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Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
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Chris E. Sol @telaranrhiod.bsky.social Former fledging writer from 🇳🇴 Norway | 🌈 proudly gay | eternally single
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Debut and only novel «Earth’s Awakening»
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James Armijo @abjwriter.bsky.social Author of queer 20th c historical fiction. I'm not posting about politics on Bluesky; if you want to see my political takes, look at https://www.tumblr.com/amielbjacobs where I have the wordcount for nuance. Here it's all writing, all the time.
bev 🌷 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social multi-genre author. coffee addict. cat lady. neurodivergent. disabled. ace princess. genderqueer. she/her. level 33.
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Carryl Church @carrylchurch.bsky.social Author of historical romance. Rep’d by Saskia Leach at Kate Nash Literary Agency. Debut: The Forgotten Life of Connie Harris.
Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social I am a Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based writer, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. I am the author of "The Westerners" (2026), “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). More details at https://megankatenelson.com
Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social Historian, and author specialising in true crime, Victorian and Edwardian detectives, and the history of forensic science. Also, linguist 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹. Rep: Past Preservers. http://drangelabuckley.com
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📘 Haunting of a Witch (Oct 26)
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Books Of The Year @booksoftheyear.bsky.social Simon Mayo and Matt Williams welcome the world’s best authors in for a chat.
Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social James Murray Beattie Lecturer in Victorian Lit | University of Glasgow | Co-founder @EHUNineteen.bsky.social Research Centre | #Classics | #Gothic lit | Author: Ancient Rome & Victorian Masculinity (OUP, 2019). FRHistS. She/her. #c19th
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Nárië @narie.bsky.social Also on DW, ao3 and older, more secret places, as narie. Currently thinking about Hiram Nightingale, Temeraire, Natasha Pulley without the misogyny and any slightly angsty Age of Sail captain I can get my hands on. Old man yaoi appreciator. Low traffic.
George Ryall-Jones @georgeryall-jones.bsky.social 29
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sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social books: THE RED SACRAMENT, my debut novel, is out now!
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Paul Clammer @paulclammer.bsky.social Writer | BLACK CROWN: Biography of Henry Christophe, King of Haiti | Antarctic Editor | Recovering Lonely Planet guidebook author | Bristol
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rachel @stonefruits.bsky.social she/her, librarian & semi-retired classicist • posting about the roman republic, translation, fandom, and etc • MILF (Man I Love Fruit) • writing at https://deadlanguages.substack.com/
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Kate Jamieson / KJ ⚓️ @kejamieson.bsky.social Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. C18th Naval Ordnance & Personnel Nerd. Rower. Owned by a Greek Dog 🐾
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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social ⚓ Maritime history | Shipwrecks & Sea Dogs
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The Napoleonic Wars Podcast @napwarspod.bsky.social World class podcast covering everything and anything related to the period 1775-1815.
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ultima thule @thethousandthpart.com C18-19 British/Irish history | RN/polar exploration | Photographer; librarian; independent researcher of life and career of Capt. Francis Crozier. www.thethousandthpart.com
International Maritime History Association @journalmaritime.bsky.social IMHA is a professional association of Scholars. The International Journal of Maritime History is published quarterly, on various dimensions of maritime history
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Nick Hewitt @nickhewitt4.bsky.social #naval #historian #Orkney Culture Team Lead @OrkneyCouncil. Author: Firing on Fortress Europe, Coastal Convoys, Kaiser’s Pirates. New book #Normandy: The Sailors’ Story with Yale Books. On TV a bit. Views all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
moose 🫎 @amateursoftboy.bsky.social moose • gay boat media and perverse fandom shit • he/they • 30s • minors/terfs/tories dni
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Aleksandra Ugelstad Elnæs @aleksandraue.bsky.social Writer, historian & reclusive escapist haunted by all things lost, fragmented and shipwrecked. Lapsed 18th centuryist interested in queer classical reception, gothic fiction & the sea.
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@chickpeaiswriting.bsky.social @chickpeaiswriting.bsky.social Editing is my passion and torment. There are ten things wrong in the words I just wrote. No, eleven.
'!' means I really like what I just read.
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Joffe Books @joffebooks.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of bestselling books; lover of em dashes — less keen on semicolons
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
Abbie Headon (she/her) @abbieheadon.bsky.social 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Free-range editor and writer. Editor-at-Large, Calon Books. Campus Community Manager, BookMachine. Bookseller Rising Star. FRSA. #TransLivesMatter
@alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social @alishawkinsauthor.bsky.social Historical crime fiction author. Creator of offbeat characters. Fact magpie. Cymraes. Rucksack obsessive. A Ceredigion farm kid at heart but also a 3 times CWA Historical Dagger shortlisted author. Agent: @friccar at Kate Nash.
Pat Black @prblackauthor.bsky.social Writes books, gnashes teeth, tautologises
Sean Watkin @seanwatkinauthor.bsky.social Author of “Black Water Rising” available now. McDermid Debut Award 2025 finalist.
Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more.
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The Coast is Queer Festival @coastisqueerfest.bsky.social 🛟🏳️🌈The Coast is Queer is the UK's biggest and brightest festival of LGBTQ+ literature🏳️🌈 🛟
Attenborough Centre Brighton 9 – 12 October 2025
History Hit 💥 @history-hit.bsky.social Online history channel and podcast network 🏛️
S.E. Reed @writingwithreed.bsky.social 📚 Multi-genre author 🐊 OUT NOW: Black Water Bones💄The First Wives 💋 The First Widows 🖤 Storm Publishing 🔪 Rep Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency
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Pádraig Barry (PJ) @pjbarry.bsky.social Retired guy. Nurses and surgeons are my heroes. An English/History Major Should Have Been Trapped in an Accountant’s Body, LH Guy explains a lot, Married to a Saint, What a Great Life We Are Having Together 🚫porn
L.M. du Plessis 📚💙 ✨Writing TLC Sequel✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social Writer. Dog and birdy lover. Inept gamer. Social barren wasteland.
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James Fitzjames @captjamesfitzjames.bsky.social Historian Fabiënne Tetteroo MA researches Capt. James Fitzjames RN, John Barrow, & Rear-Admiral Sherard Osborn / BA Art History+MA Naval History / Collector of ephemera
Louise Harnby @louiseharnby.bsky.social Crime fiction and thriller editor (she/her): harnby.co/fictionediting. Co-host of The Editing Podcast
Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social Watty Award winner 2021, 6x shortlisted. Ambys Award winner 2025, 2024 & 2x 2023. 4x ONC Award shortlisted. Writer (🤔).
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
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Bo Reads @bosandaros.bsky.social Narrator on YouTube
I'm 32 thank you!
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Author of WINTERSET HOLLOW (1st edition out of print, 2nd edition coming October 2026!) HOLLYWOODLAND coming 2027!
https://www.jonathanedwarddurham.com
https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com
Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social ✦ writer | reviewer | book blogger | cheerleader of books, poetry and art | all genres RT’d | resident Tolkien fangirl | linktr.ee/rjcrunden ✦
Andrea Mariana 🏳️🌈 @andreamariana89.bsky.social Aroace, Historical Fiction author, Queer History researcher/blogger 🌈 rep: Tricia Lawrence at Aevitas Creative Management. #QueerPit Board 2025 🏳️🌈
Quill & Crow Publishing House @quillandcrow.com Independent. Rebellious. Dreadful. | Publisher of dark fiction/nonfiction | The Dark Poet Society | Roost for Crows | Women Owned/Operated @cassandralthompson.com
📚 https://linktr.ee/quillandcrow
Dr Zack White @zwhitehistory.bsky.social Historian, podcaster, battlefield guide
Leverhulme Research Fellow with Portsmouth Uni: Napoleonic era warfare, crime, race & society
Founder of The Napoleonic & Revolutionary War Graves Charity
Host of The Napoleonic Wars Podcast
Views my own
Sheila Jenné @jennelikejennay.bsky.social Science fiction author & copyeditor. BLACK SAILS TO SUNWARD, THE SEA OF CLOUDS, UNDER FALSE COLORS, BISECTION, and INVASIVE out now. Support human creators.
Find my work at https://sheilajenne.com/works
N.C. Kay @nckayauthor.bsky.social Writer of literary spec thrillers.
Top 100 Cheshire Novel Prize & Ascent Novel Prize, Top 10% Exeter Novel Prize, finalist of #ClaymoreAward & #RevPit.
Architect. Fan of anime & prehistoric critters. Busy birdwatching & writing The Forgetting Study
Catherine Meyrick @catherinemeyrick.bsky.social Australian writer of romantic Historical Fiction.
WIP (is taking forever) set in Melbourne 1914-19.
Likes Genealogy, Gardening & Cats.
Amy Maroney @amymaroney.bsky.social Keeper of lost stories. Fueled by art, nature, & women's histories. Author of The Miramonde Series and the Sea and Stone Chronicles.
Cassandra L. Thompson @cassandralthompson.com Publisher QuillandCrowPublishingHouse.com | Author THE AGONY OF HER (’26) | Shop TheCrowShoppe.com
Anne O'Brien @anneobrienauthor.bsky.social Writer of historical novels celebrating often invisible and silent medieval women who deserve a face and a voice.
Sunday Times Best Seller
New Novel for February 2025: The Queen and the Countess
Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social Writer. Medievalist. Blogger. 🇩🇪🏴🇫🇷
Author of #historicalfiction, mystery & romance at https://linktr.ee/cathiedunnwrites
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Pride Reads Drew @pridereads.bsky.social 🏳️🌈I help writers w/ their lgbtq+ chrs & stories. 👨🏼💻Screenplay & novel sensitivity reader for hire. Writer📺📖.🌟Monthly newsletter PrideReads.co.uk he/they. ND
Nicky Shearsby @nickyshearsby.bsky.social Artist and thriller writer. Lover of all things dark and psychological.
Brook Allen @brookallenauthor.bsky.social Author of historical fiction. I love all history--I get lost in it. Works include: The Antonius Trilogy and West of Santillane.
Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social Stoker Award-nominated horror author.
rep: Oli Munson
she/they, bi, polyam, vegan, a bit witchy, very crafty
Trans rights are human rights
End the genocide in Gaza 🍉
Posting from Greenwich, London
www.allywilkes.com
Marianne Ratcliffe @ratcliffemj.bsky.social Lambda literary shortlisted author of historical sapphic fiction. Published by Bellows Press | The Secret of Matterdale Hall, a gothic romance set in the Victorian era | A Lady to Treasure, a sparkling Regency romance | www.marianneratcliffe.com
Annie Whitehead @anniehistory.bsky.social Author, Historian, FRHistS, HWA, SoA. Winner HWA/Dorothy Dunnett Soc. Comp, Judge HWA Nonfiction Crowns & HNS story Comp
http://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.co.uk
Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Ellie Jay @elliejaywrites.bsky.social I'm a British Indie Author with a flair for sarcasm, a weird sense of humour, and four thrilling books for you to check out. Find my work (and me) across platforms: https://elliejaywrites.carrd.co/
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social Historical fiction author and Rome geek, SoA, CWA, HWA
https://substack.com/@fionaforsyth1
Quinton Li @itsquinnli.bsky.social Author of queer and autistic protagonists. They/them
✦ OUT NOW: Reverent: An Anthology of Divinity
✦ NEXT: WIP
✦ An angel in another life, probably ➴ pfp by heavenlyystar
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Gabriel Hargrave (he/him) @ghargravewrites.bsky.social Author of THE ORCHID AND THE LION and THE LION AND THE DAHLIA. Queer Indie Award and Indie Ink Award winner. 39-year-old disaster queer.
https://gabrielhargrave.com
Ayana Gray @ayanagray.bsky.social New York Times-bestselling author of monstrous stories. I, MEDUSA: Fall 2025
Katie @katiethecrabb.bsky.social Indie historical fiction author. Fanfic writer. Librarian. Pirate aficionado. Really loves books, Star Wars, Les Mis, and musicals. DC livin’. Queer 🏳️🌈
OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the English and Creative Writing department of The Open University, UK.
Sharon Bradshaw @sharonbradshaw.bsky.social Historical Fiction Author, Storyteller, and Poet. I am passionate about an 8th century Monk called Durstan; archaeology, and folklore. As my Ghosts From The Bazaar continue to haunt me!
For Amazon near you: https://mybook.to/TheGhostsFromTheBazaar
Morgan Wright @bymorganwright.bsky.social Published #author (finally😱😍!), Queen of Hell (duh😜😂), #screenwriter & book cover animator. My debut “THE TRAITOR’S GAMBIT” is coming out sometime this century (I hope💀😂).
www.morganwrightbooks.com
Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social ESL writer of everything from dark to cosy fantasy, historical fiction and sci-fi. Chronically ill. she/her 🖤🩶🤍💜
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🍂 Michelle 🕯️ @mdkerkhoven.bsky.social Dark fantasy & horror author • she/her • 🏳️🌈 • Mostly updates •
Noelle Monét | BOUND BY FURY out now!! @noellemonet.bsky.social BOUND BY FURY out now | 2025 LAMBDA lit fellow | she/they | ND | BLM ✊🏾| bi 🏳️🌈 | ✡️ | 🇵🇸| Rep: Laura Crockett at Triada US
https://linktr.ee/noellemonet
Jeff, Author and cat wrangler. @shortstories66.bsky.social Writing historical fiction with vampires, ghosts, war criminals. Coming this spring, FELICITY, a thirteen-year-old vampire in Gilded Age Philadelphia.
OWHAuthor @owhauthor.bsky.social Author with debut novel, Loose Ends. A criminal thriller about a betrayed hitman. Available now worldwide. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally. Publisher Austin Macauley
https://oliverhurst.ampbk.com/
rafael nicolás @nicosraf.bsky.social Author of ANGELS BEFORE MAN (2022/3), ANGELS & MAN (2024) ANGELS AFTER MAN (2025) and more gay books • 🇲🇽🏳️🌈 • represented by Lauren Bajek • he/him
beacons.ai/nicosraf
Deborah Swift @deborahswift.bsky.social Northerner. Author of #HistoricalFiction - formerly known as @swiftstory on that other place - 21 books, keep changing historical eras, currently in WW2 Shanghai - THE ENEMY'S WIFE is out now!
L.L. Stephens @triempery.bsky.social L.L. Stephens, author of epic fantasy Triempery Revelations series and other SF&F fiction. SFWA member. Player of board games and painter of minis!
For essays and info about the Triempery novels: https://www.triempery.com
ScrivenerApp @scrivenerapp.bsky.social Scrivener for macOS, Windows and iOS. The best-selling writing app containing everything you need to craft your first draft.
Discover Scrivener and Writing Resources here: https://bit.ly/ScrivenerApp_ResourceHub
Katherine Dyson @katherinedyson.bsky.social Romance author/teaching assistant/cat lady🇬🇧🇵🇱
📚EVA MALLORY’S HUSBAND HUNT
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Also writing as Katy Dyers.
Author Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #NYC 🏳️🌈
Author of MADAME ELDRIDGE’S WAYWARD HOME FOR UNRULY BOYS BenjaminRyanBooks.com
Amazon Best Seller, Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award, Book Fest Award Winner, & Book Blogger’s Novel of the Year Award FINALIST! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lisa Henry @lisahenryauthor.bsky.social I wrote Dark Space, and co-wrote The Amazing Alpha Tau Boyfriend Project, When All the World Sleeps, and more.
You can either choose to have dogs or nice things. I chose the dogs.
She/her. https://linktr.ee/lisahenry