Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
KE Salisbury @kesalisbury.eurosky.social Author of twisty YA page-turner The Face That Pins You. Also school librarian, English teacher, IB EE Coordinator and former BBC broadcaster, choir leader and songwriter. She/her
https://www.kesalisbury.com/
Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social Children’s comic artist/writer.
Bumble & Snug graphic novels published by Hachette!
Represented by Lydia Silver of the Soho Agency.
Talks about comics a *lot*.
Ursula Murray Husted @umurrayhusted.bsky.social Draws comics/Believes in humanity/Hugs trees. (she/hers) 📚🌈🌍
'Botticelli’s Apprentice' from Quilltree/Harper Alley.
'A Cat Story' also from Quilltree/Harper Alley.
https://linktr.ee/umurrayhusted
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
National Literacy Trust @literacytrust.org.uk We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
@hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social Phoenix Guide to Strange England: #Hookland. Run by David Southwell
#Hauntology Re-wilding #Folklore #FolkHorror #Psychogeography #LandscapePunk Re-enchantment Is Resistance https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068598123
Dr. Laura Shapiro @lashaps.bsky.social Developmental Psychologist at Aston University researching how children learn to read, and the long term benefits of reading. Music lover (wannabe trombonist). https://t.co/CVxBncGGLR
Alex Quigley @alexjquigley.bsky.social Education, education, education. Work at the Education Endowment Foundation. Write books, write for TES, and blog: https://alexquigley.co.uk/
Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
DamsonEd @damsoned.bsky.social Dr Megan Dixon: (retired) teacher, leader and researcher. PhD, Psychology. All things education and research - literacy, English, research into practice, curriculum, SEND.
MTNBC Stage4. Still here.
https://meganjanedixon.co.uk/2026/01/02/pivoting/
Professor Sarah McGeown @profsarahmcg.bsky.social Professor of Literacy, University of Edinburgh. Connecting research and practice. Website: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/
Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social https://theemmapress.com/shop/childrens/please-dont-read-the-footnotes-please/
www.robwaltonwriter.co.uk
“playful, zingy and warm”.
Carnegie Prize nominee.Whitley Bay via Scunny.All sorts of writing for all sorts of ages.
@robwaltonwriter on other places.
The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social small press | big dreams
Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations.
www.theemmapress.com
Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social Headteacher, picturebook addict. Sometimes a bit ranty. Passionate about the best job in the world. #PicturebookPage
All views are my own 
Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social Poet/Performer/Author. Winner - People’s Book Prize & Laugh Out Loud Award (twice). Books by Bloomsbury, HarperCollins etc. MA Writing & Education. Loves lemurs. Website: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Eva Eland @evaeland.bsky.social Picture book maker, living in Amsterdam.
Shop with Risograph prints on www.evaeland.com.
Books: When Sadness Comes to Call, Where Happiness Begins and Where is the Cat?
Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
Nic @nicandcoread.bsky.social Teacher. Linguist. Reading for Pleasure ❤️🌊 🌊 NE
Reviews https://www.instagram.com/nic_and_co_read?igsh=MWRrNm0wZzNuNWt4bA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social Read books. Touch grass. Enjoy sunshine.
Husband. Father. Professor. PRPL Director. Baseball fan. Jesuit.
Dr Jon Reid Ⓥ @drjonreid.bsky.social MBPsS, SFHEA, FRSA
#CompassionEdRevolution
Academic: SEMH
Research Fellow: Children & Young People Network
Vice-Chair: Institute of Recovery from Childhood Trauma
Director: Centre for Recovery from Childhood Trauma
Bob Cox @openingdoors.bsky.social Educator, presenter and author of the award winning ‘Opening Doors’ series of books.
Fellow of The English Association.
Contact me for support for routes to ambitious English for all.
www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk
Kate Wakely-Mulroney @kateblyn.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ NTU Singapore | Interested in the history of children’s literature and poetry’s sounds 📚🗣️
Arena Illustration @arenaillustration.bsky.social Arena Illustration has become a well-respected go-to agency for the country's most talented creatives. Home to an enviable and carefully crafted list of illustrators alongside an interstellar cast of award-winners and best-sellers.
A.F. Harrold @afharrold.com Poet, performer, children's author.
The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others.
www.afharroldkids.com
Imogen @imogenm16.bsky.social Year 6 Teacher, English Lead, OU/UKLA Teachers' Reading Group Leader based in Oxfordshire. CLiPPA judge 2024. Passionate about reading for pleasure! 📚
Amanda K. Allen @amandaallenphd.bsky.social English Prof. I research 1940s-1960s teen romance & print culture, the female network of editors & librarians who published midcentury #KidLit & #YALit, and fan & fandom studies. YA editor of JPRS. LOVES BOOKBINDING! She/her.
Dee Stevens @deestevens.bsky.social Making TV @ Tiger Aspect Kids (Mr Bean / Charlie & Lola / Super Happy Magic Forest)
Making books @ Knights Of (Children’s Publisher of the Year 2022)
Selling books @ Round Table Books (Children’s Bookshop of the Year 2023)
Irish | they/them
@tinabookpusher.bsky.social @tinabookpusher.bsky.social PR Scholastic UK - FKA book pusher Midas, HarperCollins, Bonnier Books and Abrams & Chronicle Books
Bookstagram: https://www.instagram.com/exlibris_tina/
Liz Hyder @londonbessie.bsky.social Writer type. Making it up as I go. 📖. #TheTwelve out now. Other books #TheIllusions #TheGifts & #Bearmouth. Fond of wanders. Lover of books, films, art & wildlife. Nerd.
Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social Education consultant, writer of fiction & children's poetry; passionately committed to English as a subject, to education, and to the idea that learning is founded on dialogue. Poems on Dirigible Balloon & Northern Gravy.
Julia Green @jgreenauthor.bsky.social Author of many children's books; most recent ETTIE AND THE MIDNIGHT POOL & The Boy Who Sailed the World. Emeritus Professor of Writing for Young People at Bath Spa Uni. Live at the northeast coast. Love walking, wild swimming, reading.
Frances Tosdevin @francestosdevin.bsky.social Children's author rep'd by Lucy Irvine at Peters, Fraser and Dunlop. Picture books with UCLan Publishing, Quarto, Rocket Bird Books and Andersen Press. Website: www.francestosdevin.com
Poppy Halliwell @poppybeckyart.bsky.social Illustrator & Designer, looking for work!
Children’s illustration, editorial, pattern design, greeting cards etc.
BA(hons) Illustration 🌟
Based in the UK | She/Her | 24
https://www.poppybeckyart.com - portfolio
Jenny Capon @jennycapondraws.bsky.social Illustrator & graphic recorder based in Edinburgh. Listening, distilling & drawing to make complex information accessible with visuals. #visualthinking
Also here for cats, maps, birds & kids books, poetry, nature, the sea.
www.jennycapondraws.com
Joe Lillington @joelillington.bsky.social Picture book Illustrator based in the UK!
I make #joesbrushset brushes for @Procreate - https://ko-fi.com/joesbrushset/
Some #gamedev!
https://linktr.ee/joelillington
James Clements @mrjclements.bsky.social I used to work in eduction (teaching, then research and writing) but now I’m spending some time writing stories. And very nice it is too.
Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social Writer and artist in Devon, UK. Inconsistent poster. Dawe is pronounced 'door'. No AI in my art or writing, ever.
Rep'd by @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social
The Stitchwort Curse published by @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/alexandradawe
Catriona Gill @lintonlass.bsky.social Looking for my tribes #Froebel #Education #EducationScotland #ELC #EarlyYears #EdD #StrathEdD #Equalities #Crafting #Books #Theatre #Posthumanism #NewMaterialism #BlocksRock
Professor Karen Sands-O’Connor @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social Always thinking about ways to bring literature representing ALL children’s lives to readers, educators, and researchers.
Paddy Carroll @pynchonic.bsky.social Husband / Dad / Primary Teacher / Avid reader
Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, ex primary teacher, ex Head, Chartered College Fellow, outdoor learning (Dandy Lions), author.
🚫DMs 🏳️🌈 safe space
Rich Charlesworth @rcharlesworth.bsky.social AHT & Reading lead.
Writer - Children’s Literature, Masculinity, Fatherhood. @GoldUnivMACL
@the_UKLA regional rep.
#OURfP #UKLAchat #LetsTalkGraphicNovels
He/Him
Karen Swann @karenswann.bsky.social Picture Book Author.
Rep'd by Mandy Suhr - StoryWise
KarenSwann.com.
Other socials @KarenSwann_
Neil Philip @neilphilipmyth.bsky.social I post about folklore, mythology, poetry, children's literature, art, cats, nature and anything else that takes my fancy. Currently working on an absurdly over-ambitious "key to all mythologies", The Hidden Matrix for Unbound. 
Lynda Graham @lyndajgraham.bsky.social UKLA Book Awards Team. Croydon NEU Committee.
Rob Crossley @robcrossley4.bsky.social Primary AHT, Y6, curriculum lead, loves kids books and GNs, Dad. https://latetothepartyreader.blogspot.#lovereadingscrapbooks #TextsOfToday
Proud geek.
Simon Kidwell @simonkidwell.bsky.social School Principal and NAHT Past President . All views expressed are my own.
Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social BA Primary lecturer at UEL. Children's fantasy literature researcher. Podcast host at Fantasy Book Swap. Trans rights are human rights.
No DMs without asking first. I am a prolific blocker.
Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social Author and illustrator of ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy. ‘The Bear Under the Stairs’ The Taming of the Cat’ and many others - mainly Children’s books. Northerner living in Oxford.
helencooperbooks.co.uk
Nicole Vanderbilt @nmvandy.bsky.social MD at Bookshop.org in the UK, formerly Etsy. American living in London, usually reading in English and speaking bad French. 📚 Nation of Strangers by Ece Temelkuran
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Nicola Mansfield @nicolamansfield.bsky.social Avid reader, lover of snacks and partial to a wild swim. Part of the PiXL Primary Curriculum Team. All views my own.
Jenny McLachlan @jennymclachlan.bsky.social I write funny books for children and teens and sometimes I illustrate them too.
⭐️The Land of Roar
⭐️Fairy Vs Boy
⭐️Friends Like Us
Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social Writer of novels & other stuff from NZ. MG novel The Grimmelings and YA Song of the Saltings (“Horse girl folk horror”) out in Aus, NZ, UK & Nth America. Secrets at Red Rocks TV adaptation out NZ, Aus & US. https://www.rachael-king.com Band Pic: J Ganley
Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social Curator of Wonder
Laurie A. Conley @laurieaconleyart.bsky.social Gently spooky artist and book illustrator.
https://beacons.ai/laurieaconleyart
Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social Bloke & sometime Illustrator (I illustrated The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, published by Vintage Classics).
Banner:Toby Jones in The Detectorists, a sign reads “ring pulls through the ages”
Bradford
nicktankard.co.uk Prints, Originals and Portfolio.
Stephen Connor @sconnor7.bsky.social primary teacher • children’s literature • running • walking • poetry (The Toy & The Dirigible Balloon) • instagram @mr_connor_reads • UKLA • reading ‘Pan’
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Baltimore girl in Atlanta. I love humans, write books, and talk a lot.
http://laurelsnyder.com
Jess Bradley @jessbradley.bsky.social Illustrator, comic artist and writer!
Rep'd by Lydia Silver at The Soho Agency.
Rachel Lees @rachellees.bsky.social Lecturer in Language and Literacy at University of Glasgow 🏴
Former English (Secondary) & Primary teacher
Interested in (broadly): children’s literature, literacies & video games, RfP & ITE.
🐈🐈🧘🏼♀️🏕️🎸🎧🕹️🌄🏞️🏔️📚📝🏋
Mrs Handley @primarychamp.bsky.social Reading Champion - Primary Education - Reading for Pleasure - Librocubicularist
OU / UKLA Farshore Award Winner - School Reading Champion 2024
OU / UKLA Teachers' Reading Group leader
Claire Ridsdale @claireridsdale.bsky.social 📖 Proud Head of English for @leaftrust.bsky.social 🌿
📖LA Lead Moderator. Compulsive buyer of children's books and picture book fiend! 📚 All views my own.
Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social I write children's fiction. I puppy-wrangle. Hoffi coffi. If there's dancing, I'm in. Senior Lecture, Creative Writing at Lancaster. Published Bloomsbury, OUP, Andersen Press. All jokes my own. She/her
Phil Tite @philtite.bsky.social Teaches primary. Reads books. Loves children’s books.
John Lamb @readingbede.bsky.social Reader, teacher, father and runner. Not necessarily in that order.
Patrick Burke @patjburke.bsky.social Moonchore/Teacher | Assistant Professor - Dublin City University | President - Literacy Association of Ireland | Interested in educational research, policy and curriculum; literacy in particular | Views=mine alone
More about me: tinyurl.com/9m2z7x2v
Ed Finch @edfinch.bsky.social Thinking about primary education, Big Education Conversation, storytelling, strumming, singing, linocutting.
@ctobin1.bsky.social @ctobin1.bsky.social 
Claire Fayers @clairefayers.bsky.social Children's author. Fantasy and Welsh folklore. Hobbies include boardgames, piano, gardening and cooking. Owned by two cats. She/her. 📚🐱🐱
Jo Purkess Beckett @beejow.bsky.social Y6 teacher since pretty much the dawn of time, but always up for learning new tricks!
Dr Huw Lewis-Jones @huwlewisjones.bsky.social Author and Expedition Leader. Books: The Writer’s Map, Explorers Sketchbooks, Swallowed by a Whale, Bad Apple, Blue Badger, Clive Penguin, Are Wolves Afraid of the Dark? etc. Teach by day, write by night, icebergs in my holidays. 🐧📚❄️
Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social ⭐️Primary advisory teacher
⭐️Children's book blogger
⭐️Former English lead
⭐️Workshop provider
⭐️Awards judge
⭐️Resource creator
😀Children's mental health advocate
www.LibraryGirlAndBookBoy.com
Jake Hayes @tygertale.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, audio describer | Children's books blog tygertale.com | Bath Spa #MAWYP grad | Dr Who | pop music | theatre | #TygertaleVintage books https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tygertale
Piers Torday @pierstorday.bsky.social Children’s writer - books include The Last Wild, Midnight Treasure and Tree Thing. Plays include Box of Delights (RSC)
Tamsin Rosewell @hobslantern.bsky.social Illustrator: creations in ink and natural pigments. Posting about illustration, great children's books, and folklore. Former bookseller. Trustee at The Blake Society. She/Her
Lydia Monks @lydiamonks.bsky.social Children’s book writer & illustrator best known for illustrating Julia Donaldson’s books. #kidlit
www.lydiamonks.com
Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social Author/illustrator of books for young children.
Rep'd Jodie Hodges, United Agents
Latest: Croc's Cooking Day, Bear's Wash Day, Measuring Me
www.nicolakent.co.uk
Zoe Anne @zoanne.bsky.social Year 4 teacher.
Morphological approaches to spelling.
Undirected creative writing time.
Books. Lots of books. 
Sally Nicholls @sallynicholls.bsky.social Author of books inc 'Ways to Live Forever', 'Things a Bright Girl Can Do', 'The Button Book', 'A Chase in Time'. 'Leaving the House' out now. Lives in Liverpool with husband and two kids, Quaker, bridge-player, woolly liberal. Profile pic by Ellie Snowden.
Lisa Thompson @lthompsonwrites.bsky.social Author of mainly contemporary mystery books for younger readers. (The Goldfish Boy and more).
(And dogs. I love dogs.)
lisathompsonauthor.com
Agent: Adam Gauntlett at PFD
Jonny Walker @jonny-walker.bsky.social ⚡️Mythology, Poetry & Nature Teacher.
📚 Children's author.
🏕️ Run creative writing retreats for children/educators worldwide.
🇬🇧East London
🌍 Teaching in UK, US, India and Greece.
Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social Novelist (Old Baggage, Small Bomb at Dimperley, Wed Wabbit etc), ex TV producer (Room 101, Father Ted), voracious reader, owner of an adored and ancient dog.
Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney
Ceridwen Eccles @teacherglitter.bsky.social Teacher ⭐️ Mother ⭐️ Lover of the arts ⭐️
I adore reading and hoard books like a dragon does gold.
Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social Author / illustrator
Dr Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves @drrshargreaves.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Manchester. Trustee for the UK Literacy Association. Poetry lover, children's literature obsessive. Child voice, picturebooks and human rights, social justice research. Land of the Peak. Views are my own.
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Robin Stevens @redbreastedbird.bsky.social Author of the Murder Most Unladylike series and the Ministry of Unladylike Activity. 🏳️🌈
Steve Antony @mrsteveantony.bsky.social Children's Author/Illustrator of internationally bestselling Mr Panda series, school staple The Queen’s Hat and ‘Best 2024 Picture Book’ Rainbowsaurus. And many more.
Kelly Yang @kellyyang.bsky.social #1 NYT bestselling author of many books, including the FRONT DESK series
Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('23 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements