Jamie Thrasivoulou @jamiethrasivoulou.bsky.social Award-winning, working-class writer, poet & educator. Vocals in Kez. Love all things Punk, Prison reform, Literature, Photography, Philosophy, Music etc. Another day-another social media platform?
Josie Alford @josiealfordpoet.bsky.social "Gateway drug to poetry" - stranger at a gig
Debut Collection: Faulty Manufacturing - www.josiealford.com
Check out my YouTube channel for all things poetry. https://www.youtube.com/@JosieAlfordPoet
Ben Banyard @benbanyard.bsky.social Dad, poet-type & editor of Black Nore Review (@blacknorereview.bsky.social). Birmingham City fan & Bristol Bears RFC season ticket holder. https://ben.banyard.wordpress.com
Clare Proctor @almostasif.bsky.social Teacher and Poet. Poems rehomed by Shooter, the North, Finished Creatures and Poetry Review among others. First pamphlet - Lilith Speaks - out now with Wayleave/Litfest. https://www.iambapoet.com/wave/7-clare-proctor
Colin Bancroft @colin-bancroft.bsky.social Poet. PhD on the Ecopoetics of Robert Frost. Waterfalls and fell walking. Wrestling fan.
Ian Irwin @mrirwin.bsky.social Out-Spoken Press Emerging Poet 2022.
Published in Poetry Review, Propel, Alchemy Spoon, Outcrop, berlin lit, Carmen et Error, Trasna.
Photographer.
Pauline Sewards @paulines.bsky.social Brighton based, butterfly minded, cat lover, reader, sometime poet.
Andy Breckenridge @drbafc.bsky.social Poet. Winner: Indigo Dreams Poetry Comp 2023.
Book of poems The Fish Inside available here https://flightofthedragonfly.com/shop/
The Liquid Air available from https://hybriddreich.co.uk
Lapsed Obanite. PTFC&CPFC
Jane Thomas @janethomas.bsky.social Writing with a slow pencil in Jericho.
Coracle, a philosophical, political and personal reflection on Alzheimer’s and care will be out with Live Canon in the autumn 🍂
www.livecanon.co.uk/store/product/coracle-jane-thomas
www.janethomas.org
Vicky Morris @vickymwriter.bsky.social British/Welsh Poet, editor, teacher, neurodivergent jack of creative trades, mentor of emerging young writers, founder
www.hivesouthyorkshire.com | www.vickymorris.co.uk
Paul Terence Carney @paulscribbles.bsky.social Writer and reader (well, audiobook listener, mostly). Poetry collection, ‘The Empty Horizon’, and pamphlet, ‘Into the Earth’, published by Live Canon. New book, ‘This Box of Stolen Sunlight’, coming soon…
Cathy Symes @cathysymes.bsky.social Socialist, feminist, poet and eco worrier. All views my own but I may change my mind or just sober up.
Rebecca Johnson Bista @rebeccaji.bsky.social Writer, artist, researcher, editor, carer, cat lover, slug slaughterer, bird whisperer, coast-dweller, Islamophile, lost soul and many other things. Interested in narratives of illness, especially ME/CFS, Covid and other traumas. Fascism-free zone.
Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social Poet, painter, printmaker, planter - for hire or loan. Won some poetry prizes. Account is stuff from a small rural town in NE Scotland. Kitten content warning! Once a librarian….
#FridayPoem
She/Her
https://dawnmclachlan.com/
@disleyrascal.bsky.social @disleyrascal.bsky.social I am a poet and writer, and run a small publishing enterprise called Beatnpress. I love Beat Generation literature, Jazz, Clobber and things of a Modernist nature.
https://www.beatnpress.co.uk/
Becky Nuttall Artist Poet @beckyartistpoet.bsky.social Artist, poet and writer. My work explores themes of personal identity, memory, history and the generation of women born in 1950s and formed in the 1970s ⚡️⚡️
Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social Anthropologist of care 🌸
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Greens 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🏴
https://linktr.ee/QManivannan
Simon Williams @greatbigbadger.bsky.social Retired journalist. Practicing poet
@dzifabenson.bsky.social @dzifabenson.bsky.social 
afshan d’souza-lodhi @afshandl.bsky.social writer of TV, plays & poetry - WGGB rep for Manchester - represented by MMB Creative - funny (my mum says so) - constant resting bitch face - pro-Palestinian all the way from the river to the sea -
- all views & typos my own -
🍉 she/they
DrAndrewMcDonnellWrites.bsky.social @andrewmcdonnell.bsky.social Poet (Salt 2019, Broken Sleep 2026), fiction writer and academic at University Centre Peterborough. Lives in Norwich. Travels by train. Parents by exhaustion.
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
@janekite.bsky.social @janekite.bsky.social 
Niall Machin @niallmachin1.bsky.social In this age of grand illusion, you walked into my life out of my dreams. Mostly words and wings.
Carol @carolw44.bsky.social Writer, poet, author. Also goes under the pseudonym, Geraldine Ward and Carol Fenwick. Published in Sunday Tribune, International Times etc and has had poetry featured on BBC Radio Kent.
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
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
@davidashworthpoet.bsky.social @davidashworthpoet.bsky.social 
Neil Laurenson @neillaurenson.bsky.social Writer; Green councillor; Autism YouTuber (Autistic Not Alien)
Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social Midlands Fringe AYIT!
📍 Wolverhampton
🗓️ 17-26 July 2026
💡 Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists
💷 Arts Council England
🌐 https://linktr.ee/midlandsfringe
Alternatve Black Country @altblackcountry.bsky.social 
Mr Fisher @primaryfisher.bsky.social I'm a Primary School teacher & champion of reading for pleasure in Glasgow.
Currently Reading:
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer
Recently Read:
True Grit by Charles Portis
@cindygreene314.bsky.social @cindygreene314.bsky.social 
Pallavi Jesrani @paljes.bsky.social Mommy, #kidlit writer, poet with poems in The Dirigible Balloon, The Little Thoughts Press, Tyger Tyger, The School Magazine, #12x12pb, engineer, STEM, SCBWI, amateur painter.
LouComics @loucomics.bsky.social Illustrates poetry. Seeing Poetry: Poetry in words and comics. She is a poet writing mainly for children. LDComics organiser. UK. Printmaker. http://instagram.com/loucomics
Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social #Kidlit writer, #SCBWI, #PB, #KidlitChuckleChallenge HM ‘25 & ‘24, Classically trained movie watcher, Poetry nerd, AuDHD, and Oxford comma enthusiast!
John Adlam FRSA 🌈🌍 @johnadlam.bsky.social groups 🔄 activist research ✍ #welcometheboats ⛵ #antiracistpractice ✊ #traumanotpd ❌ Gaia theory 🌍 psychosocial studies 📚 practices of equality 🤝 open mic poetry 🎤 Bob Dylan 🎸 Brixton 🧡 https://barrelblog.org https://open.substack.com/pub/johnadlampoems
@the-writingschool.bsky.social @the-writingschool.bsky.social The Writing School Online was founded by Kathryn Bevis in 2020 and we are here to help you find your creative voice and build a writing community.
Sharon SadlerWells @sadlerwells.bsky.social Boater, musician, arty-crafter with several One Day boxes. NABO Council member @nabo-official.bsky.social
Julie Ann Hebbes @julieannhebbes.bsky.social A Comedy of Errors: Losing my mind, finding my voice and starting over again
https://www.amazon.com/Comedy-Errors-Julie-Ann-Hebbes-ebook/dp/B0FCD8QZ87/
Siobhan Potter. @shivpotter.bsky.social art,writing, body psychotherapy.
Ireland.
CaseyAD @caseychavis.bsky.social Child of God, Proud Liberal, Brother, Uncle, Baker,Short Story Writer, Published Author, Cat Owner, World wide Traveler, Architect in a past (or future) life, Proud New Yorker living in Wisconsin. Introvert struggling to become more of an extrovert
@blackartz.bsky.social @blackartz.bsky.social 
Roger Holdstock @rogerholdstock.bsky.social The Enigmatic Punk Rocker.
Apanthropist.
Always crashing in the same car.
Windows XP, when everything worked.
Deb @debbiedo.bsky.social Dog botherer. Gallery squatter. Read books. Walk a bit. Politics & sport. Mostly knackered. 
Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk Online poetry magazine posting daily. We publish & review poetry, prose, filmpoems, word & image and print publish as IS&T Press. Editing internships. Posts by Sabine Wilson-Patrick & Kate Birch.
@kuli-kohli.bsky.social @kuli-kohli.bsky.social 
Aim @mulierfeles.bsky.social Mama. Owned by 2 cats! lover of podcasts, Art, Poetry & Genealogy.
Labour Party Member.
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
Boy Meets Void @boymeetsvoid.com My name is Stephen. I write personal essays, rants, and poetry at www.boymeetsvoid.com
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Sue Finch (she/her) @suefinch.bsky.social Poet. Coach. #ElasticBandPhotos. Loves coasts, peculiar things and the scent of ice-cream freezers. ‘Magnifying Glass’ and ‘Welcome to the Museum of a Life’ published by Black Eyes Publishing UK.
https://suefinch.co.uk/
DonalProsePoet @donalconaty.bsky.social Irish writer in Sligo. Sharing prose poems, fragments and readings from two works in progress – Splintered and Splinters. Bewildered Man on Substack.
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social Team Site
Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social "Delightfully bleak."
In real life, I'm a working mother of two, with a boring job in IT.
On here, I am a poet, writer, artist, and crafter!
Member of the #PoetsOfDoom crew.
Member of the #PromptCombo team.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Haughty Chicken @haughtychicken.bsky.social 'Gaming is Ageless'
Social work academic/PhD candidate
WoW Partner, I ❤️ gaming, sci-fi, photography, kindness & K-Drama
Also me 📸 @curiouslyrebird.bsky.social
Perth 🇦🇺 Art @meggoart.bsky.social
https://allmylinks.com/haughty-chicken
Any Pascual | indie author & poet @anyespiritual.bsky.social My new book “Verses till midnight” out now!
I write cozy poetry books for deep feelers.
Indie Bestseller Author. Highly Sensitive Poet ✝️🌷🇪🇸
Autora, poeta Altamente Sensible.
Un abrazo de Luz ✨
Okay with DMs about writing.
https://linktr.ee/AnyPascual
Dr M. I. Matthews-Schlinzig @whatisaletter.bsky.social poet, human, dog lover
academic & literary editing/translation, and writing (ENG/GER)
MSt & DPhil (University of Oxford)
Instagram: schicketanz_books
http://patreon.com/whatisaletter
BlueAstronaut🖤 @blueastronaut.bsky.social Dubwise On-U head, kosmik punk, noise freak & #MDANT🥇 tripping on the dark fantastic & the raggedy edge between cradle & grave. For open hearts & minds & all that instigates, originates, elevates, agitates.
I have no control - music is the navigator...
@fawreal.bsky.social @fawreal.bsky.social 
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
National Literacy Trust @literacytrust.org.uk We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social Womble of Liverpool. Enjoys geekery, bad jokes & may tempt a bit. pronouns - he/they/Womble Also Book Blogger/Tempter run fast, laugh hard, be kind - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net
JEFFREY ROBINSON @writingfactory.bsky.social Old fashioned storyteller, bestselling #author 30+books, keynote speaker, television, film, radio. #9/11 #MoneyLaundering #Fraud #Fiction #BookSky
WEBSITE: jeffreyrobinson.com
https://substack.com/@writingfactory
https://linktr.ee/jeffreyrobinson- M @morganbirchauthor.bsky.social @morganbirchauthor.bsky.social
Luke Wright @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social Poet.
linktr.ee/lukewrightpoet
Niamh Savage @niamhsav.bsky.social Children’s poet. Works in TV production.
Words in The Caterpillar, The Dirigible Balloon
and RTÉ Jnr. Also YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Z6o86I
Shroppiemon @shroppiemon.bsky.social A mon in Shropshire. Alus happy to promote our sebunctious county. Chunnerins may induce drowsiness.
Www.Memoriesofshropshire.Co.uk
Diane Strickland 🦋 @autisticannie.bsky.social Writer/blogger, singer, former paralegal.
History buff. Science follower.
Political pest. Never-tRumper/GQP 🎈.
Seeking world peace, not orange chaos!
💙🌊🌎 #SlavaUkraina #SaveDemocracy
#SaveAmericaFromMAGA!
#MakeAmericaSaneAgain!/MASA!
The Offbeat Poet @theoffbeatpoet.bsky.social Tea drinker. Teacher. Occasional Poet. Yorkshireman.
Author of 3 poetry books 😊
prateek kohli @prateekkohli.bsky.social Comedian
Corin Rhys Jones @corinrj.bsky.social Actor, writer, producer, tour-guide, various other attributes too… 😜
Martha @saaremartha.bsky.social "This Land is Your Land, this Land is Our Land
From California to the New York Island." Pete Seeger
Time to remember this; Time to TAKE BACK AMERICA!
TCG @tcurryg.bsky.social Reader, writer, trees, native plants, sustainability, quieter living.
AzPotts @azpotts.bsky.social Funny things and fairness
Roger Bonner (we is) @bonnerr.bsky.social #Poet, #playwright, #writer of children's books, living in Basel, Switzerland. #Haiku #poetry #humorist #satirist
Tom Sastry @tomsastry.bsky.social Here for poetry chat and curious thoughts.
Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
Graham Clifford @gclifford1.bsky.social Poet. Appearing in anthologies including Faber, Broken Sleep and Against the Grain. Published by Seren, BLER and Against the Grain. Recent work up at BerlinLit, the Manchester Review and Finished Creatures. https://share.google/24BDXUZwrWpPLfE7O
West Midlands Railway @westmidrailway.bsky.social We’re here to help but please remember we’re human too. Available 24/7 except on Christmas.
westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Lord Whitmore Reans @cha0tic.bsky.social 🏴🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🇨🇦🇦🇺🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🏴🇯🇲🪯🇺🇸🇮🇪 🏴
60YO Misanthrope. In Staff’s. See those flags. They represent my friends & family.
I like dogs, outdoors, music, TV & Film.
One day I will finally catch up with #TheArchers.
Pronouns? look at my picture & take a guess. Wülferhampton
Palestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social Official account of Palestine Solidarity Campaign. We campaign for peace & justice for Palestinians in support of international law & human rights & against all racism. RT≠endorsement
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social Wolverhampton's bookshop. A friendly community of book lovers on Victoria Street. Follow us for news of books, offers, and events! 📚
13-15 Victoria Street, Wolverhampton,
WV1 3NP.
Tel: 01902 427219
Email: wolverhampton@waterstones.com
Vicky Grut @vickygrut.bsky.social Writer. Short story collection 'Live Show, Drink Included' shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated, 2023. Work in Masters Review XIII in 2025 and Best British Short Stories 2026. www.vickygrut.com
The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social A home for working-class readers and writers
https://thebeemagazine.com
Helen Calcutt @helencalcutt.bsky.social ‘There is no toxic optimism here – just truth, body and life.' @Mslexia — Feeling all / Artistic Director: https://www.beyondwordsdancetheatre.com/
Romalyn Ante FRSL @romalynante3.bsky.social AGIMAT (Chatto, 2024)
Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto, 2020)
Black Country 🔁 Batangas
www.romalynante.com
Jennifer McGowan @arimala.bsky.social poet, medievalist, calligrapher, illuminator, archer, indifferent seamstress. Some say fey.
Janey Colbourne @janeycog.bsky.social Peer support facilitator Brain Health Breakthrough CIC | Nonfiction Writer | Performance Poet | Embroidery Hobbyist | Gender Nonconforming | AuDHD | she/her
https://www.clippings.me/users/jlcolbourne
Bradley Taylor | Poet @bradleytaylorpoet.bsky.social Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion 2024
Host of The Big Gay Poetry Night
bradleytaylorpoet.com
IG: @bradleytaylorpoet
Cáit O'Neill McCullagh @kittyjomac.bsky.social Writing poetry | Debut collection: 'The Bone Folder', Drunk Muse Press 2024 | Shortlisted for Saltire Awards & Bridport 2025 | Winner McLellan Prize 2025, Saboteur Award 2023 | Board Moniack Mhor | Poet in Residence UHI | linktr.ee/caitjomac
Bobby Parker @bobzparker.bsky.social Outsider Art | Poetry | Writing | - works: Blue Movie, Working Class Voodoo, Honey Monster, Longing is the Grace; debut novel in progress
Maria Ferguson @mlferg.bsky.social Poet. Playwright. Performer.
Swell (Penguin 2025)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459719/swell-by-ferguson-maria/9781802064353
Matt Nicholson @mattnicholson365.bsky.social Poet, performer, pedant. One quarter of The 4 Johns. For more info and to buy my books, please visit and browse www.mattpoet.com (hoping to have a fifth collection out in 2025 so please feel free to invite me to read at your poetry events xxx)
Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social Aspiring poet, growing problem. My books POYUMS, and POYUMS ANNAW are available to order now. https://buythebook.online/poyums-annaw
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