James Montgomery @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social Flash writer ✍️ | Latest: Crow & Cross Keys, Fictive Dream, FlashFlood, The Bulb Region, 100 Word Story, NFFD Micro Comp ‘26 | 📖 Best Small Fictions ‘25, Wigleaf Top 50 ‘25 | 💫 Welkin People’s Prize ‘25 | He/Him 🌈 www.jamesmontgomerywrites.com
Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social Author, book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and optimist despite everything, in Chicago. Check out my blog for writers and dreamers: BrynDonovan.com
Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social The Home of Film in Ireland.
A historic 3-screen cinema in the heart of Temple Bar, with Ireland's only 70mm projector 🎞
Visit http://ifi.ie + watch online via http://ifiarchiveplayer.ie and https://www.ifihome.ie
Charity Number: 20021429
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
Poetry: Debut collection due Spring ‘27
(Broken Sleep Books)
Forward Prize/BOTN nominee
100+ poems in Agenda, Stand, Poetry Salzburg, Chiron Review, IS&T etc & on BBC
Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
Prose: Orwell Prize/Bridport Novel longlists
Funicular Magazine @funfunfunicular.bsky.social Short fiction • Flash • Poetry // Editor: @bellyofawhale.bsky.social
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Jenny Mitchell @jennymitchellgo.bsky.social Winner of the Gregory O'Donohue Prize, the Poetry Book Awards etc. 3 poetry collections - 'Map of a Plantation' on the syllabus at Manchester Metropolitan Uni. Widely published. Poetry co-editor for the Morning Star.
Kristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social Culture writer: buzzfeed, new republic, la times, boston globe, etc. | content strategist for hire | still writing that novel! | newsletter: https://interior-castles.ghost.io/ | hello@kristen-evans.com
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
📝 Over £20K prize pot
📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre
The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize.
bridportprize.org.uk
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social
Author of LAKE OF URINE and THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Executive editor at www.exactingclam.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/books/review-lake-of-urine-guillermo-stitch.html
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Kildare Readers Festival @kildarereaders.bsky.social Books, talks and good vibes 📖
Every October in County Kildare
#KildareReadersFestival #KRF2025
Jean-Luc Bouchard @jeanlucbouchard.bsky.social Creative Nonfiction Editor for Shenandoah. Features contributor at The Onion. Writing in: The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, Vox, The Paris Review's The Daily
https://jeanlucbouchard.com
Hannah O'Sullivan @sullydaysleeper.bsky.social Law graduate (LLB), Children's Rights and Family Law (LLM), Non practicing RGN (BSc), Children's Rights, Disability Rights and Mental Health advocate. Loves Music and Books.
Bridget Whelan @bridgetwhelan.bsky.social Reader, writer, tutor, London Irish living in Brighton & Hove. Passionate about British and Irish history, creative writing, community education, Leonard Cohen, my sons. Not in that Order.
https://bridgetwhelan.com/
Vivaldi Browser @handle.invalid It’s a web browser. It’s Powerful. It’s Personal. It’s Private. 🇳🇴🇮🇸
🔗 https://vivaldi.com
🔗 https://forum.vivaldi.net (for support)
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
Paris Marx @parismarx.com 💥 PREORDER MY NEW BOOK HYPERSCALE 💥
🎙️ @techwontsave.us
📬 https://disconnect.blog
📖 https://hyperscalebook.com
Deanna J. Valdez 📚 ✍️ @deannajvaldez.com 🌖🥀Writer of romance, folklore, fairy tales, eldritch horrors and mythical adventures 🍂🌙
rep: Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary Agency
#SFWA #Codex #writer
she/her 🇵🇭🇨🇦
Joie de livres @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social La 1re librairie•café•bar bilingue à Montréal
Romance & imaginaire
Montreal’s 1st bilingual bookstore•café•bar
Romance & spec fic
📚☕️🍸♥️🗡️🤖🦇
https://www.joiedelivres.ca
Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social Author. The Last Ditch, paperback coming out in May.
Freelance writer. Lapsed novelist. Cinephile. Substack coming soon.
Interesting writing gigs in the politics or arts line gratefully considered.
Zadie Smith @zadiesmith.bsky.social Novelist, essayist, and lover of words. I write about identity, culture, and the complexities of human connection. Author of White Teeth, On Beauty, and Swing Time, among others.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Zadie-Smith/author/B001D0P4CA?ref=ap_rdr&isDram
Anne Wilkins - author @annewilkins.bsky.social Sleep-deprived New Zealand speculative author. Stories in Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex, The Dark, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders and more.
www.annewilkinsauthor.com
www.facebook.com/annewilkinsauthor
instagram.com/annewilkinsauthor
Laura Morris @morrislau78.bsky.social 
Kerry Mead 🍉 @kerrymead.bsky.social I'm sorry, I don't know my personality type.
Writing memoir, essays, fiction, place, & neurodivergence. Curae Prize '23 & Bristol Short Story Prize '25 shortlisted.
#ADHD. Complete lefty.
linktr.ee/kerrymeadwriter
Phoebe Hamilton Jones @phoebhamiltonjones.bsky.social 
robyn 🥀 @demimondaine.bsky.social 32 🌹 she/her 🌹 writer
Zoë Meager @zoemeager.bsky.social 
Bjorn Klein 📖✒️💙 @worldsforus.bsky.social 📜 Author of 𝐷𝑦𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑𝑠 graphic novel 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒.
Wrestling with unruly gods, broken systems, and wayward characters.
🌙🌩️⚖️
Literature & music teacher in the gaps of reality between words.
🌐 https://blackties.my.canva.site/home
Sue Claremont @sueclaremont.bsky.social Writer of published short stories, features, poetry and blog, wordloft.co.uk. Currently writing second novel. Love travel, art, photography, reading and daydreaming.
Cork World Book Fest @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social Cork’s celebration of all that’s great about books and reading. Coming next Tues 20 - Sun 25 April 2027
Cathy Brown @cathybrown746.bsky.social Manager at Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy.
Mother of twins. Reader. Footloose fanatic.
Contributor at Dig With It and No More Workhorse
Blogs about having too many books at www.746books.com
Zoe Davis @meanerharker.bsky.social Writer and avid doodler with words in the likes of Strix, Ink Sweat and Tears and Dust. 2x BotN nom. Forward Prize Nom. Lives in Sheffield UK. Interested in comics, computer games and sports. Member of Sheffield Eagles Wheelchair Rugby Club.
Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites
poems in:
Paddler Press
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social Cork based non-profit arts organisation promoting Irish and international literature since 1993.
Website: https://munsterlit.ie/
Leslie Pietrzyk @lesliepwriter.bsky.social Writer of novels & short stories: ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE (2021), SILVER GIRL (2018), THIS ANGEL ON MY CHEST (2015), etc. Fan of classic cocktails, Carolina BBQ & almost every pie. She/her
OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the English and Creative Writing department of The Open University, UK.
Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social Writer | UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (2025) | Nebula, Locus, Philip K. Dick Special Citation Winner | Hugo, Ignyte, Stoker, Shirley Jackson Finalist | Best American SFF, Brave New Weird | Korean/Irish Dad o' 3. Rep: Michael Curry. thomashawrites.com
Maria Ní Fhlatharta @nifhla.bsky.social Personal ramblings on law & policy | Legal capacity, institutions, reproductive rights, human rights in healthcare | @InclusivePolicy | she/sí/í Migrant. Disabled. Aotearoa and Eire.
Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social I was that @theirishfor guy on Twitter.
"Calling 353" on @thejournal.ie
Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him. Wink in bio 😉
Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social Reading, writing, walking in Ontar-i-air-i-air-io (Can-Am). Publishing advocate. Nonprofit consultant. Author of a short story collection (MOTHERISH), essays & more TK. She/her
Linda Leith Publishing @llpmtl.bsky.social Reading & writing awesomeness from Canada for the world 📚
https://linktr.ee/llp_mtl
David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social Walking pics, & stories, poems, essays. Much Piero, Fra A, Morandi, Nabokov, Lispector, Ozu, Akerman, Tanaka, Pasolini, Sirk, Varda, Demy, Kiarostami, Dead, Dickinson, Rilke, Loy, H.D., Mahler, Sebald, Jameses
www.six18sfoundry.com
Grab a Junk Birds!
Cupán Tayla ☕️ @cupantayla.bsky.social Cackling through the chaos 🧙♀️ Limerick City's most right honorable pigeon witch 🐦 firm supporter of the return of the jort 👖🤏 she/her 🇮🇪🏳️🌈
Stephanie Austin @stephanieaustin.bsky.social Formerly @lucysky on Twitter
IG: @stephanie.d.austin and @mugshot_writers2
SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY, essays, WTAW Press
BURN, a novel, out now from Cowboy Jamboree Press
stephanieaustin.net
Mim @mimmcloughlin.eurosky.social Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Joyce Butler @joycebwriter.bsky.social Married Mam. Writer. Poet. Author. Currently querying a YA Speculative/Literary fiction novel. Contributor - Irish Times, Poetry as Commemoration, The Munster Express. The Galway Review. From Waterford, Ireland.
Dr. Kersti Powell @kerstipowell.bsky.social Associate Professor of English & Director of Irish Studies at SJU. Contemporary Irish Literature, although occasionally also dabbles in science and lit. Trying to keep a basil plant alive. she/si/tema 
Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social Broadcaster. Writer. Producer. Facilitator. Board member on Foras na Gaeilge. Naija- Gaeilgeoir babe. Co-founder of Off The Scéal.
My view 💫
Billy Fenton @billyfenton.bsky.social Writer. Poetry Ireland Introductions 2025. Work in @rialtopoetry @bansheelit @irishtimes @poetryireland @poetrybusiness @CrannogM @the4facedliar...
Hélène Carlettini @hcarlettini.bsky.social Fierté @biblioUQAM | Savoirs et société | #commsci, #arts, cocréé @comscicomca, adopté #QC, aime #Fr : 70% sciences, 20% féminisme, 10% chats. 100% transports en commun.
Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social Artist & writer. History & art buff. Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Guardian. Observer. Louder than War. WORM, Rotterdam. Leiden. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. 3rd book out March ‘27 https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
Nicola Spurr @nicolaspurr.bsky.social Interested in journalism, literature, freedom of expression and human rights. Born in Jo’burg, now in London.
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
Journalist, novelist, screenwriter. Always looking for stories. LDN, NYC, LA
Support my work at: https://substack.com/@chadbourn
Buy Me A Coffee: coff.ee/chadbourn
Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social Poet, wannabe artist, and zinester from WV. Married, mother of two. Definately a cryptid in disguise. Poetry found in Broken Spines, Penstricken, and SixtyOddPoets, among others. Zines in kofi below. Enjoy 🤗
https://ko-fi.com/poetrywithhart
M Berk @mberk.bsky.social Ethics. Political theory. Product management. Cat pics. Privacy. Consultant. I teach stuff. I got a lot of problems with you people. My life is measured in 2FA tokens.
Aaron Wolfson @awolfson.bsky.social Writing memoir, poetry, essays, performance stuff (etc.) in Chicago
newsletter.aaronjacobwolfson.com
Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social To cross an ocean
You must love the ocean
Before you love the far shore.
— Suzanne Buffam
All photos I’ve taken with my iPhone unless I’m reposting others’ lovely work.
Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social Public servant,
Writer of poetry,
Tinkerer of collages,
Mostly writing haiku these days,
🇮🇪 living in 🏴
Jesper Larsson @avadeaux.bsky.social Vill förstå hur allt funkar, och helst att du förstår det också. Mer intresserad än bekymrad. Består som alla andra av 60% vatten och 40% smuts. Finns även som @avadeaux@mastodonsweden.se: https://bsky.app/profile/avadeaux.mastodonsweden.se.ap.brid.gy
Cian Dikker (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 @ciandikker.bsky.social Dandy, flâneur, philosopher, appreciator of art, follower of current affairs, consumer of the finer things. Professional fundraiser. He/him
Susan Lanigan @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Writer, cancer survivor, Green Party member, software dev and avid cyclist on my e-bike.
Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social Washed-up translator
Shelley Roche-Jacques @shelleyr-j.bsky.social Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University.
https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/shelley-roche-jacques
Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social “Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, finalist for the Donald Hall AWP Prize, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social Short story writer, delinquent poetry reader. Ballerini Book Press, Fictive Dream, The Lonely Press, Confingo, Fragmented Voices, Structo, Nightjar Press, Salt Publishing, Exacting Clam
polyscribe.co.uk
Simon Grivet @simongrivet.bsky.social I’m teaching American history at the Universite de Lille (France) and doing research on federal judges in the South during the civil rights movement (among other topics)
I love to run (cross, 10k, half marathon, marathon), cook, play chess and read.
Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social Writer editor singer songer. Self-appointed ALT text Jello Sherriff.
storybilder @storybilder.com StoryBilder is the cosy creative writing platform you’ve been waiting for. Designed for new(er) writers, we’ve got the support and flexibility you need to make that novel a reality. #NoAI www.storybilder.com 🇨🇦🍁
Mandy Eve-Barnett @mandyevebarnett.bsky.social Mandy Eve-Barnett is an Edmonton Best Seller, multi-genre author, writing children’s, YA and adult books. With eleven books published since 2011. She is also a freelance writer & Scouting Manager for Relatable Media.
Janie Simpson @handle.invalid Author, co-owner/operator of Go and Write! retreats (https://bsky.app/profile/goandwrite.ca), lives in New Brunswick, Canada.
I will block accounts that have no profile description, and unless I know you, I don’t respond to DMs.
Go and Write! @goandwrite.ca Go and Write! Join Dr. Gerard Collins and Jane Simpson, professional, award-winning authors based in New Brunswick, Canada, on writing retreats in Canada and overseas. Visit www.goandwrite.ca to learn more.
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Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
Joseph Peschel @josephpeschel.bsky.social I’m a freelance writer & critic. I’ve written for The Boston Globe, The Brooklyn Rail, The Washington Post, America, Science, & other papers and websites.
Wendy McGrath (she/her) @wendymcgrath.bsky.social Métis writer/artist in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton). Winner of the 1st Prairie Grindstone Prize. My book The Beauty of Vultures (poetry) w photography by Danny Miles out now. Board member NeWest Press. #prairiegothic #writerwholovesbirds
Quebec Writers' Federation @officialqwf.bsky.social Supporting, connecting, and inspiring Quebec writers
Michel Basilieres @basilieres.bsky.social Novelist (Black Bird, A Free Man). Writing Instructor (SCS at U of T). Still learning to keep my mouth shut.
Brian Busby 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰 @brianbusby.bsky.social Writer, écrivain public, anthologist, literary historian, bibliophile, and three-time winner of the Ice Capades Colouring Contest.
Author of Character Parts (Knopf), A Gentleman of Pleasure (McGill-Queen's UP), and The Dusty Bookcase (Biblioasis).
Rachel F. Stapleton @rachfreedleton.bsky.social Editor of good books & recovering academic (PhD complit)
settler & guest in Tkaronto
Opinions (and I have plenty) my own.
Mary Soderstrom @marysoderstrom.bsky.social Montreal-based writer of non-fiction and fiction. Last book: Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters (Dundurn Press, 2023) Next book: Thanks to the Memories: How Remembering Can Get Us through the Next 75 Years (Dundurn Press, 2026)
Beth Kephart @bethkephart.bsky.social Writer, paper artist, teacher, believer in the good that will one day overcome, National Book Award finalist, and a Substacker (The Hush and the Howl). Due in April 2025, Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News, with Tursulowe Press. 
Juliet Domvile @julietdomvile.bsky.social “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” – Robert Frost
The Goodbye Girls - Putting the Fun in Funerals
Winner of the 2023 AMFA for Humour
Finalist in 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards
#family #dogs #cats #horses #writing #cdn
thegoodbyegirls.ca
Neil @nudgecloud.bsky.social A reader. A coder. Against certainty. A one-time London marathon runner.
Brittlestar @brittlestar.com Social Media Darling. International Bestselling Author. Occasionally funny. Brittlestar.com
Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social “The possibilities for disgrace are enormous.” - Leonard Cohen on creating art.
Writer, journalist, opinion columnist, flâneuse.
Rosita Boland @rositaboland.bsky.social Senior Features Writer at The Irish Times. Always curious. I'm at Rosita.Boland@irishtimes.com
Neil Shooter @neilshooter.bsky.social I'm a writer. I can't help it. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. Inspiration is everywhere!
#writeon
I write on Substack and Medium.
My stories are at Smashwords, Draft2Digitial, and other ebook retailers!
I edit on Fiverr and sell on Etsy.
#Never51
Victoria Spires @victoriaspires.bsky.social linktr.ee/victoriaspires
BotN, Pushcart & Forward nominated. Shortlisted/commended in various comps: Winner Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize
Finalist Mslexia Women's Comp
Seeking publisher for new work.
Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social A writer living in rural Alberta, Canada
Website: loriknutson.com
TPT: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/lori-knutson-creative-canuck
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriknutsonwriter/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615699
BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social Celebrate literature every Saturday with BookWormSat. Hosted by @signemaene.com and @racheldeering.bsky.social
Weekly themes: https://signemaene.com/bookwormsaturday/
Michelle Orsi @michelleorsi.bsky.social Poet. PhD Candidate @ USC. Poems in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Five Points, swamp pink, The Florida Review & DIAGRAM.
John Kenny @johnkenny13.bsky.social Poetry: New Irish Writing, Live Encounters, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Madrid Review, Flare, The High Window, Poem Alone, Poems for Protest, Smashing Times, StepAway Magazine.
Fiction: The Galway Review, Revival, Emerald Eye, Albedo One.
Eoin Flannery @eoinflannery.bsky.social Associate Professor of English Literature at @micireland.bsky.social
Poems @eatthestorms.com @thebelfastreview.bsky.social @theargylelitmag.bsky.social @hogriverpress.bsky.social @juniperpoetry.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
Steve Griffiths @writersteve.bsky.social Writer, editor, lover, eejit.
Freelance Editor at EARLY MORNING EDITS.
Matt Debenham @debenham.bsky.social Short storyist: THE BOOK OF RIGHT AND WRONG, winner of the Ohio State Press Prize for Fiction. Helping, hopefully not hindering. Angeleno.
Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social Creative writing & literature prof, romance author, lover of books, & poet of the ginger life. www.melaniedusseau.com
Associate Professor of English, U Findlay (she/her), MFA, analog researcher, dog-loving, traveling teller of love stories. Human writer.💗
Trish Bennett @trishbennettwriter.bsky.social Irish writer, performer, keeper of creatures, Leitrim/Fermanagh border. Roscommon New Writing Award ‘22, ACNI Support ‘22/23. Trishbennettwriter.com. Debut Collection-Stench, Arlen House at https://www.kennys.ie/shop/stench-bennett-trish-9781851323302-1
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social Author of many books, teacher, mentor, #Curae, campaigner, doctored, mum of 3. Wilts, Wales, Southern US https://linktr.ee/bookwormvaught?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=00043ddf-6cad-43e1-8c8a-d89 rep. Clare Coombes at Liverpool Literary Agency 🇵🇸