Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
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Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social A home for working-class readers and writers
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Zoe @zoewriter.bsky.social Writer of children's stories. SCBWI-BI Undiscovered Voices 2022 winner. Represented Hannah Shepherd.
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Angela Wooldridge @angw.bsky.social Writer of short stories and MG
#GoldenEggAcademy
Post Wave Publishing @postwavebooks.bsky.social Welcome to Post Wave Children's Books. Publishing with creativity, originality, and passion - for children all over the world.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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Gabrielle Wang @gabriellewangbooks.bsky.social Children’s author and illustrator Australian Children’s Laureate 2022-2023
James Foley @jamesfoleybooks.bsky.social Kid’s author/illustrator from Walyalup / Freo, Western Australia.
Bigfoot vs Yeti, Happy Barry Capybara, Secret Agent Mole, Brobot, Gastronauts, Stellarphant
www.jamesfoley.com.au
Allison Tait @allisontaitwriter.bsky.social Bestselling MG author (The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, Maven & Reeve Mysteries, The First Summer of Callie McGee) | Co-host of Your Kid’s Next Read #podcast | More at allisontait.com
Bren MacDibble @macdibble.bsky.social MG & YA NZ writer now living in WA and loving it! She/her
Books:
How to Bee
In the Dark Spaces
The Dog Runner
Across the Risen Sea
The Raven's Song
The Apprentice Witnesser
www.macdibble.com
Marjorie Crosby-Fairall @crosby-fairall.bsky.social Australian/American picture book illustrator and author. SCBWI Australia East Regional Illustrator Coordinator
📚Debut author/illustrator PB ‘Emmie Builds Something New’ (Fall 2025 Red Comet Press)
https://www.crosby-fairall.com
Liz Ledden @lizledden.bsky.social Kids' book author • Latest: Everyone Wants An Octopus Book! (Hardie Grant) • Gadigal/Sydney • www.instagram.com/liz_ledden • www.lizledden.com • https://lemongrassletters.substack.com/
Caroline Magerl @carolinemagerl.bsky.social Author Illustrator Artist
BookPeople @bookpeople.com The largest independent bookstore in Texas 📚 A community bound by books located in the heart of downtown Austin.
Peter H Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social Author, illustrator of books like The Dot, Be You, The Word Collector. Founder of.FableVision.com peterhreynolds.com
Sarah Epstein @sarahepsteinbooks.bsky.social Award-winning author of YA and children's books linktr.ee/sarahepsteinbooks 📚 Sufjan Stevens fangirl 🎵 Chocolate fanatic 🍫 Big fan of dogs 🐶
Also making fun art over at sarahepsteinstudio.com 🎨 
Felice Arena @felicearena.bsky.social
Author. Illustrator. Traveller. Swimmer.
Rep’d Annabel Barker Agency
Linktr.ee/felicearena
Nicky Johnston @nickyjohnston.bsky.social Australian creator of children’s picture books.
www.nickyjohnston.com.au
Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.
Zanni Louise @zannilouise.bsky.social Bestselling Australian author writing and living in The Netherlands. 50+ books for kids and teens.
“It takes a village to raise a reader.”
www.zannilouise.com Rep’d by LK Literary #kidlitchat
Tania McCartney @taniamccartney.bsky.social Author, Illustrator, Editor, Designer
Founder Kids’ Book Review
The Happy Book podcast
www.taniamccartney.com
Helen Morgan @helenmorgan24.bsky.social Teacher & Reading lead, Reviewer for Just Imagine, Regional Rep for the UKLA and English Lead Practitioner for the ACAT Trust. I adore children’s books, particularly picture books & poetry.
Sabrina Shah #kidlit author @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author #PB MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS '25 with Barefoot Books
#writementor #12X12 #TheGEAcademy #SCBWI
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Anne Clark @anneclarklit.bsky.social Literary agent at Anne Clark Literary Agency, representing mostly children's and YA authors (fiction, non fiction, picture books). www.anneclarkliteraryagency.co.uk
@coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social Always writing. Caterpillar Poetry Prize (18), Spark! School Book Awards (23and25). Shortlisted for a UKLA Award (23). Bookoholic. Justice, mercy, humility.
Rehema Njambi @rehema.bsky.social (You probably call me Remy.) Author / Poet.
This House, out now from @TheEmmaPress. In a previous life, I was shouting about books & authors to anyone interested.
Currently less shouty but still all about books and authors. I go outside sometimes.
Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social Prizewinning poet
Harlow Stanza founder
Judge Harlow Open🏆
5 books published/forthcoming|Hedgehog Press|Alien Buddha Press|Parlyaree Press|Seventh Quarry
Widely published inc
by Macmillan
Beatles|90s nostalgia
https://www.carmella-de-keyser.com/about
Anne Bailey @anne-bailey.bsky.social Poet - ‘What the House Taught Us’ Emma Press 2021. Member of ‘Café Writers’ Committee organising monthly poetry events live in Norwich and on Zoom.
Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social Writer, poet and guinea pig fosterer. These Mortal Bodies, my debut about sisterhood, girlhood and obsession, is out now with Simon and Schuster 🦇.
https://linktr.ee/elspethwrites
Matt L T Smith @mattltsmith.bsky.social Barbican Young Poets alum | words in @BathMagg | in Swapping the Present for a Future @VervePoetryPres | in Articulations for Keeping the Light In @flippedeye | Living with MS🎗
Rose @rosebonecrone.bsky.social Shouty performance poet, forensic/physical anthropologist, small press publisher, currently floating between UK & Amerikkka. I can't believe we still have to protest this shit! Ally. She/her. The revolution will be televised til the power stations burn
Charlotte Cosgrove @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social Poet / Lecturer / Socialist / Wellbeing / Editor of Rough Diamond poetry journal
love writing, reading, cats, learning, and sitting down.
Jayant Kashyap @jaydkash.bsky.social Buy NOTES ON BURIALS: http://bit.ly/3EBKSXb • Toto Awards 2025 • New Poets Prize 2024 • Young Poets Prize WellsLitFest ’21 • Pamphlets (’19, ’20, ’25) • Zine (’21) • 2x Pushcart Nom. • 2x BotN Nom. • 2x Dan Veach Prize Honourable Mention
Chrissie Sains @chrissiesains.bsky.social Children's Author |
Alien in the Jam Factory series published by @walkerbooksuk and
‘I Got This’ published by @scholasticinc
Chris Vick @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social Carnegie shortlisted author
Pub: @ZephyrBooks Rep: CatherineClarke -felicitybryan
Works Whales.org
Part of Authors4Oceans
Web: www.chrisvickwrites.com
Tania Tay @taniatay88.bsky.social Mamma Writer Feeder, aka Crystal Sung author of Spellcasters; The Other Woman (Headline Accent) Repr. Hannah Schofield @lba_litagency, linktr.ee/taniatay
Cheshire Education Library Service @cheshireels.bsky.social Schools' Library Service providing learning resources and advice to schools across Cheshire, Warrington, Halton and surrounding areas. 
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!
Paula Bowles @paulabowlesdraws.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator, bird watcher, biscuit muncher, tea drinker.
Agent: The Plum Agency
www.paulabowles.co.uk
Tom Knight @tomknightdraws.bsky.social Illustrator from the mud flats of Essex.
Thomas Docherty Illustrator @thomasdocherty.bsky.social Author, Illustrator, tea drinker, biscuit dunker, Welsh and Spanish speaker, loves being outdoors.
Harriet Muncaster @harrietmuncaster.bsky.social Author/Illustrator
Isadora Moon 🌙
Victoria Stitch ✨️
Studiomate Steve @studiomatesteve.bsky.social A podcast featuring myriad talents from across the children's publishing world!
@emmayarlett.bsky.social @emmayarlett.bsky.social 
Mama G @mamagstories.bsky.social "Everyone's favourite pantomime dame," (Metro) - sharing stories about being who you want and loving who you are! 'Oh Yes I Am!' out now!
petitepantos.com/links
Gareth Hopkins @garethhopkins.bsky.social My mum’s no.1 children’s author.
Rep’d by Jodie Hodges
www.garethhopkins.com
Ele Fountain @elefountain.bsky.social Royal Lit Fellow | Author: BOY 87 shortlisted Waterstones Children's Book Prize | LOST Guardian Best Books | FAKE BookTrust 'future classic' | WILD an FT Book of the Year | STORM CHILD Times Book of the Week
Julian Sedgwick @juliansedgwick.bsky.social Writer and therapist: Tsunami Girl, Tokyo Ghost Cafe and more. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered since 1966 :-)
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
Karen McCombie @karenmccombie.bsky.social Children's Author.
Somewhat Scottish, London based, owned by a Westie, crisp fan, she/her.
Oh, and "one of children’s fiction’s most accomplished authors"
according to @Waterstones.
Agent: jhare@theagency.co.uk / Events: @AuthorsAloudUK
Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, lecturer, RLF Advisory Fellow. Latest book - Neither Here Nor There - SurVision. 5 poetry collections and interests in nature, moss, birds, prose poetry and education annecaldwell.net
Erin Literary Cool Cat 🐈📚 @erinliterary.bsky.social MG/KS2 author of The 'Chumley and Hudson Investigate' series, & Co-author of 'Pirates and Pussycats' MG adventure. MG reader/reviewer, 3 chapters away from end of book 3 finale! Autism and cats fuel my adventures.
The Literacy Company @theliteracycompany.bsky.social We help schools to enhance their English curriculum and improve standards in English. Home to the multi-award-winning Pathways to Write. ✍️⭐📚
Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social Poet, book & art lover, photographer, aromatherapist, traveller. (She/her) UK Bathonian Malaysian. I like books. I like trees. I like deserts. I'm on IG/Threads. Flarestack Poet Pey Oh. MPhil USW. Photographer. Aromatherapist. I make potions.
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
O R Sorrel @orsorrel.bsky.social Apocalypse Cow out NOW! 2022 Guppy Open Sub Winner, Carnegie Nom'd, Branford Boase LL, Bristol Teen Book Award SL 🐮🐮🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them
Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social 📚YA Author #TheLastThingYoullHear and #MirrorMe published by Scholastic
🏆Winner Oxfordshire Book Award 2024
Rep: Anne Clark Literary
IG:@jandunningbooks She/her
Books: https://linktr.ee/jandunning
Leonie Roberts @leonieroberts.bsky.social Children's Author and EYFS Teacher.
Books 📚 Dogs🐕 Gardening 🌸 Cake 🎂
Seeking representation 👋
Debut book, "My Colourful Chameleon" 🦎
Sharon Hopwood @sharonhopwood.bsky.social Children’s author. Award Winning Martial arts & anti-bullying coach. Debut picture book LITTLE MOUSE IS ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY, TOTALLY FINE!
Rep: Becky Bagnell
Insta: @sharonhopwood_author
Betty Szwagierczak @bettydraws.bsky.social Happy mum of two/full time illustrator
Based in 🇬🇧
she/her/MUuuUM!!
#kidlitart #characterdesign
Sophie Gilmore @sophieillustrates.bsky.social Author and illustrator / cicada-catcher /five leaf clover-finder
A. Woodley @awoodley.bsky.social Books by A. Woodley
http://author.to/AmazonUS
Crime. Murder. Ghosts. Witches. Tarot. Poetry. Children's & more. 
Annette Demetriou, 3 Little Buttons @3littlebuttonsblog.bsky.social - Children’s author
- WILD & Me, in the Middle (Owlet Press)
- Golden Egg Academy alumni 💛
- Blogging about London, family & books
www.3littlebuttons.com 📚
Rosemary Linnell • Illustrator @rtlinnell.bsky.social Queer creative based near Oxford in the UK. Trans ally. Proudly human artist.
AJ @sitdownaj.bsky.social What i am - Queer. Trans NB. Sober. AUDHD. Irish. Aphantasiac. Antiracist antiableist antidickhead.
What I do - Comic artist/writer. Concept Artist. Cover Art. Composer lyricist scriptwriter. Standup. Choreo. NSFW Art inc (🌶️✏️)
Chartor @chartor.bsky.social #CERN Physicist exploring video game programming and picture book writing, and training in Wado Ryu #Karate. 
Jodie Apeseche @jodieapeseche.bsky.social Artist, author/illustrator, SCBWI, Courage to Create, Writers' Loft Hudson, MA, avid gardener, hiker, and fundraiser. Former teacher, librarian, and environmental specialist. Current dog mom! https://jodieapeseche.weebly.com
Emily Charlotte @emilyocharlotte.bsky.social Writer I MA Writing for Young People from Bath Spa Uni I One third of PaperBound Magazine.
Novels shortlisted and longlisted for Bath Novel Award I Searchlight Award I Exeter Novel Prize.
Obsessed with cowboys.
Sue Hendra @suehendra.bsky.social I write stories and draw pictures
Rocket Bird Books @rocketbirdbooks.bsky.social The Rocket Bird crew has one mission: to turn children into booklovers before they’re able to read a single word. We work with the most amazing authors and illustrators to create picture books that live beyond the page.
The Book Sniffer @thebooksniffer.bsky.social Reviewer, working in publishing, illustrator, PR and Marketing - picture books, graphic novels, comics and illustrated fiction. Rocket Bird Books, WRD Magazine, SHELF magazine
Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social Author of THE BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM series : Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlister, Comedy writer - Mash Report, Jonathan Ross, Mock The Week, Rep'd Anne Clark Literary Agency
Sarah Broadley @sarahbroadley.bsky.social She/her. Herder of cats. Devourer of Books. Children's writer. Children's book reviewer for @mybookcorner.bsky.social, member of Craigmillar Literacy Trust, CWIG, societyofauthors.bsky.social and supporter of Cymerafestival.co.uk. #ViewsMyOwn #BeKind
Pippa Goodhart @pippagoodhart.bsky.social Children’s author - You Choose picture books, and many more.
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
- Follow on: Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Threads, Spotify
- Find our podcast on YouTube and Buzzsprout 📱✨️📚😁❤️🍁
Holly Tonks @hollytonks.bsky.social Editorial Director, HarperCollins Children’s Books. Loves to make beautiful books. All views my own.
Katherine Woodfine @katherinewoodfine.bsky.social Author, reader
HeatherGrrr @heathergrrr.bsky.social School Librarian (Wallasey, UK).
SLA School Librarian of the Year 2024.
Lover of books, dogs, chocolate and very cheesy films 😊
Rosi Crawley @bookeatinggirl.bsky.social Head of PR at Walker books, general lover of children's books. Currently on maternity leave #2. Name and profile image inspired by Mr Oliver Jeffers
Kristina Stephenson @kristinastephenson.bsky.social Designer, Writer, Theatre Maker, Storyteller and founder of Practically Perfect Pictures - celebrating the magic of imagination and the power of creativity and making the arts accessible to ALL children.
Ellie James @ellierjames.bsky.social United Agents
https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/lfallowfieldunitedagentscouk
@mollyjamieson.bsky.social @mollyjamieson.bsky.social 
Sarah Stewart @sarahlstewart.bsky.social Associate Editorial Director @Usborne Fiction. Loves Reeses PB Cups, rhubarb gin and the fact I get to read amazing books for a living.
Write Magic @writemagic.bsky.social A free volunteer-run community helping writers find Magic - Motivation Accountability Goalsetting Inspiration & Community. Writing sprints, support & more
Molly Openshaw @mollyopenshaw.bsky.social Marketing & social media at The Bookseller📱📚 Lover of all things green, bookish, fantastical & cosy ☕️✨🕯️🌙🍂
Jonty Howley @jontyhowley.bsky.social Author and illustrator of books for kids. 📖✏️
Published by Random House Children’s, Flying Eye Books and Happy Yak.
jontyhowley.com
Lauren Fortune @laurenfortune.bsky.social Fiction Publisher at Scholastic. Reader, editor, plot thickener.
Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social Poet Devon, UK
1st Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2021, 2nd Leeds Peace Poetry Prize 2024, H Comm. Wales Poetry Award 2021. Shortlisted Best Poetry Pamphlet Saboteur Awards 2023 https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/the-beautiful-open-sky.html 
AE @anthonyvahni.bsky.social 🐶🔥
A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social Dipping a toe in here... Oxford Professor of Poetry
Abigail Ottley @abigailottley.bsky.social Writes poetry & short fiction. Latest is new collection ‘Out of Eden’. Pushcart and Best of Net nominated. 2024: Plaza Prose Poem 2nd, Patricia Eschen Award 3rd, won Metro poem Comp. Twice winner of Wildfire 150. Loves books,dogs, & crafting.
Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz.bsky.social Writer and performer. Poetry in particular.
Books published: Turning, A Thousand Laurie Lees, The Soil Never Sleeps, Love and Other Fairy Tales. Slow Migrations coming soon from Indigo Dreams. 
Ade Couper @bigade1666.bsky.social Shouty disabled person; former Worcestershire Poet Laureate, "Made of Stories" available from Black Pear Press. Bird Nerd. Railway Enthusiast.