- D @dbevington.bsky.social @dbevington.bsky.social
Beth @bethlynette.bsky.social Writer (as Bess Linnet) of one book and a lot of poems
Latecomer to librarianship
Please read Sophie Scholl and The White Rose by Annette Dumbach
Ed Teja @edteja.bsky.social Writer of thrillers, suspense stories, and crime fiction. Martial artist.
https://edtejaauthor.com/
thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Snarhooked @snarhooked.bsky.social UK Secondary school librarian. Always on the lookout for books my students might enjoy. When I'm not reading MG/YA, I like trying to make my garden productive, listening to funny/educational podcasts and reading fantasy.
Holiday World @myholidayworld.bsky.social 🎄 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 HOLIDAY, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞!
❤️ 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝! #holidays365
🌏 #myholidayworld #holidaychannel
😻 #pawlidays365 pet & animal holidays
🍭 #holidaylicious food & drink holidays
www.myholidayworld.com
JohnChalmers+SandraMarrs=Metaphrog @metaphrog.bsky.social ✏️Graphic novels makers
📚Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares
Out now from Scholastic UK
⭐️Order ➡️ https://linktr.ee/wilomina
Rep’d by United Agents. Scottish + French. Glasgow
#KidsGN📚💬
Cathy Cole (Dumigan) @cathycole.bsky.social #AS/#BreastCancer survivor/Prize-winning #shortstory writer, #novelist, and - surprising even herself - a Pushcart Nominated #poet. Represented by @katiefulf.bsky.social Bell Lomax Moreton
Website: https://cathycoleauthor.com/
Bernie McGill @berniemcgill.bsky.social Writer. Writing Fellow with Royal Literary Fund. Mentor at Irish Writers' Centre. Rep'd by Aitken Alexander. Winner of the 2023 Edge Hill Prize for This Train is For, available at https://noalibis.com/product/this-train-is-for-signed-paperback-edition/
Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social Book lover, novelist, reader, newspaper columnist, occasional lecturer in literature, Irish www.martinadevlin.ie
Kate Hitchings @katehit.bsky.social Year 4 teacher, love reading, here mainly for the book chat!
Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices Winner ‘26
Poems on the Move ‘26.
Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize SL‘25, Guppy Open LL’25
Write Mentor Picturebook SL’23/LL’24
Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, LTP, BBC Upload.🏴
Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social Lecturer of Philosophy & Theology. Visiting Research & Knowledge Exchange Fellow. Educational Partnerships. Philosopher in the Wild. Happiest in Pembrokeshire.
Melissa Whiter Boyer @melissawhiteboyer.bsky.social Writer. Entrepreneur. Rare disease advocate. Cancer survivor. Mom of three.
Sharing stories of grit, growth, and the messy middle of life so no one has to feel alone.
Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
#Activist #HumanRights #AnimalRights #UBI #ClimateChange #Books #Tech #Poker #Chess
He/Him/His
❌👑
Beyond: Secondary Teaching Resources @twinklbeyond.bsky.social We provide an exhaustive range of teacher-made resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5
Deborah Bradbury @dbradburybooks.bsky.social Award-winning children’s author
Former primary teacher & voiceover artist
Helping little minds learn, laugh & imagine
linktr.ee/deborahbradburybooks- I Iqbal Hussain @ihussainwriter.bsky.social Debut adult novel “Northern Boy” came out June 2024 (ABBA, Bollywood, cobbles) - rep Robert Caskie | working on debut children’s MG novel - rep Lucy Irvine @pfd | child of the 70s/80s
buzztimrecipe.bsky.social @buzztimrecipe.bsky.social 
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out @shelleyrae.bsky.social Mostly I’m about #bookish stuff http://www.bookdout.wordpress.com
but have eclectic interests so you can expect the occasional diversion
https://linktr.ee/shelleyrae_bookdout
Sue H Cunningham #Neverlast⌛is out now! @suehcunningham.bsky.social Writing YA. Vaguely incompetent around social media.
#Neverlast #TotallyDeceased #CloudNine Scholastic UK
Rep: Rachel Petty
@tbpagency.bsky.social
Winner #WMCNA 2020 #UV2022 #Dudley Teen Book Award 2025
Sîan🌻 @thesianpages.bsky.social Publicity Manager @NosyCrow
Probably snuggled up somewhere with a cat on my lap and a book in hand...
Tyler Cook @tylercookbooks.bsky.social M.Ed., Ed.S. Moonshine Press publisher & author. Education professional. 🏳️🌈 Check out my website at www.tylermcook.com.
Melinda Layten - Writes about Hazel an Immortal Cat @mlayten.bsky.social What the Fire Didn't Take - Debut Middle Grade Novel about 2 autistic girls 2000 years apart and the cat who knew them both. Modern day Minnesota meets Library of Alexandria and what it means to learn and be heard. #Autism #Querying
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
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.braidan/
Zoe and The Great Summer Jubilee (£9.99 out now) @merevalecreekfarm.com Merevale Publishing — home of Zoe the Rottweiler, a four-book chapter-book series for readers aged 6–9. British farm. Aesop fables. Kindness wins. 🦋
merevalecreekfarm.com
instagram.com/merevalecreekfarm/
uk.pinterest.com/merevalecreekfarm/
AnneWritesKidlit @anneruggirello.bsky.social Picture book writer 📚 Bluesky newbie
Watercolor dabbler 🎨 Lover of apple crisp
#KidLit #picturebooks #SCBWI #amwriting
Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social Picture Book Author Illustrator, THE KING OF BOOKS Feiwel & Friends, SNOW DAY WITH DADDY '28 Christy Ottaviano Books / Creator of #KidLitArtPostcard / Rep’d by Sean McCarthy www.ginaperry.com
European Medical Journal @emjreviews.com #1 open access destination for healthcare professionals globally.
🔗 emjreviews.com
Angela Dahle @angelapenadahle.bsky.social Signed Ink founder 🤟signedink.org , 🇺🇸HOH 🦻🧏♀️AUTHOR of MG fantasy/historical fantasy & PB, 2023 SCBWI Rising Kite (2nd place MG), 2020 Walter Grant recipient, 2020 Las Musas Hermana. Lover of wit, waves🌊, fruit tarts, & all shades blue 🦋 #MGForce
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
@vincentshawauthor.bsky.social @vincentshawauthor.bsky.social 
⛩️ 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊 ⛩️ @deathbyhibachi.bsky.social Art and trivia for headcases like you
⚱️ 火鉢による死亡 ⚱️
Caz 💖💜💙 @wabbits.bsky.social PFP: 2 housebunnies snuggling.
She/her.
Librarian, currently in disguise as a registrar. Hooman staff to 2 housebunnies. Knitter. Fan of DragRace, Strictly, GBBO & living in Scotland. 🏴 Estou aprendendo português! 🇵🇹🇧🇷
#AdoptDontShop | #BWithTheT | #BLM
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Julia Blackburn @juliathumwrites.bsky.social Writer of childrens’ stories inspired by the magic of nature. The May Day Chorus = #2 in The Songbird Choir Series out now!🦅 🪶🐦.
Charlotte Dormer @cnkdormer.bsky.social Academic Liaison Librarian running a library for trainee teachers. Previously a primary school librarian. MCLIP, AFHEA. She/they. Autistic. Opinions my own etc. (Languages: 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 )
YLGSE Committee & Carnegies Judge 25-26
Alan Summers @thehaikutec.bsky.social Founder of Call of the Page, and Pan Haiku Review
https://www.callofthepage.org
@notjoewickjohnwick.bsky.social @notjoewickjohnwick.bsky.social Widower and father, building his life after losing so many. Dislikes stupidity and hatred. Lover of life and eternal optimist. All opinions are my own. No DM's
Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social Emily Wahl lives in Oregon, where she gardens obsessively, manages a small media production company, writes MG fiction, and gets constantly harassed by a cat for more treats. #AmQuerying #MGFantasy #SCBWI
Jeanne Walker Harvey @jeannewharvey.bsky.social #kidlit author! I value the power of words, art, dancing & chocolate.
I love writing picture book bios about inspiring creative people!
Recent books: THE GLASS PYRAMID, ELSE B. IN THE SEA, ABLAZE WITH COLOR & DRESSING UP THE STARS. jeanneharvey.com
helen @hejparry.bsky.social children's writer, cat wrangler, time waster
A Scrap of Moss & Magick out 8 October 2026 with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
pre-orders: https://tinyurl.com/4suv7bh9 | https://tinyurl.com/m9h8d2fe
cover art: Melissa Castrillón
British in Belgium
she/her
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Jonathan Sellars @jsellarslieshere.bsky.social Award entering children’s author and poet. Lover of chocolate milkshakes. Searching for a word that rhymes with Jonathan.
Author of Polly Plum: Brave Adventurer and Listen To Your Vegetables.
www.jonathansellars.co.uk
Kirsten Barrett @mrskirstbarrett.bsky.social EAL
Education
Challenging Stereotypes
Children's Books
Diversity
Sustainability
Chair of SATEAL
Regional Coordinator BITC
The Multilingual Library @multilinglibrary.bsky.social A library of multilingual #picturebooks! 💙📚
Promoting #languages, #cultures, & #multilingual #literacy in #London schools & beyond: @hmking-linguist.bsky.social & Dr Gonzalo Pérez Andrade
How to Create a Multilingual Library of Picture Books t.ly/V8MZO
Wendy Davis @daydreamerdavis.bsky.social 🏆Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2026
👻 MG writer of horror & fantasy #KidLitUK
📚 Book lover
🐶 Dog lover
☕️ Coffee drinker
🍫 Chocolate fiend
Terry Minor Art @terryminorart.bsky.social Published children’s book illustrator
TerryMinorArt.com
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social We are a small independent press passionate about publishing poetry, picture books and gripping fiction for children of all ages.
www.troikabooks.com/
The Charity Show @thecharityshow.bsky.social 🎙️Charity from every angle 🎙️
The podcast for charity insiders, by charity insiders.
Hosts Tim Beynon & Piers Townley tackle the topics that matter for third sector staff, fundraisers, supporters & charity gurus!
linktr.ee/thecharityshow
Kate Gettings @kategettings.bsky.social Key Account Manager at Oxford Children’s Books - all views my own.
Elena Arévalo Melville @earevalomelville.bsky.social Award winning Latin American author illustrator of children’s books in UK. School visits, libraries, festivals. Professional outsider, migrant, loiterer. she/her
Los Nombres Secretos
Elki is not my dog
Umbrella
https://linktr.ee/Elena_Arevalo_Melville
Authors Abroad @authorsabroad.bsky.social Organising Author, Poet, Illustrator and Storyteller visits for schools & libraries all over the world, #AIMHigh Days and #PoetrySlams in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/authorsabroad
#Edusky #Booksky #KidLit
Soraya @scribbler1888.bsky.social I love being a high school librarian because I get to wave my hands around and talk books ALL DAY.
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!
Jaem @whinberryred.bsky.social 🌹🎵📚🍉🌿
Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social Author of crime for kids.
#KidnapatMidnight a Malory Towers Mystery out in September with Hachette
West Country UK
- she/her.
#kidlituk
@AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
Tiger Tales @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social Tiger Tales publishes imaginative picture, board, novelty, chapter, and nonfiction books for children 10 and younger. https://tigertalesbooks.com
Stewart Guy @stewartguy.bsky.social Naturalist. Wildlife Photographer.
Aka StewRat. Founder of Wildlife.net
Share, Inspire, Protect.
Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife Community for those who care about species & habitat conservation. Photography, Art, Videos of Birds,Mammals,Reptiles,Plants,insects
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578489868735
https://www.tiktok.com/@wildlife.net?_t=ZN-8yV9vhsHk0c&_r=1
Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social Writer, school librarian, governor, community volunteer, mum of 2.
Published in 206 Word Stories Horror Anthology by Bag of Bones
Poems published on The Dirigible Balloon, The Great Get Together Poetry Fest, Lavender Lime Literary, Heart Balm lit
Lynne Kelly @lynne-kelly-42.bsky.social Science writer on memory, Indigenous knowledges, archaeology, music, art, neurodiversity, education. PhD LaTrobe Uni. Books include 'The Memory Code', 'Memory Craft', 'Songlines', 'The Knowledge Gene'. Member Order of Aus.
https://www.lynnekelly.com.au
Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social Author and poet. I write for readers. Stay curious and stay inspired. Be respectful of others. Kindness matters. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, and The Writer's Loft. PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention. Seeking representation.
Terry Birdgenaw @terrybirdgenaw.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Antunite Chronicles (Antifascist Allegorical Fiction), Satirist, Professor, Democracy Defender, Resists Autocracy, Writing for freedom, Check out my humorous Orwellian stories.
terrybirdgenaw.com
https://linktr.ee/terrybirdgenaw
Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social UK writer of fiction (12 books published). Photographer. Environment, science, atheist, humanist, walker, happily married. Find me here: https://stuartaken.net/ I DO NOT follow DMs, selfie promos & users w/o profiles or posts. Porn will be blocked.
SHINE @shinetrust.org.uk SHINE is an education charity working with inspirational teachers across the North of England to break the link between family income and how well children fare at school. www.shinetrust.org.uk
Blackstone Valley Art Association @bvartassoc.bsky.social The BVAA hosts art events in central Massachusetts and Rhode Island. We support all artists! Visit https://BVAA.org #art #artist
ValleyCAST @valleycast.bsky.social An inclusive arts community in the Blackstone Valley. Arts & Culture wing of Open Sky https://openskycs.org
50 Douglas Rd Whitinsville Massachusetts
Jake Hayes @tygertale.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, audio describer | Children's books blog tygertale.com | Bath Spa #MAWYP grad | Dr Who | pop music | theatre | #TygertaleVintage books https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tygertale
Anni McTavish @annimct.bsky.social Early arts specialist, swimmer and cook 
@ringram-24.bsky.social @ringram-24.bsky.social