West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social * We are most active on Instagram * Thanks for joining us and making this year our biggest, buzziest festival yet. Save the dates: July 9-16 2027
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Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social Systems librarian at Lambeth Libraries (she/her) 🏴
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
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
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Tayari Jones @tayari.bsky.social NYT Bestselling author of KIN and AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. (Oprah’s Book Club x2) Atlanta born, Atlanta bred, when I die, I’ll be Atlanta dead.
The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
Elaine Feeney @elainefeeney.bsky.social Writer
Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way (2025)
Nominated for Booker Prize
Lectures: University of Galway
Agent: Peter Straus RCW Lit Agency
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social Paleontologist. Developmental Biologist. Anatomist. Polar wanderer. Telling people that they are fish since 2008.
Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News, Boston Herald.)
NYC, North Fork. (Amateur watercolors now at @washbuckler.bsky.social)
No substack. No podcast. You're welcome.
Too sarcastic for my own good.
Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social #Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
www.mirandakaufmann.com
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Max Liu @maxjliu.bsky.social Freelance writer
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
Great Novel Reads @greatnovels.bsky.social Fiction-only book discovery platform.
Authors: List your novel.
Readers: Explore stories worth reading.
No noise. Just novels.
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Amanda Saunders @ajsaunders.bsky.social Writer, editor & former senior comms professional in Parliament (taken early retirement). Co-author of ‘Bipolar Disorder: the Ultimate Guide’ published by @oneworldbooks.bsky.social https://oneworld-publications.com/work/bipolar-disorder/ LGBTQ+ ally 🌈
Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social We are Extinction Rebellion Birmingham.
We are your neighbours, your colleagues, your relatives, your friends.
We carry out peaceful, joyful, direct action against Govt inaction on climate and ecological catastrophe.
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Roisin Dunnett @roisinmcd.bsky.social Writer/ Editor/ fiction pamphlet 'Animal, Vegetable' @brokensleep
/ ‘A Line You Have Traced’ @oneworldnews, @feministpress, @knopfCA/ She/her
Walter Scott Prize @walterscottprize.bsky.social We're the world's foremost literary prize for historical fiction & run the Young Walter Scott Prize. http://linktr.ee/WalterScottPrizes
Kathleen Glasgow @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of super sad books. Girl in Pieces, The Glass Girl, You'd Be Home Now. Co-author of The Agathas series. Serial napper, dog earer of books, desert dweller.
https://linktr.ee/kathleenglasgow?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=
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/
Gilly Pickup @gillypickup.bsky.social Award winning journalist /author. #Animal lover. Believes in chocolate, kindness, books & a dash of magic. London-living Scot.
Former @houseofcommons.parliament.uk aide, researcher. On X as @gilly_pickup www.travellinglady.co.uk #notodigitalid
Dani @danimorocco.bsky.social Wife, Mother, Abuela 💖
Avid Book Reader, Decency, Intuitive,
Former Healthcare, 💗Humanity,
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Our Creator.
🇨🇦 Indigenous Latina. 🪶
🌏 ✈️ World Explorer ☀️ Freedom
Guy Denning @guydenning.bsky.social Visual artist, noise organiser, word shuffler.
More days done than to do.
Born at 317 ppm atmospheric CO2
Ran away to France in 2007
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Sharon Duggal @sharonduggal.bsky.social sharonduggal.com
"All the hard-eyed clarity of William Trevor & as much literary heart as Rohinton Mistry."
New novel - Light Across the Plains - Oct 2026, Bluemoose Books
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Jen Bowden @jenbowden12.bsky.social Journalist | Writer repped by @liverpoollit | Editor | Northern Voices podcast | Dr of Northern stories | #TeamHorn | Pityakker linktr.ee/jenbowden12
jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociologist.
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
Read for Good @readforgood.bsky.social Watch 'The Magic of Stories', our new short film capturing the joy of storytelling ✨ link in bio ✨
Read for Good is the UK reading for fun charity.
Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social Director, Institute for Mental Health, and Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Interested in psychosis, youth mental health, neuroscience, philosophy, phenomenology. NHS Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis
International Review of Education @intreved.bsky.social Hamburg-based UNESCO journal publishing research on lifelong learning policy and practice. World's oldest international journal of comparative education. Find out more: https://www.uil.unesco.org/en/journal-international-review-education
Victoria Shepherd @victoriashepherd1.bsky.social Historian Author of Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside (Oneworld June 2025) and A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse (Oneworld 2022); also docs and audio producer for BBC Radio and others.
Barnaby Phillips @barnabyphillips.bsky.social Journalist, author. 'The African Kingdom of Gold- Britain and the Asante Treasure' (March 2026) 'Loot- Britain and the Benin Bronzes' & 'Another Man's War'.. BBC, Al Jaz; Athens,Jo'burg Lagos, Luanda & Maputo. Now back in my native N1 #COYG
nb Magazine @nbmagazine.bsky.social An independent literary magazine illuminating new and notable reads 📚
🖌 Quarterly zine
🖌 Monthly book club
🖌 Online interviews & reviews
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Kildare Readers Festival @kildarereaders.bsky.social Books, talks and good vibes 📖
Every October in County Kildare
#KildareReadersFestival #KRF2025
Tina @doostar.bsky.social 
Algonquin Books @algonquinbooks.bsky.social 📍 Chapel Hill and NYC ❤️ Est. 1983 📚 Books for a well-read life.
Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social I’m not terrific but I’m competent
All bookings via website www.jancarson.co.uk
@mariannbudde.bsky.social @mariannbudde.bsky.social 
Lorella Belli Literary Agency Ltd @lorellabelliagency.bsky.social London-based literary agency representing brilliant debut, bestselling and award-winning authors and clients worldwide. Founded 2002.
Claire @theauthorslounge.bsky.social Superstar Librarian, Author Interviewer and Author Brand Expert. F:Entrepreneur #IAlso100 2024, Award Winning Brand Photographer, London based.
Colin Midson @colinbookshaped.bsky.social Books, festivals, culture, Cornwall, etc
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social Presenter of RTE's Arts show Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social.
Runs Ireland's largest book club, patron @epilepsyireland.bsky.social, board of Fighting Words NI.
Quizzer.
Rarely here...
Links: https://linktr.ee/rickoshea
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Silvia Park @silviapark.bsky.social writer of LUMINOUS 🐯🤖 teaches at the University of Kansas
https://linktr.ee/silvia_park
The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com 🗞️ The best of our journalism
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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
Chetna Maroo @chetnamaroo.bsky.social 
Caoilinn Hughes @caoilinnhughes.bsky.social Irish writer.
Novels: THE ALTERNATIVES, THE WILD LAUGHTER and ORCHID & THE WASP. Short stories about the place.
Kendra Poster @kendrap.bsky.social Publishing rights director, swimmer, baker, mother.
@margotbooks.bsky.social @margotbooks.bsky.social 
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
Red Lion Books Jo Coldwell @redlionbooks.bsky.social Bookshop manager, bookclub organiser, death club host,
yoga teacher
Louisa Scott @louisascott.bsky.social Writer, reader, mum, business founder.
SE Londoner who grew up in Portugal and Gibraltar. I like books, running, theatre, jigsaws, cooking & eating.
Published in Litro.
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Truda Spruyt @trudaspruyt.bsky.social Cultural connector and communicator. Founder of Collective Wisdom. Www.collective-wisdom.co.uk
theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social theartsdesk.com - a daily serving of incisive, well-informed arts coverage. Enjoy criticism at its best.
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Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/englishpen
Lucy @lucylucylucy.bsky.social Writer, reader, senior reporter and day editor at Bookbrunch, maid to extraordinarily cheeky rescue dog. She/her
BookBrunch @bookbrunch.bsky.social Your daily serving of news and views, promising unrivalled publishing perspective and knowledge. BookBrunch is the essential tool for the book industry.
https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating.
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Swift Press @swiftpress.bsky.social Award-winning Independent publisher of your next read.
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Pushkin Press @pushkinpress.com Publishes the world's best stories – to be read and read again.
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Atlantic Books @atlanticbooks.bsky.social Independent British publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction. Also the home of imprints Corvus Books, Allen & Unwin UK, and Grove Press UK.
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David Fickling Books @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social ✨Where good stories begin...
📚We're an independent publisher of superb books for readers of all ages. Join the adventure here!
Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
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.
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃
He/Him
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📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel. I’ve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
📕 Maggie & Me.
📕 You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
Nick Spencer @nickebs.bsky.social Senior Fellow at Theos. Author of Magisteria. Host of Reading our Times.
Christian humanist. Graecophile,Person of the Book. PEW Literary Agents.
Yvonne Conza @yvonnec.bsky.social Writer, editor, interviewer & avid reader
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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
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Jaya Bhattacharji Rose @jbhattacharjirose.bsky.social Co-founder, Ace Literary Consulting; International Publishing Consultant & Literary Director, AutHer Awards.
My blog (http://jayabhattacharjirose.com) crosses 7.7 million visitors.
Sambookreviews @sambookreviews.bsky.social Volunteer for Bookbanks and Oxfam Books . Book reviewer in the usual places. 2 dogs and a cat, adult kids (sort of!) Love art, theatre and music Sam@rsw.co.uk
rebecca reads @beckreads.bsky.social 📚 Marketing and Publicity Director @saraband-books.bsky.social
🎧 Co-founder and co-host of The Northern Connection Podcast www.instagram.com/thenorthernconnection
ThanhmaiB @thanhmaiuk.bsky.social ✨Book reader, negroni drinker.
Books Manager:HMV
My own personal views, thoughts and observations, like them or not.✨
The Moth Magazine @themothmagazine.bsky.social International art & lit magazine. One of the world's biggest prizes for a poem. Short story, nature writing & art prizes. Also: @thecaterpillarmag
Lucy Popescu @lucyjpop.bsky.social Writer, editor, critic. Chair of the Authors Club & Best First Novel Award. Former Director, WiPC, English PEN. Books incl #ACountrytoCallHome #ACountryofRefuge #TheGoodTourist & #AnotherSky. https://www.lucypopescu.com/
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Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social Publishing director, Transworld (part of Penguin UK)
Author, CYPRIA and DOSTOEVSKY IN LOVE (Bloomsbury)
My words are my own
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mybookishblogspot @mybookishblogspot.bsky.social Hi, I’m Amanda a book mad ex-librarian working in a GP practice.
I’m a bookblogger reviewing on my blog, Instagram and X.
My blog: mybookishblogspot.wordpress.com
Instagram: @mybookishblogspot
X: https://x.com/amandaduncan12?s=21
Vicky Newham / Izzie Harper. @vickynewham.bsky.social Author of The Wootton Windmill (cozy) Mysteries and the DI Rahman (police procedural) novels.
Oneworld Publications @oneworldbooks.bsky.social 📖Independent Publishers founded in 1986
💌Literary fiction and non-fiction from around the world
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Rock the Boat @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social 📖Children/YA imprint of Oneworld Publications
🌊Publishing books with complicated characters and diverse voices✨☀️💪
Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social London's Independent Bookshop of 2024.
Fiction, London Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Travel, Classics, Children's Books, Cards, Totes, and Short Story Prize.
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