Alice Fraser @alicefraser.bsky.social Writing. Comedy. Podcasts.
Book: http://bit.ly/4uban5W
🎙️: Realms Unknown; The Gargle; The Bugle; Tea With Alice
Join my Writers Meetings: http://buff.ly/3eFIs8x
Enquiries:
Writing: john.ash@caa.com
Comedy: Info@gagreflex.co.uk
Jenny Landreth @jennylandreth.bsky.social Everything you’ve come to expect from me 
Amy Lawrence @amylawrence.bsky.social Football. Music. Words. Labradors. Hopeless optimism.
Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social Cartoonist for The New Yorker
Ira Lightman @iralightman.bsky.social https://substack.com/@iralightman1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1n0v50
Jay Richardson @jayirichardson.bsky.social Freelance journalist writing on comedy. Bylines include the Scotsman, Guardian, Sunday Times, i, Telegraph, BBC, Channel 4, Independent, Irish Times, Metro, Herald, Vulture, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Chortle, The Reviews Hub, British Comedy Guide.
Pulp Librarian @pulplibrarian.bsky.social Curator of the art, history and fiction of old dreams.
Becky Barnicoat @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social Cartoonist and writer for The New Yorker, The New Statesman, The Guardian and more. My debut graphic memoir Cry When the Baby Cries is out now.
Sophie Hall @sophlouisehall.bsky.social Boltonian in London. Garlic bread! ✨ A silly billy!
COMEDY: https://sophlouisehall.medium.com
SUBSTACK ABOUT BEST BITS OF POP SONGS: https://sophiehall.substack.com
Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social Comedy, Music, Improv, Writing.
Latest book “Introducing Mrs Collins” out Nov 6 / available to pre-order now
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Gareth Edwards @garethmedwards.bsky.social Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping producer, writer, passionate defender of nuanced complexity, skilled pancake artisan. Dysgwr Cymraeg.
Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler.bsky.social Author of The Sunday Times' book of the week How To Kill A Language, all about language loss and linguicide. I have won and lost a bunch of journalism awards too but more importantly I won Xmas University Challenge twice and Rosalía follows me on TikTok
Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social Writer. Fiction editor. Philosophy PhD. Rooted cosmopolitan, gardening Jew. Long Islander by birth, nature, and habit. #3A
National Book Tokens @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social A gift beyond words.
National Book Tokens and Bookily gift cards can be spent in bookshops and online.
https://www.nationalbooktokens.com
Kᗩᖇᒪ ᑎOᐯᗩ 🕶 @karlnova.bsky.social Hip Hop Artist/Performance Poet/Author/Educator (Ruth Rendell Award & CLiPPA Award Winner) BOOKINGS: yvonne@caboodlebooks.co.uk
http://www.karlnovaworld.com
Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social Graffoe Forcione Wot Italian? 20th Anniversary Tour all tickets wotitalian.com
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
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Jetstream Pony @jetstreampony.bsky.social New album out now on Spinout Nuggets (UK/Europe) and Shelflife (US)
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social English is weirder than you think. Every week I dig into the hidden history of everyday words: etymology, Old English, and the accidents that shaped how you speak. Linguistics PhD. deadlanguagesociety.com
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
Simon Love @simonloverules.bsky.social New album “THE ONE TRUE PRINCE OF WALES (in exile after abdication)” out now on Hurrah Musica
"Knowingly ridiculous, but tightly executed"
https://linktr.ee/SimonLoveRules
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) IRRESISTIBLE MONSTERS, March 2027 🪶 Posts by N and team.
https://linktr.ee/nataliehaynesauthor
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
Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social Slang Lexicographer.
https://greensdictofslang.com
https://thetimelinesofslang.tumblr.com
https://jonathongreen.substack.com
Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social
"Fascinating" -NYT
"Joyously nerdy" -Buzzfeed
lingthusiasm.com
Not sure where to start? Try our silly personality quiz: bit.ly/lingthusiasmquiz
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com Palliative care doctor 👩🏻⚕ Author 📚 Winner: 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 🫀 Founder: Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝
www.drrachelclarke.com
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
Brian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light.'
Own views; Adult language
Rugby columnist, author & therapist
Trustee of charity Women in Sport.
Current affairs, culture, sport, & sarcasm
Pre-order The Second Half https://linktr.ee/TheSecondHalfBrianMoore 
Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
Rupert Stubbs @rupertstubbs.bsky.social Proudest of the posts I didn’t send.
Grace @graceldn.bsky.social 📍 London | 16 margaritas
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Fiona Dolman @fionadolman.bsky.social Actor. Currently Sarah Barnaby in Midsomer Murders. Proud ambassador for Hospice UK - @hospiceuk.bsky.social and Patron for https://www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk/
Harry Pearson @camsell59.bsky.social Shopping in Waitrose with a B&M carrier bag https://harrypearson.contently.com/
Rob Jacques @knutcrosswords.bsky.social Cryptic crossword compiler for The Indy & The Blizzard (as Knut), The FT (Julius), The Daily Telegraph (Toughies as Hudson), The Times (QC as Bjorn), The Observer (Calypso) and The Guardian (Hat)
Location: Freiburg, Black Forest
Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking. 
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Danny Wallace @dannywallace.bsky.social Books, mags, radio, telly, scripts, live, voice, games.
United/3Arts
"The Important Broadcast" podcast // Radio X
Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social I write history. Last book: LORDS OF THE DESERT; before that: A LINE IN THE SAND. In the seventh year of my four year project, THE ARENA.
More at/contact me via https://www.historythatmatters.org
Currently reading Geoff Dyer / Homework
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social Tracking the Right's journey after Brexit and also the culture war's highly charged boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, now centrist. Telegraph watcher.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rolandmcs
buymeacoffee.com/rolandsmith
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://WanderingGaia.com
Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social Chief Football Writer, The i Paper
Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey
Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social ‘The view from the column is ever distant’
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social Philosopher, writer, podcaster. Co-founder of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Author of A Little History of Philosophy and many other books. Weekly column Everyday Philosophy in The New World magazine. Consultant editor Aeon.co and Five Books.
Keri Warbis @keriwarbis.bsky.social Everything is weird
Brighton dweller
(I co-host The Cider Shed podcast)
Irene @derbren.bsky.social books, bikes, cats, cheese, and cinemas. Non-practising German. Unreliable narrator, ready for my close-up. Probably have a crush on you. For more, go here: https://linktr.ee/DerBren
Shelfdog @shelfdog.bsky.social Dilettante poet and flaneur. Scots leid troker.
Darren157 @darren157.bsky.social Host of The 157 Show: Outsider Music: Music for people that don't quite fit Indie/alternative music lover. #MDANT
https://www.mixcloud.com/Darren157/
Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out now with HarperNorth. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
Caroline Bird @carolinebirduk.bsky.social Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: https://shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020
www.carolinebird.co.uk
Assistant @assistant.bandcamp.com Jonathan tweeting. Assistant make lovely jangle pop from Brighton: Felt/Yo La Tengo/Stereolab etc. CERTAIN MEMORIES is our masterpiece; our new single is FLOWERS. Fanzines available; radio show Sundays 7pm on Untidy Radio.
Seamus Heaney HomePlace @shhomeplace.bsky.social Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy offers an inspiring journey through the life and literature of one of Ireland's greatest literary voices.
https://seamusheaneyhome.com/upcoming-events/
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
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.
Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social Prof. of Colonialism & Heritage @ University of Leicester UK.
Penguin author of Our Island Stories. 10 Walks through Rural Britain & its Hidden History of Empire (2024) repd by. Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency.
@OnlyinBirmingham podcast
On Substack
Blouse @superblouse.bsky.social Queen of parallel parking
Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social Poet & broadcaster. New non-fiction prose book, 'Village', OUT!
Witches and wheelbarrows: women's history in my village, 1841-1971: cheerful survival!
To buy, search for
ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social Poet/Performer/Author. Winner - People’s Book Prize & Laugh Out Loud Award (twice). Books by Bloomsbury, HarperCollins etc. MA Writing & Education. Loves lemurs. Support my work, buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/joshuaseigal
Mike Rampton @mikerampton.bsky.social Author, journalist, hero, dad, sleepy etc. He/him. Cambridge, UK. Please buy the fun, funny books I write for children and grown-ups.
mikerampton.com / interestingskull.beehiiv.com
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
Bob Stanley @rockingbob.bsky.social The Bee Gees: Children of the World. Penderyn Prize winner 2023. Let's Do It. Yeah Yeah Yeah. Excavate. Ace Records. Saint Etienne. Non league, soft rock. Also in the Record Room at patreon.com/bobstanley
Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social Poet, wordplayer, musician, editor, bassist, guitarist, backgrounds in physics & publishing
KNIT INK (AND OTHER POEMS): https://store.deepvellum.org/products/knitink
AnthonyEtherin.com
Emma @emmaunlalala.bsky.social I live mostly on-shore.
To be found happily loitering around a cloister or an ancient ruin.
Ian Dennis @ianindentdesign.bsky.social Barnsley-born designer, photographer, watercolourist & occasional musician #OYes by Ians McMillan & Dennis. ID’s NT voted 10 in http://creativereview.co.uk/landing-page/top-20-logos/
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social Editor of The Dirigible Balloon (Submissions Closed)
A Poetry Bank for Children
#PoetryForChildren
dirigibleballoon.org
northernjim.wordpress.com
#Cumbria #Poetry
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
Julie Irwin @jdirwinbooks.bsky.social Writer. Doesn't go on about it. Likes a laugh. Rep'd for children's lit by Fraser Ross Associates, Edinburgh. Crime Fiction WIP.
Beth Arzy @betharzy.bsky.social Childless cat lover. Dustbin Mod. Opinions voiced here do not reflect the views of my employer BMG UK, unless they are nice. TM practitioner. WOKE. AWAKE. AWAKENED.
William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol All the world’s a stage
James Powell @dulwichomnibus.bsky.social Publisher.
Room for Dulwich Hamlet and Arsenal in my life. Somerset CCC too.
FPL Casual.
Waiting for Elon to take that trip to Mars.
SE22
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/
Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social Check out the amazing handcrafed gifts made by my daughter at www.idlehandmade.com
You know you want a Holy Grail bag, or that guitar bag, owned only by me and Micky Dolenz. Updates coming shortly...
Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com Pop label with a stubborn streak, since 1989.
🎵 https://slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com
🔗 https://linktr.ee/slumberlandrecs
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social 
Hannah Jane Parkinson @ladyhaja.bsky.social ✍🏻 Journalist: The Guardian, Observer, elsewhere
📖 Buy: The Joy of Small Things amzn.to/3EBFgqz
🗣️Posting: politics, arts, mental health, media, ⚽️, 🏳️🌈
📧 Your emails can find me well at: hannah.jane.parkinson@theguardian.com
Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
CrapPortraits @crapportraits.bsky.social Commissions considered, as presents for people you hate.
@Crap_portraits on twitter
www.hisdancingleg.com
The Sun Apologies @sunapology.bsky.social Making sure The Sun newspaper's apologies are read far and wide. Commentary on other stories to keep busy in the long, barren periods in between
Kevin Eldon @itskevineldon.bsky.social Please follow: @kevineldon.bsky.social
Mhairi McFarlane @mhairim.bsky.social Writer 📚romantic comedies & 🍏📺 writers room Slow Horses Series 5 ✍🏻 Meme slag. Lover of cats. Prosecco goblin. Old Hollywood enthusiast. Don’t trust me with Google Maps & we should be fine.
https://www.mhairimcfarlane.com/
Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social Berserker!
Out now from all good bookshops, and bad ones, and ones in between.
Tim Dowling @timdowling.bsky.social Guardian writer, sad sack. Police Dog Hogan's banjo player.