Slip of Comet @slipofcomet.bsky.social A micropress from IS and ES.
celestial * botanical * erotic
Sidereal messages and notes from the cosmos coming soon. / Winter โ26 launch.
Subscriptions available from 21st December 2026
simonjamesbrady.bsky.social @simonjamesbrady.bsky.social Simon James Brady is an Irish poet and writer.
See https://simonjamesbrady.com/
@jamooremoody.bsky.social @jamooremoody.bsky.social NHS worker, Belfast. Mum. European/Irish ๐ช๐บ โ๏ธHoping for a calmer, kinder world for all. Judge a government on how they look after their poor, sick and elderly. ๐ง #equality #nobillionaires
Dan O'Brien @bydanobrien.bsky.social Plays, poems, prose http://danobrien.org
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
Michael @michaelsten.bsky.social A books๐, films๐ฌ, photography๐ธ, music๐ถ, and knowledge๐ lover from Malta (Europe). Iโm always happy to follow back and get to know people ๐.
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Ruairรญ de Barra @paperneverrefusedink.com Procaffinator. Veteran. Artificer. Bodger. #Author. #Poet. Lost #Mayo Man.
www.paperneverrefusedink.com
Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept โ26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC. Chiefs.
Jonathan: Food & Photography @jonathanfoodie.bsky.social #PNW MBA retired biz-owner who enjoys #gourmet food, #nature #photography, archaeology, geology, pre-history & Intl. Travel.. and labrador Margaux & partner Tammie. #Photos are all ours. No AI! No scam DMs.
Thanks for sharing our hobby!
@goethean.bsky.social @goethean.bsky.social Chicagoan. Raised as a fundamentalist Christian. BA in philosophy. Book hoarder. Interest in 19th cent. German lit & phil. Had a paper published in an academic journal. Traveled to India > ten times. Moderate Democrat. Enjoys board games. Writing a book.
Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social Poet | Critic | Queer
www.marcchamberlain.net
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social THE LOVELY DARK is nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2026 ๐บ๐ธ | Kirkus โ
| Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |๐ฑ
linktr.ee/mattfoxwriter
LET THEM EAT BOOKS THE PODCAST @letthemeatbooks.bsky.social Let Them Eat Books is a podcast by Colin Herd & Claire Reynolds about all the food you have & havenโt tried in all the books & poems you have & havenโt read.
Streaming weekly wherever you get your podcasts
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@jeroen-huisman.bsky.social @jeroen-huisman.bsky.social Dutch visual artist, mainly working in sculpture, installation, video and photography / www.jeroenhuisman.com
Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social A detective. Astrid Aillume's New Case: A Billionaire's Mystery
Cracking a case is like salty liquorice.
Surprising at first,but ultimately addictive.
Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All ๐ธ mine, unless stated
Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie Author of Natureโs Acre. Founder, Gardeningwell.ie โ wildlife gardening in Ireland (Stamullen, Co Meath).
Walled garden + school/community projects.
Peat-free, pesticide-free. Native plants, pollinators. Media: gardeningwell.ie/press/media
Yann Oehl @yannoehl.bsky.social creative-errant | โartistโ | meta-plagiarist | bricoleur | proudly degenerate | unintentional curator | confabulator | machine collaborator
[insert appropriate virtue signal here]
https://linktr.ee/yannoehl
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Fiona Zerbst @fionazerbst.bsky.social Resisting the global rise of Fascism. Social impact writer. PhD in Creative Writing. Sixth book of poetry, Understorey, coming out February 2027 (uHlanga Press). Librettist and amateur artist. ๐ฟ๐ฆ LLMs are a scourge. ๐ซ NO AI SLOP
G. E. Schwartz @geschwartz58.bsky.social words, etc.
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
semperanticuspress@gmail.com
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social Writer, artist, stylite.
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Northwestern Ireland.
Also Instagram, and X.
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
Julia Webb @julwe1.bsky.social Neurodivergent poet and editor. Steering editor for 'Lighthouse'. Latest collection 'Grey Time' (Nine Arches press, 2025).
https://juliawebb.org/
https://visual-poetics.blogspot.com/
https://storymachines.co.uk/portfolio/lighthouse/
John Latta @lattaj.bsky.social Poet, birder. Used to bloviate at Isola di Rifiuti.
Willard @climateball.bsky.social it's all gavagaรฏ to me
list - https://bsky.app/profile/climateball.net/lists/3lbfw54qcw42e
pieces - https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/author/neverendingaudit/
project - climateball.net
tags - #Climateball #NowPlaying
wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social Alexander Booth. Poetry. Translation (Mayrรถcker, Kluge, Penna, Wittgenstein et al). Analog collage.
Existential Analysis / Logotherapy.
Epigrams unto emptiness.
Tread the path with care.
wordkunst@gmail.com / IG: @wordkunst
David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social Cairngorm-regarder. Bairn-herder. 
Robert Bloomfield @lunebread.bsky.social Poetry lurker
dogyard @dogyardmag.com Just a mag chasinโ tales.
We accept all types of work from all (leashed) walks of life: poetry, fiction, essay, art, nonfiction, and more.
Read & Submit ๐
dogyardmag.com
Account ran by @edithkrone.bsky.socialโฌ
Bookshelfie โญ๏ธ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social Artist and theatre director based in Dublin, Ireland.
www.eoghancarrick.com
Scott Santens @scottsantens.com Writer and Unconditional / Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate
Founder & CEO of UBI-focused nonprofit ITSAfoundation.org
Sign and share the AI Pledge for Humanity for UBI: aipledgeforhumanity.org
My UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com
๐ฉ linktr.ee/scottsantens
Kristina Klecko @kristinaklecko.bsky.social lesen & sammeln & schreiben
https://steady.page/de/kristinaklecko/posts
eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social @chowleen most elsewhere; my old tweets reappear here at odd times.
Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute ่ๆ็ดๅฟต้คจ Director, Biographical Lit ๅณ่จๆๅญธ publisher
ๅจๆ่ญ #everynightapoem
Henry Gould @henryghenrik.bsky.social semi-good, semi-gray poet. Minneapolis, MN. Recent pubs : GREEN RADIUS https://contubernalesbooks.com/green-radius1 ; PARMENIDES IN MINNEAPOLIS https://contubernalesbooks.com/parmenides-in-minneapolis ; chapbks : https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/henry_gould
Phelim Kelly, London @phelimkellycom.bsky.social ๐: ๐ช๐บ HowToEnjoy.eu
โ๏ธ โ๏ธ ๐ท TRAVEL writer linktr.ee/PhelimKellyCom
๐๐ป๐ฌ PUBLICIST-producer-actor imdb.com/name/nm5117722/
๐โโ๏ธ LONDON's Bluesky PACK (90+) bsky.app/starter-pack/phelimkellycom.bsky.social/3lr44hozfo225
Cumbria Europe Faroe Hungary Ireland Spain
Dorothy Dunnett Society @dunnettcentral.bsky.social The Dorothy Dunnett Society. Literary society and registered charity promoting the works of Scottish novelist Dorothy Dunnett and historical research.
For more information on Dorothy Dunnett and her work, please visit
https://dunnettcentral.org
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland ๐ He/Him | Sรฉ/รฉ
Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ช ๐๐จ๐๐ @markantonyowen.com ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐: @subruria.com
๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ: @iamb.uk / @afterpoetry.com
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ: Reading at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival | Oct 6th: bit.ly/3TvBbRa
@drammeh4.bsky.social @drammeh4.bsky.social 
Aestheticpulse @nep-dk.bsky.social Irish heart in Denmark ๐ฎ๐ชโ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Daily albums, film posters, red carpet + my photography.
Designer. Never short of an opinion.
16 months of daily posts and still obsessed.
He/him
Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social Director, Institute for Mental Health, and Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Interested in psychosis, youth mental health, neuroscience, philosophy, phenomenology. NHS Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis
David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
nat weaver @weaver.wtf Author and editor.
๐ฐ Weaverโs Deep Thoughts newsletter.
๐ Dark fiction author (horror, thriller, YA).
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Genderqueer and bi (she/her/he/him).
natweaverauthor.com
Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu Internet Archive Europe, a Dutch non-profit research library, is building collections and tools to bring them to life. Working with libraries, museums, and archives, we share these tools and collections to further everyoneโs services.
Shadab Zeest Hashmi @shadabzeest.bsky.social https://shadabhashmi.com/
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social โ๏ธ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 โ๏ธ
www.thereaderberlin.com
Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Haiku Poems @haikupoems.bsky.social Welcome to the haiku poems collection ๐โ๏ธ
B.T.Slylark @bt-skylark.bsky.social B.T. Skylark writes stories for the quiet ones, the different ones, the dreamers. Neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, and based on the South Coast, he believes magic belongs to those who never quite fit in.
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
AvaTeedro.com @avateedro.bsky.social ๐ซDMs - Ava writes propulsive, upmarket and historical fiction that explores friendship, family ties, and love.
Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social Writer. Short stories in: The Rumpus, Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS | Read my work at: www.scturnerfiction.com
Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social Staff editor for The New York Times (in London). Previously writing for CNN and Time Magazine. One of those Brits who ended up in American media.
WishingOne @beautifuldays.bsky.social Democrat ๐ Liberal โญ Married
Just Living Life ,๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Poetry with Linda @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social poetry, nature, writing, reading, art, culture, languages, photography, travelling ๐จ๐๏ธ๐ผ๏ธ
Let's also be friends on Substack:@poetrywithlinda
Hoa Nguyen @peacehearty.bsky.social Poet. Educator. Aquarius stellium. Not really here.
Greg Fields @gregfieldsauthor.bsky.social Author, ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐. Winner, North American Book Award for Literary Fiction; Southern California Book Festival Book of the Year, etc. Editor for my publisher and presenter at the International Dublin Writers Festival
www.gregfields.net
Rachel Handley ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. ๐ฆ
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
rachelahandley.com
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
linktr.ee/jdnelson
poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia โฉ
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. ๐บ๐ธ immigrant in ๐ณ๐ด Writing something every day, even if itโs bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Sasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social Poet and translator in a very bad time for Lyrik
Lover of lurchers and other thieving dogs
The Strongbox, Carcanet, 2024
Ben Scotton ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ โ๏ธ @bpscotton.bsky.social Husband. Artist. Pilgrim. Follower of Jesus Christ. Busy writing and building the Wanderer's Post magazine in merry old England.
*Apolitical. Insults will be ignored. Smut will be blocked.*
monkeyandwhale.co.uk wandererspost.com
Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social Gulfport, FL poet laureate
I write poems about bodies - ours, animals, water, our collective nature
Here to connect with poets & poetry lovers
Author of Water Yoga (Singing Dragon 2022).
Lover of tea & avocados ๐ฅ
https://christafairbrotherwrites.com/
Julian Day @julianday.bsky.social Published by Blackbough Poetry, The Storms Journal, FolkHeart Press. Featured writer in Patricia's Pen, and on A Thousand Shades Of Green podcast and a regular guest reader on Eat The Storms podcast. Best of The Net nominated.
@kimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social American poet residing in India / Corbel Stone Press
Rosie Meddon @rosiemeddon.bsky.social Author of historical sagas, lover of the countryside, observer of human nature. Often to be found in my garden.
Isabelโs War - part two in my new WW2 trilogy - is now published by Penguin Michael Joseph.
Find out more at rosiemeddon.com
Jean Peterson @kevinthecat84.bsky.social Writer, poet, journalist. Gen X. Crazy cat lady. Autoimmune warrior. #Type1diabetes. #RA. #Sjogrens. ADHD. IA transplant in the PNW & thriving!๐บ๐ธ
โค๏ธ๐ISU Cyclone๐ช๏ธ๐งก๐คOSU Beav๐ฆซ
#disability#bluewave#spoonie
๐บ๐ฆSlava Ukraini ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฆ๐บ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Arlen House @arlenhouse.bsky.social New Writing from Ireland for the World
European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social Travelling salon and writing community - connecting writers across Europe and beyond. Posts by @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and @deborahzafer.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/europeanwriterssalon
Dean Barker @deanbarker.bsky.social fortunatus et ille deos qui nouit agrestis
Panaque Siluanumque senem Nymphasque sorores.
John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
Raven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social He/Him Pro๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Social Democrat
Poetry, Art, Music. All my original work, unless stated otherwise.
๐ https://ravenbranhard.com
TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend โฌ20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fรกilte.
www.thebookshop.ie
linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie
https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry).
https://nualaoconnor.com/
the hum of passing days @humofpada.bsky.social Light, sound, and distance.
Patrick Brannigan @patrickjmb.bsky.social In Choirs; on board of Housing Rights NI, worked at QUB Belfast
An Dรบn/music/nature/whatever resonates....
Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social A.K.A.: Kim. See also: poems; books; trees (fruit & family); Appalachia (east TN, KY). Likewise, melodious felines, unfounded optimism. Confounding hounds. Further reading: science-adjacent, spirit-curious. Vintage. Allergies: DMs, bigots.
Matthew Kendrick @matthewkendrick.bsky.social Masters Student in East Asian Economy and Society at University of Vienna | Co-Host and Producer, This Week on ICE Podcast | Formerly Fareed Zakaria GPS, CNN, GZERO, Aspen Public Radio | Fulbright Korea 2014-2015 | ๐บ๐ธ/๐ฆ๐น via ๐จ๐ฑ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท
Dr Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado @drdawnmiranda.bsky.social Academic: Queen's University Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies & Ulster University, School of Law
Markievicz Award Winner https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/46faa-film-music-theatre-and-traditional-arts-represented-among-markievicz-award-2023-recipients
Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social โsigns and characters from the type-case of forgotten thingsโ Sebald
Late Heaney (https://bit.ly/40oRn76)
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Judith Nangala Crispin @judithnangala.bsky.social Poet & visual artist on unceded Yuin Walbunga Country in Australia. Afterlife portraits of animals & birds. Alternative darkroom with drawing & painting. Grainger Gallery and Anima Mundi. Poetry collections with Puncher & Wattmann. Member of FNAWN & Oculi.
Jill Jones @jill-jones-1.bsky.social Poet & perambulator. Unruly in queer suburbia, living on unceded Kaurna land. Out now: Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems (Puncher & Wattmann). Also: Wild Curious Air, A History of What I'll Become, Viva The Real, and others