new modern books @newmodernbooks.bsky.social passions, pastimes and popular culture
www.newmodernbooks.co.uk
Simon Wroe @simonwroe.bsky.social Writer of chefs, revolutionaries, and ghosts. GHOST MONTH out now in spectral forms (audio/ebook) & coming to the physical realm Aug 27.
Order here: https://linktr.ee/ghostmonth
Suzanne Bhargava @shushbot.bsky.social IB PYP librarian, Chair of YLG London, allotment grower
Procreate Brushes @procreatebrush.bsky.social moonchildwallart.etsy.com
Procreate Brushes, Paper Textures #digitalbrushes #watercolor #procreateart
Candy Gourlay @candygourlay.bsky.social KidLit author. Makes comics. Loves dogs.
My website: https://www.candygourlay.co.uk/
My new blog https://houseofprocrastination.substack.com/
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candygourlay/
Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk www.sussexbylines.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism: contributing to a connected society, combatting political polarisation editor@sussexbylines.co.uk
Emma Chaplin 🏳️⚧️ @emmachaplin.bsky.social Sweary. Neurodivergent. Wildlife, Swifts in particular, Pells Pool, Lewes stuff, including food & drink.
Profile pic is Lucy from Peanuts. Header pic is Mammies for Trans Rights march
She/her Ei/hi
Trans women are women
Manchester Literature Festival @mcrlitfest.bsky.social Manchester Literature Festival presents inspiring live literature, poetry & culture. Check out our Spring & Summer events at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
@pwnorman.bsky.social @pwnorman.bsky.social 
Neal Layton @neallayton.bsky.social Award winning Children’s author & illustrator. New books WHAT IS A.I? And BOING! also PLANET FULL OF PLASTIC, THE TREE... Rep'd ARENA
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
https://www.theparisreview.org/
https://theparisreview.substack.com/
Sarah Dyer @sarahdyer-illo.bsky.social Looks like I'm here then! 
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/
@jennyvbooks.bsky.social @jennyvbooks.bsky.social 
Museo Reina Sofía @museoreinasofia.es Un museo abierto a la participación, el diálogo y la reflexión
www.museoreinasofia.es
Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social Connecting you to art 🖼 Art UK is an art education charity and digital space that connects everyone with the UK's public art collection.
Take part in the #OnlineArtExchange every Thursday!
https://artuk.org/
https://linktr.ee/artukdotorg
Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock.
Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
Musée d'Orsay @museeorsay.bsky.social 
Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.
We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social 🖼 🏺 World famous collections, from Egyptian mummies to contemporary art
🕙 Open every day 10am–5pm 🏛 linktr.ee/ashmoleanmuseum
Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Anthropology and archaeology collections from world cultures past and present.
https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk
Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social Bringing people together through art. Based in Los Angeles, working globally.
getty.edu
Dave Shelton @davidashelton.bsky.social Search Engine Un-optimised since 1968
Eva Eland @evaeland.bsky.social Picture book maker, living in Amsterdam.
Shop with Risograph prints on www.evaeland.com.
Books: When Sadness Comes to Call, Where Happiness Begins and Where is the Cat?
Karrie Fransman @karriefransman.bsky.social Created comics for UN, Penguin Random House, Guardian, Times. Creative Director @posnegorg. Gender Swapped Fairy Tales/Greek Myths (Faber & Faber). Member of The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC). https://linktr.ee/karriefransman
Michelle Robinson @micherobinson.bsky.social Picture book author. Books include
How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth 🦣
Ten Fat Sausages 🌭
Goodnight Tractor 🚜
Brit in Canada. She/her. www.michellerobinson.co.uk
Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social Writer. Performer. Amateur fencer.
Legend, Soho Theatre, 29-31st Oct: https://sohotheatre.com/events/madeleine-brettingham-legend
About: www.madeleinebrettingham.com
Substack: https://madeleinebrettingham.substack.com
Catherine Rayner @catherinerayner.bsky.social Illustrator and author
https://www.catherinerayner.co.uk
Joffe Books @joffebooks.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of bestselling books; lover of em dashes — less keen on semicolons
www.joffebooks.com
londonkidslitfest @londonkidslitfest.bsky.social We are the UK's largest dedicated children's book festival returning Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 June 2027. Made in Barnes SW13 since 2015!
Maral Sassouni Illustration @maralsassouni.bsky.social Picture books, mostly —see maralsassouni.com for more. In sunny Socal.
🇦🇲 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social look / draw / repeat - works nights - author / artist - flint / chalk etc 
A.F. Harrold @afharrold.com Poet, performer, children's author.
The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others.
www.afharroldkids.com
LizzaAiken @lizzaaiken.bsky.social Sharing all things Aiken...books, thoughts, memories...
https://www.joanaiken.com/
Spencer Wilson / Illustrator @spencerwilson8.bsky.social Illustration, art direction, printmaking and some other bits and bobs. http://spencerwilson.co.uk
Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher @thereaderteacher.bsky.social Reader. Teacher. ND. Autistic/ADHD (AuDHD).
📒Author of All Brains Are Wonderful (b small publishing) 🧠💛
📗Author of 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Reading for Pleasure (Bloomsbury) 📚💚
📖Children's Books Consultant
🏆Book Award Judge
✍️Educational Writer
Dee Stevens @deestevens.bsky.social Making things, mostly TV and books
Naomi Jones @naomijones1.bsky.social Award winning children’s author
Agent: @jodiehodges.bsky.social
Books: www.naomiandjamesjones.com
Words and Pictures: naomiandjamesjones.substack.com
Elise Gravel @elisegravel.bsky.social Auteure et illustratrice de livres engagés et drôles pour enfants. Woke et anti-antiwoke. Ces jours-ci, je publie davantage pour les adultes qui se soucient des droits humains. Libérez la Palestine.
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating.
uk.bookshop.org
CLPE @theclpe.bsky.social The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is a UK based charity that creates and delivers award-winning literacy training and resources for the teachers of early years and primary school children.
Jodie Hodges @jodiehodges.bsky.social Children’s Literary Agent at United Agents
BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social 🏆 Award-winning children’s booklisting website 📕 Recommended children’s books sorted by age or topic - visit us at http://www.booksfortopics.com
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #BookSky
pintachan @pintachan.bsky.social Hello, my name is Pintachan and I am a full-time illustrator living in the north of Spain. Website: pintachan.com
Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social Year 5/6 teacher and English lead. Children's books and reading mostly, Blake's 7 sometimes. Currently reading: The Wild Ones by Steve Cole.
Ed Byrne @mredbyrne.bsky.social New special, “Tragedy Plus Time”, now available at edbyrne.com
Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney
Jonathan Emmett @jonathanemmett.com 📚 Children’s author and paper engineer.
🕸️ Website & Blog: jonathanemmett.com
🌱 Green. Humanist. Tabletop gamer.
🇬🇧 Living in Nottingham, UK.
🌍 Dismayed by our generation’s indifference to climate breakdown.
Timothy Knapman @timothyknapman.bsky.social Writer of children's books, musicals, plays, operas and the rest. More details at www.timothyknapman.co.uk - if you dare...
#KidLitUK
Thomas Taylor @thomastaylor.bsky.social Author of Malamander, and the Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries. Secret new book on the way…
Smriti Halls @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social Reader, writer, dreamer; hopist; mum;
#1 Bestselling, award-winning children’s author; Books in 40+ languages. Agent: Jodie Hodges
www.smriti.co.uk
I’M STICKING WITH YOU series, RAIN BEFORE RAINBOWS, THE LITTLE ISLAND & lots more…
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social Boiler suit addict, writer, seasider
Sarah Crossan @sarahcrossan.bsky.social Writer based in Sussex.
Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
Philip Reeve @philipreeve.bsky.social Author of Utterly Dark, Railhead, Mortal Engines: co-author (with Sarah McIntyre) of Adventuremice, Pugs of the Frozen North etc. My short film Gwenevere is now on YouTube.
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social Author and illustrator of ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy. ‘The Bear Under the Stairs’ The Taming of the Cat’ and many others - mainly Children’s books. Northerner living in Oxford.
helencooperbooks.co.uk
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
@robertrcrowther.bsky.social @robertrcrowther.bsky.social 
Creative Boom @creativeboom.com The independent home of art & design 👀
www.creativeboom.com
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Kyle T Webster | Artist & Author @kyletwebster.bsky.social Artist, educator, author, digital brush wizard (proudly working at Procreate). Founder (and seller) of KyleBrush. Creator of Lines of Zen, the first meditative drawing app. http://kyleTwebster.com
StoriesofCancerandHope @storiescancerhope.bsky.social Our book has 39 personal stories and is helping people affected by cancer, to not feel alone. All royalties go to Maggies cancer centres (UK charity). Living with ST4 Melanoma. https://storiesofcancerandhope.co.uk
Sally Nicholls @sallynicholls.bsky.social Author of books inc 'Ways to Live Forever', 'Things a Bright Girl Can Do', 'The Button Book', 'A Chase in Time'. 'Leaving the House' out now. Lives in Liverpool with husband and two kids, Quaker, bridge-player, woolly liberal. Profile pic by Ellie Snowden.
Alex Milway @alexmilway.bsky.social Children’s author and illustrator of Hotel Flamingo, Big Sky Mountain and many other books. Makes things.
The Book Nook @booknookhove.bsky.social Children's Bookseller of the Year 2018, finalist 2023. Spreading the joy of reading since 2009. We believe there's a book out there for everyone.
Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social Freelance artist and provider of 3D ART workshops & training. Author of the best-selling book Art Shaped. Free ART ideas and projects at www.darrellwakelam.com
Tom Bonnick @tombonnick.bsky.social Fiction Editorial Director, HarperCollins Children’s Books
Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social Award-winning children's books
📚 Stories for kids, also in ebook and audiobook
🐦 Find us at nosycrow.com or linktr.ee/nosy_crow
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Imogen Russell Williams @imogenrw.bsky.social Kids’ book critic, esp for The Guardian
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social (she/her) Poet. Editor. Paddleboarder. Easygoing Capricorn. Next book: Accidental Devotions (Copper Canyon Press, 2026)! Co-host of "Poems You Need" with Melissa Studdard. Faculty at Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.🏳️🌈Bi/Queer
Charlie Higson @charliehigson.bsky.social The Fast Show. James Bond. Tap dancing. Book tour tickets here https://bio.to/WWHSBookTour. Podcast https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee/episodes/67335b351c8f0284cfa9e94c
Rufus Wainwright @rufus-wainwright.bsky.social ‘I’m a Stranger Here Myself - Wainwright Does Weill’ OUT NOW
https://linktr.ee/rufuswainwright
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Tom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social Interim Director of Policy, Citizens Advice. Policy stuff, data, graphs, that kind of thing. 
Lauren St John @laurenstjohn.bsky.social Children's author & conservationist. @BornFreeFDN ambassador & @manechance patron. She/her. THE LION CUB’S SECRET out on 9 October 2025
Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
Emma Clarke @emmaclarkeillo.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of picture books. Teacher. Daydream believer. Country mumpkin lusting after adventure. Rep @MillievnGrutten
Rebecca Cobb @rebeccacobb.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator and author.
Fiona Woodcock @fionawoodcock.bsky.social Author & illustrator of Hiding Heidi, Poppy and the Blooms, Look, Hello and Silver Linings.
Little Lion Girl written by Olivia Hope out now!
Represented by The Bright Agency.
London
https://linktr.ee/FionaWoodcock
Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social Author/illustrator of books for young children.
Rep'd Jodie Hodges, United Agents
Latest: Croc's Cooking Day, Bear's Wash Day, Measuring Me
www.nicolakent.co.uk
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com I’ve got a beard, I sell books
Books read: 91/100
📚 Feeding the Monster
📺
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
https://linktr.ee/bigbeardedbookseller
Caroline Fielding @cazapr1.bsky.social Chartered School Librarian, CILIP @YLGLondon Committee, National conference exhibition manager, Bea keeper. She/her
Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social artist of sorts
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Anne Thompson @librarylady.bsky.social UK based. Retired school librarian, children’s book lover, reviewer for Just Imagine. Regular sharer of children’s book news: Reading Matters
https://alibrarylady.blog/
Find me here: https://linktr.ee/Anne_Thompson?utm_source=li
Kael Tudor @kaeltudor.bsky.social I write books for kids. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. Pronounced ‘Kyle’ 🌱
https://linktr.ee/kaeltudor
Jo Bowers @jobowers.bsky.social Children’s Book Reviews Editor for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Book Reviewer, Children’s Literature, Reading for Pleasure, Reading, Books.
Clive McFarland @clivemcf.bsky.social Picturebook maker 🏳️🌈☘️
https://www.clivemcfarland.com
Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social ⭐️Primary advisory teacher
⭐️Children's book blogger
⭐️Former English lead
⭐️Workshop provider
⭐️Awards judge
⭐️Resource creator
😀Children's mental health advocate
www.LibraryGirlAndBookBoy.com
Tina Nawrocki @tinanawrockiart.bsky.social I am a 2d Animator best known for my work on Cuphead and a lot of other cool things. Currently working on my own 2d Animated Short film "Syrenka: Legend of the Warsaw Mermaid"
https://tinyurl.com/SyrenkaFilm/
She/Her
Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Language (@ University of Liverpool). Corpus/culinary/queer linguist. Runner, feminist, food enthusiast, coffee lover. Views are my own. she/her