Dorset @dorsetuk.bsky.social News and updates from the county of #Dorset, UK
Tim Jones @themisterlibrary.bsky.social '25 SLJ Librarian of the Year 🎉 '24 LJ Mover & Shaker 🎉 '23 Nat’l Media Literacy Teacher 🎉 '22 KY Librarian of the Year 🎉 Second City Alum 🎉 Co-Owner of nimcoinc.com 🎉 Book in 2026
linktr.ee/misterlibrary
#Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
Tom Bober @captainlibrary.bsky.social Librarian Speaker Writer. LJ Mover&Shaker. Fmr @librarycongress Teacher in Residence. ALA Emerg Ldr. '19 Caldecott Comm. Podcaster. @Maslonline Past President.
John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Diana L. Rendina @dianalrendina.bsky.social Teacher Librarian 6-12 Independent School | Tampa, FL | Speaker | Writer | Maker | Author - Challenge Based Learning & Reimagining Library Spaces | She/Her | Opinions are my own
www.renovatedlearning.com
Kellie Beggs @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social Teacher⭐️Librarian⭐️Author
https://kelliebeggs.weebly.com/
Founder of #PBandKidJudges writing competition
#SCBWI #kidlit #PB #author
Victoria Gilbert @vgilbertauthor.bsky.social Author of traditional and cozy mysteries -- the Blue Ridge Library Mystery series, the Hunter and Clewe Mystery series, the Campus Sleuth mystery series and the Booklover's B&B mystery series. Has also published SF/F
Laura Sims @laurasimswriter.bsky.social Novelist, Poet, Librarian. Author of HOW CAN I HELP YOU and LOOKER. 
Hal Schrieve - writer and librarian ze/hir @halschrieve.bsky.social Writer, cartoonist, librarian. Halschrieve.com for writer-y info, Halschrieve.itch.io for comics, @ howlmarin on insta for art. Buy and read Fawn’s Blood, my vampire novel
Susan Brownrigg @susanbrownrigg.bsky.social Lancashire lass. Children's book author. Wrong Tracks (2025) Gracie Fairshaw mysteries (2020-2024) and Kintana and the Captain's Curse (2020)
susanbrownrigg.com 
Kristina A. Holzweiss @lieberrian.bsky.social SLJ School Librarian of the Year, Library Journal Mover & Shaker, AASL National School Library of the Year, Book an Author Librarian Consultant, Canva Librarians and Teachers - "On a good day I teach. On a great day I learn." #EduSky #TLSky
Jillian Rudes @jrlibrarian.bsky.social 📖 Manga in Libraries 📖 NYC School Librarian 📖 GNCRT President-Elect 📖
MangaInLibraries.com
Sara Kelly Johns @skjohns.bsky.social School Librarian, adjunct professor at Syracuse University iSchool, co-author of ELEVATING THE SCHOOL LIBRARY: POSITIVE PERCEPTIONS THROUGH BRANDING BEHAVIOR and STRENGTHENING LIBRARY ECOSYSTEMS: COLLABORATE FOR ADVOCACY AND IMPACT (both ALA, 2024)
Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller.bsky.social Mom❤️Wife. #VanMeter Teacher Librarian. #FutureReadyLibs Leader. @BookCreatorApp Future Ready Advocate. @capstonepub Champion. LJ Mover & Shaker. ISTE Making IT Happen. DA Top 100 Influencer.
Tasha Squires @tasquires.bsky.social Middle School Librarian - Author of Library Partnerships:Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries
Creator of the Blog and Podcast - Books In the Middle
https://booksinthemiddle.wordpress.com/
& https://booksinthemiddlepodcast.buzzsprout.com
Lucas Maxwell @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social Lucas is a former slaughterhouse employee from Weymouth, Nova Scotia. Not really here anymore. https://lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social TX Educator, Library Coordinator, Presenter, Reader, #FReadomFighter, Immediate Past President AASL | Opinions shared are solely my own
Sara Campbell @smwordsmith.bsky.social District Librarian in CA, Graphic Novel reviewer & owner of The Graphic Library. Co-author of Manga Goes to School. Reviewer @ Booklist & School Library Journal. Esports coach. #GraphicLibrary, #EduSky #LibrarySky, #TLSky She/her. www.graphiclibrary.org
Ashley Hawkins @mangalibrarian.bsky.social School Librarian, PhD Student & Manga Reviewer
Co-author of Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K–12 Settings.
Talk to me about manga, neurodivergence, and student-centered libraries!
Married to @fortninety.bsky.social.
Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs @puddlereader.bsky.social Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | former librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods
Gina Seymour @ginaseymour.bsky.social Library Journal Movers & Shakers. Author of Makers with a Cause & Youth Social Action in the Library.
https://ginaseymour.com
Lisa Krok @readonthebeach.bsky.social Author Novels in Verse for Teens (Bloomsbury LU), library manager, reviewer for SLJ & Booklist, moderator, and presenter. Swiftie. Reese-aholic. My TBR will one day collapse and this is how I will die. Personal acct my opinions.
Katie @katiejmcnamara.bsky.social Helping others shine, Curriculum designer, Teacher Librarian 📚, Media Literacy Coach, FPU Professor & Program Director, Speaker, Advocate, Neurodivergent, Boymom. Inspire. Empower. Create. Repeat. #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 Celebrate everything 🎉
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Karen B. McCoy @karenbmccoy.bsky.social #ADHD librarian. Author #mglit #mystery THE ETIQUETTE OF VOLES (Artemesia Publishing/Kinkajou 06.10.25 and audio 03.31.26). Order links: https://www.karenbmccoy.com/book IG: karenmccoybooks FB: https://www.facebook.com/karenmccoybooks
Mike Steele 📖 DEBUT MG NOVEL, “NOT LUCILLE,” NOW AVAILABLE! @msteelewrites.bsky.social sunburned ginger · middle-grade author · children’s playwright · school librarian · two-time Friedrich von Trapp · #amwriting #amquerying #amsleepy
🔗 https://linktr.ee/msteelewrites
MounaBat 🌙🦇 @mounabat.bsky.social 30+, Black, queer, she/they | Zinester, Musician, OC maker, Youtaite, nerdcore rapper, idol
🎨 #MounaBatArt 🎵 #MounaBatMusic
💗 www.patreon.com/mounabat
🔞NO MINORS OR FANPOL
🚫NO AI/NFT
Julie/a Stivers @bespokelib.bsky.social Librarian. Let’s build inclusive school spaces that center joy and resistance. ‘23 SLJ SLOTY. Author of The Restorative School Library, Include, co-author of Manga Goes to School. #LibFive #TrueBookFAIRs she/her 🌈
Laura Solomon @laurasolomon.bsky.social Drupal adept. Librarian. International speaker and author.(Opinions are my own, but you knew that.) She/her. Might I suggest finding me on Substack? https://lauraasolomon.substack.com/
R. David Lankes @rdlankes.bsky.social Bowden Professor of Librarianship, University of Texas at Austin
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Tony Jones @jonezyboy.bsky.social Scotsman, school librarian, prolific horror and YA book reviewer. Author of THE YA HORROR 40O non-fiction almanac. When not reading, snooker fanatic, boxing maniac and lifelong fan of very VERY loud music. Veteran of a million moshpits.
Kristen Mattson, Ed.D. @drkmattson.bsky.social Adjunct at U of I 💙🧡 teaching media literacy to K-12 educators & supporting school libraries.
Author of “Digital Citizenship in Action” & “Ethics in a Digital World.” Learn more about me: TeachDigCit.com
#digcit #medialit #iste #tlsky #edusky
Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
Librarian by Day 🏳️🌈 @librarianbyday.bsky.social She/her. Iowa. Libraries. Workplace well-being. Dog Mom. Crafty. Sometimes serious. Sometimes silly.
Personal account, obviously.
https://librarianbyday.net/
Stacy Brown @21ststacy.bsky.social Reader, author, innovator, PD enthusiast, school librarian, book club facilitator
Danny Neville @dnevillebooks.bsky.social Children’s author, educator, husband, dad, he/him 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 LITTLE BEE: THE STORYTIME EXTRAVAGANZA Aug ‘26
Todd Burleson @tburleson.bsky.social Educator, librarian, and author with 34 years of experience, 2016 SLJ Librarian of the Year, and global speaker. Passionate about reading, tech in education, ethical AI, and finding joy in creativity through photography, design, and storytelling.
@liberryan11.bsky.social @liberryan11.bsky.social 
T.L. Simpson @tlsimpson.bsky.social Printz Honor Book author of COPE FIELD. Also STRONG LIKE YOU and ACCELERANT (forthcoming). Rep'd by Shari Maurer.
www.tlsimpson.net
Rosemary Noble @chirose.bsky.social Retired librarian. Author of historical novels set in England and Australia, living the simple life, loves history, gardening, genealogy. Longing for common sense to come back to politics. https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Rosemary-Noble/author/B00J7TLMKC
Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social Writer. Eater of Books. Lover of Comics. Library Tech. Drummer. Burrito enthusiast. He/Him husband.
Author of TRVE CVLT, Midwestern Chrome (2026), Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes (2027).
www.michaelbettendorfwrites.com.
Sybil M. Touré @st741.bsky.social she/they. 30+ Black Queer librarian, #ActuallyAutistic manga reader. Co-writer of #MangaGoesToSchool!
Talk to me about anti-censorship, fan culture, and #MangaInLibraries ✨
(I also draw, ask me about it.)
Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social Author, Librarian, & storyteller. READ MY DEBUT BOOK F*cked Up Fairy Tales from WW Norton! Recovering TikTokker. Rhode Islander. Filipina. Headshot by Brittanny Taylor.
Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social Encyclopedist, college librarian, writer, ttrpg writer. I like to talk about Mesopotamia & Vikings. Always outnumbered, never outgunned.
My podcast, "The History of Comic Books in 500 Issues," is at http://500issues.com
Tammi Truax @mst-rex.bsky.social Teacher, Librarian, Writer, Mother, Citizen. #TLsky
Rebekah Fieschi @theheadlessbeki.bsky.social Fabulist
Kelpies Prize Winner, 26 Yeovil LL, Searchlight's PB LL
📖coming soon
🎬Sylphvania Grove, Mauvaises Têtes, The Unvisited
I write PB for wee ones, fantasy for young readers, and haunting tales for former children.
https://linktr.ee/rjffieschi
Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social Right then, this is the one. I'm all in.
Libraries, Higher Ed, communications, and life.
As a freelancer I run workshops on marketing, social media and presentation skills: https://www.ned-potter.com/training
Christine Norris @christinenorris.bsky.social YA Fantasy author, Librarian, USAF Mom. Dogs, cats, mass hysteria.
https://linktr.ee/cnorrisauthor
Tammy Garrison @hauntedhideaway.bsky.social Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian, fundraiser and author of Sherlock Holmes AU pastiche The Twisted Blackmailer. Into Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Who, Batman, The Phantom of the Opera, Heated Rivalry and more. Neurodivergent. Queer. Jew. Newly baked potato.
KE Salisbury @kesalisbury.eurosky.social Author of twisty YA page-turner The Face That Pins You. Also school librarian, English teacher, IB EE Coordinator and former BBC broadcaster, choir leader and songwriter. She/her
https://www.kesalisbury.com/
Angela Burke Kunkel @angkunkel.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian. Picture Book Author.
https://www.angelakunkel.com
Jennifer Goodland @libraryjenn.bsky.social FIGHT FOR GOOD. Neurospicy librarian; Olympic hopeful but BOYCOTT LA ‘28!!! Lazy, but bad at it. Tell me why you’re DMing me if you expect a response. Content: obscure primary sources, #ALA. Mocking my horse, #GarbageMare.
Moni Barrette-Comics Librarian @monibarre.bsky.social Mama, comics librarian, educator, writer, entrepreneur.
Past President, ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table @libcomix
Co-Founder, Creators Assemble @creatorsassemble
2023 Eisner Award judge
Debut book out 2026.
Monibarrette.com
William the Librarian @williamottens.com Librarian in the Kansas City area. Creator of librarianproblems.com. Author of LIBRARIAN TALES. Lover of all things cats and books. He/him. williamthelibrarian.com 🏳️🌈📚😺
Gabby AKA Bookish AfroLatina @bookish-afrolatina.bsky.social Just a bisexual & disabled, Black Latina who loves reading & talking about books.
Librarian, Historian, Influencer, Author
🇵🇷🇩🇴🇺🇸
Special interest: Black & Latine books.
http://beacons.ai/bookish_afrolatina/
Mary Catherine Coleman @marycatherine98.bsky.social School librarian, Makerspace director, author of Collaborate, AASL Standards
Blog: thereimaginedlibrary.blogspot.com
Leighann Calentine @butterfliesbooks.bsky.social Author, gardener, librarian, type 1 diabetes caregiver. I share my passion for gardening for wildlife, reading great books, taking care of a kiddo w/ T1D, & my own diabetes dx. My book is Kids First, Diabetes Second. https://leighanncalentine.substack.com/
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
Andrea Jamison @achitownj.bsky.social Andrea J For ALA 2026-2027 President - Librarian, Educator, Author advocating for intellectual freedom, protections for librarians, and social justice. www.andreajamison.com
Amber Morrell @atmorrell.bsky.social She/Her. Canonically queer. 🏳️🌈 Author & Librarian. 2023: THE ALCHEMY OF LETTING GO. ambermorrell.com
Nathan Hobby @nathanhobby.bsky.social Biographer, scholar & special collections librarian in Perth, Australia. Author of THE RED WITCH, 2023 WA Premier's Prize Book of the Year. Working on a biography of John Curtin. https://nathanhobby.com
Jen Brown ✨ @jenbrownwrites.bsky.social Bi, Black librarian (she/her); Ignyte Award nom'd SFF author; Clarion West alum (Novel Workshop '25). Stories in Fantasy, Reactor, FIYAH, & more (🔗s on jencbrown.com).
Rep'd by Fabienne Schwizer at Ki Agency.
Header by well_dipper.
DarkLiterata iykyk @darkliterata.bsky.social she/they
i read slowly & often 📚 • queer black librarian 🏳️🌈 • anti-oppression educator ✊🏾 • kidlit scholar, reviewer, guide author 🤓 • high key trekkie 🖖🏾
Mandy Peterson @mapeterson.bsky.social School Librarian, former rollergirl, dabbling author
Jo Clarke @jo-clarke.bsky.social Secondary school librarian. Author of The Travelling School Mysteries, LIBBY & THE EGYPTIAN ESCAPADE publishes Jan 25
Firefly Press
Header Becka Moor.
https://jo-clarke.co.uk/
She/Her
Jess Hernandez (she/her) @jessjhernandez.bsky.social Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com Indie author & academic librarian. 🇵🇷. Disabled, neurodivergent leftist.
A 🏳️⚧️ nonbinary, agender ✨DELIGHT✨
Publishing under A.E. Bross
AO3 fanfic under SkepticalCybrarian
https://aebrosslinks.carrd.co
📚 Defend Libraries | 🚫 NoAI | Free Palestine
Jim Ottaviani @gtlabsrat.bsky.social …writes comics about science. EINSTEIN is out now! https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781626728769/einstein
I’m also a NASA Solar System Ambassador, so let's talk about space stuff too!
Find me on the (wider) web at www.gt-labs.com
Kristen Arnett @kristenarnett.bsky.social “Orlando's Reigning Big Time Celebrity Author” - The Orlando Weekly
huuuuge lesbian. librarian. dad. floridian. beer drinker. NYT Bestselling author.
Mostly Dead Things & WITH TEETH & STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE
https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com
Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social "Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
Alex London @alexlondon.bsky.social I write books. You might like some of them. Your kids do, at least the cool ones. https://www.calexanderlondon.com/
Tessa Dare @tessadare.bsky.social Occasional author of historical romance novels. Baby goat enthusiast.
Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social Matching books w/ readers thru the library especially #HorrorForLibraries. Jersey Girl in exile. Reviews for LJ & Booklist. HWA Sec. Rep @laneheymont.bsky.social. Bram Stoker Winner, WHY I LOVE HORROR (Saga Press) https://bit.ly/WhyILoveHorror. (She/Her)
Shannon Gile @shannongilewrites.bsky.social Pre-published kidlit writer in Vermont.
School librarian by day.
SCBWI member.
Neurodivergent, Swiftie, musician, cat lover.
Ashley Rovira 🇺🇦 @heavycrownpress.bsky.social 👩🏫MLIS, undergrad history minor, Eta Sigma Phi, Childless cat-dog lady, INTJ Personality, #NVLD 🧠neurodivergent, author of The Signal Between Us
⚓️Navy veteran
👩💻Substack Writer
https://www.heavycrownpress.com
About me: see pinned thread
Loud Librarian @loudlib.bsky.social Retired University Librarian, formerly of Miami, FL & NYC. Lover of gardens, horticulture, art, books and unproblematic people. Kamala Harris Democrat. ❤️ Joe Biden.
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 Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social Vermont librarian. Technology hobbyist. I love the post office. Fix your hearts. Live in hope if you can.
NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources.
Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment).
linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives
(Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
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/
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read
linktr.ee/mychalthreets
librarymice @librarymice.bsky.social 🇫🇷 ☂️🎶 Fan of visual narratives (picturebooks and comics). School librarian. MA Children's Literature. She/her. Library Mice logo by ClaraVulliamy
Annie, MLIS, Schrödinger's librarian 🍄📚🥌 @dharmascholar.bsky.social Welcome Delicious Friend. PhD in spectacular fuckery. Library Talk (nee Library Twitter) Discord creator. #DailySkeletor creator. OBOD. They/Them. Dips fries in cocktail sauce. Early adopter of kindness. Burqueño. Opinions = mine. Fix your hearts or die.
Jessica & the Revenge of the Librarian @mlisrevenge.bsky.social She/her. Spouse to @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social, kitty-mom to Ronan, non-parent by choice, & librarian. The 'J' of NJGR
Avatar by @dcorsetto.bsky.social
Even though they are not apparent to you, my disabilities color every second of my life.
Emma “HI LIBRARY!” Ryan - MLIS @emmarosewriter.bsky.social 3rd year Elementary School Librarian - Tea Drinker - Please tell me about your favorite graphic novel or holiday-themed romance 📚🫖
Christie Burke, MLIS @ceburke.bsky.social Twin Cities, MN, USA. Librarian & educator, maker of stuff. Professional journalism is worth paying for. (she/her)
Janelle Stigall, MS, MLIS @janellestigall.bsky.social Elementary Librarian - Teacher - Dog Mom
David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social Archivist, archaeologist, librarian, historian. 20th century Brit, 21st century USAian. Manc. Was "SmallFind" on the Bird site. Former circuit digger. Roman & rescue archaeology, ruins, libraries & book history, archaeological archives. (GPA+VT)
Osa Oyegun, MLIS, M.Ed. @thegoodeapple.bsky.social Librarian. Educator. Books, tea, travel. Mama
Amelia Elizabeth, MLIS @snonsumr.bsky.social Yinzer in a strange 'Land. Archivist. Misanthrope. Problematic Capricorn. History nerd. Sentient pile of binders. Disabled (AuDHD & POTS). They/them/yunz. Enjoys garlic bread with @JasonSansArgonauts.bsky.social
Living my best life on some other timeline.
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
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
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era.
Website: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org
Digital Archive: www.whlcollections.org
Donate: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/support-our-work/donate/
LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social Sharing our collections, celebrating our community and letting you know about our free events! Home to @lsepress.bsky.social and proudly #PartOfLSE.
lse.ac.uk/library