Martin Regg Cohn @reggcohn.bsky.social Toronto Star political columnist. Recovering foreign correspondent.
David Rider @dmrider.bsky.social Toronto-based journalist
Kevin McGran @kevinmcgran.bsky.social Best-selling author of AUSTON MATTHEWS: A LIFE IN HOCKEY. I post about the Maple Leafs, hockey, the NHL, and whatever else.
Susan Delacourt @susandelacourt.bsky.social National columnist for the Toronto Star, teller of stories (and grateful listener to them) lover of dachshunds. 
Jillian Tamaki @dirtbagg.bsky.social Bump on a log
Derek Mascarenhas (he/him) @dpmasca.bsky.social Author of | COCONUT DREAMS🌴🥥 | 100 CHAPATIS & 🥭THE MANGO MONSTER🥭 |✍🏾spec novel | Goan | tea & fruit lover | www.derekmascarenhas.ca
Nikki Reimer @nikkireimer.bsky.social Your favourite Baba Yaga's favourite Baba Yaga.
Digital comms in higher ed, MA in Comms student, grief writer, cat guardian. Latest book: No Town Called We (Talon Books, 2023)
Poet, artist, white queer non-binary disabled settler in Treaty 7.
Judy Rebick @judreb.bsky.social I am a feminist writer activist and educator in Toronto working on my next book. Last one was Heroes in My Head.
Edward Keenan @thekeenanwire.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, etc., etc.
Invisible Books @invisibooks.bsky.social We make books.
Kateri Lanthier @katerilanthier.bsky.social Poet, teacher, editor. Author of Siren (Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2017) and Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011).
Adrienne Kress @adriennekress.bsky.social Toronto Author/Actor/Filmmaker striving for sensational wonderfulness. She/her.
MG/YA author - THE EXPLORERS & #BENDY books! #FNAF: RETURN TO THE PIT 📚
GHOST CIRCUS, middle grade graphic novel, out now!
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Kate Blair @kateblair.bsky.social Award-winning British-Canadian YA author of WE BURY NOTHING, A MIST OF MEMORIES, TRANSFERRAL, TANGLED PLANET & THE MAGPIE’S LIBRARY (MG), out with DCB/Cormorant. https://www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/W/We-Bury-Nothing
She/her
Jim Munroe @jimmunroe.net He/him. SF novelist/filmmaker at http://jimmunroe.net ~ Producer/Narrative designer ~ Co-founded Hand Eye Society, now Game Arts International Network and Toronto Games Week ~ Designed IF tool http://texturewriter.com
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
Tara Sidhoo Fraser @tarasidhoofraser.bsky.social Author of WHEN MY GHOST SINGS from Arsenal Pulp Press.
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Jen Neale @jennyanne.bsky.social Writer and editor. Author of Land Mammals and Sea Creatures (ECW, Spring 2018) and some short fictions.
Bobbi French @bobbifrench.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Author
THE GOOD WOMEN OF SAFE HARBOUR & THE BRINK OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL coming 04/21 from HarperCollinsCanada. #pwd
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Natalie Zed @nataliezed.bsky.social Author of HENCH and VILLAIN. She/her. Spec fic, videogames, heavy metal, horror, MMA, comics, TTRPGs, LARP. CanLit Tank Girl. Extremely unlikely. Rep'd by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid.
AGA Wilmot @agawilmot.bsky.social Author (lit, horror, surrealism), editor, professor, communications professional. Represented by K2 Literary. Ace, nonbinary trans woman—they/she. 🏳️⚧️
"Withered," ECW Press Spring 2024
http://agawilmot.ca
https://k2literary.com/authors/aga-wilmot/
Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social Publisher @westendphoenix Rheostatics. Author of 13 books. Hockey Nomad. Movies. Also: Ballpoint Agency.
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter.bsky.social Writer/Poet. Editor & translator, The Lantern and the Night Moths (Invisible Publishing 2024). Clarion West '21. ace 🏳️🌈. linktr.ee/yilinw
Mike Marra @greyareaperson.bsky.social Literary Fiction. Jazz/Jazz Adjacent. They/Them Treaty One🇨🇦🏳️⚧️
Ann Cavlovic 🇨🇦 @anncavlovic.bsky.social Writer. Debut novel Count On Me (Guernica Editions 2025). Nonfiction in Globe and Mail, CBC, Event, Grain, etc. Into elder abuse prevention/sandwich generation, climate crisis, and environmental economcs. #QCwriters #booksky #greensky anncavlovic.com
George Murray @bookninja.bsky.social Poet | 10 books | Neuromancer | Dog person | Habitual founder of things | Nerd | St. John's | http://newpoetry.ca | Other links: https://linktr.ee/georgemurray
@melissa-mccabe.bsky.social @melissa-mccabe.bsky.social 
Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto @csjto.bsky.social We are women of action responding to the call to help others. We strive to be in union with God and neighbour. | https://csj-to.ca
#SocialJustice #Spirituality #Peace #CreationCare
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.
https://freedomwriterscollaborative.org/
Jennifer Pagliaro @j-pags.bsky.social Crime reporter focusing on youth justice for the Toronto Star.
jpagliaro@thestar.ca
Greenhousedave 🇨🇦 @greenhousedave.bsky.social Proudly “woke” and enthusiastically becoming “woker” every day. Let’s be kinder to one another and to the planet we share. Please, no DMs. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸
Alex Horkay @ahorkay.bsky.social Digital producer, @TorontoStar since 2006.
Cyn Dunlavy 🇨🇦 @cyndunlavy.bsky.social https://cyndunlavy.ca/
Brett Popplewell @b-popps.bsky.social Author / Journalist / Professor
www.brettpopplewell.ca
LL @lusianalukman.bsky.social 
Cat Alyst 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social 🟨⬜️🟪⬛️nonbinary trans person,
they/them (Ex: “They are a friend”), Millennial, atheist, autistic, trauma survivor, volunteer, 🇨🇦ally to 💙Democrats
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swingleft.org
blackvotersmatterfund.org
fieldteam6.org
iwillvote.com
indivisible.org
Philosopheer ❌👑 @philosopheer.bsky.social 💙 #BlueCrew #LaughandOPPOSE Realistic philosopher and software engineer. There are no such things as progressive people. Reality itself is progressive as time relentlessly progresses into the vast unknown future.
Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social Modern Floral Painter
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Rosemary Q @rosequeue.bsky.social running on typos and coffee fumes • she/her • 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 • queer parent • polyam • partner to @ethanquinsey.bsky.social
Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social 🎙️🚌 Co-host of @dwelltime.ca, a transit podcast
🚊🚲 Co-lead at @TriTAG.ca
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Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos @pamela2024.bsky.social Writer published in The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, WIRED, Fortune, Boston Globe, Reno Gazette Journal, STAT, Nevada Current & more. Michigan & WSU alum; award-winning author https://pamelamahoneytsigdinos.medium.com/
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Harrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social cybernetic cognitive control
computational cognitive neuroscience
Connected Minds Fellow @ Queens + RRI
he/him 🇨🇦 harrisonritz.github.io
MarkZelinski.com @markzelinski-photo.bsky.social 🇨🇦Governor General's Medal, OCAD, RCGS, Explorers Club, Pro Photographer/Publisher/Speaker #MarkZelinski gifted 8K #BooksThatHeal to WW charities (fwds by HRH Philip, Justin Trudeau) MarkZelinski.com
Cassandra Bruni she/her @cassandrabruni.bsky.social Family and child protection lawyer. Interested in #onpoli, #cdnpoli, and #a2J. 
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
firstnovel.co.uk
CaffieneKitty @caffienekitty.bsky.social she/her/dude, ace/aro of some sort.
Wear a mask, get vaccinated, be kind, trans rights are human rights, Black lives matter, living on unceeded First Nations land, ban guns, LGBTQIA2+ positive.
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Cloe Logan @cloelogan.bsky.social Toronto | Climate + environment reporter at Canada’s National Observer
she/her
cloe[at]nationalobserver.com
cloelogan[at]proton.me
cloelogan.com
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Ross Trevelyan 🗻🌲🦪🦀🚵♂️ @jumpintraxjack.bsky.social Freelance Editor. Author. Realpolitiker. Diplomat.
2026-27 WIPs:
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◆ Lakeshore Heights, psych noir thriller
Excerpts on #WIPSnips.
Слава Украïнi!
🚫AI, DM
#editors
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca He/him. Fighter, writer, work-all-nighter. Ace. Sewer Socialist. Raver. ADHD. Toronto. Organizer, not organized. #HappyHardcore keeps me going. Democracy first and always. Canada strong. For campaign account, follow @VoteTim.ca
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
The Real David Rogers @davidrogersbooks.bsky.social davidrogersbooks.wordpress.com. Writer. Poet. Reader. Cat person. "I bought some dehydrated water . . . I don't know what to add." --Steven Wright.
Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ¶ One of Canada’s most innovative and tenacious literary publishers
¶ http://linktr.ee/gaspereaupress
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
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Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
Paul Chiddicks @chiddickstree.bsky.social Columnist for Family Tree Magazine, avid family tree researcher and blogger, local history writer and a full time Lego builder
Katharine Lake Berz @lakeberz.bsky.social Journalist writing about how international issues have an impact on people's lives. Bylines include Toronto Star, The Globe, Toronto Life, The Walrus, Broadview, CBC.
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Ben Dooley @bentdooley.bsky.social Jill Bennett Show Lead Producer Got a tip or story idea? ben.dooley@cknw.com. Born with Spina Bifida
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."
Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social Senior Writer and occasional feature editor at the Toronto Star.
Toronto Star Bargaining Unit - Unifor Local 87M @torontostarunit.bsky.social We represent Toronto Star newsroom employees and promotions staff. Established 1949.
Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 @pothen.bsky.social Counsel and Land Use and Land Development Program Manager for Environmental Defence. The "Hands off the Greenbelt" guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Tweets aren't advice or statements from Environmental Defence. he/him
Cody Hochstenbach @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social Urban geographer (University of Amsterdam) | Housing | Author (Das Mag) | Co-director Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) | Editor International Journal of Housing Policy, Beleid & Maatschappij | All links:
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social Community, housing, climate, urbanism. Also Victoria BC Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse, good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Please email for City business. My own views only. Seeking re-election in 2026! www.davethompsonvictoria.ca ☄️⏳#yyj 🇨🇦
Climate Action London @climateldnont.bsky.social Later is too late. Educating, Advocating, Collaborating on Climate Action in London, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social Marine biologist, writer, policy nerd. Co-founder Urban Ocean Lab, think tank for the future of coastal cities. In love with climate solutions.
Dr Lizzy Lowe @lizzylowe.bsky.social Working to create sustainable cities 🏙️
& ecosystems full of invertebrates 🐞
Inordinately fond of spiders 🕷️
Research Fellow at ECU 🌱
Anuradha Mukherji @anuradhamukherji.bsky.social Social scientist. Working at the intersection of coastal climate adaptation, disaster recovery, land & housing, policy & governance.
Associate Professor|Community & Regional Planning @ ECU|www.anuradha.net
Pirate Name - Pearl
Alum, UC Berkeley & Texas A&M
15-Minute City @15minutecity.com The #15MinuteCity: putting people at the center of urban transformation.
Posts by Dan Luscher.
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
https://sethdklein.substack.com
Climate and Transit @climateandtransit.bsky.social A focus on city planning,transit planning and sustainability!
“Train good and car bad!”
@murphykbrown.bsky.social @murphykbrown.bsky.social Mother, artist,pet lover, paddler, Liberal activist, Pro Democracy, co-owner of Canada 🇨🇦.🏳️🌈Supporter, Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🦋
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com climate scientist
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🇨🇦 is my home
distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
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advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social Communications firm working with experts including Nobel Laureates, academics and politicians to publish evidence-based commentaries on critical policy issues. www.quoimedia.com
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LIA 福振凡 🇺🇳🇨🇳🇺🇸 @fuzhenfan.bsky.social University of Chicago alum
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Views are my own | Not my employer
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Hainan -> Chicago
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
11th Hour with Ali Velshi @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social Catch Ali Velshi every weeknight 11p - 12a
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Ingrid Paulson @ingridpaulson.bsky.social Book design and AD, instructor at The Chang School, TMU, and middle manager of expectations. Anti-Wednesdays, pro-theatre. 🇨🇦 She/her.
https://ingridpaulson.com
Kevin @kevintemple.bsky.social Philosophy PhD. I teach adults at University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. Research: how about political-economic philosophy of mind
O.R. Melling @ormelling.bsky.social World-wandering writer, screenwriter, XR/immersive tech, newbie gamer. Also feminist, socialist, contrarian, Corbynite. Ireland born, Canada reared, Irish inhabitant. She/her. Website: www.ormelling.com. *DMs blocked unless invited*
Michelle Jory @fairmeadow.bsky.social Parent. Partner. Small-scale farming on hiatus. Proponent of Ecosystem health and equity. Fledged in the city, nesting in the hinterland.
Witch of November 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇨🇺🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇲🇽🏳️⚧️🇬🇱 🇪🇺🌍🐕🦺🐾🐈 @scotiasheppard.bsky.social Kjipuktuk raised Nova Scotian in Colchester Co. Feral mom to skin kids Heavy D (19) Big Al (15) fur kids Barnacle Bob, Snerf, Minnow & Day-Z. Co-Star to J. Perimenopausal, ADD, cancer & exhausted. Kept artificially upright and upbeat by medication.
Sim Sitzer @spsmdp.bsky.social graduate student in sustainable development @uwaterloo.ca & @balsillieschool.bsky.social
Derek Elliott, Libertarian @elliott4mp.bsky.social Politician.
Leader, Libertarian Party of Canada
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MakesMeWannaUke🇨🇦 @makesmewannauke.bsky.social Jane
Elbows Up 🇨🇦 #BlueJays
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Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️⚧️
Lefty, Uker, Hiker, Knitter, Swimmer, Yogini. Poodle Owner. Masked and Vaxxed. World Junior Hockey.
I can’t keep up with my followers. Asking for dispensation 🙏
Brandon C. Williams @bcwilliams71.bsky.social Human Swiss Army Knife. Journalist/history buff/owner of too many useless facts/Uncle of three/Never Trumper/classic cartoons fan. Contributing Writer, CFL.ca.
The Happy Duck Bookshop & Readery @thehappyduckbooks.bsky.social New and used books and local art 📚
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