Sam RJ Coley @rockjonny.bsky.social CEO of swatch internet time | writer | state highway one - hachette aotearoa/australia | sophomore novel - in progress | no longer on substack
toitū te tiriti | always was, always will be | free palestine | fuck AI
Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social TEETH KICKER (HarperCollins), MAN IN A GREY SUIT (Penguin 2012), www.glennorgias.com
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Patrick Allington @patrickallington.bsky.social Reader. Lapsed this and that.
RipOffRed @ripoffred.bsky.social Writer, freelance book editor, reader.
Most recent publication: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/acts-of-living
Naomi @naomiross.bsky.social MWEP graduate, professional typo spotter, recreational sound maker, enthusiastic dog spotter, AuDHD 🌿🍀 (she/her)
stuart everly-wilson @basicwriter.bsky.social stuarteverlywilson.com
Published author of 2 novels.
My second, 'THE MASKEYS' - Transit Lounge - is out there...now...somewhere. Maybe its in your favourite bookshop. Why don't you go in and ask for it?
Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social
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Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social Uncharismatic megafauna.
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social Autistic Writer and comedian. He/Him.
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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).
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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson @jendn.bsky.social Journalist, author, Hard Quiz winner, and Bluesky n00b from Brisbane, Australia.
Dr Caitlin Noakes @cernoakes.bsky.social Creative Writing | Futures | History | Higher Ed
Views are my own 🦘
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
Stuart Wilson @stuwilsonwrites.bsky.social Author of THE 113th ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN and the PROMETHEUS HIGH books • Represented by Melanie Ostell Literary • He/him • Naarm/Melbourne • https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-113th-assistant-librarian-3-forbidden-pages-9781761356612
Dr Robert Muller @robertmuller.bsky.social On Kaurna Land, Adelaide, South Australia. PhD Thesis Editor; Sociologist; Founding Board Member TruthBombSocial: https://www.truthbombsocial.org/; Research on grey zone warfare, democratic & community resilience, disinformation. https://drrobmuller.com
Vanessa Smith @normalness.bsky.social We're all normal to ourselves. I write. I hate hustle. I love shiny objects. Can't even influence an ant. Anthropology & sociology graduate. Author of books. Spoonie. And much more.
www.normalness.com
Vanessa Smith @ohshitmydraft.bsky.social The editing service for half completed writing projects. Run by @normalness.bsky.social
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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social Sydney's original online review of books, established March 2012 by Jean Bedford and Linda Funnell. We are a free and independent site for book reviews. Find us at https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/
On Gadigal land. Posts by LF. 
The Shot @theshot.net.au Profound and Profane.
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Maria Blackman Creates @mariablackman.bsky.social She/her
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On Noongar Whadjuk Boodjar (Perth, Western Australia)
Michael Grey @mikes005.bsky.social Husband, father, writer of tales, grand high priest of the planet Doodah. One of the above is untrue.
Novel Children of the Wild out now.
Zoe Walton @zoewalton.bsky.social Book publisher and editor, cat person, design admirer, clueless gardener, newly Canberran
Freelance Jungle @freelancejungle.bsky.social The Freelance Jungle is a grassroots community for Australian and New Zealand freelancers that aims to:
End freelancing isolation
Highlight stress's productivity cost
Raise the knowledge bar
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Allison Tait @allisontaitwriter.bsky.social Bestselling MG author (The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, Maven & Reeve Mysteries, The First Summer of Callie McGee) | Co-host of Your Kid’s Next Read #podcast | More at allisontait.com
Tom Shires @tshirt4844.bsky.social Children's Author. Living on Tommigenner Country. Tasmanian, Aboriginal, Retired Country Footballer.
Farmer: Shorthorn Beef Cattle, Saffron, Black Truffle and Beekeeper.
The Bill and Ted Test @billandtedtest.bsky.social How hard is it to costume a Regency drama better than the extras in the Beethoven scene of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure? PASS/FAIL
http://ko-fi.com/billandtedtest
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
Andy Muir @andymuirwords.bsky.social Writer, researcher, curator. Wrote a bit of TV, written a few crime novels, done a lot of public speaking, now work in a museum.
Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social Slow writer (he/him)
Author of I Can't Remember the Title but the Cover is Blue (A&U 2018). Opinions mine, professional account only.
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Email: eliasgreig@gmail.com (E-I-G)
Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social Burkey with the good hair. My woke take brings all the c*n*s to the yard. Profile pic by Nancy fancy pants contact@themasonsisters.com
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
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Patrick Marlborough @cormacmccafe.bsky.social writer, comedian, musician based in Walyalup, WA.
The Yeah Nah Review on substack
co-host of The Battler
debut novel NOCK LOOSE out NOW!!!
Kirstie Innes-Will @kiweditor.bsky.social Freelance book and journal editor
Home educator by necessity
#ActuallyAutistic
Tenille McDermott @tenille.bsky.social Bookseller. PhD candidate in creative writing. Critical AI, LLMs and time perception. Co-editor @sudojournal.bsky.social. Co-host @editsannotations.bsky.social. She/her.
paul dalgarno @pauldalgarno.bsky.social Author. A Country of Eternal Light, Prudish Nation, Poly, And You May Find Yourself 🏴 🇦🇺Here for the book chat
Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social Romance author, romance scholar. Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature & Culture at Deakin (Naarm/Melbourne). My newest rom-com, An Academic Affair, is out now.
Kiralee @kirawrites.bsky.social AUS kidlit author writing everything from PB's to YA.
Out now- HUGS STILL FEEL THE SAME
WIP YA novel in verse
2023 Byron Writers Festival mentorship recipient
2024 Varuna House/ Roderick Centre fellowship recipient
Beth Spencer @bethspen.bsky.social Writer. Latest book - The Age of Fibs: fiction, memoir, microlit - Green lefty - she/her/dr. Living on Darkinjung land. https://linktr.ee/bethspen / substack at https://bethspen.substack.com
Ailsa Wild @ailsawild.bsky.social Writer, community arts, kids’ literature, sci-comms, ghost-writer, mentor, story-craft, collaboration. Living in Naarm
@deliafalconer.bsky.social @deliafalconer.bsky.social Acting Head of Writing, University of Technology Sydney. Author of The Service of Clouds, The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers, Sydney, Signs & Wonders. Fiction, criticism, CNF. https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Delia.Falconer Deliafalconer.com.au Instagram @drdelia.
Emma @emmagrahame.bsky.social Editor, knitter, quilter, reader. Do your fellow humans often disappoint you? Making things helps. In Canberra, Australia, mostly. She/her.
Kelly Gardiner @kmjgardiner.bsky.social I write, teach writing, and lead writing retreats. My latest novel, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, co- written with Sharmini Kumar, is out now (HarperCollins).
Cormac (Bee guy) @jagungal.bsky.social Head beekeeper, Australian Parliament. Environmental scientist, cat lover, Japanese jujitsu black belt. Kinda nerdy.
Urban Beekeeping - The City as a Hive in bookshops now!
Kiera Lesley @kieralesley.bsky.social SFFH writer, reader, tea drinker. Aurealis award winner. AHWA. Codex. Words in: Nightmare, Andromeda Spaceways, Factor Four etc.
Naarm/Melbourne
KieraLesley.com
Andrew John @adjohnwrites.bsky.social Wiradjuri man. Storyteller. Recipient of the Penguin Random House Write It Fellowship 2023. Slightly obsessed with Football (or “soccer” for the Americans).
The Little Bookroom @littlebookroom.bsky.social The oldest bookshop for children in the world. Melbourne, Australia.
Rebecca Sutherland @librarianess.bsky.social Freelance editor, bot avoider, she/her
Melbourne City of Literature Office @melcityoflit.bsky.social The official Blue Sky account for the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature office.
https://linktr.ee/melcityoflit
Tom Doig @tomdoig.bsky.social e.g. Artist, dog lover and avid reader
Bhakthi @bhakthi.bsky.social Reader, writer, editor.
Monica Attard @monicaattard.bsky.social Journalist, academic, author, obsessive about international affairs, media and tennis.
Emily | Coffee, Books, Magic @coffeebooksmagic.bsky.social (too?) honest book reviewer. fan of a hot drink, a good book, and a little magical thinking. Originally from NZ, now in Perth, Aus. Lover of sunshine, poetry and solitude. Late identified AuDHD
Erin Parsons @erinparsons.bsky.social Creator, writer, and artist of Frequency.
Katy Mayfair 📚 @katymayfair.bsky.social Aussie author. Here for the books and writing chat ❤
Janine Fitzpatrick @janinefitzpatrick.bsky.social ABC NSW Regional Drive producer. Book lover. Reformed helicopter parent. Empty nester. Views expressed here all my own and not reflective of my employer or my family!
Jenny Valentish @jennyvalentish.bsky.social Journalist + author of The Introvert’s Guide to Leaving the House // I really only make an effort on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jennyvalentish_public
@pipharry.bsky.social @pipharry.bsky.social Children’s and YA author. Journalist, copywriter, ocean swimmer.
Rebecca Lee Williams @rebeccaleewilliams.bsky.social Writer. Fmr Artist Manager, Publicist. Disability, Chronic & Invisible Illness Advocate. ME/CFS & comorbidities. Intersectional Feminist. She/Her. Living on Gadigal land, Sydney, Australia.
Anne Summers @annesummers.bsky.social Writer, journalist, researcher, troublemaker. Current research focus: how to end domestic violence.
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
Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social Writer of crime fiction and books for young readers of all ages. Most recent crime novel is "Woman, Missing" (HQ). Love reading. Edit part-time. Owner (servant) of a cat.
Kim Kelly @kimkellyauthor.bsky.social Author, editor, researcher.
Latest nonfiction, Touched, winner of 2025 Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize.
https://kimkellyauthor.com/about/
Mel @wordsread.bsky.social I work in a library and love books, theatre, drag & most things arty. She/her. 🏳️🌈
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
Yellow Ladybugs @yellowladybugs.bsky.social An autistic led charity changing the world. We focus on the hidden and unmet needs of #autistic girls, women and gender diverse folk. #actuallyautistic
Tim Sinclair @timsinclair.org YA author | Gadigal land/Sydney | he/him | infrequently here
https://timsinclair.org
Carolyn Leslie @carolynleslie.bsky.social still discovering who I am
Felicity Plunkett @felicity-plunkett.bsky.social she / her
Poet, critic, editor
Poetry Editor, Australian Book Review
Vanishing Point, A Kinder Sea, Seastrands, Thirty Australian Poets (ed.)
Erin Gough 🏳️🌈🍉 @eringough.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Books, culture, queer stuff, social justice, climate justice, TV, film, art. The Flywheel, Amelia Westlake, Into the Mouth of the Wolf https://linktr.ee/eringough
Stephanie Wood @stephwood17.bsky.social Sydney freelance journalist, newsletterist, author of ‘Fake’ (and, behold, now it's a Paramount+ TV series) * fond of the ocean, slow swimming, my dog, garden, food, books, history (https://vampbystephaniewood.substack.com/)
Sean Williams aka theAdelaidean @adelaidesean.bsky.social 60 books for all ages. 13 albums for Projekt Records. Teaching at Flinders University. That's my real family photo.
www.seanwilliams.com
www.theadelaidean.com
hop dac @hopdac.bsky.social Artist and writer.
https://linktr.ee/hopdac
Greg Barron @gregbarron.bsky.social Ngambaa Country. Author of contemporary and historical page turners, published by HarperCollins and Stories of Oz Publishing. Avid reader and bushwalker. Newest release is Wild Dog River.
Jessica Friedmann @msfriedmann.bsky.social Writer, editor, tarot-lover, nice dogs etc. Author THINGS THAT HELPED 🌸 and TWENTY-TWO IMPRESSIONS 🔮
Living and writing on the unceded lands of the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation.
Pete Wharmby @petewharmby.com Author, keynote speaker, geek, autistic and ADHD.
www.petewharmby.com
Mim @mimbles.bsky.social Disability support worker, parent of adult kids, servant to 4 cats and one dog, reader, photographer of ordinary things, subject to occasional attacks of poetry.
She/her
michelle laren @bibliotato.bsky.social Book person. Like, literally a person made from books. I'm also a library worker, zine collector, wannabe lit critic, big cardigan fan and frequently covered in cat hair. Forty-something, she/her. Comfortably awkward. FKA booktothefuture.
Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social K.A Ren Wyld [-o-] Aboriginal author (Martu) living on Kaurna Yarta. They/she/mx
[Bluesky has locked my DMs]
Links > https://linktr.ee/KarenWyld https://www.paypal.me/KarenAWyld
Lucy Sussex @lucysussex.bsky.social Writer, researcher, historian and editor. Also dispenser of weird facts and snarky comments
Jinghua Qian @jinghuaqian.com freelancer emeritum | senior media advisor at economicmediacentre.org | words & shenanigans at jinghuaqian.com | work and also nsfw | ey/eir/em 伊
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.
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
Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social Featuring an 8-page colour photo insert of thrilling images from the hit movie!
😈 Critical Autism & action studies researcher and screenwriter in Naarm. We wish to stay at the inn; our opinions are our own.
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.
Donna M Cameron @donnamcameron.bsky.social Novelist- Beneath the Mother Tree (2018), The Rewilding (2024), 3rd book on its way - stuck in the birth canal 😊
Human Guinea Pig AU @martin-english.com RetireAustralia.
Time Magazine Person of the year 2006.
I am not a complete Idiot
(some parts are missing).
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Creative Catjk @creativecatjk.bsky.social She/Her, #auspol (Australian)
Creative, artistic, theatrey, engaged in the world people are my tribe. Reformed analyst.
Love and solidarity to you all (to quote Mona Eltahawy - it's her line, but the sentiment can be shared)
Tina Cartwright (she/her) @humsentence.bsky.social Writer. Wurundjeri country. Novelist thinking about poetry.
LL Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2023 and 2024.
Finalist #tasmanianwritersprize 2025
Longlisted #cwprize 2025
https://www.tina-cartwright.com/about
Jemma (Twitch: StoryGirl, Music: ArachnoidFlux) @storygirl.bsky.social SHE/THEY
***INTERACT ON MAIN B4 DMs***
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WAS: @BlueJayGliding on Twitter
Rowena Tuziak @rowenatuziak.bsky.social Posts about writerly things and readerly things. ✏️ 📖 🙃