David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social Autheur. Unfluencer.
'The Beckett List' (2027)
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
All published by www.saggingmeniscus.com
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Kin @cell-less.bsky.social Artist, essayist, mum. PhD candidate, 'Digital Fatalism'. Long-time critic of surveillance tech. Making video art/new media/net art. Latest article in AI & Society journal: https://rdcu.be/dJu7u
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Char Heather @charheather.bsky.social Writer, researcher focussing on chronic illness narratives & expansive forms, steward of theremotebody.bsky.social & hobbyist clothesmaker.
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social I write the Guardian’s Politics Live blog 
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
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Emily Roderick @emilyrodders.bsky.social Artist, producer, access worker, facilitator.
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Sarah Davy @sarahdavywrites.bsky.social Writer, Mentor, Facilitator, Climber.
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Lydia Catterall @lydiacatterall.bsky.social Artist, Writer + Ideas Cartographer. Listener, collaborator + noisy cheerleader for creative folk. Leeds/Birmingham, UK
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Judith Nangala Crispin @judithnangala.bsky.social Poet & visual artist on unceded Yuin Walbunga Country in Australia. Afterlife portraits of animals & birds. Alternative darkroom with drawing & painting. Grainger Gallery and Anima Mundi. Poetry collections with Puncher & Wattmann. Member of FNAWN & Oculi.
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Sarah Marie 🌒 @sarahmariemoon.bsky.social directing | dramaturgy | Play Full Theatre | comms & marketing at Disability Arts Online | animal obsessed vegan 🐱🐷🐺🦉🐸🦥
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Sarah Gallego Author HOTWQ @sarahgwrites75.bsky.social Heart of the Wolf Queen, the first book in the Star-Crossed Gods duology is OUT NOW! https://geni.us/B0GF3FWTSSauthor
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.)
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📚 Twisted Haus Reads @twistedhausreads.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher—memoir in progress! Neurospicy, proud Hoosier, progressive activist and arts volunteer in Indianapolis.
Rosemary Richings @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social Writer, editor, speaker #Neurodiversity. Author (2 #Dyspraxia books): “Stumbling Through Space & Time: Living Life With Dyspraxia” & “Studying with Dyspraxia”. #Neurodivergent & living without a #Thyroid. https://linktr.ee/rosemary_richings
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Steve Nash @stevenashwrites.bsky.social Writer, lecturer, suspected vampire. Latest poetry collection Nearly Man out now. Debut novel Remington Platypus out with Northodox Press
https://linktr.ee/steveywrites
Solei @ferretoftheforest.bsky.social Sunny (She/Her) part-time disguised as a human, always a ferret forest god. Social Justice Weasel of the Interspecies Uprising and hopeful creator of enjoyable content. Cozy & Romance enthusiast🧙♀️🖋📚🎮🖥❤️
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Margot Atwell @margotatwell.bsky.social Writer, editor,publisher, creative funding expert in Brooklyn. Editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. Previously @feministpress & @kickstarter. She/they 🌈📚
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Annick Yerem @missyerem.bsky.social Poet, Pixie, Cake spy. EIC Sídhe Press. She/her. "Impressive luring". Trans rights are human rights. #TheChronicLife/CIAD. FREE PALESTINE!
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A Book & Its Author @abookanditsauthor.bsky.social A Book & Its Author is a podcast featuring interviews with & readings by writers working in a variety of genres. Available on all your favorite platforms & here: https://abookanditsauthor.libsyn.com/
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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social ⋆Queer Southern Novelist 🌿
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
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Fantasy + more
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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social Read Issue 8! Epistemiclit.com
Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social. CNF Editor @gcbwrites.bsky.social
Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
Chronic Historian ♾️♿️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💜🖤💛🦓🏴🍉🐺🐈⬛🧑🌾🌱🌳 @enbycriphistorian.bsky.social Disabled autistic antifascist queer nonbinary early modern historian and writer. Husky&cat pawrent. Chronically ill. Social Justice Druid. Disabled Not Disposable. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Free Palestine (They/them)
https://enbycriptid.wordpress.com
Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social Just trying to put words together. God Elegy forthcoming from BOA Editions 2028. The Tiger and the Cage: A Memoir of a Body in Crisis (Soft Skull), House Is an Enigma (Bull City). TMI in your inbox here: https://substack.com/@emmabolden
Kate Oldfield @kateoldfield.bsky.social Writer | Mama | Mentor | Poet | Facilitator at The Writing Well workshops & events | Oxford-dweller | Yorkshire lass | escapes to Hebrides
Founder @thewritingwell.bsky.social
https://the-writing-well.com
The Writing Well @thewritingwell.bsky.social An inspirational & productive space for creative writing & writing for wellbeing. Workshops, mentoring, spoken word events, writing circles, retreats. Host @KateOldfield.bsky.social #writingcommunity
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Author of sixteen and a bit books. Ex-bestseller (I decided to write better stuff). Made during the final quarter of the 20th Century. No degree. No A-levels. No As or Bs at GCSE. 4 Cs, although I had to retake Maths. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Christine Macfarlane @chrismacpoet.bsky.social Poet shortlisted for Bridport and National Poetry competitions. First pamphlet about to be published. Teacher, Headteacher, Senior lecturer in education.
Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social Sharing Disability Arts and Culture with the world since 2004. Follow for our latest news, reviews, events and blogs.
LEVEL Centre @levelcentre.bsky.social Celebrating the Art that Difference Makes...
We work with disabled creatives specialising in visual, digital and performing arts. We show the world how powerful ‘difference’ can be. ACE NPO.
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Rayne Hall, Author & Publisher @raynehall.bsky.social "In a world of AI, bots and fakes, Rayne Hall will always be real."
#NoAi #Writer of non-fiction and #Gothic #fiction. #Publisher of Gothic fiction anthologies. Teacher, coach. Avid #permaculture gardener. Lives in #Bulgaria with #rescuecats.
Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social Probably posting about socialism and disability. Some theatre and opera, but more of that @wearehera.bsky.social. She/her.
Charlotte Cosgrove @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social Poet / Lecturer / Socialist / Wellbeing / Editor of Rough Diamond poetry journal
love writing, reading, cats, learning, and sitting down.
annalisa dinnella @annalisadinn.bsky.social TV writer #TheHack, #SexEducation #CallTheMidwife
visually impaired, she/her 
Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social Writer and SL in Creative Writing at Uni of Westminster. Author of Speculum (Broken Sleep Books, 2021) and Lapwing (Pavilion Poetry, 2024). 2nd in the Laurel Prize 2024 . Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2024. Hosts poetry nights at the Soho Poly.
Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
Minou Moonshine / Sam Singh @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
Poetry:
Empirical
@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
A Terrible Thing Bad Betty Press
https://linktr.ee/gitaralleigh
Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social Writer, poet, Romanticist, critic, librettist, literary translation. Agent: mail@wylieagency.co.uk
Fiona Pitt-Kethley @fionapitt-kethley.bsky.social Alpha female. Writer who lives in Spain. I will sometimes post in Spanish.
Fiona Larkin @fionalarkin.bsky.social Winner of National Poetry Competition 2024. Debut collection Rope of Sand Pindrop Press (2023). Pamphlets Vital Capacity (Broken Sleep, 2022) and A Dovetail of Breath (Rack Press, 2020). Corrupted Poetry projects.
https://fionalarkinpoetry.wordpress.com
Em Gray @em-words.bsky.social She/her. Poet. Words in The Forward Book of Poetry, Propel, Mslexia, Strix, Arachne Press, Modron & more.🌱FTA. Dyspraxia. Foxes.
Elizabeth Loudon @esloudon.bsky.social Poet, novelist, teacher, charity worker, carer, ex American. A STRANGER IN BAGHDAD (AUC) LL/Bridport, 2024 SIBF award for Best International Fiction. Best New Poets 2025. I write all by myself, and it shows. www.elizabethloudon.com.
Elizabeth Kemball🖋️🌛 @lizziekemball.bsky.social ♊ 29 | She/Her | South Wales
☕ From the Potteries.
🎓 Cardiff Uni MA | Warwick BA
🖋️ Writing a folk horror novel very slowly.
📚 Occasional poet & frequent reader.
📙 Bookstagram: devouring.words
Elizabeth Chadwick Pywell @chadpie.bsky.social Poet, teacher and co-host of Rise Up!
Northern Writers’ Award: Debut Poet.
York, UK
Some words: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/scorpion 🦂
Eleanor Livingstone @eleanorl.bsky.social Sometime poet and editor, former poetry festival director, Scottish. Likes walking, talking, beaches, gardens, travel. Two new books out in 2023 from Red Squirrel Press (she/her)
http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/eleanorlivingstonepage.shtml
redsquirrelpress.com
Devjani Bodepudi @dbodepudi.bsky.social Poet. Novelist. Mum. Teacher. Comino Poet in Residence. PhD-ing at Man Met-the poetics of Language Loss and Identity. Interested in Postcolonial research from a British diasporic POV.
Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social Poet, editor, critic
https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/tag/pavilion-poetry/
https://www.serenbooks.com/seren-author/deryn-rees-jones/
https://thamesandhudson.com/paula-rego-the-art-of-story-9780500021378
Deborah Harvey Poetry 🪶 @deborahharvey.bsky.social Poet. Bristolian. 6th collection, 'Love the Albatross', from Indigo Dreams Publishing. Neurodishevelled. She/her
https://indigodreamspublishing.com/deborah-harvey
Deborah Finding @deborahfinding.bsky.social queer writer into feminism and mythology, how original.
Poetry books: Vigils for Dead and Dying Girls (Nine Pens), Amortisation (Live Canon) and My Marxist Valentine (Write Bloody UK)
1st poet in residence @ Soho Poly
https://linktr.ee/DeborahFinding
Dawn Gorman @dawnpoet.bsky.social Poet, editor, broadcaster, creative writing tutor & mentor
Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social Poet, author, bookseller, allotmenteer - for hire or loan. Won some poetry prizes. Account is stuff from a small rural town in NE Scotland. Kitten content warning! Once a librarian….
#FridayPoem
She/Her
https://dawnmclachlan.com/
Darcey Dugan @darceydugan.bsky.social Poet
Belfast / Ireland
https://linktr.ee/darceydugan
Clare Starling @clarestarling.bsky.social Poetry and milky tea - ‘Magpie’s Nest’, won the Frosted Fire First Pamphlet Award 2023
Clare O'Brien @clareobrien.bsky.social Writer. Retired music industry person.
2025 Poet in Residence, Inverewe Garden, Scotland.
Poetry chapbooks 'Breathing Out Becomes White And Snowfall' & 'Who Am I Supposed To Be Driving?' & novelette 'Airloc' out now.
Links: clarevobrien.weebly.com
Clare Marsh @cmarsh-writer.bsky.social Writer: poetry and fiction. Pushcart Prize nominee. M.A. Creative Writing University of Kent. Interests: writing, art, politics, history, archaeology, science and sociology
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Chaucer Cameron @chaucercameron.bsky.social Poet, poetry, poetry film https://www.poetryfilmlive.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ideal-World-Id-Not-Murdered/dp/1916344747
Charles Lauder Jr @cglauder.bsky.social Poet, freelance editor, ex-pat, "The Aesthetics of Breath" (V.Press, 2019), "Year of the Rat" (Blueprint Poetry Press, 2025), www.charleslauderjr.com
Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social Poet | Researcher | Co-editor at Dust Poetry. Forward-shortlisted debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, out now. Magma Selected Poet.
https://linktr.ee/catherine_redford
Caroline Bird @carolinebirduk.bsky.social Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: https://shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020
www.carolinebird.co.uk
Carole Bromley @carolebromley.bsky.social York-based poet writing for both adults and children
Carol Sheppard @carolsheppard.bsky.social Poet, Playwright and lover of words. Leader of Severn Playwrights. Was poet in residence for the Gloucester Poetry Festival 2023.
Bridget Khursheed @khursheb.bsky.social poet & geek #exactcolourofsnow #lastdaysofpetrol #thecellarman
bridgetkhursheed.com
Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social Poet. 99% Children's Poetry.
Schools. Events. Festivals.
Poems on Toast Sept 2026 🎉
Blue Jelly and Strawberries
A Welly Full of Christmas
Mum. Ex-teacher. Notebooks. Tea.
East Midlands now, Northumberland then.
www.attielime.co.uk
Aoife Lyall @aoifelyall.bsky.social Poet, editor, mentor, teacher.
The Day Before (Bloodaxe Books) out 22nd February 2024
Annie Rutherford @annierutherford.bsky.social Translator, writer and cultural project leader. Artistic director at Highlight Arts. Particularly interested in collaborative working and creating communities. 2025 BCLT translator-in-residence. (she/they)
annietranslates.wordpress.com
Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73) @happimess73.bsky.social
Professional cat sitter.
Studying feline behaviour.
Poet, sometimes.
Founder of W.A.N.G.
Walthamstow Adults Neurodivergent Group.
https://www.threads.net/@happimess73
https://linktr.ee/happimess73
@annasaund.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social Author of 7 collections with Pindrop Press, Wild Conversations Press and Indigo Dreams. New book Eurydice in the Ruined House due May 2025 Indigo Dreams. Founding Director Cheltenham Poetry Festival 
Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social Writing, editing, publishing.
Poetry as A. K. Davidson. Links:
https://linktr.ee/akdavidson