Dean Kirby @manchesterhistory.uk I’m a historian and author keeping people's history alive. Orwell Prize nominated journalist, PhD and tour guide. Rep: @litagencygmc.bsky.social.
📕Pre-order my new book The Scuttlers: https://linktr.ee/TheScuttlers
Read my writing: www.manchesterhistory.uk
Mahhala @mahha.la ✨ Curate & discover independent brands.
📦 Save rare finds & support indie shops.
🚫 Zero big-box stores.
👇 Explore the collections & build your own.
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Ebadul Haque @humanitarianwriter.bsky.social Humanitarian Writer and Human Rights Defender
Elizabeth Botsford @elizabethbotsford.bsky.social Middle grade novel writer. Longlisted, Yeovil Literary Prize 2026. Shortlisted, Jericho Writers Friday Night Live.
J D Lomax @jdlomax.bsky.social I`m an author and my first book is now available in all UK bookshops and all around the world. It is also available as an Ebook.
It is titled : Another Gingerbread Man!
A J Proudfoot, Author @ajproudfoot-writer.bsky.social UK historical fiction author, writing about my early medieval ancestors who founded the kingdom of Wessex.
My debut novel, Rise of the First Wessex King is out now.
The sequel will be published in February 2027.
Lyric Fiction @lyricfiction.bsky.social Yes, I've got a bookstore. No, you can't visit.
https://www.lyricfiction.com
Janet @bookwormjan.bsky.social Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
She/her
Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social Nature. Writer. Reader. Radical Rural.
Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB.
Award winning author, On Gallows Down & Ghosts of the Farm
Climate Fic Prize Judge 2025
North Wessex.
https://nicolachester.com/
https://linktr.ee/nicolachesterwriting
Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social Celebrating books by artists, poets, writers, book designers and their publishers. The next fair will take place in 2027.
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Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
Kate Nicholls @katenicholls1.bsky.social Author, homeschool consultant. Lives in Rome. No DM’s pls.
https://www.katenicholls.org/
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-maternal-element-9781784633998
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Maria Williams @lightwitch876.eurosky.social #Eurosky Account/Alt
#ActuallyAutistic #BlackandAutistic. Aspiring writer, author, worldbuilder, and reader. #BostonFleet #PWHL, #scientificskeptic, and #secularhumanist Love Squishmallows, TTRPGS, RPGS, #podcasts, #webnovels, #lightnovels, and #donghua
Michael Ironheart @michaelironheart.bsky.social I am a self published indie author who has released 2 books, with a 3rd on the way
22 years old/college student/AuDHD
Caspar Geon @caspargeon.bsky.social Author of PKD award nominated non-human space opera THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN, published by Solaris.
Also known as that weirdo Tom Toner, author of the Amaranthine Spectrum, published by Gollancz
Developmental editor at CBC
https://linktr.ee/caspargeon
Waystone Books @waystonebooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop on the Isle of Skye run by writers, community organisers and queer firefighters.
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-6pm.
Gardners @gardnersbooks.bsky.social Britain and Europe's leading and largest independent wholesaler - has been involved as an integral link in the book supply chain for over 40 years.
🔗 gardners.com – 📍 Eastbourne, UK
Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie Author of Nature’s Acre. Founder, Gardeningwell.ie — wildlife gardening in Ireland (Stamullen, Co Meath).
Walled garden + school/community projects.
Peat-free, pesticide-free. Native plants, pollinators. Media: gardeningwell.ie/press/media
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
OKUR @okurca.bsky.social 
Abnormalismynormal @healthhiccups.bsky.social Still anon so I can talk about cancer finished radical chemoradiation..haven't told almost anyone. Loving BlueSky & communities. RT's a lot - my ADHD brain is interested in a 1000 things at once #TeamCanada #TheArchers
Gabrielle @irmaghad.bsky.social Solar powered early-bird.
Matthew Frunk📚✒️ (Anti GenAI Zone) @matthewfrunk.neocities.org Amateur Word Picker
🚀📚🩸🎮🍿
Work published in Northeastern State University’s The Talon:
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and Altered Reality:
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April Kendra @ank2025.bsky.social Host of Literative, the podcast that brings literature out of the classroom and into the real world. Join us at https://www.patreon.com/literative
Passionate advocate for libraries, educators, intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.
The Reading Room in Melrose @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social A small independent bookshop in the historic Borders town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, focusing on Scottish writing and the best new books around. Sister bookshop of @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow, Selkirkshire. Welcome!
Get Launched @getlaunched.bsky.social Make yourself the 'Go To' person in any industry and earn a side income from running small networking events.
Earn through entrance fees, membership fees, sponsorships & deals. GetLaunched.org
All Things Analogue @allthingsanalogue.co.uk Stationery & Gifts shop based in Eastbourne, U.K website: https://allthingsanalogue.co.uk
MNG Social Sciences @mngssbooks.bsky.social Featuring the latest social science titles from a range of international publishers. Part of the Mare Nostrum Group. Based in Harrogate, UK.
Mark Thornton @bookshopmark.bsky.social Space nerd. Democracy fan. Partnership Manager at Bookshop.org. The revolution will start in a bookshop.
Monica A. Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
Quarto Books UK @quartobooksuk.bsky.social 📚 We create a wide range of beautiful books and gifts with a mission to inspire, enrich and enlighten.
🌍 Part of the Global Quarto Family.
Discover our titles here: https://linktr.ee/QuartoBooksUK
John Cobb @jcobb.coppermont.com Principal Advisor at @coppermont.com. Strategic advisory, market intelligence, and performance-based growth for founders, boards, and investors across the Americas and Lusophone Africa.
Nicola Pritchard-Pink @npritchard-pink.bsky.social Social historian of all things 18th century, specialising in Jane Austen, country houses, gardens, literature, and domestic vocal music.
nicolapritchardpink.substack.com
@rabidbadger1.bsky.social @rabidbadger1.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Traveler. Avid reader. Shakespeare. Poe. Stephen King. Tolkien. Joe Abercrombie. Landscape gardener. Democracy lover. Cat lover. Music lover. Nature lover. Pizza . Very amateur photographer. Birder. Treehugger. Hiker. Love over hate.💙
@isthistheinternet.bsky.social @isthistheinternet.bsky.social Can I see the light of a match while burning in the arms of the sun?
THE ANOINTED ATHEIST @theanointedatheist.bsky.social Welcome to my little corner of heaven. This is where I write about politics and religion with a dose of humor. But of course, if you find my posts offensive, you can just turn the other cheek. Have a blessed day!
Andrea Beaty @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social NYT author of The Questioneers. Ada Twist, Scientist/ Rosie Revere, Engineer. New title: Billie Jean Peet, Athlete!
#kidlit #stem #sel #reading #literacy #whimsy
http://www.andreabeaty.com
https://questioneers.com
Ryan B. @ryanb0919.bsky.social Nerd into Sci-fi, LGBTQ+ culture, theatre, education policy, local government/ public sector, and learning from others. He/Him.
WellnessDay.App @wellnessday.bsky.social https://wellnessday.app - Transform your wellness and productivity Journey. Join the app waitlist!
Julie Dypdal @juleskw.bsky.social UoW alumni, History and CHaRM.
Project Coordinator for Jord❤️Festival (www.jordfestival.com).
Heritage, history, archives, knitting and a good pub quiz never disappoints.
Technically a Norwegian, but my heart is English ❤️
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review @studiesirishreview.bsky.social Studies is a cultural journal of the Irish Jesuit province, founded and in continuous publication since 1912. It examines Irish social, political, cultural and economic affairs.
www.studiesirishreview.ie
Instagram: @studiesirishreview
Toni @maketwig.bsky.social Interdisciplinary creative-maker and educator.
Student at University of Southampton.
Yet above all, a Mum.
Alice Hunt @alicehunt.bsky.social Professor at the University of Southampton. Author of Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade (Faber, 2024). Co-I on 'The Visible Crown: Elizabeth II and the Caribbean'. Represented by Felicity Bryan Associates. Reviews for the LRB and The Times.
Zena Barrie @zenabarrie.bsky.social Author & co-director of Camden Fringe
Writes things, reads things, goes to watch things
www.zenabarrie.com
@claire-manumission.bsky.social @claire-manumission.bsky.social 
Janine 💜 @ineffablemenace.bsky.social Confused millennial. Pursued by vicious gangs of keep left signs. Three hyperfixations in a trenchcoat. Usually thinking about OFMD, Good Omens or Shackleton. She/Her ❤️🔥🤍 #CrewForLife 🏴☠️
Alan Raw @alanraw.bsky.social Published Author of Speculative Fiction. Fan of Solarpunk & Permaculture. Creative Sustainability Facilitator. Director- Association of Sustainability Practitioners. Fellow- Schumacher Institute. CEO- Galactic ESG. Former BBC Journalist/Presenter.
Always time for tea ☕ @timefourtea.bsky.social Tea drinker.
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
🏳️🌈🇸🇪💋✈️⛵️🌊
I do not read DMs here.
Tetris Jupiter @tetrisjupiter.bsky.social random things to do with your hands as you put together a puzzle you won't finish
Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social 💙💙💙💙🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙💙💙GO BLUE DEMOCRACY! Fighting for the rights of ALL people. Join us as we cut through the noise of the latest news stories, information and a little bit of humor. FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
Nic @lilnic000.bsky.social 
Ben Scotton 🇬🇧 📚 ✝️ @bpscotton.bsky.social Husband. Artist. Pilgrim. Follower of Jesus Christ. Busy writing and building the Wanderer's Post magazine in merry old England.
*Apolitical. Insults will be ignored. Smut will be blocked.*
monkeyandwhale.co.uk wandererspost.com
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
The Nola Nerd Family @thenolanerdfamily.bsky.social Teachers. Nerds. DVC members. Sharing our family’s Disney adventures, fandom fun, and travels from New Orleans. 💫
Find us at https://nolanerdcouple.com
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
J.W. Radman aka Wes Radman @wesradmanwrites.bsky.social Author/ Husband/ Father(Girl Dad)
*NOW QUERYING*
THE DIVINITY ASSIMILATION
I am a Sci-Fi/Fantasy author who focuses on the corruption of otherwise intelligent people by those in power.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈Ally💙🪐💙
Pop-up indie Bookstore COMING SOON!
@triumviratebooks
Author Rasheed Clark @authorrasheedclark.bsky.social Amazon and Barnes & Noble's Bestselling author of contemporary African-American life.
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.
Jen Taylor-Gray @jennifertaylorgray.bsky.social https://jennifertaylorgray.com
Writer of feminist fantasy and book addict. Faber Academy alum.
Laurel Decher @laureldecher.com Writes zany adventures for kids ages 9 to 12. Excellent 2nd editions are in the works. Follow along at Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bumpitybp/excellent-new-editions-of-3-lovably-zany-middle-grade-novels?ref=bglusr
Kirsten Arcadio @kharcadio.bsky.social 📚 Reader and writer of speculative fiction and psychological thrillers.
✍️ PhD graduate of creative writing.
🏫 Digital Marketer at Morley College London.
📖 Currently querying my new speculative thriller.
jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE @tickedoff.bsky.social and the next thing I knew...still a democrat who can't find her glasses.
#womensrights
he's a fecking ejit
absolutely no chats
David Dodds @daviddoddsauthor.bsky.social Author of urban fantasy fiction. Semi-retired bat ecologist. Gliding instructor. Butler to a highly-opinionated Jack Russell.
T Sahara Meer @tsaharam.bsky.social Jumped the sinking Twitter ship when Elon the Nazi boarded. 🏴☠️ 🌊 Ready to reconnect w/my #Resister buddies to #DefendDemocracy. 🇺🇸 #StrongerTogether 💙🦋 DMs blocked. Want to say something to me? Reply to a post. #NoKingsEveryDay
Richard Rosner @staffingshark.bsky.social 💫Staffing Influencer
🎙Podcaster
🎤International Keynote Speaker
Top 100 Staffing Leaders,
Social Branding and Biz Growth Expert
🔥100% HIGH ENERGY!
PENN STATE Alum!
Sean Paul Bedell @seanpaulbedell.bsky.social father, husband, fountain pen user, horibell spelar, retired paramedic, former firefighter, lover of Canadian Literature. My novel, Shoebox, is coming soon to your favourite bookseller. www.seanpaulbedell.ca
La Biblioteka @labiblioteka.bsky.social Staff recs, good books & other essentials, from our Sheffield indie bookshop for locals all over the world.
Come say hi!
labiblioteka.co
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/labiblioteka
Signe Rudoviča @signeru.bsky.social Sharing Sensory Stories Project manager @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Love and live Edinburgh 💙
#ReadingForPleasure I read everything from picture books to YA! Interested in Additional Support Needs, education, language/s, literacy, &pugs
Análise González Âû @analise-pink.bsky.social Late-identified AuDHD | Neurocomplex | Monotropic | Multiply Disabled | Storyteller | Exploring Belongingness, Authenticity + Self-acceptance | In my NeuroSparkly era 💖
https://linktr.ee/analise_pink
Jen @jenlucy.bsky.social Usually somewhere else, reading a book. 
Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social Cymro’n syllu ar y byd mawr drwy lens pêl-droed, llenyddiaeth a cherddoriaeth - a bellach hoci iâ / Welshman imbibing the world through literature, music, football and now hockey
Francesca Pridding @francambrian.bsky.social Welsh, feminist, political, literary, cryptic crossword wannabe, comedy...all of the above (she/her)
The Wedale Bookshop @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland. Open in historic Stow, Thur 1330-1900 and Fri-Sun 10-12.30, 1-4.30.
Sister shop of @melrose-bookshop.bsky.social
www.wedalebooks.scot
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Weda
Dr. Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) @pepinneff.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Policy. Focus on the role of emotions in the policy process, including moral panic agenda-setting, LGBTQ+ politics, and human-shark interactions. Opinions are my own. https://linktr.ee/chris.pepin
Suzanne W 🖤💚💛😇 @suz4nn3.bsky.social Mother of 2, aunt of 14, great aunt of 21 worrying for their future 😔
My picture above is of Dr Hussain Abu Safiya - currently being tortured in an Israeli prison for protecting his patients 💔
🇪🇺🇺🇦🍉💔🙏🏼 #SlavaUkraini
🚫 DMs = instant block
I am not American
Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social Neurodivergent (ADHD), I pretend to be an SFF writer, but I wish I had more time to write. I like boardgames, and video games, and tech stuff former SWE.
Scotland, but originally from the “Middle East”.
He/Him
Brian Terence - Science Fiction Author 🪐🚀👻🐉📚 @brianterence.co.uk I write sci-fi, paranormal & dark fantasy.
www.waterstones.com/author/brian-terence/9595091
www.amazon.com/stores/Brian-Terence/author/B0DJNSGNM6
https://open.spotify.com/show/4DUNS3QDCtxlotgNJW7nrg
🚫I DO NOT USE AI🚫
I use Canva Pro for covers/promos.
Shona MacLean @shonamaclean.bsky.social Scottish writer. Not sure about this at all.
B. F. Galligan @bfgalligan.bsky.social Nearly burnt-out humanitarian and Indie author of some potentially terrible novels that no one seems to buy. I like them: Erga Omnes, The Sovereign Citizen Series (not what you think), Lightning Daughter, and a few others that might be meh.
P J Canning @pjcanningauthor.bsky.social Children's author. 21% Monster series published by @Usborne. Agent: @kickbackbooks. He/him
Bridget the Book Dragon 💙📚 @fierybri.bsky.social Mother of cats. Complete book nerd. Lover of travel. Christian Witch. Just a person trying to find the magic in this world and spread as much beauty and fun as I can.
Shayne Nicholai - Indie Poet @shaynenicholai.bsky.social Self-published queer, trans, disabled poet, mental health advocate and motivational speaker, songwriter, nerd, avid cat and exotics-lover, and EDS and fibromyalgia destroyer.
https://shayne-nicholai.weebly.com/
https://linktr.ee/shayne.nicholai
Deb @deblikesbooks.bsky.social Former Floridian . Just be kind. Worried about the future my kids will face.
Clive D (OSDE) @osde8info.bsky.social open source desktop advocate
all #posts #blus are #imho
and #follows #likes #reblus #reposts etc are not #endorsements
bio at osde.info
DMs blocked by UK gov OSA
Courtmouse @courtmouse.bsky.social Bleed TCU purple. Detest tRump and MAGAts. Retired attorney.
No DM's. 
Infinite Women @infinite-women.com Allison Tyra: Creator of a database of 10,000+ women's biographies, author of Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed & Stolen Work and The View from the Hill (infinite-women.com/books), cat lady, AuDHD. She/her
www.infinite-women.com
Frank Lazarus, The Murder Hobbyist @franklaz.bsky.social Became an author in retirement, The Brown & McNeil Murder Mystery Series. Native of West Philadelphia but spend most of my time on Hilton Head. Very proud liberal RESISTING TRUMPISM IN ALL ITS FORMS! Cheesesteaks, Hoagies, Soft Pretzels, Eagles & Phillies
@spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social @spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social Hoping to build a better future from the strands of present. Planner 🏘, archaeologist⚱️, 📚 lover, 🏕 finder, and 🍪 hoarder