Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop | D’Olier St, Dublin 2
Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5
Café open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social Book lover, novelist, reader, newspaper columnist, occasional lecturer in literature, Irish www.martinadevlin.ie
TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fáilte.
www.thebookshop.ie
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https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
Sheelagh na Gig: Books Coffee Gifts Wholefoods in Cloughjordan @sheelaghnagig.bsky.social Independent book and wholefoods shop offering the best in fiction for all ages and nonfiction on permaculture, sustainability, activism. Local and organic foods too. Open 6 days 1pm to 6pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Hannah Yang @hannahyangwrites.bsky.social Professional daydreamer. Locus & World Fantasy Award finalist. Stories in Apex, Analog, Clarkesworld. 📖 Rep’d by Rebecca Eskildsen at Writers House.
Read my work: hannahyang.com/stories
Subscribe: hannahyang.com/newsletter
Independent Lit @independentlit.bsky.social Celebrating the UK's independent literature. For those who read adventurously.
https://substack.com/@independentlit
@royakhatiblou.bsky.social et al.
Independentlituk@gmail.com
Dilek Ozturk @dilekozturk.bsky.social Istanbul Technical University/Postdoctoral Research Fellow at School of English, Trinity College Dublin.
Contemporary Irish Drama, theories of space and place ❤️- J Justjillian @justjillian.bsky.social Host of Bookcited! Podcast featuring interviews with authors and other bookish things. Northern Ireland. Library enthusiast
Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry).
https://nualaoconnor.com/
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social Debut novel, Wild Iris (Dedalus)
"...filled with luminous detail and a voice that is tender, intimate and pitch perfect."—Catherine Dunne.
ruthmckee.org
Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at City St George's, Uni of London. I curate the short story project apersonalanthology.com. Novels are Randall or The Painted Grape, and The Large Door. Poetry is Spring Journal. https://linktr.ee/jonathangibbs
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Shop asst. Poet and interviewer. Work broadcast on BBC Radio Three, The Verb. Edits The Wombwell Rainbow. #PromoteIndieLit Recent work: The Drey Skin. Forthcoming: "Miner Wattas", "Mashing" https://ko-fi.compaulthewombwellrainbow
Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social Journalist, author of Social Capital, Corkonian in Dublin.
The Book Corner @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey
Sarah-Clare Conlon @sarahclareconlon.bsky.social Less able to stand ✍️ Writer | ✏️ Editor | 📚 Poetry Book Society Selections |🍂ACE-funded DROUGHT THOUGHTS | 🐦⬛ Wanderland (Red Ceilings) | 🌝 Lune (Red Ceilings) | 📕 Using Language (Invisible Hand) | 🇫🇷 cache-cache (Contraband) | ⛵️Marine Drive (Broken Sleep)
Andy Charman @andyandz.bsky.social Author of Crow Court. published by @unbounders.bsky.social. Longlist Desmond Elliott 2021. Shortlist CWA Historical 2022. Laureat Festival du Premier Roman 2022. Researching 1983 and philosophers in WWII. Assistant Editor of Thin-Skin.com
Anna Polonyi @annapolonyi.bsky.social Author of debut novel TOMORROW WE'LL BE PREY (HarperCollins, forthcoming Feb. 2027). Co-founder of the Nantes Writers' Workshop. Cloud & lichen enthusiast.
DonalProsePoet @donalconaty.bsky.social Irish writer in Sligo. Sharing prose poems, fragments and readings from two works in progress – Splintered and Splinters. Bewildered Man on Substack.
Therese Sellers @qerese.bsky.social Writer, hellenist, translator of LAND of AEOLIA by Ilias Venezis (www.deniseharveypublisher.gr). Author of ALPHA is for ANTHROPOS with illustrations by Lucy Bell Wait Jarka-Sellers. Second edition forthcoming (www.solitudehill.com). & haiku!
Adrian Astur Alvarez @adrianasturalvarez.bsky.social Writer of literary fiction & poetry.
Work in JMWW, Soundings Review, Hot Metal Bridge.
Elizabeth Fletcher @esfletcher.bsky.social writer, yoga therapist, Bowie fan | asst cnf editor Pithead Chapel | Best Microfiction nom | Pushcart Prize nom | BOTN nom | wigleaf LL | stage NED | ope
Writing: www.esfletcher.com
Kate Bielinski @katebielinski.eurosky.social Book lover, food lover, wine lover but also partial to a good g&t, pedant, cynic. Personal account - mostly lighthearted, occasionally serious.
Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling Irish author.
Fic/non-fic. Keynote speaker.
The "Finfarran" novels
Standalone novel #AWinterWedding Hachette Sept 2026
London UK/Corca Dhuibhne Irl
Lit rep: Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates UK
Linktree: https://rb.gy/g9pf2
Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social London's Independent Bookshop of 2024.
Fiction, London Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Travel, Classics, Children's Books, Cards, Totes, and Short Story Prize.
https://linktr.ee/bricklanebookshop
Dubray Books @dubray-books.bsky.social Independent Irish bookstore since 1973. Bray, Blackrock, Cork, Dundrum, Dun Laoghaire, Galway, Grafton St, Liffey Valley, Mary St. Rathmines, Stillorgan, Swords, Waterford.
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for!
An Post Bookshop of the Year 🏆
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
Steve Hill @stevehill.bsky.social 
Belfast book club @belfastbookclub.bsky.social Belfast’s longest running bookclub. Join us on the last Thursday of every month upstairs at Waterstones central Belfast. Free coffee for all!
Matthew Rice @matthew-rice.bsky.social Poet-PhD-Anti-racist. ‘Plastic’ forthcoming in January 2026 with Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) & Soft Skull Press (US), available here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790542/plastic-by-matthew-rice/
Jen Matthews @jenwritesagain.bsky.social Often reading - sometimes writing.
Substack @ChaseTheWren
Editor @the4facedliar.bsky.social
Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/shelley-roche-jacques
Dan Jenks @dantjenks.bsky.social Reading. Cycling. Education.
https://substack.com/@dan1997690?r=4hxm6&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social Artist/Writer/Postman appearing from behind a rhododendron and cursing loudly #MDANT
Website: https://kevinboniface.co.uk
Sports and Social: https://tinyurl.com/2xmnxh38
Round About Town: https://tinyurl.com/24bwnh2b
Chris Parker @chrisparkerwriter.bsky.social Writer of TV and books for adults and children. Nameless Lake (Salt Books), The Yes Bunny (Magic Cat)
Taffeta Chime @taffetachime.bsky.social Pushcart-nominated writer and editor, mother, linguist, drummer, gamer, and big ole nerd.
Author of Stoodie (2007) and The Last (2011)
she/her
English/汉语/español
Tia Levings, Writer @tialevingswriter.bsky.social Author of NYT Bestseller A WELL-TRAINED WIFE. Anti-Fundamentalist, mother, artist, hiker, friend.
Bookaneer808 @bookaneer808.bsky.social Avid reader, bookseller, likes birds and puns
She/her
Creator of annual #ReadIrishWomenChallenge - runs every April
https://www.instagram.com/bookaneer808/profilecard/?igsh=NjMxM3A3dWxnNmJ
📖 We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman 🛩
Barbara Byar @barbarabyar.bsky.social Writer
Debut Novel: IN THE DESERT, OUT NOW
from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Buy Here: https://a.co/d/0bucj1Yn
Collection: Some Days are Better than Ours (Reflex Fiction)
https://substack.com/@barbarabyar?utm_source=user-menu
Kerry via San Francisco
Brown Hound Press @brownhoundpress.bsky.social A small press in Lexington, KY that publishes offbeat mystery, dark humor, southern gothic & literary fiction. A free story each week! We pay authors.
brownhoundpress.com
Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #InternationalDebutNovelCompetition 📚
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland.
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com Cyberpunk author, gnostic, signal digger, based in Ottawa 🇨🇦.
https://shadowpawpress.com/product/gods-of-a-new-world/
Mickey Revenaugh @mickeyrevenaugh.bsky.social Author of SCHOOL'S OUT: Why Families Are Choosing Unconventional Education. Writer, wanderer, ed tech fangirl. Proud member of #5amwritersclub, follower of #Edusky.
https://linktr.ee/mickeyrevenaugh
Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social A tiny world of books and bookish gifts. Come visit, bring chocolate! Owner is a delight, at times. Drinker of terrible tea (allegedly)
Www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent.
Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/
Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
Simply Books @simplybooks1791.bsky.social Sam Hanna.
Books, writing & other odds & ends - some Northern Irish thoughts.
Focusing on and promoting Irish literature and, sometimes, other writers as well 🙂
#WeekendBooks
#WeekendBookReviews
Photographs: @simplyphotos1791.bsky.social
DRAKE - The Bookshop @drakebookshop.bsky.social Nine year old bookshop in Stockton. Here to help you find your next extra special read (which will initially be Leonard & Hungry Paul if you haven’t read it yet (or are too young). Either way we will find brilliant books for you to love.
Joe Cushnan @joecushnan.bsky.social Writes. Reads. "Sometimes words can serve me well and sometimes words can go to hell......" (Harry Chapin)
The Barbellion Prize @barbellionprize.bsky.social The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. SUBMISSIONS OPEN https://barbellionprize.org/
**NEW CORRECT OFFICIAL ACCOUNT**
Julian Day @julianday.bsky.social Published by Blackbough Poetry, The Storms Journal, FolkHeart Press. Featured writer in Patricia's Pen, and on A Thousand Shades Of Green podcast and a regular guest reader on Eat The Storms podcast. Best of The Net nominated.
Grampa Jody @jodywagner.bsky.social 🙏Grampa of 3 ♥️Husband ♥️Father of 6
🐾Mastiff Daddy 🌲Minnesota Nice 🌈Eclectic
💙My religion is #kindness.💙
💞Be the reason someone #smiles today.💞
☕Buy a Coffee for Grampa☕ or 🦴A bone for Nala🦴
https://buymeacoffee.com/grampajody 🙏
Juliet Mabey @jule9.bsky.social Publisher Oneworld w/ brilliant prize-winning fiction, inc Marlon James, Paul Beatty, Tayari Jones, Paul Lynch, Tess Gunty, Chelsea Bieker, Caoilinn Hughes etc. OBE.
Helen Mort @helenmort.bsky.social Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social Autheur. Unfluencer.
'The Beckett List' (2027)
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
All published by www.saggingmeniscus.com
(No DMs)
Katherine Argent @katherineargent.com Kansas City-based writer and woman of a certain rage. Reading submissions for @fracturedlit.bsky.social & The Master’s Review. Petting all the dogs.
Also at the bad place: https://x.com/effthealgorithm
Victoria @victoriamillerston.bsky.social #Writer #WIP is a crime novel with a Southern drawl.
Visit my website: www.victoriamillerston.com
Member Sisters-in-Crime, James River Writers #MD38
#BookSky 💙📚 Historical Fiction ⏳📚💙
Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks 
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/
Conduit Books @conduitbooks.bsky.social A new independent press publishing literary fiction and memoir of the highest quality.
conduitbooks.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/ConduitBooks
(Conduit Books UK are not affiliated with Conduit Books & Ephemera in the USA)
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
Limerick Literary Festival @limericklitfest.bsky.social The Festival will run in Limerick 27.02.26 - 01.03.26 at the Belltable, O’Connell Street. The event continues to honour the life and works of the Limerick author, Kate O’Brien while attracting prominent writers from all over the world.
Alex Aberfoyle @alexaberfoyle.bsky.social I write about the memories that shape us and the quiet moments that spark change. Canadian author of literary fiction.
Patricia González Bermúdez @kaleidoscopatsy.bsky.social Philologist & Translator. Lecturer at SLLCS, Trinity College Dublin
#books #languages #history #translation #classics #culturalstudies #Spain #Gothic #SciFi #ReadMoreWomen
https://goodreads.com/patriciagonzalezbermudez
https://letterboxd.com/PatriciaGB
Fiachra McCarthy - Graphic Designer @feekra.bsky.social Graphic Designer, mostly books, some magazines. Transplanted from Dublin to Kerry. Guitar obsessed, but learning the Bouzouki. 
Henrike @amreading.bsky.social Avid reader. 📚💙
Here: my online reading journal and
ever growing #tbr pile/bookshelf.
Interested in conservation work, and all things sea otters 🦦💙. She/her. #FCancer
Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social Lecturer @ QUB history. Twentieth century Italy, history of emotions, family, motherhood. Creative approaches to history. Essays and stories in the Dublin Review @londonmagazine, Tangerine magazine
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://niamhcullenwriter.com/
Ketebe @ketebe.bsky.social 
W.J. Theron @machiaduck.bsky.social Writer | Anxiety & OCD | Harnessing Creative Writing For Self Care. | #WeContinue
AI ⛔️
"We possess art lest we perish from the truth" - Friedrich Nietzsche
#writercommunity #fantasy #booksky #selfcare
Phelim McDermott @openspacer.bsky.social I improvise. I open space, I facilitate. I make unforgettable theatre, amongst others. Director My Neighbour Totoro. Tao of Glass
Artistic Director @ www.improbable.co.uk
www.devotedanddisgruntled.com
Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social author of TURMERIC & SUGAR (Thirty West). stories in Wigleaf, Short Story Long, Berkeley Fiction Review, HAD, Craft, Fractured, etc.
annavangalajones.com
@librariesni.bsky.social @librariesni.bsky.social 
Barry Mullin @lighthousehunter.bsky.social Capturing the world's most iconic lighthouses. Full videos - https://www.youtube.com/@Lighthouse_Hunter
BBC World Book Club @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social Follow for sneak peaks, which authors are coming up, and share your questions to be part of our global book club! New podcast episodes 1st Sat every month https://tinyurl.com/BBC-World-Book-Club Send questions via DM or to worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk
Russ Rowlett - Lighthouse Directory @lhdirectory.bsky.social Retired UNC math ed professor and longtime lighthouse fan
Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com Sharing news about my endeavors and enthusiasms. Publicist since 2001. Independent.
Logo design: Mark McCoy. Photo: Joanna Tillman.
laurencerand.com
Michael Kelleher @michaelkelleher.bsky.social Seurat/knew a lot/about dots
Anca L. Szilágyi @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social Author of DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” by Shelf Awareness & DREAMS UNDER GLASS, called “a novel for our modern times” by Buzzfeed Books. ancawrites.com.
Sibylline Press @sibyllinepress.bsky.social Publishing the brilliant work of women 50+.
Sibylline Press | Sibylline Digital First | Sibylline Craft
Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharologist @pharology.bsky.social All things lighthouse-related, with the occasional detour into maritime history, heritage preservation, and related fields, by an indifferent photographer, incorrigible bibliophile, and unlicensed pharologist. Remember -- typo's mean its real!
Rachel Cantor @rachelcantor.bsky.social Author of the adult literary novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Now writing speculative MG/YA. Flailing but I mean well. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
Arash Zeini @arashzeini.com Researcher @mantrams.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk; FRHistS; Iran, Zoroastrianism, late antiquity, philology; Founder of @biblioIranica.info; AIS inaugural Book Prize for Ancient Iranian Studies 2022. Personal account, my views.
https://linktr.ee/arashzeini
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/
Samantha Augusta @samantha-augusta.bsky.social 💥 🌊 📈
HAI Fellow @ Stanford focusing on risk & safety 🖇️ 🦜
The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
NCI Library @ncilibrary.bsky.social Library of the National College of Ireland. Follow for updates on library services at NCI!
Say hello via LibChat on our website or drop us an email. https://libguides.ncirl.ie/library
Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social he/him • Doctor of Physics • Worldbuilder & Conlanger • Fan of Fantasy • Whovian • Amateur Enthusiast of Linguistics, Archaeology, Classics, and many other things
📍 Britain • 📖 Whitewalls • 📺 Trotters' Flat
Kildare Library Service @kildarelibrary.bsky.social Welcome to Kildare Library Service! #LoveYourLibrary
https://linktr.ee/kildarelibraries
*Account not monitored out of hours*
Kildare County Council’s Social Media Policy - https://kildarecoco.ie/YourCouncil/CustomerService/SocialMediaPolicy/
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️
www.thereaderberlin.com
Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Jennifer Bew Orr 📖🖊️📷 @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social American/British Swiss resident. Builders tea, indie publishers, and editing till it hurts ❤️🔥♾️
Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever (stories, Stanchion), & Stepdad on the Dance Floor (stories, Unsolicited) out now.
All We Knew Were Our Hearts (novel, Unsolicited) coming in '27.
Editor at The Loveliest Review.
timothyboudreau.com.
He/him
Ryan Dennis @penofryandennis.bsky.social Editor of @themilkhouse.bsky.social, author of novel The Beasts They Turned Away and memoir Barn Gothic from @IslandPress.bsky.social.
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
A Z Mackay @azmackay.bsky.social Author of Future Tense. Fiction, essays and speculative tech anthropology. Also Adam Mackay: Head of AI, QA-Systems; nonfiction writer and researcher. https://azmackay.com
MJ Beauchamp @mjnicefield.bsky.social Montréal, QC
📖☕️🪶
https://linktr.ee/mjnicefield