Faye Rapoport DesPres @fayerd.bsky.social Author of 7 books and sometime poet, Best Microfiction 2023 winner, animal advocate, amateur wildlife photographer. www.fayerapoportdespres.com
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THE ANOINTED ATHEIST @theanointedatheist.bsky.social Welcome to my little corner of heaven. This is where I write about politics and religion with a dose of humor. But if you find my posts offensive, just turn the other cheek. Have a blessed day!
Barbara McVeigh @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social Writer, teacher-librarian, ESL advocate & cycling ambassador. SSAC completist. โค๏ธ my Brompton.
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The Seaboard Review of Books ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ @theseaboardreview.ca Embark on a Journey to Discover Great Reads. We primarily review Canadian books & authors, but occasionally we cross some borders.
#CanLit #Miramichi #NB. (Posts by James M Fisher, Editor-in-chief)
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Jesse Janelle @jessejanelle.bsky.social ๐ Creator of The Inner Author
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@carolynw1.bsky.social @carolynw1.bsky.social MAGA detesting Trump resister. Fighter for the rights of all people. Animal advocate and vegetarian. Mom to fur babies Molly and Henry. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK!! ๐ช๐ช๐ฟ๐ช๐พ๐ช๐ผ๐ช๐ป๐๐โฎ๏ธ. RESIST!! **No DMs please**
Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney22.bsky.social Boston Globe video journalist, Blotter Tales columnist, and Cold Case Files reporter | Follow me on Insta: @emilysweeney22 | Sign up for my newsletter: https://globe.com/coldcase
Qmars Mootab @qmarsmootab.bsky.social ๐Hollywood,
Film Director & Writer ๐ฅ | Author of Hope is a Synonym for Wish ๐ | F1 fan | Exploring stories through cinema, and looking for the next frame of life.
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๐Dale Sheldon-Horror/Rawspense Author @dalesheldon.bsky.social Horror/rawspense author. Anti-Trump. BLM. TLM. GLM. #ProAI.
#Horror #Rawspense
Author A.L. Norton @authoralnorton.bsky.social International, award-winning, bestselling author of over 33 books. Global award-winning book promoter. Owner of Readers Depot. Youtuber. Book Hoarder. #Autoimmune warrior. Married to Author Dell Sweet. #Disabled #childabusesurvivor #wolfpackauthor
Raymond White @raymond00white.bsky.social I am lovable.
I am a good person.
I deserve to be.
I am responsible for my own happiness.
I profoundly and deeply accept myself.
I have realistic expectations of myself.
My opinion of me is more important than others' opinion of me.
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | ๐ Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human. @brentvans.com Canadian. Award-winning novelist. Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of GenAI and fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
Ann Birdgenaw ๐จ๐ฆ @annbirdgenaw.bsky.social Aurora nominated author of The Black Hole Radio book series for middle grade readers. Retired librarian, curler, sea glass treasures artist. ๐
Instagram.com/annbirdbooks
Gina Leola @ginaleola.bsky.social author, married to the forest, in love with the city ginaleolawoolsey.com
Fifteen Thousand Pieces: A Medical Examinerโs Journey Through Disaster
Lisa C Reynolds @lisacreynolds.bsky.social Canadian Writer & Poet; Durham Region Branch Manager for The Ontario Poetry Society; Membership Chair, League of Canadian Poets; Poetry Liaison, Writersโ Community of Durham Region
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Canadian Loyalist ๐จ๐ฆ @shakespearesgal.bsky.social Author . Award-winning Fine Art Photographer . Family Historian . 7th Gen ๐จ๐ฆ . Equine Experiential Learning .
The truth will set you free, but first itโs gonna piss you off.
No AI ever.
All images copyrighted. ๐
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Alice Hutton @alicehutton.bsky.social Bylines Guardian US, Sunday Times (of London), RTE, BBC Radio 4.
John Schofield Trust Fellow '17/18 | IJP Fellow '18 |
Author of newsletter, 'What Ties Us Together' on chosen families, LGBT+ parenting+adoptee voices'.
๐ https://alicehutton.substack.com
Auclair Decor Design ๐จ๐ฆ @auclairdecordesign.bsky.social Lover of art, Interior design, architecture, and all things historic.
Whitney Stokes @whitneystokes.bsky.social From burnt out to building passive income streams
The realistic, anti-hustle approach
โ Find your product match (free quiz)
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Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social Author of THE CRANE (Breakwater, 2025) and HOLDING GROUND, THE WORLD'S ERODING COASTLINES forthcoming from Harper Collins Canada (2027) || Journalist || MD MSc MFA || associate editor at CMAJ || monicakidd.ca || represented by Aevitas
Terry Birdgenaw @terrybirdgenaw.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Antunite Chronicles (Antifascist Allegorical Fiction), Satirist, Professor, Democracy Defender, Resists Autocracy, Writing for freedom, Check out my humorous Orwellian stories.
terrybirdgenaw.com
https://linktr.ee/terrybirdgenaw
Nancy Dutra @nancydutrawriter.bsky.social Stories That Stick, Edits That Elevate | Arts & Culture Reporter | Journalist & Editor |
Evonne @heroinewhisperer.bsky.social 
@bonniezink.bsky.social @bonniezink.bsky.social 
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hopeโand the humanity found where most people never look.
Natalie Corbett @ncorbett.bsky.social Momma, Author, Painter, SLP. Four almost flown, five published novels, tiny paintings everywhere.
wzuk11.bsky.social @wzuk11.bsky.social Quasi-retired Canadian (๐จ๐ฆ) former teacher librarian, former executive director at Manitoba Aviation Council; artist (created 2 sculptures), author (10 books in publication) and filmmaker (roles in 18 films). Website: lorimer.ca/adults/contributor/bill-zuk
Elizabeth Webster @elizabethwebster.bsky.social Lucky wife and mom, freelance writer, licensed attorney, and author of the novel, SUMMER TRIANGLE๐
https://linktr.ee/elizabethwebster
Robin Eileen Bernstein @robineileenb.bsky.social Freelance writer. City lover. Midnight snacker.
Incoherent before 7 AM.
robineileenbernstein.com
Memoir-in-progress #DrummerGirl
Bylines: NYTimes, WaPo, Boston Globe Mag, Salon, NY Daily News, Narratively, Next Ave, Oldster, Weekly Humorist, & more
Creative Nonfiction Collective @cnfc.bsky.social Canadian non-profit and registered charity for nonfiction writers.
creativenonfictioncollective.ca
Dena Moes RN CNM @midwifedena.bsky.social THE MIDWIFE IS IN. 2 Yale degrees. 2 published books. Certified Nurse-Midwife. women's health expert. My book IT'S YOUR BODY (WW Norton) is a guide to body autonomy and reproductive health for youth. Itsyourbody.net
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Heidi Klaassen @heidiklaassen.bsky.social Writer
heidiklaassen.com
Executive director, CNFC
creativenonfictioncollective.ca
@CNFC.bsky.social
Grad student, boy mom (4), dog mom (4), Calgarian. I probably take on too much.
Writers Read Their Early Sh*t @wrtes.bsky.social The podcast where authors and artists share the lopsided pleasures of their pre-developed, over-early, unripe work. Listen here anytime: https://wrtes.buzzsprout.com/
Rรฉmi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Jenny Zenner ๐๏ธ Stress Response Playbook @jennyzenner.bsky.social To the Home inside of all of us & to making others feel at Home | Coach |
Songwriter | Check out Home Home on Soundcloud | WIP book The Stress Response Playbook: Go Beyond Fight or Flight to Grace
https://jennyzenner.com/
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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social โQueer Southern Novelist ๐ฟ
โWHITE TRASH WITCHCRAFT (HH Fall, 2027)
โRep: @keiralekseii.bsky.social at Azantian
โโ๏ธWTMP & ๐ฉต SmoochPit Mentor
https://linktr.ee/RowanBrightonBrown
Don Butler @butlerdon.bsky.social Former Ottawa Citizen journalist turned novelist: A Life of Bliss (2021) and Normanโs Conquest (2024). More to come โฆ
@alifewithedits.bsky.social @alifewithedits.bsky.social 
Rayne Hall, Author & Publisher @raynehall.bsky.social "In a world of AI, bots and fakes, Rayne Hall will always be real."
#NoAi #Writer of non-fiction and #Gothic #fiction. #Publisher of Gothic fiction anthologies. Teacher, coach. Avid #permaculture gardener. Lives in #Bulgaria with #rescuecats.
JustASK @akskennedy.bsky.social If you are in the service of others, I am in the service of you. There has never been a better, or more important, time to invest in being human.
Phosphor Emery Alethes @phosphoralethes.bsky.social Trans, queer, AuDHD, chronically ill, & disabled memoirist/essayist, classical singer, & Shakespearean actor. Parent to 1 human & 1 dog. I write about identity, trauma, shame, & perception. Working on a memoir/essay/abandoned novels hybrid. | She/Her
Raixsis @raixsis.bsky.social Sailor at heart, designer by dream.
Sharing sea-soaked thoughts, bold shirts, and a little bit of soul.
EchoBlue Studio on deck.
link https://tinyurl.com/EchoBlue-Studio
@sybilwrites.bsky.social @sybilwrites.bsky.social 
B.J. Woodstein @bjwoodstein.bsky.social Translator and writer.
Tahneer Oksman @tahneeroksman.bsky.social Teach journalism; cultural critic, esp of memoir and graphic novels/comics, for NPR and others; some books on some things; Brooklyn, NY. Opinions mine.
Kirk Rafferty โจis editingโจ ๐ @kirkrafferty.com Award-winning author of THE COSMONAUT on shelves summer 2027, Crooked Lane Books
Links: https://linktr.ee/kirkraff
Co-host of the podcast @badlitfriends.bsky.social
โฌwith @thecrumpet.bsky.socialโฌ
"Villain, I have done thy mother"
Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social Author of Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness (Guernica 2024) A Place for People Like Us (Guernica 2025)
Vidal, At Bay Press, 2026
For All the Men... reissue (Guernica 2028)
Fiction and art enthusiast. Humber School for Writers faculty.
Vanessa Anderson, MFA @nightowlfreelance.bsky.social Professional Character Therapist at โ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๊ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โโด
Developmental Editing โข Line Editing โข Copyediting โข Publishing Guidance ๐ โ
Website: NightOwlFreelance.com, Est. 2010
Claudia H Long @claudiahlong.bsky.social I write novels. Even when they're serious, they're funny. Newest book is Murder Without a Duck, from Sibylline Press, a Simpato Mystery. Other series: Zara and Lilly mysteries and Tendrils of the Inquisition set. California.
Alix Wall @alixwall.bsky.social Freelance writer specializing in food, love & Jews. Occasional contributor to NYTimes Vows. Writer/producer The Lonely Child, a documentary in production. Illuminoshi founder.
alix-wall.com
lonelychildmovie.com
illuminoshi.com
Aaron Apollo Camp @campaaronapollo.bsky.social Author. Writer. Podcast host. Progressive Democrat. Sports fan. Nerd. On the autism spectrum. Downstate Illinoisan. Polysexual. Demiromantic. Authoritatively unserious. He/Him/His.
https://linktr.ee/campaaronapollo
Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social Journalist, crosspatch, editor at the Toronto Star.
Greatstuff80 @greatstuff80.bsky.social Cat Mom, nature lover. Downsizing 40+ years of collecting, gifts, relative's stuff, thrift finds and crafting. Vintage, estate, retro, collectibles, jewelry, pottery, glassware, cat items and more. ebay.com/usr/greatstuff80 greatstuff80.etsy.com No DM
Jessica Gigot @jessicagigot.bsky.social ๐ A LITTLE BIT OF LAND & FEEDING HOUR
Her Deepest Ecologies Podcast
Any and all ๐พ news!
https://jessicagigot.com/
https://herdeepestecologies.substack.com/
Bonnie kim Weinstein @professorbwc.bsky.social Novelist, writer, writing professor; comics, sci-fi, and music geek
Manuel Sousa Oliveira @msousaoliveira.bsky.social PhD candidate | lit | ethics | utopia | environment
he/they
https://up-pt.academia.edu/ManuelSOUSAOLIVEIRA
Trevor S Chittick | Writer @trevorchittick.bsky.social Author๐ | Screenwriter๐๏ธ | Tennis player๐พ | Canadian ๐จ๐ฆ | INFJ
My books are available at online bookstores everywhere.
www.tscbooks.ca
ืืืืืจ 0))) @gerr0.bsky.social Itโs mostly gonna be music, spiritual, and literary nerdery from me.
Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social Kjipuktuk|Halifax. Inventor #DSPBposts. @tricon-hfx.bsky.social exec. Small press, ๐บ๐ธ & ๐จ๐ฆ poli. Salty. I turn tea into words: steampunk Pride and Prejudice reimagining AETHER AND EGO, Sept 2026, Inanna. https://linktr.ee/joannemerriam
Phil Appley @philthepage.bsky.social Comic Artist allegedly.
Jinwoo Park @jinwoo-park.com Writer, Translator (Kr-En), Debut novel, Oxford Soju Club, coming in Sept 2025, 111k on TikTok
https://linktr.ee/jinwoopark0721
Shelley Buck @shelleybuck.bsky.social Author. From Amherst to Oregon via everywhere. Books: FLOATING POINT, EAST, INDIA BOUND #cnf #travel Photos on IG: shelleybuckauthor
Rebecca Wood Barrett @rwoodbarrett.bsky.social (she/her) author | #MGFiction | pre-order now! ~ My Summer Camp Has Mega Sloths (May 2025 Orca) http://orcabook.com | My Best Friend is Extinct (Orca) | artistic director Whistler Writers Fest | MFA UBC | T1D
Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social #SciArt symptomatology and #anatomy #embroidery, writing, and #MECFS. A bit of music too. Canadian settler. she/her. https://linktr.ee/lia_pas
Melissa @melissafirman.bsky.social Writer of things. Memoir in progress. Avid reader. GenX'er. Philly girl in Pgh. #Woolfer. Opinions here and everywhere = mine.
Arnie Bernstein @realarnieb.bsky.social ๐ฆ Narrative nonfiction author. Writing teacher & coach. Speaker, talking head, raconteur. Voracious & ferocious reader. Movie maven. Long-suffering White Sox fan. Proud Jew. Proud Zionist. A Brothers Marxist. https://www.linktr.ee/arniebernstein โก NO DMs!
Stevie Trujillo ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฝ @stevietrujillo.bsky.social Writer, mama, American dreamer in despair. Fighting the good fight with words in The NYT, The Guardian, WaPo, Huff Post, Salon, Vogue, etc.
Drove The World's Longest Road. Resides in Spain. Huge crush on FDR. Votes BLUE ๐
Born + raised in L.A
Rabbi Mark Sameth @rabbimarksameth.bsky.social Author of "The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God." https://www.rabbimarksameth.com/
Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social writer. researcher. flutist. teacher. stitcher of stories.
https://linktr.ee/sonjaboon
Anne Panning @apanning.bsky.social Professor of English, Creative Writing, SUNY-Brockport
Books:
Super America (Flannery OโConnor Award for Short Fiction).
Butter (novel)
Dragonfly Notes: On Distance & Loss (memoir)
The Price of Eggs (short fiction)
Spit & Glitter (poetry, forthcoming)
Rosecliff Literary @roseclifflit.bsky.social DC-based literary agency | where stories find their path | founder @jessicaberg.bsky.social
Kimberly Mack @drkimberlymack.bsky.social Memoirist. Music Critic. English Professor. Food and wine enthusiast. #binders
LaVonne Roberts @lavonne.bsky.social Leads the Scott-Morgan Foundation, proving that disability barriers are engineering problems. Writes for NYT, WIRED, TIME. Forbes Under 30 scout. Speaker & moderator on AI ethics.
JEFFREY ROBINSON @writingfactory.bsky.social Old fashioned storyteller, bestselling #author 30+books, keynote speaker, television, film, radio. #9/11 #MoneyLaundering #Fraud #Fiction #BookSky
WEBSITE: jeffreyrobinson.com
https://substack.com/@writingfactory
https://linktr.ee/jeffreyrobinson
Char Wilkins @charwilkins.bsky.social Writer. Unraveling and stitching understanding with threads of compassion. Essays and memoir-in-progress. Learning craft from generous, supportive teachers in a vibrant community of women writers.
Melissa Hed (she/her) @melissahed.bsky.social Transitions coach | death doula | energy healer | retreat leader |former Managing Editor at Your Teen Media | Attorney | Author of "Wings" in the short story anthology LEFT TURNS
A. J. Payler @ajpayler.bsky.social Author/musician A. J. Payler has published 5 novels, 2 short story collections, & 6 albums of original music to date as well as opened for Silkworm & Schizophonics, among others.
Visit ajpayler.com for more.
Michelle Levy, Editor & Essayist @editormichellelevy.bsky.social ๐Book editor and writer in New York.๐ฝI edit nonfiction, fiction, and biz/sci/psy/healthโฆ ๐ Essayist, solo mother, and psychonaut. ๐คฉ Bylines in Discover, Insider, Hippocampus, and more. ๐
Roz Bellamy @bellarozz.bsky.social Writer ๐
PhD grad from @latrobeuni ๐ค
Memoir MOOD published by @wakefieldpress ๐
@jrosew.bsky.social @jrosew.bsky.social 
Annie Trace @annetracy.bsky.social Indie author & writer. Debut novel โThe Mourning Lights of Gloryโ to be released soon. Stay tunedโฆ #ParanormalRomance
The Independent Author Network @ianauthornetwork.bsky.social Welcome to the Independent Author Network at Bluesky. Promoting and Supporting Indie Authors since 2010. Our Book of the Year Awards program features $6,000 in cash prizes. #IAN1
Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social Author, content curator, consultant to philanthropy and non-profits. Lesbian, Jew, grandma, trans ally. https://linktr.ee/cindytrizzo
Leigh Shulman @theleighshulman.bsky.social Writer, mentor, and sometimes chief mucky muck. I talk about writing, parenting, and living in Argentina. Also books and food.
pdxrachreads @pdxrachreads.bsky.social ๐Bookworm | Lost in the world of words โจ
๐Fantasy๐งโโ๏ธ|๐นRomance๐|๐ญSci-Fi๐
https://linktr.ee/pdxrachreads
Current Reads
๐ The Last Time I Wore A Dress
๐ง Clean Air
๐ฑDissolution