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Carrie Walsh @carriewalsh.bsky.social London Irish Writer | Pop Culture Yapper | Working Class | Currently querying my first novel 🏳️🌈🇮🇪
www.carriewalsh.co.uk
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Samuel Brockington @docbroc.bsky.social Professor of Evolution | Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden | Co-Director of the Connections-Collections-Communities Strategic Research Initiative
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
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Caroline Hardman @littlehardman.bsky.social Literary Agent
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Sophie Hannah @sophiehannah.bsky.social Bestselling crime writer
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Sophie Orme @sophiemorme.bsky.social Publisher, Manilla Press, Bonnier Books UK
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UK Book Blogger of the Year 2023 🏆
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Sarah Hilary @sarahhilary.bsky.social THE DROWNING PLACE | ‘Happy Valley, but haunted’ Anna Mazzola | Out now from Harvill | ND. She/her | www.sarahhilary.com
Nelle Andrew @nelleandrew.bsky.social Literary Agent at Rachel Mills Literary. Hons FRSL; RLF Trustee. Agent of the Year 2021. Email: nelle@rmliterary.co.uk
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Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
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C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author - The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls (Netflix), The Drift and The Gathering. Dog lover. Gin drinker. Tattoo enthusiast. Disturbingly cheery. Serenity Falls out Sept 10, 2026!
Bookaholic Bex @bexbookaholic.bsky.social Book-obsessed, theatre-loving feminist with a liberal outlook on life. Mental health champion. Award winning book blogger.
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Ruth Ware @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social Still writing books... still drinking coffee... still making stuff up as I go along. The Woman in Suite 11 available to pre-order now at linktr.ee/ruthwarewriter
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Capital Crime @capitalcrime.bsky.social A celebration of the crime and thriller genre. 🔎 13th - 14th June 2025. Info@capitalcrime.org Tickets on sale now: capitalcrime.org
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Natali Simmonds @natalisimmonds.bsky.social Author. MY HUSBAND'S STALKER (25.3.26), THE EX I BURIED, WHILE MY BABY SLEEPS, MY DAUGHTER'S REVENGE, GOOD GIRLS DIE LAST (TV adaptation in the works) | THE BLOOD WEB series as Caedis Knight | London Latino Film Festival | Agent: Amanda Preston, LBA
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 🏳️🌈
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WDW Kate @wetdarkandwild.bsky.social Loves books & blogs about them at For Winter Nights, not as much as I should. Judge: HWA Gold Crown. Former digger, now tied to desk, loves nature, history, crochet, jigsaws, spaceships. Pro cycling addict. In Oxford, UK.
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Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
Sceptre Books @sceptrebooks.bsky.social Inspired writing. Irresistible reading. Posts from the literary imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. 
Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social Reader, crime-writer and advocate for libraries and the Reading for Wellbeing project. Creator of Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Matthew Venn, among others.
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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
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Elly Griffiths @ellygriffiths.bsky.social Crime-writer 
Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.
Hodder Fiction 📚 @hodderfiction.bsky.social All the best book news and general chit chat from the Hodder Fiction Editorial Team 🖍️
Katherine Greenwood @drkatherinelucyg.bsky.social Lecturer in Publishing & Creative Industries at York St John University. Researches class in contemporary British literature and publishing. Ex-editor and festival organiser.
YorkU Writing Centre @yorkuwritcentre.bsky.social unofficial account of York University's Writing Centre
Visit our website: https://www.yorku.ca/laps/writing-centre/
Saqi Books @saqibooks.bsky.social A leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa.
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Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks 
Eve White Literary Agency @evewhiteagency.bsky.social News, updates and tips from an independent London literary agency representing fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Kaddy Benyon @kaddybenyon.bsky.social Poet: Robbergirls (Salt, 2023), The Tidal Wife (Salt, 2018), Milk Fever (Salt, 2012).
Rep’d by: Rosie Pierce at Curtis Brown.
Helen Foster @drhlfoster.bsky.social Writer, researcher, oral history, writing for wellbeing.
Artist in Residence for British Library's Sharing Our Sounds initiative @ University of Leicester
helenlouisefoster.com
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Dr Kirsten Jack @kirstenjack.bsky.social Creative Person Centred Counsellor l Writing for Wellbeing Facilitator I Nurse Educator I Qualitative Researcher I National Teaching Fellow
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Timothy-Dale.com and AnimeAscension.com
Chris Owens PhD @likesohushhush.bsky.social Itz juss been wurk wurk wurk 4 u lately master Bascule, Y dont u ½ a holiday? [NB I'm not a politician, in the band Girls, or in the X Files.]
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Louise Buckley @louisebuckley.bsky.social Associate Literary Agent at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency and editorial consultant. Mum. She/Her.
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@emilysharma.bsky.social @emilysharma.bsky.social Writer, reader, gardener, swimmer and walker.
Andrew Wille @andrewwille.bsky.social Reads, writes, edits, gardens, cooks. Natural history, nice people. Whippet person 🌈🇪🇺🌹🥮🐺 Also Andrew Wille Writing Studio
www.wille.org
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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social 🇮🇪 Writer Hagstone | Constellations | This Woman’s Work (with Kim Gordon) | Agent: Peter Straus at RCW | Newsletter: momentsofrecognition.substack.com
Joanne Limburg @jlimburg.bsky.social Writer, poet, creative writing lecturer, autistic, Jewish, likes cats. Latest book Letters to my Weird Sisters: on Autism, Feminism and Motherhood.
Vic Watson-Logan @vpeanuts.bsky.social Reader, mum. Writer? Spoonie w/ Sjogren’s. Organiser of Bay Tales.
Nina Pottell @matineegirl1.bsky.social Book Editor Prima magazine. Book consultant for Between The Covers. Hairdresser.
Peggy Hughes @hughespeg.bsky.social Chief Executive at @writerscentre.bsky.social. Feat. books, whimsy, radio, outdoors, running, walking, looking. NIrish via Scotland in Norwich
Philippa Perry @pperry.bsky.social Author, Agony Aunt, Artist, Psychotherapist philippaperry.substack.com
Antonia Honeywell @antoniahoneywell.bsky.social Permanently drowning, waves occasionally.
Zoë Somerville @zoesomerville.bsky.social Author, teacher, editor.
From Norwich, live in Bath (I like a pretty city)
Novels The Marsh House (2022) and The Night of the Flood (2020).
zoesomerville.com
Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social Write your way to a more positive outlook on life! Guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Online anywhere, and in-person in North East England. writingforwellbeing.co.uk
David H Headley @davidhheadley.bsky.social M.D. DHH Literary Agency, Goldsboro Books & Capital Crime.
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Women’s Prizes ~ Trustee British Library
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth |
BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD 🏳️🌈| Agent: Juliet Pickering
Claire Wade @clairerwade.bsky.social Author of THE CHOICE. Winner of the Good Housekeeping First Novel Competition.
Founder of Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI). Winner of the RNA Inclusion Award.
♿️💜 She/her
https://linktr.ee/clairerwade
Julia Silk @juliasreading.bsky.social Agent at Greyhound Literary. Books. Cats. Daughters. Never knowingly underdressed. Don’t care who you are, it’s all about the stories.
📚 Watching You by Lisa Jewell
🎧 Bella Freud's Fashion Neurosis
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Aki Schilz @akischilz.bsky.social Director at @thelitconsultancy, founder #BookJobTransparency & @foundationswift. All things creativity, inclusive culture, literature, leadership and wellbeing.
Robin Biddulph @robinbiddulph.bsky.social Fighting oligarchy? Sign me up! Defending and improving democracy? Likewise. A properly regulated media landscape, including including state-owned broadcasters and social media mandated to inform, educate and entertain? Yes please! 
Cambridge Writing Centre 🖋️ @aruwriting.bsky.social We're a creative writing research centre based at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, organising and posting both research and community writing events. We repost lit subs calls!
https://creativeshowcase.aru.ac.uk/research/cambridge-writing-centre/
Caroline England Author *The Return of Frankie Whittle out 8 Feb @cazengland.bsky.social The Stranger Beside Me; The Sinner; Truth Games; Betray Her; My Husband's Lies; Beneath the Skin Also writes as CE Rose: The Attic at Wilton Place; The Shadows of Rutherford House; The House on the Water's Edge;The House of Hidden Secrets 
The Street Library @streetlibrary.ataxia.scot The Street Library. Where books get social 📚
Use YOUR books - to raise funds for YOUR favourite charity.
http://StreetLibrary.co.uk
Main Bluesky account: @ataxia.scot
National Centre for Writing @writerscentre.bsky.social The National Centre for Writing is a place of discovery, exchange, ideas and learning for writers, translators, readers and everyone who loves words.
Nikki May @nikkimaywriter.bsky.social Author | Officially funny | Owned by 🐕🐩 - Fela & Lola | WAHALA - green-lit BBC series | THIS MOTHERLESS LAND - a Read With Jenna pick | Rep'd @AriellaFeiner
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social Writer. Very small. Books normal size. THE CLOCKWORK GIRL, BOOK OF SECRETS etc. Writes thrillers as Anna Sharpe.
Also a criminal justice lawyer and a dark history geek.
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction, half in translation. Shortlisted IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020. Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk.
Rowan Coleman @rowancoleman.bsky.social Sunday Times and NYT best selling novelist and screenwriter. FROM UNTIL FOREVER (UK) coming 3/7/25 Also Stella Hayward THE GOOD BOY coming 8/7/25 (US) Loves Brontes. Loves Horror. Loves dogs. #ADHD #Dyslexic she/her. Supports 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️rights. Fan of equality.
Lisa Sell, Author @lisasell.bsky.social Multiple-published thrillers author. Writing mentor. Meme queen. Writing advice and musings. Runs on sarcasm and coffee. All my books are on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.
Nicole Gannett @nicolegannett.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction; Currently querying
Bibliophile; Lover of coffee and tortoises; Find me in the garden
Story Machine @storymachine.bsky.social Bringing books and readers together. Publishing, events, writer support. We create amazing experiences for everyone who loves books.
http://storymachines.co.uk
Nicola Edwards @nicolaedwards.bsky.social Debut novelist. This Thing of Darkness, a reimagining of Heathcliff’s lost years, is out now. MA from the Manchester Writing School and PhD candidate at the University of Bangor.
www.nicolaedwards.co.uk
Laura Clark 📒🍃 @lauralscwriter.bsky.social
Mystery + Suspense Writer 📖 B.S. Accountancy, B.A. Sociology 📖 Quintessential Mediator 📖 #voteforclimate
📌 https://lauraclarkwriter.com/book/
📌 https://lscjournal.wordpress.com/
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
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Stephie @stephiecwrites.bsky.social Writes romance. CALL ME MAYBE and SWIPE RIGHT published by Hera Books. Mother of teens. Mediocre bass player. Always dreaming up your next book boyfriend.
#amquerying Reality TV romcom THE MATCHMAKERS
#amwriting Tour de France romcom LOVE UNCHAINED 
Leigh Forbes @writeleighso.bsky.social Writing, reading, books, cats, environment, birds, bees, butterflies, hiking, running, mountains, France.
Studying sociolinguistics and French.
Typographer at blot.co.uk
Neurodivergent, semi-speaking,
she/her
New Writing South @newwritingsouth.bsky.social New Writing South is dedicated to inspiring, nurturing and connecting all kinds of creative writers in southeast England.
Susan Allott @susanallott.bsky.social Author, features writer, reporter.
THE HOUSE ON RYE LANE and THE SILENCE out now with Borough Press / Harper Collins. Rep - The Bent Agency
Louise Fein @louisefein.bsky.social Author of historical fiction. THE LONDON BOOKSHOP AFFAIR out now! Rep’d by @littlehardman.bsky.social published by @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social International bestseller! Dreams big, drinks a lot of tea.
https://www.louisefein.com