Clyde House Arran Holiday Home @clydehouse.arranlets.com Spacious 3 bed holiday let (2 King, 2 Single) in Whiting Bay on the Isle of Arran. Near the beach and with dedicated library/study. Perfect for families, walking holidays & remote working. Isle of Arran Holiday Cottages
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BixByte @bixbyte.bsky.social 37 | She/Her | Bi | Taken @ulare.bsky.social 💕 | Furry 🐺 | Artist 🎨 | Gamer 🎮 | VA 🎤
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Moonheart Wolves @moonheartwolves.bsky.social Building the world of MOONHEART — a xenofiction wolf fantasy
Five packs. Broken moon. A magic that remembers. Follow along for worldbuilding, sneak peeks, and the occasional chaos.
Which pack are you? 🐺
Story/Art by BixByte
Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI (2016,2017,2022,2023)& Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord (2006-2019) & Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & Sch Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love writing book & nature haikus.
@cornerstoneslit.bsky.social @cornerstoneslit.bsky.social Cornerstones is the #1 transatlantic literary consultancy. We are the writer’s friend, and we believe your story matters.
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Jason M Thornberry @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social THE FINISH LINE (Sand and Gravel Press) • Blood Type: Curry • Leeds United • Anti-AI
#LUFC
jmthornberry.wordpress.com
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Hatchards @hatchards.bsky.social London's oldest & finest bookshop, since 1797. Remarkable booksellers, signed editions and fascinating author events.
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Tracy Hopkins @tracyshopkins.bsky.social Bookworm, editor, children's book enthusiast, School Library Assistant, blogger, Londoner, mum. All views my own. She/her
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International) @whalesorg.bsky.social Inspiring global action to create a world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free.
Fran @libraryfran.bsky.social SchoolLibraryServicelibrarian; voracious childrens book reader, latte drinker, chocolate consumer & armchair traveller
Education Choices Magazine @edchoicesmag.bsky.social An award winning magazine that explores the choices available to children, families and young people in the UK.
Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
Lily Bailey @lilybailey.bsky.social Dyspraxic writer with OCD & MS. Loves: dogs, books, tea, crafts, horror films, being cosy 🐾🍁
📚WHEN I SEE BLUE, WHEN I FEEL RED, Hachette Children’s
https://linktr.ee/lilybailey?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=24905c65-9be7-445a-9044-e0ad31548915
Dr Janet Gunning @jangunning.bsky.social British-Kiwi. Full-time carer. Used to work with manuscripts and rare books. Learning to write fiction for children in my spare time. Love my garden. She/her.
Dan Hunt @danpaulhunt.bsky.social Writer of stuff (MG/YA) | Yorkshire Motherland | He/Him
Fiona Kennedy @f-kennedy.bsky.social Publisher at Zephyr an imprint of Head Zeus Ltd
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Dr Penny Hay @penahay.bsky.social Artist, Researcher, Professor of Imagination Bath Spa University, National Teaching Fellow, Cofounder Forest of Imagination, FRSA, FCCT 💚🦋
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/penny-hay/
Forest of Imagination® @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social FREE! Pop-up contemporary arts & architecture event celebrating creativity, biodiversity & nature.
25-26 Sept 2026. Entry Hill, Bath 💚
Location: Entry Hill, Bath
Everyone is invited! 🌳
https://localgiving.org/fundraising/foi2026
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Frances Jones @francesjones94.bsky.social Head of English in a London independent school from 3-16 . Clergy spouse. Reader.
Ellie Freeman @ellief.bsky.social Book lover, parent, Green Party councillor, Bristol. Run Storytale Festival. Doing ELCE at Bristol Uni
@meganpickford.bsky.social @meganpickford.bsky.social 📚 Editor at @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
📍London
Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social 📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig.
FREE BOOK links
Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS
Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
The Carnegies @carnegiemedals.bsky.social The UK's best-loved book awards for children & young people, celebrating outstanding writing & illustration; judged by librarians @cilip.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
https://carnegies.co.uk/
Other socials 👉 https://linktr.ee/carnegiemedals
Abigail Kelly @abigailkelly.bsky.social 📚Assistant Editor at Puffin, Penguin Random House
📍London
Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social Award-winning performance poet, author, educator, entertainer and superhero. I work with all ages visiting schools, libraries etc, in-person and virtually. Latest poetry books: 'Chicken in the Kitchen' and 'Small Poems for Big Imaginations'.
Cathy Johnson @dadslibrary.bsky.social Writing YA and teen. Northern Writers Debut Fiction Award 2019, Guppy YA SL 2022. #SCBWI, #MAWFYP Bath Spa. Lupus warrior. Former GP.
Rachel Hamilton @rachelhamilton.bsky.social Lecturer at Bath Spa Uni and sometimes Uni of Lincoln (I like train travel), freelance editor and copywriter, author of books about fame-hungry unicorns and exploding toilets, and now PhD researcher into the intersection of AI, comedy and literature. Busy
Karen Walk @kareniswriting.bsky.social Children's writer and doodler ✍️ Graphic designer 🍏 School librarian 📚 Bath, UK 🏡 Rep'd by Millie at RCW Literary
Adam Murphy @anonymousriter.bsky.social 🇮🇪 🍀 Irish | ⌨️🎥 Screenwriter | 🎓🎬 MA in Film | 🧠🌈 #ActuallyAutistic | 🎞📚 Cinephile & Bibliophile | ✍️🤑 Memorabilia Fanatic
*Sigh* Here we go again
Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Libby Hartwell @libbyhartwell.bsky.social Children’s writer. 🏆Winner of Little Tiger IAmInPrint Picture Book Prize ‘23. 🏆Winner of SCBWI Slushpile Challenge ‘24. Runner-up Write Mentor Chapter Book Award ‘24. SL for Searchlight Awards ‘24. SL for Write Mentor PB Award ‘24 & ‘25 #MAWYP
Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social Children's writer-Carnegie nominated. Irish poet. BLACK GABLES. THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE. WELCOME TO DEAD TOWN RAVEN MCKAY Rep'd by Silvia Molteni PFD
eibhliscarcione.com
Cork, Ireland
Ben Southwood 🐿️ @bensouthwood.com He/him. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ally.
Former mental health nurse, now carer to my three autistic kids.
Writes children’s stories as a hobby.
Synth-pop.
Sci-fi/fantasy.
Dogs & cat.
Forteana.
Burnley F.C.
Doctor Who.
Vegetarian.
English immigrant in Ireland.
Waterstones Bath @waterstonesbath.bsky.social Our beautiful shop is located in the centre of Bath and has the largest range of books in the city, spread over 3 floors.
Open 9-6 Mon-Sat (Cafe 9-5.30)
11 - 5 Sunday.
https://www.waterstones.com/bookshops/bath
email: Bath@Waterstones.com
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Judith Eagle @juditheagle.bsky.social Children’s author: The Secret Starling; The Pear Affair; The Accidental Stowaway; The Stolen Songbird. Published by Faber; rep’d by Lucy Irvine at PFD
JCSP Library Project @jcsplibraries.bsky.social JCSP Demonstration Library Project. School library project supporting literacy and learning in Irish schools.
Info@jcsplibraries.ie
jcsplibraries.com
Kathleen Moran @kittymo1.bsky.social National Coordinator JCSP Library Project https://jcsplibraries.com/
Chair LAI School Libraries group https://schoollibrariesireland.com/
LAI/CILIP Ireland Library Staff Champion 2023
Book lover-Educator-Dog walker. Living life & always learning 
Nic Pearce @nicpearce.bsky.social Artist, Illustrator and Librarian 
Amy B. Mucha @amybmucha.bsky.social Author of GEO'S FORTUNE (arriving May 2025 Peachtree Publishing 🎉🎉🎉) & A GIRL'S BILL OF RIGHTS (2021 Beaming Books). #MG #PB #kidlit
Rep'd by Ginger Knowlton of Curtis Brown. www.amybmucha.com
Emma Perry @emmaperry.bsky.social ▪️ Children's author writing stories & poems filled with giggles & warmth.
▪️Teacher
▪️Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2023
▪️www.emmaperryauthor.com she/her
Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People @leafjournal.bsky.social Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People. Publishing scholarly articles by children's writers in the academy. View our past issues: https://ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/issue/archive
Find us online: https://linktr.ee/leafjournal
Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social ⭐️Primary advisory teacher
⭐️Children's book blogger
⭐️Former English lead
⭐️Workshop provider
⭐️Awards judge
⭐️Resource creator
😀Children's mental health advocate
www.LibraryGirlAndBookBoy.com
Holly Webb @hollywebb.bsky.social Children's author - look out for The Bold Kitten, my 60th Animal Story, publishing in January.
Bryony Woods Literary Agency @dkwlitagency.co.uk An award-winning London-based literary agency. We represent fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
Tracy Darnton @tracydarnton.bsky.social Author of YA thrillers Ready or Not, The Rules and The Truth About Lies, picture book My Brother is an Avocado.
Rep’d by Jo Williamson
Melissa Welliver - TO THE DEATH available to pre-order NOW! @melliver.bsky.social YA Speculative Author | Rep: Lucy Irvine PFD | Writer of YA Dystopia | TO THE DEATH out with Hachette Children's Group March 2026 | Co-Host of The Chosen Ones and Other Tropes podcast | she/her
Ben Davis @bendavisauthor.bsky.social Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe.
https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor
Robin Scott Elliot @robinscottelliot.bsky.social Author, journalist. Scotland. Latest books... Finding Treasure Island (Cranachan) Sweet Skies (Everything With Words)
Karen McCombie @karenmccombie.bsky.social Children's Author.
Somewhat Scottish, London based, owned by a Westie, crisp fan, she/her.
Oh, and "one of children’s fiction’s most accomplished authors"
according to @Waterstones.
Agent: jhare@theagency.co.uk / Events: @AuthorsAloudUK
Sophie Cameron @sophiecameron.bsky.social Author. Next: A FLASH OF NEON (Little Tiger, May 25). Rep: ASH Literary
Bronwen Duggan @bron75.bsky.social Senior lecturer UW | PGCE English lead | RfP ambassador & OU/UKLA TRG lead | YA RfP enthusiast | ECT Ambition fellow
Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley.bsky.social English teacher & HoD, bookworm, UKLA Book Awards team, Branford Boase Awards 2026 judge, Just Imagine reviewer, primary school governor and very amateur musician.
All views my own.
Imogen Russell Williams @imogenrw.bsky.social Kids’ book critic, esp for The Guardian
Heroes for Hire Podcast @heroesforhire.bsky.social ☘️ IrishPodAwards 'Best movie podcast' 2024 Nominee
The Heroes for Hire podcast is a Film & Comic Book based show hosted by 2 Irish feckers
📣On all your podcast apps!
🔗: https://open.spotify.com/show/6px2P9z8TmaSfhgJdB9Ida?si=1o7UV6ecRleJ27pm6OhLTw
Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social Kelpies Prize winner, Carnegie nominated children's author @DiscoverKelpies @CranachanBooks
#SCBWI she/her
Veronica Price @vonprice.bsky.social Chartered librarian, MCLIP. NHS Knowledge &Evidence Specialist. Former School Librarian. Posts about library matters and books.
Blog: https://vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/
Jonathan Brough @jbroughauthor.bsky.social Educational consultant, former headteacher, author of children’s books
Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social Sparking the imaginations of young readers! Now in our 6th year, we are excited to welcome schools across the country to join our awards & vote for the winners. www.sparkbookawards.co.uk
ToBeBooks @tobebooks.bsky.social Rebel booksellers, UK based social enterprise founded to sell children’s books so our profits can fund children’s libraries. #changebookdeserts #activists 🫶🏾🏳️🌈📚 p.s seeking investment https://tobebooks.co.uk/
Russell Gascoigne @russgascoigne.bsky.social Scriptwriter ~ MG/YA author ~ Worked for BBC Drama/European Script Fund #Screenwriting support here http://bit.ly/38B8neZ Rep'd @ Curtis Brown https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/russell-gascoigne
@crunchmonkey71.bsky.social @crunchmonkey71.bsky.social 
Paul Ilett @paulilett.bsky.social Author | Foster Carer | LGBTQ+ | 🏳️🌈 He/Him | 🏳️⚧️ Trans Ally | Living in the City of Southend-on-Sea | https://paulilett.co.uk/
Hudson Library at Alexandra Park School 📚 @apslibrary1.bsky.social Hudson Library at Alexandra Park School. A north London comprehensive school encouraging reading for pleasure. 📚
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Emily Everhart @createasispeak.bsky.social Podcast producer and writer (formerly of Greeking Out, currently: History Snacks) reformed IR/Anthro major, editor in kids publishing. Obsessed with pottery and ttrpgs. She/her
Eric J. White @ericjwhite.bsky.social 20 years an archaeologist, 10 years an educator, now an aspiring and hopefully inspiring writer with an interest in social issues and environmental causes.
Paula Burgess @paulaburgess.bsky.social Children's author Rep: Joanna Moult - Skylark Literary
#MAWFYP Bath Spa Uni
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social THE LOVELY DARK is nominated for the Kirkus Prize 2026 🇺🇸 | Kirkus ★ | Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |🌱
linktr.ee/mattfoxwriter
Patricia Forde @pforde123.bsky.social I write books for children
Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026)
Michele Helene @michverilion.bsky.social She/her An ex-Londoner, almost Parisienne. Golden Egg alumni, writer of things, mostly YA, with a penchant for red shoes. 
Laura Keohane (she/her) @laurakeohane.bsky.social Kidlit writer and reader
Debut MG Novel Spring 2026
WIP Irish Mythology MG
PMEP student taking a break from dentistry
Andy Ruffell @andyruffell.bsky.social Writer (rep’d J Mustelier @ Bent Agency), adopted Northerner & Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2021 with Lily Grim and the City of Undone
O R Sorrel @orsorrel.bsky.social Apocalypse Cow out NOW! 2022 Guppy Open Sub Winner, Carnegie Nom'd, Branford Boase LL, Bristol Teen Book Award SL 🐮🐮🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them
Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social 📚YA Author #TheLastThingYoullHear and #MirrorMe published by Scholastic
🏆Winner Oxfordshire Book Award 2024
Rep: Anne Clark Literary
IG:@jandunningbooks She/her
Books: https://linktr.ee/jandunning
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
Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social Writer currently working on a MG novel. Mom to a ND son and a trans daughter. Ally. Lover of horror, LGBTQIA2+, MG, YA and romance books. She/her 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️♾️
Find me at:
Instagram: @pineolisa
Goodreads: Lisa Pineo (user 62350303)
StoryGraph: @lpineo
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
www.JRBale.com
I do not respond to DMs.
Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social Writer of novels & other stuff from NZ. MG novel The Grimmelings and YA Song of the Saltings (“Horse girl folk horror”) out in Aus, NZ, UK & Nth America. Secrets at Red Rocks TV adaptation out NZ, Aus & US. https://www.rachael-king.com Band Pic: J Ganley
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
Janet Davis @librarymoose.bsky.social SAHM, former librarian. She/her. Always grateful for children’s literature recommendations. I am @library_moose on StoryGraph (https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/library_moose)
Antonia Maxwell @antoniamaxwell.bsky.social Writer, editor, mentor, general word nerd. Terra Electrica - debut MG novel - published July 2024 by Neem Tree Press. antoniamaxwell.com
Bex Hogan @bexhogan.bsky.social Author of YA (OWL KING, NETTLE, BLACK HEAT and VIPER, VENOM & VULTURE) and young MG (BRONTE TEMPESTRA series). Probably daydreaming. Or napping.
Philippa R. Francis @philippa.bsky.social Writer, reader, photographer . . .
https://ko-fi.com/philippa
Verona McColl @veronamccoll.bsky.social Author of the middle-grade Accidental Archaeologist Adventure Series.
www.veronamccoll.com
J is Reading @nennywren.bsky.social School Librarian & Bookworm.
📚
Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social Novelist: books 'Where the Willows End, In Red Blood' 'One of Our Own,' Poetry: 200 poems published worldwide. old friend's description of him, 'I've known this idiot most of my life.'