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BC Studies @bcstudies.bsky.social The British Columbian Quarterly: a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring BC's cultural, economic, and political life; past and present.
thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social (re)lapsed poet / winemaker / jack of some trades
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Sacramento CA
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Robyn 🍁 @ladyoftheisle.bsky.social She/Her. Canadian. Anti-racist. Intersectional feminist. Vegan. Cat mum. VIU BA & RRU MA alum. Instructional Designer. Radio Host & Producer. Music, movie, and pop culture enthusiast. ‘80s nostalgic. Podcast connoisseur.
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Elliot Waters @eboxicus.bsky.social Narrative Designer at Ho! Games
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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
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
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Iloomi App @iloomiapp.bsky.social Helping families turn memories, interviews, and old photos into stories worth keeping.
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SpoFest (James Bryant) @spofest.bsky.social Disabled avant-garde writer & musician
Author of the Dark Haiku series
Championing writers and their original work through unique audio & video programming since 2011
SpoFest
From Their Lips To Your Ears
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C🌻🏳️🌈 @caseyactual.bsky.social Student, scientist in training, solarpunk. I like making art/music and writing things. No war. (They/them)
I have friends everywhere.
Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social A showcase of the best Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Films and Screenplays from around the world.
Festival takes place every single month.
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Leona Theis 📚 @leonajoan.bsky.social Swim at Your Own Risk forthcoming with Thistledown Press. If Sylvie Had Nine Lives on shelves now. Novels, stories, lyric essays. Walker, paddler, snow lover. Www.leonatheis.com
Thriller/Suspense Film Festival @thrillersuspense.bsky.social Entering its 10th year, this festival is a showcase of Thriller/Suspense Films & Screenplays from around the world, using the popular audience feedback video.
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Alyssa Shang Li @alyssashangli.bsky.social Writer
TikTok/Instagram: @alyssa_writes_stuff
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Managing Editor of Existere: Journal of Arts and Literature
Works in Progress:
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- “The Runaways”
- “Murder of Crows”
- “Bluebird”
Another Book on the Shelf Podcast @anotherbookpodcast.bsky.social We started a book club in 2018 but never actually talked about the books - so we started a podcast! New episodes every other Wednesday. There will be spoilers, rants, tangents, and creative epiphanies.
Baharak Yousefi بهارک یوسفی 🍉 @baharaky.bsky.social librarian, phd in geography, refugee on stolen Indigenous land, thalassophile, feminist, she/her/او, 🍞 and 🌹🌹, too.
📍Vancouver
Nate Tyler @natetylerwriting.bsky.social Writer. Born at 349 PPM. ai sucks. Baseball is good. From Minnesota, live in Taiwan. www.natetylerwriting.com
Lex C. Reyn - Author @lexcreyn.bsky.social Mother and Aspiring Author
Maylin @blithespirit4.bsky.social Canadian living in Liverpool, UK. Knitter, reader, hiker, lover of all textiles and the great outdoors. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller.
Kensie @zoinksitskensie.bsky.social I am just trying to live ✨
Imagine It Pro Wrestling Podcast @imagineitwrestling.bsky.social Imagining all sorts of wrestling scenarios and matchups that haven't happened... Plus match reviews! New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday on YouTube https://youtube.com/@imagineitprowrestling?si=Z-gPX-vlS9Cf8WfO
Shelly Blake-Plock @shellyblakeplock.com Writing horror fiction, making music, building weird things. Oh, and baseball. And open source. Also, I've lived in a haunted house for 23 years, which is fun.
Medusa Salt Poet @medusa-salt-poet.bsky.social Envisioning and writing liberation and meaningful healing from modern Empire. 🇨🇦
Chip Houser @chiphouser.bsky.social Micro, flash, and short stories in Bourbon Penn, Molotov Cocktail, PULP Lit, & more. SFWA, HWA, Odyssey, Codex. chiphouser.com
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Rflnb0WvYeuK5B6AHVSXE?si=UUprpuvURT6fW6SAVEo6rA&utm_source=copy-link
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Matt Lanark @mattlanark.bsky.social ✍️ probably not writing the Great American Novel
📚 Great-ish Books on @substack
🏀 Undrafted NBA free agent since 2012
📌 Washington, DC
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One Fall Review @onefallreview.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to professional wrestling themed poetry.
www.onefallreview.com
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@eadiqblagit.bsky.social @eadiqblagit.bsky.social I'm an newly published author and aspiring editor. My debut book, Primal Desire, hits shelves this year. All art is commissioned through purvijhavar on discord. No AI
Wendy Woudstra @publishersarchive.com 🇨🇦 Writer, coder, and owner of PublishersArchive.com & SmarterWriter.com. Currently writing cozy mysteries and urban speculative fiction (with a cryptid/mythological twist). Web: https://wendywoudstra.com
Tamara @procrastamara.bsky.social Chaotic gardener. Seasonal knitter. Library enthusiast. Very, very distractible. #HamOnt (Canada). Xennial. ⚓️ #ProtectTransKids she/her
Philip Harris @solitarymindset.com Design Director and writer. By day, I develop video games. By night, I write urban fantasy and horror novels and screenplays. He/him. Co-chair of Greater Vancouver Chapter of HWA. All opinions my own. http://www.solitarymindset.com
Liz J. Bradley🌠 @lizjbradley.bsky.social Just a small town girl who took the midnight train going anywhere.
Writer. Dreamer. Doer.
SFWA member, host of Sci-Fi Snacks Podcast
https://www.lizjbradley.com/#links
Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social she/they | Canada → 日本 | Japanese to English translator | English, Français, 日本語
https://taylordrew.me/
Caitlin J.F. Friend, Author @caitlinjffriend.bsky.social Dark Fantasy writer/author ✍️
Bookworm 📚🐛
Pamela Mordecai @refracting.bsky.social Mother, grandma, writer of poetry, long and short fiction, code-switcher (Patwa and "standard" English), lover of languages, earthling, Jesus-lover, peacemaker, fond of orchids and all blooming things, Yardie from a truly fierce green place...
Cryptic Plumage Press @crypticplumage.com An indie micropress launching in September 2026. First release: CORNERS OF THE DEEP DARK by A. P. Howell. Profile and header: @addi.social.
crypticplumage.com
Hyperbolic Pair of Pants @corinnethespin.bsky.social poetry film earth equity doom | also @corinne@metalhead.club
Devyn Stackhouse @electriccanvass.bsky.social Bohemian vampire & animal advocate running to rep Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth on TO City Council💁🏻♀️
devynstackhouse.ca
Matt Campagna 🎬 @mattcampagna.bsky.social I make movies. You like movies, right?
🎬Filmmaker
🎞️Film Lover
🤖SciFi
🐎Westerns
🤠SciFiWesterns
🖊️Animation
🚀Star Trek
💥Comics
📽️Film Festivals
🎨Hand Drawn/Painted Art
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www.MattCampagna.com
http://www.IMDb.com/name/nm1384340/
Lino's Version @linosversion.bsky.social Don't know half of you half as well as I should like... ~ Bilbo Baggins
Analysis, Books, Community & Thoughts
#UP = Uniting Progressives
Community Building; Still on Twitter https://x.com/LinosVersion
Nathan Sager @n8sager.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Gruffaïn-Canadian media worker on Canada and Turtle Island in #HamOnt. I like reading, sports, and sustainability. Live with anxiety and depression diagnoses. I'm a cousin of Veronica Mars. https://n8sager.substack.com
VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social Ottawa's International Festival of Poetry / le festival international de poésie d’Ottawa / administrator of the City of Ottawa's Poet Laureate Program / l’administration du Programme des poètes lauréats d’Ottawa / https://www.verseottawa.ca/
GORK aka Renn Hubbuck-Melly @gorkverse.bsky.social Spreading unkempt yeasty verse on the burnt crusts of some eggy bread. Gourmandizing on sibilance sandwiches stuffed with synchronicities and dunk-dolloped in dreamside signs.
Carol Darnell @galwhowords.bsky.social Democrat, editor, and stepmom to three wonderful (adult) kids. I've worked mostly on RPGs and speculative fiction. My website is www.galwhowords.com. DMs not for editing inquiries are NOT accepted, those=BLOCK. I primarily interact through posts.
On Festering Pond 🍉 @pinknoise.northsky.social Bitter old marshmallow, partial to sob stories, Art Theatre Guild & killer kids 🔪🎂 I love int’l genre lit
Strong affinity for ppl who think critically & are curious abt the world
https://netherworldbooks.net/
Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social She/her
Newfoundlander 🫐 living on PEI 🥔
Specializing in 📖 memoir.
Will also edit: 📖 fiction 📖 non-fiction 📖 YA 📖 children's lit
RosemountEditing.com
🦓 Hypermobility Syndrome (hEDS)
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jen m is a spider in a window @patientspider.bsky.social cosmic muddle. learner, teacher, reader, writer, dancer, human. living in the midwest of the united states, paying attention to the seasons. she/they
Corpseney Curse @punsavant.bsky.social My high school philosophy teacher told me that it's impossible to ever truly touch anything because of physics and I don't think I've ever recovered from that
PerfectGod = S. Cyn = L. Gates = J. Glacier = L. Simz = Ziwe +c. @blackswanborges.bsky.social Mx Józef ≈ M.
Lonely + Looking for
Poetry Fiends and Friends...
[ I wake up *wishing* that I was:
Gertrude Stein + Ursula K. Le Guin. ]
Mx M— Józef ≈ M. J. Le Tölm...
Cover credit to Samara Cyn.
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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
Tyler Pennock @pennockty.bsky.social Poet, OCD, former teen-ish sex worker, Queerdo gaymer NDN,
Doctoral student in Communication and Culture
(They/Them)
Author of two poetry books, New one in 2026. tylerpennock.ca
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Renato Gandia @renatogandia.bsky.social Filipino-Canadian writer crafting fiction and nonfiction that explores the lives of Filipinos in diaspora. Stories rooted in identity, migration, and connection. Always searching for the heart in every narrative.
Play That Rock n’ Roll @playthatpodcast.bsky.social Podcast and content hub for all things CLASSIC ROCK.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/playthatpodcast 
Cat Rector @catrector.com She/Her | Bi | 🇨🇦 | Author of Horror and Dark Fantasy, often staring 30+ers who fk up consistently
WIP: A liminal space haunted house novel with daddy issues 🌈✨
Champ Wongsatayanont @champwongs.bsky.social Unintentional horror writer. Based in 🇹🇭
Bram Stoker and Ignyte Finalist
✒️ Stories in Reactor and Nightmare
🫶🏼 Clarion West, Tin House, Banff Centre, Faber Academy
Museum of Vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social Vancouver's story begins here. #AtMOV
We are open seven days a week!
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Book tickets & learn more about the MOV: http://bit.ly/39tFYvm
Janet Kvammen @janetkvammen.bsky.social Poet Laureate of the City of New Westminster.
Visual Artist, Mixed Media.
Josh Wallaert @jwlrt.bsky.social Editor, writer. Kinda quiet. New here and I'll probably read more than talk. Bikes, streets, music, ethics + infrastructures of care, SF Bay.
Jackson Weaver @jacksonweaver.bsky.social Stan Rosé
Canadian Notes & Queries @cnandq.bsky.social Canada's oldest magazine of literary criticism. Books, culture, a Canadian perspective, a backward glance. Design by #Seth.
https://linktr.ee/cnandq
Sierra Skye Gemma @sierraskyegemma.bsky.social 🌈 Queer 🪩 AuDHD 💻 Writer 😈 Ethical Hater
Stephen Yeager @stephenmyeager.bsky.social Prof at Concordia in Montreal. Works on medieval, games, fantasy/SF, digital culture.
Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual juried award that recognizes exceptional works of Canadian speculative literature. www.sunburstaward.org
Lacie Smith Author 🇨🇦 @lacie4crochet.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦
Poet & Author ✒
Crocheter 🧶
Fly-Fisher 🎣
Gardener 🌸
Veteran Support 🪖
Geocacher 🌞
Adopted 🪻
NO AI
NO ALTO
William Cohen-Kiraly, Author @wckiraly.bsky.social I am the author of Songs of a Befuddled Muse, a book of thirteen eccentric short stories pulled from the nooks and crannies of my mind.
https://linktr.ee/befuddledmuse
QueenKong👑💙🌊🦋 @queenkong24.bsky.social 🦋☮️🦋keep showing up Resisters.
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NO KINGS
@QueenKong24
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booksbyjeffrey @booksbyjeffrey.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Canadian writer in #hamont
THE MANDALA (spec thriller)
VERTEBRAE: dark sci-fi comedy (in progress)
Querying for debut • #booksky
D&D teacher on Outschool
1300+ day Japanese streak
Read along:
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Dan Henley @danhenley.bsky.social 
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kerrie o/seattle☕️she/they
liberalAF treehugger
introvert.tendency to lurk
#art #drawing #fiberarts #books #writing #BLM #ERA #equity #equality #diversity #climate #natsec #law #democracy #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦
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Tucker Lieberman @tuckerlieberman.com 📚 ATTIS & ALEPH coming Dec 2026...
📖 https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/tucker-lieberman/attis-aleph
Nerve. Verse. Snacks.
🌐 tuckerlieberman.com
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Sarah Mayes @sarahmacmay.bsky.social 
@purplelanepress.bsky.social @purplelanepress.bsky.social 
ELANA MCDOUGALL 🇨🇦 @elanamcdougall.bsky.social Author of The Eldritch of Hallows series #fantasy 🌶️🌶️#romance #danger #KU
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B088KQMKWZ
Owned by 4 rescue dogs-2 dachshunds, a chihuahua & a chiweenie
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@combatradio.bsky.social @combatradio.bsky.social Survived Warner Bros Studios/Now Exec Director of Combat Radio/Brigade-Radio-One based at NBC/Universal Studios. MMA practitioner. Terrorist attack survivor. Monk. https://linktr.ee/ethandettenmaier
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