BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2000
TBR: 6931
2026 Reading Challenge: 195/200
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Sarah @sarahrosina.bsky.social 26 | she/they | demiromantic asexual
Writer | Editor | Bilingual
Berlin | Naarm (Melbourne)
pendulum.beehiiv.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Pamela Ueckerman @melalouise.bsky.social Children's Author | Poet | Middle Grade Mavens Podcast.
Rep'd by Silvia Molteni of PFD Agents.
Ayla's Christmas Wish 2023
New book out 2026 with Scholastic Australia.
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David Harris @davidharrs.bsky.social I'm working at the United States Air Force
Major. Commander-in-Chief of Staff, at Lask Air Base
Studied a Bachelor of Science Degree at Brigham Young University- Provo, Utah
Studied Distinguished Graduate at Squadron Officer School
From California.
Elara Rosequartz @elararosequartz.bsky.social 🧚♀️ I write chapter books for young dreamers like me who love fairies and friendship.
💖 No villains - just sparkle, heart, and adventure.
📚💙 Ages 6–9
www.fairyacademybooks.com
Digital creator, parent managed account.
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
Jubril Temitope Isiaka @thefatherofflame.bsky.social 
Kristin Martin @kristin-author.bsky.social Children’s author and poet from Adelaide, Australia 
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I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
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Lucie Stevens @luciestevens.bsky.social Children’s book author and freelance editor living on Gadigal land
Little Go Getters @littlegogetters.bsky.social Little Go Getters focuses on helping youth learn about enterprising behaviors. Being enterprising is the willingness and ability to get personal, family, community, social and for-profit projects done.
www.littlegogetters.com
@majlh77.bsky.social @majlh77.bsky.social Music geek. Healthcare worker and nature lover, because we all need a good life. Author of “Samantha’s Voice.” The young girl who tackles the fentanyl crisis and kicks some terrorist ass!!
Sylvia Morris @sylviamorris.com.au sylvia.a.morris@gmail.com
www.sylviamorris.com.au
likes: maths, languages, sports, and detective stories.
Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.
Ali Stegert @ali-stegert.bsky.social Writer of Tales ✨Builder of Worlds ✨ Artist✨Illuminator✨ Patter of all the Dogs
| Repped by PFD Agency, London | 🇦🇺
Vanessa Smith @ohshitmydraft.bsky.social The editing service for half completed writing projects. Run by @normalness.bsky.social
https://ohshitmydraft.com/
Vanessa Smith @normalness.bsky.social We're all normal to ourselves. I write. I hate hustle. I love shiny objects. Can't even influence an ant. Anthropology & sociology graduate. Author of books. Spoonie. And much more.
www.normalness.com
Sharon Baldwin @sharonbaldwin.bsky.social Author, publisher, designer, event producer, educator, catless child lady.
Living in Australia's Blue Mountains, the unceded land of the Dharug and Gundungurra people.
Katrina Germein @katrinagermein.bsky.social Australian children's author with an untidy desk. Popular picture books include Bev and Kev, Big Rain Coming, One Little Duck & the My Dad Thinks He's Funny series.
Marjorie Crosby-Fairall @crosby-fairall.bsky.social Australian/American picture book illustrator and author. SCBWI Australia East Regional Illustrator Coordinator
📚Debut author/illustrator PB ‘Emmie Builds Something New’ (Fall 2025 Red Comet Press)
https://www.crosby-fairall.com
Cranky Old Man 🏴 🇪🇦 @crankyoldman.bsky.social I can write cursive, tell the time on a clock with hands, and balance a checkbook! I rode a bike with no helmet, played outside all day, and ran around barefoot. I received all of my childhood vaccines, too! Yet, here I am. No DMs, please!
Flagpie @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social I'm just here to burn Nazi's and chew bubble gum...
and I'm all outta gum.
Michelle Wanasundera @mwanasundera.bsky.social Freelance Writer & Editor
Blue Mountains, Australia 🌳🇦🇺
Author, Book Reviewer
Lover of books, nature, art, travel, cats!
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Jackie 🇦🇺🇵🇭🇲🇾🌈 @jackieyap.bsky.social emerging mystery & kidlit writer
✨2025 #CYA Aspiring YA Winner
✨2025 #WeNeedDiverseBooks #KillYourDarlings
🌈 adhd, tck, solar-powered, dog mama, shaved iced enthusiast
📍Australia
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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social DEMOCRAT!! The Resistance | Minnesota #MinnesotaStrong
#Producer/#Artist/#Songwriter/#Gamer http://twitch.tv/big_d_grandroy… Some of my music here http://reverbnation.com/dmcgrandroyal
6'10"
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jasongent.bsky.social @jasongent.bsky.social 2021 Shortlist Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer
YA verse novel, This Season's Draft, out September 2025 (Allen & Unwin)
Punktoady @punktoady.bsky.social Check out my YouTube! (link below)
https://linktr.ee/punktoadisdead
David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social Blue Peter Book of the Year winner. Writes for children and adults, 70+ books translated into more than 30 languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
Astred @astredcherry.bsky.social Bestselling Illustrator 📚Award-Winning Book Designer, Emerging Author, Snappy Dresser
Gadigal land/Sydney 🇦🇺
Bridey Lee @brideylee.bsky.social Editorial and picture book illustrator in Portland Maine
Represented by VeroK agency
www.brideylee.com
Kim Barnes @kbpaperstories.bsky.social Australian author and illustrator.
Author of 'The Farmers Hat' published by Ashton Scholastic 2010. SCWBI member .
@petcait21.bsky.social @petcait21.bsky.social Dharug Country
The Steph Bowe Prize for Young Writers @stephboweprize.bsky.social Established in memory of beloved YA author Steph Bowe, the Prize is designed to support an unpublished Australian YA writer under 25. www.stephboweprize.com
Bethany Loveridge @bethanyloveridge.bsky.social Children’s author/illustrator — debut #LoveOzMG Sep 2025! Film/TV, Visual Art teacher & curriculum expert.
📍 | Meanjin, Australia
Rebecca Toltz @rebeccatoltz.bsky.social Kids, books and education
Stuart Wilson @stuwilsonwrites.bsky.social Author of THE 113th ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN and the PROMETHEUS HIGH books • Represented by Melanie Ostell Literary • He/him • Naarm/Melbourne • https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-113th-assistant-librarian-3-forbidden-pages-9781761356612
Allison Tait @allisontaitwriter.bsky.social Bestselling MG author (The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, Maven & Reeve Mysteries, The First Summer of Callie McGee) | Co-host of Your Kid’s Next Read #podcast | More at allisontait.com
J.R. Bale @jrbale.bsky.social Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ.
I support fellow writers.
www.JRBale.com
I do not respond to DMs.
Claire Thompson @clairetbooks.bsky.social Children's author writing true stories starring inspiring kids.
Susanne Merritt @susannemerritt.bsky.social Australian writer and children's book author
@tobrien.bsky.social @tobrien.bsky.social 
Miss Eleni @miscelleni.bsky.social Children’s librarian and writer 🌈
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Nova Weetman @novaweetman.bsky.social writer of MG novels like Sick Bay and The Edge of Thirteen and adult memoir, Love, Death & Other Scenes. 
Lisa Shanahan @lisashanahan.bsky.social Lover of moongazing & Melbourne Tea
Writer of picture books & novels for young people
HARK, IT'S ME, RUBY LEE!
THE GRAND, GENIUS SUMMER
HELLO WORLD
www.lisashanahan.com
Living on Bidjigal land, Australia
(Banner illos - thanks to illustrator Leila Rudge.)
Nikki McWatters @nikkimcwatters.bsky.social A big fan of kindness. Author of 2 memoirs and 3 YA novels. The HEXENHAUS trilogy. Blue Mountains, Australia. https://nikkimcwatters.wordpress.com/
Ky Garvey - Author & Podcaster @kygarvey.bsky.social Mum, Wife, Daughter, Friend. Writer and Podcaster.
Linda Matija @lindamatija25.bsky.social Nature is our life support centre, therefore look after it.🌏 I am who I am and who cares (Emma Thompson).
Interesting information about Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3lbd2eaura22r
Julianne Negri @juliannenegri.bsky.social Library worker, writer, reader, puffed sleeve wearer - living on unceded Wurundjeri land. 
Joni Page Author @jonipageauthor.bsky.social Wild child. Optimist.
Writer of captivating, happy tales.
Author of Beach Shorts - a Sandthology & The Feminist EarthMother PartyGirl.
Website: www.jonipage.com
Gratefully living on Kaurna Country, Australia.
Kylie @kyliemmason.com Freelance book editor based in Sydney, Australia. AuDHD. Working on Bidjigal land. I created a workbook to help writers self-edit their novel: https://kyliemmason.com/after-the-first-draft-workbook/
Also my kid's stan account.
Kate Murray @katemurray.bsky.social YA author of WE WHO HUNT THE HOLLOW and WE WHO ARE FORGED IN FIRE. Usually caffeinated. Adore all forms of SFF. Kiwi. Own way too many lip balms. Melburnian. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/kateswriting
Vikki Wakefield @vikkiwakefield.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Doodler. Dreamer.
Judith Ridge @msmisrule.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
Zanni Louise @zannilouise.bsky.social Bestselling Australian author writing and living in The Netherlands. 50+ books for kids and teens.
“It takes a village to raise a reader.”
www.zannilouise.com Rep’d by LK Literary #kidlitchat
Shivaun Plozza @shivaun.bsky.social Award-winning author of Running in Circles, Summer of Shipwrecks, The Worst Perfect Moment, Meet Me at the Moon Tree, A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic, The Boy, the Wolf and the Stars, Tin Heart and Frankie. She/her
Kelly Gardiner @kmjgardiner.bsky.social I write, teach writing, and lead writing retreats. My latest novel, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, co- written with Sharmini Kumar, is out now (HarperCollins).
Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social Writer for young people, sometimes librarian. Mention the climate crisis and criticise fossil fuel sponsorships whenever I possible can.
Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social Author • Literary Agent • Creative Writing Teacher • https://linktr.ee/DanielleBinks
fiona hardy @fionathehardy.bsky.social melbourne-based author, reviewer, bookseller & butthead
crime books/kids books/educational books
out now: old games 🏺🎾
Nicole Hayes @nicolehayes.bsky.social PhD. YA author (Penguin Random) jnr fiction (Hardie Grant) non-fiction (Black Inc / The Guardian). Podcaster with The Outer Sanctum / The Writers' Retreat. Living on Wurundjeri land with 2 humans & 1 dog. She/her. https://linktr.ee/nicolehayes
Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au "Young has nailed it." - Publisher's Weekly
Philosopher & author. Agents: Zeitgeist Agency (nonfiction) & Alex Adsett Literary (fiction)
www.damonyoung.com.au
SherylGwyther @soneill-gwyther.bsky.social Aussie KidLit author and artist on Yuggera/Turrbal country. Chapter books, short stories, school plays, and MG historical adventures are my thing. LOVES: Ava & Niamh. Reading. Baroque music. Photography. Travel. History. PASSION: Human Rights activist. 
Jamie Willis @jamiewillisbooks.bsky.social • Writer • Avid reader • Family of book lovers
• Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia
https://linktr.ee/jamiewillis
Rebecca Chaney @rebeccajchaney.bsky.social Science-loving Aussie author of THE SKETCHER SERIES.
https://rebeccajchaney.com/
https://linktr.ee/rebeccajchaney- D @direleafehall.bsky.social @direleafehall.bsky.social
Billie Rooney @billierooney.bsky.social Children’s writer, reader and hopeful human 📚🌈 Writing PB and MG. #SCBWI member
Julie Murphy, Children's Author @juliekidsbooks.bsky.social Aussie author of 20+ picture/info books, incl. DOG BEACH (NLA, 2024), CHEER UP, BLOBFISH! (Affirm, 2024) & ODD BODS (Lerner, 2021). Fmr. zoologist and zookeeper. She/her. #STEM #animals #nature. https://linktr.ee/juliemurphybooks
Erin Gough 🏳️🌈🍉 @eringough.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Books, culture, queer stuff, social justice, climate justice, TV, film, art. The Flywheel, Amelia Westlake, Into the Mouth of the Wolf https://linktr.ee/eringough
Jenna Guillaume @jennaguillaume.bsky.social Pop culture journalist. Author of YA rom-coms YOU WERE MADE FOR ME and WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME and novella THE DEEP END. Recovering twt user.
Sue Scott @sdscottwriter.bsky.social Reader, children's writer, kid-lit tragic/activist, tutor, tea drinker, chocoholic.
2nd place CYA Picture Book Preschool 2024
Mum to 3 wonderful 20-something women, and a Havanese called Wally.
Sydneysider.
Liz Ledden @lizledden.bsky.social Kids' book author • Latest: Everyone Wants An Octopus Book! (Hardie Grant) • Gadigal/Sydney • www.instagram.com/liz_ledden • www.lizledden.com • https://lemongrassletters.substack.com/
sharondalgleish.bsky.social @sharondalgleish.bsky.social Writer for children, lover of picture books and poetry, happiest breathing in nature.
Brooke Clark @brookemclark.bsky.social Editor, accessibility advocate, wrangler of my neurodivergent fam, cat lover, book lover. Australia.
Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social Award-winning Australian Author on Kaurna Land.
🪶SA Literary Fellow 2025
✨️The Rebels of Mount Buffalo✨️Legend of The Lighthouse Moon✨️On Gallant Wings ✨️The Disappearing Circus 7/25 with Kate Gordon
🪶Nature, Magic & History
www.helenedwardswrites.com
The Book Muse - Ashleigh @thebookmuse1.bsky.social Writer, reviewer, disabled, book lover and cat lover. Picture Book Activist, kid lit advocate. She/her
https://ashleighmeikle.com.au https://www.weekendnotes.com/sydney/writer/186/ https://substack.com/@ashleighthebookmuse
Sophie Beer @sophiebeerdraws.bsky.social Kids author and illustrator✨☀✨
Into books and equality. She/her
Debut MG 'Thunderhead' out now with A&U