Miguel Delaney @migueldelaney.bsky.social Chief football writer at the Independent. Author of 'States of Play'
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Rob Stoole @robstoole.bsky.social
Patrick McCormack @patrick-mcc.bsky.social A wanderer, wonderer and picker-up of unconsidered trifles.
André Dias @aindanao.bsky.social Ao infinito, o teu imenso, duro, indiferente parentesco.»
Professor de cinema ESTC
Lisboa, Portugal
https://x.com/aindanao
https://www.facebook.com/aindanaocomecamos
https://letterboxd.com/aindanao/
Steven Poole @stevenpoole.bsky.social writer / composer | WSJ, Guardian, Telegraph, Amazon, Spotify, BBC
https://stevenpoole.net
Lee Ward @leewardmister.bsky.social It's books and music all the way down.
Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social Poetry Critic for the Sunday Times. Anglican Priest. Poetry Collection, "Dirt Rich", out from Carcanet. TLS contributor since 2010. All views very much my own.
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Stuart Evers @stuartevers.bsky.social Writer, reviewer, Columbo enthusiast
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Tim Adams writes @timadamswrites.bsky.social Editor of Observer New Review, London; believer in untrodden ways and Invisible Cities, dawn choruses and last-minute winners.
The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social Enjoy The Observer journalism in print every Sunday, and digitally, seven days a week 🗞️
Subscribe now at Observer.co.uk/subscribe
Killian Fox @killianfox0.bsky.social Writes for the Observer and elsewhere. Previously: The Gannet. Gmail: killianfox
Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social Editor of The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany and The Daily Sherlock Holmes. Marketing Director at the University of Chicago Press. Board member of the Uptown People’s Law Center.
Europa Editions UK @europaeditionsuk.bsky.social Publishing the world, one book at a time.
Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social A poetry festival by the sea under the big skies of East Anglia. Thurs 5th to Sunday 8th November 2026. ☀️📚🩵
Website: https://www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/
Facebook: poetryinaldeburgh.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poetryinaldeburgh/
Vicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social Writer. Short story collection 'Live Show, Drink Included' shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated, 2023. Work in Masters Review XIII in 2025 and Best British Short Stories 2026. www.vickygrut.com
Anna Girling @annagirling.bsky.social Reading, writing, & thinking about cosmopolitanism, internationalism, decadence, anti-colonialism, anti-fascism, modernism – & Una Marson, Nancy Cunard, Edith Wharton, & other people & things like that. Leverhulme ECF in English at University of Edinburgh.
Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social Independent British publisher of non-fiction and fiction. Highlights include James Hawes's The Shortest History of Germany and Hannelore Cayre's The Godmother, winner of the 2020 'Crime Fiction in Translation' Dagger.
Sam Sacks @ssacks.bsky.social Fiction critic at the Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/news/author/sam-sacks); editor at Open Letters Review, formerly Open Letters Monthly (https://openlettersreview.com/) sam_sacks [at] hotmail
John-Paul Stonard @johnpaulstonard.com Writer
New book: THE WORST EXHIBITION IN THE WORLD, DEGENERATE ART, 1937, out now 🚀
Waterstones Gower Street @gowerst-books.bsky.social Europe's biggest new & secondhand bookshop, home to Gower Records, Art Supplies Shop, Fillongley Café and an award-winning events programme. London's local bookshop.
Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
Paul Davies @paul1davies.bsky.social Director of Content at the Booker Prizes
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
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.
Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com MUSKISM with @bentarnoff.com: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/muskism-quinn-slobodianben-tarnoff?variant=43838135402530
HAYEK’S BASTARDS won the NBCC award for criticism. quinnslobodian.com
David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social Triple threat:
Journalism: www.authory.com/davidbarnett
Books: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034PY7ZW
Comics: leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/16810/david-barnett/comics
Agent: Laura Williams, Greene & Heaton greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/david-m-barnett
Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
Robert @robertd1.bsky.social (failing) writer; @loudandquiet @thequietus @clash
pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social i lost it at the movies
The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
Thi Dinh @bookytea.bsky.social Publicity Director, Penguin Press. "Immigrants - we get the job done". Opinions mine all mine.
Maria Crawford @mariacrawford.bsky.social Deputy Books Editor, Financial Times
anna leszkiewicz @annaleszkie.bsky.social editor / writer. find my work at http://annaleszkie.com
The Wingate Prize @thewingateprize.bsky.social The only UK literary award to recognise authors and writing that explore the idea of Jewishness to the general reader. Established in 1977.
http://www.wingatefoundation.org.uk/literary_prize.php
Joe Haddow @schmotime.bsky.social Blue Sky Thinker
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
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
Johanna Thomas-Corr @jtcbooks.bsky.social Chief literary critic of the Times and Sunday Times
Robert Loyko-Greer @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social Book publicist:
@profilebooks.bsky.social
@serpents-tail.bsky.social
@viperbooks.bsky.social
I co-edited an anthology called 22 FICTIONS:
https://bricklanebookshop.org/product/22-fictions/
@desperatelit.bsky.social @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social
Ashton Politanoff @ashtonpolitanoff.bsky.social Dad Had a Bad Day @astrahousebooks @dauntbookspub / You’ll Like it Here @dalkey_archive
https://www.ashtonpolitanoff.com
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.
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <하지 말라고는 안 했잖아요?> (어크로스). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
🔗: antonhur.com
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Daniel Gorman @dnlgorman.bsky.social art x human rights. Director of English PEN (@englishpen.bsky.social). Posts are my personal opinions
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
Imogen West-Knights @imogenwk.bsky.social Writer and journalist in FT, Guardian, Slate, New York Times, Prospect etc. First novel, DEEP DOWN, came out in 2023. I also write video games with Motvind Studios.
https://authory.com/ImogenWestKnights
Dan Hancox @danhancox.bsky.social Journalist and author from south London. Latest book: MULTITUDES: How Crowds Made the Modern World (Verso 2024).
https://cursedobjects.podbean.com/
https://danhancox.substack.com/
Louise Kennedy @louisekennedy.bsky.social Writer, galoot, sunscreen aficionado
north by northwest
Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social Public Humanities Prof, School of Advanced Study, Univ London. American abroad. Journalism, US politics, cultural & literary history esp 1920s & 30s & F. Scott Fitzgerald. Podcast: Journey Through Time with David Olusoga. @throughtimepod.bsky.social
Eva Wiseman @evawiseman.bsky.social
The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social Literary magazine established in 1997 to publish & promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Stinging Fly Press was launched in 2005. Summer 2026 Issue #54 available to buy now:
https://stingingfly.org/product/summer-2026/
Nicholson Baker @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
Sam Knight @myprivateatlas.bsky.social Staff writer at the New Yorker, Letters from the U.K, "The Premonitions Bureau." Find me on Substack: https://myprivateatlas.substack.com/
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Dalkey Archive @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social Books, since 1984
Nina Stibbe @ninastibbe.bsky.social Pretty Ballerina 🩰
Nick Barley @nickbarley.bsky.social Director of the National Poetry Centre in Leeds. Used to head up the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Love books, poetry, cycling and York City
Tahmima Anam @tahmima.bsky.social Novelist, anthropologist, unrepentant feminist & short order cook to an 8 and 11 year old.
Jarred McGinnis @jarredmcginnis.bsky.social 'Maybe America isn't ready for a superstar in a wheelchair.' - Ian MacKaye
New book! Out with Harvill in 2026. THERE IS NO MEANT TO BE.
Debut novel THE COWARD w. @canongate.co.uk
jarredmcginnis.com
Kamila Shamsie @kshams.bsky.social Writer
Brackstone @leebrackstone.bsky.social Publisher, White Rabbit Books
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Peter vd Zwaag @petervdzwaag.bsky.social Boeken/Bezige Bij/Herrie/AZ
Ed Gillett @ehgillett.bsky.social Writer for higher. Freelance journalist covering music and politics, author of "Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain"
https://linktr.ee/ehgillett
http://edwardgillett.com
Hayley Campbell @hayleycampbell.bsky.social Writer: GQ, WIRED, Guardian, etc. Contributing editor, Empire. Must Watch on BBC 5 Live. Read my book, All the Living and the Dead. hayleycampbell.com
Tim Jonze @timjonze.bsky.social Guardian culture writer. Just trying to get through the day without cocking up, and drink as many hot drinks as possible in the process.
Will Hodgkinson @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Author of Street Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence; In Perfect Harmony, Singalong Pop In 70s Britain; The House Is Full Of Yogis; Guitar Man; Song Man; The Ballad of Britain
Chief rock and pop critic, The Times
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social Features journalist. Book: 'Something: The Women Who Made the Beatles' - May 2027.
https://rcwlitagency.com/clients/helen-barrett
Nick Skidmore @nskidmore.bsky.social Publishing Director, Vintage Classics
David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social Cultural talk and typing. And singing.
Biographer of Stephen Sondheim.
Variety, London theatre critic.
The Stage, Associate writer.
Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers.
Somewhat gay.
Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social Booze enthusiast
Justine Jordan @justinejordan.bsky.social Fictional.
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Dr Ann Kennedy Smith @akennedysmith.bsky.social Writing about books and 19th-20thc women's history in 'Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society' on Substack: https://akennedysmith.substack.com
Essays & reviews also in TLS, Slightly Foxed, ODNB & History Today etc
Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social Film critic at Slate; co-host of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast; repped by the Cheney Agency; member NYFCC. Camera Man, my book on Buster Keaton, is out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Camera-Man/Dana-Stevens/9781501134203
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Walter Scott Prize @walterscottprize.bsky.social We're the world's foremost literary prize for historical fiction & run the Young Walter Scott Prize. http://linktr.ee/WalterScottPrizes
Christopher Burlinson @cmburlinson.bsky.social A green thought in a green shade. Early modern English literature. I teach at Jesus College, Cambridge, but these words are mine, not theirs.
Elke D'hoker @elkedhoker.bsky.social Professor of modern English literature at KU Leuven
Director of the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies
European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.
@libbymarshall.bsky.social @libbymarshall.bsky.social
Waterstones Liverpool @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social Bookshop and coffee shop over two floors in the very heart of Liverpool. Come & talk to us about books and let us help find you your next favourite read. Regular book events held in store & externally - waterstones.com/events/liverpool
Lamorna Elmer @lamornaelmer.bsky.social Publicising books while Rome burns @GrantaBooks
Granta Books @grantabooks.bsky.social Independent literary publishers. Discover our books here: http://granta.com/books/.
Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social Caltech/IPAC Planet Hunter | Chief Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute | @TEDFellow | Science consultant | SHERA PI | My views are not the views of NASA | She/her
Joanne O'Leary @hyenapetticoat.bsky.social Editor at London Review of Books
@londonreview.bsky.social
Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social Philadelphia feminist writer • FEMMEPHILIA • ENEMY FEMINISMS: TERFS, POLICEWOMEN & GIRLBOSSES AGAINST LIBERATION • patreon.com/reproutopia • Full Surrogacy Now • Abolish the Family • essays @ LRB, Harper's etc • octopus essay @ n+1 • "recovering academic"
Daniel Soar @danielsoar.bsky.social London Review of Books
Thomas Jones @moonjets.bsky.social I work @lrb.co.uk, most of my opinions are other people’s