James Cronin @cronin.xxx Internet, charities, chocolate & dogs.
Founder, chair, director or trustee of a truly marvelous list of organisations that this box is too narrow too contain ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Gabriel @gabrielhawkpot.bsky.social 
Carrie plays guitar ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @carriem.co.uk Writer, parent and guitar wrangler from Glasgow. Author of Small Town Joy and Carrie Kills A Man, singer in Unquiet Mind. Trans, she/her. https://linktr.ee/carrieplaysguitar. Pic: Omar Salam
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF ๐ Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ Spec Fic โจ, and Horror ๐ง Part of Profile Books ๐ https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
Ty Schalter @tyschalter.com Professional writer and talker; sports things & nerd stuff. Feature journalism, NFL analysis, books & stories, and my podcast about old video game magazines: @funfactorpod.com. Partnerships director @rankmivote.bsky.social. He/him. #ADHD
Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social Dad. Science Teacher. Author of books including โWhy Donโt Things Fall Up?โ, "Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder" and โHow to Find a Rainbowโ. Lots of free stuff and more about me at alomshaha.com
@z3lithium.bsky.social @z3lithium.bsky.social May use that account to publish some art work. I'm a total beginner, so please be gentle. Any advice is welcome
James @feelieking.bsky.social Role-player, boardgamer, lifelong Doctor Who fan. (he/him)
Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social Just a man, standing in front of a social media portal...
TheNakedReader @thenakedreader.bsky.social ๐๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จโโค๏ธโ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ he/him
Gay, nudist, exhibitionist, literature nerd. Not always in that order
Gracie Lou Freebush @nakedbookreader.bsky.social โI'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."
Kevin @kevinflipsout.bsky.social Leatherman. The former Mr. San Diego Leather 2025. IML finalist at IMLBB 2026. BLUF 5375. Leather shop worker.
Redrocket @rredrockett.bsky.social ๐PITCREW @dragracees ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐
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James Goss @gossjam.bsky.social Writer and audio drama producer living in a cave in Turkey so you don't have to. Hickson in the streets, Rutherford in the sheets. 
Guy Adams @guyadams.bsky.social Writer and filmmaker. BBC Audio Drama Awards finalist. Audhd. 
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com Writer/Director: Life of Chuck, Doctor Sleep, Hush.
Showrunner: Carrie, Fall of the House of Usher, Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass.
Founder @redroompictures.com
www.mikeflanaganfilm.com
https://linktr.ee/mikeflanaganfilm
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Will Wiles @willwiles.bsky.social Author of several novels. "The Dead Man's Empire" is out now (Angry Robot). And so is the short story collection "The Anechoic Chamber & other weird tales" (Salt). Writes about architecture for @apollo-magazine.com. He/him.
Nick Coveney @nmjcoveney.bsky.social Queer Ancient ๐๐ | Husband | Author EVERYTHING NOT SAVED | Trans incl ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โค๏ธ books, tech, ๐ฎ| All opinions own & RSkts others'| Occasional life model | He/Him/His https://linktr.ee/nmjcoveney
Matt Casbourne @mattcasbourne.bsky.social Head of sales, marketing and publicity at Duckworth Books | Commissioning queer voices ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | Aspiring himbo | Follow for all things independent publishing!
Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harperโs etc. Abolish ICE, demolish the arch.
M. T. Anderson @mt-anderson.bsky.social Author for kids and adults. Always pacing counterclockwise into the past. 
Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social the littl shynin man the Addom, he runs in the wud
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social Massive human raccoon, broad spectrum nerd, 6ft 1 of ADHD chaos, a cishet she/her of mayhem, used to be a SFF bookseller.
'Ever'.
carcosa-based lifeform. UK.
@EwaSR on twitter
DID NOT INTENTIONALLY KILL OPTIMUS PRIME
Words From Darran @shinraalpha.bsky.social Punk-ass book jockey. Smol science writerer. Invisible ghost in the streets, visible ghost in the sheets.
they/them
Francesca Simon @francescasimon.bsky.social Writer and librettist. Author, the Horrid Henry books, Salka, Lady of the Lake, Two Terrible Vikings and novel and opera The Monstrous Child (ROH). Plays banjo (not quite ready for Carnegie Hall)
Jim Moray @jimmoray.bsky.social Folk singing and guitar man. http://linktr.ee/jimmoray
ThisFoxWrites @thisfoxwrites.bsky.social Author: THE LAST LEAVES FALLING; KALEIDOSCOPE SONG. Behaviour, language, and identity enthusiast, lecturer, professional DM. Baking/ nature/stories/knitting nerd. Dad. Wannabe-knight. Neurodivergent. He/him
Daniele @magicdany.bsky.social ๐London | ๐ฎ๐น | ๐ฌ๐พ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
IG: magicdany
Jeannette Ng ๅณๅฟ้บ @ngjeannette.bsky.social Novelist. Won: Astounding, BFA Newcomer. Dabbles: history, poetry, costumes, live roleplay. She/they. Mostly photos of my dog. Repped by @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social
Patrice Lawrence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social Writer, Feminist, Furious.
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peacockpete @peacockpete.bsky.social In which I reveal myself to be a London-based artist, mainly of the male nude, and other famous events. No AI here. In fact thereโs barely regular I.
He/him
Tip me: ko-fi.com/peacockpete
Joy Court @joyisreading.bsky.social Passionate about books and kids reading for pleasure Co Founder All Around Reading. Editorial Expert LoveReading4Kids. Put my energies into UKLA Book Awards, FCBG, YLG
Therese Bradley @theresebrads.bsky.social Actress represented by McewanPenford .Macbeth RSC.Vigil.BBC.The Curse ch 4.Mother and optimist.Scottish.
Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social Author, journalist, and Guardian Blind Date superfan. A body like Arnold with a Denzel face. (he/him)
theguyliner.com
theguyliner.substack.com
joel ๐ซถ๐ฝโจ @fictionalfates.com ๐ curator of stories, cutie of chaos, & twitch partner
๐ books, gaymer, fantasy, horror, gym, & cozy living
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ xxvi โฆ he/they โฆ united kingdom
โ๏ธ socials: https://socials.fictionalfates.com
๐ contact: joel@theflockagency.co.uk
@gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social LGBT+ Bookshop, London
Tues - Sat Open 11am - 6pm
Sunday Open 1pm - 6pm
Monday - Closed
Pop-up location: 58-60 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB
Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
https://canongate.co.uk
Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social For the best children's books, look for the bear!
www.walker.co.uk
Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social Author, artist, interactive designer.
Hopes you are mostly happy.
She/they
https://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/
https://ko-fi.com/vivschwarz
https://linktr.ee/vivschwarz
@jennyvbooks.bsky.social @jennyvbooks.bsky.social 
@samroots.bsky.social @samroots.bsky.social 
Karl Steel @karlsteel.bsky.social Brooklyn College / Grad Center Medievalist. Posthumanism. How to Make a Human (Ohio State UP 2011); How Not to Make a Human (Minnesota UP 2019). Currently working on The Irrational Animal.
website is medievalkarl.com
Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social Old hippie, tree hugger, childless cat lady, lover of animals and some humans, I write about movies for the New York Times. Member of the Times Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York. Trolls, haters and bigots blocked.
Tricia Sullivan @triciasullivan.bsky.social Astrophysics PhD working in climate risk/adaptation.
Novelist www.triciasullivan.com
She/They :-)
Bring me Tribbles.
Cat Clarke @catclarke.bsky.social Scottish screenwriter, novelist, time-waster. SOMETHING IN THE WATER; GOOD OMENS 2; TEN PERCENT. Brit List 2019. She/her 
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social Boiler suit addict, writer, seasider
Piers Torday @pierstorday.bsky.social Childrenโs writer - books include The Last Wild, Midnight Treasure and Tree Thing. Plays include Box of Delights (RSC)
Hildur Knรบtsdรณttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social Illustrator/Author/ Vis Dev artist
A.S. King @as-king.bsky.social Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
Shamim Sarif @shamimsarif.bsky.social Writer, Director, Humanist
https://youtube.com/@enlightenmentpodcast?si=l5FiEfCnVgW9RuoX
Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social Author. One half of Ambrose Parry. One sixth of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social 'Our Big Day' LGBTQ+ award-winning picturebook published 2022. Currently subbing agents w/ a gay novel for adults. Husband, dog lover, cat misser, biscuit eater, previously @gutterbookshop ... he/him ๐ฎ๐ช linktr.ee/bobjohnstonbooks
Simon James Green @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more!
www.simonjamesgreen.com
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she 
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
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Joe Abercrombie @joeabercrombie.com Lord Grimdark (self-appointed). Writer of the First Law and Shattered Sea books and the Devils. Part-time Witch King of Nihilism, deep in a jaded literary sewer etc. etc.
Maisie Chan ๐ผ CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! ๐ @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social ๐ Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
๐ฏ Tiger Warrior author
๐ Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Steven Lenton @stevenlenton.bsky.social -Author/illustrator of fun, magical books!
-Wicked obsessive ๐
-Podcast host 'Studiomate Steve'
-Collaborating with geniuses Rachel Morrisroe, Andy Day, Tracey Corderoy, Helen Docherty and laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce!
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.
Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social Pฤkehฤ 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
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Jon Courtenay Grimwood @joncg.bsky.social Maltese born, Edinburgh novelist. ASD. Lapsed journalist. PhD St Andrews. Writes as Jonathan Grimwood, Jack G & Jon Courtenay G. Owns cat thatโs a drug addict.
he/him
โTriumphantโฆโ FT
http://jonathangrimwood.com
http://jackgrimwood.com
http://j-cg.co.uk
S J Watson @sjwatson.bsky.social Writing. Photography. Drinking. Bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep. Podcaster. Substacker. Procrastinator. Dog dad. Tired.
Just your ordinary average everyday sane psycho super-goddess.
Imogen Russell Williams @imogenrw.bsky.social Kidsโ book critic, esp for The Guardian
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
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.
Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social | ๐ Invisible Rainbows out May 21 | He/him | opinions are my own
https://linktr.ee/theastroholic
Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
Celia Rees @celiarees.bsky.social Author Historical Fiction YA & Adult. Witch Child, Pirates! Miss Graham's War aka Miss Graham's Cold War Cook Book.
www.celiarees.com
www.reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
David Tovar @davidtovarart.bsky.social 
Rosi Crawley @bookeatinggirl.bsky.social Head of PR at Walker books, general lover of children's books. Currently on maternity leave #2. Name and profile image inspired by Mr Oliver Jeffers
Patrick Strudwick @patrickstrudwick.bsky.social Journalist. Podcast and documentary producer (โSpacey Unmaskedโ, โWhite Smoke: Americaโs Chemsex Killerโ and more). Occasional host/presenter.
Very much still in the closet. PatrickStrudwick@gmail.com
Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Womenโs Prizes ~ Trustee British Library
Find me at www.katemosse.co.uk
Mitch Silpa @mitchsilpa.bsky.social Actor/Writer/Sheer delight
joe ๐ธ @joedesiderio.bsky.social one time i waved hello to a mailbox cause i thought it was a person. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ท๐ด๐ฎโ๐ป
Sarah Crossan @sarahcrossan.bsky.social Writer based in Sussex.
Edward Lawrence @edwardlawrence.bsky.social Freelance producer and camera operator-editor in news and documentaries. Mostly Channel 4 News, but many others too. Formerly with the BBC in Beijing & Shanghai
Jamie Flack @catandcrown.bsky.social Freelance Graphic Designer | Photographer | Digital Artist
He/Him ๐
https://bio.site/catandcrown
Mufseen @mufseen.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ง๐ฉ Podcaster. Social activist. Queer Muslim. ๐๏ธQueer Talk โข ๐ป Finance/Media โข He/Him
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ ๐๏ธ๐ ๐ญ ๐บ ๐ป ๐ชด ๐ ๐ฅ
He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
๐ The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iโve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
๐ Maggie & Me.
๐ You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
Dr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social Former politico, now professor of writing books. Sunday Times bestseller, Essex Girl, autistic. Never knowingly underdressed. She/her. Here for ALL the witches. And the pigeons.
https://joannanadin.com/
https://instagram.com/jonadin
Marco Polo @olopocram.bsky.social ๐| 30 |๐ Basingstoke | ๐ Writer | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Aggressively queer | ๐ฌ๐ผ Married | Reprobate
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social Oxfordshire, UK | he/him | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ and ๐ฑ๐ฑ |
Lapsed chemist, now working in science communication
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ธ
https://linktr.ee/conor.mckeever
Dr Steven Di Costa ๐ @stevendicosta.bsky.social Reformed neuroscientist. Advocate for sexual health & sex worker rights. Often found in the park with the crows. I also like ducks ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ (he/him) ๐ต๐ธ
Simon Curtis @simoncurtis.bsky.social 8-BIT HEART (2024 REMASTER) now streaming๐คโฅ๏ธ
THE WITCHES OF SILVERLAKE now available wherever books are sold ๐ฎโจ
Carl Gibson @carlgibson.bsky.social ๐ Researcher in Critical Terrorism Studies and Palestinian security politics | ๐ผ Assistant Professor of IR | Often in ๐ต๐ธ | Views own
@therealcononeill.bsky.social @therealcononeill.bsky.social 
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him