Karavan Press @karavanpress.bsky.social Independent publisher based in Cape Town.
Ancient paths. New literary journeys.
Meg Samuelson @coastalthinking.bsky.social Sea-creature, shore-dweller, gardener. #LongCovid #MECFS #POTS. Engaged Buddhism.
i used to think read write teach (literatures of the South/Africa/Australasia/Indian Ocean & climate, colonialism, environment, littorals, the sea, water, womenβs stories)
JJ MacNab @jjmacnab.bsky.social Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism. UC Berkeley alumna. Cats are badass.
Allison π± πΊ π @allisonzee.bsky.social Singing is the best medicine for whatever ails you. Covid Cautious out of love & humanity (& because I have Long Covid). A better world is possible. She/her.
Annalee @flowerhorne.com Writer, Quaker, candlestick maker. Open source technologist and occasional tailor.
Fiction in F&SF, Futurescapes, Fireside, Friends' Journal, and places that don't start with F. They.
Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social Old I may be, and hag I may be, but stupid I ain't.
Micah @rincewind.run Recovering forum poster, politics doomer, basketball nerd. I write code for a living. He/him. Views entirely my own.
Deputy Chair of the Ankh-Morpork Postersβ Guild
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Sue π§Άπ @brighteyeddyer.bsky.social Mom to men & cats. Democratic Socialist. Chronic pain/partially disabled. Yarn snob. AuDD enabled knitter/artist. Uses fuck modifiers like table salt. Proud Pennsylvanian but grew up in OH, IN, & AL. Fluent in yβall. Old, fat, & out of fucks. She/her
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Jen the Tired RN @jenthetiredrn.bsky.social Science Nerd that swears a lot with 3 cats and a dog. Raised in Northern WI, but now a proud Minnesotan whoβs often too direct for the locals. Iβm frequently a dehydrated noodle who forgets to drink her water.
Katherine @katvanzan.bsky.social Knitters of the world, unite; we have pointy sticks and know how to use them!
βHow did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.β
- Dr. Seuss
Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social I help academics protect time for writing and resist overwork. Meaningfulness matters. You are more than your job. I also make things with textiles, read romances, sing alto in a choir. Subscribe to my newsletter: JoVanEvery.co.uk/newsletter
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Grez @grez.bsky.social Gaming, digital life, pop culture, street art, gender and social equity politics. Maybe some AFLW. She/her. Australia Naarm. Science account is @drgres.bsky.social
emmessenn πΏπΌ @emmessenn.com For The Many Not The Few
now in burnout mode -BSc SWE on pause. Before, SEN-Edu|NHS|National Gallery
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Dr Russell Jones @russjoneswrites.bsky.social Writer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Books. Food. Dogs.
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Raven Amos (Lake Ontario Edition)π¨π¦ββ¬ @alaskanime.bsky.social #Alaskan #PaleoArtist | π«No NFT/AIπ« | Dino-nerd | NIN/MST3K fan | Hubs: @cgfx.bsky.social | http://alaskanime.etsy.com | "Mesozoic Art": https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mesozoic-art-steve-white/1146400688 | http://ko-fi.com/alaskanime | cubelight.graphics
Henrietta Rose-Innes @hri.bsky.social Cape Town writer, editor and translator
Henriettaroseinnes.com 
Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum/ enigmatic relief/seasoned harridan (historian of age, gender, reproduction, opinions my own and not my employerβs etc.)
https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/sarah-duff/
Nadia Geagea Pupa @nadiageageapupa.bsky.social Podcast Host of The Editor's Half Hour
Co-Founder and CEO of Pique Publishing, Inc.
Janis Ian @janisian.bsky.social Artist, dog lover (mostly my own...), reader, science fiction fan, I live in Florida oy...
Ivor W. Hartmann @ivorhartmann.bsky.social Zimbabwean publisher, editor, writer, visual artist.
Anthology series ed./pub: African Roar, AfroSF, and the ZamaShort imprint launched 1st May 2025 @zamashort.com
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Marius Loots @mariusloots.bsky.social eat:sleep:exercise| live learn http://chaos.co.za he/him
university of pretoria
Histology, 3D printing, photography, anthropology
For what it's worth - my data is not allowed to train AI.
Queers@Home @queersathome.bsky.social LGBTQ+ SafeHouse based in Africa.
We started off as a SafeHouse for trans individuals, but we've broadened to accommodate all queer people.
We don't accept monetary donations.
Amazon Wishlist:
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Liz Argall @lizargall.bsky.social Co-founder of Ngombor. A community owned and operated organization in NW Uganda, in an Ebola high risk zone. ngombor.org, https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ngombors-sustainable-future
Iβm also a cartoonist and author.
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Dr Kate Cushing @drkatecushing.bsky.social Doctor, scientist, mum, cat slave.
Public Governor Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
Long Covid & CCH.
Love Northumberland/Newcastle, owls/wildlife/books/art/music/politics/EU
Wrote Little Orange Book 4 parents of babies & small kids.
Green Party member
Long Covid Patient Action UK @longcovidactionuk.bsky.social Was LC_UK_ACTION on the other place.
Trying to rebuild community.
LC since Dec 2019. Disabled. Masking.
#CleanAir #LongCovid 
Mandy Collins @mandycollins.bsky.social Former journalist, current content writer, life coach, author, mother, dog wrangler, reader, tea lover, baker, DIYer, needlewoman, procrastininja. Not always in that order. Depends on the day. www.reddoorink.com and www.mandycollinscoaching.com
matthew du plessis @mattduplessis.bsky.social Holding up the sky. Stand and deliver, sky.
Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Kotaku, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him.
Rep'd by Eric Smith.
π§ Co-host of @funfactorpod.com
π FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS and SUIKODEN 1 & 2
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Jamie Ford @jamieford.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET and THE MANY DAUGHTERS OF AFONG MOY. Decent writer. Failed poet. Stridently self-deprecating.
https://linktr.ee/JamieFordAuthor
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Sister Spreadsheet
Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill
Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/
Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
Brexit Bin πͺπΊ π¬π§ π©πͺ @brexitbin.bsky.social Veteran Remainer πͺπΊ UK & Germany π¬π§ π©πͺ β’ Posts on #Brexit & #Politics β’ NON PARTISAN β’ ANTI-FASCIST β’ PRO FACTS β’ PRO WOKE π³οΈβπ β’ (Slightly dyslexic, so sorry about the typosπ) #SlavaUkraini πΊπ¦π
badly drawn bee π @soapachu.bsky.social Swish swish motherfucker.
AuDHD | alphabet mafia π³οΈβπ | rugby player π | scuba diver π€Ώ | cis | she/her until something better comes along.
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London & Liverpool, UK
Nzeru Aquilar @nzeru.bsky.social cloudwatcher~
No Poison No Paradise out now: https://botsotso.org.za/product/no-poison-no-paradise/
Josh Budlender @joshbudlender.bsky.social Postdoc at SALDRU, University of Cape Town: Labour & Development Economics.
Firms and wages and structural transformation; programme evaluation; a bit of econ history & social policy.
And some πΏπ¦ politics :)
https://www.joshbudlender.co.za
sen @sendai.bsky.social Patron Saint of Perpetual Tiredness. Sunda-Indo-Anglo-intersectional-vegan-solarpunk-fetishist-without-a-socialdeficit.
ASL? 344ppm\e/em/eir:bi:poly\Bundjalung Country, unceded Australia.
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Anomalous Jen @anomalouslibrarian.bsky.social Student π Gardenerπ± Bibliophile π
Star Trek ππΌ The X-Files π½ WoT π²
Go Phillies!
Nature Lover β she/her
PTK & Honor Society
UFO Book Club ~ Discord
Really into Phytoremediation
Tennessee Tech
Oak Ridge, TN β’οΈ
Antonia Honeywell @antoniahoneywell.bsky.social Permanently drowning, waves occasionally.
Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com A non-profit social enterprise dedicated to people with Long Covid + ME. Shifting the paradigm one step at a time...
ππHome to the #cripademia book club.
https://www.longcovidadvoc.com/
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Nicola Edwards @nicolaedwards.bsky.social Debut novelist. This Thing of Darkness, a reimagining of Heathcliffβs lost years, is out now. MA from the Manchester Writing School and PhD candidate at the University of Bangor.
www.nicolaedwards.co.uk
Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer.bsky.social Author of Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand. I mostly write about complex chronic illness and math. Bylines in NYT, WashPost, Discover, Wired, Slate, Stat News, Science News, lots more. She/her.
Lawyer in Beta dot com @lawyerinbeta.com Jurassic Millennial
The Keeper of Records
Susan & Her Kindle of Kittens @susanjn.bsky.social ππππ³οΈββ§οΈπ Feminist! Retired librarian, programmer & network worker bee. Impulsive gardener, protector of animals, kitty momma. Devourer of SF, fantasy & mysteries, buyer of too many books.πββ¬πββ¬πββ¬ππββ¬πββ¬πββ¬ (No DMs unless I know u, please)
Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social Politics and cat pictures. Denver suburbs. She/her.
Mandisi Nkomo @darkcow.bsky.social Drummer. Producer. Writer.
Find my work here: https://thedarkcow.com/
Shortlisted for the Toyin Falola Prize
Longlisted for the Nommo Awards
Stories in, The Best of World SciFi Vol 3, The Big Book of Cyberpunk, Omenana, AfroSF- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
You, in the bushes. @youinthebushes.bsky.social Nerd, still wearing a mask, blocking bigotry and buffoonery.
Alt for PFP: A tricolour corgi with a unicorn horn prancing in front of a rainbow with white stars and hearts drawn on it.
Banner alt: A still from the Barbie movie of her singing and driving
Prof. Pragya Agarwal @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social ND Scientist & Writer:SWAY, (M)OTHERHOOD, HYSTERICAL/Writing a new book coming early 2026 and spending a lot of time in libraries and archives. FRSA FRGS. V Prof at Loughborough. Fellow at Newnham College-Cambridge, Fulbright (CUNY), Oxford etc.
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Marian Keyes @mariankeyes.bsky.social Reads books. Watches telly. Wrings hands over the state of the world.
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Janet Emson @janetemson.bsky.social Book lover. Book reviewer. On the other socials as @JanetEmson
UK
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Johanna Saunders @johannasaunders.bsky.social Anti Tory/Farage, Anti Brexit, Anti Trump, A bit sweary, crazy about my kid and furious at climate change denial which is destroying her future.
Full time carer, veggie, total insomniac and usually reading, watching or listening to stuff!
Lattesdotter @lattesdotter.bsky.social Cynthia White, Phd. #bloggessfam #DisabilityAdvocate #ChronicFatigue. Left Democrat. Retired professor (sociology and statistics). Poetry, nature, reading, sarcasm, puns. She/her. Cis-het. LGBTQ+ ally. Madison, WI. Instagram: lattesdotter11.
The bloggess (Jenny Lawson) @thebloggess.bsky.social Author, blogger, proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, loose cannon. 
Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social Illustrator. Cartoonist.
Jenny Knight @jennyknight.bsky.social Author | Writer | Editor
*WILD MOON RISING* - 06/25 @akan_books @HarperCollins
Kit de Waal's #CommonPeople
Ed & Dev Ed @JerichoWriters
Assoc Artist @WritersCentre
Twitter/X @knightjennyk
Ig @jennyaknight
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social Writer and Art Historian. Old Fox stories. Edward M.Bannister catalogue raisonne and research. Reynard the Fox and Fox for All Seasons published by Bodleian Publishing. Oxford & Dorset. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnneLouiseAvery
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π ποΈπ π πΊ π» πͺ΄ π π₯
He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
π The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iβve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
π Maggie & Me.
π You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders π³οΈββ§ @charliejane.bsky.social Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic βΒ and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. Writing Star Trek: Zero Point for IDW Comics.
Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy. 
Gair Dunlop @gair.bsky.social Artist in but not necessarily about Scotland.
Video photography and text.
"It's a Sign!" exhibition and book crowdfunder
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/its-a-sign
www.atomtown.org
Steven Gomzi πππ @stevengomzi.bsky.social Reader, cat butler, dog lover, and book collector. Fantasy, weird fiction, horror, comics, crime fiction and film. Husband, and father of two awesome kids. Can usually be found lost in a forest or lost in the stacks at some used bookstore.πππ
Ingrid Paulson @ingridpaulson.bsky.social Book design and AD, instructor at The Chang School, TMU, and middle manager of expectations. Anti-Wednesdays, pro-theatre. π¨π¦ She/her.
https://ingridpaulson.com
Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Irish author
Fic/non-fic
The "Finfarran" novels
Standalone novel #AWinterWedding Hachette Sept 2026
Keynote speaker
London UK/Corca Dhuibhne Irl
Lit rep: Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates UK
Linktree: https://rb.gy/g9pf2
CUI BONO? @berkeleyeve.bsky.social living in a Time of Lies. Twin Cities senior, after years on the East Coast.
Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, & developmental editor of TTRPGs, comics, board games, sci-fi, & fantasy. Newbie indexer. Lover of apple cider doughnuts. Knitter. Generative AI sucks. She/her π www.rachellapidow.com
Brainstormer in Chief: #StetChat @stetchat.com
sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social Forensic scientist, fangirl, & trivia magnet. Spouse of rahaeli. Baltimore has two syllables. She/her.
Catherine Dunn @catherinedunn.bsky.social I right books. No job too odd! Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Hobbies: snakes, drawing, painting, knitting, crochet, Valheim, gardening, geocaching. Occasional spinner. Noise-maker. She/her. Insta: bearlycat / CatherineDunnArtwork. πππ¨π§Άπ»ββοΈπ«β€οΈβπ₯π²π±π«§
curb @curb.bsky.social jokes and commentary
Fahngeh π±π· @hawajande.bsky.social Gbetu β’ Singlet Mom β’ Alltimey Writer β’ Sometimey Scientist β’ Zombie theorist β’ π§ βΏοΈ
ππWriter/Awards (crime, juju, SF, folklore): THE LAZARUS EFFECT, THE SCORE, FUGEE, Africa39, MMF Scholar, Granta, Lolwe, Isele etc
Linda Mannheim @lindamannheim.bsky.social Words in The Nation, Granta, Sight & Sound, and more. PhD Researcher at the University of Westminster. THIS WAY TO DEPARTURES, stories about leaving the place you're from, was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize. 
C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social Editor, translator, filmmaker. Recovering academic. Leftist. Perfumista. ME/CFS, MCAS, POTS. EN/FR. She/they. DMV. More some days than others.
Tallulah Lucy @tallulahlucy.bsky.social Lvl 38. Love books, writing, craft and art.
Masande Ntshanga @masande.bsky.social author THE REACTIVE (2014) TRIANGULUM (2019) NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM (2020) inventor and publisher MODEL SEE MEDIA
masandentshanga.com
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social College teacher, Atlantic World historian, Poirot + Morse aficionado
he/him/his
Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social Author of novels, short stories and non-fiction in Dutch and English | currently dabbling in screenwriting | prone to curiosity and enthusiasm | Will accept money to write. | https://linktr.ee/richarddenooy
Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social Writer, photographer, cyclist, naturalist, martial artist, tall ship sailor. The Pirate Guy of Blue Sky, apparently. Mexican-American. No kings in America. He/him. San Diego, CA.
π Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social Malaysian Chinese Aotearoa (New Zealander), geek, food, wine & microbes interest. Best Auckland Restaurant Venn diagram (Onedrive): https://tinyurl.com/AucklandRestaurant TL50
Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev He/him. Somerville, MA.
Previously: Google, reCAPTCHA, Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., Computer Science).
Frankie Huang ι»η’§θ΅€ @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social β¨ BeijingεΏ American changeling β¨
Culture writer & editor, semiotician, illustrator. Previously @theemancipator.org senior editor
She/her
Joe Vaz @joevaz.bsky.social Actor/Voice-Artist/Writer,
www.JoeVaz.com,
https://voiceover.joevaz.com/
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social Rabbi/award-winning author.
π± Ancient tools for healing + justice: LifeIsASacredText.com
(Always! 100% human-authored + NAZI-FREE!):
New π On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.
π₯ Collective liberation or bust.
she/her
CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social Nontheist Quaker. PsyD: CBT/PTSD. SJCleric. She/they
I write #hopepunk fantasy: Rienβs Rebellion 1st book free @ czedwards.net
https://linktr.ee/czedwards
discord: czedwards or https://czedwards.dreamwidth.org/
Tumblr: https://galantier.blog/
Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social Freelance medical editor, alto, digital packrat, occasional traveller, trying to make things better. If you tell me a tomato is a fruit not a vegetable, youβll get a lecture. π¨π¦ She/her. https://linktr.ee/rmarwick
Hannah Davis @ahandvanish.bsky.social Research, algorithmic art & music, machine learning, anti-bias in AI data. #LongCovid research & advocacy @patientled.bsky.social.
Tamara Oh @tamara0h.bsky.social Independent writer, editor, and communications consultant.
Word Chef. Mom to Noogie. Grammar grumpypants. F1 nut. Here for the cat pics and puns.