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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social Freedom Writers Collaborative is a multi-state Indivisible chapter that is truly a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
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JR Fenn @jrfenn.bsky.social Writer, teacher, parent, dreamer | TINY VESSELS out from Red Mare Press | Words in or forthcoming in The Georgia Review, Orion's Belt, DIAGRAM, Split Lip, Witness, Boston Review, Gulf Coast | Ucross Fellow | Syracuse MFA | Prof at SUNY ESF | www.jrfenn.com
Chanticleer Book Reviews @chantireviews.com Discovering today's best books.
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social #true #book #writer in #HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
True crime - Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade; and Faces of Fraud
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse epic - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelic therapy - Shroom Boom
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Kevin T. Davis @kevintdavis.bsky.social โ๏ธ Sci-fi author & graphic designer
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๐ The Dream Continuum - Part One is now available!
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Dr. Travis Langley @drtravislangley.bsky.social Batman & Psychology author, Popular Culture Psychology editor, psych professor/chair, social psychologist, Wheel of Fortune champ. Teach on media, crime, mental health.
16 books, most recently on Stranger Things, Spider-Man, The Handmaid's Tale.
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Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social Author/editor of dreampunk and weird SFFH fiction: DRECK (2023), MIRRORMAZE (2020), SOMNISCOPE (2024), THE LASTING LANDS (2027). Watty winner, Imadjinn finalist, linguist, artist, coder, neurodivergent, INFP-T, 4w5, Scorpio, he/him. CliffJonesJr.com
Kevin Steele @kevinsteele.bsky.social Artist, graphic designer, photographer & cat herder.
Documenting Queen West, Toronto for 20+ years
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Working on BATHURST TO STRACHAN.
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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social Author, artist, poet, & Indigiqueer swamp hag. Grew up on the land & off the grid. Writing in The Deadlands, Augur, Nightmare, Malahat Review, Fiddlehead, etc. Aurora finalist, optimistic nihilist & possible witch. No GenAI
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The Florida Review @theflreview.bsky.social Publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, graphic narrative, interviews, & book reviews since 1972 | โจhttps://linktr.ee/theflreview ๐๐ผ
Swamp Ape Review @swampapereview.bsky.social Florida Atlantic Universityโs swampy national literary magazine, run by students of the Creative Writing MFA program.
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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social Inch-deep writer. Author of AFTERWARD. Open book and unreliable narrator.
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Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
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Christina Tudor @christinaltudor.bsky.social Writer, vegan taco enthusiast, cat parent. Words in HAD, Flash Frog, Litro Magazine, Best Small Fictions 2024, and more. CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE coming soon from Thirty West on October 23, 2026.
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Al Czarnecki @alczarnecki.bsky.social Toronto-based accredited (APR, FCPRS) public relations consultant and writer. Dialogue and good faith make for mutual solutions.
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Michelle Orsi @michelleorsi.bsky.social Poet. Poems in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Five Points, swamp pink, The Florida Review & DIAGRAM.
N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her) @drspookyer.bsky.social I like big cats. ER doc. Horror author. Artist. Cohost of The Scream Kings Podcast. Member of HWA. Pro-choice. BLM. I voted for her. Star Wars & BravoTV fanatic. She/her. ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Podcast: https://www.screamkingspodcast.com
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
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Doug Martin @douglaswmartin.bsky.social Former scribbler, green pen, bag man, and labor rep. Climate refugee. Free thinker.
Cara Benson @carabensonwriter.bsky.social Author of AN ARMSFULL OF BIRDS: A PERSONAL FIELD GUIDE TO LOVE, LOSS, AND COMMITMENT. Other words in Orion, Sierra Magazine, NY Times, Boston Review, Best American Poetry.
Fun at parties.
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Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social Born in TX, raised in FL and PA. Splits time between DC and WV.
Librarian. PT old man. FT Struggling Writer.
Part toddler, part cowboy. Baba Yaga fan boy.
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Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social Print junkie. Librarian. Educator. Podcaster.
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melanie brannagan frederiksen @melanie-b-f.bsky.social poet, poetry columnist @winnipegfreepress
๐ the night, the knife, the river (forthcoming March 2027 with @atbaypress.bsky.social)
elsewhere: @melaniebf@mstdn.ca; @melanie.b.f on instagram; @melanie_b_f on hey.cafe
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Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social Author of 5 books, most recently the essay collection IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE. New novel REVEAL! forthcoming in Spring '28
Former Book Fight podcast co-host. @Barrelhouse.bsky.social NF Editor. Rutgers-Camden MFA faculty. South Jersey.
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kara oakleaf @karaoakleaf.bsky.social reader of all the things, writer of a few things. assistant professor and wrangler of other bookish things in the dmv. words at karaoakleaf.com
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Any Pascual | indie author & poet @anyespiritual.bsky.social My new book โVerses till midnightโ out now!
I write cozy poetry books for deep feelers.
Indie Bestseller Author. Highly Sensitive Poet โ๏ธ๐ท๐ช๐ธ
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Angela James @olangela.bsky.social Lover and writer of flash fiction. Obsessor over comedy and Americana music. Lawyer in the midst of a midlife (or late-life, if being honest) crisis. Whooping it up at being on the Wigleaf Top Fifty long list.
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
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www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
Brown Hound Press @brownhoundpress.bsky.social A small press in Lexington, KY that publishes offbeat mystery, dark humor, southern gothic & literary fiction. A free story each week! We pay authors.
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Forward Prizes for Poetry @forwardprizes.bsky.social The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans @caiabb.bsky.social An organization of published authors & illustrators fighting back against censorship and book bans, find out more at https://linktr.ee/caiabb
Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social The international source for book publishing and bookselling news, reviews, and information.
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Library and Archives Canada @library-archives.canada.ca Library and Archives Canada preserves your documentary heritage.
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En franรงais : @bibliotheque-archives.canada.ca
Ben Zalkind @benzalkind.bsky.social Generic time-travelling Viennese coffee house patron. My debut novel, "Honeydew," will be published by Radiant Press in late 2025. www.benzalkind.com
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social Official account for The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)!
TCAF returns June 6-7, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan Universityโs Mattamy Athletic Centre.
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Ontario Library Association @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social With more than 4,000 members, we are proud to be the largest & longest-running library association in Canada.
writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social ๐ #Canadian - #Author - #Poet ๐
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Leona Theis ๐ @leonajoan.bsky.social Swim at Your Own Risk forthcoming with Thistledown Press. If Sylvie Had Nine Lives on shelves now. Novels, stories, lyric essays. Walker, paddler, snow lover. Www.leonatheis.com
Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Mother. Amazon no. 1: The Process of Poetry. The Making of a Poem. 100 + features and author interviews in The Guardian, The Independent, The Weekend Australian, SMH and Salon.com.
justfara @justfara.bsky.social #Resist ๐ ๐๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐
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Robert Runte @robertrunte.bsky.social Editor, author, sociologist, educator. (he/him)
Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social Curious. Clever. Quick. ๐โโฌ
Monthly Magazine for Micro Prose
Free to sub. Paying market.
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Heavy Feather Review @hfr.bsky.social Literary publisher & book reviews site, EST. 2011 #babyeatbooks
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Heather Holmes @daisyismissing.bsky.social Southern radfem writer, children's book author, freelance editor & web designer. Mom of 2 adult sons, a 3-legged great dane, 2 tarantulas, 7 fishtanks & 2 cats. The B in LGB. Leftist, politically independent atheist tarot reader.
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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO, is a labor union representing writers in film, television, news, podcasts, and online media.
House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social Anansi publishes very good books. ๐
Distributed by Jaguar in Canada and PGW in the U.S.
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The Canadian Jewish News @thecjn.bsky.social Est. 1960: Daily breaking news, cultural commentary, in-depth podcasts and a new quarterly magazine. Support independent Jewish media: thecjn.ca
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris๐Online store ships to the world ๐ Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company ๐ง
Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social Poet, videopoet, valve fairy. โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ง 1/5 of the Harbour Centre Five. Author of RIG VEDA (Anstruther Press), if: prey, then: huntress (Nightwood Editions) Fall 2025
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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
Carrie Lee Connel @ccgwriter.bsky.social Canadian Poet and Fiction Writer
One-half of The Lovebird Poets.
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I follow writers and cats.
antae @antae.bsky.social A journal of creative writing - Vol. 9 Issue 3 out now! - Submissions closed, will open again in October
https://www.um.edu.mt/antae/
Debra Brunner @debra-brunner.bsky.social Cancer survivor and heart transplant thriver ๐ช๐ผโค๏ธโ๐ฉน
Author of nationally award-winning RUBY RAY MYSTERIES
BOOK 1: โFelony in Fullertonโ
BOOK 2: โLethal in Lagunaโ
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Maggie Helwig @maggiehelwig.bsky.social She/they. Sometimes I do conceptual art. Sometimes I don't. Gangster pastor, allegedly.
"The only way that we, the small and the ordinary, might survive in any decent way, is if we learn to take care of each other."
The Happy Duck Bookshop & Readery @thehappyduckbooks.bsky.social New and used books and local art ๐
Open Tues & Wed 10-4, Thurs & Fri 10-6, and Sat 10-5 ๐ฆ
586 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia
Joelle McTigue ๐ท @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Laura Bee @writerlaurabee.bsky.social Tragically unhip Dutch-Canadian stranded in the Netherlands. A little bit writer, a little bit rock & roll. A lot ADHD. Boomer, but not the kind with money. ๐ซ AI.
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One of Pamela Des Barres' Electric Ladies! https://tinyurl.com/mruve4cw
Marc Zammit @marczammit.bsky.social Director๐ฌ | Producer ๐ฅ| Actor ๐ญ CEO Aptitude Films, Skylark Vision.
Homeless Ashes, Witch, JITTERS
Figure 1 Publishing @figure1publishing.bsky.social We're new here, but not to publishing beautiful books๐
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Cloudscape Comics Society @cloudscapecomics.com The official Bluesky account for the Cloudscape Comics Society. A Vancouver-based comic publisher and non-profit dedicated to supporting local comic artists and developing the BC comics community.
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Kickstarter: bit.ly/4vQzsnh
รditions Perce-Neige @editionsperceneige.bsky.social Maison d'รฉdition acadienne fondรฉe en 1980 et basรฉe ร Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada).
Poรฉsie, roman, nouvelle, rรฉcit, essai, thรฉรขtre.
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Moose House Publications @moosehousepress.bsky.social Publishing house in Nova Scotia, founded in 2019. We publish books written in, or about, rural Nova Scotia. "Big stories about small places". moosehousepress.com
Boulder Books @boulderbooks.bsky.social Boulder Books is an award-winning independent publisher based in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, NL.
dinsdale press @dinsdalepress.bsky.social A brand-new Canadian indie micro press where the dream meets the page! Owned by award-nominated author @bgordonauthor.bsky.socialโฌ and award-winning author and editor @caitgauthor.bsky.socialโฌ.
Latitude 46 Publishing @latitude46pub.bsky.social Literary publisher based in Northern Ontario, Canada
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TouchWood Editions @touchwooded.bsky.social An indie ๐จ๐ฆ book publisher with a big love of eating, drinking, and diving into ๐ stories that expand and deepen our worldview.
Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of picture books for children 3-7 & non-fiction, fiction & graphic novels for children 8-12.
Great Plains Press @greatplainspress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of 25+ years in Winnipeg, MB ๐ Committed to the stories that bind us.
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Galleon Books Canada @galleon-books.bsky.social We're a small but ambitious publishing house in Atlantic Canada, specifically New Brunswick. Www.galleonbooks.ca
Renegade Arts Entertainment @renegadeartsent.bsky.social Award winning Small Press graphic novel & comic book publisher, family run, operating from a secret mountain lair in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Our fiction reveals more truth than just the facts ever could.
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Between the Lines @btlbooks.com Between the Lines is a social movement press founded in 1977.
btlbooks.com
Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social A Newfoundland-based micropress specializing in children's books and letterpress-printed chapbooks.
Visit our bookstore and printshop in Tors Cove.
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Find Marnie at her personal account: rtgbooks.bsky.social
ARP Books @arpbooks.bsky.social Activist press publishing literary and scholarly books for 30 years. Non-fiction, poetry, fiction with emphasis on critical leftist analysis of contemporary issues.
Winnipeg, Treaty 1
arpbooks.org
Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social "Based in Nova Scotia, Andy Brown's Conundrum Press has quietly become a major force in alt-comics publishing." - The Comics Journal
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