melody w young @melodyoungg.bsky.social just a girl (who likes science)
Fritz Swanson @fritzswanson.bsky.social Co-Founder The Index, and The Printing Stewards. Writer, printer, teacher. Dad. fritzswanson.com
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Publisher and Printer of theindexpress.com
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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social National Magazine Award finalist. Cited in Best American Essays. Stillwater Award winner. Focused on ending mass incarceration.
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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social Inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet—justly, sustainably, and joyously. orionmagazine.org
Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Publisher of POETRY magazine. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
LibrarianLove @librarianlove.bsky.social Former MS/US school librarian, current Children’s Collection Development Coordinator #NYC #LGM #NYR #NewYorkLiberty #GothamFC
Anime Feminist @animefeminist.com Japanese pop culture & intersectional feminist analysis under one umbrella! Reviews, articles, podcasts, & more.
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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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Comic Geek Speak @comicgeekspeak.bsky.social Podcasting since March 2005!
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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social Writes science books for kids. Cares deeply about literacy and science education. Nonfiction advocate. She/her https://melissa-stewart.com
Julie Saunders @jsaunders710.bsky.social Director of School Libraries and Co-host of Library Exchange podcast.
Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him)
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Library Lady of NYC @libraryladynyc.bsky.social Librarian by trade, otaku-gamer-geek always. Expect a lot of library-related humor and rantings, especially about being a cat mom and grandmeow extraordinaire.
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Debbie Fong 🌲📬✨ @debbiefong.com Eisner & Ignatz nominated cartoonist ✨ I make fun stuff at www.pommopress.com and work on books! Rep’d by Janna Morishima ✌️🇹🇼🇺🇸
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R. Mock @rmickmooks.bsky.social Former gifted kid and recovering anime club president. Comic drawer. Eisner winner. Rebeccamock.itch.io for my comics
Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social 
Comics Advocacy Group @comicsadvocacy.bsky.social A 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to making careers in comics more accessible and sustainable through access to educational resources, financial support, and more!
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me Award-winning soccer mom. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, BLACK CAT for Marvel. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social Freelance writing about the wild, old and dead. Bylines in NatGeo, SciAm, The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and many other places. Repped by @desir.ee at Looking Glass Literary (fiction) and @benglishhh.bsky.social at Transatlantic (nonfiction)
Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social A lovely young woman. Author of the GALAXY series, JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS, HAWKGIRL, THE DC BOOK OF PRIDE, and THE WIZARD, THE WITCH & THE WILD ONE graphic novel.
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Agent: @inthesestones.bsky.social
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Vivian Lee @vivianlee.bsky.social Senior editor at Little, Brown
Not a girl, not yet a dad
Instagram: vleebooks
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Danielle Paige @daniellepaige.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Writer of Books, Comics and Television. Known for #dorothymustdie. #dccomics #archiecomics #guidinglight #stealingsnow #theravens. my latest is #wishofthewicked. And just lucky to be on staff @ CBS' brand new soap #beyondthegates
kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social Eisner Award-winning Cartoonist | MLIS Student | Former MFA Prof.
The Contradictions (D&Q) | What is a Glacier? (Retrofit) | War of Streets and Houses (Uncivilized) |
sophieyanow.com
Cartoon Studies @cartoonstudies.bsky.social The Center for Cartoon Studies (#cartoonstudies), White River Junction, Vermont. MFA and Certificate program, + Workshops. cartoonstudies.org 
Anyone Comics @anyonecomics.bsky.social In the center of Brooklyn, a comic store to some and a cultural center for the enthusiasts!
Www.anyonecomics.com
831 Nostrand Ave Brooklyn NY 11225
Mon- Thur 12-8
Fri- 12-11
Sat-Sun 11-7
Gene Park @gene.meme Washington Post culture critic | Pacific Roots | DC Rock
Brian Box Brown @boxbrown.bsky.social Cartoonist, New York Times Best Seller, Eisner Winner, Philly resident, illustrator #cannabis activist http://linktr.ee/BrianboxBrown
Brooklyn Expo of Comics @bkexpocomics.bsky.social Free annual festival of comics in Brooklyn
November 14-15
www.brooklynexpoofcomics.com/
https://www.brooklynexpoofcomics.com/donate
Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social 2x Eisner, Harvey, Ringo, and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist! Gay, they/she, a ghost with a skeleton inside it. I write and draw mystery, horror, and love
THEY GLOW IN THE DARK | HELLO SUNSHINE | SUNFLOWERS | http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Andrea Colvin
Angela J Reynolds @angelajrey.bsky.social Kidlit Author, librarian, picture book enthusiast, fabric artist, folk tales & witchy stuff. she/her
Instagram: Picturebookpile_Angela 🇨🇦
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social Author of 10 books.The latest: A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE AMNESIAC out 2027. Come write with me and 50,000 other people May 30-June 12, #1000wordsofsummer! 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Latest Book: WITHOUT CONSENT. Author, SCOUNDREL, THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN.
http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
https://www.mariskreizman.com/
Kathleen Schmidt @kathmschmidt.bsky.social President, KMSPR. Book publishing, marketing, consulting, strategy. I write Publishing Confidential on Substack.
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios) 
Susan Orlean @susanorlean.bsky.social Pencil pusher
Laurie Muchnick @lauriemuchnick.bsky.social Fiction editor at Kirkus Reviews. Welsh by marriage. 🏴✡️📚
Marlena Bittner @marlenabittner.bsky.social Tall. PR & Marketing Director, Flatiron Books.
May-lee Chai (she/her) @mayleechai.bsky.social Writer. Prof at SFSU. My Hungry Ghosts: Essays & Incantations…coming 9/22/2026! Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories; Useful Phrases for Immigrants; The Girl from Purple Mountain; etc. Board member of NBCC @bookcritics. Web: https://may-leechai.com/
Maud Newton @maudnewton.bsky.social Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Dog person, cat person, native plant restoration person. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her.
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Carolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social Books books books. Editor, writer, reader, clumsy DIYer. Latest: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/07/jordan-harper-violent-masterpiece-la-noir-novel-book-review/687840/
Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @Salon.com | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | March Xness Die-hard https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
Jenn Baker (she/her) @jbakernyc.bsky.social New Yorker, Editor, Writer, host/creator Minorities in Publishing podcast. Books: FORGIVE ME NOT (2023), EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018).
www.jennifernbaker.com
Janet Maslin @janetmaslin.bsky.social Board President, Jacob Burns Film Center. Longtime NYT critic.
Michael Schaub @michaelschaub.bsky.social Journalist, @bookcritics.bsky.social board member, raised in the canebrake by an old mama lion. mschaubtx@gmail.com.
Hilary Redmon @hbr.bsky.social Editorial Director, Nonfiction
at Knopf
Whitney Peeling @wpeeling.bsky.social Co-founder, BroadsidePR.com * champion of the written word * Philadelphia booster * mom to “Moosh”
Lauren O'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social Nonfiction editor at Penguin Random House. I put the chic in Chicago Manual of Style.
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)
Mary Ann Gwinn @gwinnma.bsky.social Book critic. Kirkus Prize juror for 2024; reviewer for LA Times, Kirkus, Star Tribune. NBCC board. Pulitzer winner. Read to live, live to read.
Rebecca Rubenstein @rrrubenstein.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Freelance Editor & Writer | Fiction Editor at The Offing | EIC at Midnight Breakfast | Tin House Summer Workshop '20 & '23 | she/her | Scrabble + coffee + cross-stitch
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Elliott Holt @elliottholt.bsky.social Wrote a novel, YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. Working on another. Freelance editor (formerly at The Yale Review, The Kenyon Review, One Story) & college essay coach. My name has two l's and two t's.
elliottholt.com
Claire Dederer @clairedederer.bsky.social Author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social Book publicist for authors, thinkers, and doers. Baker and dog aficionado. Opinions mine, all mine.
Sophie Vershbow @svershbow.bsky.social Writer: NY Mag, Esquire, The Atlantic, Vogue, etc. Head of Social Media @ tech job. Mostly posting about dogs & books. Opinions all mine. vershbowiswriting@gmail.com
https://www.sophievershbow.com/writing
Denise Oswald @deniseoswald.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, Pantheon Books. Is this place a toxic snake pit yet? Asking for a friend . . .
Elizabeth Vogt @elizvogt.bsky.social Social Media and Digital Communications Manager, National Women’s History Museum 👯♀️🗳️✊ Former Penguin Classics book editor. Woman of Heart and Mind. Conservation advocate 🌲
Sarah Russo @sarahrusso.bsky.social Founder of @pageonem.bsky.social, literary publicity and marketing for authors and experts. www.page1m.com
Previously, global head of audience engagement at Oxford University Press. Brooklyn, NY
Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social Reader & occasional blogger of #WorldKidLit, huge fan of Finnish translations, beginner weaver, library advocate, magpie
Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social Gen X, middle child, Leo. I mostly write about books.
National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature since 1974.
bookcritics.org
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA
https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
Megan Lynch @lynchmegan.bsky.social Publisher of Flatiron Books
Vicki Lame @thedaysbetween.bsky.social Executive Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group / Wednesday Books / Saturday Books. Books about Big Feelings. Opinions Mine. She/her. Not here as often as you think.
Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social Writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, New Statesman, Tribune, Vulture, MEL, New Socialist. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
Linda Ludke @lindamludke.bsky.social Librarian, book lover, vintage enthusiast and children's book reviewer for Quill & Quire and Booklist 
Brad Dowdy @penaddict.com Blogger // Podcaster // Maker
PenAddict.com
Somebody please tell this machine I'm not a machine.
🌿Keira Soleore🌿 @keirasoleore.bsky.social Book Reviewer, Reader, Postcrosser, Letter Writer, Journaler, Planner
Keira Soleore = Sonali Sikchi
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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social Young adult and middle grade book blogger at Pop! Goes The Reader (popgoesthereader.com) since 2013. Get access to exclusive posts and rewards on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/popgoesthereader). She/Her. 🇨🇦
Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social Middle school #librarian who has read EVERY fiction book in my #SchoolLibrary. Posts a new #MGLit book review EVERY DAY at http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com, where I've been since 2006.
Tamara Letter @tamaraletter.bsky.social Instructional Technology Coach | VSTE Certified Coach | Author | Mom of 3 | Writer at www.tamaraletter.com | Passionate about Student Choice and Voice | Kindness Cultivator
Vanessa Vakharia aka The Math Guru @themathguru.bsky.social 🇨🇦The Lady Gaga of math education 🧠Math Therapist,✌️MA,Math Education, 🏫Founder:The Math Guru, 📚Author: Math Therapy,🎙️Podcast: Math Therapy, 🎤Speaker 🔗www.maththerapy.com #iteachmath #edusky
Jillian Heise @heisereads.bsky.social {Hi-Z} | 2026 Caldecott Committee | Elementary Librarian | MLIS | Former 7/8 ELA Teacher | NBCT | #ClassroomBookADay founder | she/her | *views are personal & do not represent my employer
https://campsite.bio/heisereads
heisereads.com
classroombookaday.com
Hiba Tahir @hhtahir.bsky.social YA author & English Instructor rep'd by Rachel Ekstrom Courage. Poetry MFA alumna. Founder and host of Tightwires, a YouTube channel & podcast. Former Tin House Editorial Intern. www.hibatahir.com
Leslie H. 📚 🐕 @bookshopleslie.bsky.social I like big dogs | Freelance editor of #KidLit + select books for adults | Referrals deeply appreciated | EFA & SCBWI | She/her | https://bit.ly/LH_EditsBks
Sarah Mulhern Gross @thereadingzone.bsky.social NBCT, English @ High Tech, past chair @alanorg Walden, AIP MAT Bio @ WCS, NYTimes Learning Network, #nerdcampNJ organizer
Jennie will one day meet Gritty. One day. @calledthemoon.bsky.social She/they
Librarian & Professor. '20 Alex, '22 Newbery,
'26 GNCRT Outstanding Comics Award - Children
Comics academic & cheerleader.
Co-host of The Newbery Tart http://newberytart.com/podcast/
Art by @lizmytinger
Shaun Manning @fasterthanshaun.bsky.social Former bookstore owner, current university press book guy. Writer of things, mostly comics. Always open for freelancing. He/Him.
shaunmanning.com
Heather B. @heatherberm.bsky.social Public librarian, recovering teacher, and reader of all things. Shill for optimism, daydream believer. WNY.
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 70+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Latest book: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
www.katemessner.com
Lit Kids Magazine @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social An online literary magazine for kids who love to read, by kids who love to create. ✨ *Submissions open for Issue 11: Spooky Stories through 8/14!*
https://www.litkidsmagazine.com/
Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social Writer and philosophy professor at Cornell. Author of DOWN GIRL, ENTITLED, and UNSHRINKING. Writing weekly at http://katemanne.substack.com. She/her
Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
Ariel Richardson @bookishariel.bsky.social Senior Editor, Children's @ Chronicle Books (she/her/hers)
https://www.arielrichardson.com/
Sara Pennypacker @sarapennypacker.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of PAX, PAX JOURNEY HOME, CLEMENTINE, HERE IN THE REAL WORLD, and LEEVA AT LAST.
Coming February 3, 2026 - THE LIONS' RUN!
Chicago Public Library @chipublib.bsky.social Read, learn, discover.
Opened in 1873, Chicago Public Library has locations in every Chicago neighborhood.
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social Friend. Educator. Librarian. Employed. Artist. Patron. Advocate. Ally. Accomplice. Coconspirator. Activist. Listener. Caregiver. Human. And MUCH more. Need my creds? Ask! Personal account--thoughts are my own. she/they
Indie Voices · Authors & Books @metareelz.com Notes from the margins of the book world.
Indie stories, wandering writers, soft recommendations, quiet conversations.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1281628-indie-voices-authors-books
Tumblr:
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Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com Sharing news about my endeavors and enthusiasms. Publicist since 2001. Independent.
Logo design: Mark McCoy. Photo: Joanna Tillman.
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