Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social An alliance of 500+ organisations representing over 15 million people.
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English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/englishpen
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.- G gillinghams.bsky.social @gillinghams.bsky.social
Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social One of the world's biggest sound projects, covering more than 130 countries with 2,000+ contributing artists. Remixing the world, one sound at a time. www.citiesandmemory.com
Kat π³οΈβππ (they/them) @nerdydreamer.bsky.social Queer reader of pretty much every genre π³οΈβπ
Diversify your reading, support Indie authors & support libraries β€οΈ
Free Palestine, Congo & Sudan
@nerdydreamer107 on other platforms
L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling writer of Dragonfall, Pantomime, Goldilocks, Seven Devils, False Hearts, etc. Writing coach at The Novelry. 
Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy. 
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Bonnie Tsui @bonnietsui.bsky.social Writers @nytimes.com and more. Author WHY WE SWIM; SARAH & THE BIG WAVE; AMERICAN CHINATOWN; ON MUSCLE coming April 2025
Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.β¨
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Coco Khan @cocobyname.bsky.social Host, Pod Save the UK; freelance writer (mostly Guardian). Books: The Good Immigrant (and more). Repped by: Aitken Alexander(π) and Soho Agency (π€π¬)
@mrnishkumar.bsky.social @mrnishkumar.bsky.social 
Pod Save the UK @podsavetheuk.crooked.com Bringing humour and hope to UK Politics since 2023, with hosts @mrnishkumar.bsky.social and @cocobyname.bsky.social. A Crooked Media production.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social A comedyish science podcast hosted by @alieward. Asking smart ologists not-smart questions about their professional obsessions. Every Tuesday. May be NSFW. https://linktr.ee/alieward
K Biswas @bizk.bsky.social Critic - words in The Nation, New Statesman, New York Times, The Baffler, Le Monde Diplomatique, Times Literary Supplement, The Observer & Chair of Resonance FM
Lena Mattheis @lenamattheis.bsky.social Lecturer in contemporary literature at Surrey University and host of the Queer Lit podcast. (they/she)
The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca Our pod of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you canβt find anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter: http://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter or become a member: https://thenarwhal.ca/bsky-member/
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
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@rewildyourland.bsky.social @rewildyourland.bsky.social Join a growing network of people in Ireland who are taking action in the face of the biodiversity crisis.
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Clare Murphy she/her @storyclare.bsky.social @storyclare Storyteller, Public Speaker, TEDx, Author. I tell ancient myth & modern fable, when not creating I teach, train and consult on storytelling.
MoLI βΒ Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social Where Irish writing comes alive.
https://linktr.ee/molimuseum
@apaulag13.bsky.social @apaulag13.bsky.social 
The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. support@thestorygraph.com
Southbank Centre @southbankcentre.bsky.social 
The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
poetrysociety.org.uk
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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
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@plehman.bsky.social @plehman.bsky.social 
Ellen Jones @ellenjones.bsky.social π Author of Outrage: Why LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It
π Award-winning strategist & speaker
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πΆ Probably petting a dog
HelenGomezComicsπ @helengomezcomics.bsky.social 
Helen Jukes @helenjukes.bsky.social Teaching at Oxford University / Writing on motherhood in the Anthropocene / Running after the 3 y.o.
A HONEYBEE HEART HAS FIVE OPENINGS (Scribner, Pantheon); MOTHER, ANIMAL (coming 2025 from Elliott & Thompson)
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores βοΈπ
https://bookshop.org/
Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
Portobello Book Festival @portybookfest.bsky.social Portobello Book Festival is a volunteer run festival, taking place over the first weekend of October.
Simon Savidge @savidgereads.bsky.social A bookish bear.
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Poets & Writers @pw.org Official account of Poets & Writers, the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers since 1970. Sign up for our newsletter: at.pw.org/newsletter
Parnassus Books @parnassusbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchettπ
Adam Zmith @adamzmith.bsky.social Writer, podcast producer, etc
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The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. 
Primrose Hill Books @primrosehillbooks.bsky.social One of London's leading independent bookshops, established as a family business for more than thirty-five years.
134 Regent's Park Road
London NW1 8XL
020 7586 2022
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Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social Only working class bookshop in Belfast. Out of print books about 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland at our tiny York Rd store and new books are at www.belfastbooks.co.uk with audiobooks at https://libro.fm/belfastbooks and author services at willmybooksell.com
Owl Bookshop @owlbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookseller in Kentish Town, London.
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Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
Sun 11am-6pm
www.owlbookshop.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/OwlBookshop
owlbookshop@gmail.com
Tel. 020 7485 7793
Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
| new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts |
Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Little Acorns Bookstore @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social Award-winning Indie bookshop, Derry, North of Ireland. 70k new & used books. Est 2011. Two LegenDerry Chairs (380 signatures). Typewriter Museum due to open 2025. Donegal ownerππ
The Old Queeriosity Shop @toqs.bsky.social We are an LGBTQIA+ Bookstore based in Plymouth, UK. We currently only ship within the UK.
our website: toqs.co.uk
our linktree: linktr.ee/toqs
City Books @citybookshove.bsky.social Brighton & Hove's largest and liveliest indie bookshop since 1986.
https://city-books.co.uk
The Poetry Bookshop @poetrybookshop.bsky.social The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979
Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
Knights Of @knightsofbooks.bsky.social Independent. Inclusive. Award-winning children's books publisher π| 
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
Writers & Artists @writersandartists.bsky.social The best industry advice for writers & artists!
So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. BAD LANGUAGE out now with Peninsula Press π THE WORD FOR WORLD (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social π³ Website & newsletter: somayer.net. Won't age-verify so no DMs.
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she 
Charlotte Mendelson @charlottemendelson.bsky.social New novel WIFE out now, Meanwhile: The Exhibitionist, Almost English, When We Were Bad, gardener
Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social Author, journalist, and Guardian Blind Date superfan. A body like Arnold with a Denzel face. (he/him)
theguyliner.com
theguyliner.substack.com
Polis Loizou π¦ @polisloizou.bsky.social Writer, performer, storyteller, both bi and curious β’ A GOOD YEAR (Fairlight Moderns) π β’ East Med to East Mids π¨πΎπ¬π§ (he/him)
http://linktr.ee/polisloizou
Simon James Green @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more!
www.simonjamesgreen.com
Michelle Tea @michelletea.bsky.social DOPAMINE Books:
OUT NOW
WITCH Anthology
NEXT UP
Self-Romancing by L Scully
Dopaminebooks.org
Me:
Little F out this October
Knocking Myself Up
Against Memoir
Modern Tarot
Black Wave
Valencia
+ more
Frank Wynne @terribleman.com Irish literary translator, editor, writer, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! π
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First π Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner βοΈπ³οΈβπ
Nell Stevens @nellstevens.bsky.social The Original (2025). Briefly, a Delicious Life.
nellstevens.com
William Hussey @whusseyauthor.bsky.social Award-winning author of the SCOTT JERICHO thrillers (KILLING JERICHO; JERICHOβS DEAD; BURYING JERICHO) and YA novels, including THE BOY I LOVE, BROKEN HEARTS AND ZOMBIE PARTS, and THE OUTRAGE among others
https://linktr.ee/williamhusseyauthor
Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social PΔkehΔ Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) π Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Writer, historian, wants to make the world a better place
#TodayInQueerHistory
Hotties in Art out in Autumn
Co-writer and Co-Curator of @museumbums
For events and books check out:
https://linktr.ee/jackshoulder
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovinβ Crime Writers. Once described as the βgobby shop steward of crime fictionβ. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social they/them and mayhem
writing kidlit and romcoms. queer disabled joy always. βΎοΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπβΏοΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ audhd
π Reality Check, Make You Mine This Christmas, Under the Mistletoe With You, Hits Different, Vivi Conway
www.lizziehuxleyjones.com
https://linktr.ee/littlehux
FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social Sociology lecturer at the best Uni in Bristol. Books: "Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars", "Radical Feminism: Activism in Movement". Queer for cats and feminism. Recent article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09589236.2025.2502679
Rosie Garland @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social Writer, March Violet, secret medievalist, FRSLβ¨
Not cynical; just been taking notes.
Novels:The Fates(Quercus)
Palace of Curiosities, Vixen, Night Brother(Borough)
Poems:Nine Arches
March Violets: @marchvioletsband.bsky.social
http://www.rosiegarland.com
Jason Okundaye @jaseokundaye.bsky.social Writer at the Guardian and assistant opinion editor
Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social Author. Immigrant. Queer. Owned by dog. PhD student University of Reading.
Usually pissed off, but like in a funny way. Latest novels: BODY COUNT (UK), PARADISE (UK), EAT SLAY LOVE (US). Next novel: THE BEST OF ENEMIES
Kostya Tsolakis @kostyatsolakis.bsky.social Poet | π ππ³π¦π¦π¬ππͺπ―π¨ (Nine Arches Press), PBS Recommendation, shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize β24 & Runciman Award β24 | Editor π©π’π³π’π―π’ π±π°π¦π΅π³πΊ
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
Andrea Lawlor @anderlawlor.bsky.social parent, partner, cat dad, writer, prof, etc.
arms embargo now & forever!
IG: @anderlawlor
website: www.anderlawlor.com
substack: https://pocketlawlor.substack.com
alim kheraj @alimkheraj.bsky.social a friend of britneyβs at the lgbtq community.
Freelance Writer
Spearsologist
π: QUEER LONDON out now.
π€: Queer Spaces: Behind the Scene
he/him
Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social Poet & academic. Author of βA Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. π³οΈβπ she/they. Crepuscular/ Chaucerian/ enamoured of rot.
Get In Her Ears @getinherears.bsky.social Soho Radio show, inclusive gig nights & blog promoting women, non-binary & LGBTQIA+ folk in new music across all genres! Website & contact details here: https://linktr.ee/getinherears
Stef Dickers @stef-dickers.bsky.social Archives Manager at Bishopsgate Institute. Rather passionate about London, Activist, LGBTQ+ & Fetish Archives. Bass Player.
Peter Scalpello @pscalpello.bsky.social Mirrorstage // Limbic @cipherpress.bsky.social
John R Gordon @johnrgordon.bsky.social Novelist, playwright, screenwriter (mainly for Patrik-Ian Polk's NOAH'S ARC), co-founder (with Rikki Beadle-Blair) of Team Angelica Publishing, cartoonist. My epic novel of same-sex love in antebellum times DRAPETOMANIA won the 2019 Ferro-Grumley Award.
Paul Burston @paulburston.bsky.social Writer. Fighter. Lover. Memoir We Can Be Heroes out now. Founder of Polari literary salon and The Polari Prize. paulburston.substack.com
Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
https://linktr.ee/wasafiri
Team Angelica @teamangelica.bsky.social Team Angelica, founded 2007 by Rikki Beadle-Blair & John R Gordon, is a radical independent theatre & film production company & queer-of-colourcentric small press. Check us out here: www.teamangelica.com. Fbk: teamangelica Twitter: WRTeamAngelica
Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social Elderly trans novelist and poet living in London.
PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social The worlds most read and watched LGBTQ+ media publisher.
Our mission - to inform, inspire change and empower people to be themselves π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Find us at www.thepinknews.com
Ariel Schrag @arielschrag.bsky.social cartoonist and writer 
Strand Bookstore @strandbooks.com Legendary home of 18 miles of new, used & rare books since 1927. Located at Union Square and UWS.π Shop online at http://strandbooks.com
The Book Riot Podcast @bookriotpod.bsky.social A show about what's happening in the world of books and reading, hosted by Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
BookRiot.com
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Susan Stryker @susanstryker.bsky.social Biological Boomer, GenX-identified, but sometimes I get passed as even younger because of my sassy attitude and tastes in music and film||I do trans stuff||susanstryker.net
Grace Lavery @gracelavery.bsky.social β€οΈβπ©Ήπ₯π©Ίπ§¨π« tr*nny dianny / / / surplus scholar ππ₯ππͺπ§»
** QUAINT, EXQUISITE (Princeton UP, 2019); PLEASE MISS (Seal, 2022); PLEASURE AND EFFICACY (Princeton UP, 2023). Repped by Kent Wolf at Neon Literary. **
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Casey Plett @caseyplett.com Publisher (LittlePuss Press)
Professor (Ohio University)
Writer (β¨β¨β¨)
https://linktr.ee/caseyplett
Athens, OH / Windsor, ON (forever Winnipeg and Southern Manitoba)
π Trip Ghouley π @trip.bsky.social He/Him. Fantasy Author. Londoner. π³οΈβπ Mythopoeic Award Finalist. A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY (Titan 2023); Editor & Co-Founder @bonabooks.bsky.social & Fantabulosa!; Rep: @onechaptermore.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/TripGaley
CN Lester π³οΈββ§οΈ @cnlester.bsky.social Multi-genre musician
Co-lead @TransUnityQuilt
Founder & Artistic Director of Transpose
PhD on Barbara Strozzi - interdisciplinary work is life
βTrans Like Meβ, βFuries,β 2 current trans historical WIP
they/them
www.cnlester.com
www.transpose.org.uk
Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social Author, artist, interactive designer.
Hopes you are mostly happy.
She/they
https://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/
https://ko-fi.com/vivschwarz
https://linktr.ee/vivschwarz
Sarah Pyke @sarahpyke.bsky.social teaching children's and YA literature at the University of MΓΌnster
london.ac.uk/seized-books | #QueerBibliography
close reading forever
helped make this: https://www.pagemasters.co/shop/seized-books-lgbtq-books-and-censorship-in-1980s-britain-a-catalogue