Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotlandβs Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! πͺπΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Chris Creegan @chriscreegan.bsky.social Public policy consultant, Non-executive, Runner.
www.chriscreegan.co.uk
https://open.substack.com/pub/chriscreegan
The Edwin Morgan Trust @edmorgantrust.bsky.social Trust of the first Scottish poet laureate, Edwin Morgan.
Scottish Society of Playwrights @scotsocplaywrights.bsky.social The Scottish Society of Playwrights (SSP) develops and promotes the interests and craft of professional playwrights and playwriting within Scottish theatre.
www.scottishsocietyofplaywrights.co.uk
Theatre Studies at University of Glasgow @theatrestudiesuog.bsky.social News and events from the Theatre Studies team: https://www.gla.ac.uk/subjects/theatre/
Wren @wrenbrian.bsky.social Canadian playwright, dramaturg & producer based in Scotland.
Theatre lover, hobby weaver, slow hiker & book worm. wrenbrian.com
Free Interactive Digital Experience Available Until May 18: The Investigator yukondigitaltheatrecollective.com/theinvestigator
Ross Crawford @rosscrawford.bsky.social Scriever/writer in Scots/English. Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2024. PhD in Scottish History from University of Glasgow. Works in heritage. He/him. Views ma ain.
https://linktr.ee/rrmcrawford
Carol Farrelly @carolfarrelly.bsky.social Fiction writer. Ignite Fellow 2025: Scottish Book Trust. Winner: Canada & Europe, 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Stories: Granta, New Writing Scotland, BBC Radio 4. Www.carolfarrelly.com
Macrobert Arts Centre @macrobertarts.bsky.social Central Scotland's leading arts venue. A hub for all genres of cultural events, including exhibitions, creative classes & our very own Filmhouse.
Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
Jack Hunter @jackhuntercreative.bsky.social Performer. Writer. Poet. Represented by Infinity Artists. π₯πΊπ€
https://jackhunter.uk
Emma Ruse @emmaruse.bsky.social π³οΈβπ Chief Exec @frameworktc 𧑠Company Asst. @stellarquines π Freelance Producer & Director π
Catriona MacLeod @thatcatmacleod.bsky.social
writes & directs theatre & film / ad + exec producer of performance, artistic development initiative + Glasgow rehearsal space _and friends / don't make me sing
catmacleod.com
https://linktr.ee/andfriends.scotland
Rob Myles @rob-myles.bsky.social Craft & Graft. Multi-Award-Winning Director, Actor, Fight Director, Writer. PhD Candidate LJMU. Certified Teacher BASSC.
Known for: Owning Shakespeare Podcast, Shakespeare Deck, Illuminated Text, The Show Must Go Online, Stage Fight Scotland
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 π | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
@liamrees.bsky.social @liamrees.bsky.social theatre director | upcoming: The Land That Never Was (Scottish/Irish tour) | associate artist with Dead Centre|
Manipulate Arts @manipulatearts.bsky.social We champion, develop and present animated film, puppetry and visual theatre in Scotland and internationally.
Producers of Manipulate Festival: 12 - 15 Feb 2025 π
linktr.ee/ManipulateArts
Amy McKenzie @amymckenzie.bsky.social theatre-type / producer / dramaturg / PhD research student / feminist / wife / mess-maker / work-in-progress. views my own.
Andy Jackson @azjackson.bsky.social Writer, editor of poetry, including Poetry Scotland and Whaleback City Press. Knee-deep in assorted poetry-related malarkey including New Boots & Pantisocracies, the Otwituaries, Double Dactyl of the Week, Project Abeona and more.
The Lyceum @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social Season 26/27 now on sale:
https://lyceum.org.uk/
Isla Cowan @islacowan.bsky.social Award-winning playwright, director & performer // Scottish // Ecofeminist // Resident Writer @trontheatre.bsky.social // 2024 Playwright in Residence @traversetheatre.bsky.social with @iashedinburgh.bsky.social // Up next: Alright Sunshine, Tron Theatre
Amy Glass @amyglass.bsky.social Scottish actor based in Edinburgh
https://app.spotlight.com/9814-6759-1417
Jeda Pearl @jedapearl.bsky.social ποΈ Poetry β’ SFF β’ Fiction β’ Art
β’ https://linktr.ee/JedaPearl β’
β‘ Disabled β’ Fibromyalgia π₯
π« Collaboration β’Community β’ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ―π²
Meghan Flaherty @msmeghanbean.bsky.social TANGO LESSONS (Mariner)
I write prose. I like sheep. Iβm much better on instagram.
Lecturer in Creative Writing University of Glasgow
mbflaherty.com
msmeghanbean.substack.com
she/her
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social Est. 2007 at the University of Glasgow for the development of research, scholarship and teaching in the area of Robert Burns (1759-96).
Winner of the Queenβs Anniversary Prize, 2023.
Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scotlandβs International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
Playwriting UK @playwritinguk.bsky.social Top resource for playwrights in the UK. Jobs, opportunities, competitions, prizes & more. Maintained by @thisalitaylor.bsky.social Join FB group: https://bit.ly/3TpKWeG
@debbiehannan.bsky.social @debbiehannan.bsky.social 
Hannah Lavery @hannahlavery.bsky.social Poet. Playwright. Performer. Director. Dancing in my kitchen. hannahlavery.com
Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social Composer. Operas (Anthropocene/The Devil Inside)
orchestral | chamber | vocal
http://linktr.ee/stuartmacrae
Support and more via Music Patron: https://musicpatron.com/r/c/85
Liz Strange @mslizstrange.bsky.social Actor in Edinburgh
Catherine Wheels @cwheels.bsky.social Catherine Wheels are a performing arts company making work for and with children and young people. Based in East Lothian, touring across Scotland and beyond. www.catherinewheels.co.uk
Tony Reekie @tonyreekie.bsky.social Theatre for 35 years, mainly for children and young people. Politics, sport and cultural things. Seasonal Mill Worker. East Lothian. Definitely football and walking football.
Torya Winters @toryawinters.bsky.social Actor, writer, knitter, midwife. Edinburgh based.
Acting - https://app.spotlight.com/2252-4538-2171
Links to stuff - https://linktr.ee/torya_winters
Sharon Duggal @sharonduggal.bsky.social sharonduggal.com
"All the hard-eyed clarity of William Trevor & as much literary heart as Rohinton Mistry."
New novel - Light Across the Plains - Oct 2026, Bluemoose Books
Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social We listen, support and advocate for ALL freelancers in the arts. An inclusive, independent community for the 200,000+ self-employed and freelance workers from all areas of arts. https://linktr.ee/FMTW
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social Edinburgh-based arts and culture journalist.
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year - 2026 Scottish Press Awards.
Any views expressed are mine alone.
www.heraldscotland.com
Persistent and Nasty @persistentandnasty.bsky.social https://www.persistentandnasty.co.uk/
Marjorie H Morgan @marjoriemorgan.bsky.social Storyteller.
I write.
I research.
I photograph.
Archaeologist of hidden stories.
Witness.
Orchids.
Available for commissions.
Paypal.me/MarjorieHMorgan
ko-fi.com/Marjorie
Bylines: Art UK, gal-dem, Are We Europe, Corridor8, The Fourdrinier
Ewan Morrison @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social Author of How To Survive Everything + Nina X.
New novel: FOR EMMA. March 2025.
Essays on http://ewanmorrison.substack.com
Website: ewanmorrison.com
Federation of Scottish Theatre @fedscottheatre.bsky.social Scotlandβs membership and development body for professional dance, opera and theatre π
Linda Duncan McLaughlin @flamingredhead.bsky.social Playwright, screenwriter, fiction writer, actor, Glasgow girlβ¦all that jazz. Reps: Gary at https://jflagency.com/ (screenwriting); https://coulterhamiltonrae.com/ (acting)
Julie Tsang @jooliet.bsky.social Writes for stage and screen.
Rep: Berlin Associates
#BAFTAconnect
https://linktr.ee/JulieTsang
Dee Heddon @deeheddon.bsky.social James Arnott Chair in Drama, Uni of Glasgow, walking, forests, live art. π³οΈβπ
Lesley Hart @lesleyhart.bsky.social Out to play. Pretends and scribbles mainly.
Coruscate Counselling @coruscate.bsky.social therapist | activist | novice bookbinder | academic escapee | interests: climate, community, grief, religion, apocalypse, temporalities | Also here for sci-fi & music chat! (she/her) π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
(I don't have access to DMs)
Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social Championing stories and storytellers.
This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368)
Andy @adwinn.bsky.social marketing executive | lapsed sports journalist & voice on the radio | @portland.trailblazers | @manchester.united | keep moving forward.
Write South West Scotland @writescotland.bsky.social A beautiful writing retreat full of peace, specialising in writing with & about nature. Details of taught courses & solo retreats at WriteSouthWestScotland.com. Based in SW Scotland, amazingly.
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Grayβs studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
@jennyknotts.bsky.social @jennyknotts.bsky.social Playwright
Rep. Berlin Associates
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to womenβs history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
Dr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social β¨ποΈ THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE IS OUT NOW ποΈβ¨
sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious.
glasgow.
rep: Jessica Mileo
contact me buy my books etc: https://linktr.ee/chiarabullen
Lucy Elizabeth Allan @lucyelizabethallan.bsky.social Writer and remarkably well-preserved bog body.
https://lucyelizabethallan.co.uk/
Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social Theatre journalist and critic. Scotland correspondent for The Stage. Words in FT, Standard, Scotsman and elsewhere. The Crush Bar on Substack: thecrushbar.substack.com
Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social The Midnight Train is coming.
Zinnie Harris @zinnieh.bsky.social Playwright, theatre director, prof and mum.
Robert Softley Gale @robert-s-gale.bsky.social Theatre maker, Artistic Director of BOP Theatre (www.boptheatre.co.uk) and dad of twins living in Glasgow
softley.co.uk
Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social Poet, Editor (samueltongue.com) and Co-Director of Kalewater Cottage Creative Retreat kalewatercottage.co.uk
Janette Foggo @lafogster.bsky.social Actor, writer, director, cook. Brings cake to rehearsals. The older I get the more I enjoy things I don't quite understand.
Find me here
https://www.spotlight.com/3011-7868-3826
Katharine (they/them) @thesamesky.bsky.social I write things. I light things. I lead projects.
Art. Peace. Justice of all kinds.
And I also do financial coaching. Weirdest portfolio career ever. 
Stef Smith @stefsmith.bsky.social Screen and stage writer.
New here, hope it's nice.
Ken Alexander @kenalexdirect.bsky.social Scottish Theatre Director currently based in Sydney, Australia π³οΈβπ
ken-alexander.com
Rep: http://www.caryparsons.co.uk
Roseanne Watt @roseannewatt.bsky.social Writer, filmmaker, musician from Shetland. She/shΓΆ/her. Author of multi award-winning poetry collection 'Moder Dy' (Polygon, 2019). RSL Jerwood Poetry Award Winner 2024. Midder tongues, folklore, islandness, illness.
Karen Campbell @writerkcampbell.bsky.social Book writer. Scottish. European. www.karencampbell.scot
nay dhanak @naydhanak.bsky.social queer playwright, producer, & dramaturg based in glasgow
they/them
http://naydhanak.tilda.ws/
Louise | leaderforgood.com @joyfulgrowth.bsky.social I help people who want to move from work that sucks to work they love (and that matters).
β‘οΈ Newsletter: leaderforgood.com/gift
β‘οΈ Vegan newsletter: friendlyvegan.substack.com
Prof Zoe Strachan @zoestrachan.bsky.social Author, mainly of fiction. Sound art.
Professor of Creative & Interdisciplinary Practice at University of Glasgow.
Books, cats, coffee.
Morna Young @mornayoung.bsky.social Playwright and screenwriter. Resident writer Traverse. Rep: Casarotto.
illandancient.bsky.social @illandancient.bsky.social Manufacturing engineer, product configurator, corpus linguist (Scots language), amateur drainage specialist, Englishman 
Rob Willoughby @abbenay.bsky.social Theatre and Video artist based in Glasgow. I like play, speculative fiction and Arsenal Football Club. He/Him
genevieve jagger @catgorl.bsky.social Catgirl / writer / witch / tearful simp
Author of FRAGILE ANIMALS out with @404ink π¦’ π
ππββ¬ππββ¬ππββ¬ππββ¬ππββ¬ππββ¬
www.genajag.com
Nicholas Bone @nicholasbone.bsky.social Theatre director, parent, coffee-drinker. Artistic Director magneticnorth.org.uk
Matthew Short @dramaturgle.bsky.social Scottish based dramaturg. Writes and directs on the side (primarily in Sweden). Give me regional theatre any day. βπΌ
www.matthewsdramaturgy.com
@paulinelynch.bsky.social @paulinelynch.bsky.social Theatre. TV. Film. Writing & performing.
Acting: https://www.leemorgan.biz
Writing: https://www.watsonlittle.com/agent/donald-winchester/
https://www.paulinelynch.com
Louise Welsh @louisewelsh00.bsky.social Writer, The Cutting Room, Plague Times Trilogy, To the Dogs & more. Prof Creative Writing, Glasgow University. Hon Prez Scottish PEN. Podcast Who Owns the Clyde. Librettist Anthropocene. Theatre, movies, cats, life π³οΈβπ
@mattmcbrier.bsky.social @mattmcbrier.bsky.social 
Caitlin Skinner @caitskin.bsky.social Theatre director. Scotland. AD/CEO Stellar Quines, director Jordan&Skinner. Sometimes freelance.
Audrey Gillan @audreygillan.bsky.social Writer and broadcaster.
www.audreygillan.com
Mark Fisher @markffisher.bsky.social Guardian theatre critic and presenter of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast https://www.xtclimelight.com/ All kinds of stuff here: https://linktr.ee/markffisher
Joyce McMillan @joycemcm.bsky.social Theatre critic, social and political columnist, campaigner for democracy and human rights, based in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland.
All Edinburgh Theatre @alledintheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh's year-round theatre website, providing you with all the news, reviews, previews, listings and more. Edited and curated by @thomdibdin.bsky.social
Thom Dibdin @thomdibdin.bsky.social Theatre critic of Edinburgh's stages. Owner and editor of All @alledintheatre.bsky.social. Cyclist. Wearer of loud shirts.
Born at 317.73 ppm.
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π ποΈπ π πΊ π» πͺ΄ π π₯
He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
π The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iβve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
π Maggie & Me.
π You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
Michael John OβNeill @michaeljohnoneill.bsky.social Word salesman.
Maureen Carr @weemo67.bsky.social Actor, Artistic Director of Witsherface a comedy collective and theatre company.
Martin O'Connor @martocon.bsky.social Playwright | Poet | Performer | Participation
π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Scots and Gaelic
πGlasgow
Woke Sandwich
www.martinoconnor.info
Sleeping Warrior Theatre Co @sleepingwarriortc.bsky.social A Scottish theatre company making new theatre with music at its heart.
www.sleepingwarriortheatre.com
Linda McLean @ellemme.bsky.social Playwright. Yarnsmith. Feminist. Silly dancing every day. 2023 Hector McMillan Award for Castle Lennox. Creator of Wee Moosie.
For all things playwrighting find me here http://www.casarotto.co.uk/client/linda-mclean-11981
Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social Short Scottish Screenwriter. Fidget. Ne'er do well #MDANTπ₯
'Mayflies' 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
'Miss Austen' on BBC and iPlayer now.
F-Bomb Theatre @fbombtheatre.bsky.social Fringe First winners! π Theatre thatβs banginβ π£ We aim to celebrate and support women and people of marginalised genders π