Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
Post Wave Publishing @postwavebooks.bsky.social Welcome to Post Wave Children's Books. Publishing with creativity, originality, and passion - for children all over the world.
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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social buymeacoffee.com/foxygodmother
Artist
I am cis lesbian she/her
Bipolar including psychosis, medicated 16 years
Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social 
Abbie Jury 🌱 @tikorangi.bsky.social Gardener and garden writer who takes photographs. Politically inclined, definitely leftist. Aotearoa New Zealand. 🌱
Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social Dreigiau o Gymru. Aka Andy Frazer. Illustrator of dragons and dinosaurs. All books available in my Etsy shop. Please DM for commission enquiries. He/him. European/Welsh. No AI. www.andyfrazer.com
George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social Author of funny books, cultural omnivore. I like tea and cats, not necessarily in that order. I inhale deeply when first stepping in to bookshops and libraries. 🌈
https://linktr.ee/Georgepenney
michael lascarides @mlascarides.bsky.social Art tinkerer, library dweller, immigrant. Thinking a lot about how to prove libraries are worth keeping around. Ōtepoti.
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social An independent organisation supporting Wikimedians in Aotearoa New Zealand as a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://www.wikimedia.nz/
Courtney (she/her) @maorimoana.bsky.social Māori Kūki Āirani in Tkaronto 🇨🇦🖤
@audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social 
Jenny Nicholls @jenster.bsky.social Absent-minded twit. NZ Listener book reviewer, book designs, former art director/columnist at Metro/N&S. She/her
Karlo Mila @karlomila.bsky.social Angry at Facebook. Poet. PhD. Creator / Founder / Director / Facilitator of Mana Moana - an indigenous knowledge / decol leadership programme for Pacific peoples. Activist. Artist. Māmā. Former academic. Currently writing three books.
Jemaine Clement @jemaineclement.bsky.social 
Moanaroa Te Whata @moanaroa.bsky.social Illustrator.Animator. Writer. South Auckland based Niuean Maori Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou, Dad.🇳🇿🇳🇺 munrotewhata.com
Coley @coleytangerina.bsky.social I’m terribly bad at remembering I have an account here.
Librarian Fashion @librarian-fashion.bsky.social It’s not all glasses and cardigans…. But it’s also not NOT glasses and cardigans. Tag with #LibrarianFashion to feature!
Te Pāti Māori @tepaatimaori.bsky.social The only indigenous Political Party in Aotearoa dedicated to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Authorised by J Tamihere, 1540
Highway 25, Waihi
Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social Former Mayor. Global Greenie. Political reckons etc etc
Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social She/her. Lesbian. I post New Zealand ephemera and cool things I find on the Internet Archive. Not affiliated with Archives New Zealand or the National Library.
Gam zu l'tova.
The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Under Construction @gendertraita.bsky.social Ngāti Pūkeko. Ngāti Mahuta. Kiritea. Irawhiti 🏳️⚧️ ND af. They/them.
🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social A member of the whoregeoisie fighting for a dicktatorship of the hoeletariat. Takatāpui 🌿🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Kahungunu). Kerryman ☘️
UK-based, Ireland-born, Aotearoa-descended. And with a cacophony of an accent to boot!
Whaea Deb Ngarewa-Packer @whaeadeb.bsky.social A nan wanting the best for hers & everyone’s mokopuna #toitutemokopuna #toitutetiriti 🖤🤍❤️
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social Māori. Librarian. Feminist. So basically a triple threat.
She/her. Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Reckons here: https://the-opinionist.ghost.io/
Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social Am a Dr. Not the useful kind. Teach Evidence Law, International Human Rights, Gender & the Law at UC.
Researching online abuse, human rights, law. ASD-Dyspraxia 🌈
Instagram: @legally.feminist
Views are my own.
Claire Lacey (they/them) @poetactics.bsky.social poet. nerd. performer. educator. critic. phd in poetry and brain injury. general enthusiast.
located in Ōtepoti Dunedin. from Canada.
City Vision @cityvision.bsky.social A progressive alliance of Labour, Greens, and Community Independents. We’re building a thriving, liveable, and inclusive Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. City Vision is an effective community voice for our region.
Tahetoka | Ómar @amscraig.bsky.social A wahine on her journey to reindiginise her timeline. A rebel with a cause. Kei te ako au i te Gaelic me Te Reo Māori. Is Albanach agus Èireannach mè, he uri au nō Wairarapa me Horowhenua. sì/ì
Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social Freelance cartoonist , political junkie, best-selling author of The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made. Sweary.
Gadigal Country. Australia
Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social Planetary astronomer @UCNZ: envisioning worlds from here and elsewhere, in a dark & glorious sky. Rutherford Discovery Fellow & Assoc. Professor. Asteroid (10463). Pākehā; she
Ben McNulty @ponekeben.bsky.social Deputy Mayor and Wellington City Councillor for the Takapū/Northern Ward.
linktr.ee/ponekeben
Gary Chiles 🚲 🍄 ☕ 🦚 🐱 𝟜 𝟚𝟘 @testtubeone.bsky.social Hippie punk raver activist
Originally in that order, now combined.
Parliament Gallery stalker.
https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39582/smoking-cannabis-outside-parliament
Likes to dress up a bit, mostly harmless.
#PartyVoteGreen
#EndProhibition
Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based.
Substack: substack.com/@dmitryopines
Media and training: explaintrade.com
Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social Posting articles from the Te Ao Māori News webpage every hour — https://www.teaonews.co.nz/
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Eloise Gibson @eloisegibson.bsky.social Climate and energy communicator, NZ
Bernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social Podcaster and newsletter writer about housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa. Free and paid versions here: https://open.substack.com/pub/thekaka?r=akd4&utm_medium=ios
Kim Tairi (ia/she/her) Nā te mea he Māori ahau ia rā ia rā @kimtairi.bsky.social Selfies & left-leaning commentary with a sprinkling of te reo Māori | Kuia | Toitū te Tiriti | He uri ahau nō Waikato Tainui. Ko Ngāti Korokī te hapū. | My views | https://thisnzlife.co.nz/a-home-drenched-in-colour-is-perfectly-suited-to-t
we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social she/her. sorry about my face, an animal licked it
honored east portlander, oregon treasure quest ranger, OSU extension service master food preserver and master composter, mother of multiples, peasant
USDA zone 8b/9a
Ellen Myrick @libraryellen.bsky.social Library advocate, and children’s book enthusiast, cat fancier, history geek, nature lover
Children's Book Council @cbcbooks.bsky.social The best in children's and young adult literature and literacy news! Learn more at https://www.cbcbooks.org/ and https://everychildareader.net/
Next Page Books @nextpagebooksuk.bsky.social Next Page Books is an indie children’s bookshop in Hitchin, Herts UK. We love books and celebrate diversity & inclusion, especially neurodiversity. We are a safe space for all, welcome everyone and believe in the power of books
Feana Tu’akoi @feanatuakoi.bsky.social Writer
2025 Convenor of Judges NZCYA Book Awards
2024 University of Otago CoE Creative NZ Children’s Writer in Residence
https://www.feanatuakoi.com/
Katie Furze @katiefurze.bsky.social Kidlit writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Books include: KEKENO CURIOUS EXPLORER (2026), PEKAPEKA SECRET FOREST BAT (2025), RURU NIGHT HUNTER (2024), TUATARA A LIVING TREASURE (2023) from Scholastic NZ. #STEM #12x12PB #SCBWI https://www.katiefurze.com
Emma Wood @emmawood.bsky.social Children's author in Aotearoa New Zealand
TULIP AND DOUG and TULIP AND SPROUT (Scholastic NZ)
emmawoodbooks.com
Tania Roxborogh @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social Award winning writer; PhD student. Dog & book lover. 'Damn leftie'
Māori/Irish/Scottish/Proud Kiwi
Shakespeare/mātauranga passionate
www.tkroxborogh.com
🚫DMs (unless I know you) 🚫 $$$ or date requests
Whiti Hereaka @whitihereaka.co.nz Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tumatawera, Tainui, Pākehā. Kaituhi Māori. Author of “Kurangaituku”.
Writer of things. Popular emotional cheese dish.
She/her/ia.
www.whitihereaka.co.nz
Profile photo by Tabitha Arthur
Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social Children’s author working with Scholastic, Farshore, Magic Cat, Faber&Faber, Macmillan. Writes for Oxford University Press as Swapna Reddy. Represented by Millie van Grutten at RCW Literary Agency. She/her. Ōtepoti, Aotearoa.
swapnahaddow.com
Adele Jackson @adelespencil.bsky.social Welly illustrator and garret dweller on Cuba Street. Lending a hand in The Wellington Writer’s Studio. #MyAuntHonor illustrator. Aotearoa New Zealand Ngāti Tūkorehe/Tangata Tiriti 🌱
Toby Morris @xtotl.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, occasional writer and animator 
The Pantograph Punch @pantographpunch.bsky.social an arts and culture journal • theatre, books, art and everything in between 💕 ✨abject waste ✨ an arts and culture journal • theatre, books, art and everything in between 💕 ✨abject waste ✨ Est 2011.
Gillian Torckler @gilliantorckler.bsky.social Children’s author based in Dunedin, Aotearoa. Also interested in medical research and ultrasound (my day job!). 🇺🇦🇵🇸
Alan Dingley @alandingley.bsky.social School Librarian, Current Te Awhi Rito (NZ Reading Ambassador), father of 2, pet-dad to 6!
Steph Matuku @stephm1.bsky.social Māori, Mum, 'Decent writer'
🇳🇿
I write books and tv. Should get a proper job but I like working in my pj's.
she/her/ia
My YA novel 'Migration' is out now! It's a Storylines Notable book, NZ Booklovers winner, and NZCYA finalist🏆💕
Wellington Writers Walk @wgtnwriterswalk.bsky.social Much-loved part of the Wellington waterfront. https://wellingtonwriterswalk.co.nz/
Gecko Press @geckopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of internationally award-winning curiously good children's books from around the world.
The Kiwi Kids' Bookstore @kiwikidsbookstore.bsky.social The Kiwi Kids’ Bookstore is an online bookstore, based in Wānaka, that showcases great books by New Zealand authors for children and teens.
Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
Jem Yoshioka @jemyoshioka.bsky.social 🎨Comic artist. 🇳🇿🇯🇵Mixed Japanese-New Zealander. 🌈Bi. 🐈⬛Known cat-haver.
📖Folk Remedy Book 1 from Andrews McMeel: for sale now! [Book 2 in production!]
✍️Represented by Jas Perry at Looking Glass Literary & Media.
https://jemshed.com
Read Your World @readyourworld.bsky.social Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
Lerner Books @lernerbooks.bsky.social We create high-quality fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. More starred reviews. More awards. More digital options.
STEAMTeamBooks @steamteambooks.bsky.social A group of STEAM children's authors and illustrators sharing sneak peeks of new books, cover reveals, giveaways, and writing tips. www.steamteambooks.com 
Eddie Monotone @eddiemonotone.bsky.social Mohua-based cartoonist and illustrator. I make comics and games and stuff. He/him.
check out the latest projects over here: https://linktr.ee/eddiemonotone
Stevie Draws @steviedraws.bsky.social New Zealand-based children's illustrator & dog lover. Represented by http://Watermarkcreative.co (NZ/AU) and http://IllustrationOnline.com (US) IG: stevie_draws
Charlesbridge Publishing @charlesbridge.bsky.social We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social UK children's books publisher. We publish entertaining & memorable books to a worldwide audience, reprinting old classics and discovering new ones, from fiction to narrative nonfiction and illustrated poetry. 📚 💙
http://scallywagpress.com
Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social Giving new life to old books since 2015. Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
Annelies Judson @babybookdel.bsky.social Children’s writer and poet. TURKEY HURLY-BURLY due August 2025. Reviewer of children's books from a feminist perspective. Lover of science, words, and the em dash.
easy like monday morning @louha.bsky.social librarian by day, cat owner by day and also night I guess, riding bikes, aotearoa, she/her Toitū Te Tiriti 🚲🌈📚✌️
Theresa Crewdson @theresacrewdson.bsky.social Approximately 80% books, 5% tea and 15% chocolate.
Freelance editor. Tutor at Whitireia Publishing.
Toni Wi @witoni.bsky.social Ngāti Maniapoto. Writer, reader, occasional knitter. Pōneke. Te Papa Tupu 2024 🌱
AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social Trans rights are human rights.
Professional aunt.
Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff.
“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.”
5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.
D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Westie. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
New Zealand Geographic @nzgeo.bsky.social The magazine that celebrates our country in all its diversity — its people, places and wildlife. nzgeo.com
Gemma Finlay @gemma-finlay.bsky.social Bookish publicist 
Kyle Mewburn @kylemewburn.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Writer (70 titles and counting). Dabbler in semi-self-sufficiency on 5 acres in the rural depths of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Any mention of crypto, Jesus/God/MAGA or US flag in profile is immediate block.
www.kylemewburn.com
A.F. Harrold @afharrold.com Poet, performer, children's author.
The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others.
www.afharroldkids.com
Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social A Librarian, history geek, mum, leftie, unionist, disabled, and LGBTQI+ ally. She/Her. Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa ❤️💚🖤🤍
Auckland’s Regional Arts Trust @tetaumatatoiaiwi.bsky.social Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi works across the creative landscape to facilitate conversations, provide impactful research, support artist development, and advocate for the infrastructure our sector needs to make Tāmaki Makaurau a city alive with creativity ✨
Brekekekiwi @brekekekiwi.bsky.social Teacher, Writer and Man about town. All this is personal opinion.
Check out my writing through https://linktr.ee/AaronDickAuthor
You can see my bsky video updates at @author-aarondick.bsky.social
Pākehā. He/him.
Sam Orchard @samorchard.bsky.social Queer, Trans and Nerdy. Making comics, reading comics, researching comics. http://patreon.com/roostertails
He/They
Nafanua PK @nuapk.bsky.social moana | poet | writer | aunty vibes | she/her/ia
The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social Website dedicated to celebrating Aotearoa-New Zealand literature for children and young adults. With editors Harriet, Faith & Nida. Pitches welcome!
Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social Nature writer & science journalist
New Zealand Geographic
Www.Kateevans.org
Words also in Scientific American, the New York Times, bioGraphic, among others. Author of FEIJOA: A STORY OF OBSESSION AND BELONGING
Chris Tse @chrisjtse.bsky.social New Zealand Poet Laureate, 2022-25.
Maki @makijt.bsky.social I like stuff about literacy, te reo, wine, poetry, music.
#Pōneke, #Aotearoa-NZ
Hannah Marshall @hannahmarsh.bsky.social I don't use social media. Buy my book instead! https://www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/book/Hannah-Marshall-It's-a-Bit-More-Complicated-Than-That-9781991006943
Bill Nelson @softmagnificence.bsky.social Poetry and other important things. Writer of Root Leaf Flower Fruit and Memorandum of Understanding (THWUP)
Renee Liang @reneeliang.bsky.social Paediatrician, health researcher, writer, librettist and poet from Aotearoa. Child longitudinal studies, equity, intersectional youth health. Columnist on big-picture health issues, North and South. Staunch Cantonese aunty/mama.
Becs Tetley @becstetley.bsky.social Nonfiction writer and editor in Wellington, New Zealand.
📝 Essays in Tahoma Literary Review, The Spinoff, Roi Fainéant, Reckon Review, Headland Journal, and elsewhere.
📚 Reviews in Kete Books.
🎓 MA Creative Writing - AUT.
📷 Ebony Lamb
Caoimhe @caoimhe-rose.bsky.social Publicist @THWUPbooks
Fergus Barrowman @fergusthw.bsky.social Editor, Publisher
https://teherengawakapress.co.nz
Elizabeth Knox @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social Author, Aotearoa. Exchanging flaming sword for walking stick. Less damage, more hits.
ashleigh @ashleighyoung.bsky.social Writer and editor. SOME FLAILING
https://eyelashroaming.substack.com/
Tina Makereti @tinamakereti.bsky.social Looking for joy
Writer: www.tinamakereti.com
Creative Writing Workshop: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters
Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social Literary agent @shawliterary.bsky.social, formerly head book buyer at Readings Books, Melbourne. Kafka, Sebald, the Antipodes.
Paula Green @paulajoygreen.bsky.social poet, blogger, children's author