thealternative.social @creatinganewworld.bsky.social I created a social network in which 50% of the profits will be given to homeless charities. The social network is www.thealternative.social Please join and invite people to it.
Word Vancouver @wordvancouver.bsky.social Western Canada's largest free literary festival. 2026 Festival runs Sept 10-28, with main day Sat, Sept 19.
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Boycott Meta @boycottmeta.bsky.social Did you know that Meta ran ads that contained AI-Generated child sexual abuse imagery? Check out the pinned post.
Ivanka Fear @ivankawrites.bsky.social Writer of poetry and short stories. Author of the Blue Water Mystery and Jake and Mallory Thriller series.
Romance & Relationships Film Festival @romancefestival.bsky.social Submit your ROMANCE or RELATIONSHIP Film or Screenplay.
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Oscar Nominated Director:
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PATH FORWARD (w/Mo Husseini)
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N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social Canadian author of magical middle grade books. Probably in the garden.
On social media break; return date unknown. Books news on author site.
books2read.com/NPTwrites | shop.nptwrites.com | nptwrites.com/links
(Also: @CanadaFictionFest.bsky.social)
Sue Archer 🍁 @suearcher.bsky.social Canadian fantasy writer, sometime editor, and #StetWalk enthusiast. Trying to read all the things before my TBR topples. She/her. Books2read.com/FortunesShadow
#AmReading River of Crows by N.P. Thompson
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https://suefinch.co.uk/
Amelinda Bérubé @metuiteme.bsky.social Writer, editor, terrifying bog witch, werewolf of productivity 💀🍁 Ottawa, she/her
Three spooky YA books on shelves now!
Latest: THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY
Writing romantasy as Elise Saint-Séverin 💃
Rep: Jacqui Lipton
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I generally don't reply to DMs. (No, I'm not hiring. Sorry.)
Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛♂️🏳️⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social
WARNING: May cause "discomfort & distress" 🏳️⚧️
Dr. Monster (PhD)
E-mail: stevehughwestenra@proton.me
Canadian author of questionable taste. Words in New Edge Sword & Sorcery. Book reviewer. Expert on monsters. HWA. He/him
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Jason Pchajek @jasonpchajek.bsky.social | He/him | Canadian Cli-Fi Author | Co-Host of The Hockey Show | Winnipegger | Author of “BOUNTY” available now from Turnstone Press | 🇨🇦📚
Website: https://www.jasonpchajekwriting.com/
PairPi @pairpi.com The modern, free directory of literary agents in the UK and US. Source links and last-checked dates on every listing. Smart Search to match your book. pairpi.com
Peggy Bechko @peggybechko.bsky.social Writer, editor, creator. Refugee from both Twitter/X and Facebook. Frequently published author - traditionally and indie.
Kevin T. Davis @kevintdavis.bsky.social ✍️ Sci-fi author & graphic designer
🌀 Building bridges between worlds
🌿 THE DREAM CONTINUUM - PART ONE is out!
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Lorna Suzuki @authorlsuzuki.bsky.social 🇨🇦Builder of worlds,a destroyer of nations; been called a liar & mass murderer but mostly a YA & epic fantasy novelist.Working to develop my series for TV! Real & word ninja,martial arts instructor all while battling cancer! https://www.imagochronicles.com
Maioriz @maioriz.bsky.social ☕ Support us: https://ko-fi.com/maioriz
Crafting visual narratives at the intersection of art and strategy.✨
Visuels à la croisée de l'art et de la stratégie. Embellir le monde.
Pumpkin Spiced Hannah 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Shetlander in Aberdeen. Writer, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own because who else's would they be? https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
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https://www.beaumonthousepress.com
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social Novelist (Radioland, The Society of Experience) / short fiction / essays.
Agent: Kelvin Kong, K2 Literary
Former film/TV post supervisor, currently Registered Psychotherapist in private practice
Haunting the margins
Great leader Gorom camp (they /them)🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @kiwanasharif38.bsky.social Trans .Activist🏳️⚧️🫶 , human rig
hts defender, gender equality advocating for lgbtqia+🏳️🌈🫶in gorom refugees camp South sudan.
Raising awearness to access food, water & shelters.
#help https://gofund.me/ce56ec7ee
Caroline Gill @carolinegillpoetry.bsky.social 'Driftwood by Starlight' (The Seventh Quarry Press, 2021) is my first full poetry collection. Website: https://www.carolinegillpoetry.com/
Adrian Markle @amarkle.bsky.social BA English/Creative Writing Course Leader at Falmouth University. Fiction editor for Aethlon journal. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Author of many stories and the novel BRUISE. Writing about class, gender, pedagogy, and sometimes sport.
https://linktr.ee/adrianmarkle
Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social The Dem Voice of Missouri with her 262 Substack https://jesspiper.substack.com/ / @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @reichard4rep.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social DMs ok 📚
booksbyjeffrey @booksbyjeffrey.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Canadian writer in #hamont
THE MANDALA (spec thriller)
VERTEBRAE: dark sci-fi comedy (in progress)
Querying for debut • #booksky
D&D teacher on Outschool
1300+ day Japanese streak
Read along:
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catcat @comedy777666.bsky.social 
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
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@evaeric87.bsky.social @evaeric87.bsky.social Nurse 🧑⚕️
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Dylan Freeman-Grist 🍁 @freemangrist.bsky.social Freelance Journalist | (he/him) | Opinions my own | Toronto-Haldimand County-NYC | Settler |
Sacred Anarchy @sacredanarchy.bsky.social 🐍 Creating a new world rooted in Western Occult Tradition, Healing & Divination, Self-Rulership, and Esoteric Psychology
Canada Fiction Fest @canadafictionfest.bsky.social Like a great big online book fair, featuring Canadian fiction books and authors from all across the country. 🍁🦫🫎 | FictionFest.ca
(Also @nptwrites.bsky.social)
RopeAnn D. Knotts (writing comms open) @ropeanndknotts.bsky.social Erotica writer who loves to have fun, telling stories about people enjoying play, and making the world better one orgasm at a time. Author of the “The Neighborhood”, a multi-orientation series of shorts. Learn more: https://linktr.ee/RopeAnnDKnotts 🔞🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Strider Marcus Jones @stridermarcusjones.bsky.social Poet. Five published books.DMU Law graduate. Pushcart Prizex4/Best of the Netx4 Nominations. Founder/Editor/Publisher of Lothlorien Poetry Journal https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.co https://stridermarcusjonespoet.blogspot.com/p/about-strider.html
Titheradge @titheradgejeter.bsky.social Contractor at Tyler Lane Construction focused on quality builds, efficient project execution, and dependable results.
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
Corrado @950003.bsky.social Ultra liberal. Arseny Gritsyuk fan. NO DM!
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Kraken Not Stirred @krakennotstirred.bsky.social Nerd Rock written by a sea monster and beamed into the head of its human minion.
Dorian Nightingale @secretsoliloquies.bsky.social Poet from Sussex. BOTN nominee. @iamb.uk; Pamphlet “Songs from Last Imaginations” (2025) by @dragonflyflight.bsky.social; #fragmentsfriday micropoetry.
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social ACTIVISM AGAINST FASCISM
Woke/Boomer/Dog Lover/COFFEE
Concern: fascism spreading globally.
Leftie/liberal defending democracy.
Maximize Bluesky Friends to exchange dialogue in America's darkest hour.
Zola @zola4b.bsky.social “You think everyone you’ve ever met is, like, beautiful.” -L. L.
Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com Arts and culture journalist. Host of Tarot Interviews and Tarot DMs. Founder of the British Tarot Archive. Likes people with a sense of wonder. Featured in The Guardian, Real Simple, Homes & Gardens & Daily Mirror.
https://finbar.re
A.G. Pasquella @agpasquella.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor. Words in McSweeney’s, Utne Reader, Joyland, Broken Pencil & more. Author of the Jack Palace crime series. Most recent book: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. As co-editor: DEVOURING TOMORROW
@deaconsteve.bsky.social @deaconsteve.bsky.social Anglican Church minister who actually serves the marginalized, precariously-housed, hungry, hurting, and afraid. Loving husband, child-free, car-free, reader, writer, and friend to guinea pigs everywhere. Has actually punched a Nazi. Lives in Ottawa.
Guy Hee Author 🇨🇦 @guyhee.ca Greetings from Toronto, Canada. 🇨🇦 Author of Sci-Fi, Historical Epics, and Crime Thrillers. 🚀⚔️🕵️♂️ Creator of The Blazing Sword, Chinese Zodiac Murders, Earth's Last Stand, and the Inspector Lelouche series.
guyhee.ca
Anders Edwards @andersedwards.bsky.social ✍️ Dystopian Author
📚 Erased & What Happened To Ava
➡️ https://a.co/d/9wxT23L
🌐 www.andersedwards.com