Stephen Black @stephenblackauthor.bsky.social Northern Irish ☘️ Horror/Dark Fantasy Writer 🖤 Freelance Editor 📚 Coffee ☕️ Chess ♟️ DM for editing queries.
Treadwell's Books @treadwells-books.bsky.social Esoteric arts, great books, high culture, witchcraft, scholarship. Advanced degrees in the banned, the burned, the ridiculed.
Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
El Pender @el-pender.bsky.social Fiction writer. Spec fiction reader. TTRPG player. Half of PenPost. Lecturer in Media Production. Comms Freelancer.
📌 Current Project, Machines of Bone & Blood @somanyrobots.com
website • eleanorpender.com
PenPost • penpost.itch.io
Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social Avid book collector/Dreamer/ Recent MA graduate. Half-English / Half-Greek
Posts:Archaeology/Ancient History/Classics🏺🏛 Expect typos and photos of sheep 😊🐑
Xander's Skyscape @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social Wandering Egyptologist/writer/wildlife gardener. Openly Womble. Likes: conservation, archaeology, the natural world, beautiful words, art, and writing 18th Century fantasy.
Rodney Forster @rodneyforster.bsky.social Professor, Marine Science at the University of Hull.
Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social Writer
The Earth Thy Great Exchequer Ready Lies (UK)
Something Wonderful (US)
Winner BBC National Short Story Award #bbcnssa
O Henry
Stories in Zoetrope, Southern Review, Ploughshares, BBSS, &&
She/her
Ally
Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social Ancient, late ancient, and later ancient historian
Research Fellow, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
victoria.leonard@sas.ac.uk
#FRHistS
#WCCWiki
Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social Hello, classics graduate - I’m interested in classics, the middle ages, history in general and art. Also, rabbits. Finished the Aeneid, Heroides, Catullus, Georgics, Suetonius in Latin. Now on Silius Italicus’ Punica.
“Sarcastic Brit” - the Guardian
Juno Baker @junobaker.bsky.social Juno is a writer of #HistoricalFiction and her collection of #Shortstories, Uncertain Terms is available on amazon. Website https://junobaker.co.uk/ #HistoricalFiction
HNS 2026 @hns2026.bsky.social The Historical Novel Society 2026 conference will take place at Maynooth Campus, Co Kildare, Ireland, with a theme 'Print the Legend', exploring how we discover, claim, refine, and publish legends in historical fiction. Website: https://hns2026.com
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Dean Hamilton @tyburntree.bsky.social ...I am Fortune's fool. Author of The Jesuit Letter, Black Dog and Thieves' Castle. Marketer, writer, cat wrangler, walker of bear-dogs.
A.C. Harper (he/him) @harperac.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Author
📚 Hi, My Name Is Alex: https://a.co/d/0fD7INpf
www.echopressbooks.com/ac-harper
The Garden Jungle @thegardenjungle.bsky.social A biodiverse garden project by a Wildlife Photographer creating a wildlife haven, safe space and natural habitat to help birds and all nature to thrive in South Shropshire, no DM’s thanks. More details at thegardenjungle.co.uk
Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social Breton writer
Runner-up Novel Fair / 2X Pushcart nom / Wigleaf LL
EIC: Raw Lit Mag / Co-Founder @theprideroars.bsky.social /Contributor: Poverty House
https://delphinegg.weebly.com
https://rawlit.weebly.com
https://theprideroars.blogspot.com/
Rosie Fiore @rosiefiore.bsky.social Author of The Death & Life of Lucy Westenra. Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Middlesex University London. Tutor on Jericho Writers' Ultimate Novel Writing Course. rosiefiore.com
Neil Mach @neilmachauthor.com Indie author from Staines Surrey UK. I write clean urban fantasy thrillers and historical adventure stories. Host of Myth & Magic podcast
ArchPoints @archpoints.bsky.social ArchPoints began in 2009 on Facebook, providing daily archaeology lifestyle tips from a team of experts, each with their own specialist area. In 2021 we produced our first ArchPoints Guide, Asbestos In Archaeology.
Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social It's all about the roads, #Roman by origin, and whatever has happened to them since. www.romanroads.org for more, much more.
Kim Brunner @kimmybeetoo.bsky.social World traveler, avid reader, massive history nerd, baker, quilter. I try really hard to be a decent human.
Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social #Archaeology, #Ancient #Classical World & #Roman Frontier Studies MA. Former life Archaeologist doing a bit now and then. Every day above ground is a good day! Romanes eunt domus!😂
Mark Rutterford @markrutterford.bsky.social Writer-Performer.
Stories. Love. Props.
Badgers. Lucy. Daylight and fresh air.
Pete Crane @petecrane.bsky.social Stravaiging & posting about Scotland's great outdoors, ancient & modern, & other stuff .. inc life in the #Cairngorms
Director Mountaineering Scotland & MBA vmo
Gaylestorming @gaylestorming.bsky.social Writer, reader, coffee drinker…dark brews & dark chocolate. A cozy horror creative searching for my place in the universe. 19th Annual Writer’s Digest poetry award winner 🏅 USAF Veteran
https://www.gaylestorming.com
Dr Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social I’m a heritage dendrochronologist in Scotland. My consultancy Dendrochronicle undertakes projects in tree-ring dating, archaeology, buildings, cultural wooded landscapes for archaeological, environmental & community bodies.
https://dendrochronicle.co.uk/
Pete Savin @petesavin.bsky.social Hadrian’s Wall tour guide, archeological photographer sampler of tea. Please DM for personalised tours or image use.
Kit Morgan (They/Them) @foxofgallifrey.bsky.social -Graduate student in ExArc @ University College Dublin
-Early Textile Production enthusiast, new weaver, competent knitter, dedicated coffee drinker, Star Trek and Tolkien nerd
-💍🏳️🌈nonbinary 🏳️⚧️,⛩️, disabled service dog handler
June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social Writing Place Writing Planet, UCD / iCRAG 2026 | Lamplight Fellowship 2025 | Literature Bursary Award 2025 | Moth Short Story Prize 2024 | 'Somebody' expo MoLi 2020-2021 | Room Little Darker 2018/17 | https://www.airbnb.ie/h/pinkhousedublin
Jade is Querying a Psychological Thriller 🔪 @bohobookworm.bsky.social Writer. BA (Hons) English Lit (Creative Writing) Student with OU. Wifey. Boy Mum. Cat Parent.
Sunny Peace & J K Sun @cosmoblivion.bsky.social writer, poet, artist, nurse educator, health coach, best friend, mentor, beachwalker, love Truth, speak compassionate neutrality #motivate #writerslife #peace #BREATHE
(…also a longtime fan of rpg👈)
𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social Woods. Words. Birds. Birch. Beech. Bach.
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
@circlingpoetry.bsky.social
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
yourlocalarchaeologist @localarchaeologist.bsky.social Archaeology student at KU Leuven | Especially interested in paleoanthropology and palaeolithic archaeology | Also active on Instagram as @yourlocalarchaeologist
maggietrainor23 @maggietrainor23.bsky.social Archaeology Field Surveyor. Digger of the past. Trail walker.
Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social Rome’s English language magazine since 1985.
News, culture and insights into Rome and Italy.
www.wantedinrome.com
Rosemary Noble @chirose.bsky.social Retired librarian. Author of historical novels set in England and Australia, living the simple life, loves history, gardening, genealogy. Longing for common sense to come back to politics. https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Rosemary-Noble/author/B00J7TLMKC
Dr Penny Hay @penahay.bsky.social Artist, Researcher, Professor of Imagination Bath Spa University, National Teaching Fellow, Cofounder Forest of Imagination, FRSA, FCCT 💚🦋
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/penny-hay/
Rebecca Bolton @rebeccainprint.bsky.social 🍃 Historian, Poet, Writer
🌿 Irish-Welsh Mongrel Mix
🍃 Moon magic & Myths
🌿 FREE KS2 History Resources 📚
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Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell.bsky.social PhD candidate/historian/writer•♥️ history+art history, literary childhoods, intellectual pasts, books, prints, myths, maps, fairy tales, old sites, the cozy+kind• Canadian🍁 #ElbowsUp• #GoSensGo #BlueJays50• (my other account is hacked)•♥️ kindness🍃•
Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, PhD student. Northern lass. Words at @nffr.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social @fictiveDream.bsky.social @SoFloPoJo.bsky.social Winner @Bathflashaward.bsky.social Writing bot for @writershq.bsky.social
https://kathyhoyle.com
Sheila Ritchie @europesheila.bsky.social 🔶Former MEP. Electoral Commissioner. Scottish Lib Dem. Papy’s mum. Gardener. Birdwatcher. Conservationist. Outdoor swimmer. Rugby. She/her.🏳️⚧️ally. DMs with IRL friends only- that last bit went a bit wonky....🤪
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Julian Day @julianday.bsky.social Published by Blackbough Poetry, The Storms Journal, FolkHeart Press. Featured writer in Patricia's Pen, and on A Thousand Shades Of Green podcast and a regular guest reader on Eat The Storms podcast. Best of The Net nominated.
Birna Anna Björnsdóttir @birnaanna.bsky.social Writer. Icelander in New York.
Sævar Halldórsson @saevarhalldorsson.bsky.social Icelandic writer/producer working for Television Network in New York. Sr. writer/producer on #Vikings for History. Author of upcoming Icelandic Crime Series.
Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social LitWit • Baroque music & early keyboards • Hockey • Enterprise tech marketing
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm #poetry #jazz
John Muir @johnmuir.bsky.social Photography, art, nature, history, folk, music, working class.
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
VT365 @abzzzz.bsky.social One post a day, usually about Vermont, a great state. Focus on nature, photography, sustainable living, landscapes, landscaping, art, farming, gardening, dogs and music.
The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social Megaliths and✨SO MUCH✨more.
Browse our🗿WORLDWIDE 📜 ancient site 🗺️ map/database/gallery. 🪨 Human prehistory🦣 to🏺1100CE 🏛️ Andy B posting✨
Main site: https://www.megalithic.co.uk
More: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/linktree/
Linda @lindabeyond.bsky.social Bookfreak, writer, poet, photographer, paper artist. ME/CFS, mental health, caregiving, social justice, history. Living on Ojibwe ceded lands in MN. 💙📚 #BookSky IG @/lindabookmania 🌌 🌛🌕🌜🍉
https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/lindasbookmania
Ruth Thomas @ruthiesthomas.bsky.social Latest novel The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line (a BBC Book at Bedtime) @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social
Agent Georgia Garrett @RCWLitAgency
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Home-Corner-by-Ruth-Thomas/9780571230624
Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social Heritage photographer. Trying to become an archaeologist. Bit of a thing for landscapes, archaeology, movies, music, history, and chocolate. Derbyshire-based.
Dr Barbara Eichner @barbaraeichner.bsky.social Music historian, author of "History in Mighty Sounds" and a perenially half-written study of music in monasteries and nunneries around 1600. Loves country walks, reading, sightseeing, archaeology.
Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social Cultural Archaeologist, Wanderer, Ponderer.
Practises Make Places: Artists’ Responses to ‘Prehistoric’ Monuments - Manchester Metropolitan University & English Heritage.
Surprised, but very proud #MDANT
Neurodivergent person
Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT Rep'd by @charlotteseymour.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
Jo Shoebridge @jo-archaeol.bsky.social All things (World) Heritage, archaeology, very interested in Early Historic South Asian ceramics so I wrote a thesis on some of them. Huge supporter of lifelong learning and volunteer / public engagement.
Bradford lass living in Durham UK
Elizabeth Loudon @esloudon.bsky.social Poet, novelist, teacher, charity worker, carer, ex American. A STRANGER IN BAGHDAD (AUC) LL/Bridport, 2024 SIBF award for Best International Fiction. Best New Poets 2025. I write all by myself, and it shows. www.elizabethloudon.com.
Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social #Roman & conflict archaeologist; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; University Teacher at the University of Liverpool; Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Integrative Research in Conflict Archaeology.
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
The Literary Consultancy @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social The UK's longest-standing editorial consultancy. Offering editing, mentoring and events. Home of Being A Writer. #ACEsupported. Official BlueSky account.
Rachel @vignettes.bsky.social Absurdist, writer, explorer, escape artist.
Writer of poetry, prose & flash fiction.
Words in Literary Revelations: Haiku for Soul Mates @epistemiclit.bsky.social, Pure Haiku, From One Line Vol.7, Survivor Zine, #BOTN nominee '26
British, lives in Italy
Rosanna McGlone @rosannamcglone.bsky.social Writer. Journalist. Mother. Amazon no. 1: The Process of Poetry. The Making of a Poem. 100 + features and author interviews in The Guardian, The Independent, The Weekend Australian, SMH and Salon.com.
Dr Deborah Siddoway @debsiddoway.bsky.social Author with an interest in literature and the law. Dickens enthusiast, obsessed with divorce law history, and book lover. I have a little dog called Brontë.
Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social She/her. Writer and illustrator of spooky stories from picture books to adult fiction. South African in Bristol. Words in The Ghastling, Northern Gravy, The Amphibian. Winner of Wilko Johnson Writing Award 2024. Rep: Silvia Molteni @PFD Agents
Jan Peters - Solivagant Wisdom @janpsolivagant.bsky.social
Creator of Solivagant Wisdom -
Author & Coach
#poetry #photography
Member of the #PromptCombo Team
#introvert #neurodivergent #GenX #DepthPsychology #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
🚫DM - unless I know/invite you
Davina Bhanabhai @davinabhanabhai.bsky.social 📚Writer & Sensitivity/Authenticity Editor.
🎓HarperCollins Author Academy Alumna August 2022.
📚Jericho Writers 500 word FNL Finalist 2025.
👨👩👧👦Mum to 2
📍Leeds, UK
Hugh Fiske🏺 @50sherdsofgrey.bsky.social Mostly retired Roman pottery specialist/ photogrammatriste, ex-RAF ATC & police controller. Woke, proghead, currently politically homeless. #sherdnerd #photogrammetry (t.ly/QqYaD) No Bio no follow back. #FBPE #FBPR #ISTJ
Kathryn Murphy @kmurphster.bsky.social Archaeologist. GIS, databases & survey. Mostly Romans, but now straying into the Early Medieval. She/Her. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Wear a mask! 😷
Views my own.
Currently Data Scientist on @remade-uor.bsky.social
Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.
@klbbz.bsky.social @klbbz.bsky.social 
Reaction Shots (John Barrett) @reactionshots.bsky.social I write about film (https://myreactionshotreviews.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html?m=1), and social issues (http://dimensionallybarrett.blogspot.com/?m=1), make art, and post the occasional 🐈. Does that period after cat look like a dropping?
Sofia Diana Gabel @sofiadianagabel.bsky.social Multi-genre author, archaeologist and biologist, born in Australia but living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in the United States. I write because the characters in my head won’t leave until they’re on the page.
Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Jill Brown @jillbrown42.bsky.social Love archaeology and libraries plus interested in politics in moderation.
UK
EHarris @nbgbgb.bsky.social Mam, Lecturer in Pharma/Med Dev Regulations @TU Dublin with particular focus on ATMPs. Longtime stone botherer and recent Archaeology graduate. Sweary and sarcastic, HHGTTG nerd. Reading is an act of resistance https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
Joanna 🌿Historical 3D Printing🌿 @historical3d.bsky.social Enthusiast of new technologies that allow for wider access to ancient art and artefacts.
🖤historian, artist, 3D printer
✉️ enquiries: historical3dprinting@gmail.com
🏺 hand-painted figures of historical sculptures & monuments: historical3dprinting.etsy.com
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social Independent Publisher of the world's largest academic archaeological series with over 4000 titles.
@ipghq Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year '22
The Border Readers @theborderreaders.bsky.social Professional actors touring England's northern border counties with themed literary readings in libraries, village halls, heritage sites, art galleries & other community venues www.theborderreaders.co.uk
Jo Scott Heritage @joscottheritage.bsky.social By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
Cathal Malone @cathalmalone.bsky.social Corkonian-in-exile in the Pale. Lawyer. Liúdramán. He/him.
Andy Williamson @andywilliamson.com Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | https://urbanbadgercollective.com/links/
Anne-Marie Creamer @amcreamer.bsky.social Exploring the interstitial spaces of #Artist-Researcher-Patient. Or, knowing from the body’s edge lands
Dear Friend -Soane Museum
R&D 🗣️Ghostbodies
IRL-Lived Experience Lab UAL
Better Making CSM
EURORDIS xERDERA Open Academy
https://amcreamer.net
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
Cairo 🌻 @cairoaibangbee.bsky.social Writer
Repped by Gyamfia Osei at Andrew Nurnberg Associates ✨
Creator of @blackgirlsbrunchuk 👸🏾
@tiktok’s Sunflower with 2.4million likes🌻
Jesus is King ✝️
Faith L. Justice @faithljustice.bsky.social A Janus-like creature who likes to peer into both the past and the future. I write #HistoricalFiction and rescue #cats. For fun, I dig in the dirt--my garden and #Roman #archaeology sites. https://faithljustice.com
#amwriting 
David Dodds @daviddoddsauthor.bsky.social Author of urban fantasy fiction. Semi-retired bat ecologist. Gliding instructor. Butler to a highly-opinionated Jack Russell.
Samantha Hart @samanthahart.bsky.social Storyteller, Author of Blind Pony: As True
A Story As I Can Tell
samanthahart.net
wildbill.la
Katherine Mezzacappa @katmezzacappa.bsky.social Irish historical novelist living in Italy, published by Fairlight (Oxford), Histria (LV) and Stairwell (York). Writes too as Katie Hutton (Zaffre Books) and Kate Zarrelli (Romaunce). katherinemezzacappa.com
Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social Novelist: books 'Where the Willows End, In Red Blood' 'One of Our Own,' Poetry: 200 poems published worldwide. old friend's description of him, 'I've known this idiot most of my life.'
Patrick ten Brink @patricktenbrink.bsky.social Environmentalist, writer, art reviewer, very occasional artist - appreciating what is there to be appreciated, criticising what merits criticism, and trying to do my penny's worth for environmental justice, art and culture and hopefully spark some hope.
Justine Lombardi @jlombardi.bsky.social Fantasy and horror author obsessed with weird myths, funky folklore, and arcane insults. 🏳️🌈 💖💜💙 Dyslexic and proud to be neurodiverse. I follow back fellow creatives. https://linktr.ee/authorjustine
Kim Davis @kimdavisauthor.bsky.social ✍️ Author of Cozy mysteries + 🍰 Sweet recipes
📚 Aromatherapy Apothecary Mystery Series + Cupcake Catering Mystery Series
👉 https://linktr.ee/authorkimdavis
Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social Writer. SOCIAL MEDIA BREAK 2026 (except for shameless self-promotion) DMs don't work. GoneLawn trampset TempleInACity GooseberryPie BlinkInk Mslexia Liars'League MythicPicnic NewFlashFicReview FictiveDream BulbCulture Phare MaudlinHouse FreeFlashFiction
Laura Baron Music @laurabaronmusic.bsky.social “Beauty in the Broken” finding light in the shadows-Beat”
Vote: Album (Beauty in the Broken)
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