@octaviakingsley.bsky.social @octaviakingsley.bsky.social A Londoner living in Catalunya. Staunch advocate of the comfort zone. Likes books, TV, art, birds, crisps
Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social Historian at TCD, interested in Ireland and Empire, Public History, and lots of other things. Co-lead for Trinity's Colonial Legacies. 
Janina Franck @xilaya.bsky.social Irish-German Author, Photographer, Adventurer
Find my books here: https://books2read.com/ap/8PMBpo/Janina-Franck
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Anne O'Brien @whereisthesea.bsky.social Wasafiri 2021 Life Writing and Bath Short Story Award winner. Hennessy New Irish Writer. Stories in RA pindrop A Short Affair, The London Magazine, The Irish Times, Crannóg...
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Simon Geraghty @sigeraghty.bsky.social Writer | IWC NMP 26
Colman Jackson @collijackson.bsky.social Politics. Books. Media.
Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan @chandrikanm.bsky.social Writer, Performer & Cultural Consultant, Multidisciplinary Messer, #STEAM dreamer. She/🤷🏾♀️🏳️🌈♾️ www.chandrika.ie
Nessa O’Mahony @nessao.bsky.social I am a poet and novelist from Dublin. I’ve edited anthologies and teach creative writing
Mac Giolla Fhearga @cumannachasgaelach.bsky.social Tá Gaeilge agam! Labhair líom! | Landback | Saoirse don Phalaistín. 🇵🇸 | Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 | Oileán an Turtair.
Proudly anti-AI. If you can't make art or write yourself, then that's a skill issue.
Bernadette Murphy @bernadetmurphy.bsky.social Author at Spiegel & Grau + others. NYT-bestselling collaborative writer. First/bio mom, advocating for reproductive justice.
Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social Folklore, folk-horror, Old English, Old Norse, runic transliterator, pre-Christian archaeology, mythology, counterculture, Lovecraft, Howard, Tolkien, Tarkovsky, Bela Tarr, occulture, shamanism, psychogeography, Old Irish manuscripts, Chaos Magic, Kafka.
Anne K @annekenny.bsky.social I live in Chicago; my heart belongs in Ireland. I strive to be kind and brave; lots of room for improvement there. Doing what I can to fight this administration & help those who need it.
@johnmcevoy.bsky.social @johnmcevoy.bsky.social 
Rod & Clay @rodclay.bsky.social Dispatches from Ireland. Some observed, some leaked, none official. By a casual observers with no qualifications and a conviction that the obvious is more interesting than anyone admits.- C @ctnolan.bsky.social @ctnolan.bsky.social
Aoife Bhreatnach @aoifeb.bsky.social Swears, writes, Gaeilge is fáilte. She/í
Makes Censored, a podcast about dirty books and films https://shows.acast.com/censored
Research interests: sex and death
poparhi @poparhi.bsky.social What's the OPPOSITE of a role model?
she/her - umich and lomas grad - michigander in portland, or
Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social Formerly a productive member of society. Denied a 2023 Hugo, probably.✒️
#journalist #writer
Occasionally here, but mostly https://mastodon.ie/@faduda
Recent(ish) project https://guth.ie/space-navigator/
• https://www.kobo.com/ie/en/ebook/space-navigator
Siobhán Burke @wordhoarding.bsky.social Researching & developing tourism or editing conflict studies articles - activities not as dissimilar as they might seem to be. Professional enthusiast. She/her.
@bainteoir.bsky.social @bainteoir.bsky.social 
Madra Uisce @madrauisce5.bsky.social Mom, biologist, Gaeilgeoir-wanna be, lover of life, fabric, yarn and dogs!
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TAKE NOTE 👇 @alexman1.bsky.social Curious☆Metalhead☆Biker☆Work☆Not a fan of Trump☆NO DMs
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Niall Murphy @niallm.bsky.social Entrepreneur-in-residence. Speaking in personal capacity. Author/instigator SRE books, Reliable Machine Learning, History of the Irish Internet. Photography at http://www.edge-cases.photos
Argent @warden-010.bsky.social #base44 #deepai #chromebook
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Massachusetts Daily Intel @massachusettsintel.bsky.social Massachusetts Daily Intel delivers daily, independent coverage of the news, politics, and stories shaping Massachusetts https://substack.com/@massachusettsintel?r=5ja179&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=stories&shareImageVariant=light
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
ROCKY LASTER🌱🦍 @rockylaster.bsky.social Feral Alaskan Hoosier. 17% Sasquatch DNA. High Priestess of the Leguminati 🫘. Allegedly Afraid of🐀 Mice. Watermelon Enthusiast 🍉. Awesome Dad🎖. Adoring Husband. Impossibly Humble. Susceptible to Flattery, 🥑's, and Wizardry. Balding Vegan Earthling 🌎
odubhda @odubhda.bsky.social Music enjoyer from Sligo town, living in Dublin town.
https://www.instagram.com/0dubhda/
@robertcesaretti.bsky.social @robertcesaretti.bsky.social 
Damon Romaro @damonromaro.bsky.social Author of dark romance, sci-fi, and horror, exploring obsession, fear, and the darker corners of human imagination.
Chris White @chrisw101.bsky.social Married to Amaya Naomi, father to Augustus, cat dad. Follow me for posts about writing, books, movie reviews, and of course cats.
Dirk Biesinger - Author - aka Saravji @dirkbiesinger.com Speculative Fiction & Optimistic SFF Author.
Rejecting narrative nihilism.
Exploring recursion in humanoid societies shaped by the constraints they continuously internalize.
Head Curator: Boreas' Tribes Saga
dirkbiesinger.com
Katie Furze @katiefurze.bsky.social Kidlit writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Books include: KEKENO CURIOUS EXPLORER (2026), PEKAPEKA SECRET FOREST BAT (2025), RURU NIGHT HUNTER (2024), TUATARA A LIVING TREASURE (2023) from Scholastic NZ. #STEM #12x12PB #SCBWI https://www.katiefurze.com
treeskulltown @treeskulltown.bsky.social Artist Author • Make Subrealism • https://treeskulltown.com • Handmade art 🙌 : mixed media animation • Art for peace > culture against fascism 🌈
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North @eleanorholmes.bsky.social Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
#Moth Hybrid Mini-Book Ethel Zine - second edition 🚀 July 2026
Pubs below 👇
https://linktr.ee/eleanorholmes
Xander's Skyscape @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social Wandering Egyptologist/writer/wildlife gardener. Openly Womble. Likes: conservation, archaeology, the natural world, beautiful words, art, and writing 18th Century fantasy.
Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social Writer of tiny things. Fiction: NFFD, Mslexia, Neither Fish Nor Foul, Funny Pearls, Trash Cat Lit. Gags: Breaking The News, Noising Up, The Skewer, Newsjack. She/her
https://luciennecummings.com/
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucienne-cummings/
Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, August 2026).
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/the-bully-in-my-pillow
Best Microfiction 2026.
Hosts literary open-mics @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
@kawalker.bsky.social @kawalker.bsky.social Draws. Paints. Writes short. Is short. Has a tall dog. Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fiction & Best Microfiction noms. 2025 Best Microfiction Anthology
Roanna "Rowan" Floyd (aka Petty Davis) @roanna.bsky.social Litcom writer (Rowan Floyd). Author of TOO MUCH HEAVEN, available for preorder on Amazon now! Was once called the Dorothy Parker of Austin, TX. They might have been drunk. She/Her but not H.E.R (sadly). Learn more at https://linktr.ee/rowanfloyd
A.P. Laesch @aplaesch.bsky.social Writer, art lover, anti-moralist.
𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social Woods. Words. Birds. Birch. Beech. Bach.
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
@circlingpoetry.bsky.social
@gohel26.bsky.social @gohel26.bsky.social 
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social Team Site
Rory Mullins @rorymullins.bsky.social Mostly just tree-besotted…..
Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social 🌱 IrishAsian Forager & Author
🗣️ Irish Language Creator. Artist.
📚 Writing Books. Writing for Games
⚔️ Game Master. Resident Bisexual. TTRPGer.
Award-Winning Game Dev https://unaminh.itch.io/
Creative Director - ORGANIC MATTERS
Writer - Good Folk Café
Siobhán M @nocontextsiobhan.bsky.social A Social Media addict and here I am on another app where will it all end? 
~skybrina @skybrina.org F1, books, complaining about computers. 🇮🇪 🏳️🌈
A pluviophile who avoids work @beneaththeraindrop.bsky.social A pluviophile is someone who loves rain and finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days.
Previous handle: @pluviophile.avoids.work
Kate Bixler @ksbixler.bsky.social 
Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social Writer, book critic, creative writing facilitator.
Latest book: IN THE MOVIE OF HER LIFE (short stories, Doire Press).
Website: http://www.clairehennessy.com/
Blog: https://clairehennessy.substack.com/
Workshops: https://www.clairehennessy.com/store
Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social I really love the teachings of the Dalai Lama and the great spiritual masters around him. They make me feel good.
Photo: The Dalai Lama
To my right is Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu Ricard’s mother.
Ian C Peake @thesearedogyears.dog Writing the time-hopping, people/dog anthology nobody asked for. They're not *about* dogs, but they're not *not* about dogs. There's always a dog (exclusions apply). Free to read at thesearedogyears.dog. Dog pics from the Scottish hinterland too.
@themickfinucane.bsky.social @themickfinucane.bsky.social 
Dave Cornell @drdavecornell.bsky.social Philosopher | Writer | Lecturer
www.drdavecornell.com
Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social A poetry festival by the sea under the big skies of East Anglia. Thurs 5th to Sunday 8th November 2026. ☀️📚🩵
Website: https://www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/
Facebook: poetryinaldeburgh.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poetryinaldeburgh/
@kandit57.bsky.social @kandit57.bsky.social 
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Dissecting Poetry @dissectingpoetry.bsky.social 
Elsa Court @emacourt.bsky.social 
Earth is the aim @destinationterre.bsky.social Destination Terre
Zen & the Art of the Guardian Sudoku Puzzle @zenguardiansudoku.bsky.social I make YouTube #sudoku videos daily that include chat about anything I feel like talking about (often liberal/left wing ideas). LGBTQ friendly and committed atheist. :-) My video channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@zen_art_of_guardian_sudoku
#FBPE
Nolan Cody @bynolancody.bsky.social Low-calorie prose. High-impact rot.
bynolancody.com
Read DAMP at Bull Lit Mag: https://mrbullbull.com/newbull/fiction/damp/
D H Fowles @danielharveyfowles.bsky.social Artist, naturalist and social scientist
East Anglia
Eleanor Fuller @eleanorfuller.bsky.social Winner Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction 2023; finalist Fiddlehead Short Fiction Prize 2023 & Cambridge Short Story Prize 2024. Edith Wharton WiR 2024. Words: The Waxed Lemon, The Moth, Malahat, The New Quarterly & other lovelies. CCA-funded sabbatical!
Harper Dent @harperdent.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction. Loves nature, dogs and chocolate. She/them
The Indignataries @wildergoose.bsky.social You don't have to look up the word "biome" to know we're all connected. Science, science fiction writer. Music and book reviews. Music on co-operatively owned Subvert and (for now) Bandcamp.
Jonathan Woods @jonathanwwoods.bsky.social Operations manager, @c20society.bsky.social
Editor
Here for theatre, books, art and food
London
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HOWL New Irish Writing @howlwriting.bsky.social New Irish writing from home and abroad | Subs now closed | https://linktr.ee/howlwriting
Kildare Readers Festival @kildarereaders.bsky.social Books, talks and good vibes 📖
Every October in County Kildare
#KildareReadersFestival #KRF2025
BookBlast® Official @bookblast.org Championing world literature since 1997. Book Club @hatchards piccadilly; reviews, interviews, podcasts by publishing insider Georgia DC & friends & special events. Instagram @bookblastofficial www.linktr.ee/bookblast Accept no imitations
Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social Independent publisher of stories underrepresented in Irish literature
📚Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh & The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel Menéndez trans by Robin Munby
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
Elizabeth O’Connell-Thompson @eotwrites.bsky.social One of those poets.
Senior editor @rhinopoetry.bsky.social
Views are my own, and maybe a bit like yours.
https://linktr.ee/EOTwrites
Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | https://urbanbadgercollective.com/links/
Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social Archivist at University of Galway.
Research on Irish theatre, memory, conflict, and digital cultures.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-74548-6
Mariah Feria @mariahferia.bsky.social Writer and reader. Amateur baker of bread.
Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social The Home of Film in Ireland.
A historic 3-screen cinema in the heart of Temple Bar, with Ireland's only 70mm projector 🎞
Visit http://ifi.ie + watch online via http://ifiarchiveplayer.ie and https://www.ifihome.ie
Charity Number: 20021429
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Structo @structo.bsky.social A literary magazine and small press.
structomagazine.co.uk
Literature Ireland @literatureireland.bsky.social Literature Ireland is the national agency in Ireland for the promotion of Irish literature abroad.
Funded by Culture Ireland & The Arts Council.
https://www.literatureireland.com/
Andrew Hodgson @andrewhodgson.bsky.social Writing in various capacities, based at Université Paris Cité
www.andrewhodgson.fr
Nicole Davisson @nic-davisson.bsky.social Meezer mom 🐈⬛(siamese cats),PhD student at the U of U, small business owner w/ my kiddo refabulizing furniture with delovely art🎨, democratic socialist, feminist, late bloomer🪷🏳️🌈yacht rock lover⛵️🌊teatime keeper🫖 www.lavienouveaudecorshoppe.com
Graham @onalifeglug.bsky.social Writer: Shock Doctrine of the Left (Polity) and Red Enlightenment (don't buy, boycotting publisher's owner re:Palestine) https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-shock-doctrine-of-the-left--9781509528547
JMWW Journal @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmww (https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/guidelines/), a weekly journal publishing the best in fiction, poetry, flash, essays, and interviews. Our stories have appeared in Best American Essays, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, BIFFY, and Best of Net.
Eoin Flannery @eoinflannery.bsky.social Associate Professor of English Literature at @micireland.bsky.social
Poems @eatthestorms.com @thebelfastreview.bsky.social @theargylelitmag.bsky.social @hogriverpress.bsky.social @juniperpoetry.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
Siobhan McGee @siobhanmcgee.bsky.social 
Brian Wood-Koiwa @woodkoiwa.bsky.social Tokyo based dark fantasy novelist and editor. Co-founder of Urban Writing Haus https://urbanweird.com/studios.
Story Kraken Author Coaching: https://bwkeditorial.com/story-kraken
Serial novel newsletter: https://urbanweirdchronicles.substack.com
Fearghaloc @fearghaloc.bsky.social Business writer at the Sunday Independent. Dublin.
Eva @evaduffy.bsky.social UK-based Dubliner 🇮🇪
Bookworm
Head of communications- chartered CIPR communicator - former journalist
Colmcille Press @colmcille.bsky.social Publishing house in northwest Ireland, celebrating 1500 years of great writing from Derry and Donegal. Gaeilge agus fáilte.
SUMMER 2025: The Handy Wee Guide to Derry (digital edition) is available for just a quid from: colmcillepress.com
Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social Lecturer in Old English at University College Cork. Writer of poetry & prose. Early Medievalist, Late Modernist, Feminist. Author of 'Poet of the Medieval Modern'. Find more of my writing at https://francescabrooks.com/
Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social Senior Archivist at Military Archives of Ireland
Director @MSP-Archive.bsky.social
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- LLM University of Galway
- Blue Shield Ireland @blueshield-ireland.bsky.social
- Transitional Justice, CPP, Human Rights, Conflict and Archives
Ewan Morrison @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social Author of How To Survive Everything + Nina X.
New novel: FOR EMMA. March 2025.
Essays on http://ewanmorrison.substack.com
Website: ewanmorrison.com
mel bartlett 🍉🇵🇸 @melbartlett.bsky.social kentucky-brewed, barrel-aged, 100 proof.
ROPES issue #33, Harrow House Journal #2
she/they | 27 | 🏳️🌈 | poetry + fiction writer | illustrator
CCAD BFA Animation '21
NUIG MA Writing '24-'25
Morgan @morgannrose95.bsky.social I’m so happy you are here. Writing, motherhood, mental health, and more.
Inkfish Magazine @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social Magazine & Press edited by @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @petermcallister.bsky.social | short fiction | flash | non-fiction | concrete, vispo, experimental | prose, poetry & hybrid chapbooks
https://inkfishmag.com