Gary Lovely @colonellovely.bsky.social Book worker. Kentucky son.
Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social Author of I Want to Burn This Place Down
https://www.themarisreview.com/
https://www.mariskreizman.com/
Isabella @isabellawangbc.bsky.social 
Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social Human, author. Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living (@pressassembly.bsky.social). The Diapause (novel), McCurdle's Arm (novella) (@invisibooks.bsky.social). #SABR (Hanlan's Pt). He/him.
📍Peterborough, Ontario
linktr.ee/andrewgforbes
Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly is The World's Most Prestigious Literary Magazine. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ¶ One of Canada’s most innovative and tenacious literary publishers
¶ http://linktr.ee/gaspereaupress
Tyler Hellard @tylerhellard.com Sensitive 90s’ male. “Searching For Terry Punchout" — part of Canada Reads 2026 — is probably available at your local bookstore.
http://tylerhellard.com/
Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Our Way (coming in fall 2027). Lately: T, New York, etc. Past: EW, Grantland, younger. I am not Mark Hamill so I cannot "stick to acting."
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
https://bookshop.org/
Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social former 2x pie-eating champion of St Olaf College
Roddy 🇨🇦 @roddyk.bsky.social Posts are someone else's and they have opinions on current stuff. Purveyor of progressive conservative Canadian snark.
North edge of Lake Ontario.
Elisabeth de Mariaffi @elisabethdem.bsky.social Writer and daredevil. (Mostly writer.)
I write scary stories and also other stories.
See more of what I’m talking about: https://elisabethdemariaffi.substack.com/
Jeff Miller @theghostpine.bsky.social Writer, reader, punk | MFA UBC | He/him
Novel: Temporary Palaces (House of Anansi, out now!) Non-fiction: Ghost Pine: All Stories True (Invisible)
Eric Schmaltz @eschmaltzzz.bsky.social possibles, infinites, gaps, nothings, in-betweens
new book in fall 2025 (Coach House Book)
Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University
https://ericschmaltz.com/
Stuart Ross (the Canadian one) @razovsky.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher, writing instructor. 2023 Trillium Book Award winner. 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner. Author of The Book of Grief and Hamburgers — and 21 other books of poetry, fiction, memoir, and essay.
Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social Poet, editor, author of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him.
online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social The Air Contains Honey
Artistic Director of PME-ART
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Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
Desire Without Expectation
periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/
member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social Experimental Poet—Experimental Lit Prof—Experimental Musician
Curator @ bpNichol.ca — Literary Arts Residency Lead @ The SETI Institute
Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social Nova Scotian exiled to Ontario. Recovering public health lackey, masked dietitian, and covid killjoy. She/her
Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social Canadian. Statistician. Math. Show me the evidence. I've been known to dwell on little things like pandemics, population health, preventable deaths, disinformation, authoritarians, kleptocracies, annexation, and protecting democracies. Also, Leafs & Jays.
Shelf Life Books @shelflifebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in Calgary [Moh’kinstsis]. Open 7 days a week. Free local delivery. Dog friendliest. Find good books here. www.shelflifebooks.ca
Andrew Faulkner @ahfaulkner.bsky.social Owner/operator @pressassembly.bsky.social. Bookmaker. Poet. Editor.
Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social Toronto Star Opinion Editor, former Books Editor; author "On Class"; Book #2 "Relative Truths: Stories of Adopton, families, and belonging" out February 2027. Interests: books, social justice, class, politics. Make me laugh! Pitch me ddundas@thestar.ca.
Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social Someone on Twitter ordered the Merlot. So here I am.
Paul Blizzard @paulblizzard.bsky.social IP Lawyer, J.D., P.Eng. US/CA Patent Agent. Opinions=my own. He/Him/His.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social Sports journalist. University Instructor. Car dancer.
Mama x 4. Happy Wife. Coffee drinker. Cat lover. Anti-oppression in sport. Bend it Like Beckham Scholar.
Manahil @manahil.bsky.social Writer, artist, editor, etc.
Author of Heliotropia (Brick Books 2024)
www.manahilbandukwala.com
Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social Writer/Poet, Editor. SFF/LitFic. CPO @ Augur. Work in: The Walrus, Year's Best Canadian FSF, Brick. Toronto, Canada. She/Her.
Author of MYTH. Editor of AS THE EARTH DREAMS (House of Anansi, 2025)
www.teresemasonpierre.com
Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co
Listen/watch Power User podcast on all platforms!!
Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz
Stoeten @stoeten.bsky.social Baseball and things. https://stoeten.substack.com
George Murray @bookninja.bsky.social Poet | 10 books | Neuromancer | Dog person | Habitual founder of things | Nerd | St. John's | http://newpoetry.ca | Other links: https://linktr.ee/georgemurray
Liz Harmer @lizharmer.bsky.social Novelist, essayist, etc. she/her
lizharmer.com
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social Notorious pro-vaxxer and pro-masker. Famously unfair to pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, and the Toronto Star.
Weary of all these death threats with so little follow-through.
https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/faculty-profile/fisman-david-n
Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social Writer and cartoonist based in Montreal. My first book is out May 20 :)
Gabrielledrolet.com
David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com Editor, McClelland & Stewart. Author. Writer. General purpose factotum. Lego enthusiast. PhD in political science, just in case.
Tolu Oloruntoba @tolu.ca Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). My new Collection, UNRAVEL, was a National Book Critics Circle finalist.
Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
Kathryn Mockler @themockler.bsky.social fiction writer | experimental filmmaker | poet | Author of Anecdotes @bookhugpress.bsky.social
Send My Love to Anyone: http://sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com
https://linktr.ee/kathrynmockler | https://www.kathrynmockler.com
Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social Poet
Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024)
Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022
Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos
annickmacaskill.com
Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social Still an author, still an editor, new book THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN out now, it might scare you
Vulture @vulture.com devouring culture.
Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall.bsky.social TV writer/novelist. My latest books: No Credit River, Wild Failure, & The Fake. The Best Kind of People was shortlisted for The Giller Prize. Canadian Screen Award winner. Available to staff on your TV show. https://linktr.ee/Zoewhittall
Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social Tabatha Southey is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine, Toronto Star and more, author of three books, and the River-Daughter. 🇨🇦
Erin Pepler @erinpepler.bsky.social Freelance writer, book nerd, interested and sometimes interesting. Toronto gone suburbs. Author of Send Me Into The Woods Alone: Essays on Motherhood.
Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social Author of THE SYRIAN LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (2023) and LETTERS TO KAFKA (2025) Bylines: The New York Times, The Walrus, Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Vice, Chatelaine, and more. Free Palestine🇵🇸 Free Lebanon🇱🇧
Alicia Elliott @wordsandguitar.bsky.social Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND. 
king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
http://www.noraloreto.ca
emma dawn @emmadawn.com occasionally here
Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
linktr.ee/nikostratis
Assembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social Independent publisher of ambitious literature.
zk. @littlesparrows.bsky.social poet, translator, flyfisher, sometimes scholar
Samantha Garner @samanthakgarner.bsky.social 🜃 Fantasy author drawing on Filipino & Finnish folklore, myth, and memory to explore belonging in the margins. ✎ Author of The Quiet is Loud. She/her. Neutral good 🇨🇦🇵🇭🇫🇮
https://msha.ke/samanthakgarner
💀 Cromortuary 💀 @lapanique.bsky.social Oh hi it's me your pal Panic.
Strident literary feminist. Publishing desk job. Ran one marathon one time.
"Worryingly erotic." "Disagreeable, quite shouty." "Alienating, dangerous, and perverse."
#Toronto
Evan Munday @idontlikemundays.bsky.social A guy who works in children’s publishing, author of The Dead Kid Detective Agency. Sometimes he draws. (he/him)
Jason Purcell @jasonvpurcell.bsky.social SWOLLENING (2022, Arsenal Pulp Press) | Treaty 6. | they/them | http://jasonpurcell.ca
Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com Culture critic in the horror space. Author of BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING (Invisible Publishing, 2020). HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE (House of Anansi, 2023). Ace. https://peterbcounter.com/
Mike Vlasic @mikevlasic.bsky.social Ottawa, Ontario.
Mean, nasty Canadian
Wilderness camper, fisherman, canoeist, & hiker.
I've got thirsty ears for blues.
Non-partisan. Kill FPTP & give us PR.
I do NOT stand with LPC or CPC.
He/him but I'll use any pronoun you prefer.
Here since 24 Jul 2023
Ben Robinson @bengymen.bsky.social poet / musician / librarian
benrobinson.work
County Comms @countycomms.bsky.social Your source for breaking news and emergency response as it happens. Also politics, sports, weather, and shitposts.
Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social Local tosser
Books author (New: Stroll!)
Toronto Star column writer
Spacing Magazine co-founder
U of T instructor
Trying to do it a bit different here than the last place.
Links to books, etc:
https://linktr.ee/shawnmicallef
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Janine 🦋 @janinexpec.bsky.social B*tch(er)📣 Baker🍑 Society Shaker✊🏽🍉
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Toronto❤️👉🏽 Prince Edward County🌻
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.