The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social Your Local Bookstore. No matter where you live!
We're a Scottsdale, AZ indie bookstore, which specializes in signed 1st editions & book signings. We are the hub for autographed books by Diana Gabaldon, Clive Cussler, Jack Carr, Preston & Child, & more.
Jessbrarian (she/her) @jessbrarian.bsky.social Caffiene-fueled, cat-loving librarian living in Treaty 7. Here for everything books, travel, science, libraries, literacy & (of course) cat related 😏 Divesting myself of Meta apps because nazis.
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/
Story's Stories @storys-stories.bsky.social Author of "BETTER DEAD THAN POOR," Epee Fencer, Banned-Book Saver, Girl Mom, Tired of exiting off the on-ramp, I know who DB Cooper was
Scottish Arts Trust @edinburghawards.bsky.social Supporting the Edinburgh Writing Awards, Scottish Portrait Awards and the Scottish Landscape Awards
bookgorilla | #BookSky 💙📚 @bookgorilla.com It's bookgorilla.com/kindledealsonly, where readers + authors connect for the best prices deals ever on ebooks by your favorite authors!
Or visit bookshop.org to support indie bookshops!
We earn commissions on some purchases.
John Sandford @johnsandford.bsky.social The official BlueSky presence for #1 New York Times bestselling novelist John Sandford, author of the Prey series featuring Lucas Davenport, the Virgil Flowers series, and many more. Managed by Roswell Camp.
https://www.JohnSandford.org
Sara DiVello @saradivello.bsky.social 📚Author, “Broadway Butterfly”
🗞️Ft: @vanityfair & @entertainmentweekly
👩🏻💻Social Media Director
#internationalthrillerwriters
🎙️ Mystery and Thriller
Maven series host
Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social A fabulous festival of books, writers, words and ideas! In-person, online and in the community year round, and also on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and Spotify.
https://www.mklitfest.org/
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
StokeyLitFest @stokeylitfest.bsky.social ‘One of the best book bashes in the UK’. The Quietus. 5-7 June 2026.
Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013
Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995
www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk
We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
Cesca Major 📚 @cescamajor.bsky.social Novelist. Screenwriter. Mum of many. Coffee snob. Delight. MAYBE NEXT TIME - a Reese’s Book Club Pick & optioned by Hello Sunshine/Apple Studios. Latest 📖 IF I WERE YOU out now! #BookSky #scriptsky
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)✨
Nancy Pearl @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social Reader, writer, and librarian. Author of George & Lizzie: A Novel; the Book Lust series, and The Writer's Library (with Jeff Schwager)
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, Horror & more!
Author events, book signings & more!
For general queries, please contact our booksellers: 619-539-7137
https://linktr.ee/mystgalaxybooks
king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
TheBookLoft @thebookloft.bsky.social 32 room Indie book store at 631 S. Third St Col. OH
bookloft.com
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she 
Shelf Life Books @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Calgary [Moh’kinstsis]. Open 7 days a week. Free local delivery. Dog friendliest. Find good books here. www.shelflifebooks.ca
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
Thank You Books @thankyoubooks.bsky.social Birmingham, AL’s independent bookstore
Find your book. Find your people. 🩵
lnk.bio/thankyou_bham
McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com Canada's largest, most eventful independent bookstore.
https://linktr.ee/mcnallyrobinson
The Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social We are a bookstore -- a good one, we think! -- selling new books -- good ones, we hope! -- in Oakland, California.
Eagle Harbor Book Co. @eagleharborbooks.bsky.social Established in 1970, Eagle Harbor Book Co. is a full service, locally-owned and proudly independent bookstore located on Bainbridge Island, WA. With an extensive selection of books and gifts, we're the perfect "destination bookshop"
Federal Street Books @federalstbooks.bsky.social Independent shop for new & used books in Greenfield, MA. Established 1994 but under new ownership since September 2019.
Val McDermid @valmcdermid.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
Books & Books @booksandbooks.bsky.social Celebrating 40+ years of locally owned, independent bookselling.
Based in Miami, Florida.
Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social Harvard Square's landmark independent bookstore since 1932. Visit us at Harvard.com
@joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social 
The Wandering Albatross @walbatrossbookshop.bsky.social A tiny indie bookshop in Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada. Translated literature, travel, offbeat history, walking, geography, folklore & other interesting finds.
287 Bloomfield Main St, around the back. Open Friday - Sunday.
www.wanderingalbatrossbooks.com
Dark Matter Books @darkmatterbks.bsky.social Bookstore to be in St. Paul, MN.
Our website: https://darkmatterbooks.co/
Olde Towne Book Shop @otbookshop.bsky.social An author-run, new & used nonprofit bookstore located at 2141B 1st St., Slidell, LA 70458
• 🏳️🌈Safe Space🏳️⚧️
• Supports traditional & indie authors
• Offers events, bookclubs, workshops, &
more
Shop in-store Wed-Sun or online at oldetownebooks.com
BookPeople @bookpeople.com The largest independent bookstore in Texas 📚 A community bound by books located in the heart of downtown Austin.
Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.
Pete & Freddy's Pages Aplenty @pagesaplenty.bsky.social Indie Bookshop in Mentone, Indiana
Woman Led. Love Powered.
Community Driven. Book Inspired.
Reading: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
www.pagesaplenty.com
She/They
South Main Book Company @southmainbookco.bsky.social Independent bookstore proudly located in the heart of historic downtown Salisbury NC for over 20 years
The Haunted Book Shop, Mobile @hbsmobile.bsky.social The Haunted Book Shop, Mobile AL's downtown bookstore. Come in for the cat, stay for the spectral droning chants that aren't there.
The Twig Book Shop @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social #TwigBookShop | 📚Local Indie Book Store!
🎉Open since 1972! |📍SA, TX @HistoricPearl
⏰10-6 every day!
Wicked Good Books @wickedgoodbooks.bsky.social The indie bookstore serving Salem, MA and visitors from around the world since 2014. Books, gifts, and more. Our toy store, Silly Bunny, is in the same location.
📍260 Essex Street - Downtown
https://linktr.ee/wickedgoodbooks.
The Book Seller @thebooksellergv.bsky.social A local, independent bookstore in Grass Valley, CA. Proudly providing our community with quality reads since 1976.
www.thebookseller.biz
https://www.redbubble.com/people/TheBookSellerGV/explore?page=1&sortOrder=recent
Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social Supplying all the book needs of Beverly Farms, MA, since 1968. Co-owned by @sampfeifle.bsky.social and @hhharlow.bsky.social. Come see us sometime (or go to www.realbookshop.com).
Also, home of the "Four Books a Fortnight" pod: https://pod.link/159468689
The Curious Cat Bookshop @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookstore in Winsted, CT
🐈 Fostering through Sophia L'Orange Kitten Rescue
📖 Curation, expertise & a place to meet bookish friends
👩 Woman-owned
curiouscatbookshop.com
Jarvis Square Books @jarvissquarebooks.bsky.social Small used & new bookstore in Rogers Park, Chicago.
1522 W. Jarvis
Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6
Sunday 11-5
Posts most often by @kateharding.bsky.social
Red Balloon Bookshop @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social Indie bookstore in St. Paul, MN since 1984! 🎈
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Liz Nugent @liznugent.bsky.social No relation to Ted. Writer and rewriter. Sister and resister.
Scullery maid to the House of Goldblatt.
The Truth About Ruby Cooper in all good bookstores in Uk, Ireland and Commonwealth except Canada now. North America Sept 1st.
www.liznugent.com
C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author - The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls (Netflix), The Drift and The Gathering. Dog lover. Gin drinker. Tattoo enthusiast. Disturbingly cheery. Serenity Falls out Sept 10, 2026!
Elly Griffiths @ellygriffiths.bsky.social Crime-writer 
Clare Mackintosh - Author @claremackwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mother. Ex cop. ✏️ 2 million+ books sold 🎲 #AGameOfLies out now https://claremackintosh.com/me/
Goldsboro Books @goldsborobooks.bsky.social An award-winning independent bookshop with branches in London (23-27 Cecil Court) and Brighton (22b Ship Street) The book collectors bookseller.
Golden Leaf Books @goldenleafbooks.bsky.social 💙📚 A small bookstore in upstate NY. Just outside Albany.
Next to a Stewart's. ☕
Literati Bookstore @literatibookstore.bsky.social Curing brain rot since 2013.
As seen on NBC News, NPR, etc.
📍Ann Arbor, MI.
LiteratiBookstore.com
Looker Books @lookerbooks.com Coatesville, PA's independent bookstore where curiosity, creativity, & community are found on every shelf. lookerbooks.com
Bear Pond Books @bearpondbooks.bsky.social Indie bookstore in the heart of Montpelier, Vermont since 1973. 
Ink Spell Books @inkspellbooks.bsky.social Indie Bookshop in Half Moon Bay, CA. Since 2007.
New & Used Books, toys, board games and gifts for all ages.
Proud home to Award Winning Author/Illustrator Shawn Harris.
Foyles @foylesforbooks.bsky.social The UK's iconic bookseller since 1903, with shops in London, Bristol, Birmingham & Chelmsford.
The Booksmith @booksmith.bsky.social Your friendly neighborhood independent booksellers. Haight Street, San Francisco. Est. 1976.
11AM - 7PM daily. Find the good stuff at booksmith.com
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating.
uk.bookshop.org
Interabang Books @interabangbooks.bsky.social An independent bookstore in University Park
Mon-Sat 10-7
Sun 12-6
Order online 24/7 or call (214) 484-4289
www.interabangbooks.com
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Books Of The Year @booksoftheyear.bsky.social Simon Mayo and Matt Williams welcome the world’s best authors in for a chat.
The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. 😷 Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
Quimby's Bookstore @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social The world’s leading purveyor of zines and author and artist produced publications! Open every day 12-7! 1854 North Ave, Chicago! We print books, zines & comics!
https://linktr.ee/QuimbysBookstore
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social I'm a writer. I don't believe in voices for the voiceless. Abolish the conditions of voicelessness instead.
Books include The Sympathizer, The Committed, A Man of Two Faces, The Refugees, and To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other.
Curious Book Shop @curiousbookshop.bsky.social Used books in East Lansing, MI 📚
📞: 517-332-0112
📧: cbsmail@curiousbooks.com
Mon-Sat: 10am-7pm
Sun: 12-5pm
Happenstance Bookshop @happenstancebook.shop Coming soon to Granville County, NC! A bookshop where stories & people meet by chance but connect with intention.
We're building something special. Join us on our journey! ✨
https://lnk.bio/happenstancebooks
TheBookTrail @thebooktrail.bsky.social Literary Locations and maps of books!
Books set in a location are a great way to travel literary style or in real life. Match your next novel with a destination with The BookTrail - The Literary Travel Agency. www.thebooktrail.com
ShelfAwareness @shelf-awareness.com Free e-newsletters dedicated to the reading, buying, selling & lending of books.
Subscribe & read! http://shelf-awareness.com/xs/register
Bookworks @bkwrks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dedicated to supporting our community and connecting books and readers.
Est. 1984
bkwrks.com
WORD Bookstores @wordbookstores.bsky.social A woman-owned independent bookstore with locations in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Jersey City, New Jersey. Est. 2007.
Christopher Moore @theauthorguy.bsky.social Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and Anima Rising (released May 2025).
The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics.
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social Literary Agent and Director of Fiction Development at The Blair Partnership.
Fiction, crime, thriller, mystery, book club, gothic, horror. All views my own.
Submissions: https://www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-agents/ed-wood/
Michael Koryta @mjkoryta.bsky.social Also known as Scott Carson. Enjoys nice walks in the graveyard.
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Jeffery Deaver @jefferydeaver.bsky.social Author of the Lincoln Rhyme series, the Colter Shaw series, and many other thrillers. 
Linwood Barclay @linwoodbarclay.bsky.social Writer, former trailer park operator
Hank Phillippi Ryan @hankphillippiryan.bsky.social USA Today bestseller author of 16 novels of suspense. Winner of 37 Emmys for television investigative reporting, as well as 5 Agathas, 5 Anthonys, and the Mary Higgins Clark award.
Watch for ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS coming in 2025.
hankphillippiryan.com
Taffy Brodesser-Akner @taffyakner.bsky.social I cry a lot but I am so productive! 
The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social A @storystudiochicago.bsky.social publication! Editor-in-Chief @mbwwelch.bsky.social
@carolynquimby.bsky.social @carolynquimby.bsky.social NY/NJ | MI 📚 | | Words in @Chronogram @KirkusReviews @TheMillions | She/her ✨
https://open.substack.com/pub/mynameisnotcaroline
BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social Our monthly magazine recommends the best new books across genres, as chosen by our editors. Discover your next great book at bookpage.com.
Sign up for our enewsletters: bookpage.com/enews
Official merch is now available: bookpage.com/shop
Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
Bethanne Patrick @thebookmaven.bsky.social SUBSTACK:
The Book Maven Unbound
https://thebookmavenunbound.substack.com/
Critic @LATimesBooks
LIFE B memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/life-b-overcoming-double-depression-bethanne-patrick/1874245
https://linktr.ee/bookmaven
Matthew Specktor @specktor.bsky.social Novelist, memoirist, co-founder of The Los Angeles Review of Books
Emma Straub @emmastraub.bsky.social Novelist and bookseller. 
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Katy Hershberger @katyhersh.bsky.social Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc.
KatyHershberger.com