Jason Bentsman @jasonbentsman.bsky.social Wayfaring Writer & Photographer
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Gaylestorming @gaylestorming.bsky.social Writer, reader, coffee drinker…dark brews & dark chocolate. A cozy horror creative searching for my place in the universe. 19th Annual Writer’s Digest poetry award winner 🏅 USAF Veteran
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GordMcF @gordlord.bsky.social Retired multi interested. Love history and languages. Trying to learn Irish. Tá mé ag foghlaim na Gaeilge.
Zach @zhackry.bsky.social Progressive, gay and outspoken. Nurse to be. Michigan native. Politics.
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🇨🇦 🏴Wilma @wfergie.bsky.social Avid reader. Seawall walker. West Coast sailor. Retired Law Librarian. Proud Canadian. Elbows still up. Hoping for an Independent Scotland and the Reunification of Ireland in my lifetime.
ChiliDishGambino @chilidishgambino.bsky.social 40, autistic, movie & book freakazoid. just trying to survive the rough n tumble post-or-perish world.
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
Martha Rivers Porado @marthaporado.bsky.social Editor of the independent, go-to news source for Canada’s doctors and pharmacists: CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca, online home of the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice + Business magazines #MedSky
I've seen more movies than you.
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Gena Gibson @genagibson.bsky.social I own a really small newspaper, I write, I do crafts, I watch hockey, and I could really get something done if I spent less time on this ridiculous phone.
Preston Muir @terolusfantasy.bsky.social I wrote a short, no-nonsense guide for men who want to get their life together—fast. If you’re tired of wasting time, go buy it. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2XC6BP
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Lara Maynard 🫐 @laralou.bsky.social Newfoundland, NL, Canada
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Wanda Carmel @wandacarmel.bsky.social License Clinical Social Worker (Therapist) (LCSWR)
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Brendan Rogan @rogiebren.bsky.social “Blue skies, brighter vibes.” Took a trip over to see if this place really is the bright side. Good people always wanted. Hate can move on 🙏🙌📸👌
JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁 @jvlart.bsky.social Apparently my "Freedom 55" will be dying in the Canadian insurgency. Did not have that on my life bingo card. Forever a Bluenoser. GenX. Divorced. Buddhist.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Tomer Rozenberg @tomer-rozenberg.com Founder of Agora
Democracy, Redefined for the Digital Age
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Joseph Lane @mrjoe.bsky.social Hairy Canadian mammal cursed with anxiety and the burden of unanswerably large questions. Squirrel!
CapeBretonGent.bsky.social @capebretongent.bsky.social Father, Husband, retired Elementary Teacher, Canadian🇨🇦, lover of hockey and baseball (Leafs/Jays), music, books, all things Cape Breton, especially a hot cup of tea. Blogger at www.tommacinneswriter.com Believer that love and kindness are kinda important.
Mayor Bert Xanadu @moviemayor.bsky.social It's circa 1973. I am Mayor of Toronto and owner of the Imperial Six cinemas. Now on sale: I OWN THIS TOWN: THE MAYOR BERT XANADU XANTHOLOGY spacingstore.bsky.social
Ken Wilson @therealkenwilson.bsky.social Writer, walker, lover of native grassland.
My book, Walking the Bypass: Notes On Place From the Side of the Road, is available now from University of Regina Press in Canada and New York University Press in the US.
readingandwalking.ca
kenwilsonwriter.ca
ariel⸆⸉ (is writing a novel) @ariel.swifties.social 30s | she/her | swiftie | weedlor | pagan | hockey enthusiast | writer | mental health advocate
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS 🏳️⚧️
Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social Independent Journalist | IT Engineer | Advocate for Peace, Democracy & Social Justice | Son of a farmer who works in the fields. | Motherland & land of duty, Nepal. 🇳🇵 | Father of 18 orphaned daughters. | A person who enjoys doing social service.
Neil Shooter @neilshooter.bsky.social I'm a writer. I can't help it. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. Inspiration is everywhere!
#writeon
I write on Substack and Medium.
My stories are at Smashwords, Draft2Digitial, and other ebook retailers!
I edit on Fiverr and sell on Etsy.
#Never51
Dr. Travis Langley @drtravislangley.bsky.social Batman & Psychology author, Popular Culture Psychology editor, psych professor/chair, social psychologist, Wheel of Fortune champ. Teach on media, crime, mental health.
16 books, most recently on Stranger Things, Spider-Man, The Handmaid's Tale.
#blue
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.
Jaana Uolamo @jaanauolamo.bsky.social Finnish opinion writer and columnist. Raised in Sweden; dual citizen. Co-author of "GoldenHeart II: We Are Your Family" on Amazon in 2021.
Portfolio:
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Clickworlddaily · by Jon @clickworlddaily.bsky.social ✍️Writing for those who feel deeply, but quietly.
Moments that linger, questions that stay. Nurse grad, postgrad in HR & Soc. Serv. Manag, working in HR.
Collector of silences, seeker of meaning.
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@whatisabeau.bsky.social @whatisabeau.bsky.social Author of children’s book at age 72
Love to be Canadian 🇨🇦
Never stop believing ✌️
What is a Beau? by Deborah Grey
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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social I am Luke Parnell, I play and design board and card games. I have been a professional artist for 20 years, avid hiker and northerner.
While this space will centre on board game design I will also show my art practice.
Simon Vigneault @silexvi.bsky.social Writer and translator
https://theinfinitelivingroom.com/
@artofterm.bsky.social @artofterm.bsky.social Artist of terms, sometimes a seller of sentences.
Some Random Monk @phranicholas.bsky.social Educator. Community builder. ☸️ monk. Tragically woke. Race traitor. Tends not to reply to DMs. https://linktr.ee/phranicholas
Michelle Wren @michellewren204.bsky.social ❤️ Books, gatos, nature, travel, being creative, cooking, coffee, cocktails
Enjoy genealogy (family tree in progress), politics, history, sports COYS, Jays, Bombers 📸
🇨🇦 MB Femme warrior
Sarcastic pessimist at heart.
Nice is overrated. Kindness is key
Bob Cullen @robertgcullen1.bsky.social An information professional who also happens to be a historian, writer, and reader. I wish all of you who have likewise landed here a wealth of peace and goodness!
Nancy Marguerite Anderson @margueritehbc.bsky.social Writer of Hudson's Bay Company history west of the Rocky Mountains. Learn more about my books at https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nancy-marguerite-anderson/ I live in beautiful #Victoria, #BC
@hypotyposeis.bsky.social @hypotyposeis.bsky.social My curiosity winds through all the humanities, art, justice, STEM, & the natural world. I’m captivated by the stories we tell, the systems we shape, and am committed to alchemically weaving those threads into meaningful action. 🚫 DMs
KCXO @kcxo.bsky.social Noodles with synths. 🎛🎹
Photographs with phone. 📸📞
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Great Big Thing @tracetrait.eurosky.social First gen., Canadian expat in Denmark. Half Ukrainian. Half English/French. Science enthusiast, vizsla cognoscenti, wool manipulator. 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇺🇦
Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social Interested in everything you have to say. 🇨🇦 Learning every day.
Ian Robert Ross @ianrobertross.com Writer and artist from the Miramichi, now living in Ottawa, Canada.
Maritimer by blood, Upper Canadian by postal code.
Author of the epic fantasy 'Crown of Caphedra'.
Website: https://www.ianrobertross.com/
Halifax Regional Municipality @hfxgov.bsky.social Official account for the Halifax Regional Municipality. Not monitored 24/7. Need help? Call 311 or email contactus@311.halifax.ca. Call 911 for emergencies.
S France Thomason @france-thomason.bsky.social only thinks straight after tea✨Shortlisted in 2026 #IAmInPrint Commercial Fiction Competition ✨🌈✨Yeovil Literary Prize LL 2025 ✨3rd in 2024 #IAmInPrint SFF competition✨ @cbcreative alumna
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Wrenni | Alt Pop @wrennimusic.bsky.social For the gays, the theys and the feels
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
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Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
Age of Tempest @age-of-tempest.bsky.social I'm Edgar Blackwood, fantasy author and worldbuilder.
Age of Tempest is a fantasy series for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF), Malazan, and Realm of the Elderlings!
Read RUSTBORN for free: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rustborn-chapter-128138429
Fourth Act Fantasy @fourthact.ink Publisher of Sci-Fi and Fantasy ⚔️🚀🇨🇦 Crafting stories, forging worlds.
Learn more at https://fourthact.ink/
Start reading Age of Tempest on Patreon
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Leslie Levings @leslielevings.bsky.social Leslie Levings makes art, writes, runs a creative retreat, and has a few cats. https://linktr.ee/leslielevings
Jill Terlep @jillterlep.bsky.social Author 📚 (SCBWI - PAL). NCHMA Analyst + 📊 Economic Editor. ❤️Wife+Mom+Dog-Lover❤️ Boilermaker! 💛🖤 Querying MG 📖
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Mellie @mellieknits.bsky.social Knitter, cat lover, and reader of books.
Montreal 🇨🇦
@dontcallmeshirley1.bsky.social @dontcallmeshirley1.bsky.social Dog lover. Food lover. And lover of all things Haligonian.
🍁 Dan McNeil @danmcneilwrites.bsky.social 🍁🚫DMs - NO DMs! | 🚫MAGA | Bacon, ribs, musician & writer | Author of CAN'T BUY ME LOVE and future banned book THE JUDAS APOCALYPSE | Fuck maga | VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO | 🍁🍁🍁 Proud Nasty Canadian 🍁🍁🍁
@troycap.bsky.social @troycap.bsky.social 
Beats & Balance @beatsnbalance.bsky.social Community. Creativity. Liberation.
🎙Check out our Podcast- available on all platforms.
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Melinay @melinayyyyy.bsky.social 
BW @wittur.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction and thrillers about #AI, #fakenews, #animalcommunication and more. Media critic. Progressive politics.
Father, Husband, Earthling (maybe).
Warning: #CPC trolls will be blocked or replied to with actual facts.
SideEye Sam @sideeyesam.bsky.social 🌊The Resistance will see you now #FBR @anandwrites.bsky.social is my spirit animal. Res ipsa sucks ♡ Sparks will fly ♡ DMs at your peril
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social Journalists (Ed Krassenstein & Brian Krassenstein) - Fighting hate, lies and tackling conspiracy theories.
IMPORTANT Substack Updates: http://krassencast.com
CrankyGoat 🇨🇦 @crankygoat.bsky.social Vancouver Islander, introvert and outdoor enthusiast who loves hiking, kayaking, rowing, canicross, rucking, natural sciences, environmental ecology, art and reading a good book cuddled with our dog. Life is meant to be savoured … not hurried along.
In The Red on 101.7 FM CHLY Nanaimo @intheredcanada.bsky.social ITR broadcasts stellar Canadian rock music every Wednesday from 8 - 10 PM Pacific on 101.7 FM CHLY #Nanaimo, #BritishColumbia on traditional Snuneymuxw territory. Stream us at CHLY.ca/listen or on the TuneIn app 🎙️🎶
Elbows up, eh? 🍁
Robyn 🍁 @ladyoftheisle.bsky.social She/Her. Canadian. Anti-racist. Intersectional feminist. Vegan. Cat mum. VIU BA & RRU MA alum. Instructional Designer. Radio Host & Producer. Music, movie, and pop culture enthusiast. ‘80s nostalgic. Podcast connoisseur.
VIVE LE CANADA 🍁
Susan Knecht Author @susankne.bsky.social Novelist. New literary thriller forthcoming October 2025 from #seacrowpress!
www.susanknechtauthor.com
https://linktr.ee/sknecht
No DM’s please
Block Shop Books @blockshopbooks.bsky.social Women/Queer-owned curated bookstore connecting people with great new books. A safe space.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Mon-Sat 10-5 Sun 11-4
Co-owned by - author Jo Treggiari
125 Montague Street, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia B0J 2C0
www.blockshopbooks.ca
Hank Ering 🇨🇦💙🌊 @hank-ering.bsky.social 🌊2026! I support equity and compassion for all. Democracy is essential for peace and prosperity. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸
Agnostic Atheist.
Stop the Gazan Genocide.
Annual fantasy football victim.
Is he dead yet?
I follow back. Blocks follows if no bio or posts. No DMs.
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social -Field: IT Systems Engineering (16+ yrs)
-Financial/Culture/Class Equality Advocate.
-Not selling, buying or advertising anything.
-I do this shit for free because I want change.
-I don't trust DMs.
-We're at war, let's work on fixing things by any means.
Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social Entertainer, opinionator, lover of pets. 
Rich Holmes @fablecorp.bsky.social Ex-Navy. Ex-athlete. Ex-X (kinda funny). Philosopher. Master debater. Jack-of-all-Trades, Master of some. Historian. Writer. Broke Philanthropist. Supporter of Civil Rights. Believer in meritocracy. Realist to moderate Woke. 🚫MAGA 🚫PORN 🚫CRYPTO 🚫DM
Magpie Miller @magpiemiller.bsky.social A.K.A.: Kim. See also: poems; books; trees (fruit & family); Appalachia (east TN, KY). Likewise, melodious felines, unfounded optimism. Confounding hounds. Further reading: science-adjacent, spirit-curious. Vintage. Allergies: DMs, bigots.
Sean Paul Bedell @seanpaulbedell.bsky.social father, husband, fountain pen user, horibell spelar, retired paramedic, former firefighter, lover of Canadian Literature. My novel, Shoebox, is coming soon to your favourite bookseller. www.seanpaulbedell.ca
Joe Colacrai @ageofuprising.bsky.social Walt Disney Imagineer, Singer/Songwriter, Aspiring Author
Wendy Lawson (she/they) @mntraveler.bsky.social About me!
🎨✂️🧶crafty crochet
😺 cat mom
🥾🍄 forager
💙 human rights
🏳️🌈 lgbtq ally
🧘♀️ yoga
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🧠 AuDHD brain
📚 reader, life long learner
🚙 full time RVer, digital nomad
⛄MN domicile
✊🏾 BIPOC ally
🌻 gardener
☮️ deconstructing from Christianity
Jan M. Leotti @janmleotti.bsky.social Short story and novel writer, finding my voice, sharing my journey. I love mysteries, ghostly tales, and stories steeped in folklore. Hunter of fine hot cocoa. Published in several literary magazines, so far.
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social Comedian. The Field Trip and They're Coming to Get You podcasts. It’s satire.
Dear Neighbo(u)r 🇨🇦 @dearneighborshow.bsky.social Cross-border political commentary (and sass) unpacking what connects us. Support Canadian creators—subscribe!
youtube.com/@DearNeighborShow
#CdnPoli #UsPoli
DM De Alwis @dmdealwis.bsky.social Author 🇨🇦🇱🇰🍀 In this life or the next... blending mythology with fantasy. I also write Children's books.🦁👹 Myths& Samsara podcast. https://dmdealwis.com/quick-links/
2nd-generation Canadian; open-source circles know me as dcor.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com