Barry Forshaw @barryf48.bsky.social Writer & journalist (newspapers, magazines); books on crime fiction & film (inc. Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide, British Gothic Cinema). Editor: Crime Time (www.crimetime.co.uk), Blu-ray Choice (www.dvdchoices.co.uk), Classical CD Choice
Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social Scouser emigrated to W. Lancashire, piano player, can't dance, so don't ask me, grandad to 4 wonderful people, dad to 2 lovely daughters, parkrun fan, never let the Tories near the levers of power ever again, used to be a lifelong Labour supporter 🌹
DG @1dgrn.bsky.social 
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social Art Historian, working on exh. proposal re: Pissarro-Millet-Courbet for 2030. Sometimes teaching at Univ of Toronto Mississauga. Ph.D., U of Michigan. Live in Toronto. Canadian. Gardening, travel, philately. I block probable bot accts.
Nicole Caruso Garcia @nicolecarusogarcia.bsky.social Poet: OXBLOOD (Able Muse Press), International Book Award
Former Exec. Board Member at PoetryByTheSeaConference.org
Associate Poetry Editor at AbleMuse.com
(she/her) nicolecarusogarcia.com
Seamus Heaney HomePlace @shhomeplace.bsky.social Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy offers an inspiring journey through the life and literature of one of Ireland's greatest literary voices.
https://seamusheaneyhome.com/upcoming-events/
Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social 'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social My Hollywood & Other Poems (Paul Dry Books); translate Babel, Zoshchenko, Kurkov, et al.; odds & ends @nybooks.com, @thetls.bsky.social, etc.; teach at @utulsa.bsky.social; EiC @nimrodjournal.bsky.social
Claudia Gary @claudiagary.bsky.social Poet, editor, instructor, health/science writer, visual artist, tonal composer. See https://linktr.ee/claudiagary for links to my bio, music, and essay on setting poems to music.
Annie Finch @anniefinch.com Author Spells: New and Selected Poems, Eve, Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, & 20 other books. Stanford Ph.D. Priestess of Meters. Poetry Witch. Activist. Speaker. Performer.
🌀 Point your flower—like a fire—
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The Hudson Review @hudsonreview.bsky.social Quarterly magazine of literature and the arts, founded in 1948. Poetry, fiction, essays, and more.
John Greening @greeningpoet.bsky.social British poet (The Interpretation of Owls: Poems 1977-2022 ed. Gardner, Baylor UP). Also editor of anthologies & editions of Blunden, Grigson, Crichton Smith, a new selected UA Fanthorpe & a forthcoming Matthew Arnold. Not forgetting a Rilke 'New Poems'
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social Poet, essayist. Author of 'Findings', 'Sightlines', 'Surfacing' and 'Cairn'. Erstwhile National Poet of Scotland. Terrible at art, alas. What else? Today is all low winter sun and jackdaws.
Red Hen Press @redhenpress.bsky.social The Biggest Little Press in LA 🌞
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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher.
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Paul Dry Books @pauldrybooks.bsky.social Indie publisher est. 2000. Essays, philosophy, science, and the cult smash of 1930, His Monkey Wife.
T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social Home of the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for the best collection published in the year.
David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social Cairngorm-regarder. Bairn-herder. 
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Joshua Mehigan @joshuamehigan.bsky.social writes poems and prose
Andrew Frisardi @andrewfrisardi.bsky.social I'm here for poetry and serendipity.
Some recent books: The Harvest and the Lamp (poetry) @cuapress.org; Dante's Convivio (translation with commentary) @cambridge.org; Ancient Salt (poetry essays) @wipfandstock.com
David Livewell @dwellphilly.bsky.social Author of two poetry collections: Shackamaxon (2012 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize, Truman State University) and Pass and Stow (Paul Dry Books @pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2026).
SusanSpicer @ssm29usmc.bsky.social USMC vet, ardent liberal, nerdy, free thinker, feminist, retired, married 54 yrs, 14 great-grands, 3 grands are vets/2 active duty grandsons-in-law
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salus populi suprema lex esto (Cicero).
Stefano @stefanodepatmos.bsky.social 
Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social Historian living in Rome. 🏳️🌈 Author of "The Families who Made Rome, a history and a guide" (Chatto, 2004). Currently writing a single-volume urban history of Rome for OUP.
Only by knowledge of history can we know our context. Plus, it's fun!
Rachel Quick @rachelquick.bsky.social Principal/CEO @thewherryschool. passionate about personalised learning opportunities for Autistic YP: robustly advocating for future female leaders: Italophile - Midlander exiled in Norfolk - in denial about growing up!
Jackie Wood @jackthelass.bsky.social Old hippy Anti Brexit Lover of all things Italian Cats History of Art
@dcaldwell1.bsky.social @dcaldwell1.bsky.social Londoner. Academic. Mother. Not necessarily in that order. Love art, food, travel, football. Hate fascist, racist, misogynistic bastards
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John O'Brien @job747.bsky.social Retired- often quite grumpy, very occasionally delighted, predominantly just totally baffled.
Richard Morris @thamestortoise.bsky.social BSc MRSC
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Michaela Tamma @michaelatamma.bsky.social Writer, teacher, suburban hermit. Born on the Venetian terraferma, based in Finland. Published fiction shortlisted for Bath Flash Fiction Award, Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize. Venetia Esoterica on Substack.
michaelatamma.substack.com
italyheaven @italyheaven.bsky.social Italy, history, Bath, travel, ballet, opera, art.
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London - Venice - Italian islands
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Keith Lansdale @keithlansdale.bsky.social 
Jason @jasonnoiles.bsky.social Signor Lucifero's keeper.
Barbara Nadel @barbaranadel.bsky.social Author of Cetin Ikmen crime novels, televised as 'The Turkish Detective' on BBC2 Also writes Hakim and Arnold crime novels plus occasional articles for The Guardian. Cats, ruins, magic, manglewurzels. Here for the weird. Agent: Watson, Little
Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social Sugar on the Bones, a Hap & Leonard novel
Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
Dame Suzy Lishman @ilovepathology.bsky.social Pathologist, medical examiner, Past President of the Association of Clinical Pathologists and the Royal College of Pathologists, Chair of NCEPOD, Trustee of the Hunterian Museum London. Rutland and London UK.
Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe.
Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social Love to travel? Love to read?
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Imogen Forster @imogenforster.bsky.social Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there. 
Roberto Fabiani @robertofab.bsky.social Retired, amateur photographer, Socialist. Italo/Scot, proud grandfather . I despise Conservatives ,Republicans and clowns like Taco Trump and Nigel Farage. Please no DMs unless I know you.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com Magic Hours - Malick
Visible Darkness - Glazer
Variety/Sight&Sound/The New World
Cinema Italia&Writers On Film podcasts
Connery A Novel
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Keats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social Official account for the Keats-Shelley Association of America. Celebrating the lives & works of Keats, the Shelleys, Byron, & their circles
A & S Edwards @edscriptor.bsky.social Andy & Suzanne, literary guides to Sicily, Andalucía, bios of Polidori, Coleridge & Hotel delle Palme. Bradt updaters. Andy’s a translator. Now writing on Rome & Seville
petipaw @petipaw.bsky.social Venezia / Los Angeles. I read books.
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Michael Northrop @michaelnorthrop.bsky.social NY Times–bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels for young readers, starting a new chapter with my 1st mystery series for adults! Rep’d by @saracrowelit.bsky.social. Research editor at Dance Magazine. More coffee, please!
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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Matt Pritchett 📷♿️ @crankycyborg.bsky.social Nature photography, my cats, & whatever grabs my ADHD brain’s interest
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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social Civics. Psychology. The intersection between the two. https://will-cooper.com/
Eric Riddler @eriddler.bsky.social Art and photography tragic from Wallumedegal Country (Western Sydney)
Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social Greek & Roman history, politics, art history, literature. Music: Mahler, DSCH, opera, chamber music. Have lived in Rome & Amsterdam. Love languages, theatre, museums in general, Shakespeare, London, the House of Commons, Rowson cartoons, in particular.😊
Camillalookalike @camillalookalike.bsky.social Lookalike for Queen Camilla, dog-lover, Italophile, author of 'Barking Mad' and 'Stark Raving Bonkers'. Proof reader/editor. X escapee. No DMs unless I know you well. I don't follow anyone if they have no bio.
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
Alan Hughes @ath1194.bsky.social Everton STH. Likes Sport particularly football and cycling. Dislikes Nigel Farage.
Cat Bauer in Venice @catbauer.bsky.social American author based in Venice, Italy since 1998. YA novelist & cultural journalist✨Contributor LUXOS Mag, Design Anth, CNN Travel, etc.
Venice Gazette blog -> VeniceGazette.com
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@mickwoodydweller.bsky.social @mickwoodydweller.bsky.social Off grid living in stunning woodland in South Wales. Been here with my partner Debs for nearly 9 years and loving our lives of freedom. I'm not interested in crypto, relationships or illuminati. Big fan of laughter when I find it.⛔ crypto,⛔cash sent
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
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Jaana @javamakesmehappy.bsky.social Interests incl. Italy (particularly Venice), food, books, walks in woods, etc. Finn living in the UK.
@ajrees.bsky.social @ajrees.bsky.social Amateur photography, music, books, travel and transport, art
Susan @susanreadsbooks.bsky.social I read books, drink tea, love history. Volunteer local history researcher at Regency Town House, Hove. Bereaved mum.
She/her
Winnie @athena44.bsky.social Venetophile; love travel; voracious reader…especially crime genre.
Enjoy puzzles -jigsaws, Sudoku, Wordle, Waffle whatever and debating legal and political issues.
Opera lover.
Barry Card @barryallancard.bsky.social Shouts at pigeons.
Sally Rose @sallyrose.bsky.social Ex TV & UK. Settled in 🇵🇹 Cats, Gardening, Countryside, Food/nice people only. No profile - automatic block. No MAGA fools and no religious crazies either. Please be assured that I WILL check YOUR profile carefully.
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Rick Turner @rickturner.bsky.social Floating Nomad. We sold our house and swapped the 9-5 for a life of full time travel.
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@annstapleton8.bsky.social @annstapleton8.bsky.social 
Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social Rome’s English language magazine since 1985.
News, culture and insights into Rome and Italy.
www.wantedinrome.com
Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social Italy-based journalist & award-winnning writer: Ultra, The Po, Blood on the Altar, A Place of Refuge, The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams etc. Carpenter, listener, teacher - always co-building communities (Windsor Hill Wood, Common Home etc.) NSNO
James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social Writer, London
Martha @saaremartha.bsky.social "This Land is Your Land, this Land is Our Land
From California to the New York Island." Pete Seeger
Time to remember this; Time to TAKE BACK AMERICA!
Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social LitWit • Baroque music & early keyboards • Hockey • Enterprise tech marketing
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm #poetry #jazz
Liz King @lizking.bsky.social I am not a Woman Who Runs with the Wolves, I am a Writer Who Naps with Her Cat.
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social Not a WH Staffer | Politics, NatSec, and Snark - Your Mileage May Vary | Subscribe to my Patreon newsletter for free: https://www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog |
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Leia Taillefur @leiataillefur.bsky.social History professor & author.🇲🇫🇬🇷🇮🇹🇨🇦. Julian of Norwich is my role model (profile pic). Cats are the meaning of life. Fan of (esp European) mysteries, football (both kinds), Pope Leo, and most things medieval.
Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social Publishing exceptional research since 1899.
Home to @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, @oxunienl.bsky.social, @modlangopen.bsky.social, and @lupdistribution.bsky.social.
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Bitter Lemon Press @bitterlemonpress.bsky.social CWA Best Crime & Mystery Publisher Dagger winner 2026, bringing readers high-quality thrillers and crime fiction books from abroad. Labyrinth Press launching 2027.
Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social Complacency is not an option
co-founder Portland Cruise Control ⚓️ Maine
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cruise ships are a climate catastrophe
Venetophile
Manu @mmt-williams.bsky.social Standing strategically in front of the weeds.
bellwetherPDX @bellwethersf.bsky.social I'm only happy when it rains
Scott Manning @scottmanning.com Author of Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works (2023). Co-editor Cinema Medievalia (2024).
Medievalism 🏰, film 🎥, astronomy 🪐, comics, Transformers 🤖, books 📚, antiquing, 🖊️, Star Wars 🚀. he/him
https://linktr.ee/scottmanning