drpeterjmurray.bsky.social @drpeterjmurray.bsky.social Reading crime fiction, SF etc, and touring book festivals; enjoying photography, good beer, wines & uisge-beatha. Retired nurse/health informatician. Still European
Open Borders Press @openborderspress.bsky.social Founded by Christopher MacLehose, OBP specialises in publishing literary fiction, non fiction and crime fiction from around the world exclusively in English translation.
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social Quondam Prof. English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Eva Dolan @evadolan.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of the Zigic & Ferreira series. Grand Prix des Lectrices winner. Cambridge. Agent - Nicola Barr at Rye Literary
Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social Anchored in philosophy @stir.ac.uk
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Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.social Best-selling author, film critic, and screenwriter. Award-winning scripts: Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, Mary Reid, and La Famiglia. I love movies and my two golden retrievers.
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John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
Bulletin of Spanish Studies & Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies @spanishbulletin.bsky.social The voice of BSS & BSVS: International academic journals focused on langs, lits, cultures, histories, incl visual, of Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
Marion Coderch @mncod.bsky.social Assistant professor in Catalan studies at UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia). SFHEA.
Medieval Occitan, Catalan and French. Gender studies. Women's studies. SoTL in Modern Languages.
AJ Hawley's World of Crime @ajhawley.bsky.social Formerly Hawley Reviews
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BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social 🏆 Award-winning children’s booklisting website 📕 Recommended children’s books sorted by age or topic - visit us at http://www.booksfortopics.com
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Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Just Wren @crescentsays.bsky.social Figuring out where I fit in. #Blind genderqueer person, late 20s, #Audhd #Student of psychology. Proud Swiftie, baker, reader and Pagan. Always learning.
Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social
https://flight-literary.ghost.io/
Chris Merritt @cjmerritt.bsky.social Author, ex-diplomat, psychologist
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social Professor of Publishing Studies at Stirling. Ullapoolist. 50% of Blaire Squiscoll. She/Her.
Adrien Bryter ~ Comic Book Writer @adrienbryter.bsky.social Comics Writer, Graphic Designer, Hyperfixations Enthusiast // Author of AVALON Rising (coming soon!) // 31 // W. Yorkshire // #amwriting #writingcommunity
Jen Jilany_Editor @jenjeditor.bsky.social Certified Professional Editor, Up Style Editing.
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Dzavid Dzanic @eintellection.bsky.social Associate Prof. France/Empire | PhD @Harvard | Film Photo | Literature | Spiritually Vancouverite | All views are my own: repost/like/follow/link≠endorsement
Sarah Todd Taylor @sarahtoddtaylor.bsky.social Author of the Alice Éclair and Max the Detective Cat series and Arthur and Me. Loves singing, cats and guinea pigs.
James Kennedy @jameskennedy.bsky.social Musician, author & podcaster
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Hannah Grayson @drhannahgrayson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in French at Stirling. Postcolonial studies. Monénembo. Fiction & testimony. Débrouillardise. Maternity leave 2025-2026.
Caroline Wintersgill @carowintersgill.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Publishing at University of Stirling. Researches contemporary literature, fictional endings and small press publishing. Just moved to Edinburgh.
LJ Shepherd @ljshepherd.bsky.social 📚ONE OF YOUR NUMBER
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Out 9 April 2026
Fiona Brownlee @fionabrownlee.bsky.social Publishing consultant. PR & International Rights. Currently working with Canongate. Little,Brown. Hodder. Greystone. Muswell Press. Birlinn. Polygon. Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival. Swim judge. BSL beginner.
Solveigpals @solveigpals.bsky.social Author of 7 best-selling crime novels and one memoir
Jon Williams @zetetic-geo.bsky.social Geocacher, cyclist, paddle sports, trail runner, photography and campervan.
Nina Parish @ninaparish.bsky.social Head of School (Modern Languages and Cultures) and Professor of French @uofglasgow.bsky.social. Text/image, modern & contemporary poetry, memory studies & museums.
Andrew Smith @andrewdmsmith.bsky.social Linguist at Stirling University. Cànanaiche. Cognitive linguistics, language evolution, grammaticalisation, metaphor, Gàidhlig, languages, Scottish and UK politics, football (Burnley/ East Stirlingshire/ groundhopping), music, maps, cats, other stuff.
Jennie Ensor @jennieensor.bsky.social Writer (novels & poetry). Explorer (landscapes internal and external). Fond of tea & cake with friends, getting lost in strange places, hibernating with a book.
Sequel to THE BAD NEIGHBOUR out now: THE BAD WOMEN (Hobeck Books)- F Linda Wright @fireflycottage.bsky.social I'm a crime writer, a campervanner and the proud owner of two rescue dogs.
Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social Emerita professor of German Aberystwyth Uni, Remainer, siarad Cymraeg, support #indyWales #annibyniaeth
Literature and Languages at Stirling @litandlangstirling.bsky.social The division of Literature and Languages at the University of Stirling
Raven Youngblood - Author @ravenized.bsky.social 📚Author- 📈Marketing Exec- 👩🏼💼Small Business Owner- 🌶️Neuro-Spicy - ☕️Coffee Addict
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Currently writing Catalyst: The Helm of the Awakening- Dystopian Cyberpunk Pirate Adventure
Boswell Book Festival @bozzybookfest.bsky.social Bestselling authors bring biography and memoir to life at Boswell Book Festival. Join us for a weekend of in-person and live-streamed talks from 8-10 May.
Jonathan Woods @jonathanwwoods.bsky.social Operations manager, @c20society.bsky.social
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Caroline Venezia @caroline-venezia.bsky.social Happily retired, reading, eating, drinking, snoozing. Author's wife, cat's mother, she/her.
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Oskar Jensen @oskarjensen.bsky.social Novelist, Historian, BBC New Generation Thinker, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | Song, streets, balladry, Jacobins, Whodunnits | If Love Should Die | Helle in Venice out 18.2.27 | he/him
Jo Wimpenny @jowimpenny.bsky.social Science and nature writer | 📍Oxford | 📚 BEAUTY OF THE BEASTS is a Spotify Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2026! | Dr of crows | Champion of unloved creatures
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Alexandra Sokoloff @alexsokoloff.bsky.social Thriller Award-winning author/screenwriter: The Huntress Moon thrillers, Screenwriting Tricks for Authors. California liberal repatriated to Scotland. Feminist. Ally. Traveler. Accidental historian.
Karen @karendennise.bsky.social 📚 UK book blogger at https://www.myreadingcorner.co.uk/
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Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
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JB Miller @jbmilleractually.bsky.social Writer, novelist, playwright, classic film nut, dad, Londoner, superior wit, inferior cook, avid slow reader, champion sleeper, haematological memoirist
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Nic @nikkibeebooks.bsky.social Bookseller and book lover - personal account
Queer Fashion Historian 📚 @fashionhistorian.bsky.social PhD Researcher centered in #Queer studies around doll play, queer doll history, and fashion dolls.
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Heathen @heathenmaker.bsky.social 🇺🇲 I've lived a life. Mistakes were made. I never voted for that 🍊 Jackass, and I'll never forgive anyone who did! 🏳️🌈 🇺🇸
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Marc Bernstein @marcbernstein261.bsky.social MSc Politics & BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy & History Birkbeck University of London, Civil Servant From & live in London Uk. politics History & intl affairs, Culture, Jewish life, Soccer. Also on here to make friends. Straight Single & Jewish
Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social Writer of crime novels and does Hull Noir. Will also contain football and moaning. #MDANT
"Cast No Shadow" out now via Black Spring Press.
Steven B. Epstein @stevenbauthor.bsky.social Author of bestselling true crime books Deadly Heist, Murder on Birchleaf Drive, Evil at Lake Seminole, and Extreme Punishment StevenBEpstein.com #truecrime
Tams the Elder @tamstheelder.bsky.social Mom. Recovering career public servant. News junkie. Wiccan Crone. Animal lover & hound mom/foster mom. Sadly allergic to cats. Parkinson’s warrior.
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Louise Fairbairn @scarletrix.bsky.social ...sometimes you wake up. sometimes the fall kills you. and sometimes when you fall you fly...
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Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
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Chrissie Sains @chrissiesains.bsky.social Children's Author |
Alien in the Jam Factory series published by @walkerbooksuk and
‘I Got This’ published by @scholasticinc
Darren Elliott-Smith @drdesmith.bsky.social Queer Horror Doctor/Academic, cat-daddy, weathered Husband and general pop, Gothic and trash culture enthusiast...Programme Director of Gender Studies @Univ of Stirling.
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Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Caitlin Davies @caitlindavies.bsky.social Writer, #BadGirls, #QueensoftheUnderworld, #PrivateInquiries, historian, swimmer, jumble lover. Thanet, Kent. Rep by Robert Kirby, United Agents. https://www.caitlindavies.co.uk/
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Harriet Hirshman @harrietbookface.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor at Dead Ink Books
Rachel Amphlett @rachelamphlett.bsky.social USA Today bestselling crime fiction writer. Traveller, podcast host, accidental private detective.
Australia & UK.
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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
Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social Scottish crime writer. Second psychological thriller, THE WEEKEND GUESTS out now in the UK; Jan 28 in North America. Also love (in no particular order): Scottish beaches, Edinburgh, cats, my kids, fancy gin. Agent: Camilla Shestopal
Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social Academic, fourth class.
Publishing Lecturer at the University of Stirling. Researcher of smartphone storytelling. Author of books on Paris, London, Scotland, cemeteries, chess, & dragons. Erstwhile doer of other things. Often mediocre. He/Him
Sam Holland @samhollandbooks.bsky.social Writer of dark stuff. Moonlights as Louisa Scarr. Owner of Max.
Out now:
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🎧 SLEEPING BEAUTIES
🐕 BROKEN HOUSE
Agent: Ed Wilson.
M J Lee @mjlee2307.bsky.social Writer of crime novels, dad, flaneur. Occasionally may be found in the bottom of a wine glass.
Ian Skewis @ianskewis.bsky.social Editor, Writer and Publisher.
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Robert Rutherford @robertrutherford.bsky.social Crime Writer repped by David Headley @ DHH. Also writes as Robert Scragg. Sunday Times bestseller SEVEN DAYS out now at https://tinyurl.com/yc6pf4bx
Tim Kinsey @tekinsey.uk Mystery Writer. Dreadful Drummer. Proudly responsible for the Lady Hardcastle series.
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Graham Bartlett @gbpoliceadvisor.bsky.social 🚔 Advising authors, TV writers, doc makers.
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Dr Leona Watson (formerly Skelton) @infrastructuregeek.bsky.social Associate Prof in Environmental History, Northumbria Uni. Editor in Chief, Environment and History. Environmental, social and cultural impact of British water and transport infrastructure, 1500-2000. Authored Tyne after Tyne and Sanitation in Urban Britain
Mark Thomas @leroykeats.bsky.social Novelist. Two books from @saltpublishing. “The Bothy” and “Dry Cleaning”.
Also Samurai for hire. (Only available Thursdays).
Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social Arachnid Press is an independent Scottish publisher.
Website: https://www.arachnid.scot/
Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social Author, photographer, traveller, husband, father, grandfather and lover of Scotland and all things Scottish.
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.
Website: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/
Kasia Beresford @kasiabesfud.bsky.social Translator from Polish to English and Polish-English interpreter based in Manchester, UK.
Catherine O’Sullivan @osullivanc.bsky.social Paediatric doctor. Enthusiastic about immunology, books, football, & films.
Life is a Festival! @lifeisafestival.bsky.social Marketing Translator & Copywriter
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Happenstance Bookshop @happenstancebook.shop Coming soon to Granville County, NC! A bookshop where stories & people meet by chance but connect with intention.
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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
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