Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Dr Aisha Phoenix @aishaphoenix.bsky.social 
Estee Hall @esteehillustrates.bsky.social 🖍️ Illustrator, designer, storyteller.
🎓HarperCollins Author Academy - Alumni 2025
💂🏾♀️London, UK
*Seeking representation*
✐ Portfolio: www.esteehall.com
📧Email: xesteex@ymail.com
🎨Shop: www.thisismi.co.uk
helen @hejparry.bsky.social writer of children's books, wrangler of cats, waster of time
A Scrap of Moss & Magick, my MG debut, is out in October 2026 with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social (now available to pre-order! From all good bookshops & bad ones too)
British in Belgium
she/her
Ana Sun @singingtotigers.bsky.social Sci-fi/fantasy writer. Utopia Award nominee, Best of British Sci-Fi, BSFA longlist, BFS shortlist, FRSA, Solarpunk, she/her.
"Futures to Live By" at NewCon Press https://v.gd/efd2dT
https://singingtotigers.com/
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Danielle M Cahill @daniellec.bsky.social Author | Reader
Burnt Offerings out now on Amazon (Alien Buddha Press).
Words all over, Virago Books, Quarter Press, MoonLit Getaway, Micromance Mag etc.
Winner Caledonia Novel Award 24, Bridport Prize shortlist 25, Pushcart Prize nominee 26.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Gill Huyton @gillhauthor.bsky.social Author of Gertie Goose: A Heartwarming Lesson of Love and Listening. More in the pipeline!
Joanna Szeto @szetoj.bsky.social children's book author, Chinese bilingual teacher, #SCBWI #12X12
https://linktr.ee/joannaszetowrites
S J Poyton Author @sjpoyton.bsky.social Author & Illustrator
Middle Grade Debut Mammoth Rider published 2026
Tracy Bullock @tracybullock.bsky.social ✏️ Children's Writer
📚 Teacher
🎉 Rep'd by Rachael Davis-Featherstone at Creative Roots Studio
Candy Gourlay @candygourlay.bsky.social KidLit author. Makes comics. Loves dogs.
My website: https://www.candygourlay.co.uk/
My new blog https://houseofprocrastination.substack.com/
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candygourlay/
Mo O’Hara @moohara.bsky.social Writer/ performer/ children’s author. 
Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social In June 2025, Bloomsbury will publish The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing. An editorial process I developed over my many years as an editor, author, university lecturer and mentor.
Bruna De Luca @brunadeluca.bsky.social Teen fiction author | LIVIA IN ROME | EVIE IN VENICE (July ‘26) @chickenhousebooks
🏴🇮🇹Scotalian
❤️ in my romance era
Truly Johnston @trulyjwrites.bsky.social Author. Writing children's fiction and poetry. The Shell Keepers out June 2025 with @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social #BCNA winner 2022. Rep'd by Lauren Gardner, BLM Agency. Trulyjohnston.co.uk
Fiona Dixon @fionadixon.bsky.social Writes magical middle grade fiction. Often found wandering the woods in search of an adventure. Loves cats, tea, and D&D. Rep'd by Amber Caraveo at Skylark Literary. Debut MG novel Crow: Thief of Magic out May 2026 with HarperCollins Children's Books.
Claire Lewis @clairelewiswrites.bsky.social Hi! I write & illustrate PBs/poems/MG & work for @thebookery.bsky.social. Words/pics in The Toy, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press & Tyger Tyger. Debut PB:The Go Away Rain Dance, HB Publishing House
https://linktr.ee/claire_f_lewis
Karen S. Chow @kchowrites.bsky.social Middle grade. Hiking enthusiast.
Miracle (Ottaviano/LBYR)
Title tbd (2026, Ottaviano/LBYR)
Rep: Andrea Cascardi
SCBWI AZ ARA
https://linktr.ee/kchowrites
Stephen Daly 🏳️🌈 @thatstephendaly.bsky.social YA Writer, photographer, producer
The Last Death Poet - April 2026
Repped by Silvia Molteni at PFD
@olcaybentley.bsky.social @olcaybentley.bsky.social 
Lindsay Hirst @lindsayhirst.bsky.social Early Years teacher and picture book writer. Shortlisted in Write Mentor and Searchlight competitions and winner of a Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award in 2022. Debut PB - The Dangerous Pet Lover’s Guide to Dragons - published July 2025 with Bloomsbury.
Helen Gilmore @heleng.bsky.social Osteoporosis nurse. Writer for children, middle grade adventures. Shortlisted Wells literature festival 2022. GoldenEgg. Write Magic. 
H S Norup @hsnorup.bsky.social Children’s author of
💚🧚 THE CHANGELING CHILD
💙🧚 INTO THE FAERIE HILL
🥢👻 THE HUNGRY GHOST
❄️⛷️ THE MISSING BARBEGAZI
@PushkinPress | #SCBWI | Reader | She/Her | first name: Helle | 🇩🇰 in🇨🇭via 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇬🇦🇹
www.hsnorup.com
K L Kaine Author @katjakaine.bsky.social Award winning author, nature nerd, raging feminist. Debut YA Fantasy Blood of Gods and Girls published by PRH in 2026. #ya #kidlit #fantasy #feminist #nature
Analene @analene.bsky.social Children's Author, Filipino-Canadian
I write stories for kids and kids at heart 💗
analene.com
Samantha Mattocks @samanthamattocks.bsky.social Author, journalist, foodie (MasterChef 2019), publisher. Debut children's book Mister Mishkins' Apothecary making gentle waves around the world. Book II out 8.8.25. Also publishes under Adelaide Halsey. Welcome to my bluesky world. 
Steven Lenton @stevenlenton.bsky.social -Author/illustrator of fun, magical books!
-Wicked obsessive 💚
-Podcast host 'Studiomate Steve'
-Collaborating with geniuses Rachel Morrisroe, Andy Day, Tracey Corderoy, Helen Docherty and laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce!
E.L. Norry @elnorrywriter.bsky.social ⛅️ Wellbeing/Safeguarding at an FE college
🌛 Writer
📚 2025 Runaways/26 Outlaws Bloomsbury contemporary MG
✒️ Lydia Silver, The Soho Agency
📝 Freelance mentor/editor
🏫 Yr 5/6/7 Author visits
https://linktr.ee/elnorry_writer
www.elnorry.com
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.
Bec Treveil @bectreveil.bsky.social ✍️ 📚 ☀️ 📸 🏕️ ✈️ 🐱
Writer. Bath Spa Uni MAWYP alum. WriteMentor Hub member. Pastry motivated 🥐
SL 2025 WriteMentor Idea Idol; LL 2024 Searchlight Awards Novel Opening; SL 2023 Guppy MG Open Sub; SL 2022 Mslexia Childrens/YA
Eve White Literary Agency @evewhiteagency.bsky.social News, updates and tips from an independent London literary agency representing fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social Author of UP ABOVE THE CITY and THE LIGHTNING CATCHER, science editor, CILIP Carnegie 2022 nominee, Northern Writers' Award-winner.
Agent: Abi Fellows, DHH Literary Agency
(Weze is pronounced Way-Zay)
clareweze.com
linktr.ee/ClareWeze
Farrah Riaz @farrahriaz.bsky.social London writer ✨ picture book The Twirly Wiggly Dance available now to buy✨
#WritingCommunity #2024debut Insta: farr.ahriaz
Sophia KB 🌱 @sophiakb-writes.bsky.social Writer of YA/adult dark fantasy. Baker, boxer, banjo player, cat lover.
(she/they)
https://linktr.ee/Sophiakb_writes
Michael K. Falciani @michaelkfalciani.bsky.social Epic fantasy author | Steampunk Dwarves | Fantasy Romance | 3x Imajinn award winner | High Aces Author of the Year 2024 | Avid reader | Educator | Hiker | Lover of irony and Cricket |
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09717GFMQ
Becka White @beckacita.bsky.social researcher at Amnesty Tech's Security Lab | surveillance and gender justice | writer (London Writers Awards; A Writing Chance)
Stephen Tuffin @stephentuffin.bsky.social Working class writer and pork pie hat wearer. Lover of bees, beer, books and the buntryside. I'm the man who made Michael Sheen cry 😬
J. McDonald @j-mcdonald-author.bsky.social Author of the Eternal Series and avid reader. Find the Eternal Series here: https://linktr.ee/jodie9779
Mel Barrett @inbetweenpod.bsky.social TIBP https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-in-between-podcast-with-mel-barrett/id1785257330
Screenwriter | Novelist | Investigative Journo | Podcast Host | Docu Producer #TheInBetweenPodcast #VIRALthenovel
melbarrettwrites.com | inbetweenpod.com
Zeena Gosrani @zeenagos.bsky.social Writer.
My debut novel, This Dark Heart is out now.
Jennifer Claessen @jenniferclaessen.bsky.social Children’s author & theatremaker.
NETTA BECKER AND THE TIMELINE CRIME out now!
Lucy Ann Unwin @lucyannunwin.bsky.social Children's writer. Non-fiction debut INSIDE YOUR BRAIN out in June published by Thames & Hudson. Fiction HOW TO BE A REVOLUTIONARY and THE OCTOPUS, DADU & ME out now. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. www.lucyannunwin.com linktr.ee/lucyannunwin
Blackwater Press @blackwaterpress.com International small press based in West Virginia, publishing beautifully crafted stories in fiction, history, and memoir for readers everywhere.
Ed Wood @edwoodagent.bsky.social Literary Agent and Director of Fiction Development at The Blair Partnership.
Fiction, crime, thriller, mystery, book club, gothic, horror. All views my own.
Submissions: https://www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-agents/ed-wood/
Laila Kazzuz @lailakazzuz.bsky.social Publicity & marketing at Picador books. IG: @lailakazzuz All things White Wall Cinema. 🎬 Co-founder of Wes Anderson festival. Co-host & producer of the White Wall Cinema Podcast
‘Dr’ Dorothy Koomson @dorothykoomson.bsky.social 📚Award-winning, Sunday Times Bestselling Author | Writer ✍🏾 l Reader 📖 | TV & Film Lover 📺 | Podcaster 🎙️| Latest book Give Him To Me out now 📚⚡️
Davina Tijani @davinatijani.bsky.social Passionate about storytelling | The Nkara Chronicles Series out now with Little Tiger 🐉🧚🏿♀️ 🐘 🐍 Rep'd by Davinia-Andrew Lynch l Author l Freelance Game Writer l https://linktr.ee/davinatijani
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
Kael Tudor @kaeltudor.bsky.social I write books for kids. Represented by Emily Talbot at United Agents. Pronounced ‘Kyle’ 🌱
https://linktr.ee/kaeltudor
Bookaholic Bex @bexbookaholic.bsky.social Book-obsessed, theatre-loving feminist with a liberal outlook on life. Mental health champion. Award winning book blogger.
https://bookaholicbex.wordpress.com/
Maria Motunrayo Ayinke Adebisi @mariamotunrayo.bsky.social 📚Author of the Kòkú Akànbí series based on Nigerian mythology, rep’d by H.G Literary
🎓PhD student in African Art at the University of Birmingham
💃🏾part-time Nollywood Vixen
Lauren Brown @laurenrbrown95.bsky.social Freelance journalist and writer / Fiction Previewer at The Bookseller | Author of Hands (HarperNorthUK) - rep’d by @mariliasavvides.bsky.social. From Teesside
Scooby Doo Philosopher (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social that very spirit of negation | writer/researcher | MORE BUGS a novel out now with Knight Errant | videogames/sci-fi/art history | simcopter is my GOTY
emreed.net | I'm in Glasgow B)
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
@bhousepress.bsky.social @bhousepress.bsky.social Fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and everything in between: https://linktr.ee/BoilerHouse
Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social Historian, writer, researcher, museum crawler
Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social IRISH writer, repped by Brian Langan, Storyline Literary Agency. Winner, All-Ireland Scholarships Creative Writing Award (public caterory), Novel Fair '23. Shortlisted, Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards '23. Words in many places.
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social That environmental writer. Editor of The New Climate medium.com/the-new-climate. Author of The Last Drop https://a.co/d/i5grqa9 & Clearing the Air https://a.co/d/6AynmFZ. Climate columnist for @prospectmagazine.co.uk https://shorturl.at/eCU5h.
Dr Lucy Chalice Author @lucychalice.bsky.social Slightly mad scientist🇬🇧👩🔬Rom com author with @onemorechapterhc 👀 🥳
Rep: The Ki Agency
#WritingCommunity #womeninSTEM
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller.bsky.social LitAgent @FolioLiterary + @FolioJr
Full Adult + Kidlit wishlist on Pub Marketplace!
YA author w/ S&S
I love dogs like it's my job
She/Her
shardai @shardaismith.bsky.social I desire to make every word I write draw blood • Black sff & horror writer • book marketer
https://linktr.ee/shardai_smith
Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social Dr. MRO. Literary Historian. Public scholar, activist & small biz owner who dyes yarn inspired by Black/brwn premodern figures.
WOC: product of Black & brown love. Gif lover. Racist magnet. Abolitionist. Not Eddie Murphy. She/hers
www.RepublicOfYarnia.com
Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social Illustrator/Author/ Vis Dev artist
Dr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social Sea-level and tidal scientist. Liverpool, UK.
Opinions own!
Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social "Comedian". Doom in Doctor Who. Host @mysteryontherocks.bsky.social & Long Distance, Bit Weird (https://longdistancebitweird.podbean.com)
Acting: Foundry Management VO: The Joneses
For all enquiries/brand partnerships: info@gagreflex.co.uk
she/her
Scott Drakeford @scottdrakeford.com Writer; co-host of Publishing Rodeo podcast
sunyi @sunyidean.com ~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Laura Bee @writerlaurabee.bsky.social Tragically unhip Dutch-Canadian stranded in the Netherlands. A little bit writer, a little bit rock & roll. A lot ADHD. Boomer, but not the kind with money. 🚫 AI.
#SoA
One of Pamela Des Barres' Electric Ladies! https://tinyurl.com/mruve4cw
PRINT RUN @printrunpodcast.bsky.social The Book Bird Cometh
https://www.printrunpodcast.com/
https://patreon.com/printrun?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Ravenscar Podcasts (Publishing Rodeo & Bad First Books) @publishingrodeo.bsky.social http://linktr.ee/ravenscar
Home of the trade publishing podcast, PUBLISHING RODEO, and author chat podcast, BAD FIRST BOOKS. Hosts: @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com and @richardswanauthor.bsky.social