Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social Forever wandering with the 3 Amigos/ cats...living on the unceeded lands of the Darumbal Nation
"If you are accustomed to privilege, ewuality feels like oppression"
Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com Progressive analysis on politics, foreign policy, the economy, media, and culture, with a focus on peace and justice. John Menadue, Publisher & Editor in Chief
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social Once described in HuffPost as “one of the brightest minds on the planet”… (true) but I’m pretty sure that journo was high. (also true).
Democracy | Speaker | Poet | Author | Archer | Dilettante Polymath | ANTIFA
📍Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social 📍 AU 🇦🇺 Based Yorta Yorta country/ NE Victoria, via Bunurong/ Mornington Peninsula. Connected to climate, land use, water, health & food; fairness for all. 🦋 Est. 11/2022. #ZeroHunger #SustainableDevelopment #FoodSystems
Senator Lidia Thorpe @senatorthorpe.bsky.social Senator for Victoria 🌱
Gunnai • Gunditjmara • Djab Wurrung✊🏾
Authorised by L Thorpe, Parliament House, Canberra
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Senator Penny Wong @senatorwong.bsky.social Leader of the Government in the Senate. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Senator for South Australia.
Anth 🌏 @anth0888.bsky.social Gen Y Social Advocate | Indp supporter | Talks: Social equity, Justice, Intl Affairs, Travel | Adventurer 🌏 | Gardener 🌱 | Australian/Spanish | RTs ≠ End | Don't confuse other people's noise for substance 📚
Kathryn @designhunter.bsky.social Graphic Designer | Branding, comms & engagement, maps and illustration. Awabakal land, Australia. Proof reader of other peoples work, but as you'll discover, not my own.
Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social Longtime political voyeur
Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social I am relatively nice here.
Currently squatting on Muwinina land
Point to pinnacle stroll for medical research https://pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-institute-for-medical-research/jon-kudelka-captain-quoll
https://www.kudelkashop.com
carpe diem
Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social Tall and blonde. Good teeth. Will fetch a fine price at market.
Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social Cartoonist
Crowd-funded at https://www.patreon.com/glenlelievre
Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social Freelance Cartoonist | Caricaturist | Anything
Like my work? Buy me a coffee? ☕ http://ko-fi.com/hudsoncartoons
Leaving passing footprints on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people
https://linktr.ee/HudsonCartoons
Carrie @goawaycarrie.bsky.social •🐨x☘️
•Berlin (via Sydney)
•Ein bisschen Deutsch
•Music fiend / ex-Rolling Stone
•Stuff enjoyer
•Usually on my way somewhere ✈️
•Domina
•Femmo
•Political doomscroller
• ♓️ ♏️ ♉️
•Astrologer
•Cool aunt
•Writer
•Draw-er
@rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social 
Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social Age and SMH Cartoonist / Writer & Illustrator of all things /
She/her. On Bunarong land.
http://linktr.ee/meganjherbert
Andrew Weldon @aweldoncartoons.bsky.social Cartoonist. Likes cheese. 
Wes Mountain @therevmountain.bsky.social Writer, illustrator, alligator.
Naarm, Australia.
Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social Political cartoonist for the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
Russ Radcliffe @russrad.bsky.social Editor of annual Best Australian Political Cartoons pub’d by Scribe
Photography - mainly mono landscapes, abstracts, and stuff
Harry Bruce @harrybrucetoons.bsky.social Cartoons and Caricatures
Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations.
Isy Oderberg @yodaberg.bsky.social Journo ▪️ media-comms ▪️ Mum to #didgerijews ▪️ Insta @isyode▪️ Book: http://hardtobear.com (@mjostell) ▪️ @speakingout▪️ http://isabelleoderberg.com.au
Alex Adsett @alexadsett.bsky.social Australian literary agent, publishing consultant and avid reader. - M Melanie Ostell Literary @mjostell.bsky.social Still interested in good stuff. Open for submissions 15 August 2025.
Sulari Gentill @sularigentill.bsky.social Mystery writer, animal lover, truffle hunter.
Angela Savage @angelasavage.bsky.social Award-winning author, library lover, 80s pop tragic, bird nerd. Commissioning co-editor of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. Crafter of #literarycritters
Nina Kenwood @ninakenwood.bsky.social Author of The Wedding Forecast, It Sounded Better In My Head and Unnecessary Drama.
Zanni Louise @zannilouise.bsky.social Bestselling Australian author writing and living in The Netherlands. 50+ books for kids and teens.
“It takes a village to raise a reader.”
www.zannilouise.com Rep’d by LK Literary #kidlitchat
fiona hardy @fionathehardy.bsky.social melbourne-based author, reviewer, bookseller & butthead
crime books/kids books/educational books
out now: old games 🏺🎾
Lucy Treloar @lucytreloar.bsky.social Writer: Salt Creek (2015), Wolfe Island (2019), Days of Innocence and Wonder (2023); Agent: Curtis Brown Australia; haphazard but enthusiastic gardener. Love my family and my darling whippets.
Jen Bowden @jenbowden12.bsky.social Journalist | Writer repped by @liverpoollit | Editor | Northern Voices podcast | Dr of Northern stories | #TeamHorn | Pityakker linktr.ee/jenbowden12
spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social author BODIES OF LIGHT + PULSE POINTS + OUR MAGIC HOUR. also edit, translate, hike, cook, copywrite, &c. she/her. jenniferdown.com 
Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social Author • Literary Agent • Creative Writing Teacher • https://linktr.ee/DanielleBinks
Jenna Guillaume @jennaguillaume.bsky.social Pop culture journalist. Author of YA rom-coms YOU WERE MADE FOR ME and WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME and novella THE DEEP END. Recovering twt user.
Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social Social justice journalist, author, editor and media trainer. My award-winning book is “Troll Hunting.” I do also laugh & wear lipstick 💄
Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social Australian author. WAKE, Ripper, Vanish out April 2025
https://www.hachette.com.au/news/shelley-burr-on-tour
https://linktr.ee/ShelleyBurr
Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social The national peak organisation promoting and protecting the professional interests of Australia's authors and illustrators since 1963.
Australian Book Lovers @australianbooks.bsky.social Celebrating and supporting Australian #writers and #readers. A free platform full of Australian authored books. And a fabulous free podcast hosted by @VeronicaStrachan.bsky.social & @writerLaurieBell.bsky.social
#ReadMoreAussieBooks #AusWrites #booksky
Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social Wiradyuri
Author of over 20 titles, most recent DIRRAYAWADHA (RISE UP)
Publisher @ Bundyi, Simon & Schuster AU
Prof of Communications @ UQ
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dranitaheiss?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e8039df8-76bc-4e43-b07d-c57dc8bfc
Carly Findlay OAM @carlyfindlay.bsky.social ⭐️ Writer ⭐️ Speaker ⭐️ Arts worker ⭐️ Appearance Activist ⭐️ Cheese lover ⭐️ Rollerskater ⭐️ Feeling fucking fabulous⭐️ CarlyFindlay.com.au
Tara Rae Moss @taramoss.bsky.social Bestselling author of 14 books. The latest are THE WAR WIDOW and THE GHOSTS OF PARIS about a post #WW2 Nazi hunting PI. Keynote speaker. Holistic Practitioner. tararaemoss.com
Will Kostakis @willkostakis.bsky.social Look at us starting all over again. WE COULD BE SOMETHING.
AustLit @austlit.bsky.social AustLit is a bio-bibliographical database of stories by Australians and about Australia.
https://www.austlit.edu.au/
Dervla McTiernan @dervlamctiernan.bsky.social Writer (The Ruin, The Scholar, The Good Turn, The Murder Rule). Irish living in Perth. OUT NOW: What Happened To Nina? (An Amazon Book of the Year). 
Claire Fitzpatrick @lookingglassgirl.bsky.social Multi-award-winning speculative fiction & non-fiction author. I write creepy stuff & talk to my 10 pets. Save Ferris!
Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au "Young has nailed it." - Publisher's Weekly
Philosopher & author. Agents: Zeitgeist Agency (nonfiction) & Alex Adsett Literary (fiction)
www.damonyoung.com.au
@laracaingray.bsky.social @laracaingray.bsky.social 
Carly-Jay Metcalfe @carlyjaymetcalfe.bsky.social Award-winning author of 'Breath' UQP (2024)
🫁 TX recipient 1998
TEDx Brisbane 2014 https://youtu.be/AYaBlW9sSYQ?feature=shared
Cat Sparks @catsparx.bsky.social Author, Artist, Activist.
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly
info: http://hollygramazio.net
ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/
pic: Diana Patient
Emilia Hart @emiliahart.bsky.social Author of Weyward (2023) and The Sirens (2025). Worrier.
Alli Parker @alliparkerwriter.bsky.social author of at the foot of the cherry tree
writer of jack irish; secret bridesmaids’ business; ms fisher mod
on Wurundjeri land
mostly here to procrastinate
🌈 she/her
Lizzy Dent @lizzydent.bsky.social Author with Penguin Random House
Brydie Lee-Kennedy @brydielk.bsky.social I write TV and books and I watch a lot of basketball. She/her 🏳️🌈
https://linktr.ee/brydieleekennedy
Brydon Coverdale @brydoncoverdale.bsky.social Chaser on The Chase Australia
Journalist
Quiz writer
Author of ‘The Quiz Masters’
Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social Aussie rural, NYT bestseller - people die in my books 💀 Feb 2026: NO ONE IS SAFE 💀 Here's the fun stuff: https://t.co/ujW6HqmgSi
Nic Gill @tasbiophiliac.bsky.social Tasmanian author and environmental writer, conservation detection dog handler. Eco-flâneur and known associate of the Difficult Birds Research Group, on the traditional lands of the Moomairremener people, SE lutruwita/Tasmania 🐶🦉🐕🦺📚 nicole-gill.com
Kirsten Alexander @kirstenalex.bsky.social Writer & editor in Melbourne
Books, art, politics, dogs🌳
HALF MOON LAKE, RIPTIDES (PRH) AFTER THE FALL (Ultimo)
Preorder https://bit.ly/3Z9bPcr
K.T. Hanna @kthanna.bsky.social Author of scifi/fantasy/LitRPG. I make shit up for a living!
Library System Reset, Somnia Online, SAAU and more.
Aussie expat. Gamer. Mum.
Can be found in various places on the internet.
https://kthanna.com
Gabrielle Davis @gabriellewrites.bsky.social Fantasy author and book fiend based in Meanjin
Another Geoff @anothergeoff.bsky.social Author of Methsnake - A drug-fuelled beach horror set in Australia. Put simply, a snake gets addicted to meth and ends up raising hell in Surfers Paradise during Schoolies.
Mandy Beaumont @mandybeaumont.bsky.social Author-The Thrill of It (March 2025), The Furies (2022) & Wild, Fearless Chests (2020). https://linktr.ee/mandybeaumont
John Purcell @bookeboy.bsky.social Bookseller, reviewer, interviewer and author - The Girl on the Page, The Lessons & The Secret Lives of Emma trilogy. The Amateur's Guide to Killing Bad Guys out Sept 2027.
My blog (yes eople still have blogs): https://www.johnpurcellauthor.com/blog
Katy Mayfair 📚 @katymayfair.bsky.social Aussie author. Here for the books and writing chat ❤
Dame Nellie Shelver @debcrabtree.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, reviewer, literary dame, ring maker, masketeer. Naam/Melb
Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social Correspondent in Paris for The Observer.
Writing a book about feminism and football.
Author of DESIRE PATHS, a memoir (2025).
Co-founder of The Gender Beat.
Victoria Purman @victoriapurman.bsky.social Australian bestselling novelist. Feminist. Reader. Golden Retriever owner.
Sarah Sasson @sarahsasson.bsky.social Physician-Writer on Gadigal Land Sydney Author of Tidelines (Affirm Press 2024) and Signs of Life- an Anthology (2021).
James Bradley @ghostspecies.bsky.social Author of Wrack, The Deep Field, The Resurrectionist, Clade and Ghost Species. Editor of The Penguin Book of the Ocean. New book, Deep Water: The World in the Ocean, coming 2024. He/him. https://linktr.ee/jamesbradley
Holden Sheppard 🇦🇺😎💪 @v8sheppard.bsky.social Award-winning author of INVISIBLE BOYS, now a Peabody Award-nominated TV series on Stan Australia. YEAH THE BOYS (Pantera Press) in stores now & in development as a TV series.
Gym rat 💪 | Rough trade ♂️ | Loose unit 🤙
www.holdensheppard.com
Nicole Hayes @nicolehayes.bsky.social PhD. YA author (Penguin Random) jnr fiction (Hardie Grant) non-fiction (Black Inc / The Guardian). Podcaster with The Outer Sanctum / The Writers' Retreat. Living on Wurundjeri land with 2 humans & 1 dog. She/her. https://linktr.ee/nicolehayes
Jessie Cole @jessiexcole.bsky.social 📚 Author of DESIRE, A RECKONING | Also STAYING, A MEMOIR 📚
Monica Attard @monicaattard.bsky.social Journalist, academic, author, obsessive about international affairs, media and tennis.
Rochelle Siemienowicz @milan2pinsk.bsky.social Writer and Australian arts/screen journo. Author of 'Double Happiness', a novel, and 'Fallen', a memoir. Emerging crone. MEAA union member. Substack: https://rochellesiemienowicz.substack.com/
Laura Jean McKay @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social Writer. THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY winner of The Arthur C Clarke Award and The Victorian Prize for Literature. Latest collection GUNFLOWER. She/her. Views mostly other people's.
laurajeanmckay.com.au
On Meeanjin - Turrbal and Jagera Country.
Anti gen AI
Johannes Jakob @jojojakob.bsky.social commissioning editor at Penguin Random House Australia
Jessica Alice @jessicaalice.bsky.social Artistic Director/CEO Byron Writers Festival | Melburnian in Byron Bay
Mireille Juchau @mireillejuchau.bsky.social Writer, Critic. The World Without Us (Bloomsbury), Burning In (Giramondo). Essays here and there. Researching archives, dreams and war.
www.mireillejuchau.com
Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.
Jo Case @jocaseau.bsky.social Professional book nerd (writer, editor, critic - former publisher, bookseller). Deputy Editor, Books & Ideas, The Conversation: @aunz.theconversation.com. Co-editor, Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Autistic Writers (UQP).
Amy Gray @amygray.bsky.social Writer and mal vivant.
Amie Kaufman @amiekaufman.bsky.social 🌈 NYT and internationally bestselling author. (she/her)
📚 Out now: The Isles of the Gods
✍🏼 Newsletter: amiekaufman.substack.com
Marieke Hardy @mariekehardy.bsky.social Mainlining tahini while the world burns
She/Her
Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social screenwriter + novelist
newsletter yassmin.substack.com. @yassmin_a on most other socials
Lili Wilkinson @liliwilkinson.bsky.social Award-winning YA and children's author. BRAVEPAW #1 out now! UNHALLOWED HALLS coming Feb 2025 with Delacorte 🇺🇸, Titan 🇬🇧 and Allen & Unwin 🇦🇺.
Alison Croggon @alisoncroggon.bsky.social I write words. Award-winning poet, novelist, critic, theatre writer. Arts editor The Saturday Paper. She/her. Living and working on unceded Bunurong and Wadawurrung Country.
http://www.alisoncroggon.com/
Eileen Ormsby @eiley.bsky.social Writer. Mostly about the Dark Web
eileenormsby.com
Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social Award-winning Australian Author on Kaurna Land.
🪶SA Literary Fellow 2025
✨️The Rebels of Mount Buffalo✨️Legend of The Lighthouse Moon✨️On Gallant Wings ✨️The Disappearing Circus 7/25 with Kate Gordon
🪶Nature, Magic & History
www.helenedwardswrites.com
Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social ✍️ 🐝 🌱 ❤️ 📚 I help authors write, publish & market books | Publishing consultant Australian Society of Authors (ASA) | Non-fiction advisor & podcast host Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) | judge Australian Business Book Awards | Bold Authors
Cassandra O'Leary @cassandraoleary.bsky.social Romance and romcom author, Aussie, book lover, 100% gluten free. Probably buying shoes and drinking coffee.❤️📖
Website - cassandraolearyaouthor.com Links - https://linktr.ee/cassandraolearyauthor
Following #Romancelandia #booksky #authors
Ephiny Gale @ephiny.bsky.social Writer of PICK YOUR POTION. Awarded 'Best of the Net' for fiction. 4x Aurealis Awards finalist.
www.ephinygale.com
This account contains only my personal views and is not representative of any organisation.
Michelle Scott Tucker @mst-writes.bsky.social Australian biographer, writer, reader, gardener, muse, dirty lefty and terrible cook.
Working on Louisa Lawson biography.
SPIRIT OF THE CROCODILE (A&U, 2025), SO FAR, SO GOOD (Pantera 2022), ELIZABETH MACARTHUR (Text 2018).
www.MichelleScottTucker.com
Gina Perry @ginaperrywriter.bsky.social Science historian. Award winning writer. ⭐️Behind the Shock machine (Stanley Milgram)⭐️The Lost Boys (Robbers Cave) ⭐️My Father the Whale (novel) 🎓Associate UniMelb ✍️New Scientist, Radio National, Cosmos. Studio thanks to Meat Market. www.gina-perry.com
Taryn @tarynbashford.bsky.social I’m an author with Pan MacMillan & Skyhorse Publishing (USA) & a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Queensland. What fills my soul? Books of course. Also art, music, travel, walks & bike rides in nature, & helping new writers get published 💪