Travis Elborough @improbableatlas.bsky.social modern romantiquarian author, commentator, compere, walker and photographer - my Elborough's Eye book column appears in The Idler magazine.
https://traviselborough.co.uk/
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Artyou @artyou.bsky.social Even just visiting my store helps a lot. 😊 10x! https://www.zazzle.com/store/allpix
Discover creative products that add color and style to your life. From modern accessories to bold décor, each design stands out — perfect as a gift or personal statement.
Sam, sans. 📚 @samtheunlabelled.bsky.social Currently unlabelled. Opinionated. Likely suspect. 📚 🧀🐈⬛🪡 🇿🇦🏳️🌈 in YEG
Would love to read yr nwsletter but no to substack. Also nope to spotify.
Lion & Unicorn @lionunicorn.bsky.social Culture | History | Politics
thelionandunicorn.com
Annie Ocean Bennett @annieoceanbennett.bsky.social She / they
Educator, activist, Exeter Pride volunteer coordinator, NEU assistant secretary, writer, lover of life...
Hastings Book Festival 2026 @hastingsbookfest.bsky.social The 9th annual Hastings Book Festival will take place from 10th to 20th September 2026, with 40 events and more than 80 speakers and performers.
Our headline guests: David Olusoga; Kate Mosse; Roger McGough and Robin Ince. Many more speakers and events.
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social 💜 ♾️ AuDHD | Monotropic | Neuro-affirming Autism advocate & consultant.
Interests: monotropism, flow, burnout & neuroqueer theory.
Writer • Trainer • Resource Creator | Former SEND EY/Primary teacher ♾️ 💜
https://www.autisticrealms.com/
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
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.
Mike Baldwin @mikebaldwinharp.bsky.social Historian, Dr of organology, PhD supervisor, SEN teacher, harp maker, and author of Mizen: Rescued Folklore, Skibbereen: Rescued Folklore, Béara: Rescued Folklore, and Harp Making in Late-Georgian London. GHOSTS OF COUNTY CORK out 22 September 2026
Roger Milton @rogermilton.bsky.social Music, beer, telly, politics, books, photos of my dinner, cats, and prehistoric monuments.
Owen Gower @owentg.bsky.social He/him | sometime historian of medicine (vaccination + smallpox) | museums + heritage | folk tales + music | resilient + empowered communities | climate action | anti-capitalist solutions | ever hopeful | rooted in rural Gloucestershire | owengower.co.uk
Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Writing The Dawn @writingthedawn.bsky.social Where biodiversity, neurodiversity & creativity meet | Writing, creative workshops & coaching|For every kind of bodymind | Neurodivergent-affirming | Anti-racist| LGBTQIA+ affirming | Anti-oppression
Chijirie Art & Crafts @chijirielton.bsky.social I am the African Artist/Sculptor doing the Superb African stone sculptures and Crafts. I do supplies the African stone sculptures, wood sculptures, metal sculptures, crafts and Batiks. Thank you
GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏
Thomas Newton @thomasnewton2323.bsky.social Writer, campinologist, liar.
He/him/his.
Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social Prehistory & landscape
Also on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnythinsta/
Sam @samkarlharrison.bsky.social Sporadic writer & editor at Lion & Unicorn
https://thelionandunicorn.com/
Rachael Scotson @rachaelscotson.bsky.social Making it up as I go.
MAWYP @BathSpaUni.
@bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
Alwyn Turner @alwynturner.bsky.social writer/historian/talker
Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor.
Free newsletter at mariepphillips.substack.com
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social STREAM OUR DEBUT SINGLE "LIGHTS DOWN" ↙️
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Rflnb0WvYeuK5B6AHVSXE?si=F93EswKVR5ehFffDiFfCuw&utm_source=copy-link
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babyrichmanband?igsi=MWFldWJsOG1pdDl2bA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Jaci Quennell @jellenq.bsky.social Nanny, Snowflake, Socialist, Social worker, Psychotherapist, Humanist funeral celebrant
Cranky Old Man 🏴 🇪🇦 @crankyoldman.bsky.social I can write cursive, tell the time on a clock with hands, and balance a checkbook! I rode a bike with no helmet, played outside all day, and ran around barefoot. I received all of my childhood vaccines, too! Yet, here I am. No DMs, please!
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
www.sacredparasite.com
X-POD™ @xpodtech.com “A global technology leader developing advanced occupant‑safety solutions, including the Safety‑X‑Pod®—an ejectable, crash‑proof passenger cocoon with an integrated Environmental Control and Life Support System.” https://xpodtech.com/
Susan Reed @susanreed.bsky.social British Library German collections curator. Tiny translation sideline. Reader, bellringer, Wagner & Archers fan. Comprehensive educated & proud. Views my own.
James Duffy @jamespd.bsky.social Into books, films, music, football, science, politics.
@writersreview 📚 @writersreview.bsky.social Reviews of fiction and non-fiction by an impressive line-up of author and bookseller guests, hosted by Adele Geras, Linda Newbery and Celia Rees. Q&As with authors. Writers Review Publishing launching in 2025. www.reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie Author of Nature’s Acre. Founder, Gardeningwell.ie — wildlife gardening in Ireland (Stamullen, Co Meath).
Walled garden + school/community projects.
Peat-free, pesticide-free. Native plants, pollinators. Media: gardeningwell.ie/press/media
Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social Nano-publisher & provider of self-publishing services based in Ilfracombe, Devon.
Submissions open for books with a strong focus on Devon and the South West.
https://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk 
@purplebridge82.bsky.social @purplebridge82.bsky.social 
Voltage Poetry Project @voltagepoetry.bsky.social Songs on synths, sometimes with geographical settings. #lofi production. Album ‘Home Sounds’ & compilation ‘Further Verses’ out via #MonochromeMotif https://voltagepoetryproject.bandcamp.com/
David Soulscorch @david-soulscorch.bsky.social Outdoorsy Music Geek, gardening in Sussex, with a love of radio, books, and anything Fortean
Making field recording based Pound Shop hauntronica & electronic music as
Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project
👇
ruraldistrictlofirecordingproject.bandcamp.com
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
punkacademic @punkacademic.bsky.social Anarchist | historian | political culture and education policy | disabled | MS | he/him | Evertonian
Debating Anarchism
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/debating-anarchism-9781350118102/
punkacademic.org
@hpponde.bsky.social @hpponde.bsky.social 
Iain Aire @iainaire.bsky.social Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrim’s Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
Neil Redfern @neilredfern.bsky.social Executive Director of Council for British Archaeology - Wandering with curiosity and all things archaeology.
#OutAndAboutArchaeology #WalkingandTalkingYourWay
Paperas @paperas.bsky.social Paperas
Underground Band from the north of Mexico.
Download their music here: 👇👇
https://theblueshit.bandcamp.com/track/tu-eres-esa-mujer
Come to our Whatsapp group to get our news: 👇👇
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBjFGo65yD8UstG1r0f
newyorkjamieson @newyorkjamieson.bsky.social A reader and writer. Dog owner. British in America. Tired.
I'm trying
Paul Reed @sommecourt.bsky.social Military Historian, author and Battlefield Guide. Occasional wargamer. Host of the Old Front Line #WW1 #podcast.
www.oldfrontline.co.uk
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun.
Read books; join unions; block cookies.
University of Mordor.
Linda Martz Maggie @letstopdhate.bsky.social Inspired to act, empowered to choose.
Bound by unity, unstoppable in progress.
Creating lasting opportunity and hope for every person, in every corner of the world. She/her
Rob 🇺🇦🏳️⚧️ @1649digger.bsky.social 🇺🇦Definitely older than you. Texan living in the Philly 'burbs whose heart is in the Yorkshire Dales. SFF. Cats.Crime fiction.Cats. And cats.FJKR🏳️⚧️
Ravilious @ravilious1942.bsky.social A tribute to the British artist Eric Ravilious (1903-1942).
Fi @ficooper.bsky.social Ceramic artist/Uni admin person, when not with nose in a book/wandering the landscape/knitting.
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
@sera61.bsky.social @sera61.bsky.social 
@pxz6yzc809.bsky.social @pxz6yzc809.bsky.social 
Michael Mitchell @michaelmitchell.bsky.social I'm running for City Council in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth. https://toronto-danforth.ca
Quick, what’s the longest word you can find —> https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mvadd2s4ic2l
@marydiana11.bsky.social @marydiana11.bsky.social 
Hagioptasia: Perception & Meaning @hagioptasiatheory.bsky.social Exploring the hidden force of perceived 'specialness' - a natural illusion shaping human belief, behaviour, & culture.
https://hagioptasia.wordpress.com
Alex - Spells & Spaceships @blogspells.bsky.social Spells & Spaceships SFF book reviews 🧙🏼♂️🚀
Also enjoy & read/review:
Dark & Middle Ages history/hist. fiction ⚔️
Science & Nature🦊🪶🌲
Norse Mythology 🐐🐐
Lover of Castles 🏰
Lala @botanicalmending.bsky.social - C canvasconsultancy.bsky.social @canvasconsultancy.bsky.social
Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social Writes about food, beer, travel. Author of Telegraph’s 500 Best Pubs in England & @LondonBeerCity, monthly missive on pubs & beer. Fortnum and Mason Drink Writer of the Year 2021 & 2023
Shafik Meghji @shafikmeghji.bsky.social Journalist, travel writer, author
📖 Small Earthquakes (BGTW Travel Narrative Book of the Year 2025), Crossed Off the Map
✍🏽 BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust, Geographical
🌎 Latin America / Ex-porteño
https://linktr.ee/ShafikMeghji
Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book ECHOLANDS -A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF BOUDICA out now from @Hodderbooks.bsky.social https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates
@tonylynch.bsky.social @tonylynch.bsky.social 
ambrosen @ambrosen.eurosky.social It’s all just rather a lot lately. Tell me to post some nice pictures if I’m getting boring.
David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social Railway and Industrial Historian, especially the sailcloth, twine and netting industry of S Somerset and W Dorset.
AvaTeedro.com @avateedro.bsky.social 🚫DMs - Ava writes propulsive, upmarket and historical fiction that explores friendship, family ties, and love.
Folk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social "Speak now, come now, rise now from the forest, from the furrows, from the field and live"
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/
#FolkloreAgainstFascism
No AI 🚫🤖
Posts by Richard Hing, views my own
Erik @kirebooks.bsky.social Flotsam and Jetsam. Folklore, customs and odd guilds, gangs and groups.
Jason Hill Films @venicestories.bsky.social New folk horror film coming May Day 2026
Lydia Gray @lydiajgray.bsky.social Historian of the British empire, political activism and the Cold War. PhD researcher, University of Southampton.
Pete M @gripecat.bsky.social Personal - books, comics, music, guitars, art, astronomy, games. Booze.
Professional - pensions specialist.
@annieske.bsky.social @annieske.bsky.social 
KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 @kdsbooks.bsky.social Reader, gamer: Personal library of Classic SFF/Pulp/Gothic/Weird/Classic Crime/Noir/Kaiju/World SFF/Lost World Fiction. UK
No to AI. No DMs
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/127259529-kds
https://www.librarything.com/profile/KevDS
Andy Whitmore @more-whit.bsky.social International man of mystery .. oh no, sorry - campaigning on indigenous peoples and extractive industries (& not enough on music, UK politics & nonsense)
James_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social Writer: 'Anton Walbrook' (2020) 'Joseph Pike' (2018) & 'A Carnal Medium' (2012), photohistorian, archivist of Middle East collections at Exeter University, runs the Digital Archive of the Middle East (https://dame.exeter.ac.uk/), collector & bibliophile
Tamsin Wilson @tamsinwilson.bsky.social She paints, she draws, she rarely talks about herself in the third person. Stone botherer. Oil painter. Costume maker. No Gen AI. No DMs.
morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social History, folklore, music, archaeology, books, Guardian reader. Castle botherer and humanist church crawler. Retired railwayman. Morris dancer and Mummers player. And trees. Lots of trees.
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Andy Helliwell @andyhelliwell.bsky.social Music, books, nature, gardening, running, that sort of thing. Personal views.
Mar Vincent @marofthebooks.bsky.social Weird little stories in Analog, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and other fantastical places. Always seeking human creativity (NO AI), coffee, and petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/
Currently in the liminal space known as novel revisions. 📝✍️✍️
Juliet Wilson (Crafty Green Poet) @craftygreenpoet.bsky.social Adult Education Tutor, Poet, Short Story writer, Wildlife Surveyor, Conservation Volunteer. Edinburgh, Scotland
Blog: http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CraftyGreenMagpie
Substack: https://craftygreenpoet.substack.com
@paulsutty.bsky.social @paulsutty.bsky.social