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Writing The Dawn @writingthedawn.bsky.social Where biodiversity, neurodiversity & creativity meet | Writing, creative workshops & coaching|For every kind of bodymind | Neurodivergent-affirming | Anti-racist| LGBTQIA+ affirming | Anti-oppression
Ross Wilcock @rosswilcockmedia.bsky.social Gay/ disabled Scottish poet, writer and activist. 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 open mics 2 times a month. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
@arwenmorningstar.bsky.social @arwenmorningstar.bsky.social
Ayesha Chouglay @ayeshachouglay.bsky.social • writer, facilitator, curator, artist, deaf • 🌷 former writer for Nature Calling 🌷 current Creative Fellow for Plantlife 🌱 | FRSA | Probably writing poems!
Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social Theatre dramaturg and stage-play translator (french-english). Mum. Word-lover. Reader. She/her.
Tim Youngs @timyoungs.bsky.social Author / editor of books on travel writing. Poet. Interests in visual art, especially that of Gurminder Sikand.
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher Books Made in Berlin since 2023 www.sacredparasite.com
H @soycropper.bsky.social Third sector person | Occasional zine-maker | Friend to all dogs | She/her
kierkegaardians.bsky.social @kierkegaardians.bsky.social
Leona @editor.scot book lady 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@mikeblack526.bsky.social @mikeblack526.bsky.social
Victoria Wang @vmywang.bsky.social Perpetual student. Constantly confused and/or curious. Currently in Scotland, doing a PhD in philosophy.
Milena Williamson @milenawilliamson.bsky.social Poet & academic | Charm for Catching a Train http://tinyurl.com/bdcx2ka5 | Into the Night that Flies So Fast http://tinyurl.com/38tb8kzt
Derek Alan Meins @derekalanmeins.bsky.social PhD researcher at Glasgow University looking into James Hogg’s influence on the modern Scottish novel. Retired crooner. Director @ Lancaster Musicians Co-op.
Philip Cook @philipcook.bsky.social Learning about poetry, just beginning to write it. From South Wales valleys, now in Edinburgh.
Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social A poetry festival by the sea under the big skies of East Anglia. Thurs 5th to Sunday 8th November 2026. ☀️📚🩵 Website: https://www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/ Facebook: poetryinaldeburgh.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poetryinaldeburgh/
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy. I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Leigh Sosville @leighsos.bsky.social She writes poetry and fiction; researches the arts and humanities; and advocates for neurodiversity and disability. Philosophy-obsessed.
Zain Rishi @zainrishi.bsky.social Brummie Poet 📚🌈 26 / Edinburgh (mostly) NOON out now with the Emma Press https://theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/pamphlets/noon/
The Blether @thebletherscotlit.bsky.social The Blether is a developing idea from 4 Scot Lit PGRs @uofglasgow designed to highlight the work and research being done in Scottish Literature. Who doesn’t love a good Blether!
Kate Kane @katekane1542.bsky.social PhD researcher in Scottish Literature | Writing about the cultural afterlife of Mary, Queen of Scots in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑 | AHRC-funded @ University of Glasgow
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
theo wants a garden 🌿 🇵🇸 @pygmywhales.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ she/he. norwegian, queer, disabled & chronically ill communist trying not to die. bisexul. audhd. ocd. bedbound in a dark room since august 2024. i write about that a lot. i used to read aloud to people at twitch.tv/pygmywhales. i miss it.
@leftylitvegan.bsky.social @leftylitvegan.bsky.social #Books! #Vegan, #libraries, #mentalhealth, #antifascist #adultliteracy, proud leftist scum who ABHORS TRUMP, ice, & maga 🤮! I'm an artist, writer, yogi, feminist, nerd, poet, adhd poster child, lqbtqia+ advocate, demi, immigrant advocate, & ally
Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social New here: Historian of 18th-century politics, Empire, and ideas | Edmund Burke | Whig culture. Think tanker, Demos | Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen | Adviser, House of Lords. Words: Engelsberg Ideas, The Critic, The London Magazine.
LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social ❤️ music, arts, literature, poetry, travel, health, co-pro, PPI, equality, spirituality, theology, psychology, cats, nature. Celt, Christian, socialist, activist. Up for new adventures albeit small ones. Woke & proud!
South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust @sghetorg.bsky.social South Glasgow Heritage & Environment Trust (SGHET) https://linktr.ee/sghet - celebrating our histories and places for a #SustainableSouthside #Glasgow #Heritage DMs don't reach us but our email is here https://sghet.com/contact/
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.
Roy Gill @roygill.bsky.social Writes audio drama and sometimes novels. Stories may involve a blue box. Likes books, dogs, tea and vinyl 🏳️‍🌈 https://roygill.wordpress.com
Sarah Kudirka @sarahkudirka.bsky.social Artist | she/her | also curator, gardener + stitcher | Glasgow | #standwithukraine #freepalestine🇵🇸Instagram: @sarahkkd | Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.sarahkudirka.com
The Paperback Psychologist @thepaperbackpsych.bsky.social Stuart Cooney A book blog from the perspective of a Clinical Psychologist🧠 Taking psychology out of the therapy room and into the pages of books. 📚 Edinburgh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read my psychological exploration of fiction and character: https://thepaperbackpsychologist.com
Angela T. Carr @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social Poet | Architect | Creative Writing facilitator at Wordbox | AuDHD 🏆 Arts Council Literature Bursary 2021 🏆 iYeats International Poetry Competition 2019 🏆 Poetry Business 2018 Laureate's Prize www.thisiswordbox.com https://linktr.ee/wordbox
Rebecca Goss @gosspoems.bsky.social More on Instagram @gosspoems Poet & mentor. Books with Carcanet Press. Poet-in-Residence for CW+, the official charity for Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals. Writing for Life Fellow with the Royal Literary Fund.
Ian Hunt @ianhunt.bsky.social art, architecture, environment & politics | former UKHE worker | GPEW (but here as a civilian) | chief distractions: novels, poetry, botany, buildings | he/him | Green Light (2006)
Michael Marks Awards @michaelmarksawards.bsky.social The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets celebrate work published in the UK. The 2025/26 Awards are opening for submissions soon. Our partners are @britishlibrary.bsky.social, Wordsworth Trust, @thetls.bsky.social and The British School at Athens.
Neil Milton @lionelsmint.neilmilton.scot From the river to the sea…🇵🇸 | 1312 he/him 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 street photographer, mostly. Leftist/Anticapitalist/Insufferable I’m a @scotsabroadforindy.bsky.social WAW/GLA | neilmilton.scot/linktree
jerry simcock @jerrysimcock.bsky.social Painting , writing, gardening, nature loving, wilding, zen. East Lothian, Scotland. #MDANT Novel, Giselle and Mr Memphis available from www.vagabondvoices.co.uk www.jerrysimcock.com for art, writing etc
Joanna Gavins @joannagavins.bsky.social 🪴 gardener • professor 📚 Researching and teaching cognitive linguistics and ecolinguistics @sheffielduni.bsky.social. Mainly posting about language and ecology. Occasional music and plants. Writing a book about Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Peter J. King @rock-rex.bsky.social Poet, painter, translator (mainly from modern Greek & German). Originally from Boston, Lincolnshire, I now live in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. https://wisdomsbottompress.wordpress.com/peter-j-king
Festival for Poetry @poetryfestival.bsky.social Daily Poetry Deadlines Submit for a free posting. Submit for a poetry reading video. Submit for your poetry to be made into a film. https://festivalforpoetry.com
Adriana Janaína Poeta @adrianajanainapoet.bsky.social Adriana Janaína Poeta, CPF.:01233034782/ Adriana Janaína Alves de Oliveira. Escritora, editora, casada com Marcelo Bernardo de Oliveira. Criadora/ fundadora e proprietária do Clube de Leitura dos Poetas. adrianajanainapoeta01233034782@gmail.com
Provenance Integrity Institute @provenanceii.bsky.social 🏛 Provenance Integrity Institute Limited (NGO) 💻 Global Scholars DAO Discord → https://discord.gg/ctstmGQWKv 🔗 PII LinkedIn → https://linkedin.com/company/provenanceintegrityinstitute ©️ All rights reserved. | Est. 2025
___Guy Chapman @megaportacabin.bsky.social Natalie Portmanteau J Simpson
Corinne H @corinne-h.bsky.social Book Jockey
William Bonar Poetry Prize @wbonarpoetryprize.bsky.social The prize is held annually in collaboration with St Mungo’s Mirrorball and Red Squirrel Press in memory of the Scottish poet William Bonar (1953-2021). More information on submission here: https://stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com/the-william-bonar-prize/
Liffy Elisabeth kelly @liffyeliskelly.bsky.social Poet - Scottish poetry library bursary ward 2025 chapbooks include carbon, mind mathematics, wild chamomile and soon to be released becoming a witch she/her
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video. https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Jude FireSong, aka Fabulous Phoenix Boy @fabulousphoenixboy.bsky.social (gender)queer [he/him] AuDHD mad disabled survivor citizen of the world Scotland 🎭 poet 🦄 SFFH 🎨 art 📸 pics 🎲 TTRPGs 🔞 at times NSFW 🚫 AI/NFT in: Broken Spine,Unicorn Teeth,en*gendered,Madrid Review,man made//made man,rainy weather days,S*x Gap,new words
Comedy FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival @comedyfilmfestival.bsky.social Since 2016, the FEEDBACK Film Festival has been showcasing the best of COMEDY Directors, Producers, Writers, and Actors at the festival. https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoComedyFilmandScreenplayFestival https://festivalforcomedy.com/toronto/
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk Researching place & memory across cognitive sciences, social sciences & the arts Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social & @reaveyp.bsky.social Funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk placememory.net
Rewriting Wor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social A transdisciplinary, community co-produced, research-practice partnered research project based at the University of Edinburgh, dedicated to exploring poetry, creative engagement, & the links to promoting lifelong wellbeing.
Sherezade García Rangel @everydayiamreading.bsky.social Venezuelan writer, podcaster, lecturer. Author of 'The Wounded Me' out from @blackwaterpress.com. Award-winning host & creator of On the Hill podcast. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the UofL. Views on my posts are my own. sherezadegarciarangel.com
ScriberEstAgere @scriberestagere.bsky.social Writer, reader, artist, Canadian. Chronic dissatisfaction.
David Hawkes @davidhawkes.bsky.social Worked on advice sector policy, avid reader, keen cook, lover of music, cinema, history and Italy
Ewan McMurtrie @ewanmcm.bsky.social Looking for a funny line to put here
"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social • Laura • mostly Old Hollywood films, photography, style and graphics • • someone on twitter once told me I posted too many Carole Lombard pics •
that pete jane @salyavin.bsky.social historian of the present moment. they/them.
David Adger @davidadger.bsky.social syntax and other stuff, mainly more linguistics and cogsci but occasional queerness, poetry, cats and @ans.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 https://davidadger.org
Jen @jenmarch.bsky.social Just being shy at the moment
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.
Dr Stephanie Conn @stephanieconnpoet.bsky.social Poet. 'off-kilter', 'The Woman on the Other Side', 'Island' (Doire Press). 'Copeland's Daughter' (Smith/Doorstep) Research: Poetry & Chronic Illness
@craigfmcqueen.bsky.social @craigfmcqueen.bsky.social
Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social Scotland editor for the Guardian (currently on sabbatical). A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss) I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
Ewan M Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social Survivor from another millennium. Scottish living in Manchester. I like: reading, writing, old Hollywood, Gothic fiction, vintage clothes, Scottish literature, film noir, avant-garde art and writing...lots of other things...
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust @edincityoflit.bsky.social Edinburgh is celebrating 20 years as the world's first UNESCO City of Literature. Connecting you to Scotland's stories since 2004.
Kris Haddow @krishaddow.bsky.social ✍🏼 Scottish writer. Novel, memoir & PhD in progress 🎭 Chair @ScotSocPlaywrights.bsky.social 🖋️ Trustee @EdMorganTrust.bsky.social 📚 Published in Gutter, New Writing Scotland, et al 📰 Monthly satire column Haud the Bus 🔗 Links krishaddow.com/links
John North @johnnorthwrites.bsky.social Tea and poetry. Based in Cumbria UK. More poetry & links at johnnorthwrites.blogspot.com The Way of Tea: https://theherbfarm.co.uk/page/the-way-of-tea
Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️‍🌈 In my fifties EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan RIP mum 💔 2022 Worked at Cambridge University & NHS Awful at responding to DMs Sober a few years Not looking for hookups or onlyfans subscriptions
Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social Scottish/European/Life in Scotland will be better with independence: lower energy bills, inside the EU & building a fairer society/ Eadar a' Ghàidhealtachd is a' Ghalltachd/ Mo bheachdan fhìn/
Patrick James Errington @pat-err.bsky.social writer (recent poetry collection THE SWAILING w/ MQUP) | translator (E.M. Cioran's Notebooks, forthcoming) | Researcher & UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Rewriting Wor(l)ds | lecturer @ UofEdinburgh | co-Director @ The Literacy Lab
The Poetry Archive @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social With over 2000 free poems, 500 poets’ work and 5 million visitors a year, the Poetry Archive represents a rich diversity of both poets and poetry.
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Lairn Scots @lairnscots.bsky.social The Scots Language Centre's education account. DM/Email education@scotslanguage.com to enquire about support/resources, or to let us know of a project/resource.
@grantrintoul.bsky.social @grantrintoul.bsky.social
Holly Corfield Carr @hollycorfieldcarr.bsky.social writer | poet | lecturer https://hollycorfieldcarr.co.uk/
Mathew Nicolson @eyjarskeggi.bsky.social Did a PhD in Scottish island political & constitutional history, now working in public sector. Shetlander. Can be found doing things at: @EuropeElects.bsky.social @ShetlandElects.bsky.social @HistoryofElections.bsky.social @ScotHistNetwork.bsky.social
Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social Adult Education Tutor, Poet, Short Story writer, Wildlife Surveyor, Conservation Volunteer. Edinburgh, Scotland Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftyGreenMagpie Substack: https://craftygreenpoet.substack.com
Mike Smith @mikewsmith.bsky.social
elizabeth is apparently a witchy vamp? @thatelizabeth.bsky.social Oh, so now it’s a research masters? Queer as all hell and massivly into music, movies and difficult theory. Really enjoying rediscovering reading for pleasure. She/ her and sometimes they/ them. Autism? Hell yea. Why are you fedposting? Are you a fed?
@rabbitnoam.bsky.social @rabbitnoam.bsky.social
Poetry in Glasgow @poetry-in-glasgow.bsky.social Poetry in Glasgow (PIG) is a community source for anyone interested in poetry in Glasgow and beyond. We share news and updates on events, opportunities and resources. PIG is for and by the community. https://poetry-in-glasgow.art/
Emma Grae @emmagraeauthor.bsky.social Author • Scots Book of the Year 2022 • Books with Luath Press and Unbound • Stories in Liars’ League, the Honest Ulsterman and more • Journalist • Views my own https://linktr.ee/emmagraeauthor
Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social Free, fun, informative and educational - public and school library services for Shetland. Further north than Orkney. 01595 743868 shetlandlibrary@shetland.gov.uk
Scottish PEN @scottishpen.bsky.social Scottish centre of @pen_int. Committed to promoting literature and defending freedom of expression. RTs ≠ endorsement. Join: http://bit.ly/201zvHC
Emma @torkrk.bsky.social
AScottishBookCollector @noahdidny.bsky.social
Stephen Troussé @retrousse.bsky.social Movies & music at Uncut magazine + charity comms. https://trousse.ghost.io/
The Gaelic Books Council @leughleabhar.bsky.social Chaidh Comhairle nan Leabhraichean a stèidheachadh gus leughadh, sgrìobhadh agus litreachas na Gàidhlig a leudachadh. Sign-up to our newsletter for the latest Gaelic book news and events: https://tr.ee/XfEBJf
Broken Chanter @brokenchanter.bsky.social existential dread/decent tunes. new album ‘This Could be Us, You, Or Anybody Else’ out on @chemunderground.bsky.social now. https://linktr.ee/brokenchanter he/him. 📍Glasgow, Republic of Scotland
Finn @finnwriter.bsky.social ink slinger—word scribbler—poet—(bipolar disorder | anxiety | fibromyalgia ) inking my way out of a hole i dug || they/ them, queer. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Chris Creegan @chriscreegan.bsky.social Public policy consultant, Non-executive, Runner. www.chriscreegan.co.uk https://open.substack.com/pub/chriscreegan
Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social "They wanted Singapore on the Thames. They got Argentina on the Channel." Mark Carney on Brexit A Scot who retains EU citizenship. Voted Yes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Remain 🇪🇺.