Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social Translator, writer and cultural project leader. Artistic director at Highlight Arts. Particularly interested in collaborative working and creating communities. 2025 BCLT translator-in-residence. (she/they)
annietranslates.wordpress.com
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social Academic, translation researcher, film nerd, zero waste obsessive. Opinions expressed in a personal capacity. #filmtranslationhistory
Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social Literary translator from German to English, occasional publisher, Berlin lover, appreciator of wallets on chains. She/her.
Photo © Nane Diehl
Ruth Martin @dances-with-voles.bsky.social German to English translator and general book botherer (she/her)
Frank Wynne @terribleman.com Irish literary translator, editor, writer, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! 🌈
Institute of Translation and Interpreting @iti-uk.bsky.social Our vision is to contribute to a world where every word is understood, and where language is never a barrier. We achieve this through supporting and developing skilled professional translators and interpreters, and promoting the value of their expertise.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com Little Fruits Magazine harvests bold, honest writing. Juicy, bruised, or beautifully bitter | editors: ghost and @maggiekantor.bsky.social
https://lnk.bio/littlefruitsmag
https://littlefruitsmagazine.com/submissions
SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters. Follow also @heyflashvillage.bsky.social
Elisa Cristóbal | Almond Translations @elisacristobal.bsky.social English-Spanish Sworn Translator (Traductora Jurada). MITI, ScotNetter, Asetrader. Legal, training courses, education, sustainability, literature. Flew from the Spanish mountains to the Scottish hills.
British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) is Britain’s leading centre for the study and support of literary translation.
linktr.ee/bcltuea
Kit Gray aka Elise Scott (they/she) @elisescott.bsky.social Author & mom.
Find your joy with
THE BLACK CAT DETECTIVES!
#POTS #endo #chronicpain #nonbinary #queer #vegan #disabled #neurodivergent #mentalillness
Rep: Marisa Corvisiero @ CLA
https://elise-scott.com
A person-shaped spooniecorn.
Galen Gower - Writer @galengower.com I write stories. Some weird, some funny, all poorly, like a child armed with nonsense words and heavily sugared coffee.
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Jamie Lee Searle @jamielsearle.bsky.social Translator, Editor and Mentor
Royal Literary Fund Fellow
Translating: Kim de l'Horizon, Joachim B. Schmidt, Anna Kim, Urs Faes and more
jamieleesearle.com
@rosschwa.bsky.social @rosschwa.bsky.social 
Annie McDermott @annielmcd.bsky.social Translator
Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
Natalie Edwards @profnatedwards.bsky.social Head of the School of Modern Languages & Professor of Literature in French at University of Bristol. Researching multilingual, transnational & migrant writing.
@karen-leeder.bsky.social @karen-leeder.bsky.social 
Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social a home of brilliant writing from across the decades and around the world (follow @dauntbooks.bsky.social for all things Daunt Books *shops*) 
Kotryna Garanasvili @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social translator&writer | asst. professor | languages, translation&creative writing | National Centre for Writing mentor
⭐️ very new bsky account
🇬🇧🇱🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇺🇦🇬🇪🇪🇺
kotrynagaranasvili.wordpress.com
Translating Women @translatingwomen.bsky.social Helen Vassallo 🇲🇹
Researching the translated literature sector of the UK publishing industry
Writing about intersectional gender bias in translation
Translating women writers
Always learning
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/translatingwomen/
Anam Zafar @anamzafar.bsky.social Translator (Arabic/French to English), editor, arts facilitator.
OUT NOW:
~ Fearless and Free - A Memoir by Josephine Baker. Co-trans w/ Sophie Lewis
~ Yoghurt and Jam - A graphic novel by Lena Merhej. Co-trans w/ Nadiyah Abdullatif
www.anamzafar.com
Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social Promoting French language & culture, the French Institute in London comprises a Language Centre, Ciné Lumière I & II, a multi-media library and a cafe-restaurant.
Goethe-Institut UK @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social Promoting German language, intercultural exchange, art and culture in the UK. To find out more about current events, classes and programmes, visit our website goethe.de/uk
Rebecca DeWald @rebeccadewald.bsky.social she/her
Translator GER-EN-FR, programmer @writerscentre.bsky.social , Borges disciple and ex-academic by day — sewist, knitter, gardener by night
https://rebeccadewaldtranslation.wordpress.com/
Also kalewatercottage.co.uk
Antonia Lloyd-Jones @antonialloydjones.bsky.social Translator of Polish literature
Will Forrester @willforrester.bsky.social Writer/editor | Head of Literature Programmes @englishpen.bsky.social | Board @untold-narratives.bsky.social | Expert @creativeeurope.bsky.social | views own, he/him
English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/englishpen
Sinoist Books @sinoistbooks.bsky.social West Sussex-based indie press dedicated to bringing out the best of Sinophone literature in translation to the English-speaking world.
https://linktr.ee/sinoistbooks
CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social Conseil européen des associations de traducteurs littéraires / European Council of European Literary Translators' Associations
CLEAR Global @clearglobal.org We're helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak. We run Translators without Borders, our 200,000+ community of linguists.
Global Voices Lingua @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social The Lingua project works to bring down barriers to understanding through mission-driven translation. Our hundreds of volunteers make @globalvoices.org stories available in dozens of languages.
German at Bristol | University of Bristol @germanatbristol.bsky.social Welcome to the Department of German at the University of Bristol! Follow us for student and research news, events, and collaborations! | www.bristol.ac.uk/german
Charlotte Schwennsen @charlotters.bsky.social French to English Translator • Copyeditor
Specializing in business and non-profit communications, official documents, and academic essays on philosophy and linguistics
https://charlotteschwennsen-translation.com
Charles Wallace India Trust @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Charles Wallace India Trust, est. 1981 gives grants to Indian nationals living in India and working in the arts, heritage conservation or in the humanities 🇮🇳
linktr.ee/cwit_link
Instituto Cervantes London @cervanteslondon.bsky.social Instituto Cervantes is an official language body created by the Spanish government. It is responsible for teaching and promoting the Spanish language, the co-official languages of Spain and the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
@johasl.bsky.social @johasl.bsky.social 
@lhkemp.bsky.social @lhkemp.bsky.social 
Yee Heng Yeh @hengyeh42.bsky.social Writer | Translator | Poet | Playwright
Link to works:
https://yeehengyeh.carrd.co
@mbjuma.bsky.social @mbjuma.bsky.social 
Alexandra Cox @alexandramcox.bsky.social 
Nadiæ @nadiaetranslates.bsky.social Ita<>Eng<>Es translator for passion
Comms person for a living
Gamer & DM whenever I can
@lilyj44.bsky.social @lilyj44.bsky.social 
Mac G. @macbgill.bsky.social Freelance JP --> ENG Translator
Project Manager for the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York
Auriane Destrument @aurianed.bsky.social Translator | English into French | Scientific and medical | Rare diseases and neglected tropical diseases | Yogi | Nature lover | Definite grump and probable witch
Lucy Lee Jones @lucy-jones-books.bsky.social Translator & writer. Based in Berlin, she/her. Here for books recs in English and German to read and translate
Handan A. @sakinkedi.bsky.social 
@ciandunne.bsky.social @ciandunne.bsky.social 
@evie81.bsky.social @evie81.bsky.social 
Alannah Purslow @alannahjrpurslow.bsky.social ~ Literary Translator/Writer | Wales-born and based | 📚
My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/alannahjrpurslow?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=7de14aec-bea4-4b28-87c3-7b4c1d5e78a8
Rebecca Nathanson @rebeccanathanson.bsky.social Journalist and literary translator.
rebeccanathanson.info
Holly Langstaff @hollylangstaff.bsky.social Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford.
I run the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and Oxford Translates Summer School.
@bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social 3 times a year Flash Fiction Award. £1460 prize fund. Anthology. Founded in 2015. 32nd Award results out now. 33rd Award open. Judge Writer and writing tutor . Alison Woodhouse Closes June 7th 2026
Rosemary Victus (Lurktober is nigh) @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social I'm an aspiring writer and lover of all things food and romance. I'm also a mom to a toddler and two cats.
"The Lurker" https://books2read.com/u/bwJrGZ
"Vanilla (with Sprinkles)" books2read.com/u/472Myq
Check out my website at: https://rosemaryvictus.com/
e. c. heath (aka evan) @etcheath.bsky.social unsure of how this app works and unwilling to learn
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Chartered Institute of Linguists @ciol-linguists.bsky.social For languages and linguists. The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) serving linguists and language professionals in the UK and worldwide since 1910.
National Centre for Writing @writerscentre.bsky.social The National Centre for Writing is a place of discovery, exchange, ideas and learning for writers, translators, readers and everyone who loves words.
Elegant Literature @elegantliterature.bsky.social A short fiction magazine, award, and school exclusively for upcoming writers to start their career. Posts by editor Creag Munroe.
elegantliterature.com/links
Denise Baden @dabaden.bsky.social #Writer (e.g. Habitat Man), #playwright (Murder in the Citizens' Jury), founder of #GreenStories and #EcoHairBeauty. I'm on the Forbes List of Climate Leaders and am Professor of #Sustainability at University of Southampton. https://www.dabaden.com/ 
Oxford Translates @oxfordtranslates.bsky.social Literary Translation Summer School, online, 6 - 10 July 2026
Applications now open!
https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtranslates
Directors: Ros Schwartz & Holly Langstaff
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Emily Deutsch @elpdeutsch.bsky.social 
Dennis Montgomery @dgm70.bsky.social Full time software engineer, dad, husband, amateur writer, cat whisperer.
Kat @katchapman.bsky.social Canadian author, poet, meme collector. Particular interests - mental health, puzzles, democracy, writing, subversive art. Neurodivergent nurse with a love for sharing shitposts and intermittently sharing snips of poems or a potential horror story.
@katelynsparks.bsky.social @katelynsparks.bsky.social Aspiring author, short story contest participator, DND and video game lover, and all around nerd. Welcome
Meredith K @mskinrys.bsky.social ✨| Writes - Paints - Dreams |✨
R.L. Lynn @rllynn.bsky.social Former high school educator, stats nerd, dancer. Writing contest enthusiast, and indie author. Debut novel, a retelling with an evil Cinderella, is now available!
bit.ly/48R91Wa
Ashley Honeysett @ashleyhoneysett.bsky.social 2024 Miami University Press Novella Prize Winner. She/her. Evanston, IL, USA. ashleyhoney.substack.com
Angela Hirons @foxglove1977.bsky.social Liverpool-based DE-ENG literary translator & copy editor. Currently translating Simone Scharbert's 'Rosa in Grau' for Seagull Books. Art and photography. Jeg lærer norsk. www.angelahirons.com
Caroline @carolinejbennett.bsky.social Translator-editor-mother-biker-baker
Twist in the Tale @twistinthetale.bsky.social A writing community like no other, filled with wonderful people. Up next is Twisted Tournament on 18th August https://twistedtournament.com/register-for-contest
Stacey George @staceygeorgewrites.bsky.social Writer of poetry, prose, and metaphysical musings.
Liz J. Bradley🌠 @lizjbradley.bsky.social Just a small town girl who took the midnight train going anywhere.
Writer. Dreamer. Doer.
SFWA member, host of Sci-Fi Snacks Podcast
https://www.lizjbradley.com/#links
CA McDevitt @amallarkey.bsky.social Own the Roaring 20’s B&B. Written and published four children’s books. I write flash fiction, epic fantasy, murder mystery plots and enjoy writing battles.
Holly B @hollygb.bsky.social I have a 💩ton of kids and occasionally I write things.
@christyford.bsky.social @christyford.bsky.social I won a writing contest in the 2nd grade, and I've been chasing that high ever since. It seems that I might have peaked then, though... *shrug*
Deano @deankoorey.bsky.social I'm a freelance writer. AWC podcaster.
NSW, Australia via New Zealand.
@masonkiser.bsky.social @masonkiser.bsky.social 
@quitewriteed.bsky.social @quitewriteed.bsky.social 
mirto @mosscoveredpages.bsky.social Prolific reader, translation student, classicist, anti-oppression, vegan and overall chaotic
she/her 🇵🇹
VE Frankel @vefrankel.bsky.social College writing instructor and homeschool educator 🍎 Books 📚, scifi-fantasy 🪐, education 📐, authoring 📝 ✡️ https://athenasacademy.com/courses
Internationale Thomas Bernhard Gesellschaft @itbg.bsky.social https://thomasbernhard.at
Amanda @akscotland.bsky.social Co-host of the Not Quite Write Podcast and judge of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction.
Writes in the tiny spaces in between.
National Theatre @nationaltheatre.org.uk 🎭 On Stage on the South Bank
💻 Online with National Theatre at Home
🍿 In Cinemas with National Theatre Live
Jules Swain @thereadingpara.bsky.social Paramedic/Team Leader (views my own)
Runner (including crazy distance runner!)
Book reviewer #TheReadingParamedic™️
UK Book Blogger of the Year 2023 🏆
All my links here: https://linktr.ee/thereadingparamedic
The Chicago Manual of Style @chicagomanual.bsky.social The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar. An indispensable reference, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice at cmos.style/ONLINE. We answer your “Chicago Style” questions at cmos.style/QandA. 
Philippa Hammond @preciseprosep.bsky.social Word wrangler by trade.
Copy-editor in English. Translator from French, Spanish, Portuguese, if you want the specifics.
I blog about language and communication here: https://www.philippahammond.net/blog
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/philippahammon
Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social AHRC-funded project which explores what feminist literary translation means in practice in the twenty-first century
https://feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/
best of the internet @handle.invalid the funniest memes on BlueSky 🦋
Left Elon’s crazy app for Bluer Skies 🙂
Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social Sharing real moments from history, both famous and forgotten. Posting daily here since I left Twitter.
Faye @fayewindsorsmith.bsky.social London-based reader, writer, game designer, & 11:59er!
Chad W. Post @chadwpost.bsky.social “Most Insufferable Man in Publishing.” Loves baseball, hates most pitchers. Sucks at email. Is usually editing or writing for Substack or podcasting.