99% Invisible @99pi.org Long running, award winning narrative podcast about all the thought that goes into things most people don’t think about.
www.99pi.org
siriusxm.com/podcasts-plus-subscription
Christie Williamson @mcwpoet.bsky.social Poet, essayist, translator; Yell man in Glasgow; twa books fae Luath, ‘Oo an Feddirs’ an ‘Doors tae Naewye’
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
Lucy Caldwell @lucycaldwell.bsky.social Writer of short story collections Multitudes, Intimacies, Openings, Devotions and novels inc. These Days. Regular masterclass series at Faber Academy.
Zeteo @zeteo.com Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
https://zeteo.com
Abby Martin @abbymartin0.bsky.social Journalist #EmpireFiles Films: Gaza Fights For Freedom, Earth's Greatest Enemy abby@theempirefiles.tv
https://linktr.ee/fababs
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Katie and the Pigs @katieandthepigs.bsky.social Rodent concierge. 🏴
Breakthrough Books @breakthroughbook.bsky.social An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
https://www.breakthroughbookcollective.com
https://linktr.ee/breakthroughbooks
javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social 🫂🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🫂
writer/producer of the middleman, the witcher, lost, the dark crystal age of resistance, from, cowboy bebop, blood and treasure, the 100, and, of course, seaQuest 2032.
www.linktree.com/okbjgm
The Dundee Review @dundeegothic.bsky.social A twenty-first-century literary magazine for original gothic, terror, horror and fantasy fiction: dundeereview.com
richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social Archaeologist, Mekon, Drinker
Sawston via Devon and Dartford
#aofoto AOfoto.art
Rhianna Evans 🏴🏴🦋 @jazzyrhianna.bsky.social I’m a writer! I’ve written for https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/rhianna-evans/features/ I also have some words in the Radio Times https://www.radiotimes.com/author/rhiannaevans/
Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com B3ta.com, @fesshole.bsky.social, @anonopin.bsky.social
JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social Book lover, film lover, art lover, wine lover. I write about books at JacquiWine's Journal. https://linktr.ee/jacquiwine
John Maher @johnmaherphoto.bsky.social Photography, Drums 📷🥁
johnmaher.co.uk
Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social Established 1976. Reviews, news, features on Irish books and writing, database of all upcoming books each month. Podcast #BurningBooks. Editor
Ruth McKee.
Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social Fmr. Nuclear & Missile Operations Officer USAF
YouTuber ~ 700,000+ Subscribers
Keep Defending the Truth
Keep Defending Democracy
https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe
https://www.patreon.com/c/JakeBroe
https://buymeacoffee.com/jakebroe
Brae Books @brae-books.bsky.social Brae Books is a publisher for authors who want a self-publishing service without the hassle. We also offer a traditional book deal when we find something that we think is really special. "Because publishing needn't be an uphill struggle…"
Political Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social The Political Cartoon Gallery is the largest gallery of original political and satirical cartoon artwork in the world. Dr Tim Benson is Britain’s leading authority on political cartoons.
www.original-political-cartoon.com
James Tansley @tansleyjames.bsky.social Artist. Decorator. Lost in music… always have been, always will be. Ex-serial music challenge host. #MDANT Formerly @tansleyjames on Twitter.
Prof Catherine Happer @catherinehapper.bsky.social Director, Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) @gu-mg.bsky.social Sociologist charting the entanglement of media & communications with capitalist power. Climate, cost of living, crisis. Author of 'The Construction of Public Opinion in a Digital Age', MUP.
Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social Illustrator, Printmaker and Arts Facilitator.
Portfolio - https://matpringle.co.uk
Shop - https://matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com/
Lol @loltype.bsky.social lingering on decaying street corners
⋆˙⟡ 🏚️ ⟡˙⋆
she/her
Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social Here to inspire ✨️
Art + Music + Design + Positivity
Grant McPhee @grantmcphee.bsky.social Film director: Big Gold Dream, Teenage Superstars, Far From the Apple Tree.
Book Writer - Postcards From Scotland and co-writer Hungry Beat
Mairi Damer @marzid.bsky.social 🏴 Glasgow gal, unapologetic cheeky monkey, partial to great craic. Music daft, frequent gig-goer. Punky, rudie and lefty. Fitba & photography fan. Proud #MDANT
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social Art historian, dealer/art consultant 19thC and 20thC British/European art. Writing book on lesser known great artists. Seen in/on: CNN, NBC, The Spectator, The Times etc.
website: richardmorris.org
richard@richardmorris.org
Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social Designer, Illustrator, Curiouser
https://linktr.ee/ColemanDesign
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social My new book - The Umbrella Man and Other Stories - is out now. A Radio Four pick of the week.
Order details and live events - https://linktr.ee/4hundredblows
Razur Cuts @razurcutsmag.bsky.social street-lit mags+RC books - poems/art/interviews/music/reviews/pics http://razurcuts.com MDANT ✊❤️X
HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk Artist, animator, utter nonsense. Don't believe a word except when I'm being serious. Did that gif once, those noseflags and other stuff.
HappyToast.co.uk
patreon.com/HappyToast
redbubble.com/people/HappyToast/explore
https://ko-fi.com/happytoast 
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
🏴💙
Too Old @epiphaniesbite.eurosky.social Former American.
<del>In mourning and</del> thoroughly pissed off in Scotland.
Janey Godley and Hillary Clinton were both right. January 6th was treason.
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Jane Duke @janeduke.com Fine art printmaker from York, England. Dapple scrumper. Sometimes found loitering in a restored medieval townhouse and talking to strangers. Solar powered (dormant in low light).
Printmaking stuff here: https://linktr.ee/janeduke
Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social Speak truth to power
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Paul Whitelaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social Pop culturist. Credits include The Big Issue, Classic Pop, Classic Rock, Doctor Who Magazine, Radio Times, The Scotsman. Co-creator of the So Disappointed podcast. Black cat enabler.
paulbwhitelaw.blogspot.com
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at City St George's, Uni of London. I curate the short story project apersonalanthology.com. Novels are Randall or The Painted Grape, and The Large Door. Poetry is Spring Journal. https://linktr.ee/jonathangibbs
PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social Prolixity from Dr Andrew Tickell. Law & Scottish politics. Senior lecturer in law at GCU Law, Jacobin scribbler, Sunday National columnist, and jaded flâneur.
WriteStats @writestats.bsky.social Data-Driven Insights for Writers and Publishers.
https://writestats.com/
Charlayn von Solms @charlayn.eurosky.social Sculptor, lapsed academic
I use assemblage to create contemporary art based on the compositional strategies of Archaic Greek oral-formulaic poetry.
https://charlaynvonsolms.com/link-in-bio
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social English is weirder than you think. Every week I dig into the hidden history of everyday words: etymology, Old English, and the accidents that shaped how you speak. Linguistics PhD. deadlanguagesociety.com
Daniel Willcocks @danielwillcocks.bsky.social Bestselling Horror Author · Founder Devil's Rock Books · Website Design
http://danielwillcocks.com || http://devilsrockbooks.com
Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social Multi awards-shortlisted SFFH & non-fic author. Editor & typesetter. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 now in the wild! https://linktr.ee/tiffaniangusauthor Leftie, feminist, ex academic, ally, anti-AI. she/her. Now 🇬🇧 was 🇺🇸
Val Nolan @vallescurarule.bsky.social Co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies 1, 2, 3; author of Neil Jordan: Works for the Page; Sturgeon/BSFA/BFA finalist; Locus Rec List; articles in Irish Uni Review, symplokē, Science Fiction Studies, Irish Studies Review, JGNC; fiction in many venues... He/Him
C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 51 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
404 Ink @404ink.bsky.social Your favourite book publisher, obvs.
We used to publish books.
July 2016 - July 2026.
We were @heathermmcd.bsky.social & @laurafjones.bsky.social
www.404ink.com
Si Hart @sihart.bsky.social Librarian at RHS Wisley, Doctor Who fan, sometimes podcaster. Owner of The Library of Impossible Things, part of the Maximum Power and Trap One podcast teams.
Adores rabbits, Crowded House, capybaras, cake, custard, pandas and tea. Dislikes cheese. 🏳️🌈
Leona @editor.scot book lady 🏴
Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social I do comedy, lecturing, journalism, radio and writing. I like beaches, books and buildings. Probably writing a bit too much about ovarian cancer at the moment because of reasons.
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book ECHOLANDS -A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF BOUDICA out now from @Hodderbooks.bsky.social https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
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/
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
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Mhairi Brennan @mhairibrennan.bsky.social TV lecturer, researcher, writer.
'Archiving the Referendum: BBC Scotland's TV Archive and Indyref 2014', Palgrave Macmillan, 2025
Research Associate ReCARE TV: Reality Television, Working Practices and Duties of Care, Aston University.
Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social Reading, writing, rabbits 🐇 ✡️
Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social
London
www.deborahzafer.com
https://substack.com/@deborahzafer
Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social Writer. Performer. Amateur fencer.
About: www.madeleinebrettingham.com
Substack: https://madeleinebrettingham.substack.com
Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social 
Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social He/him. Bristol. Writer, content designer. No alt text = no repost. Not here for politics. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/raynewman Header: Thin Places in Hard Concrete https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DC5PL7T4 Agent: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/ray-newman
The Vacant Shops Academy @vacantshopsacademy.bsky.social The Vacant Shops Academy has been created by #placemaking specialist Iain Nicholson to make its approach to tackling #highstreet vacancy available to councils, BIDs & town teams working on this key metric…
https://prbi.co.uk/the-empty-shops-academy/
Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social Writes, variously. Reviews Editor, Strange Horizons. Columns at Ancillary Review. Songs over at Bandcamp. Also see @savinglives.bsky.social.
LeftPeggers 🏴 🇵🇸 @leftpeggers.bsky.social #Radge #MDANT #Gype #DandiesMin
Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
LucyD @ldpoetfic.bsky.social Writer of poetry and fiction and full time carer. 🏴🥃
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.
Leamington Books @leamington.bsky.social We are publishing Ceitidh Chaimbeul • Mohammed Moussa • Luca Serra
Kirstin Innes @kirstininnes.bsky.social Author 📕Fishnet (2015) 📙Scabby Queen (2020) 📗Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches (2021) 📘currently writing The Book Of Risk (novel not self-help manual), a screenplay and a musical. Maw of boys. Quite tired, yes.
Lin Anderson @linanderson.bsky.social A free spirit. Also crime writer & co-founder of the @BloodyScotland international crime writing festival.
Twitter: Lin_Anderson
Instagram: LinAndersonWriter
Threads: LinAndersonWriter
Web: http://www.lin-anderson.com
Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of bold new fiction and non-fiction, based in Liverpool
https://linktr.ee/deadinkbooks
The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social We're an international literary magazine in Madrid. We connect English and Spanish speaking literary cultures through fiction, poetry, essays and interviews.
Subs Closed.
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
Nothing Is Real Podcast @beatlespod.bsky.social A podcast about The Beatles
T.E. Bean @tebean.bsky.social lit-sci-fi novel ♾️ 𝙄𝙉𝙁𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝙀𝙔𝙀𝙎 ♾️ arriving Nov 2026 from Black Spring Press (UK) + via Simon & Schuster (US/Can) rep: Katharine Sands
☆ 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀, 𝙏𝙀𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙕𝙀𝘿 (Beacon Press) Autumn 2027 https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/T-E-Bean/269958332
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Colin Baker @oldsixie.bsky.social Actor Writer Pensioned Off Time Lord
Proud Father of four daughters
Colinbakeronline
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Beatles Books Podcast @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social A podcast chatting to the very best Beatle authors and writers - available on all Podcast Apps. Also posting Daily Beatle Content! https://podtail.com/en/podcast/beatles-books/ https://buymeacoffee.com/beatlesbooks
James Aithie 🏴 @jamesaithie.bsky.social "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"- Soren Kierkagaard
Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴
I'd mute #ScottishIndependence if that's not your bag, as I bang on about it a lot.
Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social Writer commentator academic. Books Editor, Bella Caledonia; Co-founder Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival; Co-editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge', pub. Nov. 28 2024.
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot Head of Policy & Research at Common Weal
Wrote a book: tinyurl.com/AllofOurFutures
Main social media at Mastodon: @thecommongreen@mastodon.scot
Donate to CW: https://commonweal.scot/donate/
My personal blog: https://thecommongreen.scot/
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com Music for a broken concrete utopia.
He/him
https://warringtonruncorn.com/
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social I write comics! ORLA!, SINK, GRAWLGORE & SHANKS, THE NASTY, THE CRIMSON CAGE, AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE, MOUNTAINHEAD, HOTELL.
Website/newsletter: johnleescomics.com
Online shop: johnleescomics.bigcartel.com
Patreon: patreon.com/johnlees
The Dreaded Lurgy @thedreadedlurgy.bsky.social Cobblers. Sometimes found in Ecclefechan.
Danny Kelly @dannykelly.bsky.social You will always find me on the table at parties.
Agnes Owens Literary Estate @agnesowenslitest.bsky.social Agnes Owens Literary Estate Executor: John Crosbie.
Agnes Owens Literary Estate Literary Agent: Jenny Brown Associates @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
Paul Putner @realpaulputner.bsky.social Actor/writer/ comedian/processed snacks enthusiast
Expect some light drivel but sunny spells later.