Bookish & Queer @bookishandqueer.bsky.social Online Conventions focused on queer literature, brought to you by @siren-events.bsky.social, the home of fan focused events.
📚 Sci-Fi & Fantasy: October 2026
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https://www.siren-events.co.uk/
Ser Darth 🔜 Capclave @capclave.bsky.social A fun science fiction convention in Rockville, MD. Oct 2-4 2026 Guests of Honor Nino Cipri and Rebecca Roanhorse
Shore Leave Convention @shoreleavecon.bsky.social We are a Sci-Fi/Pop Culture Fan run convention based out of Lancaster, PA. Check us out at https://www.shore-leave.com/
#SmallPitch @smallpitch.org The big pitch event for small presses and authors. Next event: January 2027. Hosts: @millieabecassis.com, @florencechien.com, and @morkalmarrh.bsky.social. Posts by Millie.
🌐 smallpitch.org
💬 discord.gg/xHVztad5ee
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Bona Books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
Harassed by: @lyamkk.bsky.social
🛸I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
🧱Wrath Month (2026)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
William C. Tracy @wctracy.bsky.social Writing Strange Worlds and Interesting People. Karate Teacher, Cat Wrangler, Beekeeper, and SFWA Member. Bi/Pan, He/Him
https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/
Kevin Sari @ksari60.bsky.social Writer and micropress publisher. I write warp-inflected speculative fiction: gritty sci-fi/horror about working people, hard choices, and systems with teeth. I started a micropress for stories about survival, not salvation. www.weirdmoons.com
rm [-r] lininger @0xdaeda1a.bsky.social Distinguished Risk Pokemon will be my final form. Cthulhu cultist, lawful good. Yay Seattle! Opinions belong to my autocorrect, not my employer. /her
Also 0xdaeda1a@infosec.exchange
Sally G Pasion @sgpombe.bsky.social biologist | scientist | @SFSU teacher | sister | auntie | nowhere w/o mike | Fil-Am | child of immigrants | ♥mystery/SF | WHS Wildcatz | Harvard-Radcliffe | UCLA Bruins | @salkinstitute | My posts are my own
https://faculty.sfsu.edu/~pasion
☀Hyde Angelus☀ @ RCCC : K26 @hydeangelus.bsky.social Illustrator / I genuinely hate Oscar Wilde
https://linktr.ee/Hydeangelus for all my socials, shop and Patreon!
Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social Catholic Priest
Passionate about Tech and Science
Jesuit in Rome
Bots, edgelords & those who can't have a civil conversation are blocked.
All opinions are my own
carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social Carly A-F
Illustrator & author. no AI! Human idiocy only :-)
Portfolio: carlydraws.com
Freelance enquiries: carly@carlydraws.com
Kidlit Agent: Anna Olswanger anna@olswangerliterary.com
Newsletter, prints, all links:
http://linktr.ee/carlydraws
Framework Knitters Museum, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire @frameworkknitters.bsky.social We are a unique surviving example of a 19th century framework knitters’ yard, and still demonstrating this endangered craft.
Plus exhibitions, craft workshops, group visits, performances and more.
www.frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk
Madame Askew --> prepping for Tucson Comic-Con @madameaskew.bsky.social Madame is a time traveling tea lover, obsessed with fashion & the proper uses for headgear. A lover of the back catalogue and mid-list. (Not a euphemism) Also, cats. (she/her) https://linktr.ee/MadameAskew
Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat
she/her
demi/ace
Jewish
NYC, HCHS, SMC
(cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Friday Afternoon Tea @fridaytea.com 🌱Tasty Teas for Thirsty Nerds!🌱
Seattle's geeky tea hangout, featuring premium, ethically-sourced, synesthesia-based teas 🍵❤️🏳️🌈🇲🇽
Se habla español/On parle français.
https://linktr.ee/fridaytea
Odyssey Workshop @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work.
London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social The London Topographical Society makes available, to its members and the general public, material illustrating the history, growth and topography of London. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org
Alastair Motylinski @alastairmots.bsky.social Project Editor, Grove Music Online for Oxford University Press. Independent author and illustrator. Views my own.
IHR Tudor and Stuart Seminar @tudorstuartseminar.bsky.social Seminars on British history c. 1500-1650. 5.30pm on Mondays at the IHR, London, and online. All welcome!
Join out mailing list: tudorstuart.seminar@gmail.com
David Bowman @dlbowman76.com Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it.
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
Roman Scotland @romanscotland.bsky.social All about Roman Scotland and beyond. Run by AndrewTibbs.bsky.social | formerly @RomanScotland and @AndrewTibbs | Hon Research Fellow at Aberdeen Uni
K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social Author. Epic fantasy: Blackdog, The Leopard, The Lady, Gods of Nabban, & The Last Road (Pyr). High fantasy: The Wolf and the Wild King (Mystique). Spring 2026: Breath and Bone, new sword & sorcery from Candlemark & Gleam. Cdn, Bay of Fundy. www.kvj.ca
Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social Minimus sum, mus sum. (I am Minimus, I am a mouse.) I live at Vindolanda with my Roman family, and in Suffolk with Dr Helen Forte. We like to make Latin fun!
Improbable Maps @improbablemaps.bsky.social Cartography bot by @tanaudel.bsky.social powered by @bluebotsdonequick.com
Automated. Not AI.
I also draw maps — see kathleenjennings.com
Patreon: patreon.com/tanaudel
Leah Spann @leahspann.bsky.social By day, Publishing Operations Specialist at Mad Cave Studios and occasional freelance SFF editor. By night, writer, gamer, sewist, cosplayer, GM, and all-around nerd. Formerly editor at DAW Books. Opinions my own.
🖤🩶🤍💜 (she/they)
Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov Mom. Combat Veteran. Blackhawk pilot. U.S. Senator. Illinoisan.
Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social Hosted by Ka1iban and Lyda Morehouse, the Mona Lisa Overpod Cast is your dedicated access node to in-depth conversations about cyberpunk media and culture!
Nana (commissions closed) @grey0295.bsky.social Aka Grey. part-time illustrator/ character designer. she/her
Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social by @nora.zone, huge thanks to @jewel.andraia.xyz, @bluebotsdonequick.com. it/its
Joyce Reynolds-Ward @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction from the wide open spaces. Dispenser of horse cookies to the fancy-stepping Marker-boi. Former special ed teacher. #SFWA
https://www.joycereynolds-ward.com
NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social Exploring Scotland’s past through archaeology at National Trust for Scotland sites. Follow for updates on digs, discoveries, and history! #ForTheLoveOfScotland. Where we are and what we're doing.
Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social Artist in the PNW. She/Her. Previous clients: WotC, Simon & Schuster, Tor.com, Macmillan Publishers, Llewellyn Worldwide, Dark Horse Comics
jdillon82@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/juliedillonart
@candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social 
National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social Sharing information about archaeology at National Trust places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
@crossroadpress.bsky.social @crossroadpress.bsky.social Publisher of Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mysteries, Thrillers, Military adventure, parapsychology, biographies, childrens books and so much more. In business for over 15 years. 3000 plus titles, hundreds of authors from #CliveBarker to new voices.
Tim Jerrome @timjerrome.bsky.social Doctoral student at Brighton researching gay and lesbian histories in rural England. Also a writer, gamer, enthusiastic but hopeless tennis player, and fan of all dogs with facial hair
Beth Winter 🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🇵🇱🇺🇦 @bwinter.bsky.social Books, cats, Takarazuka and other musicals. Warsaw, Poland. She/her or zie/zir. yukinojou.tumblr.com
Thomas G. Atkinson @darthmarmalade.bsky.social Is there any tea on this spacecraft?
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tefbaclqkfqtngygu5iuakc4/feed/top-skeets
footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social Quality guided London walks by & for those who #LoveLondon delivered with care, professionalism, insight and enthusiasm.
@footprintsoflondon - Where Londoners Walk
Vindolanda Charitable Trust @vindolandatrust.bsky.social The Vindolanda Trust is a registered charity running the Roman Army Museum & Roman Vindolanda, in the central sector of the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.
Hatch the Tudor Dog @hatchthedog.bsky.social Former ratter on Henry VIII's Mary Rose, these days I live at the Mary Rose Museum. Doggy opinions my own. Woof.
English Civil War @englishcivilwar.bsky.social We're passionate about the English Civil Wars and 17th Century history! We're also reenactors - step into history and have an incredible weekend for just £10! www.earlofmanchesters.co.uk
E.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social "the meryl streep of ya". 18 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
buy me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ekjbooks
check out my website: ekjohnston.ca
read my newsletter: buttondown.com/EKJohnston/archive
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels.
Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist.
I draw custom maps and artwork on commission:
https://surprisedeelmaps.com/
Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social Hadrianophile
"omnium curiositatum explorator"
#Hadrian1900
https://followinghadrian.com/
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.
We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
Saw this on a map @stuartackland.bsky.social From crazy cartouches, wonderful beasts or general carto-frippery, a site that highlights the non-map part of maps! From the Map team at the Bodleian Library
Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social Home to the largest & most historic collection of surgical pathology in the world.
Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret @oldoptheatre.bsky.social A medical museum housing the oldest operating theatre in Europe (1822) in the heart of London Bridge. Likes and retweets are not endorsements. #OldOpTheatre
www.oldoperatingtheatre.com
Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social Bringing people together through art. Based in Los Angeles, working globally.
getty.edu
The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social World's best collection of items on life & times of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), telling his story 'warts and all'. "National Museum in a Matchbox". Huntingdon, UK
www.cromwellmuseum.org
British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social A bot randomly posting images taken from films made by British Transport Films, a government film unit active from 1949-1986. 3 posts a day. Expect trains.
by bsky.app/profile/joegrassby.bsky.social
Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
linktr.ee/gladlib
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
We're not age verified (!) so we can't see DMs.
Relayed from Mastodon by Skymoth
Open Research, University of Aberdeen @openresearchuoa.bsky.social Open Research at University of Aberdeen. Providing expertise, support, advice and news on #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #OpenData
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/support/open-research.php
Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, UK, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
Jerwood Library @jerwoodlibrary.bsky.social Libraries of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Sainsbury Library @sainsburylib.bsky.social The Saϊd Business School’s library, and one of the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries. Updates on library news, services and business resources.
https://linktr.ee/sainsburylib
Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social We are a social sciences library serving Nuffield College and the University of Oxford.
https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/library/
Profile images courtesy of Tom Weller
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social The Trinity College Library in Cambridge comprises the modern student library, the Wren Library, and significant rare books, manuscript and archive collections.
https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/home/
https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/
SFFWorld @sffworld.com SFFWorld.com - The best in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Online since 1997 with book reviews, author interviews and a very active community.
Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social Wherein I share many cool book-related things.
Gay Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Magical Realism Author.
Owner of QueerSciFi.com, QueeRomanceInk.com, LimFic.com, and Otherworldsink.com. Webmaster for ParanormalRomanceGuild.com 🏳️🌈🏴☠️
Christie Vogler @voguearchaeology.bsky.social Ancient Mediterranean archaeologist & scholar (Ph.D in Anthro). I study women's roles in ancient medicine. Co-host of the podcast Movies We Dig (@movieswedig.bsky.social). She/Her
https://linktr.ee/voglercm
Medieval Studies at Lincoln @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social The Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln.
Movies We Dig Podcast @movieswedig.bsky.social Hosts Colin, Elijah (@ecfleming.bsky.social) & Christie (@voguearchaeology.bsky.social) break down modern media depicting ancient Greece, Rome and the wider ancient world. Do you dig it?
Learn more here: https://linktr.ee/movieswedig
Robyn Le Blanc @archleblanc.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, UNC Greensboro; coins, classics, coffee
Cecilia M. Tan @whyilikebaseball.bsky.social Publications Director of SABR since 2011. Typical polymath baseball nerd/comma jockey. Writes one of the oldest baseball blogs on the Internet (1999). 
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Author of How to Design a Universe. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov Your U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Product safety info, data, and recalls. Standing for safety since 1972. Official account of the USCPSC. HQ: Bethesda, MD.
Subscribe for recall emails on CPSC.gov.
Report unsafe products on SaferProducts.gov
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire
Old Gods of Appalachia @oldgodspod.bsky.social Old Gods of Appalachia is an award-winning eldritch horror anthology podcast set in the darkest mountains in the world.
Move to The Holler to enjoy ad-free episodes, exclusive storylines and more: www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/theholler
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
Nightwell Games @nightwellgames.bsky.social Where the Wolf Eats the Moon. An indie studio crafting handmade horror, strategy, and narrative games. Deduction game SURRADIA coming this summer. Lead developer: @gwenckatz.bsky.social
https://www.nightwellgames.com/
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/
A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social Author of fantasy novels about language nerds, dragonslayers, and roaming geologists. Most recent book: The Map and the Territory. Pronouns are xie or zie/hir.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/amtuomala
Website: https://amtuomala.com/
Turhan's Bey Company @turhansbeycompany.bsky.social Tsundoku master, unreliable narrator.
TTRPG (GURPS) publications at https://warehouse23.com/search?q=Matt+Riggsby or https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=matt%20riggsby&page=1&sort=7a
Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social He/Him. Novel THE DUNGEON BOOK out August '26. Currently writing: Black Iron 4, The Dreadful Heir, Terraforming Mars rpg, Metadungeon!, Tunnels & Trolls, too much tbh
The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es A celebration of the French Republican Calendar.
Posts daily at midnight, Parisian time.
Website is https://frenchrepublican.info
Ping @folkwizard.online if I'm broken
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com Award-winning sf/f, erotica and romance writer. Just your typical biracial bigender bisexual. All pronouns valid, she/her for society’s convenience. https://linktr.ee/ceciliatan
Pictures of the Floating World @floatingworlds.bsky.social Ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World), is a genre of Japanese art from the 17th-19th centuries that has produced and inspired some of the most treasured woodblock prints.
I also share bits of Japanese culture.
& Living Artists: @uridev.urieldana.com
@hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social Phoenix Guide to Strange England: #Hookland. Run by David Southwell
#Hauntology Re-wilding #Folklore #FolkHorror #Psychogeography #LandscapePunk Re-enchantment Is Resistance https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123
LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social south minneapolis - another queer disabled artist -
so many beads. and pliers. so many pliers.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LionessElise