Ruairí de Barra @paperneverrefusedink.com Procaffinator. Veteran. Artificer. Bodger. #Author. #Poet. Lost #Mayo Man.
www.paperneverrefusedink.com
Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
www.ronanhession.com
Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social Head Draknek at Draknek & Friends (@draknek.bsky.social). He/him.
Personal website: https://alan.draknek.org/
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social Petting cats, herding cats, vacuuming cats. Certified narrative tool.
🕵 Indie Dev
🖋 Freelance Game Designer and Writer
🎮 Worked on Old Skies, Stellaris, At Eve's Wake and more
✨DGA Board Member - Consultant VAF
🕸 www.lostagain.nl - DM open
...
she/zij 🇳🇱🇪🇺
Helen Corcoran @hcor.bsky.social QUEEN OF COIN AND WHISPERS and DAUGHTER OF WINTER AND TWILIGHT from The O’Brien Press | Agent: Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary | 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 she/her
helencorcoran.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.
Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Irish Times writer & author of OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea & now, out in June, Experts in a Dying Field. You can preorder here: https://linktr.ee/expertsinadyingfield
Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social Writer of novels, essays, short fiction & poetry. Novels include The Nine Lives Trilogy (The Book of Learning, The Book of Shadows, The Book of Revenge) & Caramel Hearts. Rep'd: Sallyanne Sweeney She/her #workingclass #blacklivesmatter
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Octocon @octocon.bsky.social The National Irish Science Fiction Convention,
3rd & 4th October, 2026. Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror. https://octocon.com
Robin Hobb @robinhobb.bsky.social Writer of fantasy and SF. Gardener. Chicken tender. Dog Person but cat friendly. Washington state USA. Old and getting older. Stay off my lawn! No AI ever. All posts from me.
Shannon Chakraborty @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social NYT/Sunday Times/Indie bestselling author of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and The Daevabad Trilogy
PRINT RUN @printrunpodcast.bsky.social The Book Bird Cometh
https://www.printrunpodcast.com/
https://patreon.com/printrun?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Ravenscar Podcasts (Publishing Rodeo & Bad First Books) @publishingrodeo.bsky.social http://linktr.ee/ravenscar
Home of the trade publishing podcast, PUBLISHING RODEO, and author chat podcast, BAD FIRST BOOKS. Hosts: @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com and @richardswanauthor.bsky.social
DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social literary agent. newsletter: http://publishingishard.com
they/she
Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social Founder and Agent, Headwater Literary Management
Co-host of Print Run Podcast
www.headwaterliterary.com
www.printrunpodcast.com
fiction and essays in Triangle House / Welcome To Hell World / Typebar Magazine / Mount Hope / elsewhere
Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social Writer, editor, screenwriter, journalist. Based in Dublin.
My profile on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/3ATOb
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.
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncilireland.bsky.social The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon is the national government agency for funding, developing and promoting the arts in Ireland.
Tolka @tolkajournal.bsky.social Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction. Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow. Supported by the Arts Council.
tolkajournal.org
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social Connecting Poetry and People. Proudly funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding. www.poetryireland.ie
Mercier Press @mercierpress.bsky.social Independently Publishing Extraordinary Books since 1944. Cork, Ireland
Tramp Press @tramppress.bsky.social Independent book publisher. The Most Normal Woman by Roisin Kiberd forthcoming end of August! Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social Book lover, novelist, reader, newspaper columnist, occasional lecturer in literature, Irish www.martinadevlin.ie
Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social Start your story with expert teaching from acclaimed authors, leading literary agents and top publishers. Writing courses online and in London.
https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
sarah maria griff @griffski.bsky.social don’t do anything i wouldn’t do 😎
now: eat the ones you love 🌱
next: strange is the light 👁️✨
& then: everything not saved🐅
@colm-keegan.bsky.social @colm-keegan.bsky.social 
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm
International Literature Festival Dublin @ilfdublin.bsky.social Ireland's premier literary event, #ILFD celebrates international and Irish writing. Returns 14 - 23 May 2027.
linktr.ee/ilfdublin
The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading independent publisher, founded in 1984. Proudly supported by The Arts Council. Our Stoneybatter bookshop is open 9.30am-5pm on weekdays.
www.lilliputpress.ie
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading general publisher of both adult and children's books.
Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
Jan Kaluza @jankaluza.bsky.social Lead Technical Artist @ Epic Games.
Formerly @ Yager & Fishlabs.
Modular Synthesizer guy.
Making music as “Janky Jams” - https://jankyjams.com
Wearer of many hats. Metaphorical ones only, I unfortunately don't have a hat face.
Based in Berlin.
Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social 🇮🇪 Writer Hagstone | Constellations | This Woman’s Work (with Kim Gordon) | Agent: Peter Straus at RCW | Newsletter: momentsofrecognition.substack.com
Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social I was that @theirishfor guy on Twitter.
"Calling 353" on @thejournal.ie
Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him. Wink in bio 😉
Game Workers Unite Ireland @gwuireland.bsky.social GWUI is a trade union established to represent game workers in Ireland. If you are a game worker join us: www.fsunion.org/gwu/join
See more links in our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/gwuireland
Angelo Nikolaou @angelonikolaou.bsky.social Previously in Gambrinous and Riot Games. Board games, MA, geek, economics, politics. Work: Cardpocalypse, Guild Ultimate, Eyes of Hellfire, Hoshi Battle, Iliad. 🇬🇷 in 🇮🇪, He/Him
JD Hassel (He/Him) @jandavidhassel.bsky.social Private account, mostly Warhammer;
Senior Game Designer for EA DICE;
Worked on games you know and on games precious few played.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jandavidhassel
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
County Carlo @carlo-no-s.bsky.social The official account for the 33rd county of Ireland. Game Designer at Black Shamrock, Board Member of Imirt, the Irish Game Makers Association
https://carlogamedesign.com
Oli @oli-jens.bsky.social Dad of two, runner and a cyclist. Live in Reykjavík.
https://www.strava.com/athletes/olijay
Yasmin 🍁 @yagmanx.bsky.social 📖Driven by Narrative, Inspired by Technology
Technical Narrative Designer 🎮 Musician 🎶 YouTube/Twitch📸
#TechWomen100 2020🏆
She/Her
Aphra Kerr @aphrak.bsky.social Prof Digital Media & Communication, University College Dublin, Ireland. Co- PI ADAPT Research Centre & Algowatch project. Researching people & games, tech & AI.
Tristesire @lucilefournie.bsky.social 🎮 Freelance 3D Generalist/Cinematic/Lighting | Prev. @Sandfallgames on @expedition33.bsky.social |
🤿 Scuba diver nerd & Tamagotchi lover 🥚|
📝 Life & Work stuff |
🏳️🌈🇫🇷/🇬🇧🏳️⚧️ - She/They |
https://www.artstation.com/tristesire
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
AnemosK @anemosk.bsky.social Hey there! I'm Athanasios, also known as Anemos K. Welcome to a space where I share my journey through sound. Whether it's melodies, beats, or compositions, this is one of the places where my music comes to life.
Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term “TESCREAL” w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app Personal Account
Author: Deep Unlearning (you can now preorder at https://shorturl.at/sCdjl)
Founder: The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://dair-institute.org)
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social Horse Game Consultant. Game Designer, Producer, Writer. Creator of @themanequest.com and doing marketing at @okomotive.ch and @thoglistudios.com
Based in Zurich, Switzerland http://aliceruppert.ch/ (she/her)
Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social The image that I run from
Only seems to follow me
Evan Balster 🍂 @art.imitates.life they/them. 🪗 game dev, audio software, harmony and decay, swords into ploughshares. Free Palestine.
worked on: imitone, Cave Story, SoundSelf, MIDI 2.0 standard.
currently: HYPERCITY VERMIN, a co-op game
🏠 @evan@merveilles.town
danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social Berklee College of Music game design lecturer, Volunteer EMT in NYC, BJJ Purple Belt 🤼♀️, hobbyist game dev and pixel artist, sometimes screenwriter, fitness dork. Post-bac science student with medical aspirations! She/her.
Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social Lawyer, video game critic, horror obsessive, Kader Asmal Fellow, Master's in International Law (Trinity College Dublin). He/him. Repped by Marilia Savvides / The Plot Agency. Cape Town, ZA Hire me for freelance work: tauriqmoosalaw@gmail[dot]com
George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social “No, not that one”- Politico | Creator of Video Games Industry Memo | MD, Half-Space Consulting | Author of Power Play (June 2026) | Pun Appreciator
Order my book 👉 https://linktr.ee/Power_play_book
Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social game dev, mom, tired. made elsinore by night. by day, principal game designer working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony). previously riot, xbox, oculus, EA
Ellen Brickley @ellenbrickley.bsky.social Writer, reader, Dubliner, historian. Strong opinions about chai lattes. Grateful recipient of 2x Agility Awards + 2x Bursary Awards from the Arts Council. Essays, YA and history.
She/her
Mitu Khandaker @mitukhandaker.com Brit in NYC • Game Designer & Engineer • Prof NYU Game Center • Director, NYC Game Design Future Lab • Frmer co-founder/CEO, Glow Up Games • Dr of VR • #blacktranslivesmatter • i share my dreams with ghosts
Len Cunningham @lenhaunts.bsky.social 🥀Gothic monstrosity
🖋️ Game Designer, Narrative Designer, Writer
🎮 Cardpocalypse, So May It Be: A Witch Dating Simulator, Guild of Dungeoneering, Eyes of Hellfire
(They/Them)
🇮🇪🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Ellie Berry @allezberry.bsky.social Professional outdoor enthusiast ⛰️
Still just checking out the vibes here 
Child of Prog @devindoyle.bsky.social Writer for games and TV. Star Wars: Eclipse, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. Red Planet Prize winner. Metalhead. Bassist. Social Democrat. Irish-Australian-British (but mostly Irish). Résident en France. Age: unverified.
Katharine Neil @katharineneil.bsky.social Games writer, narrative designer, game design tool developer. Occasional waster of time on social media. @haikus_by_KN in the bad place. J'habite en région parisienne; parfois je m'exprime en français.
Manuel Correia @gamesbymanuel.bsky.social Eclectic game designer, making games that bring people together since 2010. Game Design Lead at Redcatpig
Neurodivergent | He/Him
https://gamesbymanuel.com/
Sloane Cee @sloanecerity.bsky.social Independent game dev/writer/narrative designer | Writing for Asterfel | developing Daughters of the Stars | queer trans woman | host of the NovaCast | she/her/hers | icon by @chameleonnn.bsky.social
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
Niall Glynn @nglynn.bsky.social Dublin. I suppose I should put more things here but I can think of nothing that isn’t embarrassingly trite.
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
PAUL CONWAY @doomcube.bsky.social Art Director and CEO of Spooky Doorway Games. @spookydoorway.com, developers of The Darkside Detective and The Séance of Blake Manor
#GameDev #indieDev #IrishGameDev
Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
spookydoorway.com
Kitty Crawford @kittycrawford.com Freelance Creative Producer of remote indie teams http://kittycrawford.com
Co-Director @murdermeetcute.com: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4253020/Murder_Meet_Cute
VAF mentor. Bafta member. She/her.
Ask me about my freelance producer discord.
whykay 🇮🇪🏳️🌈🦄👩🏻💻 (she/her) @whykay.bsky.social Coder, diversity in tech advocate in Ireland.
Currently: Coding Grace, PyLadies Dublin & Gamecraft.
Fellow: Python Software Foundation & EuroPython Society
Past: Women Who Code Dublin, Python Ireland, PyCon Ireland, TechFoundHer
Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social 🌱 IrishAsian Forager & Author
🗣️ Irish Language Creator. Artist.
📚 Writing Books. Writing for Games
⚔️ Game Master. Resident Bisexual. TTRPGer.
Award-Winning Game Dev https://unaminh.itch.io/
Creative Director - ORGANIC MATTERS
Writer - Good Folk Café
Daniel Negative @danielnegative.bsky.social barley made any tweets on the last place i was probably not gonna make much here
MegaSlippers @megaslippers.net Just this guy, you know?
Wavioli @wavioli.bsky.social Better living through silliness.
📍 Dublin
I make XR things
Sherida H @gamesbysherida.bsky.social 🌺 Making games again 🌺 Made Beyond Eyes 🌺 Working on Trails of Life 🌺 Post Covid recovering
Matt Bradford-Aunger @mattthehermit.bsky.social Head of Marketing at Super Rare Originals 👶🏼👶🏼 nap-time gamer dad 👾 Deckhead 🎮 Serial Hobbyist 🪚🤔 He/Him
Ben M-J @vben.bsky.social Creative Content Manager at Larian Studios. BAFTA Member, also secretly 2 kids in a really big coat. Was: NoE, REWIND, Rebellion. He/him.
Joost Eggermont @joosteggermont.bsky.social art director at Geometric Interactive
Rotterdam based • occasionally lost in Copenhagen
https://linktr.ee/joosteggermont
Andrew (Never Rest Studio) @neverreststudio.bsky.social Independent game developer
@NeverRestStudio on Twitter
he/him
Valentine Kozin @9of9.bsky.social Lead Technical Artist at ☠️Rare☠️ | 🎭 BAFTA Member
Game developer, Houdini user, maker of pretty things.
Mark Mayers @desolus.bsky.social Creating Desolus: explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between time.
Previously worked on Outer Wilds, Manifold Garden, and a few other titles!
Storm Chaser Patrick Makes Games @patrickpineda.net I’m a Colorado-based storm chaser, motion designer, game dev and the creator of Beyond Sunset — a retro cyberpunk FPS.
Steam: https://s.team/a/1665260
GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/beyond_sunset
LUCID by The Matte Black Studio @matteblackstudio.bsky.social LUCID is a love letter to all my favorite games growing up 👾
WISHLIST LUCID TODAY - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1717730/LUCID/
Mitch M @iamhand.bsky.social Shader Warlock
Technical Artist @ Tuatara
VFX Artist
Animator
Working on a metroidvania shooter with friends.
Blog: https://mitchmcclellan.com/
#2dfx #techart #rtvfx #vfx
Simonschreibt @simonschreibt.bsky.social ⭐VFX Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/simont
📝Game Art Tricks: https://simonschreibt.de/
💌Newsletter: https://simonschreibt.de/newsletter/
🌳Linktree: https://simont.de/
👋Discord: https://discord.simonschreibt.de
🚀My game: https://tinyurl.com/p3d9vtb9
Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social art, motion graphics, hobby gamedev -
working on Tiny Tires in my free time 🏁🚗
full-time work at framebyframe.dk
🚗 tinytires.com
🌐 kristinsson.dk
✏️ pointclicking.com
InProgress @inprog.bsky.social Sr Tech Artist formerly @Warp Digital, Double11. All opinions are my own
Solo dev on Project Kusanagi
pfp by Ilya Kuvshinov (not a commission, just crediting)
Jamie | KITTENS IN TIMESPACE @drjamiearron.bsky.social #indiedev
Director of KITTENS IN TIMESPACE and Cornwall Games CIC
Currently developing CLAWPUNK!
Nia 'Wormella' Wearn @wormella.bsky.social Game Dev Producer @ Dambuster Studios, post academic, "Project Nerd", collector of books, Zombie wrangler, drinker of wine - happy to be here.
https://linktr.ee/wormella
Euan @eemckay.bsky.social Tech Artist @Dubious Design. Prev: Nightingale (Inflexion), Scavlab/Scavengers (Improbable), Planetside2 (Contract/freelance for Daybreak)
My cat is a menace.
Edinburgh
Kieran Nee @kierannee.bsky.social A Technical Director at Epic Games making fun stuff in UEFN.
Proud dad, crap runner.
Prev: The Movies, Fable 2, Fable 3, Fable Heroes, Gears Pop, Fall Guys & more. Co-founder of Bit by Bit Games
Nick Dixon (He/Him/His) @nickdixondesign.bsky.social Chief Creative Officer @ D11. Prev. Narrative Director @ Ubisoft. Game Designer, Narrative Designer, Writer, Creative Direction @ Supermassive, Blitz Games, Frontier, Acclaim, Software Creations. DM & lifelong supergeek.