Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social Your favourite comedian’s least favourite comedian. Buy my live stand-up special at www.gofasterstripe.com/bet
Baz @braymeo.bsky.social Dad, husband, ADHD, short form poet, arts & theatre worker, production/stage manager and set builder. Strong beliefs in right to repair, decriminalisation/legalisation of drugs.
Everyone should be allowed a few mistakes. It's how we grow and learn.
@cultauthor.bsky.social @cultauthor.bsky.social
Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social dramas that make you laugh, comedies that make you cry #Mammoth #BBCGhosts #Motherland #TheCockfields #ThereSheGoes #BobServant.
Can You Keep A Secret? coming soon.
Death Valley coming sooner.
Union Street FC @unionstreetfc.bsky.social LOVE 💚 PEACE ☮️ FREEDOM 🕊 UNION STREET 🦡
The Minty Badgers. Oxford-based football club. Ragged band of vagrants, ne’er do wells and starry-eyed dreamers. Oxfordshire Senior League Division 4.
Dr Penelope @redfiddler.bsky.social Social researcher, novelist, violinist, painter, neurodiverse, redhead. 🇵🇬🇹🇱🇳🇱🇦🇺
Jen Mac @jen-m-a-c.bsky.social Gardens, bird song, pond life, trees, pub quiz and blog stuff, in Frome, Somerset, UK. Working on websites since 1999. Bird song game: https://bird-times.lovable.app/, Garden blog: doingtheplan.com Forest films: woodforthetrees.uk
Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social Doctor of Shakespeare, Master of Writing. Author of THE CONTINUITY GIRL (“A wistfully entertaining romantic comedy” Jonathan Coe). Workshops for Prisoners for Stratford Literary Festival.
Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social 📚 Independent Publisher of creative non-fiction and thrilling crime fiction
📖 Beautiful, insightful and informative books
📕 Catalogue: https://bit.ly/3SuJhcC
Discworld.com @discworldofficial.bsky.social Terry Pratchett’s Discworld ~ A trusted source for merchandise, treasures and news.
qntm @qntm.org There Is No Antimemetics Division (https://qntm.org/antimemetics) ~ "Lena" ~ Absurdle ~ HATETRIS ~ many other cool things
@ProfShakespeare @profshakespeare.bsky.social Professor Emerita, University of Reading; Founder & Director https://henslowe-alleyn.org.uk; Shakespeare, drama, theatre history, literature and manuscripts expert.
The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social Bankside's first theatre
Built by Philip Henslowe 1587, rediscovered 1989
Original home of plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Kyd & many others
Scheduled Monument & Registered Charity
www.roseplayhouse.org.uk
Rose Theatre Trust
56 Park St, London SE1 9AR
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social One of those @thedailytism.com gals. Truly evil. Suspected inauthentic behaviour. Head bee guy at It’s A Superpower??
Fuck AI.
She / Her
andy vs. @im-all-id.me middling jokes/existential dread
shirts and stuuffff: https://inkdoubt.etsy.com
all posts 👉 👉 👉 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nhytley6vv7tq6k2at6kvl5b/feed/aaabgxg57gn7e
RM @rmolloy.bsky.social F1/motorsport and football fan. LOTRO player. Open Uni Languages student (French and Spanish). Bookworm. ND/ADHD brain. Frequently frustrated at the UK's ignorance of music in other languages. She/her.
All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk A community co-op bookshop in the heart of #Haringey, North London located at 35 Turnpike Lane. We do books and events and local.
http://linktr.ee/allgoodbookshop
Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social #Podcast. Landscape sound postcards in 3D immersive sound. Best with earphones. Listen while reading, resting or being mindful. Launched 2020. #SlowRadio
Listen here > https://radiolento.podbean.com
Support here > https://ko-fi.com/radiolento
Janice Hallett @janicehallett.bsky.social Bestselling author of The Appeal, The Christmas Appeal, The Twyford Code, The Mysterious Case of The Alperton Angels, The Examiner and The Killer Question 🍻
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Infinite Monkeys @infinitemonkeyshq.bsky.social A home for fiction writers and readers, screenwriters and viewers. All the intel and advice they never tell you.
From Mark Chadbourn - novelist, screenwriter, journalist.
Here: https://infinitemonkeyshq.substack.com
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
Support my work at: https://substack.com/@chadbourn
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social Just some bloke
John Higgs @johnhiggs.bsky.social Writing your dad's Christmas present since 2012 - https://linktr.ee/johnhiggs
András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social Hungarian-born British screenwriter.
Same hat size as Ralph Fiennes, same shoe size as Anthony Eden
As seen on the Bird App
A national security threat, according to Donald Trump
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416508
Progress Bar 2026 @progressbar202x.bsky.social Still dividing the year into 100 pieces.
Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social low flying panic attack
Bearded Badger Books @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social Derbyshire based indie publisher | indie press champion | pop up bookshop
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com I’ve got a beard
Books read: 89/100
📚 The Wax Child
📺 Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social That freelance Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him.
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
www.mikebrooks.co.uk
Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stats.
Oxford, UK
Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social I write novels.
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-crowd-pleaser-9781784634148?srsltid=AfmBOorCYZJ6lmoKe-phK0MiJM31iJceQf9neNV_Wc8uXeFHiVbQj0tB
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social 💜 ♾️ AuDHD | Monotropic | Neuro-affirming Autism advocate & consultant.
Interests: monotropism, flow, burnout & neuroqueer theory.
Writer • Trainer • Resource Creator | Former SEND EY/Primary teacher ♾️ 💜
https://www.autisticrealms.com/
Mark Cooper-Jones @markcooperjones.bsky.social Map Men Mark
Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social ‘This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong’ (the MAP MEN BOOK) is available now: https://lnk.to/mapmen 🗺️ 📕
Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social London depicted by artists past and present.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
Breakthrough Books @breakthroughbook.bsky.social An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
https://www.breakthroughbookcollective.com
https://linktr.ee/breakthroughbooks
Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/dailyrothko?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a6cc688f-88d8-4dbb-a7df-75f3b74d02be
Jo Monk @jomary10.bsky.social Seeker after beauty, joy and hope. Lover of cats, coffee, comedy, and small beauties. Easily distracted by sparkly things.
Pete Selby @peteselby.bsky.social www.newmodernbooks.co.uk
Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social "Some stranger, somewhere, still remembers you because you were kind to them when no one else was."
Lover of books, history, mythology, family history research, music & films. Mother of adult children - and a dog.
Kieran Maguire @priceoffootball.bsky.social Slightly rippled, with a flat underside
Abigoliah @abigoliah.bsky.social 💥 Comedy Special 💥
📚 Wrote a Book 📚
🎧 @allbritishcomedy.bsky.social co-host🎧
⬇️ check it out ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/Abigoliah
Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social Writes books. In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk out now.
Also: Under The Ivy; Small Hours; Themes For Great Cities &tc.
Web: www.graemethomson.net
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social The Viz one
AKA Evie
Council worker and writer
Both jobs death related
Ashes to Admin and Get Ahead of Being Dead out now
Locate International ambassador
https://linktr.ee/eviekingwrites
Bronwen Scott @snailseyeview.bsky.social Invertebrate zoologist; writer; artist; museum fan; bird watcher; living in the tropics; she/her. Sometimes in Guardian Australia. Otherwise https://snailseyeview.medium.com/
>KEYWORDS_ @keywords.bagpuss.org A new daily word connection game by @bagpuss.org
Discover the five connected words of increasing length by typing into the boxes. Follow me on Bluesky for extra hints and stuff.
(Replies off in case of spoilers, but quote post all you like)
Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social Author/editor/'cultural historian'/carer, S Wales, probably autistic:
NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/
Email: whenisbirths@yahoo.com
ko-fi.com/firstlastanything
The Bailey Head @thebaileyhead.bsky.social CAMRA National Pub of the Year. SIBA UK Best Rural Craft Beer Pub or Bar Finalist 2025. Large spirit range, wines, soft drinks, lots of snacks. Bring your own food or takeaway.
Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social Writer, teacher, friend. Words in: The Sun, Orion, The Yale Review, Literary Hub, & more. Author of BREAKING INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY, a memoir, and the essay collection RARE GOOD: ESSAYS ON ART, AUTISM, AND ASTONISHMENT. https://www.steveedwardswriter.com
Afton @octopody.bsky.social Reviewed by the ATLs:
"Afton, the first" - Alex Horne
"You piece of shit" - Mark Watson
"Where is my dressing room?" - Tim Key
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk Public Engagement trainer & consultant | #SciComm writer/presenter | @rspb.bsky.social & STFC advisor |🏳️🌈🏴
Geek: Star Trek | Doctor Who
I make nerdy rainbow pin badges that have raised £35k for homeless LGBTQ+ people
https://linktr.ee/Jamiebgall
James Howard @themooks.bsky.social Father, brother, secret lover...I don't love secrets, that would be weird.
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social
A safe, fun space for pop enthusiasts to celebrate anniversaries of fucking records.
Any unnecessary abuse results in a block.
Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
https://linktr.ee/coelinks
Daniel Norcross @norcrosscricket.bsky.social Freelance cricket commentator largely to be found on TMS and general grifter. The least capable co host on @zeroduckspod Will work, not very hard, for money and/or fine wine.
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
DerkHerkenbersh @dochackenbush.bsky.social Illustrator of Cute Stuff. Doodler of Silly Li’l Guys. Did the graphics for #Styscraper. Likes capybaras and cats a totally normal amount. He/Him.
Buy my cool merch here! 👇🏻
https://www.redbubble.com/people/dochackenbush/shop
Rossco @rossmediauk.bsky.social Photographer and content producer covering all things Ipswich Town 📸
Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social Keep Your Head Up ☀️
https://buymeacoffee.com/arealmofwonder
Fairlight Books @fairlightbooks.bsky.social We’re an independent publishing house dedicated to standout storytelling, from inventive literary novels to page-turning book club favourites.
Looking for a tea-break read? Browse our short story platform: www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/our-short-stories
Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social Winner of Wales Most Paranoid Man, 1998. As seen on Britain’s Saddest Fairgrounds, Giant or Dwarf, Bag of Wasps.
Note: My ALT photo game is STRONG BRO.
Owl Bookshop @owlbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookseller in Kentish Town, London.
🦉📚🎁
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
Sun 11am-6pm
www.owlbookshop.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/OwlBookshop
owlbookshop@gmail.com
Tel. 020 7485 7793
Dave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org Welsh/Dutch bloke who makes games, videos and Photoshoppery. Friday night #TOTP botherer. Former CTO of WeTransfer, now freelancing.
Join me for a pint at bagpuss.org for a selection of my stuff.
YouTube: youtube.com/@bagpuss_org
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out in September. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Robert Flippo @booksellerbert.bsky.social Dad. Writer. Bookseller. Dork.
ABQ, NM
RoyalRoad|Patreon|Bookshop.org
https://linktr.ee/rjflippo
ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com Shop: tinyurl.com/fenrisgames
Makes stuff for tabletop #RPGs and wargames. Yes, we built CthulhuWars. #NoAI.
Continually worried about sabretooths. He/him. UK.
Occasional pimping of actual product. linktr.ee/FenrisGames
Pete Wharmby @petewharmby.com Author, keynote speaker, geek, autistic and ADHD.
www.petewharmby.com
Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social Common person. Comedy fan. Colossal nerd. youtube.com/pipmadeley
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Simon @hungryhatter.bsky.social I was born at a very early age and now I'm here. Some things happened in between, but they're probably not important.
Mr Benn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social I am a man with many hats and outfits, having adventures everywhere...
I admire the bowler hatted man from 52 Festive Road.
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social Cartoonist/Illustrator/Doodlemonger | Sí/í/YerWan | "Keer-ee-uhk" | 🇮🇪
📨 Work Queries: ciaraioch.art@gmail.com
🎨 Prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
📜 Newsletter: https://www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter
🫙 Tip Jar: https://www.ciaraioch.com/tip-jar
SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 @clairecopperman.bsky.social Former teacher now temping. Proud mother of an autistic daughter. #CEV. Cat slave; bookworm; Doctor Who & Strictly fan. Unashamedly woke.
Same name on 🐦 and 🦣 She/her
🌍 South-West UK
Shakespeare Ink @whoshakespearewas.bsky.social Follow my Shakespeare work on Virtual Grub Street. https://gilbertwesleypurdy.blogspot.com/ and https://gwponlinebibliography.blogspot.com/p/shakespeare-authorship-article-index.html
Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social Comics by Reza Farazmand (official account!)
Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social #1 New York Times Audio Bestseller. Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Superman, Batman (BBC Radio); Alien, The Sandman (Audible) and many other audio productions. Writes. Directs. Plays Drums.
No AI needed. 50% 🇳🇱 50% 🇬🇧 + a smidge of 🏴 = 100 % 🇪🇺
Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social Artist, printmaker, sculptor, translator of various subjects.
Foxes, owls, stones and bones
I have an online store for some of my limited edition linocuts
https://www.maria-strutz.co.uk/
Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social Novelist and Critic. https://johnnyalucard.com/
Skionar @skionar.bsky.social Roger Clarke. Author of A Natural History of Ghosts, published by Penguin Books (2012). Former writer for the Independent Newspaper, Sunday TimesUK, Sight & Sound. In it for the long haul with severe chronic illness, dealing with NHS on a weekly basis
Sarah-Jayne Farrer @sjfarrer.bsky.social Writer/Creator of Arcane Oddities | Founder of EDGEWAYS | Grand Council of #Hookland | 42 | She/Her | Salt Hag |Tremoribus Subterraneis |
https://linktr.ee/SarahJayneFarrer
Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social Megalith geek, writer, editor, author of STONE LANDS
Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
Wandering. Wondering. Freelance SFFH editor. Commissioning for The Broken Binding. Living in Edinburgh. Views my own and independent of my employers. Photos my own unless otherwise etc.
Saganism @sagan.bsky.social Science. Philosophy. The cosmic perspective.
On Viewless Wings @onviewlesswings.bsky.social Writing, reading, running, teaching.
Poetry PhD.
Am actually writing.
Interested in the amplification of working class voices, northern voices, & kind & talented voices.
Writing, I swear.
Meliorist, still.
@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
David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social Autheur. Unfluencer.
'The Beckett List' (2027)
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
All published by www.saggingmeniscus.com
(No DMs)
Kip Conlon @kipconlon.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jl254wzevuyus2qdi7awzs5a/feed/aaallxif7tq52
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social Senior Lecturer & Staff Tutor in Art History, Open University. Museums, heritage, visual culture, Chinese things. 'Collector' of chronic illnesses. Passionate about Ipswich (football and town)! Thoughts are my own. She/her
open.ac.uk/people/ajb2863
DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol Comics pulled kicking and screaming from a designer’s head.
https://designthinking.lol
Free comics newsletter: https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/designthinkingcomic
Kaira Clarke @kairaclarke.bsky.social ✨She/Her/They🏳️🌈Horror/Fantasy/SciFi Author✨Lover of books, cats, video games, Buffy and Cafe du Monde. She/Her/They.✨Author’s Guild member.✨