Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
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QuietLibrarian @quietlibrarian.bsky.social She/her Wife, School Librarian (15+ years), Dog mom (Deja), French language learner, Flute player, Runner (13.1x61; 26.2x4), MLB stadium chaser (16 current, 8 past)
Located in WNY
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International Literacy Association (ILA) @ilatoday.bsky.social ILA is a global advocacy and membership organization dedicated to transforming lives through literacy.
Owlkids Publishing @owlkids.bsky.social Publishing award-winning books and magazines for children ages 2 to 14 since 1976 📚
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Library Journal @libraryjournal.bsky.social Library views, news, and book reviews from LJ staffers
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Manju Beth Howard @manjubeth.bsky.social Indian American Writer of PB, CB, MG & Poetry
SCBWI Indiana RA
Inked Voices PB & MG Critique Groups
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SCBWI New Mexico @scbwi-nm.bsky.social New Mexico kid lit writers and illustrators
Children's Book World and CBW Teens & Adults @childrensbookworld.bsky.social CHILDREN’S BOOK WORLD and CBW Teens & Adults has been open since 1986 and is a full-service bookshop for children, teens, and adults in West Los Angeles. childrensbookworld.com
Eva Langston @evalangston.bsky.social *author (repped by Ali Lake of O'Conner Literary)
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*DC area
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mad2034.bsky.social @mad2034.bsky.social Literary Agent @ SKLA
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Morgan Gaynin @morgangaynin.bsky.social Boutique illustration agency with a focus on storytelling
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Author Sasha RC @authorsasharc.bsky.social Hello Everyone.
I am a dark romance author Sasha RC.
My books are available on Amazon.
PARKER @parker-author.bsky.social Thriller author & obsessive reader.
I write about what brilliance costs - and read to understand why we pay it.
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@cminde.bsky.social @cminde.bsky.social 
Richard Paolinelli @richardpaolinelli.bsky.social Staff writer at: http://insidethestar.com / Long-suffering Dallas Cowboys fan
Best-Selling Author & Publisher at: http://tuscanybaybooks.com
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Elyon @elyon290.bsky.social Poet: A soul shaped by experience, refined by reflection. I find beauty in nature, music, and fine arts. My journey taught me resilience. I write to inspire, heal, and connect.
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@dchamm3r.bsky.social @dchamm3r.bsky.social 
n2dep2care @n2dep2care.bsky.social I hum, I piddle, I get to- I'm retired. I have questions & thoughts, ask me about my thoughts. From O-H-I-O now in Kansas. Rethinking religion, & the bible. Mad, resistant, won't obey laws that are unfair or unkind.
My Motto: Not On My Watch!
WOKE!
Paddington @paddington64.bsky.social Love Paddington. cats dogs. singing music. Walking .massive Liverpool supporter. Bubbly character. Always follow back. A true red. Love art . Drawing. Singing. Seaside. Love music and animals always a red . The champions 🏆love star tr
Sharon Berrios @sharonberrios.bsky.social Cyber Curious • USA
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You will always have a seat at my table 💙
Joyce Sweeney @joycesweeney.bsky.social Literary Agent, author
Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
Juvare @gogge12.bsky.social For Ukraine--for Freedom and democracy...no Maga--no fascism
Danish + close connection with Greenland
loves all animals /Natur-- slave to 2 dogs and cats
book nerd
all opinions/views are mine.
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Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social Independent, POC-owned children's book publisher specializing in diversity since 1991. © 2026 Lee & Low Books.
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
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Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social Founder of The Children's Book Review. Reader-writer-reviewer!
Bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up, Don't Wake the Dragon, and more. Sharing reviews, book lists, interviews with authors and illustrators, and tips for raising readers.
Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
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Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social 📚🚭💙
Ian Rodrigues @ianwrites.bsky.social Writer of poetry and books for children of all ages. 12x12 and CANSCAIP member. Atheist. Vegan. POC. Trail runner. Leftist. He/Him. 🇨🇦
Hybrid Peace Ambassador (H.P.A)☑️ @hybridpeaceamb.bsky.social Tech Doctor, PEACE Ambassador, UNITY Ambassador.
TheRGBvision @thergbvision.bsky.social 30. he/him. Married. #Spoonie
Books, art, fantasy, and tenderness
Disabled, queer, and creating as I can.
Living somewhere between books and art
Fantasy worlds, fandom joy, and honest feelings.
https://linktr.ee/thergbvision
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social We are KidLit Collective, a collection of creative kidlit authors and illustrators supporting each other since our 2020 debuts and beyond. Art by @nielanderamy
Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social Kidlit Author (Rep: Amy Nielsen) + Trauma Therapist | THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR MARCHING (2029)| Psychology Today Expert Blog Author| SCBWI |Host of the You, Me, & the Writing Journey Podcast (@YMWJPodcast) and @YouDeservepIt Pitch Event
Tom Buchanan @buchanat.bsky.social FB refugee recently washed ashore, finding my way around.
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Cid K Fleming @cidkfleming.bsky.social The big comfy chair in the living room is my office, where I’m either reading or writing.
Author of kidlit and women’s fiction/romance. #scbwi #rwa
Day job: technical writer/instructional design
(she/her)
www.cidkfleming.com
Laura K Zimmermann @laurak-pbwriter.bsky.social Children’s Author | Professor | Rep’d by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at @Bradfordagents.bsky.social | MUSHROOM RAIN | UNDER THE FOREST FLOOR coming Spring 2028 | #SCBWI | she/her
Laura Polasek @polaseklj.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Lover of books and tea | 🇨🇦📚🫖 #amquerying
CANSCAIP PB Shortlist '23, Longlist '24, '26 | #kidlitvibes winner '23 | #KidsChoiceKidlitWritingContest MG winner '24 | Lyrical Language Lab Rhyming Contest Longlist '24 | Halloweensie HM '25
Mermaid Writer @mermaidwriter.bsky.social SCBWI NY Eastern Up! Critique Coordinator
Kidlit writer, published poet, gemologist-in-training, wannabe polyglot, occasional mermaid, reluctant zebra 🍰💜🩶🤍💚 #kidlit #scbwi #amquerying #actuallyautistic
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Pronouns: you choose (anything but he)
LauraLacamara @lauralacamara.bsky.social Cuban-American author/illustrator. DALIA’S WONDROUS HAIR | FLOATING ON MAMA’S SONG | MAMA THE ALIEN | THE RUNWAY PIGGY | Rep’d by: tracy@tracymarchini.com | #kidlit #SCBWI www.LauraLacamara.com
PB25Vibes @pb25vibes.bsky.social We're #KidLit authors and illustrators with #picturebooks launching in 2025. Join us on a reading adventure to feel the PBVIBES in 2025 and beyond!📚🌈
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Maureen Egan @maureeneganva.bsky.social Researching & writing about Ruth Henshaw Bascom with my sister Mary Eileen Fouratt. Author of Insiders’ Guide 2 RVA + Richmond’s Culinary History, Webinar Coordinator: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic. Paint on my hands, dirt on my shirt, crumbs on my lap. she/her
Sarah Skolfield @sarahskolfield.bsky.social Picture book writer rep'd by Mara Cobb, avid field hockey player, reluctant runner, wannabe farmer, Duolingo Spanish level 40
PBRisingStars '22 Mentee, PBParty '23 Finalist
#SCBWI, #12x12
sarahskolfield.com
Susan Drew @susandrewwrites.com Kid Lit Writer. Author of Sadie Does Not Like Sorries.
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Art shop: https://susandrewart.net/
Newsletter: www.substack.com/@susandrew
Intagram: www.instagram.com/_susandrew/
Kathleen @halifaxkat.bsky.social Reader, Writer, Sometimes runner, Big fan of my dog, Blueberry, and slightly addicted to baseball cards.
Chambrae Griffith @chambraeg.bsky.social Mom of 4 who loves running trails and writing stories for little readers.
-BARN IN WINTER and BARN IN SPRING ((CottageDoorPress)
-BARN IN FALL coming summer of 2025
-LEAVING 4B coming spring 2026 (BeamingBooks)
Tara Lukaart @tlukaart.bsky.social Teacher Librarian in Michigan for DK-6th grade readers.
Lee Murray @leemurraywriter.bsky.social ONZM. USA Today bestselling author, 5-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Shirley Jackson, and New Zealand Prime Minister's Award winner. Monster lover from Aotearoa. Represented by Becky LeJeune at Bond Literary.
Gema Casillas @oaxacan.bsky.social Writer, my puppy calls the shots, wife to my better half, carry Oaxacan in my heart, think in Spanish, great at mixing words up and free spirit! Was part of Las Musas 2024 mentorship.
#kidlit #Latinxkidlit #Lasmusas #poetry
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
Andrea @andreapa.bsky.social Book lover, avid reader, writer of words, nature lover, art and craft, mindfulness practitioner, Reiki, owned by a BorderTerrier. 🚫 annoying DM’s 💙📚🏳️🌈🐕🌺🖊️🖌️
Hannah Lorenzo @hannahlorenzobooks.bsky.social ESL Teacher. Mom. Travel. Dance. Strawberry ice cream. #Kidlit Author, repped by @KaitlynLeann17 SCBWI 12x12 http://HannahLorenzoBooks.com
Claire Lordon - Illustrator, Designer, & Author @clairelordon.com 🇨🇦🇺🇸Bold, whimsical art for kids & (kids at 🧡)
📚Picture books, comics, & joyful storytelling
🎨Studio life & behind the scenes
✏️Agent @mccarthylit.com
🖤🩶🤍💜
www.clairelordon.com/links
Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com Writer, bookseller and crafter. Author of the Heartseeker duology, (Putnum) TELL THE TRUTH, PANGOLIN,(Anne Schwartz Books) THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE DAY, (Dial) THE WITCH'S TABLE, (Little Bee) WHAT IS A PIRATE? (Little Bee, Fall 2026)
Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyfischer.bsky.social Rusty Fischer's poems for children have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446
Chris Garcia-Halenar @chrisgarhal.bsky.social Gay dad to 13 and 8 yo
PB/MG Author
#SCBWI
#12x12PB
#InkedVoices
Represented by @JoyceKay.bsky.social
The Seymour Agency
Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE.
History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA
Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine
Repost/Like usually = bookmark or endorsement
jasminekgani.wordpress.com
Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk 
prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social academic University of Manchester | #regions #security #gender #EUAfrica #FFP | RTs ≠ endorsement | views mine not employer's | Chair #UACES | Editor, Security Dialogue
Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @insurgentthought.bsky.social https://www.insurgentthoughts.com
folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
R. S. DIENG @drlandislife.bsky.social Award-winning academic, educator & author researching #politics, #feminism, #artivism, #land, #food and #labour in #Senegal, Francophone #Africa & #WesternEurope | Personal Account
Sara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social assoc professor at LSE // thinking about anticolonial + socialist archives // anticolonial afterlives in egypt (cambridge university press) // ⚽️ obsessed // she/her
Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. neurodiversity-affirming parenting. she/her. 不必等待炬火.
https://chenchenzhang.net/book
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Jan Eijking @janeijking.com Assistant Professor, Leiden University. International Relations Theory & History.
Out now:
"The Technocratic International" (OUP)
"Experts in a Turbulent World" (ed) (OUP)
www.janeijking.com
Hannah Wright @hannahwright.bsky.social Researching militarism, coloniality, state violence, abolition, gender, race, class. Lecturer at University of Manchester. She/her. ♿️
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/hannah-wright
Dr. Yolande Bouka @yolandebouka.bsky.social Asst Prof Africa | Gender and Feminist Theory | Critical & Decolonial IR | Race and IR | 
Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social Policy and Engagement Manager, Refugee Action | Author, 'Global Politics' (Bloomsbury 2023) | Assistant Instructor, Tiger Crane Kung Fu London. Trade unionist, martial artist, antifascist. Own views. He / him.
Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social She/her. Feminism, anti-colonialism, critical international development. Liberation theology. Gender, faith and politics.Mother to a grumpy cat. Editorial hats: Culture and Religion (T and F), Conversations IFJP. All opinions my own
Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social Not going to be invited to a UN xmas party any time soon
Senior Lecturer in foreign policy & security at City St George’s, UoL. Historian of UN peacekeeping and humanitarianism. Author of Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: http://shorturl.at/aoxzM. she/her
Elena B. Stavrevska @ebstavrevska.bsky.social Lecturer in International Relations at Uni of Bristol | Feminist peace scholar | Member of the Yugoslawomen+ Collective | she/таа
Bethlehem Tekola @bethlehem.bsky.social Qualitative Research | Research Ethics | Research involving and impacting marginalised communities and groups
Zeynep Gülşah Çapan @zgc.bsky.social 
Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social Professor at LSE| Feminist Political Theorist|Own Views|
Thinking and writing on human rights|Anti-imperial epistemic justice|Conceptual Diversity| Rights politics in most of the world| Recent book📕 bit.ly/3C3Tb7V
South/South Movement 🍉 @southsouthmvmt.bsky.social We're an autonomous transnational student-led collective claiming space for academics & activists from & for the global souths in social & political studies.
https://www.southsouthmovement.org/
Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social Lecturer in the politics of race & decolonial studies / IR lover researching terror & migration-security/ Black Muslim feminist killjoy | https://colouredacademia.wordpress.com
Ariadne Collins @yolandaariadne.bsky.social Lecturer/Assistant Prof, IR, University of St. Andrews: Working on Forests, Conservation, Colonialism, Climate Change. Views my own
Andreas Papamichail @apapamichail.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Queen Mary University of London. Teaching and researching on health inequity, health governance, health security, mpox, queer health, racism and health, and more. He/him.
Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social Anthropologist of care 🌸
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Greens 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🏴
https://linktr.ee/QManivannan
Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social Historian of imperialism, mass violence and atrocity photography.
Current book-project on the My Lai Massacre of 1968 - the final instalment in my massacre trilogy that also includes Amritsar 1919 and Bud Dajo 1906.
Rep by Wylie Agency
Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social 
Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social Political Ecologist/Economist at SOAS
Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social 🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social Associate Professor. Author of the award winning “fabulous and delightfully rad” ‘Humanitarian Borders: Unequal Mobility and Saving Lives’ by Verso Books. She/Her.
Lisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social Writer, teacher, cat lady, etc. Thinking about truth, knowledge, secrecy, speakability, torture, “terrorism”, etc.
Book
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/sociology/political-sociology/disciplining-terror-how-experts-invented-terrorism
Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social Writer. Global poetics+politics @SOAS|Books: Strangers (2026) Erasing Palestine (2023)The Persian Prison Poem (2021) Writers & Rebels (2016) 🇵🇸academic freedom| Non-aligned leftist rgould.substack.com rrgould.hcommons.org & @balaghas.bsky.social Bristolian
Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Banner by Sara Qaed
danaelkurd.com to contact
Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com "Leftwing professor" - in other words, researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics
Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social
Publications etc 👇🏻
https://aurelmondon.com/
Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social Essays at stevesalaita.com 
Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon