Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
The Literary Gift Company @literarygifts.bsky.social Creating and selling literary gifts for readers, writers and book lovers since 2009. Posts by Dani and the team from our Reading (where else?) HQ.
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Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
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Tom Shiels @itstomshiels.bsky.social Writer of reflective essays on memory, music, and place. Attempting to live slower in the middle of the chaos. Irish living in West Yorkshire.
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Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
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Ritual Protection Marks @ritualmarks.bsky.social Archaeology, history & folklore. More info at -
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Bo'ness Pottery Figures @bonesspottery.uk For fans and collectors of the rare antique, Staffordshire-style, ceramic animal figures, made in the Bo'ness potteries of Scotland.
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Abnormalismynormal @healthhiccups.bsky.social Still anon so I can talk about cancer finished radical chemoradiation..haven't told almost anyone. Loving BlueSky & communities. RT's a lot - my ADHD brain is interested in a 1000 things at once #TeamCanada #TheArchers
Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist ✍️ 'Rock star mythologist' (Washington Post) 📗 NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: OUT NOW. Posts by N and team.
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Sam Garvan @garvansam.bsky.social Poet. Reader. Plums, raspberries, apricots. Recently in Asymptote, New Welsh Review, Finished Creatures, Cyphers. Troubadour Prize. Jt runner-up Keats-Shelley prize. He/him.
Samuel @sbladwell.bsky.social I like magnets and spins, and edit manuscripts about these things at Nature Communications. I also like bikes, foraging, and making fruit wine, but I don't edit manuscripts about these things.
Neil @tremendaoneil.bsky.social Music, films, constantly searching for public pianos to play. ADHD. Linlithgow, Scotland.
"You really ARE a master of fruit based dad jokes" - JRR Lloyd, Dec25
Paula Gilfillan @paulagilfillan.bsky.social A published poet & award winning flash fiction writer who shares her life with a rescue cat, and cake. Member of the Society of Authors. Writing a satirical YA dystopian horror novel, but secretly blogs as DeckyWriting.
Robbie Morrison @robbiemorrison.bsky.social Writer. Novels: Edge of the Grave (Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel 2021); Cast a Cold Eye (Shortlisted for McIllvanney Prize 2023).
Comics: Nikolai Dante, Doctor Who, Judge Dredd, Drowntown, Heretic, etc. 
frankrennie @frankrennie.bsky.social Professor Emeritus of Sustainable Rural Development at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Islander, Scot, & European. Anything relevant to birds, geology, ecology & landscape, human ecology. Also Gaelic/Celtic culture, history & archaeology.
Ed Pybus @epybus.bsky.social social policy - social justice, social security, land reform, poverty, climate change, global justice, housing...and more...mostly here to listen...plus chess ♟, house plants 🪴, woodland crofts 🌲, music 🎶, and occasional macrame 🧶.
ThirdBear Press @thirdbearpress.bsky.social Indie comics publisher based in Scotland run by @steveningramart.bsky.social
Get yer comics at thirdbearpress.com
It Comes in Waves funding on Kickstarter now!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thirdbearpress/it-comes-in-waves
Steven Ingram @steveningramart.bsky.social I make comics, most recently the graphic novels Holly and Burn With Me as well as a one-shot Old Man Grey.
I also run a small press publisher, ThirdBear Press: thirdbearpress.com
BHoswell [Money doesn't change men. It unmasks them.] @benhoswell.bsky.social Proud Australian living in New Zealand. Artist. Reader. Gamer. I love animals and nature. Tolkien lover. Cat whisperer.
Former AI art creator. Dismayed at what the AI data centres are doing to our world.
Libraries 4 Schools @lib4sch.bsky.social School library consultancy for UK Primary schools. We love reading children's books - that's why we do it full-time! Posts by Lynda or Kim.
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Lyric Fiction @lyricfiction.bsky.social Yes, I've got a bookstore. No, you can't visit.
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Fairlight Books @fairlightbooks.bsky.social We’re an independent publishing house dedicated to standout storytelling, from inventive literary novels to page-turning book club favourites.
Looking for a tea-break read? Browse our short story platform: www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/our-short-stories
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
Esther Gardiner @wildsparkpub.bsky.social Esther Gardiner is a poet–songwriter in Orkney, known for her emotionally honest writing, neurodivergent perspective, and a voice that blends simplicity, depth, and lyrical beauty. Her work celebrates joy, humanity, and the quiet strength found in truth.
Janet @bookwormjan.bsky.social Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
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Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
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SMC @ireckon.bsky.social Fed up with Fascism!
Resist!
Time to put an end to this shit!
Carol Farrelly @carolfarrelly.bsky.social Fiction writer. Ignite Fellow 2025: Scottish Book Trust. Winner: Canada & Europe, 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Stories: Granta, New Writing Scotland, BBC Radio 4. Www.carolfarrelly.com
Melanie Nicole 🇨🇦 @melanienicole76.bsky.social Mother of gamers and cats. Book dragon. Gen X snarky, pessimist. Humanist.I refuse to idolize any politician. Formally The Neverending Hell Loop of Doug Ford’s Ontario on the site that must not be named. She/her. Nasty Canadian. Protect the Dolls.
Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social Print junkie. Librarian. Educator. Podcaster.
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JohnBTrouten @johnbtrouten.bsky.social Anti-Earnestness Ambassador
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
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Into Creative @intocreative.bsky.social Supporting Creatives #MDANT
Imprints: Into Books | Into Poetry
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North House Press @northhousepress.bsky.social North House Press publishes a blend of Scottish fiction and non-fiction, introducing new voices and restoring to the public attention overlooked writing from the past.
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Cyn Dunlavy @cyndunlavy.bsky.social https://cyndunlavy.ca/
Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin, (Little Toller)
Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social scottish law lecturer, TV viewer, accidental mental health advocate.
Interested in legislative interpretation and Columbo (but proper Columbo - you know the stuff from the NBC years, and more infrequently ABC episodes)
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
@nikki-daigneault.bsky.social @nikki-daigneault.bsky.social 
Maria Williams @lightwitch876.eurosky.social #Eurosky Account/Alt
#ActuallyAutistic #BlackandAutistic. Aspiring writer, author, worldbuilder, and reader. #BostonFleet #PWHL, #scientificskeptic, and #secularhumanist Love Squishmallows, TTRPGS, RPGS, #podcasts, #webnovels, #lightnovels, and #donghua
@eolianjanitor.bsky.social @eolianjanitor.bsky.social Music, BB, football, and rescue 🐕. NUFCW season ticket holder. #Howaythelasses
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Becca Benson @beccabenson.bsky.social Ex murder squad detective, now a vintage dealer and writer. Live in Edinburgh, studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Napier. Two black cats, one husband and one classic VW Beetle. Often seen working at a book festival or browsing in a local bookshop.
Michael Ironheart @michaelironheart.bsky.social I am a self published indie author who has released 2 books, with a 3rd on the way
22 years old/college student/AuDHD
Waystone Books @waystonebooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop on the Isle of Skye run by writers, community organisers and queer firefighters.
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-6pm.
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Harehunterfield @harehunterfield.bsky.social Lover of the North Wind. Former DJ at WZBC. Interests in all things
More to follow 
Distracted Dan @distracteddan.bsky.social I live on a boat , play the glockenspiel by choice , and believe we podiatrists are the 15th emergency service .Lock keeper and RYA Helmsman Instructor.
Janine Illian @janineillian.bsky.social Chair in Statistical Sciences, University of Glasgow, modelling spatial patterns; lover of art, theatre, literature and music
Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie Author of Nature’s Acre. Founder, Gardeningwell.ie — wildlife gardening in Ireland (Stamullen, Co Meath).
Walled garden + school/community projects.
Peat-free, pesticide-free. Native plants, pollinators. Media: gardeningwell.ie/press/media
JJHartly @jjhartly.bsky.social Science Fantasy Author and Creative Partner
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Jon Lock @jonlock.com I write comics! | Tiny Hercules @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social | Afterlife Inc. | 2000AD | Toxic Crusaders | Big Punch Studios | Repped by @rachelpmann.bsky.social
My website | https://www.jonlock.com
Afterlife Inc. | https://www.afterlife-inc.com
The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
Jan O’Brien @irishnan.bsky.social Anglo Irish European. Pro EU, NHS, democracy, peace, compassion, kindness
Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social As Olga Wojtas, writes the Miss Blaine's Prefect series. As Helena Marchmont, the Bunburry e-series. Supports the Caledonian Antisyzygy. NUJ life member.
Next Page Books @nextpagebooksuk.bsky.social Next Page Books is an indie children’s bookshop in Hitchin, Herts UK. We love books and celebrate diversity & inclusion, especially neurodiversity. We are a safe space for all, welcome everyone and believe in the power of books
Mi_Sushi_So @misushiso.bsky.social She/Her ☆Book lover + Avid Reader ● East Asian Lit Inspired
@robinsonmd22.bsky.social @robinsonmd22.bsky.social 
Matthew Frunk📚✒️ (Anti GenAI Zone) @matthewfrunk.neocities.org Writer
Lover of 🚀🪐🩸🔪🦍🚬🤖🎮🧛 and other oddities.
Work published in Northeastern State University’s The Talon:
http://tiny.cc/7ujy001
and Altered Reality:
https://shorturl.at/XTyDuu
Erin Maher @theerinmaher.bsky.social TV writer (SWAMP THING! SHINING VALE!) Friend to books, horses, and old movies. I am pro-Oxford comma.
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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.
Nick Louth @nicklouthauthor.bsky.social Best-selling author of 21 thrillers.
Bite; Heartbreaker; Mirror Mirror; Trapped. DCI Craig Gillard & DI Jan Talantire series.
Published by Canelo & audiobooks by WF Howes.
www.nicklouth.com
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
Claire @floweringc.bsky.social Consistent but idiosyncratic. Scottish | She/her | Pro-Indy | Pro Actual human being Human Rights (Judging only on what people choose to do, not who they are. Don't punch down) | Pro vaccine | pro the climate | Anti nonsense | Pro-Blocking and muting
MNG Social Sciences @mngssbooks.bsky.social Featuring the latest social science titles from a range of international publishers. Part of the Mare Nostrum Group. Based in Harrogate, UK.
Coffeefan.wanderer.explorer@blueskysocial.com @coffeefan2.bsky.social Prairie-raised. Coffee lover. Wanderer. Naturalist. Atheist. Science geek. Avid reader. Lifelong learner. Nature photographer. Cloud chaser. Dark sky advocate. Needlepoint & cross-stitch addict. Proud staff to two very spoiled cats.
Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
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| 🌐 argonautbooks.co.uk
The Reading Room in Melrose @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social A small independent bookshop in the historic Borders town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, focusing on Scottish writing and the best new books around. Sister bookshop of @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow, Selkirkshire. Welcome!
Veblen Director Programme @veblendirectors.bsky.social Helping ambitious people get their first board seats. Regardless of your background.
Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
Mark Thornton @bookshopmark.bsky.social Space nerd. Democracy fan. Partnership Manager at Bookshop.org. The revolution will start in a bookshop.
Monica A. Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
Laura Guest @lawwraguest.bsky.social Originally Wolverhampton & now Bristol based.
Pubs Manager for Good Chemistry Brewing.
Mainly beer, books, running, our dog Tony & maybe some other things
Keith Houston @keithhouston.bsky.social Blogs at @shadycharacters.co.uk. Author of SHADY CHARACTERS, THE BOOK, EMPIRE OF THE SUM and FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY: A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMOJI (https://shadycharacters.co.uk/books/).
Quarto Books UK @quartobooksuk.bsky.social 📚 We create a wide range of beautiful books and gifts with a mission to inspire, enrich and enlighten.
🌍 Part of the Global Quarto Family.
Discover our titles here: https://linktr.ee/QuartoBooksUK
Allan Radcliffe @allanradcliffe.bsky.social Writer & critic 🏳️🌈 He/Him. Novel The Old Haunts shortlisted for McKitterick Prize & Shortlisted for Saltire First Book Award 2024
allanradcliffe.co.uk https://linktr.ee/allanradcliffe
Neil+ @mcgrooda.bsky.social Have been “Sax_R”, “ndp1701”, and “McGrooda” in the Other Places.
I'm just a normal, functioning member of the human race, and there's no way anyone can prove otherwise.