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Chance Durant @chancedurant.bsky.social Author, Game Designer, TTRPG player, Nerd, Father, Husband, Christian, lover of all things Shenanigan, Co-Creator of Carbyne Jungle & LokDown TTRPGs, Author of Sci-Fi Novel Construct, Believer in Nazi Punching, Guillotined my Twitter account for blue skies
P.L. Stuart - Author of The DROWNED KINGDOM SAGA @plstuart-author.bsky.social www.plstuart.com Assistant Editor Before We Go Blog; Grimdark Magazine; YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@plstuartthedrownedkingdomsaga ; He/Him
Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social Publishing books for the enquiring mind since 2017. Specialising in non-fiction and poetry.
We accept submissions year round. Emerging writers welcome.
Melbourne • Montréal and London
downingfield.com
Granta Books @grantabooks.bsky.social Independent literary publishers. Discover our books here: http://granta.com/books/. 
Jill Johnson @writerjilljohnson.bsky.social 🥀Crime Writer🥀Creator of Toxic Botanical Mayhem🥀DEVIL’S BREATH+HELL’S BELLS+BELLA DONNA+BLOOD ROOT🥀
@bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social 🇬🇧@sourcebooks.bsky.social 🇺🇸
BBC Between the Covers book club pick
Insta: jilljohnsonwrites
Info: http://jilljohnsonwrites.com
Faye Brann @writerfaye.bsky.social Author. Performer. Loves fine wine and applause.
Winner of the 2020 Comedy Women in Print Prize
2021 Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy pub. a HarperCollins
2025 Kiss, Marry, Murder
*COMING SOON* Little Grey Cells June 2026
Insta: @writerfaye
Terry Birdgenaw @terrybirdgenaw.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Antunite Chronicles (Antifascist Allegorical Fiction), Satirist, Professor, Democracy Defender, Resists Autocracy, Writing for freedom, Check out my humorous Orwellian stories.
terrybirdgenaw.com
https://linktr.ee/terrybirdgenaw
Martin Baynton @martinbaynton.com 🇬🇧🇳🇿 British-born Kiwi author, illustrator & TV producer | 30+ years crafting magical stories for kids | Creator of Jane & the Dragon & The WotWots | Writing: Taking Wonderland (Book 2 on pre-order 🚀)
martinbaynton.com
Jake Hayes @theboltergeist.bsky.social Author of 8 novels, poet, artist, and horror geek living in the Colorado mountains. Obsessed with apocalyptic vibes, humanity's resilience, and the stories we leave behind.
All my stuff!: linktr.ee/Boltergeist
K. Bengston | Horror Author @jackalopehouse.com Horror author of books The Boatman, Mother Dauber, and MOTHMAN Proudly Presents 🤘
Lara Stapleton @larastap.bsky.social Author, The Ruin of Everything, Paloma Press. Prof., BMCC of CUNY. Mixed Filipino-Am. I love: books, my students who have excellent brains & deserve the world, historical linguistics, Austronesian brilliance, bingewatching, decent humans. Art is everything
MichaelBurke @michaelsreading.bsky.social Enthusiastic book reader and reviewer, with a passion for music. L.A. native soaking in the world from Lakemore, OH nowadays. 
Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social Writer. Novelist. Very bad at social media.
amylilwall.co.uk
Kate Halena @katehalena.bsky.social Author ✨️ Editor ✨️Fiction
Debut Novel SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LIES is out now on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GH75XHK9
www.katehalena.com
Balancing the Books @balancingthebooks.bsky.social A podcast to help writers balance the books … along with everything else in life ⚖️
Hosted by @caileansteed.bsky.social
https://tinyurl.com/4wk29w3z
Anthony Addis @anthonyaddis.bsky.social I used to write, read and live in Cairo, KL, Jakarta and Riyadh. Now I do all that in Lichfield while placating two Indonesian streetcats.
My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
anthonyaddis.co.uk
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
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J.W. Radman aka Wes Radman @wesradmanwrites.bsky.social Author/ Husband/ Father(Girl Dad)
*NOW QUERYING*
THE DIVINITY ASSIMILATION
I am a Sci-Fi/Fantasy author who focuses on the corruption of otherwise intelligent people by those in power.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈Ally💙🪐💙
Pop-up indie Bookstore COMING SOON!
@triumviratebooks
Serena @bibliophile99.bsky.social Be curious not judgmental
Be yourself everyone else is taken !
If you don’t vote you can’t complain
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Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
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Kitty Johnson Books @kittyjohnsonbooks.bsky.social Author, published by Lake Union Publishing. Part-time artist, dog-owned. Loves walking and my Norfolk home. https://www.kittyjohnsonbooks.com/
Booktasters Authors @booktastersauthors.bsky.social Boost your book’s exposure with honest, impactful reviews on Goodreads & Amazon! 📚✨ We help authors reach more readers. DM us for review inquiries!
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William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Cllr Salman Shaheen @salmanshaheen.bsky.social Author of bestselling novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Public Realm on Hounslow Council. CEO of Carter Fleet. Journalist. FRSA
Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour cllrs
Marnix ten Brinke @marnixtenbrinke.bsky.social Writer, journalist, historian
Just finished murder mystery After Death Do Us Part manuscript.
'The word versatile has been applied to me before.'
❤️🌈 🐶 📖
Mary Watson @marymary.bsky.social Quite contrary. Writer. Down in the woods. 🇮🇪🇿🇦 Next: THE CLEANER (Transworld) Jan 25
Rapunzel Reads #booksky 🌈 @rapunzelreads.bsky.social Reader & reviewer of MG & YA • Loves fantasy and queer books 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ • Reviewing books on my blog since 2014 💙📚
Blog: rapunzelreads.weebly.com
Newsletter: https://rapunzelreads.beehiiv.com/
The Reading Chick @thereadingchick.bsky.social Book reviewer 📚TheReadingChick.com
Wife 💍
Doodle Mom 🦮
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Kourtney Reilly ♡Fallenangelbooks913♡ @princessofski.bsky.social 📘Reader📘
🖍Writer🖍
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📚Future Author📚
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Margie in Italy @margieinitaly.bsky.social Award-winning author of Italy travel memoirs and medical and psychological thrillers | Creator of Margie in Italy travel blog | Photography | Writer | Retired ICU RN
margieinitaly.com/
Lara Nichole✨ @laranichole.bsky.social Lover of cats 🐈 and all things book 📚 related! I also crochet when time allows 🤭 📚 💙
Spines And Spoilers @spinesandspoilers.bsky.social 📖: The Butcher's Masquerade
📚:30/75
✒ Booktuber, Writer, 36
❤️ Pan, Poly, Trans,
☕ Love: Books, Coffee, pets, family
🤷 He/Him
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/spinesandspoilers
https://youtube.com/@spinesandspoilers?si=86Fm4-i4E3Yu0lGw
Vanessa Lind Books @vanessalindbooks.bsky.social Historical fiction author celebrating books, history, and women who make a difference. www.vanessalind.com #booksky #skystorian
K Christensen @klkchristensen.bsky.social Writer of YA fiction. Reader of everything.
I like all animals but people are my favorite. (at least, until recently)
#querying
David Galle @davidgalle.bsky.social Author - Traveler - Outdoor Enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/davidgalle
JaneAndersonWriter @janeandersonwritet.bsky.social Historical Fiction Author. The Girl Who Fled the Picture & The Paintress. The Orchid Hunters Daughter will arrive in 2025. Dogs. Books. Founder and Organiser Edinburgh Writers Forum & Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival
Website:https://jane-anderson.co.uk
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
sander pleij @sanderpleij.bsky.social co-founding editor
www.europeanreviewofbooks.com
Pamela Ruth Meyer author @pamelaruthmeyer.bsky.social Writing Tales of Mystery, History, and Romance. Represented by Terrie Wolf, AKA Literary Management.
Ophelia🌈 @opheliasbazaar.substack.com Dragon, Mystical Merch Artist, ADHD Storyteller, Confused Traveler. Step into a world where time bends like a slinky, reality twists like a dragon’s tail, and imagination flows like enchanted rivers!
https://bit.ly/opheliasbazaar
J A Andrews @jasona.co.uk Author of psychological thrillers (jasona.co.uk) and ex cleaner from 'How Clean is Your House? 2003-2009 - also showing #CleaningHacks on tiktok.com/@howcleaner
Dammit Doug Smith @dammitdougsmith.bsky.social Retired Curmudgeon at Large. Ne’er do well of questionable morals. Proud purveyor of unmitigated tommyrot. Prone to exaggeration and totally unnecessary embellishment.
Janelle Phillips, Book Reviewer @janellephillips.bsky.social Fantasy bookaholic, book reviewer at www.silentnomorejp.com, reader of all the things, home health RN, special needs mom. I love Jesus but I also cuss a lot and have over 20 tattoos. #SPFBO is awesome.
Mark Robertson - Author of From Handbags to Hand Grenades. @mrauthor.bsky.social Click on bio link to purchase my book https://linktr.ee/markrobertson.author
Michael Pappas @pappasmdz.bsky.social Accidental lawyer. Author of "The Solace of Autumn," arriving on January 14, 2025. Find me on most socials under the handle @pappasmdz.
Website - michaeldpappas.com
Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social Writer, poet and guinea pig fosterer. These Mortal Bodies, my debut about sisterhood, girlhood and obsession, is out now with Simon and Schuster 🦇.
https://linktr.ee/elspethwrites
Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit.
She/they
RachelGPayne.com
CR Westbrook @cazzawrites.bsky.social ‘Bloody author’. Get your copy of dark comedy psycho-thriller romcom Troublemaker at: https://shorturl.at/2eCrv.
Laura Sweeney @lauracsweeney.bsky.social Writer of uplifting, emotional women’s fiction.
Debut novel: My Grandmother’s Secret OUT NOW
Occasional cocktail drinker
Has an out of control TBR pile
https://linktr.ee/laurasweeney
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Abigail Johnson author @abigailj.bsky.social Writer, book lover and mum of two. Loves the sea and cake, not necessarily together. Debut The Secret Collector @panmacmillan.bsky.social out now: bit.ly/SecretCollector 📚🛋️🕰️ Rep'd: WME Books
Sarah Govett @sarahgovett.bsky.social Award-winning YA author and screenwriter. Debut crime thriller, BELIEVE, out with Penguin Michael Joseph June 2025.
Carys Green @carysgreenauthor.bsky.social Thriller author. Always on My Mind out now with Harvill. Loves Disney and cupcakes.
Sky Reviews @reviews-sky.bsky.social Updates on Alex's book and movie reviews.
https://skymoviethoughts.blogspot.com
https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Lucy Nichol @lucynichol.bsky.social Writer. Flunked punk. Serial catastrophiser. 📚 WHEN SALLY KILLED HARRY (03/25 HarperCollins) PARKLIFE, THE 27 CLUB, NO WORRIES IF NOT! (HarperCollins) SNOWFLAKE (Hachette). Rep: Jo Bell, Bell Lomax Moreton
Newcastle via Hull
https://linktr.ee/LucyNichol
Tess @tessaivorywrites.bsky.social Animal lover, and wannabe writer. Just me and my arthritic knee.
Mark Tedesco @authormarktedesco.bsky.social A writer of historical fiction set in ancient Rome & Greece — and a blog about our adventures in Tuscany. Splitting time with California. Sempre in cerca della prossima storia.
Website: marktedesco.com
H.L. Brooks🖋️🩵📚 @hlbrookswrites.bsky.social Author of Fairy Tales✒️
🩷 The Bitchy Quill Podcast 🎙️
Artsy 🎨 📓 Feminist AF 🥾
📍DMV she/her 🏳️🌈
Page & Turner @theliterarystew.bsky.social indie bookstore @pageandturnerph on IG. http://pageandturner.ph. The Literary Stew (http://theliterarystew.blogspot.com)
Ray Keller @ray-keller.bsky.social Screenwriter/Filmmaker
• Nicholl Semifinalist
• Nicholl Quarterfinalist
• Page Award Winner
Bringing my brand of edgy, socially impactful stories to the screen. #scriptsky
💙 Leslie 💙 @jazzzzzy.bsky.social Proud Nana to Riley and Reese, animal lover, senior, liberal, atheist, healthy vegan, music lover, book lover, nature lover and best life navigator (Squirrel!)
Kindness Matters
Tam and Paul (Travelling Book Junkie) @tbookjunkie.bsky.social Avid book reader and full-time motorhome traveller, exploring Europe in our little house on wheels, waking up in nature or in a built-up area ready to explore a city.
#vanlife #booksky
Website: www.travellingbookjunkie.com
Paul K. Smith @paulksmith.bsky.social #Financier of US Startups; & JVs in Asia #Physicist #Author: Strategy. #Playwright: 26 Recent NY Shows (Sarah's Rapture, Pablo's Kisses, Women of Paris, Badass Women, City Suite, Day of Promise, Ritual Cleansing, Rebooting Life, Break-Up, Twilight of Joy..
Pam Fulford 🫐🇨🇦 @pamfulford.bsky.social Retired civil servant. Now a school crossing guard. Dog lover. Living on an island in the sea. Unfortunately not one of the warm ones. No unsolicited DMs. Shouldn’t have to say that.
Hannah McMillan @hanmcmillan.bsky.social Director at @midascampaigns.bsky.social
Culture, books, arts & ents PR
Mallory Glass @mglaz.bsky.social Mallory Glass - Romance, Fantasy & Horror writer, reader, board gamer, bunny parent, easily entertained. https://malloryglass.com/
#writingcommunity #booksky
Stone Heart & ME + YOU are out! https://books2read.com/mallory-glass/
E.B. Hauk @beahauk.bsky.social Writer, book reviewer, graphic designer, book designer, avid roleplayer. General geek.
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A. J. Payler @ajpayler.bsky.social Author/musician A. J. Payler has published 5 novels, 2 short story collections, & 6 albums of original music to date as well as opened for Silkworm & Schizophonics, among others.
Visit ajpayler.com for more.
Caz Frear @cazzifwrites.bsky.social Crime Author. Everything Reader. Cautious Optimist. Occasionally annoying. Five Bad Deeds paperback coming March 25 (Simon & Schuster). Agent: Eugenie Furniss
Darrel @darrelrm.bsky.social Author, artist, screenwriter & video editor.
@wendywunder.bsky.social @wendywunder.bsky.social Award winning writer of contemporary literary fiction for teens and adults. Fun time. Hot mess. Means well.
Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction, fantasy & romance. Lost in the 1940s. Copious tea drinker. Loving Lake District life. Published by DP Books & Northodox Press. Shortlisted for RetreatWest First Chapter Prize 2025.
Raye @beingbookish.bsky.social Bookblogger, book podcaster, booktuber, but mostly book reader.
Avon Books @avonbooks.bsky.social keeping your bookshelf spicy and sweet since 1941 🌶️
Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social Atomic Blonde, Can You Solve the Murder, The Dog Sitter Detective, The Exphoria Code, The Organised Writer, Resident Evil Village, etc. I write all the things. Reps: http://antonyjohnston.com/contact
Mehsi-Hime @mehsi.bsky.social 💻 Reviewer
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Gillian Green @gilliangreened.bsky.social Tor Publisher/Pan Macmillan. Tor/Tor Bramble/Tor Nightfire. (She/Her)
What they say in the shadows @saidintheshadows.bsky.social Their words. Minus the padding.
Fables & Feels @fables-and-feels.bsky.social I’m Catherine
Australian 🇦🇺
Character obsessed reader 📖
Book reviewer
Chaos, caffeine & books with heart 💜
Mental health matters
Angela Barton Author 📚📖✒️ @angelabartonauthor.bsky.social Bestselling historical and contemporary published author.
Reader and reporter for Romantic Novelists' Association NWS.
Sorry, no DM's unless writing related.
Best friend to dogs and cake. 🐶 🍰
Author website: www.angelabarton.net
Becca ♡ @whatbeccaread.bsky.social Award-Winning UK Book Blogger, Writer + Internet Friend 📖 Lover of Iced Chai + Romance Novels—📧becca@prettylittlememoirs.com • ME/CFS (she/her)
Joshua Walker @bigjosh84.bsky.social I take up space, even when the world says I shouldn’t.
Poet. Observer. Rebel of thought.
Every heartbeat a manifesto. Resisting always. 💙
2025 Pushcart & Best Microfiction Nominee
https://www.amazon.com/Least-Weird-Person-Awake/dp/B0GT1262KP
Peter Barber @peter-the-writer.bsky.social Award winning writer inspired by Greek culture, life, and love. I share heartfelt, humorous tales of village life and the beauty of Greece with love and laughter.
#travelwriting. #romcom #humour.
https://peterbarberwriter.com
Fahrenheit Press @fahrenheitpress.bsky.social Publishers. Debasers. Renegades. Roughnecks. Part publishing house, part transatlantic love cult. #GenreTrash https://fahrenheit-press.myshopify.com/
Brian Anderson @bandersonmysteries.bsky.social Hardboiled mysteries packed with suspense, oddballs, and wisecracks—always chasing the truth, no matter how crooked the path.
Caroline James Author @carolinejames1.bsky.social Author of women's fiction #THECRUISE - RNA, SWWJ, SoA - Agent:
@lblaUK
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Avid reader 62 @janereadsbooks.bsky.social Lifelong addiction to reading, books and kindle. Mainly thrillers and crime fiction, watching true crime documentaries. Married, mum and nan. Cat slave. Love eccentric people.
Cliff Jones Jr. @cliffjones.bsky.social Author/editor of dreampunk and weird SFFH fiction: DRECK (2023), MIRRORMAZE (2020), SOMNISCOPE (2024), THE LASTING LANDS (2027). Watty winner, Imadjinn finalist, linguist, artist, coder, neurodivergent, INFP-T, 4w5, Scorpio, he/him. CliffJonesJr.com