Eve White Literary Agency @evewhiteagency.bsky.social News, updates and tips from an independent London literary agency representing fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social The University of Warwick’s Department of Film and Television Studies. One of the UK’s leading departments in film and television research and teaching.
Jacqueline Parker @onmytangent.bsky.social Not good at writing bios but I write other things. Editor of fiction and flash at JMWW and The Hopper. jacqueline-parker.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com https://comics-jobs.com is a free job board for comics creators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
Native Dialogs in German @nativedialogsde.bsky.social Practice #German by chatting to virtual humans.
La Bande illustrée @labandeillustree.bsky.social Collectif de prestataires de l’édition manga, manhua, manhwa et webtoon en France : http://labandeillustree.com/
Chaski Review @chaskireview.bsky.social A literary magazine dedicated to voices across borders, generations, and languages.
Accepting submissions for Issue 2 until May 31, 2026.
https://linktr.ee/chaskireview
Éditions Glénat @glenatbd.bsky.social Suivez l'actualité des éditions Glénat, éditeur de talents depuis 1969 ! 📚
Holly Langstaff @hollylangstaff.bsky.social Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford.
I run the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and Oxford Translates Summer School.
Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
https://linktr.ee/wordswithoutborders
Jamie Lee Searle @jamielsearle.bsky.social Translator, Editor and Mentor
Royal Literary Fund Fellow
Translating: Kim de l'Horizon, Joachim B. Schmidt, Anna Kim, Urs Faes and more
jamieleesearle.com
@rosschwa.bsky.social @rosschwa.bsky.social
Oxford Translates @oxfordtranslates.bsky.social Literary Translation Summer School, online, 6 - 10 July 2026
Applications now open!
https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtranslates
Directors: Ros Schwartz & Holly Langstaff
Annie McDermott @annielmcd.bsky.social Translator
Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
Natalie Edwards @profnatedwards.bsky.social Head of the School of Modern Languages & Professor of Literature in French at University of Bristol. Researching multilingual, transnational & migrant writing.
@karen-leeder.bsky.social @karen-leeder.bsky.social
Daunt Books Publishing @dauntbookspub.bsky.social a home of brilliant writing from across the decades and around the world (follow @dauntbooks.bsky.social for all things Daunt Books *shops*)
Kotryna Garanasvili @kotrynagaranasvili.bsky.social translator&writer | asst. professor | languages, translation&creative writing | National Centre for Writing mentor
⭐️ very new bsky account
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kotrynagaranasvili.wordpress.com
Translating Women @translatingwomen.bsky.social Helen Vassallo 🇲🇹
Researching the translated literature sector of the UK publishing industry
Writing about intersectional gender bias in translation
Translating women writers
Always learning
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/translatingwomen/
Anam Zafar @anamzafar.bsky.social Translator (Arabic/French to English), editor, arts facilitator.
OUT NOW:
~ Fearless and Free - A Memoir by Josephine Baker. Co-trans w/ Sophie Lewis
~ Yoghurt and Jam - A graphic novel by Lena Merhej. Co-trans w/ Nadiyah Abdullatif
www.anamzafar.com
Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social Promoting French language & culture, the French Institute in London comprises a Language Centre, Ciné Lumière I & II, a multi-media library and a cafe-restaurant.
Goethe-Institut UK @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social Promoting German language, intercultural exchange, art and culture in the UK. To find out more about current events, classes and programmes, visit our website goethe.de/uk
Rebecca DeWald @rebeccadewald.bsky.social she/her
Translator GER-EN-FR, programmer @writerscentre.bsky.social , Borges disciple and ex-academic by day — sewist, knitter, gardener by night
https://rebeccadewaldtranslation.wordpress.com/
Also kalewatercottage.co.uk
Antonia Lloyd-Jones @antonialloydjones.bsky.social Translator of Polish literature
Carol O'Sullivan @carolosullivan.bsky.social Academic, translation researcher, film nerd, zero waste obsessive. Opinions expressed in a personal capacity. #filmtranslationhistory
Will Forrester @willforrester.bsky.social Writer/editor | Head of Literature Programmes @englishpen.bsky.social | Board @untold-narratives.bsky.social | Expert @creativeeurope.bsky.social | views own, he/him
Sinoist Books @sinoistbooks.bsky.social West Sussex-based indie press dedicated to bringing out the best of Sinophone literature in translation to the English-speaking world.
https://linktr.ee/sinoistbooks
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social Conseil européen des associations de traducteurs littéraires / European Council of European Literary Translators' Associations
CLEAR Global @clearglobal.org We're helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak. We run Translators without Borders, our 200,000+ community of linguists.
Global Voices Lingua @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social The Lingua project works to bring down barriers to understanding through mission-driven translation. Our hundreds of volunteers make @globalvoices.org stories available in dozens of languages.
German at Bristol | University of Bristol @germanatbristol.bsky.social Welcome to the Department of German at the University of Bristol! Follow us for student and research news, events, and collaborations! | www.bristol.ac.uk/german
Charlotte Schwennsen @charlotters.bsky.social French to English Translator • Copyeditor
Specializing in business and non-profit communications, official documents, and academic essays on philosophy and linguistics
https://charlotteschwennsen-translation.com
Charles Wallace India Trust @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social Charles Wallace India Trust, est. 1981 gives grants to Indian nationals living in India and working in the arts, heritage conservation or in the humanities 🇮🇳
linktr.ee/cwit_link
Instituto Cervantes London @cervanteslondon.bsky.social Instituto Cervantes is an official language body created by the Spanish government. It is responsible for teaching and promoting the Spanish language, the co-official languages of Spain and the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries.
@johasl.bsky.social @johasl.bsky.social
@lhkemp.bsky.social @lhkemp.bsky.social
Yee Heng Yeh @hengyeh42.bsky.social Writer | Translator | Poet | Playwright
Link to works:
https://yeehengyeh.carrd.co
@mbjuma.bsky.social @mbjuma.bsky.social
Alexandra Cox @alexandramcox.bsky.social
Nadiæ @nadiaetranslates.bsky.social Ita<>Eng<>Es translator for passion
Comms person for a living
Gamer & DM whenever I can
@lilyj44.bsky.social @lilyj44.bsky.social
Mac G. @macbgill.bsky.social Freelance JP --> ENG Translator
Project Manager for the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York
Auriane Destrument @aurianed.bsky.social Translator | English into French | Scientific and medical | Rare diseases and neglected tropical diseases | Yogi | Nature lover | Definite grump and probable witch
Lucy Lee Jones @lucy-jones-books.bsky.social Translator & writer. Based in Berlin, she/her. Here for books recs in English and German to read and translate
Handan A. @sakinkedi.bsky.social
@ciandunne.bsky.social @ciandunne.bsky.social
@evie81.bsky.social @evie81.bsky.social
Alannah Purslow @alannahjrpurslow.bsky.social ~ Literary Translator/Writer | Wales-born and based | 📚
My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/alannahjrpurslow?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=7de14aec-bea4-4b28-87c3-7b4c1d5e78a8
Jen B @jenbusch.bsky.social Wine lover, cake maker, translator, editor
Rebecca Nathanson @rebeccanathanson.bsky.social Journalist and literary translator.
rebeccanathanson.info
Miri✨みりりん @miririnmiri.bsky.social ロンドン出身猫好きな30代女。過去は東京での留学生、大分県のOLだった。英語や日本語でツィートする。興味は文学、映画、ゲーム、和英翻訳。
Londoner who used to work in Japan. Cats, books, films, games, J-E translation. Tweets in Japanese or English.
Alice Santarcangelo @alicesantarcangelo.bsky.social Translator and subtitler from Italian
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
First Second Books @01firstsecond.bsky.social
In Other Words @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social Translation-focused research group and roaming library, focused on activities around the creative and intellectual practices of translation 📚
https://www.inotherwordsbooks.co.uk
Zooniverse @zooniverse.bsky.social The world's largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. A collaboration between the Adler Planetarium, University of Oxford, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and friends. Learn more and join: https://linktr.ee/the.zooniverse
@presencejournal.bsky.social @presencejournal.bsky.social
Nerd Initiative @nerdinitiative.bsky.social Media outlet that talks, discusses & shares fandoms like no one else! You’re home for pop culture positivity. Welcome to Nerd Initiative!
https://linktr.ee/nerd_initiative
Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @crankedanvil.bsky.social Writing Prizes | Indie Press | New Writing | Est. 2012. | https://crankedanvil.co.uk/ | EIC: Paul Dunn https://bsky.app/profile/pauldunnwriter.bsky.social
Jon Stone @shotscarecrow.bsky.social Undercover skeleton. 💀 Writer/researcher/lecturer. Ludokinetic/interactive poetry 🃏, collaborative and amalgamatic writing. Editor at @SidekickBooks. 📚 He/him.
www.gojonstonego.com
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
Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social AHRC-funded project which explores what feminist literary translation means in practice in the twenty-first century
https://feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/
British Centre for Literary Translation @bcltuea.bsky.social British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) is Britain’s leading centre for the study and support of literary translation.
linktr.ee/bcltuea
Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social Poetry critic and editor. Norwich is my New York. Writing about poetry here: https://someflowerssoon.substack.com/
Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
Russell Williams @rwilliamsparis.bsky.social Associate Prof of Comparative Literature and English, The American University of Paris; French Editor, The Times Literary Supplement. Thinking about French Weird.
The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
Dr Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social Holocaust, Jewish, feminist, and queer history. She/her. Ukraine stan. Author of The Last Ghetto and People without History Are Dust
Critical Food Studies Network @oxcfsnetwork.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social funded interdisciplinary research network interested in the study, history and consumption of food. Find us at: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/critical-food-studies
Dr Rachel Coombes @rcoombes.bsky.social Research Fellow in History of Art & Keeper of the Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge. Focusing on French late-nineteenth/early-twentieth century decorative painting, cultural politics, religion and music.
ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social www.ANMLY.org/
www.medium.com/anomalyblog
https://www.anmly.org/newsletter
Lit mag. International, intersecting, always interesting.
Header by Ṭaüs Jafar.
Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social German-Swedish translator since 1995. Occasional keynote speaker. Language nerd. Member of SFÖ-SAT (SE), founding & honorary member of DVÜD (DE). 3rd last Curator of Sweden back in 2018. That guy who founded Things Translators Never Say on FB. #xl8
Victoire Tuaillon @vtuaillon.bsky.social Journaliste indépendante et autrice féministe
NBM Graphic Novels @nbmpub.bsky.social Bringing you the finest in European & North American lit comics!
https://nbmpub.com/
London Reads the World book club @ldnreadsworld.bsky.social A friendly group reading world lit in English translation, formerly meeting in London pubs, now online. Open to all. Next: Mon 7th September 19:00 BST. DM to join!
Our backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/136083.London_Reads_The_World_book_club
Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
Dr Helen Scales @helenscales.bsky.social Aptly named marine biologist, writer, broadcaster.
Latest book: What the Wild Sea Can Be, shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction and Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing
UK + France
she/her
www.helenscales.com
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
Emma Vieceli @emmavieceli.bsky.social Author/Comics/Composer/theatre
BREAKS * Life is Strange * UNFOLDINGthemusical.🎭
Stiles+Drewe song prize winner 2024
Kind of a dweeb. Hello! ^_^
https://linktr.ee/emmavieceli
Claire Cock-Starkey @nonfictioness.bsky.social Writer (Lore of the Wild, Hyphens & Hashtags &c). Big fan of books, libraries, folklore, history. Also have a PhD on the folklore of death and dying in 19th century England- K Katie Dale @katiedale.bsky.social
@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
Komics Initiative @komics-initiative.bsky.social Maison d’édition comics, bd & mangas
www.komics-initiative.com
TORCH The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities @torchoxford2013.bsky.social TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) is a hub for intellectual collaboration and cross-disciplinary research projects, and is part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford.
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.
English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/englishpen
The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
Rachel Ward @racheltranslates.bsky.social FITI, Literary & creative translator, German & French to English: children's/YA and crime fiction, history; proofreader, bookworm; food, crafts, history; cats; climbing; cycling; she/her; Twitter: @FwdTranslations Mastodon: @FwdTranslations@zirk.us
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter.bsky.social Writer/Poet. Editor & translator, The Lantern and the Night Moths (Invisible Publishing 2024). Clarion West '21. ace 🏳️🌈. linktr.ee/yilinw
Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org Scrutable Occidental, erstwhile 北漂, quondam translator, Ming/Qing fiction enjoyer, congenital Philadelphian, escaped academic, MLIS aspirant, 鏟屎官 (二等). Cynicism makes you an easy mark. Signal: @bokane.1644.
http://www.burninghou.se
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <하지 말라고는 안 했잖아요?> (어크로스). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
🔗: antonhur.com
Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social アレン・ジョセリン
I write. I ramble. I translate. And interpret.
筆者/翻訳・通訳家/取り留めの無い人
(she/they)
brainvsbook.com
kaikatsu.ca