Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com available for storyboard artist, revisionist, animation writing, and illustration opportunities. aka n. romaine white. she/her.
OUT NOW: Creaky Acres.
UP NEXT: Hex and Havoc, Reel Love.
Work and stuff: nilahmagruder.carrd.co
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now!) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social Books. Comic books. YA/middlegrade books. Film/TV. Podcasts. You can visit me at www.claymcleodchapman.com
Jenni Howell @jennihowell.bsky.social Boys with Sharp Teeth (April 8 2025 @fiercereads) | Book 2 (Fall 2026) | dark books, chaotic joy author | Rep Claire Friedman
The Community Foundation of Frederick County @commfndfredco.bsky.social The Community Foundation is dedicated to connecting people who care with causes that matter to enrich the quality of life in Frederick County now and for future generations.
www.FrederickCountyGives.org
Frederick County (MD) Division of Solid Waste and Recycling @frederickrecycles.bsky.social Home for information around Frederick County, Maryland Recycling and Solid waste ♻️ Note: This page follows the Frederick County Government social media and retention policies.
The Frederick Scanner @fredscanner.bsky.social The Frederick Scanner is a live stream of Frederick County Maryland Police, Fire, Highway, and other county services. We keep busy 24x7 to keep you up to date. www.frederickscanner.com
City of Frederick, Maryland @cityoffrederickmd.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the City of Frederick, Maryland.
www.cityoffrederickmd.gov 
James Riley @jamesrileyauthor.com New York Times Bestselling author of HALF UPON A TIME, STORY THIEVES, REVENGE OF MAGIC, ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME, and THE DRAGON'S APPRENTICE
jamesrileyauthor.com
Copper Dog Books @copperdogbooks.bsky.social Genre-friendly booksellers of Beverly, MA! We ship internationally.
Read more queer books 🌈
Shop online 24/7.
Audiobooks. Books. Gifts. Merch.
https://www.copperdogbooks.com
Catapult Book Group @catapultbooks.bsky.social Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull, & Hawthorne Books.
TheBookLoft @thebookloft.bsky.social 32 room Indie book store at 631 S. Third St Col. OH
bookloft.com
Simon & Schuster @simonandschuster.bsky.social The official Blue Sky account for Simon & Schuster. Learn more at simonandschuster.com. 
W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com Independent Publishers Since 1923.
Bloomsbury Books US @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Professional book pushers 📚
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social Coffee House Press is an independent nonprofit publishing house based in Minneapolis. Literature forever.
Atlantic Books @atlanticbooks.bsky.social Independent British publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction. Also the home of imprints Corvus Books, Allen & Unwin UK, and Grove Press UK.
Sign up for our newsletter: https://atlantic-books.co.uk/
Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social The Oxford American is a national magazine dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the South.
https://linktr.ee/oxfordamerican
University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social Publishing voices that drive change & impact how people think. Founded in 1893. linkin.bio/ucpress
Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social Disseminating knowledge—through the publication of printed books, periodicals, and electronic files—beyond the confines of the University's campus.
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
book culture @bookculture.com An independent bookstore based in New York
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
Books & Books @booksandbooks.bsky.social Celebrating 40+ years of locally owned, independent bookselling.
Based in Miami, Florida.
Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.
Thank You Books @thankyoubooks.bsky.social Birmingham, AL’s independent bookstore
Find your book. Find your people. 🩵
lnk.bio/thankyou_bham
The Open Book Warrenton VA @openbookwarrenton.bsky.social 
Curious Squirrel Bookshop @curioussquirrel.bsky.social 
Atomic Books @atomicbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore specializing in underground, comix, zines, small press, and pop culture ephemera.
Politics and Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social So many books, so little time. Proud independent bookstore since 1984. 
@parkbooks.bsky.social @parkbooks.bsky.social 
@oldtownbooks.bsky.social @oldtownbooks.bsky.social 
Charm City Books @charmcitybooks.bsky.social 
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
Caprichos Books @caprichosbooks.bsky.social New & Used Indie Bookstore on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
www.caprichosbooks.com
K.T. Nguyen @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social Author of Agatha and Anthony Award-winning psychological thriller You Know What You Did. Dogs, Dems, Mets.
Hillary Gonzalez @hillarygonzalez.bsky.social Poet & Author of, Seasons | hEDS | AuDHD | Wild, Unfelt Word coming 2026 | ecopoetry | love poems | grief poet | Baltimore 📍
Erika Montgomery @erikamontgomery.bsky.social Beachcomber, hopeless romantic, writer of happy endings.
Ellen Oh @ellenoh.bsky.social I write MG & YA books that win awards from people not related to me. Founding member of WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS. Fight Book Bans!!!
Richard Chizmar @richardchizmar.bsky.social Author.
Judith Krummeck @jkrummeck.bsky.social Writer | Classical Music DJ | Immigrant
Dylan Roche @dylaniswriting.bsky.social 📖 writer + reader. 👟 ultra runner. ⚔️ adventure seeker and fan of all things nerdy. 🐉
The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. support@thestorygraph.com
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
American Booksellers Association @americanbookseller.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting indie bookstores for 125 years 📚
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Pride On The Patio - LGBTQ Events in Frederick, MD @prideonthepatio.bsky.social #FrederickMD The largest weekly #LGBTQIA Social Mixer for Happy Hour drinks, appetizers, or dinner. Every Tuesday 5:30-9PM at Showroom restaurant. Special events on weekends each month. #downtownfrederick #lgbtqfrederick #maryland #visitfrederick
the #BookSky account 💙📚 @booksky.club #BookSky (est. 2023) is bluesky's home for readers and writers with 20+ literary feeds for every genre. ✏️ a project by @clarabelle.xyz
click for ALL the feeds + the FAQ 📕👉🏻 links.booksky.ink
extra feeds + promo for authors 📗👉🏻 patreon.com/BookSky
Lauren N @literarymarvel.bsky.social She/her 🏳️🌈
Neurodivergent, indie bookseller, cat mom 🐱
People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com Mom 'n pop bookshop in downtown Takoma Park, MD. New books, hot zines, and Sunday storytimes. We're DC City Paper's Best Bookstore of 2026, 2025 and 2024. 👍 See upcoming events and membership options here: https://wfr.bio/peoplesbook
Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social Editor-in-chief, Washington Independent Review of Books. Loser-in-chief, "Jeopardy!" season 39. "Making it worse? How could it be worse? Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah!"
MiracleCharlie @miraclecharlie.bsky.social I'll need to think on this. I read. A lot. I used to sing. A lot. I write - just for me. I'm a gay man past 40 - so, basically, dead.
VICKI JOHNSON 🏳️🌈 @vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social Author | Mac Wears a Hat - OUT NOW | Molly's Tuxedo | www.vickijohnsonwrites.com | https://linktr.ee/vickijohnsonwrites
Jasmine Guillory @thebestjasmine.bsky.social Writer, Oakland.
Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com Release the bats
Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
sevenstories.com
Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social We’re a publisher dedicated to extraordinary, ground-breaking, unique fiction and non-fiction writers and their work.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/privacy/
Flatiron Books @flatironbooks.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/flatironbooks
Scribner Books @scribnerbooks.bsky.social Since 1846, publisher of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Jesmyn Ward, Anthony Doerr, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and more.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux @fsgbooks.bsky.social Publishing award-winning fiction, nonfiction and poetry since 1946. Home of AUWA Books, Quanta Books, FSG Originals, and Picador.
McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com A publishing line devoted to elevating unduly overlooked books and authors, from McNally Jackson Books.
mcnallyeditions.com
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Grove Atlantic @groveatlantic.bsky.social Independent publisher of exceedingly good books. Founded in 1917. We can’t go on, we’ll go on.
🔗 lnk.bio/3fz3
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Parnassus Books @parnassusbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchett📚
Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in San Francisco since 1967.
Our Sunset location is @booksonthepark.bsky.social
https://greenapplebooks.com/
Powell's Books @powells.bsky.social The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
Emma Straub @emmastraub.bsky.social Novelist and bookseller. 
Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and the national bestseller ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW • words in NYT Magazine, Time, Esquire, Washington Post &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung • loyaltybookstores.com/nicolechung
East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social We are a bookstore -- a good one, we think! -- selling new books -- good ones, we hope! -- in Oakland, California.
king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
Oblong Books @oblongbooks.bsky.social Independent booksellers in the Hudson Valley since 1975. Signed books, staff picks, and more! 📚 Open daily + free shipping on online orders over $30.
Aaron’s Books @aaronsbooks.bsky.social We are a family owned and operated independent bookstore located at 35 E Main St, Lititz, PA. We hope to see you soon!
Bluebird Books @bluebirdbooksokla.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Edmond, Okla. 21 S Broadway | Open Mon-Sat, 9a-6p, Sun 10a-4p
The Doylestown Bookshop @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social Bucks County‘s largest independent Bookshop. Supporting the community and it’s Authors for over 28 years.
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Bookworks @bkwrks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dedicated to supporting our community and connecting books and readers.
Est. 1984
bkwrks.com
Belmont Books @belmontbooks.bsky.social The biggest independent bookstore in Belmont, MA! (Also, the only one.) Loves: Books, readers, teachers, schools, kids, parents, dogs, cats, mythical creatures and desserts of all kinds! Visit us at https://belmontbooks.com or on Instagram!
Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social Feeling literary? Come see us at www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com!
Boulder Bookstore @boulderbookstore.bsky.social Colorado's largest independent bookstore, and Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year for 2018. Celebrating 50 Years!
IPG: Independent Publishers Group @ipgbook.bsky.social The largest independent book distributor in North America representing thousands of books from hundreds of international and independent publishers. www.ipgbook.com
Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social Your favorite nonprofit indie publisher of radical nonfiction since 1854.
beacon.org
Bushwaller's Pub in Downtown Frederick Maryland @bushwallers.bsky.social Since 1981, Bushwaller's is The Irish Pub in downtown Frederick. Our St. Paddy's Day is unparalleled with award winning food, 18 taps, and a huge selection of Whisky's and spirits. Visit us at 209 N Market St. and see how we give back to the community.
Brick & Mortar Books @brick-mortar.bsky.social Your local family-owned independent bookstore since 2017.
📍Redmond Town Center, Redmond WA
🔗 https://brickandmortarbooks.com/
📧 https://www.brickandmortarbooks.com/newsletter
Red Balloon Bookshop @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social Indie bookstore in St. Paul, MN since 1984! 🎈
Wicked Good Books @wickedgoodbooks.bsky.social The indie bookstore serving Salem, MA and visitors from around the world since 2014. Books, gifts, and more. Our toy store, Silly Bunny, is in the same location.
📍260 Essex Street - Downtown
https://linktr.ee/wickedgoodbooks.
Little Acorns Bookstore @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social Award-winning Indie bookshop, Derry, North of Ireland. 70k new & used books. Est 2011. Two LegenDerry Chairs (380 signatures). Typewriter Museum due to open 2025. Donegal owner💚📚
Olde Towne Book Shop @otbookshop.bsky.social An author-run, new & used nonprofit bookstore located at 2141B 1st St., Slidell, LA 70458
• 🏳️🌈Safe Space🏳️⚧️
• Supports traditional & indie authors
• Offers events, bookclubs, workshops, &
more
Shop in-store Wed-Sun or online at oldetownebooks.com
The Curious Cat Bookshop @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookstore in Winsted, CT
🐈 Fostering through Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue
📖 Curation, expertise & a place to meet bookish friends
👩 Woman-owned
curiouscatbookshop.com
Space Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Joshua Tree specializing in SF, publisher, Simultaneous Times podcast, editor: Electronic Brain magazine, author. Jean-Paul L. Garnier
2023 Laureate Winner: Best Fanzine & Podcast. BSFA, Ignyte, & BFA finalist spacecowboybooks.com
Gibson's Bookstore @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social Concord, NH. Indie Bookstore. Est. 1898.
www.gibsonsbookstore.com
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
Loyalty Bookstores @loyaltybooks.bsky.social Black, Asian, queer owned indie bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC with a long term pop up in the Parks at Walter Reed in DC.
Greedy Reads @greedyreads.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood independent bookstores in Fells Point & Remington, Baltimore
www.greedyreads.com
East City Bookshop @eastcitybooks.bsky.social 
Sarah Adler @sarahadlerwrites.com USA Today bestselling romcom author, literacy advocate, historian by training, and frequent bakery customer.
next up: WILD GOOSE CHASE (7/28/26)
out now: FINDERS KEEPERS; HAPPY MEDIUM; MRS. NASH'S ASHES
🏳️🌈 |📍🦀
Andie Burke @andieburke.bsky.social USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Pediatric RN 📍Marylander 🦀 🏳️🌈 Exvangelical, ADHD
WITH STARS IN HER EYES out now!
https://www.andieburke.com/links