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Matilda Gosling @matildagosling.bsky.social Independent social researcher and non-fiction author. Teenagers: The Evidence Base and Evidence-Based Parenting (both Swift Press) are out now.
Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈 @rachelahandley.com Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool.
SFF Author. Poet. 🦉
Possible Worlds and Other Stories (2022)
They/Them.
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Elise Roders @liesjelogthet.bsky.social Tilburg - tekst- en webredacteur - leest, kookt, reist - doet al haar stunts zelf
Michael Orger @daniobrain.bsky.social Neuroscience Group Leader at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Zebrafish behavior and brain-wide imaging. Also some Danionella and Devario. Might post about music and Rubik's cubes.
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Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social I’m Head of Audience at @lrb.co.uk and I wrote a book, ‘Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles’ (2023). I post about media and environment in approximately equal parts.
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Robbie Hudson @roberthudson.bsky.social I'm currently mostly doing Listen & Often. It's a podcast we're using to fund new audio comedy like, for eg, James Pond, with David Mitchell, Tamsin Greig, Clare Foster and Rosie Holt.
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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social SWE building decision intelligence for gov + health + social care / PhD 18c History / Social Democrat / gam zu l'tovah. ✡️ 🇬🇧 in 🇳🇿 (Waimauku)
Charlotte Mendelson @charlottemendelson.bsky.social New novel WIFE out now, Meanwhile: The Exhibitionist, Almost English, When We Were Bad, gardener
Saqi Books @saqibooks.bsky.social A leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa.
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Ellie Andrew @ellijandro.bsky.social Publicity at Harvard UP London. Book lover and sandwich fan. Lincolnshire ->London->Sheffield.
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
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Katie @katiem.bsky.social 
PD Smith @pdsmith.bsky.social 📚City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, Doomsday Men, Einstein, Metaphor & Materiality.
Now writing about cities, detectives and crime.
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Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com 
Lorraine Berry @lorraineberry.bsky.social Writer and recovering book critic
Former historian
Grew up in the PNW
Advocate for habitat restoration and pollinator gardens
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Michele Filgate @readandbreathe.bsky.social Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025).
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Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social Complete fiction
Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social Author of 10 books.The latest: A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE AMNESIAC out 2027. Newsletter here: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com #1000wordsofsummer
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Phil Rodgers @philrodgers.co.uk Well I thought it was interesting. Mostly about Cambridge. phil@philrodgers.co.uk / https://linktr.ee/philrodgers
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Iris Blasi @irisblasi.bsky.social Book lover and literary agent at Arc Literary. Say hi here: iris@arcliterary.com.
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Bev Thomas @bevthomas.bsky.social Writer - Good Enough Mother and The Family Retreat (Faber) Clinical Psychologist. Rep Karolina Sutton @ CAA
Jessica Francis Kane @jfkane.bsky.social Author of five works of fiction. The latest, FONSECA, out now.
Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social Mum-coded. Books, food and language stuff. I have approximate knowledge of many things. She/her ei/hi.
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Bruce Daisley @handle.invalid Pop music & tennis loving he.
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Catherine Lacey @catherinelacey.bsky.social stoic chaos / books
Katy Cooper @decsop1.bsky.social Singing, cycling and cricket.
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I Fagiolini @ifagiolini.bsky.social Robert Hollingworth. Directs solo-voice ensemble I Fagiolini since 1986. 26 CDs, quite a lot of films, the Choral Chihuahua podcast and SingTheScore. Teaches at UofYork and runs Stour Music. ifagiolini.com
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John La Bouchardiere @johnlabouchardiere.bsky.social Director
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Anna Millward @annamillward.bsky.social Development Officer @indexoncensorship.org • #humanrights • secret medievalist and folklore nerd •
Alison Stockham Author @alisonstockham.bsky.social Writer. Coffee drinker. Cat person.
Author of The Cuckoo Sister, The Silent Friend, The New Girl and The Man She Married @BoldwoodBooks.
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Mary Dixon-Woods @marydixonwoods.bsky.social Director @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social. I study how to improve and innovate in healthcare quality and safety. Views: Own
Anna-Marie Crowhurst @writercrow.bsky.social Writer of books, lecturer of creative writing, sometime Guardian/Bookseller/Stylist journalist. The Illumination of Ursula Flight + Badly Behaved Women.
Celeste Ward-Best @celestewb.bsky.social Marketing Director at Little, Brown | She/Her | Current read: The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Hannah @hannah-m-b.bsky.social Interested in books, mental health, and faith. Always surrounded by cats.
Was @marchingwithtea on Twitter
Dani Hall @academicgifts.bsky.social Creator and boss of Present Indicative and The Literary Gift Company.
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Alex Spencer @alexspencercam.bsky.social Some woman. Journalist and Culture Editor at the Cambridge Independent. www.cambridgendependent.co.uk
Anna Fielding @annafielding.bsky.social Writer and editor. Formerly associate ed of Stylist. Anna.fielding@gmail.com
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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Ruth Ware @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social Still writing books... still drinking coffee... still making stuff up as I go along. The Woman in Suite 11 available to pre-order now at linktr.ee/ruthwarewriter
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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
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Kieran Setiya @ksetiya.bsky.social MIT philosopher; would-be self-help guru; master of the semi-colon; substack: http://bit.ly/-ksetiya; podcast: http://bit.ly/-five-q; home: http://bit.ly/-ks-home
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Len Pennie, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk.
Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains. Don't have access to DMs.
Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social Writer, Vintage SFF Reviews editor strangehorizons.com. Stealth publisher peachfieldpress.uk. New novel: Radical Magic! https://peachfield-press.sumupstore.com/product/radical-magic. Archaeological recorder, knitter, grandmother of frogs.
Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
Dusty Miller @dustyish.bsky.social Books, music, films, art, more books. Independent PR.
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Katie Roden @katroden.bsky.social Commercial, brand and comms consultant specialising in content, fan engagement and digital maturity, working with consumer-facing clients in all sectors. Facilitator for Google Digital Academy.
Jess Gulliver @jessgulliver.bsky.social Occasional publicist; accidental poet; proper doodler.
London/Newcastle.
Maria Garbutt-Lucero @mariagluc.bsky.social Freelance book PR • ESEA Lit Fest co-founder • Florence Welch's BetweenTwoBooks (she/her)
Jeremy Trevathan @jezzatrev.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 FORMER AND NOW RETIRED MD of Adult Division, Pan Macmillan (@panmacmillan) i.e. books for grown-ups. DLitt Hons. Views expressed are definitely my own. He/him/his.
Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Women’s Prizes ~ Trustee British Library
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Anna James @acaseforbooks.bsky.social Author of Pages & Co. Sometimes theatre journalist. Host of Lush Book Club. 
Elle McNicoll 🏴♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
George Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social George as in The Famous Five. Books, nice dinners, flowers, cats and rage against the state of things. Erstwhile publishing person.
Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social I write novels and stories . (Recentlyish: Lean Fall Stand.)
There is a Substack: https://classnotesbyjonmcgregor.substack.com/
Also learning Dutch - kom maar bij mij en nederlands met me spreken, alstublieft x
Nikesh Shukla @nikeshshukla.bsky.social Author. Wrote a Spider-Man comic. He wears a mask just to cover the raw flesh. A rather ugly brother with flows that’s gorgeous.
Sarah Savitt @sarahsavitt.bsky.social Mainly cats and books. Publisher of Virago Press.
Alison Barrow @alisonbarrow.bsky.social Book cheerleader, Bookshop fan, Reader. Often on book tour. UK publishing PR and events 📚 Penguin Random House 🐧
Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth |
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Goldsboro Books @goldsborobooks.bsky.social An award-winning independent bookshop with branches in London (23-27 Cecil Court) and Brighton (22b Ship Street) The book collectors bookseller.
Kishani Widyaratna @kishani.bsky.social Book bore
Publishing Dir, 4th Estate
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Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social Publishing Director of Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Books. Lover of the gripping & the gothic, the contemporary & the cunning. Comprehensive school girl in literary world. Easily bribed with a chocolate orange. 
Kate Barker @katebarker.bsky.social Literary agent. Always looking for something interesting. www.katebarker.net.
Truda Spruyt @trudaspruyt.bsky.social Cultural connector and communicator. Founder of Collective Wisdom. Www.collective-wisdom.co.uk
Kate ✨🐱 @magickitten.bsky.social ⛓️ https://linktr.ee/kate.neilan
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Serpent's Tail @serpents-tail.bsky.social Lighting up our readers' minds and opening spaces for them to think differently. Bringing you brilliant, award-winning new and classic fiction and non-fiction.
Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social a home of brilliant writing from across the decades and around the world (follow @dauntbooks.bsky.social for all things Daunt Books *shops*) 
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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
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