitwear and dye pretty yarns as CecilyGroveYarns 🧶
http://justynaknits.com
#letesknits