Mhara Starling @mharastarling.bsky.social Welsh Witch | Swynwraig
Llen Gwerin, hudoliaeth, a mwy! | Folklore, Magic, and more!
Author, Cauldron and Troll doll hoarder. Whimsy and chaos embodied ✨
Bex Lindsay @bexlindsay.bsky.social I present radio for Fun Kids, podcasts for Forestry England and The Week Jr, book reviews for R4’s Front Row. Also I’m great at Hook-a-Duck.
Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him | linktr.ee/misterabk
UK TOUR 2026 (Extended!): www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social Scottish comic/writer/actor with confusing accent, absolutely not insecure about it. She/her. My book out now! Show for '26: The Mermaid https://linktr.ee/eleanormorton
Eleanor & Alasdair Read That on Spotify
support me: https://ko-fi.com/eleanormorton
londonkidslitfest @londonkidslitfest.bsky.social We are the UK's largest dedicated children's book festival returning on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June. Made in Barnes SW13 since 2015!
Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social librarian and illustrator.
will post later, too sleepy
My shop: https://www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
Rael571 @rael571.bsky.social Librarian & introvert
LOCATION: Gogledd Cymru
LIKES: Books, silence, serenity, trees, cats, the smell of frankincense
DISLIKES: Noise, crowds, being the centre of attention or being nominated/tagged
Trans Rights Readathon @trreadathon.bsky.social Official account of the Trans Rights Readathon! 🏳️⚧️ March 17-31, 2026. 🏳️⚧️
https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co
Justine Crow @swimble.bsky.social South London born, still learning the job after years at the Bookseller Crow on the Hill in Crystal Palace, chippy
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Dr Karl Rutlidge 🏳️⚧️😎💚 @krutlidge.bsky.social Recovering mathematician. Theology PhD student. Proud trans man. Husband. Stepdad. Methodist minister. Lover of books, science, cider and photography (he/him).
Florian Gadsby @floriangadsby.bsky.social Potter, author of ‘By My Hands: A Potter’s Apprenticeship’ and YouTuber based in London, UK.
You can find my book here: https://geni.us/bymyhands
• www.floriangadsby.com
• www.youtube.com/@floriangadsby
#pottery #ceramics
Essie Brammer @essiebrammer.bsky.social Writer of MG. Finalist Mslexia C&YA Novel '24, SL Wells Book 4 Children '24, Yeovil Lit Prize C&YA '23 & Firefly Press '22, LL Guppy MG '21 & Mslexia C&YA '20 📚. Member of #MGnificents, #MGPugFish and #MiddleGradeHub. Neurodivergent. STEM IRL 🧮. She/her.
Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social Writing - archaeology - heritage.
British Iraqi.
Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate.
Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025.
Working Classicist of the Year 2025.
She/her
Kim S Joy @kimsjoy.bsky.social Stained Glass Artist and Instructor from Upstate New York living in Wilson North Carolina
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly @joseph-nhanoreilly.bsky.social Co-founder & Director of https://www.ipned.org/
Formerly Save the Children, Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait & Global Book Alliance.
Co-author of https://statement-on-palestine.org/
Matilda Battersby @matildabattersby.bsky.social Writer and journalist. Former arts editor at The Independent, and editor of Popshot Quarterly. The Bookseller sometimes 
Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social Disabled poet / author. Books nominated for the Carnegie / Greenaway. Inspired by nature and space. UNESCO poet. Award-winning poet. Cake poet.
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com One of the UK's leading indie publishers. High-impact fiction and brand-led non-fiction. Beautiful books you won’t forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social I have Grandkids - so no longer use Airport Departure Lounges.
Natural History has been the unbroken story of my life.
Watching wildlife, mostly under Dorset skies.
Wrens; Greenfinches; Little Owls; Raptors & Adders are a preoccupation.
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
Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social Discrimination Barrister, Railway, Car and Flying Nut. Trans woman.
Ur Arkivkartongen @urarkivkartongen.se Hej och välkommen!
Förhoppningen är att Du som tittar förbi kartongen skall skratta eller lära dig något - eller både och. Alla snälla människor är välkomna. (Ni andra har en egen sajt.)
Gamla trådar sparas på https://box.urarkivkartongen.se
What The Trans?! 🏳️⚧️ @whatthetrans.com News outlet for trans people, by trans people
Podcasts, articles and live reporting
WhatTheTrans.com
Navigation: #Podcast #Article #Opinion #Analysis #Interview #LiveReport #Protest #Action #Fundraiser #Research #Photography #UK #US #Japan #World
Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social Historian of Britain and the World at the University of York. Interested in cities, art-making and the future. Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain out now: www.samwetherell.com
Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog Trans liberation and information security. @transsafety.network
Manchester, UK
Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com Artist-scholar, specialised in early Arabic (Kufi) scripts & historical/natural materials. Interest in material culture & things real. Beirut émigré in Oxford. Earth lover, plastic-free. Contemplative. Whovian/Gallifrey…
Links: https://linktr.ee/Majnouna
@ylglondon.bsky.social @ylglondon.bsky.social YLG London is a CILIP volunteer-led community. Notification of events & activities will be posted here. Our communications are not CILIP policy.
Website: https://www.cilip.org.uk/members/group_content_view.asp?group=201316&id=687661
Jeanie Trefaldwyn @jeanietrefaldwyn.bsky.social Gofyn wyf am calon hapus, calon onest, calon lân
JoansGarden @joansgarden.bsky.social Unique knitting patterns, hand knits. Love to garden (US zone 5). A rural southern Oregon blue dot in a red sea. Born and raised in Adelaide, came to the US for 2 years, 50 years ago. Life happens.
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Laura | Librarian & Writer @audhderslibrary.bsky.social Secondary School Librarian in Sheffield 📚
Wannabe Author/Writer of many things 📖
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2024=104📚
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Felix Ford (she/her) @knitsonik.bsky.social Artist celebrating daily life in amazing ways in my online school; healing from 5+ years of autistic burnout; and becoming the AuDHD additional needs coordinator I have needed my whole life. 
TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social Love to travel? Love to read?
TripFiction.com matches books with 2,890 locations around the world
See a destination through the eyes of an author
Essie Fox Writer @essiefox.bsky.social
Catherine: A retelling of Wuthering heights is my latest novel, exploring the classic book through the voice of Cathy's ghost.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catherine-Retelling-Wuthering-Essie-Fox/dp/1917764421/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com Belfast writer. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. "Big beast transgender activist" [The Telegraph].
The Trans Agenda reports on anti-trans media coverage in UK papers, subscribe here transagenda.info
Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue
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Lynn Hardaker @lynn-hardaker.bsky.social Canadian artist & writer living in a mediaeval German town.
Love nature, art, & literature. Currently working on two MG novels: one an 18th century fantasy, the other a 1920s cozy mystery. 
@storymix.bsky.social @storymix.bsky.social 
David Paisley @davidpaisley.net Scottish, theatre loving, queer, gym rat 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Knights Of @knightsofbooks.bsky.social Independent. Inclusive. Award-winning children's books publisher 📚| 
Little Miss Contrary @eimanmunro.bsky.social Writer ~ Researcher ~ Autism Expert by Experience for CAMHS NHS professionals.
SCBWI member, Megaphone community member, Writementor Hub community member, #UV2024 winner🤩
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
Emily Ann Davison @emilyanndavison.bsky.social Children’s author.
Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny
The Blue Umbrella
Is It a Seed?
Books with Nosy Crow, Andersen Press, Flying Eye and others
Rep’d by Creative Roots Studio
Never seen without a cup of tea
Biscuit nibbler
www.emilyanndavison.com
Lisa J Allen @lisajallen.bsky.social Children's author. UNDERCOVER ANGEL books 1 and 2 out NOW for ages 9-12!! https://amzn.to/3QmPi6q & https://amzn.to/3NreKcM with Tiny Tree!!! www.lisajallen.com
J.P. Reedman, Author @jpreedman.bsky.social Author of historical fiction on Medieval Women, the Wars of the Roses, Stonehenge and Robin Hood
Anne Boyère @zerilfrenchanne.bsky.social Scribbler. Doodler. Children herder. Talks about babies and milk for a living. Wild swimmer too. She/her
#SCBWI #Words&Pictures 
Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social Reading, writing, daydreaming. Quietly...
Author of A Little Bird Told Me & All Your Little Lies and Trustee MindFood CIO
@MarianneHAuthor everywhere
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Ellie Irving @ellieirving.bsky.social Children's Author: THE MATILDA EFFECT (MG) and OH, ARMADILLO! (PB) among other things. Rep’d by Greyhound Literary. Based in Southend-on-Sea. Pontins’ under 8s Connect 4 Champion (1988)
More here: ellieirving.co.uk
Jake Hayes @tygertale.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, audio describer | Children's books blog tygertale.com | Bath Spa #MAWYP grad | Dr Who | pop music | theatre | #TygertaleVintage books https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tygertale
Ian Hunter - Children’s Author @ianhcreates.bsky.social Children’s Author.
Are you ready for adventure?
Jenny Hendy 🌱🪲🍄🦋🐾🌳🐦🐳🌼 @hendygardenlove.bsky.social Botanist turned garden designer, author and writer. Lover of natural history, nature photography, arts and crafts.🌱 No DMs
Amber Caraveo @ambercaraveo.bsky.social 😻 Literary agent at Skylark Literary - www.skylark-literary.com. Loves sunny days, folklore, children’s books, YA books, all books - and dancing! (She/her)
Yvonne Banham @eviewriter.bsky.social Author MG/Teen Horror & Paranormal Fiction #DeloresMackenzie
Hiker; Trail Runner; Cute dogs; Not-so-cute-dogs; Gothic Fiction; Cake; Strong Coffee; Often found in dungarees and Docs (yes at my age!)
Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
M.G. Harris @mgharris.bsky.social Author of kid's and teen adventure/thriller books; latest YA series - 'The Mind Game'.
Mama. Former mol biol. Mexican-British. Cis, she/her.
Piu DasGupta 🐒🐍💫 @piudg.bsky.social UPDATES ONLY (Find me on Instagram) Writing words | SECRETS OF THE SNAKESTONE & THE GOLDEN MONKEY MYSTERY 🐒🐍💫 l
https://linktr.ee/piudasgupta
Paris 16eme 🇫🇷🇮🇳🇬🇧
Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at www.HS-LA.com @HSLANews.bsky.social
#WeNeedDiverseBooks.
Story lover. Vintage typewriter obsessed. Feminist. She/Her/Ms
https://linktr.ee/hannah_litagent
Claire Lomas @clairelomas.bsky.social Books (reading and writing) *Winner WriteMentorAwards 25 | Highly Commended Yeovil 24 | SL Wells 24 | SL Guppy 2023 | Honorary Mention UV2024* @TheGEAcademy alumni. Ex-lawyer. Music teacher 🎶
The Library Elf @thelibraryelf.bsky.social I am a former primary teacher who is now an ELSA, SNA and Librarian. I love kids books and some adult books as well.
✔️BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS 📚
✔️ Dogs
✔️ Beach
✔️ Creative
✔️Introvert
✔️ It’s cool to be kind
Nadine Holland Author✨ @nadineholland.bsky.social Children’s author. Kiko and the Coralline Crest, Hallie and the Broken Ghost, Mina the Mighty (Mar ‘25) and When the sea left (Aug ‘25).
Eternal optimist/casual obsessive
She/Her | SOA
nhollandauthor.wixsite.com/books
Ceridwen Eccles @teacherglitter.bsky.social Teacher ⭐️ Mother ⭐️ Lover of the arts ⭐️
I adore reading and hoard books like a dragon does gold.
@pushkasmarbles.bsky.social @pushkasmarbles.bsky.social Ex librarian, ckg judge 20/21. Lover of art, books, photography and nature. 🥰📖
The Book Lady @bookladykaty.bsky.social 📚 Mammy. Librarian. Book Lady. Anxious. 📚
✨ Carnegie Medals Judge 2023/2024 ✨
All views are my own.
Clare McCarron @claremccarron.bsky.social @BathSpaUni #mawfyp WIP YA In a haze of angst and anger, a city teen collides with the wild Scottish Highlands. LL Guppy 2024, CNPKids Top 100
Neil Philip @neilphilipmyth.bsky.social I post about folklore, mythology, poetry, children's literature, art, cats, nature and anything else that takes my fancy. Currently working on an absurdly over-ambitious "key to all mythologies", The Hidden Matrix for Unbound. 
Helen Tamblyn-Saville (she/her) @helentamblyn.bsky.social Wonderland Bookshop owner (Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025), former councillor, politics nerd, tenpin bowling fanatic, researching comics, community rail. Based in North Notts. Kidlit is my bag. helentamblynsaville.com.
Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social Michael Smith. Author, printmaker, translator & illustrator of medieval romances. Whimsy, art. Published by Wilton Square Books. PhD research University of York. Follows the Blackburn Rovers. All photos mine unless on shared posts www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
Niche Comics Bookshop @nichecomics.bsky.social Niche Comics Bookshop - an award winning, inclusive, diverse, accepting and welcoming safe space for EVERYONE. Established 2011. Two floors of new books, games and gifts.
Love welcoming authors/artists
https://linktr.ee/NicheComicsBookshop
Serena Molloy @serenamolloy.bsky.social Irish children's author.
'Wider Than The Sea' Winner of the Eilís Dillon Award KPMG CBI. Sunday Times (IRL) Children's Book of the Week. SL The Week Junior Awards '24.
'The Tree That Sang to Me' out now with Hodder.
https://serenamolloy.com/
Waterstones Oxford @waterstonesoxf.bsky.social Five floors of books, a wonderful Café W overlooking Oxford City Centre and an expanding events programme! Insta: oxford_waterstones
Caroline Hardaker @carolinehardaker.bsky.social Author, Poet, Novelist. A bit witchy. MOTHTOWN & COMPOSITE CREATURES from Angry Robot, LITTLE QUAKES & BONE OVATION from Valley Press.
PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social Online writing magazine and blog for the young and the young at heart. Featuring new writing & art for MG, teen & YA, plus content for readers and aspiring writers.
www.paperboundmag.com
Cath Howe @cathhowe.bsky.social Children's author, creative arts, London, rep'd by Anne Clark, @nosycrow, @pearson, BloomsburyEd, HachetteKids
Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social Writer and artist in Devon, UK. Inconsistent poster. Dawe is pronounced 'door'. No AI in my art or writing, ever.
Rep'd by @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social
The Stitchwort Curse published by @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/alexandradawe
LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social Sharing all things Aiken...books, thoughts, memories...
https://www.joanaiken.com/
Patricia Forde @pforde123.bsky.social I write books for children
Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026)
Penny Chrimes @pennychrimes.bsky.social Children's author. TIGER HEART, THE DRAGON AND HER BOY, WILDER, MOONSHIFTER. HERO THE HIGHWAY GIRL coming in September with @FireflyPress
Agent Lisa Babalis, Curtis Brown. Bookings Authors Aloud.
Natasha Brown @natashabrown54.bsky.social Managing Editor | she/her | opinions very much my own . . . | Promoted by Madeline Church on behalf of Enfield Green Party, PO Box 81355 London N11 9GB
History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social ➥ Old Photos, Pics, Docs, Maps
➥ Ottoman Empire Archives
➥ Historical Letters, Notes, Poems, Memoirs.
➥ medium.com/@HistoricalMemoirs
Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social Nano-publisher & provider of self-publishing services based in Ilfracombe, Devon.
Submissions open for books with a strong focus on Devon and the South West.
https://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk 
Anthony Baxter @baxterlovesyou.bsky.social Baxter Loves You
Writer and Artist.
Spell caster and occult fan.
Cumbrian resident.
Amateur puzzle solver.
Over 30 - Queer - Just trying
James McKay @jrmckay.bsky.social 32-year-old NHS administrator by day, aspiring bookseller and publisher. Currently diving into a BA in English Literature with the Open University while rekindling my once-fiery love affair with reading.Stay tuned for book reviews and bookish ramblings
B For Butterfly Books @bforbutterflybooks.bsky.social Independent bookshop based in Brooklands, Sale, Greater Manchester.
James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social Author 🏳️🌈
EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS - An adult contemporary LGBTQ+ RomCom. Preorder now! out 26th April.
Represented by Intersaga Literary Agency.
Dorian 📚 ☕️ 💙 🌊 @dreamingoforkney.bsky.social Ancestral Orkney dweller among the Hepburns. Loves gardens and pathways, walking and hiking, the sea, and wide skies. Admirer of crofters and crafters and their wares, and all things woolie 💙 🌊 🦭 🐚
Lucy & Yak @lucyandyak.bsky.social Join the Comfort Movement 💗✨
Ships worldwide 🌎
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
TLDR News @tldrnews.bsky.social The Official Home of TLDR News
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
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A network of 10 volunteer-led news publications from across the UK
Donate via https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/
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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru https://bylines.cymru
A participatory citizen journalism community and publication for all in, from, and in love with Wales. Reach out to editor@bylines.cymru
Talking Wales @talking.wales A new cooperative national news media platform for Wales. Owned by you, serving you and the people of Wales. Want to learn more? Visit www.talking.wales
Project lead Huw Marshall @huwmarshall.substack.com Email post@talking.wales
Tracy Hopkins @tracyshopkins.bsky.social Bookworm, editor, children's book enthusiast, School Library Assistant, blogger, Londoner, mum. All views my own. She/her
Lizzy Chambers @lizzychambers.bsky.social Botanical Jeweller, creative support and event organiser.
Bronwen Gwillim @bronwen-gwillim.bsky.social artist and maker using waste and sustainable materials in West Wales 
Tiny Dala Horse @tinydalahorse.bsky.social At just one inch tall, I’m one of the tiniest Dala horses around. I love traveling around my home state of Alaska and other places as opportunities arise. I’ll be posting new photos here as well as favorites from over the years. Join me on my travels!