Travis Elborough @improbableatlas.bsky.social modern romantiquarian author, commentator, compere, walker and photographer - my Elborough's Eye book column appears in The Idler magazine
Widdersbel @widdersbel.bsky.social Mostly baking and crosswords
Mike Stevens @mikestevens72.bsky.social Writer, musician, songwriter. Co-winner of the Irish Writers Centre's International Debut Novel Competition 2026. linktr.ee/mikestevens72
Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social Ireland's premier review of intellectual inquiry for two decades. Published quarterly (www.drb.ie), entire archive since 2007 available. Everything on totally free access but donations of course welcome to keep us going.
Paul Kavanagh @kavcarter.bsky.social The Killing of a Bank Manager (Honest Publishing, 2011)
Iceberg (Honest Publishing, 2012)
Everybody is Interested in Pigeons (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2026)
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Susan Maxwell @ Bibliothèque des Refusés @bibliorefuses.bsky.social linktr.ee/dr.susan.maxwell
Bibliothèque des Refusés is the imprint of independent author & scholar Susan Maxwell.
Fiction: Literary — Fantasy — Mystery (as R.S. Maxwell).
Non-fiction: academic themes related to archives & fiction. Reviews.
Dr Susan Maxwell @muinbeoarchives.bsky.social Writer, artist, smallholder, archivist. Eco-fiction, weird, fantastika/slipstream, literary fiction. Indie-publishing tweets @bibliorefuses.
https://linktr.ee/dr.susan.maxwell
jomorganbooks @jomorganbooks.bsky.social some books in the making
Sarah Such @sarahsuch.bsky.social Literary Agent & Founder of Sarah Such Literary Agency, London. 4 x Shortlisted Literary Agent of the Year at The British Book Awards. Represents outstanding, award-winning authors.
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Heidi James @heidijames.bsky.social Writer (The Sound Mirror, So the Doves)
Podcast (First Graft)
Academic- A Hervé Garrault @arthurlegrave.bsky.social
@gerryfeehily.bsky.social @gerryfeehily.bsky.social 
Salò Press @salopress.bsky.social Independent publisher of poetry & prose. An obscurity of poets. Updates by Sophie 💖 Norwich, UK.
Matt Thorne @8minutesidle.bsky.social Author of six novels, three children’s books, one film and critical study of pop star Prince. MA Convenor in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. New book FAMOUS: Ego, Envy and Ambition in Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop out now.
The Barbellion Prize @barbellionprize.bsky.social The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. SUBMISSIONS OPEN https://barbellionprize.org/
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Kieran Wyatt @kieranstories.bsky.social Best British Short Stories, The London Magazine, Free Flash Fiction, Eunoia Review, Blood+Honey. I also post a new story on my blog every month. Fylde Coast. https://kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/about/
Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Daniel Duggan @danieldugganwriter.bsky.social Pushcart nominated, published writer pouring words in the Scottish Borders
Sean Coleman @colemandesign.bsky.social Designer, Illustrator, Curiouser
https://linktr.ee/ColemanDesign
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social Writer & highwayman.
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
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AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social 
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Darren Jones @darrenmjones.bsky.social Music, films, books, tea.
Charles Newland @charlesnewland.bsky.social filmmaker @notownfilms @tate @eurofilmacademy instagram.com/charlesnewland
Nottingham, England
Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social Editor, writer, lapsed biologist in Ireland
Copy-editing, writing: https://stancarey.com
Language: https://stancarey.wordpress.com
Strong language: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
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Matthew Rice @matthew-rice.bsky.social Poet-PhD-Anti-racist. ‘Plastic’ forthcoming in January 2026 with Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) & Soft Skull Press (US), available here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790542/plastic-by-matthew-rice/
The Grierson Trust @griersontrust.bsky.social Organisers of the annual #BritishDocumentaryAwards #GriersonAwards & #GriersonDocLab training. Commemorating the pioneering Scottish doc-maker John Grierson.
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Katharine Schopflin @schopflin.bsky.social Information manager, Long Covid, dementia care, choral singing. An atheist of Jewish extraction who really likes Anglican churchgoing. She/ Her. 
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Holly Langstaff @hollylangstaff.bsky.social Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford.
I run the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and Oxford Translates Summer School.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
Nick Holdstock @nickholdstock.bsky.social Author of The Casualties, China's Forgotten People, et al. Shortlisted for Novel Prize. Rep'd by Pew Literary https://www.the-tls.com/authors/nick-holdstock www.nickholdstock.com Porcupine, a novel, out in December. Substack: https://tinyurl.com/mbze39az
Penny Pepper @penpep.bsky.social Published author, poet, speaker & disability activist whose work explores our stories through provocation, wit, kindness. Opinion journo. Welcome inquiries & commissions. Saucy old punk gal. Cat mum. Socialist by the sea.
Ortac Press @ortacpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of non-fiction and novels
#MDANT
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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social Poet &c | rishidastidar.com | linktr.ee/betarish
Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social Creator of @scarfolk.bsky.social. "This guy, who apparently saw the future" - Edward Snowden. Running an ASD/ADHD operating system.
https://www.richardlittler.com
Naomi Colvin @auerfeld.bsky.social Interested in AI governance, renaissance music and pallas cats. Can probably still play a selection of Andy Mackay solos on request.
Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social Undistinguished Viz cartoonist
Claire Wade @clairerwade.bsky.social Author of THE CHOICE. Winner of the Good Housekeeping First Novel Competition.
Founder of Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI). Winner of the RNA Inclusion Award.
♿️💜 She/her
https://linktr.ee/clairerwade
Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social Writer, architect, occasional actor. Debut novel, Habitat, published March 2024 by the Lilliput Press http://bio.site/CatrionaShine
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Irish Times writer & author of OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea & now, out in June, Experts in a Dying Field. You can preorder here: https://linktr.ee/expertsinadyingfield
LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social Writer's writer's writer.
📚 STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://eveninghousebooks.com/product/still-alive/
Aea Varfis-van Warmelo @aeavvw.bsky.social biter
Lars Iyer @larsiyer.bsky.social Novelist. My Weil, Nietzsche and the Burbs, Wittgenstein Jr, Spurious trilogy
@kidswritejokes.bsky.social @kidswritejokes.bsky.social These are genuine joke attempts by children. Originally Bad Kids' Jokes on Tumblr. DMs open for submissions. Get the book 📙: http://tinyurl.com/kwjbook
Ivan A Pope @ivanpope.bsky.social Artist. Writer. Entrepreneur. https://youtube.com/@ivanpope ivanpope.com
Mícheál Lehane @fertha.bsky.social Political Correspondent at RTÉ, Ireland’s Public Service Broadcaster.
Alison Gibbs @guineagibbs.bsky.social Books, theatre, gardening, history, guinea pigs, running, yoga, comedy, folklore, wild places, South London stuff.
Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social Average enthusiast. Scribe for hire. Author of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, Ten Thousand Apologies, Base Notes and all the rest …
https://www.adellestripe.co.uk/
Peter Chrisp @peterchrisp.bsky.social From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay, a blog about Finnegans Wake http://peterchrisp.blogspot.com
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Bearded Badger Books @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social Derbyshire based indie publisher | indie press champion | pop up bookshop
Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social The Official Account of the Iris Murdoch Society
Gerry Fialka @laughtears.bsky.social 🎥 Experimental Filmmaker | Curator | Writer
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📖 FINNEGANS WAKE Group • Venice, CA
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S P A R K S @sparksofficial.bsky.social Ron Mael & Russell Mael | 💿 LIVE ON THE MOON 🌑 - out now! | subjects of #TheSparksBrothers | writers of #Annette | www.allsparks.com ✨
@bluebelmondo.bsky.social @bluebelmondo.bsky.social 
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
James Scudamore @jamesscudamore.bsky.social Writer | ENGLISH MONSTERS | WREAKING | HELIOPOLIS | THE AMNESIA CLINIC
https://jamesscudamore.com
Sylvia Leatham @sylvialeatham.bsky.social Award-winning author. Debut spec-fic romcom ‘Chaos Theory’ with Storm Publishing. Rep’ed by Liverpool Lit. Silver at Farnham Lit Audiobook Awards; SL'ed for The Letter Review, Watson Little Indie Novella; LL’ed for Mslexia. https://linktr.ee/SylviaLeatham
Richard West @improfilmclub.bsky.social 
DJ Taylor @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social Writer. Orwell: The New Life now in pb. The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J.R.R. Tolkien imminent.. Avid Norwich City fan.
Literary Review @litreview.bsky.social Britain's leading monthly literary magazine. For people who devour books. Read our latest: literaryreview.co.uk
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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social The Viz one
AKA Evie
Council worker and writer
Both jobs death related
Ashes to Admin and Get Ahead of Being Dead out now
Locate International ambassador
https://linktr.ee/eviekingwrites
𝕁♥𝕙𝕟𝕟𝕪𝕎ℝℝ @johnnywreallyx2.bsky.social Zany Loser
James Dalrymple @jamesewand.bsky.social Teaching/lecturing in France. Occasional academic.
Cinema, books, music, vintage television, podcasts (usually while cooking for the family), teaching, life in France etc.
Film reviews at: letterboxd.com/jamesewand/
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.
Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
https://www.creativewritingtuition.com/
John Haffenden @johnhaffenden.bsky.social Author & editor; FBA; FRSL; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London; editor of the letters of T. S. Eliot. Chocoholic.
The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social A home for working-class readers and writers
https://thebeemagazine.com
Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social Writer, reader, perambulator, observer.
www.gilliandarley.com
Ariel Anderssen @arielanderssen.bsky.social Author of #PlayingToLose, the memoir of a Jehovah's Witness turned BDSM model. Professional, umm, BDSM model. Contact me for work enquiries on kinkyarielanderssen@gmail.com website: arielanderssenauthor.com 
Robin Allender @robinallender.bsky.social 
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer. Musician.
Sometimes funny. 🏳️🌈
Join my sci-fi book club:
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Bloomsday Festival @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social Celebrate Bloomsday, June 16th 1904, as immortalised in James Joyce's "Ulysses" on 11-16 June 2026 in Dublin. Organised by @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social #Bloomsday2026
Visit our website at www.bloomsdayfestival.ie
Cat Fitzpatrick @catfitzpatrick.net all work and no play makes cat a dull girl
Typesetter & Editrix @littlepuss.net // Author of The Call-Out & THE DINNER PARTY: A BOOK ABOUT LOVE - OUT NOW
Sasha Dugdale @sashadugdale.bsky.social Poet and translator in a bad time for Lyrik
Lover of lurchers and other thieving dogs
The Strongbox, Carcanet, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP for Islington North
julian george @juliangeorge-abhf.bsky.social Bebe, CB editions. Read it and plotz.
https://www.cbeditions.com/George.html
Bios of Miles Davis & Salvador Dali. Out of print. But of course.
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
https://www.theparisreview.org/
https://theparisreview.substack.com/
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.
Phoebe C H @phoebeceehaitch.bsky.social ♥️ GLAMs. Books. Many cheeses. Giraffes. The NHS.
What would Paddington do? Do that.
Simon Barraclough @simonbarraclough.bsky.social Poet, writer, tutor, editor. Fourth collection Divine Hours out now from Broken Sleep Books. Reader for The Literary Consultancy & others. Co-editor of Project Abeona (Humanity in Deep Space). Open to collabs. www.simonbarraclough.com
Staging Beckett @stagingbeckett.bsky.social Samuel Beckett and theatre especially upcoming performances of Beckett’s work!
James Joyce Gazette @jamesjoycegazette.bsky.social “Anna was, Livia is, Plurabelle's to be.”
The International Flann O’Brien Society @flannobriensoc.bsky.social The International Flann O’Brien Society
Organising conferences, books, readings, screenings, events dedicated to the life & works of Brian O'Nolan
Profile pic by David O'Kane
International Anthony Burgess Foundation @anthonyburgess.bsky.social What's it going to be then, eh? All things Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) from his Estate and Archive in Manchester, UK.
www.anthonyburgess.org
The Irish Cultural Centre @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social The home of Irish Arts & Culture in London since 1995 - featuring Ireland’s best live music, film, literature, theatre & art events.
Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social 🥊 1880s boxing+wrestling historian
📕 THE DEVILS' DANCE FLOOR (Duckworth '27)
✍🏻 Hezekiah Moscow, Alec Munroe, Sugar Goodson, Wannop, Smith, Ball &c.
👊🏻 Write fight books raise dinosaur child
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www.grapplingwithhistory.com
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Jo McMillan @jomcmillan.bsky.social Fan of alphabets and characters - complex and simplified. Have called Beijing, Melaka and London home. Looking for Utopia. Currently in Berlin.
Tommy Mackay @tommyreckless.bsky.social Editor of The Daily Reckless www.dailyreckless.com MD ANT. Author of 40 Odd Years Of The Fall: https://gregmoodie.com/product/40-odd-years-of-the-fall/ The first man in the world to buy a book about Half Man Half Biscuit.
Review 31 @review31.bsky.social An online literary review. Est. 2011
www.review31.co.uk
Dr Talia Abu @drtaliaabu.bsky.social Literature.
Activist.
#PalestinianLivesMatter
Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie An authoritative reference work of nearly 11,000 lives for scholars of Irish history, society and culture from the Royal Irish Academy.
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Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social Research, analysis & grey-skies thinking on labour markets, social security, public finance & equality. Usual disclaimer. Cheap foreign labour 🇮🇪. Profile pic is Takashi Shimura with Toshiro Mifune in Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa, 1949).
I Don't Like Your Tie @dontlikeyourtie.bsky.social The story of George Martin's tie refracted through 100 different prisms. BOOK OUT NOW amzn.eu/d/8eWHyLf
Ailbhe Darcy @ailbhedarcy.bsky.social Pomes, penyeach.