Edinburgh Festival Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world 🌎
07 - 31 August 2026
#edfringe
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Brendan Hutt @brendanhutt.bsky.social Chicago actor, singer, and stage violence practitioner (he/him)
SAG-AFTRA since 1984, non-Equity theatre professional since 1988
Ensemble member with Promethean Theatre Ensemble and Idle Muse Theatre Company
Support Chicago storefront theatre
@twohourstrafficdc.bsky.social @twohourstrafficdc.bsky.social 
Charlie O'Malley @charlesomalley.bsky.social writer, dramaturg, scorpio, dad, oaklander.
SHAKESPEARE'S MARGARET: THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF A WARRIOR QUEEN available now from @wwnorton.com
cwbomalley.com
Scott W. Stern @scottwstern.bsky.social Reader, writer, environmental lawyer. Books: The Trials of Nina McCall (2018); There Is A Deep Brooding in Arkansas (2025); Shakespeare’s Margaret (2026). Words: NYRB, TNR, WaPo, Atlantic, LARB, Jacobin, Baffler, etc. For more: www.scottwstern.com
Marissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social Renaissance literature, temporality, politics, material texts, historical recipes; Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play https://tinyurl.com/historical-futures
Emily Carding @emilycarding.bsky.social Actor, author, artist, mystic. Mostly made of Shakespeare, magic, immersive theatre and Tarot. Nerd.
#keyofdreams
#transparenttarot
#richardiii
#returntosilenthill
www.emilycarding.com
Washington, DC's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports a… @wusa9.com.web.brid.gy WUSA9.com is the official website for WUSA-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Washington, D.C.
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DC News Now @dcnewsnow.bsky.social Your source for news, weather, traffic, and sports in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Ross W. Duffin @rosswmd.bsky.social Music professor (retired) & author, tune detective, Canadian ex-pat
Pasadena CA & Washington DC
Melissa Rohrer @melrohrer.bsky.social Academic advisor at Kansas Stare University; former Assistant Professor of English; early modern literature; Shakespeare and drama; scandal and news culture; gender. Unapologetic cat lady.
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert @colbertlateshow.bsky.social Catch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert weeknights at 11:35pm ET on CBS and Paramount+ 📺 #Colbert linktr.ee/colbertlateshow
DC Writers Room @dcwritersroom.bsky.social Washington, DC's 24/7 co-working studio for writers located in the heart of Tenleytown
https://www.dcwritersroom.com/
The George Washington University @gwu1821.bsky.social Much has changed over 200 years. Our commitment to creating a greater world hasn't.
Challenge ideas. Shatter industry silos. And connect to the influencers making a difference inside and outside The Beltway.
📍Washington, DC (of course).
Phillip W. Serna, Double Bass, Baryton & Violas da Gamba @phillipwserna.com #DoubleBass #Baryton & #ViolaDaGamba | Founder Midweſt415 | Perf. Black Tulip, ViolMedium, et al | Fac. Valparaiso University, Elgin Community College, Wisconsin Lutheran College, et al https://ffm.bio/phillipwserna
Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social The diaries of Samuel Pepys in real time, 1660-69. Currently posting 1663. Run by @philgyford.bsky.social.
More at https://www.pepysdiary.com
Daily emails at buttondown.com/pepysdiary
Support at https://ko-fi.com/pepysdiary
Sam Bilton @mrssbilton.bsky.social Food Historian, Writer & Presenter of the award winning Comfortably Hungry podcast & also the A is for Apple https://linktr.ee/sambilton
Maria Cannon @mariacannon.bsky.social Historian of the family, life cycle, and emotions in early modern England currently working on life in blended families. Senior Lecturer at University of Portsmouth
Trending - World @trendingworld.bsky.social We post the main trending topics in the world every 30 minutes. There are usage tips in the pinned post @terraprotege.bsky.social
Rob Eastaway @robeastaway.bsky.social Author, speaker, Director of www.mathsinspiration.com, cricket-lover, dad. Friend of BBC R4's podcast More or Less. 
The So What @thesowhat.bsky.social A public-facing, digital publication focusing on the ‘whys’ and ‘so whats’ of medieval studies and pedagogy. Affiliated with Arthuriana.
Smithsonian Magazine @smithsonianmag.bsky.social Official feed for Smithsonian magazine. @ replies may be reprinted in the magazine. Legal: http://si.edu/Termsofuse
Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social Imaginaria, libraries, archives, book history, history of science, social/environmental justice, music, birds, plants, funny things
Water creature | she/her | Californian in northeastern US
Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social HS English teacher clinging to what the legendary Gwendolyn Brooks wrote: "we are each other's / harvest:" (yes, that line break feels heavier than ever these days)
Also: I share writings, resources + thoughts on education at thebrokencopier.substack.com!
DrAnnD @drannd.bsky.social Educator, intellectual freedom advocate, scholar, reader, writer, and lyricist. I knit, garden, and cook for instant gratification. Professor in title. Michigan expat in Texas. Typos make it bespoke. (Skeets my own.)
Picture This Post @picturethispost.com Theater - Music - Art - Dance - Film - Museums - Books - Travel
Previews, Interviews and Reviews -- Culture Reports in 20+ US Cities and Travel Reports Worldwide. https://www.picturethispost.com/
We also share updates on today's fight for democracy.
Jade Scott @huntingrebels.bsky.social Mary, Queen of Scots | Annas Keith | Lady Anne Percy | PI AHRC Scottish Women Letter-Writers 1480-1625 @ UofGlasgow History |
https://www.waterstones.com/book/captive-queen/dr-jade-scott/9781789296464
Also: dogs, horses, books
Dr. Danielle Rosvally @drosvally.bsky.social Shakespearean, fight director, actor, dramaturge. Assistant professor of theatre University at Buffalo.
Christopher W. Thurley, Ph.D. @thurleyc.bsky.social English professor. Anthony Burgess scholar. Author of “Anthony Burgess and America” (2025) [Manchester University Press].
Elizabeth Donald @edonald.bsky.social Author. Journalist. Professor. Photographer. Traveler. she/her
Member: #AWP, #AABB, #SPJ, #AuthorsGuild, more writing organizations than is healthy
https://linktr.ee/edonald
Politics and Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social So many books, so little time. Proud independent bookstore since 1984. 
Shakespeare Institute @shakesinstitute.bsky.social The University of Birmingham's dedicated Shakespeare research centre in Stratford-upon-Avon
Simply the best place in the world to study Shakespeare.
https://t.co/65CgPIMCOm
National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social The NHC is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing humanities research and teaching and encouraging appreciation for the humanities. nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Elizabeth Reese @elizamreese.bsky.social Historian of grief and public memory | Senior Manager of Interpretation at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House | Writing about Edwin Booth, celebrity, and grief | Author of Marquis de Lafayette Returns (History Press, 2024) |
www.elizabethmreese.com
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum @theatricum.bsky.social Summer Repertory Theatre, Classes & Events📍 Topanga, CA
1419 N Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga, California 90290
linktr.ee/theatricum
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival @stlshakesfest.bsky.social Free Shakespeare in Forest Park since 2001.
2025 Season Coming Soon!
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company @commshakes.bsky.social Artistic Excellence, Accessibility, and Education.
Boston, MA
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company @cincyshakes.bsky.social Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is a resident ensemble theatre company bringing Shakespeare and the Classics to life for all.
1195 Elm Street, Cincinnati 45202
linktr.ee/cincyshakes
Jamie Gemmell @jamie-gemmell.bsky.social Historian of the Atlantic World - working on race and slavery in early modern London | PhD Researcher, KCL History | Assistant Director, KCL CEMS | 🏳️🌈 | https://jamiegemmell.com/
McGill University @mcgill.ca Over 200 years of great education, excellent research, in service to society.
🔗 www.mcgill.ca
HAMLET EU Project @hamleteuproject.bsky.social An EU-funded project bringing AI to the CCIs. Through HAMLET's Hub, artists, creative directors, writers, game developers, and AI experts co-create with tools for adaptive storytelling, dance analysis, 3D assets and more. https://hamlet-project.eu/
Al Letson @alletson.bsky.social Podcast/radioHost of @Revealnews & More to the Story. TV: Creator & CoShowrunner Kingmaker for @Starz Comicbooks: Mister Terrific for @dcofficial
Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social Tries to write. You can see how that's working out. Harvard Law School '07
Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social James Beard Award (The Cooking Gene) and National Jewish Book Award (Koshersoul) winning author, culinary historian (Rice and Recipes from the American South) and historic interpreter, African- American, Jewish, LGBT public figure.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
@7agestheatricals.bsky.social @7agestheatricals.bsky.social 
Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and Anima Rising (released May 2025).
Meryl Faiers @merylf.bsky.social Early modern commercial London theatre; the King’s Women: discovering the wives, sisters & daughters at the heart of Shakespeare’s acting company.
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Historian of Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9632-1068
Caffeinated Nancy @sodascouts.bsky.social Professor of English.
alyssa sanford @alyssasanford.bsky.social senior publicist at princeton up // just here for the coffee 
jbessmor @jbessmor.bsky.social Ph.D., history of slavery & gendered violence. Moved here from the other place. Navigating finishing a book. In solidarity with other researchers who have lost funding. Dog person, obviously.
Brian J. Easley @brianjeasley.bsky.social Texatuckian in mideast America. Producer of docs on Steven Fromholz & Shawn Phillips. VP of @idruthergoto.bsky.social. Board Member. Past Chair of World Kentucky. Combat-Disabled Iraq Veteran. DePaul, Trinity Washington, & UofL alum.
www.brianjeasley.com
Virginia Reinburg @vreinburg.bsky.social Historian. Feminist. Boston. France. Hawai’i. Author of Storied Places (Cambridge UP 2019). Abolish ICE
Maíra Mendes Galvão @mmendesgalvao.bsky.social Translator. PhD candidate @ UMass Amherst. Early Modern Iberia, Translation Theory, Premodern Women. FLAD/BNP Summer Fellow 2025.
Celia Rodríguez Tejuca @tejuca.bsky.social habanera, cubana I postdoc at Brown I colonial Latin American art and culture I arts & sciences I she/ella
Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social Acq Editor for Lund Humphries; Brill; CEU Press. Founder, Art Herstory. Etsy shop, http://artherstorynotes.etsy.com
Joseph Sean @wadowicz.bsky.social Author, Marshes of the Ocean Shore. Avid hiker, cyclist, speaker, & Shakespeare savant. Plays tennis & loves music & drama. Traveled 'round the world twice via Machu Pichu, Uluru, Mt. Blanc, Hallstatt, Lake Baikal, Kyoto, Tahiti, Patagonia, & Guyana
Billy-in-Philly @billy-in-philly.bsky.social PhD in computational neuro-linguistics. Hoya. Science, Literature, Art, Travel. 30+ years Wing Chun. Finally finished Ulysses.
Jenny Shank @jennyshank.bsky.social Representing Jenkind. Writer, reader, eater. Books: MIXED COMPANY & THE RINGER. Teach: Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Words: The Atlantic, Washington Post, McSweeney’s. Newsletter: The Tumbleweed, jenny.shank.substack.com
Matilda Sidel @matildasidel.bsky.social she/her🫐🐚🪝
History PhD Student, Yale University
sixteenth-century Iberian empires, jurisdictional politics between land and sea
Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social Political theorist, political geographer, now mainly write on the history of ideas. Professor at University of Warwick, work on territory, Foucault, Lefebvre and new project on Indo-European thought in C20th France. https://progressivegeographies.com
Ginny Barbour @ginnybarbour.bsky.social Only my views but for full transparency, work is EiC Medical Journal of Australia, open science,co-chair DORA. Adjunct Prof, QUT. Not work: environment, running, would be singer and gardener Living on unceded Turrbal and Yuggera land in Meanjin/Brisbane
Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, recipe books, and the fine grain detail of Scottish royal revenue.
Website: https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
Natasha F. @natashaf.bsky.social 🇿🇦 Lecturer: Ancient Greek. Mainly Euripides & ancient tragedy, with forays into apocrypha and early Christian texts. Trying to bridge the worlds of Classics & NT studies, and thinking about how to get students excited about reading.
The British Broadcasting Century podcast @bbcentury.bsky.social Informing, educating + entertaining re British broadcasting's origin story: the first firsts of radio, early BBC, interwar bits & pieces + occasional pictures of Reith looking grumpy.
By paulkerensa.bsky.social
Podcast/tour/book: paulkerensa.com/oldradio
The History of European Theatre Podcast @thoetp.bsky.social A podcast tracing the development of theatre since the Ancient Greeks in more or less chronological order.
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Norah Vawter @norahvawter.bsky.social Fiction writer, journalist, and editor. Stories make us human. Kindness is the point. Cofounder and Fiction/Nonfiction Editor of Washington-Unbound.com Rep'd by Victress Literary. Find me at norahvawter.com
Norton Critical Editions @nortoncriticals.bsky.social A classic works reprint series by W. W. Norton & Company, Independent & Employee-Owned. Share what you're teaching & your dream NCEs! Read along with us here: https://seagull.wwnorton.com/nortoncriticaleditions
Adam Depew @depew.bsky.social From a universe of atoms, an Adam in the universe.
SANS ISSUE @sansissue.bsky.social Literature, Translation, Humanities
Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social Entered 4th year on the PhD Text, Practice as Research (part-time) program at the University of Kent. Presenting @bavs-uk.bsky.social at Liverpool University in July 2026: Gulliver in (Gul)liverpool on the Victorian Stage. #Gulliver #Victorian #theatre
Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
Maddy @madelinparsley.bsky.social writer / work in Ploughshares and Narrative Magazine
Mareile Pfannebecker @mareilep.bsky.social Renaissance literature and history of thought. Book on the way: Travel Humanism in C17 Literature (MUP)
American Printing History Association @printinghistory.bsky.social To encourage the study of printing history.
printinghistory.org
Andrew Prescott @ajprescott.bsky.social Hon Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Writes and researches on medieval history and manuscripts, archives, digital humanities, and the history of freemasonry. Heavily involved with the 'People of 1381' project: www.1381.online.
Colleen Sehy @colleensehy.bsky.social Writer, speaker, traveler, author of "Finding Shakespeare in America" and upcoming books "Finding Scotland in America" & "Finding Ireland in America," which explore Scottish & Irish history, culture, and heritage across America.
colleensehy.com
Paul E. Doniger @sirpauled.bsky.social Retired high school theatre and English teacher, playwright, actor, musician. Organic gardener.
NOTE: I won’t respond to “private messages” on social media unless I know you personally.
NOTE 2: I block anyone who uses abusive language or hateful speech.
Dr Rachel White @renaissancerach.bsky.social Career Development Fellow in Early Modern Literature at Durham University
Out now: Elizabethan Occult Poetics: Exploring Practice and Knowledge in English Poetry https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836244783
Holidaylicious @holidaylicious.bsky.social 🎉 Celebrate food & drink holidays
🗓 365 days of the year with Holiday World
💌 DM for collab or tag
😋 #holidaylicious #holidaylish #holidays365
🌍 #myholidayworld #holidaychannel
🔗www.myholidayworld.com
🔗www.myholidayworld.com/instascale
Thicket Newsletter @thicketnewsletter.bsky.social Thicket — a curiosity-led journal of the arts, humanities, and everyday wonder. Read on substack!
Curated by Laura Steavenson. Based in Japan.
https://readthicket.substack.com/
Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social Postdoc at Cambridge working between book history & early modern lit. Current project 'Provenance: early modern books in time'
Volunteer for Abortion Support Network
Book: Hans Sloane’s Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge (CUP)
Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark, BLClark.
📷 by Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com
Santa Rosa, California
https://benjaminlclark.com
James Russell @profjrussell.bsky.social Medieval and Early Modern Book Historian, (Print Culture and the History of Reading) Adjunct at Rio Salado College, Improviser, (he/him)
Jeopardy! @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social Watch Pop Culture Jeopardy! on Netflix 🍿
Stream Jeopardy! on Hulu & Peacock 💙
The Wisdom Pedlars, Antiquarian Book Auctions @wisdompedlars.bsky.social Weekly Rare & Antiquarian Book Auctions Since 2003
BOOK AUCTIONS END EVERY SUNDAY 8pm (UK Time)
#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #earlymodern
#bibliophile #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
Best New Authors @bestnewauthors.bsky.social Discover the best new voices in fiction and beyond. Curated lists, debut picks, and bold recommendations for curious readers.
https://www.bestnewauthors.com/
Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture @proverbialculture.bsky.social Account for the AHRC-funded project, Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture.
https://earlymodernproverbs.co.uk/
CBS Sunday Morning @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social The award-winning morning news program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
Anglia Ruskin University @angliaruskin.bsky.social THE University of the Year 2023
Anglia Ruskin University has campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Writtle and Peterborough. Need help? Email answers@anglia.ac.uk
MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social The Medieval & Early Modern Research Network sponsored by CHASE DTP (AHRC). We provide a supportive and relaxed space for academic collaboration between postgraduate students. DM us and join the mailing list!
https://linktr.ee/chasememrn
Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (#TTRPG digital storytelling performance) (MIT)
ecfriedman.com
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social The Early Modern History subject group at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge | News about conferences, seminars, workshops, publications, and more
Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social The only journal devoted solely to the interdisciplinary and global study of women and gender spanning the late medieval through early modern periods. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/current
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social The CMRS brings together staff and students from across the University of Edinburgh studying the medieval and Renaissance periods.
Find out more at https://hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medieval-renaissance/seminars-and-events/seminars