Writing East Midlands @writingeastmidlands.com Supports, develops and champions writers from the East Midlands - supported by Arts Council England.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
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JOHN NIVEN @nivenj1.bsky.social 'John Niven is a fucking idiot. Who needs him?'
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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.
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
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Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social THE BENEFACTORS Sceptre. Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. Shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year, Best British Audio Book. It’s out now. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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BBC World Book Club @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social Follow for sneak peaks, which authors are coming up, and share your questions to be part of our global book club! New podcast episodes 1st Sat every month https://tinyurl.com/BBC-World-Book-Club Send questions via DM or to worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
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Jo Scott Heritage @joscottheritage.bsky.social By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social Writer
My biography of Henri Bergson – Herald of a Restless World – is out now!
"The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year.” John Banville
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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social indigenous writer. historian. lecturer & poet.
phd in african american history.
i write about culture, identity, empire and books.
author of: child of a stolen homeland
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Lord Beestonia @beestonia.bsky.social Faux Lord.
Hyper. Local. Writer, Journalism course leader, sometime author and ghost. Founder, @TheBeestonian Occasionally known as mere Matt Turpin. lordmattbeestonia@gmail.com
Sean McNulty @thispersona.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Pox.
Irish Novel Fair Finalist. Maker of weird and untrustworthy fictions.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
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AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social Author, comic, broadcaster and tired person.
Usually UK based, but who knows... Member of the Leguminati, kayaker, friend of ravens.
Shelley Hastings @shelleyhastings.bsky.social Writer | Producer | Artist Facilitator | Kitchen Raver | Arts & Dementia: Resonate Arts | Winner: Sean Ó Faoláin Prize & Aurora Prize | Stories: Irish Times, Desperate Literature, Southword, Miro, Chroma Editions…
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
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Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
Harriett Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social Reader, writer, broadcaster. Presents A Good Read (BBC Radio4) & World Book Club (BBC World Service)
James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social THE VANISHING EARTH @bloomsbury @scribeuk PRE-ORDER NOW https://geni.us/vanishingearth | WILD HISTORY @BirlinnBooks | Presenter @BBCRadio4 TAKE FOUR BOOKS | Editor @PolygonBooks | CHAIR of the Board @edbookfest jamescrawford.space
Pauline Moss @minimossp.bsky.social Peaceful person and lover of all things Ambridge #TheArchers
Writing, nature, photography. Passionate about local government. Mum to two beautiful boys. All views my own.
David Aitken @davidaitken.bsky.social Wordsmith, lost deep in the word mines, collecting acceptable adverbs and credible similes. Keen to surface and present my findings to an astonished world.
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Peter Kravitz @peterkravitz.bsky.social Couples, individual & trauma psychotherapist in Edinburgh. Climate grief, poetry relief.
Editor: The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction. Shakespeare for everything & nothing.
(And my Great Aunt Fanny ran The Vegetarian Hotel in the Catskills.)
Julia Bohlmann @bohjuul.bsky.social University of Glasgow Lecturer in Academic Practice, specifically Intercultural Pedagogy - Writer of Fiction short and long - Reader of many Books - Cinema Goer - Music Lover - puzzled by how weird life is
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Bill Mather @billmather.bsky.social Born in the same hospital as the singer of Joy Division • Went to the same school as the singer of the "Why Don't You?" Theme song • Signed on at the same dole office as the singer of The Smiths • Former singer of the fourth best band in Stretford • MDANT🎖️
Rodge Glass @rodgeglass.bsky.social Dad. Writer. Cheerleader at Strathclyde Uni. Author of 8 books inc Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography, Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs & Joshua in the Sky (Taproot 2024). Big fan of praise. (Giving & receiving) www.rodgeglassauthor.com https://linktr.e
Antaine Mac Aoidh @antainemacaoidh.bsky.social Gaeilgeoir agus léiritheoir raidió ar Pick of the Week agus Loose Ends go huaireanta (BBC Radio 4). You sometimes hear me wishing you a good night on Radio Ulster. Cé go n-oibrím don BBC, is iad tuairimí s'agamsa 🏳️🌈 sé/é - he/him
Gutter Magazine @gutter.bsky.social The magazine of new Scottish and international writing.
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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social Independent audio and video producer | network music producer | thi wurd | spottedbylocals | Glasgow
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
thi wurd @thiwurd.bsky.social Glasgow based indie-publisher. Dedicated to quality writing, books, art, music & live events. 4 new ‘Day Schools’ Aug-Oct 2026
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