@maxinemcarthur.bsky.social @maxinemcarthur.bsky.social 
Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social Associate Professor at ANU who writes about – and sometimes sings – ballads about executions, disasters, military conflicts & politics from the 16th to the 19th century. Personal website: unamcilvenna.com
Dave Versace @daveversace.bsky.social Some guy from Canberra. Writes a bit. Games a bit. Tries not to become infuriated with the state of the world or go outside. Likes dogs. Trans rights are human rights. Science doesn't care about your beliefs. ACAB. AWAWB.
Dirk Strasser @dirkstrasser.bsky.social Fantasy, science fiction & horror writer, editor, publisher and blogger. Author of CONQUIST and THE BOOKS OF ASCENSION.
www.dirkstrasser.com
Lesley Downer @lesleydowner.bsky.social Writer, Japan hand, keen yoga buff. 2 handstands a day!
Carolyn Hughes - Author @carolynhughes.bsky.social Writer of #medieval #histfic series THE MEONBRIDGE CHRONICLES. Conflict & betrayal, but also community & love: everyday life in the 14thc. Garden lover. Francophile.
Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social Northerner. Author of #HistoricalFiction - formerly known as @swiftstory on that other place - 21 books, keep changing historical eras, currently in WW2 Shanghai - THE ENEMY'S WIFE is out now!
Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social Australia's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine, est. 1990.
Subscriptions only $25USD. https://aurealis.com.au
Monissa @islandhopping.bsky.social Takes lots of photos
Writes lots of fantasy
Tries to write other stuff. Not very successfully
Grows killer plants
Autistic
Cranky.
www.monissa.com
Note: Some posts auto-post from Mastodon & the formatting/threading is odd. I'm learning to do it better.
Radosław Kot @radoslawkot.bsky.social 
Lucas Mattila @lucas-mattila.bsky.social Literary Scholar of Vibes, Speculative Fiction, Teacher, Writer, Tabletop Gamer, 🌹, VAMO.
Australian Studies - University of Cologne
Anglophone World Literature - University of Dusseldorf
Jack Dann @jackdann.bsky.social Writer, editor, anthologist
Peter Binkley @pbinkley.code4lib.social.ap.brid.gy a digital scholarship technologies librarian, interested in stuff like IIIF and minimal computing, research uses of local LLMs, also pre-digital history of similar […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://code4lib.social/@pbinkley, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
DHJewish Project @dhjewish.bsky.social The #DHJewish website aggregates news, events, projects + more about #JewishStudies and #DigitalHumanities. Eds by @gerbenzaagsma.bsky.social and @mmargolis.bsky.social. Hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH).
VE Frankel @vefrankel.bsky.social College writing instructor and homeschool educator 🍎 Books 📚, scifi-fantasy 🪐, education 📐, authoring 📝 ✡️ https://athenasacademy.com/courses
Ali Kayn (Nightstorm) @nightstorm.bsky.social Editor of Festivale Online Magazine, writer of tech, reviews, travel based in Melbourne, Australia.
Graham Storrs @graywave.bsky.social I'm a sci-fi writer (a crime writer, sometimes) and all-round nerd. I live in a beautiful bush block in Australia with my wife and so many cats I've lost count. For an old white guy, I'm pretty damned woke.
Lynne Lumsden Green @lynnelumsdengreen.bsky.social Writer, book-lover, Science Fiction fangirl, Steampunk Enthusiast, reader, author, Fantasy fangirl, Whovian, Trekker, Star Wars fan, Discworld Forever, Zoologist, Graphic Novels RULE, Environmentalist, Dinosaur fan, and did I mention I own a lot of books.
Liz @lizgrzyb.bsky.social Traveller, bellydancer, librarian, champagne-lover, reader, sewist, frequent flyer, D&D-er, costume-maker, silk-dyer, teacher, clay-enthusiast and gardener. Yes, I have a lot of hobbies.
Catherine Butler @catherine-butler.bsky.social Literary academic, children's novelist, Japan enthusiast, Bristolian by convincement.
Elana Gomel @mor1233.bsky.social I am a writer. I have lived in 5 countries (including one that no longer exists), written 6 novels, and 160 stories (more, actually, but who’s counting?). And when I am not writing fantasy and horror, I am writing about fantasy and horror written by others
Wendy Waring @wendywaring.bsky.social writer, editor, prof, traductrice
Queer ecofiction novel forthcoming @Stelliform.press: The Hunger of Those Who Built It
🌹 grew up in the Hammer, raising rabble world-wide 🌹
she | they | dr 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🇦🇺 🇫🇷
Queen's | UofT | ISTI | Clarion
Alex Shvartsman @alexshvartsman.bsky.social Bookwright & raconteur. Editor of the Unidentified Funny Objects annual anthology series. 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction winner. Cheesy humorist.
www.alexshvartsman.com
Nice Jewish Books Podcast @nicejewishbooks.bsky.social On this podcast, we will chat about Jewish literature, genre fiction, works in translation, etc. As long as a book has a Jewish theme, it’s a candidate for our show! This is a project of the Association of Jewish Libraries
Jewish Book Council @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social Nonprofit organization
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/
🎉 #NationalJewishBookAwards
🗣JBC Network—platform for authors to connect with programmers
📘PAPER BRIGADE—annual print #litmag
📖Book reviews + essays
Jewish Review of Books @jewishreviewbooks.bsky.social A quarterly magazine of Jewish criticism, religion, and culture and monthly web-exclusive reviews and essays.
Subscribe at https://www.ezsubscription.com/jrb/subscribe
BookishlyJewish @bookishlyjewish.bsky.social Jewish creatives reviewing Jewish books
https://linktr.ee/bookishlyjewish
Chaz Brenchley @chazbrenchley.bsky.social ...so I've been a professional writer since I was 18, and I just applied for my UK state pension, so I have officially made it all the way through adulthood without ever having a day-job other than writing. Mostly genre fiction: SFFH, crime, etc.
Michael Scott Author @flamelauthor.bsky.social Author of the New York Times' bestselling series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel http://dillonscott.com 
Carrie Vaughn @carrievaughnco.bsky.social The real Carrie Vaughn! Bestselling award winning writer, werewolf psychologist and big nerd. Latest is THE NATURALIST SOCIETY. Check it out!
Carolyn Denman @cdenman.bsky.social Aussie fantasy author with a thing for wildlife conservation & Vegemite spread thickly over hot buttered Mauritian farata.
https://carolyndenman.com/
Simon Haynes @spacejock.bsky.social Full time author (Hal Spacejock series, etc), programmer (yWriter). Gamer (Elite Dangerous!), handyman, woodworker, sim racer.
Cynical optimist.
Isobelle Carmody @firecatz.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, wonderer and wanderer.
Deborah Biancotti @deborahbiancotti.substack.com Writer. Idealist. Insomniac. Humanist. Feminist. Cynic. Storyteller. Truth teller. Wannabe. || Adventure stories for grown-up women. || Rocaberti + Stowe alum. || I miss LiveJournal and Clubhouse. || Sydney, Australia.
Sue Bursztynski @greatraven.bsky.social Children’s writer, teacher, librarian living in Melbourne with a balcony garden and thousands of books. No DM unless I ask, please. I will unfollow if you do.
@afoxintasmania.bsky.social @afoxintasmania.bsky.social 
Daniel Braum @danielbraum.bsky.social Author of the Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales from Cemetery Dance and other books of the strange, uncanny, and phantasmagorical. Host of the Night Time Logic reading and interview series on You Tube. Phantom Constellations launches Nov 15th 2025.
Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social Social historian. Devoted to archives, including their social histories. Easily distracted by women's history, local politics (Oceania), and methodologies.
TLDR: Geek.
www.colourfulhistories.com.au
@joehaldeman.bsky.social @joehaldeman.bsky.social 
Pat Cadigan @patcadigan.bsky.social SF/fantasy/horror/whatever writer living in London, defying the odds & kicking the sh!t out of terminal cancer. ‘Heaven doesn’t want me & Hell’s afraid I’ll take over.’ 
Garth Nix @garthnix.bsky.social Author. Many books, including SABRIEL, the five other Old Kingdom novels; THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON and sequels; THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series, lots more. And stories. Adult SF/horror MASSIF out Sept 2026. www.garthnix.com
Peter M. Ball @petermball.bsky.social Genrepunk. Writing/Publishing Nerd. Writing neo-pulp stories at GenrePunk Books and publishing outstanding genre fiction at BrainJarPress. He/him.
Glenda Larke @glendalarke.bsky.social SFF Novelist (14 trad published books, latest THE TANGLED LANDS), West Australian, environmentalist, birder, have lived in Vienna, Tunisia, Malaysia as well as W.Australia. Also found on Facebook as Glenda Noramly. Aussie writer.
Nicky Strickland @lunaquirks.bsky.social I'm a storyteller. Through words and art, I play in worlds where the fantastical is part of our own. She/her
Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social Romance author, romance scholar. Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature & Culture at Deakin (Naarm/Melbourne). My newest rom-com, A Study In Sparkling, is out now.
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch @kristinerusch.bsky.social Award-winning, bestselling writer and editor. Visit me at kriswrites.com
Dr Michelle Anya Anjirbag-Reeve @anjirbaguette.bsky.social UK based. Disney/fairy tale adaptation/deep stories/literature/libraries/culture. she/her
same handle on the hellbirb; not sure how much I'll be here
Insta: @michelle_anya; www.michelleanjirbag.com
Alex @random-alex.bsky.social I am and have been many things. 
Stephanie Gunn @stephaniegunn.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer, Aurealis and Norma K Hemming Award winner. Chronically ill, neurodivergent. She/her
stephaniegunn.com
Götz @goetzkluge.bsky.social snrk.de
※ Snark hunting: @snarkhunt.bsky.social
※ SNARK! card game: @snark.games
※ Pareidolia is a tool for artists: @munterlinden.bsky.social
Location: Grand Fenwick
David McDonald @sercamaris.bsky.social Mild mannered editor by day, wild eyed writer by night. Fablecroft. Clan Destine Press. Moonstone. Black Coat Press. Harper Collins. Marvel. SFWA. HWA. IAMTW. Not here for an echo chamber: follows≠endorsement.
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
AlmaAlexander @almaalexander.bsky.social Duchess of Fantasy (http://www.AlmaAlexander.org)
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AlmaAlexander
browse my books: https://shorturl.at/t00Mw
She/her
Gio Clairval @gioclair.bsky.social Writer from Paris and Lake Como
http://gioclairval.blogspot.com/p/stories.html?m=1
Pauli Kidd @pauli-kidd.bsky.social Author, games designer, dancer, transgender activist.
An avid player of role playing games and miniatures. Check out my games review channel on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/@laceandsteelchannel?si=Y8TZTyKoQ3ALXHBH
Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social Writer. https://sueburke.site/
The Middle Ages in Modern Games @midagesmodgames.bsky.social Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @john_chu@wandering.shop 
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
postmedieval @postmedieval.bsky.social postmedieval is an award-winning journal bringing medieval and modern into productive critical relation.
For queries, postmedievalED (at) gmail (dot) com.
https://linktr.ee/postmedieval
Arthuriana @arthurianajrnl.bsky.social The Journal of Arthurian Studies
https://www.arthuriana.com/
Parergon Journal @parergon.bsky.social Peer-reviewed antipodean medieval and early modern studies journal, always open for submissions. Owned by ANZAMEMS.bsky.social, tweeted by mattfirth.bsky.social.
Monash Medieval & Renaissance Studies @monashcmrs.bsky.social Community of Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Monash University, Australia. The past is not as distant as you imagine.
(Banner: Lincoln County Archives, BNLW 1/1/55/1; Profile pic: Monash, Bischoff frag. 002, MS 1821) Skeets by KN.
Janice Liedl @jliedl.bsky.social Historian at Laurentian University (Canada). Researching early modern crime and urban women's lives, but I can never stay away from questions of popular culture & history. Gamer, fan, fibre artist.
Pamela Sargent @pamsargent.bsky.social Writer and anthologist, and past winner of Nebula Award and Locus Award.
Eric Choi (蔡文信) @aerospacewriter.bsky.social Aerospace engineer, award-winning writer and editor. Born in Hong Kong (香港). Made in Canada (加拿大). www.aerospacewriter.ca
@josephtoltz.bsky.social @josephtoltz.bsky.social 
Marguerite @marguerites.bsky.social Soprano, tech person, fan conrunner. Not usually in that order. 
Gillian Wyrd @gillidigg.bsky.social 3 sugar gliders in an artsy summer dress, pretending to be human. I sleep, a lot.
Juliet Marillier @julietmarillier.bsky.social Writer of historical fantasy, including the Sevenwaters and Blackthorn & Grim series. Winner of quite a few awards for writing. When not reading, writing or doing grandmother duties, I look after a small pack of rescue dogs. 
Alicia Wanstall-Burke ~ Author @aliciawanstallb.bsky.social Writer of books • Archer of arrows • Roman historian in training • Doing everything wrong, all of the time 🤣
👉 https://linktr.ee/AliciaWanstallBurke
Helen Lowe @helenlowe.bsky.social I'm a novelist, poet, & lover of story. Author of the award-winning "Thornspell" (Knopf) & "The Wall Of Night" series (Voyager,US; Orbit,UK.)
Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden @igdjhh.bsky.social Gegründet 1966. Forschung, Lehre und Bibliothek zu jüdischer Geschichte in Hamburg. Projekte zu Geschichte und Gegenwart des deutschsprachigen Judentums, Digital History u.v.m.: IGdJ-hh.de
Mirren Hogan/ Maggie Alabaster @mirrenhogan.bsky.social Kind is the new cool.
Avril Sabine @avrilsabine.bsky.social Australian author of mainly young adult and children's speculative fiction, including urban fantasy and LitRPG.
https://www.avrilsabine.com
Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social Student. Writer. Nerd.
Alison Goodman @alisongoodman.bsky.social Australian author of 9 novels including The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies and its upcoming sequel The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin.
I drink too much coffee & cannot click my fingers (frustrating since my fave musical is West Side Story).
Trent Jamieson @trentonomicon.bsky.social He/him/his
Author of the novels Stone Road, Day Boy, the Death Works series, and the Roil Duology. Also the picture books The Giant and the Sea, and Mr Impoppable. Co-creator with Brent Wilson of the Frog, Log and Dave graphic novels (Bk1 out March 2025)
Alex Adsett @alexadsett.bsky.social Australian literary agent, publishing consultant and avid reader. 
mdepierres @mdepierres.bsky.social 
ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton) In 2030 @edmontonin2030.bsky.social We want to invite the SFF fandom world to ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), also known as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 2030… www.edmontonin2030.org
Ignyte Award-Nominated Writer/Editor LP Kindred @lpkindred.bsky.social Citizen of the Wildeeps! Writer Editor Podcaster TeachingArtisr of Speculative Fiction! Words in Apex, Fiyah, Anathema, Prismatic, Escape Pod, PodCastle. Ghost Class/Clarion c/o 2030-2022. Just Keep Writing co-host. Art Institute Chicago BFAW c/o 2027.
Stephanie Trigg @stephanietrigg.bsky.social Medievalist trying to live a good life on Wurundjeri land and sometimes on Gulidjan/Gadubanud land.
David Cake @davecake.bsky.social Internet governance, InfoSec, science fiction, ttrpgs, occult weirdness, modular synthesizers, and more. He/him. 
Nicole Hayes @nicolehayes.bsky.social PhD. YA author (Penguin Random) jnr fiction (Hardie Grant) non-fiction (Black Inc / The Guardian). Podcaster with The Outer Sanctum / The Writers' Retreat. Living on Wurundjeri land with 2 humans & 1 dog. She/her. https://linktr.ee/nicolehayes
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Kate Savage @katesavage66.bsky.social Kindness, photography, and reading make me happy. 
Nancy Springer @nancythespringer.bsky.social Lifelong fiction writer no longer keeping track of her foreign publications or awards. Have adored horses since childhood and see no reason to change. Like dogs, cats, and other living things, only exception being maybe mosquitos.
Ju Landéesse (Transcendancing) @transcendancing.bsky.social Queer poly feminist, midwife and cultural theorist, geeky fangirl, and sensualist with a heart as wide as starlight. (she/her/they) 
Lindy Cameron @loucam.bsky.social Genre writer of crime, sf and historical fiction; crazy cat human with dogs too; Xena fan; publisher of Clan Destine Press; founding member and current VP of Sisters in Crime Australia.
Sally (MAGG) @maggdesigns.bsky.social Creator, YouTuber, Gamer, Geek, Wife, Cat Mum, Tattoo Enthusiast, Neurodivergent (AuDHD).
Check out my YouTube channel: Middle Aged Geek Grrrl
Caitlín R. Kiernan @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social Paleontologist & 2-time World Fantasy Award winning F&SF author. McWane Sci. Center & University of Ala. research assoc. (mosasaurs, turtles, PETM). Humanist. Classical liberal. Irish Appalachian. Math nerd. Anti-fascist. Trans; LGBTQ+ They/them/she/her.
Laura J Mixon @laurajmg.bsky.social Six SF novels. Environmental engineer. Spousal unit. Genderqueer motherbeast. Hatch green, Chimayo red—NM nerd, born & bred. Severe MEcfs. Black Lives Matter, now and forever.
Tansy Rayner Roberts @tansyrr.bsky.social Author of cozy fantasy, mysteries & more. Latest book: SAUCERS & SORCERY. Semi-professional tea-drinker. Occasional podcaster! Find my new author store The Teacup Magic Emporium at tansyrr.com
She/Her
The Facts in the Case of Dr Dedman @stephendedman.bsky.social Writer, resting actor, recovering bookseller, extinguished professor. www.stephendedman.com
Interests: Sf, horror, urban fantasy, GURPS, Shadowrun, palaeontology, astronomy, forensics, mythology, movies, theatre, cats, travel, weirdness.