Phelim McDermott @openspacer.bsky.social I improvise. I open space, I facilitate. I make unforgettable theatre, amongst others. Director My Neighbour Totoro. Tao of Glass
Artistic Director @ www.improbable.co.uk
www.devotedanddisgruntled.com
Bonnie Lander Johnson @bonnielj.bsky.social Academic and Writer. fiction and non-fiction.
Vanishing Landscapes (Hodder, 2025).
Downing and Newnham, Cambridge. 
AHE. @ahumanendeavour.bsky.social Personal blog by an actor, talking about the crossover between his personal and creative lives.
https://a-human-endeavour.com
dogyard @dogyardmag.com Just a mag chasin’ tales.
We accept all types of work from all (leashed) walks of life: poetry, fiction, essay, art, nonfiction, and more.
Read & Submit 👇
dogyardmag.com
Account ran by @edithkrone.bsky.social
Rebecca Powell @rebeccapowellbooks.bsky.social Author | Editor | Book coach.
Bristol girl now living in France. Caledonia Novel Award SL. Goldfinch Novel Award LL.
Rep’d by Judith Murray at Greene & Heaton
Scottish Society of Playwrights @scotsocplaywrights.bsky.social The Scottish Society of Playwrights (SSP) develops and promotes the interests and craft of professional playwrights and playwriting within Scottish theatre.
www.scottishsocietyofplaywrights.co.uk
Dr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | FRHistS | palaeography & editing | convenor @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social | neurodivergent | co-chair UCU Anticasualisation Committee | @ucucommons.org | https://joanneedge.co.uk | agent: @knifewitch.bsky.social
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social Writer, mostly of comics. MARVELS, ASTRO CITY, ARROWSMITH, AUTUMNLANDS, THUNDERBOLTS, SUPERMAN, AVENGERS, UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN, more. NYT bestseller, Harvey & Eisner Awards, yaddita yaddita. My head hurts.
sheltre me from þe poudre & þe fingre
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor of Astrophysics, Edinburgh University. Author of How to Design a Universe. @astronomerroyal on insta (She/her)
Lexi Richey @lexirichey.bsky.social 💥Crafty Freak💥
Illustrator 🖍 & Author 📖
God @thegodshow.com Creator of the Universe.
thegodshow.com
https://youtube.com/@thegodshowlive
ReRouted By History @reroutedbyhistory.bsky.social Counterfactuals for the geopolitically curious. What if the script flipped? The GPS of alternate timelines. Because history doesn’t repeat—it remixes. Let’s imagine the tracks that never dropped.
open.substack.com/pub/reroutedbyhistory | #bskystorians
The Wee Review @theweereview.bsky.social Scotland's online arts & culture magazine | Fringe | Film | Theatre | Music | Comedy | Books | Dance | #edfringe partners with
Theweereview.com
The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social A society for medievalist academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work.
Want to join the Guild? Take a look at our website: https://www.guildmedmak.com/
Stephe Harrop @stepheharrop.bsky.social Associate professor, storyteller, author, Greek chorus wrangler. Also: tea, islands, debatable lands, long walks on cold beaches. "Impressively undaunted." https://www.stepheharrop.co.uk/ 
@lagganria.bsky.social @lagganria.bsky.social 
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
TheQR @theqr.bsky.social Reviews, news, and views of the performing, visual and experimental arts, cinema and music. Subscribe now at https://theqr.co.uk/
Dr Kathrine Cuccuru @aphilosopher.eurosky.social ‘a philosopher…walks…talks…makes’ is professional philosopher Kathrine’s public project to bring philosophy to everyone through walking, talking, making.
Based in Dundee, Scotland
https://linktr.ee/aphilosopher
Durham Free Fringe @durhamfreefringe.bsky.social Coming to the Holy GrAle, Market Tavern and Miners' Hall on the 29th July - 2nd August 2026
durhamfreefringe.org.uk
Snap the Arrow Productions @snapthearrow.bsky.social A new production company from Chris Cook and Rhys Williamson.
snapthearrow.com
✉️ hello@snapthearrow.com
Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social We are Enrichment Through Archaeology. We provide school workshops, manage community heritage projects and offer guided tours of the Peak District. Interested in Neolithic, museums & religion and rapidly learning about early medieval agriculture!
Chris Neville-Smith @cns-theatre.bsky.social Yes, it's me, the same Chris Neville-Smith. Looks like Theatre Twitter is preparing to regroup here, so hello everybody.
Theatre projects: https://chrisnevillesmith.info/wp/
Theatre blog: https://chrisontheatre.wordpress.com/
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.
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️
www.thereaderberlin.com
Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Sarah Corrigan 🌔 @sarahastolat.bsky.social British-Irish fantasy & horror writer / chaotic bi witch. Probably thinking about Andor and Rogue One, the Matter of Britain, cats, or Taylor Swift.
Victoria Gosling @victoriagosling.bsky.social Author #BeforeTheRuins + #BlissAndBlunder @serpentstail ; Rep Judith Murray @GreeneandHeaton ; Founder @TheReaderBerlin + Berlin Writing Prize ; She/Her
Gilly Pickup @gillypickup.bsky.social Award winning journalist /author. #Animal lover. Believes in chocolate, kindness, books & a dash of magic. London-living Scot.
Former @houseofcommons.parliament.uk aide, researcher. On X as @gilly_pickup www.travellinglady.co.uk #notodigitalid
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
@fringepromo.bsky.social @fringepromo.bsky.social Account to feed the Fringe Promo feed with reposts of shows of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
(I don't want my personal account @larsum.com to be solely made out of reposts.)
Alistair Maxwell @maxwellcorp.bsky.social Lefty writey arty type
https://open.substack.com/pub/maxwellcorp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3lyeuc
Floris Books @florisbooks.bsky.social Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Visit us online - florisbooks.co.uk
Andrew Prescott @ajprescott.bsky.social Hon Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Writes and researches on medieval history and manuscripts, archives, digital humanities, and the history of freemasonry. Heavily involved with the 'People of 1381' project: www.1381.online.
Fran Moldaschl @franmoldaschl.bsky.social https://buymeacoffee.com/franmoldaschl
Kelpies Prize for Writing Winner
Former #archaeology student
Children's book reviewer
Neurodivergent
inquisitivenewt.com
(Any pronouns)🏳️🌈
Tem Rae Wilder @temwilder.bsky.social they/them - neurosalty
Writer / storyteller / play artist / game-maker / activist / social justice centaur
Creative Director @ Pluto Q Community Reading Room
LordWoolamaloo @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/
https://linktr.ee/WoolamalooGazette
Kleio Pethainou @kpethainou.bsky.social Medievalist, Art Historian & Doctor of Humour (yes, it’s a real thing!) @edincollegeofart.bsky.social🃏
I edit https://bit.ly/MedievalStorytelling, tell stories at #TheCourtJesterPodcast & find something to laugh with every day.
https://linktr.ee/kpethainou
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Bee @writingwerewolf.bsky.social Folklore and horror blogger ☄️🏴
CR: The Shadow of the Object
writingwerewolf.wordpress.com
DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social Imprint of indie publisher Floris Books (@florisbooks.bsky.social).
We specialise in children's books for tots to teens - all with a Scottish twist!
discoverkelpies.co.uk
Note: we do stories, not statues!
Carpet Muncher Show @mothpoet.bsky.social #edfringe 1-12 August at the
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Scottish Storytelling Centre @scotstorycentre.bsky.social Sharing the stories of Scotland and beyond, past, present and future. Home to TRACS with Scottish Storytelling Forum & Traditional Music Forum.
https://linktr.ee/scottishstorytellingcentre
Lomond Sebastian Docherty @lomondsdocherty.bsky.social Hi superstars I’m a 23 year old Actor based in Glasgow ,Actor from Nclan, NYT Member, Photographer, Facilitator https://linktr.ee/lomondsebastiandocherty
Underground Venues @undergroundvenues.bsky.social 'One of the best run venues of any Fringe anywhere' @FringeGuru Award-winning venue hosting theatre, comedy, music, spoken word and family shows at @buxtonfringe 9-27 July 2025
Kirsty Eila McIntyre @kirstyeila.bsky.social Scottish actress, check out what I do here: https://app.spotlight.com/9178-9089-8617
Lori Delaney Robertson @loridelrob.bsky.social Theatre Maker, Watcher, Mummy. Doctoral Researcher @SGSAH @ahrcpress @UofGArts challenging BC narratives through performance. She/Her
Dan Collins @dancollinscomedy.bsky.social Music, Theatre and Comedy | A Mad Scientist
☝️🥸📢
https://www.linktr.ee/okdancollins
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Kirsty @kirstynicol.bsky.social I still love patchwork, I still hate custard and I still make a mean toffee apple. History, sleep support and who knows what else besides, all in beautiful East Lothian.
Ross Wilcock @rosswilcockmedia.bsky.social Gay/ disabled Scottish poet, writer and activist. 🏳️🌈🏴 open mics 2 times a month. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Justine Sweeney @justine1902.bsky.social Writing wee stories about Belfast and other bits and pieces. Bath Novella-in-Flash S/L 2025. Words in places like @theDublinReview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social @mooncityreview.bsky.social @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
Printmakers of Scotland @printersofscotland.bsky.social A collective of printmakers from across Scotland - working together to develop and share printmaking.
Festival of Printmaking 14-16 Aug 2026 University of Stirling.
www.printmakersofscotland.com
Grumpy Bear Gaymer @grumpybeargaymer.bsky.social 50% Welsh. 50% Hong Konger. 100% Gaymer. Former London theatre critic (Grumpy Gay Critic). Now teacher, voiceover artist, and Twitch Streamer.
Short and Sweet Theatre @shortsweettheatre.bsky.social A joyful Scottish theatre company.
☕Milk On The Side: A Barista Musical 🎵 EdFringe 11-24th, 3pm
@glasgow comedy @edfringe.bsky.social - Tickets on sale now!
Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social Writer, historian, professor. Director @chppc.bsky.social and @vch-home.bsky.social. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, 2025): a Book of the Year in The Times, FT & BBC History Extra. Find me in my beach hut.
https://www.catherineclarke.info/
Play Full Theatre @playfulltheatre.bsky.social Cultivating collaborations between emerging theatre artists in Scotland to create distinctive new performances 🎭✨ Follow for creative opportunities and scratch nights.
Ricky Monahan Brown @rickyballboy.bsky.social Writer. Poetry pamphlet Drawer of Letters from Broken Sleep Books – "Wonderfully audacious" 🖤 Terminal and Other Stories 🖤 Little Apples (novella) 🖤 Stroke: A 2% chance of survival (memoir) 🖤 Next: Teller of Tales in Tantallon Tìr’s Call of the Isles
Wren @wrenbrian.bsky.social Canadian playwright, dramaturg & producer based in Scotland.
Theatre lover, hobby weaver, slow hiker & book worm. wrenbrian.com
Free Interactive Digital Experience Available Until May 18: The Investigator yukondigitaltheatrecollective.com/theinvestigator
Side Quest Productions @sidequestprods.bsky.social Side Quest Productions is a production company led by Director Madelaine Moore. Side Quest brings stories from the outer limits to the mainstream - a good night out in the left of field, designed to provoke and entertain.
Perth Theatre and Concert Hall @perthtch.bsky.social Central to local cultural life in Perth, Scotland for 125 years, Perth Theatre and Concert Hall create life affirming, shared experiences in the performing arts.
@lubnakerr.bsky.social @lubnakerr.bsky.social 
Rose Matthews (they/them) 🏳️🌈 @rosematthews.bsky.social Autistic researcher, author, and illustrator, Durham UK.
Autistic people’s experiences of menopause, sex & relationships, work, loss, grief, ageing, palliative care, death, & dying. https://www.rosematthewsresearch.com/
#AcademicSky #AutRes #Skybrarians
Mòrag Hawthorn @moraghawthorn.bsky.social Actor (and writer?). Cat Lady. A Celtic 🏴 Canadian 🇨🇦 Kiwi 🇳🇿🥝🏳️🌈
📍Glasgow,
Repped by Fiona Cross Management
Linda Strachan @lstrachan.bsky.social Writer for Children & YA - Former Chair of Society of Authors in Scotland - W&A Guide to Writing for Children & YA - Hamish McHaggis series - The Dangerous Lives of the Jacobites ( fact/fiction- MG)
Little Miss Contrary @eimanmunro.bsky.social Writer ~ Researcher ~ Autism Expert by Experience for CAMHS NHS professionals.
SCBWI member, Megaphone community member, Writementor Hub community member, #UV2024 winner🤩
Chris Veteri @chrisveteri.bsky.social book reader. fiber crafter. hill walker. tv watcher. husband to my husband.
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Edinburgh based actor by way of New York City.
Anna Derricourt @annaderri.bsky.social Exploring, positivity, no-dye, learning forever, books, theatre, outdoors, conversation.
Just trying to understand more.
Works at Scottish book trust / #ReadingSchools.
JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
Young Speakers Scotland @youngspeakersscot.bsky.social Committed to reducing inequality and helping young people find their potential through speech and debate programmes. SCIO no SC050590
https://youngspeakersscotland.org.uk/
Paul Connolly — Actor + Improviser @paulconnollyactor.bsky.social Your friendly Edinburgh based actor, improviser, amateur ukulele player who’s sometimes spotted in NYC. Currently self-represented.
Jack Dryden @jackdryden.uk I make theatre things happen | 🎭 Fringe Theatre Producer by night | 💼 Management Accountant for DCMS by day | All views my own, but feel free to borrow! | he/they
jackdryden.uk
Amandine 🏳️🌈 @amandinejalon.bsky.social 
Emilie Patry @emiliepatry.bsky.social Actor
She/her
Rep’d by Infinity Artist Management
Tony Reekie @tonyreekie.bsky.social Theatre for 35 years, mainly for children and young people. Politics, sport and cultural things. Seasonal Mill Worker. East Lothian. Definitely football and walking football.
Alan Boyd @alanboyd.bsky.social Writing Plays and reviving those bottom drawer plays. info@firststages.co.uk
Owen Thomas @owenjthomas.bsky.social 38| Work in Production for Scottish Theatre company | Proud dog dad | Queer,Poly | all views are my own
Greg Sinclair @gregsinclairartist.bsky.social Performance artist, composer, cellist, dancer, theatre maker
(he/they)
www.gregsinclair.net
Jack Hunter @jackhuntercreative.bsky.social Performer. Writer. Poet. Represented by Infinity Artists. 🥚🐺🎤
https://jackhunter.uk
Stephen Christopher @stephenchristopher.bsky.social
Playwright. Passionate about harm reduction and recovery.
The Scaff & Dancing Shoes with Graeme Smith.
Claire Swanson @claire-roses.bsky.social Head of Creative Engagement at Capital Theatres in Edinburgh. Loves programming, producing and participation (not necessarily in that order). Develops Yorkshire accent when excited. Excited often. Views my own. She/her. 
Sarah Marie 🌒 @sarahmariemoon.bsky.social directing | dramaturgy | Play Full Theatre | comms & marketing at Disability Arts Online | animal obsessed vegan 🐱🐷🐺🦉🐸🦥
Catriona MacLeod @thatcatmacleod.bsky.social
writes & directs theatre & film / ad + exec producer of performance, artistic development initiative + Glasgow rehearsal space _and friends / don't make me sing
catmacleod.com
https://linktr.ee/andfriends.scotland
Emma Ruse @emmaruse.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Chief Exec @frameworktc 🧡 Company Asst. @stellarquines 💜 Freelance Producer & Director 💛
Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social Educator
Passionate about Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
Anywhere near Books, Music and Films
#SurfaceStudies
#Soil_Imaginaries
Adores Snails 🐌
My personal views - not my employer's
Reposts &c not endorsements
Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
PenPal Productions @penpalproductions.bsky.social Edinburgh-based theatre company
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
@earreadthis.bsky.social @earreadthis.bsky.social 
Stellar Quines @stellarquines.bsky.social Stellar Quines creates theatre, supports creatives and engages communities, all with the aim of achieving greater equality.
Theatre Directors Scotland @directorsscotland.bsky.social A volunteer-run group to support theatre directors working professionally in Scotland. 
Flavia D'Avila @flavdav-theatre.bsky.social Theatre director based in Edinburgh. Raised on the Brazil-Uruguay border, and this is important.
SAST @sastscotland.bsky.social Scottish theatre company. Based in Glasgow. Producer of short plays. Part of the collective at Theatre 118.
✉️ info@shortattentionspantheatre.co.uk
🔗 https://www.shortattentionspantheatre.co.uk/
Ian Garrett @igarrett.bsky.social Dad, YorkU professor, producer for Toasterlab, a mixed reality performance collective, and the director of the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts. 
Graeae Theatre Company @graeaetheatre.bsky.social Graeae is a force for change in world-class theatre, breaking down barriers & boldly placing Deaf, Disabled & neurodivergent artists centre stage.
graeae.org
Rob Myles @rob-myles.bsky.social Craft & Graft. Multi-Award-Winning Director, Actor, Fight Director, Writer. PhD Candidate LJMU. Certified Teacher BASSC.
Known for: Owning Shakespeare Podcast, Shakespeare Deck, Illuminated Text, The Show Must Go Online, Stage Fight Scotland
RAW Material Arts @rawmaterialarts.bsky.social Producing and touring theatre.
Led by Gillian Garrity and Margaret-Anne O’Donnell.
Next Up Death of a Salesman, Spring 25, UK
www.rawmaterialarts.com