Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social THE KILLING OF A CHESTNUT TREE out this October from Tordotcom
Lecturer at Lancaster
Hugo nominated // Philip K. Dick award nominated // BSFA Award nominated // British Fantasy Award nominated
Leah Schnelbach @leahschnelbach.bsky.social writer, mostly. intellectual junk drawer at reactor mag. they! 
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com- H Helen Young @heyouonline.bsky.social Dr of medievalism, fantasy and whiteness. Future Fellow project The Politics of Medievalism: Persuasive Narratives. Same handle on xitter.
Amy Wilcockson @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social MHRA Research Fellow - 'The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley', Queen Mary University of London
Communications Officer - BARS
PhD on letters of Thomas Campbell
(she/her)
https://www.amywilcockson.com/
Chloe Wilcox @sadpphicstanza.bsky.social MA-ing in Romanticism @ York || Interested in PB Shelley; self-injury in Romantic lit; protest poetry || Comms fellow @bars.bsky.social
Autistic, she/they πΌ
Fiasco the cat @fiascothecat.bsky.social Fiasco is BIG GENIUS can catch any kind of moth even MAMMOTH am still working on hims SCREENPLAY it is very good no u cannot read it (he/him).
Glasgow Eastercon 2027 @eastercon2027.org The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
https://linktr.ee/GlasgowEastercon2027
Cleo OβCallaghan Yeoman @drcleoocy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @ucc.ie β’ Scottish Romanticism, the Novel, Reading / Book History β’ IASSL Membership Sec β’ AFHEA β’ She/her
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. π¨π¦ π¬πΎ Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry ππͺ² Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
Dr Georgie Rowe @georgieblythe.bsky.social Just completed a PhD @ Uni of Bham (genre fiction, copyright + folk music). She/her π³οΈβπ
https://lnk.bio/georgie_blythe
Caitlin @feminomenologist.bsky.social β¨οΈ Feminomenologist β¨οΈ (PhD student) researching pregnant embodiment, obstetric violence and UK law βοΈ | MA & MScR in Philosophy from Edinburgh Uni π¨βπ
Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social Fostering an unrivalled tradition of scholarship in the field of text/image interaction, building primarily, but not uniquely, on the Stirling Maxwell Collection (University of Glasgow Library).
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/resschol/clust-centr/smc/
GIFCon @gifcon.bsky.social Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations is a meeting-place for academics, creative writers, and other fantasy-minded folks (we call them fantasts) to come together and discuss fantastical works in a supportive setting.
#GIFCon2026
Mason Alexander Park @masonalexanderpark.bsky.social Performer.
Currently: The Tempest West End.
Desire in The Sandman, Ian in Quantum Leap, Gren in Cowboy Bebop, and The Emcee in Cabaret on The West End.
Science Fiction Foundation @sffoundation.bsky.social Founded by George Hay in 1971, the SFF promotes the study and understanding of science fiction, both in the UK and overseas. Home to the journal Foundation and the SFF Library at Liverpool. Become a member at www.sf-foundation.org and support our work!
James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social Runs multi-award winning commie zone 1 Β£donations comedy night & PODCAST Quantum Leopard. Ex- Rusty Quill. He/him/hee hee hee http://linktr.ee/quantumleopard
The SpoOoky History Conference @spookyhist.bsky.social The annual SpooOooky history conference, dedicated to all things devilish, witchy, paranormal and preternatural. Organised by Elizabeth Wilkinson, and Holly Bamford
Dilara Kalkan @dilarakalkan.bsky.social MA English Literature π
Shelleyan specializing in Romanticism from TΓΌrkiye. Reading, writing & sharing about the Shelleys.
https://www.instagram.com/odetoshelley/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilara-kalkan-406a37426/
Dr Alice M. Chapman-Kelly (she/her) @alice-mck.bsky.social Teaching Associate @strathclydehass.bsky.social - author of *Decolonising the Conrad Canon* (2022) and *Fanfiction as Queer Healing* π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Mimi @makinghistorywmimi.bsky.social β¨ππ½π π»πΆπΎππ ππΆπ ππ» πππΎππΎπππ§ββοΈ
π° PhD student @ Uni of Glasgow & Imperial War Museums
π researching patriotic fairy tales (yes that was a thing)
Mercury Natis @mercuryreads.bsky.social Mercury/Mickey β’ Tolkien studies & Queer History/Theory PhD Researcher β’ Reformed art snob dismantling hierarchical taxonomized pedagogy β’ Pleasure activist β’ He/They β’ header by busymagpie β’ mercuryreads on twt β§οΈπππβ‘π
Amy McCall @amymccall.bsky.social Y3 DPhil (PhD) candidate @ Oxford Uni Department of Psychiatry π§ Researching adolescent panic
Curious Travellers @curioustravellers.bsky.social βCurious Travellers 2: Digital Editions of Thomas Pennantβs Tours of Wales and Scotlandβ. An AHRC-funded research project (CAWCS, University of Glasgow, Natural History Museum London)
Histories of Enlightenment Travel
https://curioustravellers.ac.uk/en/
π°ππ π¦π±π @davenbat.bsky.social π±π₯π¦π―π±π¦π’π°. π³π’π€ππ«. π±ππ±π±π¬π¬π’π‘. π₯π¬π―π―π¬π― π«π’π―π‘. π€πΆπͺ π―ππ±. π±π’ππ π₯π’π―.
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Han O'Flanagan (they/he) @smaugish.bsky.social Final year PhD candidate in English Literature @ Lancaster University. Researching asexuality in fin-de-siecle ghost and Weird fiction. Big ol goff. π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Andrea Stewart @andreagstewart.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of The Drowning Empire trilogy and The Hollow Covenant trilogy, thriller Someone Elseβs Daughter (out Feb 2027), cat herder, silly hat enthusiast, coach at The Novelry
https://linktr.ee/andreagstewart
Rusty Quill @rustyquill.com A multi-award-winning production company and podcast network. Home to The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill Gaming, Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later and more.
sophie | PhD student @sophiecairns.bsky.social AHRC english lit PhD researcher | glasgow | she/her
research interests: long 19thC literature, travel literature, romanticism, history of empire & imperialism
usually found playing Baldurβs Gate 3 somewhere- E Eva (E.C.McLean) @evamcleanart.bsky.social mlitt uofg grad | she/her π¨ scribbling and sketching over on evamcleanart | writer, artist and researcher of the eco humanities, the fantastic and aesthetics ππ³π
words in @seasidegothic.com | @glyphlitmag.bsky.social | @typewronger.bsky.social
Sara Stone @wordsfromastone.bsky.social not Sarah, she/her β’ PhD researcher looking at victim-blaming in the Hebrew Bible at the University of Glasgow β’ Sara.Stone@glasgow.ac.uk
sara @farafone.bsky.social not Sarah. she/her. PhD student, taylor swift fanatic, annoying feminist, ask me about my T. rex impression β’ academic shenanigans - @wordsfromastone.bsky.social
Matthew Sangster @mjrsangster.bsky.social Professor of Romantic Studies, Fantasy and Cultural History at the University of Glasgow. President, @bars.bsky.social. New book: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/literature/english-literature-1900-1945/introduction-fantasy.
Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social #Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Childrenβs Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com
Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social PhD researcher studying nineteenth-century (literary) seaside resorts β±οΈ | @bars.bsky.social PGR rep 2026-28 | 2025 BARS Visiting Fellow at Chawton House | chronically ill π (she/her)
Matthew Creasy @matthewcreasy.bsky.social Academic at the University of Glasgow, working on / teaching James Joyce, Childrenβs Literature, Stevenson, Decadence. Parent. Cat Owner. Fool. 
erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social Author of The Night Circus (2011) & The Starless Sea (2019), creator of The Phantomwise Tarot (2022). she/her. Ask me about my cat. https://linktr.ee/erinmorgenstern
Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social Lecturer in Fantasy Literature at Glasgow Uni. Working on speculative fiction, representations of reproduction, medical humanities. Series editor Palgrave SFF: A New Canon. Twin Peaks/Blindboy obsessive.
https://glasgow.academia.edu/AnnaMcFarlane
Judith Schofield @judithschofield.bsky.social She/her, academic publishing, fantasy and horror scholar, Glasgow based
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 π | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
Will Tattersdill @tattersdill.bsky.social Writer and teacher. Literature and science, dinosaurs, fantasy/sci-fi, alternate history, worldbuilding, periodicals, museums, etc. Fiction as W. J. Tattersdill. He/him.
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏAuthor of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπ΅πΈ (Farah/they)
UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy + the Fantastic + Masters in Fantasy (https://gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/fantasy/). Co-directors: @tattersdill.bsky.social and @mjrsangster.bsky.social. Website: https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/
Rob Maslen @profrmaslen.bsky.social Fantasy books, films, anime, comics, Early Modern Literature, life. He/him. I blog at The City of Lost Books. Come and see! https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/