Essie Brammer @essiebrammer.bsky.social Writer of MG. Finalist Mslexia C&YA Novel '24, SL Wells Book 4 Children '24, Yeovil Lit Prize C&YA '23 & Firefly Press '22, LL Guppy MG '21 & Mslexia C&YA '20 📚. Member of #MGnificents, #MGPugFish and #MiddleGradeHub. Neurodivergent. STEM IRL 🧮. She/her.
Farah Ghuznavi @farahghuznavi.bsky.social I'm a writer, development worker, newspaper columnist and translator, who tells stories in order to get the characters to move out of her head onto the page. I remain an optimistic idealist despite the occasional challenges of such an approach!
Hive.co.uk @hivestores.bsky.social Online store supporting local independent bookshops with each purchase 📚
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Becka Mason @becmason26.bsky.social Senior Publicity Manager at Nosy Crow
Can be found reading, drinking cherry coke or eating garlic bread in spots around London (sometimes all three)
@ylglondon.bsky.social @ylglondon.bsky.social YLG London is a CILIP volunteer-led community. Notification of events & activities will be posted here. Our communications are not CILIP policy.
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Cllr Salman Shaheen @salmanshaheen.bsky.social Author of bestselling novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Public Realm on Hounslow Council. CEO of Carter Fleet. Journalist. FRSA
Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour cllrs
Charlotte Horsman @charlottehorsman.bsky.social Publicity Executive - Nosy Crow. Book enthusiast, dog lover and Tunnock’s Teacake super fan (she/her)
Lou Kent @readupastorm.bsky.social Reads, doesn't really write, works as a secondary school librarian, used to teach in primary, reads some more.
Mainly reviews everything read (middle grade, young adult and fantasy in the most part).
Diane Debrovner @dianedebrovner.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Former deputy editor @Parents Magazine. Co-author of ROXIE IN COLOR, Candlewick Press, 2026. 
Jamie MacDougall Art and Music.. @jamieart2708.bsky.social Artist, scottish independence, singer of soulful songs, occasional poet, animal lover, pescetarian, left of centre and all round good egg....
Not a fan of idiots and scammers..
My blocked list is expanding.
E.L. Norry @elnorrywriter.bsky.social ⛅️ Wellbeing/Safeguarding at an FE college
🌛 Writer
📚 2025 Runaways/26 Outlaws Bloomsbury contemporary MG
✒️ Lydia Silver, The Soho Agency
📝 Freelance mentor/editor
🏫 Yr 5/6/7 Author visits
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Soma Dey @somadexterous.bsky.social Electron-proton-neutron-chart-tech
Globetrotter (40 countries ++)
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Author of 03 Global books (in 02 languages - Bengali & English)
Clare Weze @clareweze.bsky.social Author of UP ABOVE THE CITY and THE LIGHTNING CATCHER, science editor, CILIP Carnegie 2022 nominee, Northern Writers' Award-winner.
Agent: Abi Fellows, DHH Literary Agency
(Weze is pronounced Way-Zay)
clareweze.com
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Morgan Nyberg @morgannyberg.bsky.social Life is short. You deserve to read my work.
https://www.morgan-nyberg.ca/
Award Publications @awardbooks.bsky.social 📚 We publish award-winning children’s books and have been for over 50 years in the heart of Sherwood Forest!
✨ Our aim is to inspire a love of reading in all children; our books entertain and encourage learning!
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Linda Middleton @lindapoet.bsky.social Children's poet. Poems in The Caterpillar, Little Thoughts Press, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Paddler Press, Parakeet, Charles Causley Trust, Northern Gravy, Candlestick Press, The Toy, Brian Moses' Blog, Tyger Tyger and anthologies.
Holly Cowie @hollycowie.bsky.social Writing a middle grade novel and drawing a lot.
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drawingfromtheinkwell.substack.com
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Debeshi Gooptu @debeshigooptu.bsky.social Writer and general dogsbody.
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Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
ReadiLN – Discover & Share Books @readiln.com 📚 Where Readers & Authors Connect!
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Louise McLaughlin author she / her @louisemclaughlin.bsky.social 📚💙 Scottish fantasy author of D-Notice series- Cassie discovers saving the world with Glaswegian retired gods is a tough gig.
FREE BOOK links
Deviation: Wandering gods https://BookHip.com/HBMLCLS
Darkness https://BookHip.com/XNZJLNF
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
Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices is an initiative by @SCBWI_BI to help find fresh, new voices in children's literature - #UV26 coming soon
Find out more and read extracts from the previous winning entries at at www.undiscoveredvoices.com
Little Miss Contrary @eimanmunro.bsky.social Writer ~ Researcher ~ Autism Expert by Experience for CAMHS NHS professionals.
SCBWI member, Megaphone community member, Writementor Hub community member, #UV2024 winner🤩
ToBeBooks @tobebooks.bsky.social Rebel booksellers, UK based social enterprise founded to sell children’s books so our profits can fund children’s libraries. #changebookdeserts #activists 🫶🏾🏳️🌈📚 p.s seeking investment https://tobebooks.co.uk/
Annie Llewellyn @anniellewe.bsky.social Oil painter, children’s author + illustrator | Published in Northern Gravy, The Toy Press, Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press, Cleaver Magazine
Tom Parkinson @tomjparkinson.bsky.social 🧐 Researching how tech can assist Primary school teachers when assessing Writing. https://air-ed.com
🎸 Love playing and listening to music.
🌇 I live in York, UK. Favourite city in the World is NYC.
⚽ @evertonfc.com & @prescotcables.bsky.social
Margaret McDonald @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social 🌊📚 Glasgow Boys @faberbooks Carnegie Medal, UKLA and Branford Boase Winner 2025 🍾💘 shortlisted YA Prize & Waterstones Prize 🤍 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 Alba gu bràth 🏴
Learn to Love to Read @l2l2r.bsky.social Helping Wandsworth children learn to love to read.
Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
Accomplish MAT @accomplishmat.bsky.social Collectively driving with ambition & innovation to accomplish excellence for all. We are passionate about providing quality holistic education for all.
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Jerry Clay English Hub @jcenglishhub.bsky.social We are proud to be 1 of 34 schools to be funded by the DfE. We promote a love of reading, provide excellent phonics support & develop early language skills 🌟📚
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Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social 👨🏫 Primary Deputy Head Teacher in Burton
📚 Children’s book blogger.
🏡 Live in Birmingham (proud Brummie)
Check out my blog at tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com
Rachel Hamilton @rachelhamilton.bsky.social Lecturer at Bath Spa Uni and sometimes Uni of Lincoln (I like train travel), freelance editor and copywriter, author of books about fame-hungry unicorns and exploding toilets, and now PhD researcher into the intersection of AI, comedy and literature. Busy
Struan Murray @struan-murray.bsky.social NYT bestselling children's author 🏴
DRAGONBORN out NOW! 🔥
ORPHANS OF THE TIDE 🐋
THE SECRET OF THE MOONSHARD 💫
School Libraries Group Scotland @slgscotland.bsky.social Account for the CILIP School Libraries Group in Scotland.
@wellylibrary.bsky.social @wellylibrary.bsky.social 
Carel Press @carelpress.bsky.social We love libraries and learning and publish resources for them: Library Learner Quiz Pack; the Reading Game; Reading & Library posters; Complete Issues; Spine Labels; Shorter Shakespeare series.
https://carelpress.uk
Lio Luxton @llykaios.bsky.social School librarian 📚 | children’s writer | poet | artist & crafter | avid reader | nature enthusiast | dnd nerd
AllStories Mentee 2021
Autistic | hEDS | Non-Binary they/them 🏳🌈
Chloe Elder @chloevictoriaelder.bsky.social Floridian in Edinburgh, School Librarian, Figuring out how I want to use this page
@librarylane1978.bsky.social @librarylane1978.bsky.social 
Catherine Cawthorne @catcawthorne.bsky.social Children's author and secondary school librarian.
🐺Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales
🦣We Went To Find A Woolly Mammoth
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Ceri H @ceried.bsky.social Researcher of environmental education, place and politics. Special interests: deliberative democracy, youth agency, literacy & literature. Trustee of Another Way. Love Europe ❤️
Tracy Hopkins @tracyshopkins.bsky.social Bookworm, editor, children's book enthusiast, School Library Assistant, blogger, Londoner, mum. All views my own. She/her
Abby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. Reading, librarian, cups of tea, library advocacy, immunocompromised, pro-choice, scleroderma, interstitial lung disease, organ donation, ADHD and naps. She/her.
Forest Hill School Library @fhslib.bsky.social Inner London Boys' Secondary with Mixed 6th Form
“The very well-resourced library in the heart of the building exemplifies the school’s commitment to promoting reading.” OfSTED 2024
foresthill.lewisham.sch.uk/library
The School Library Association @sla.org.uk We are a national education charity and membership organisation that supports all schools to encourage reading for pleasure through the school library. Find out more: https://sla.org.uk #BookSky
Kirstin Mcneil @kirstinauthor.bsky.social Children's book author and middle-grade reader
Ævar Þór Benediktsson @aevarthor.bsky.social Icelandic actor, children's book author and voice artist. / My new book, “Oops! I Just Ate You.” out in September ‘26 🧟♂️ / Ambassador to Unicef Iceland / He/him.
Will post both in Icelandic and English.
www.AevarWritesBooks.com
@corambeanstalk.bsky.social @corambeanstalk.bsky.social 
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
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Harriet Howe @harriethowebks.bsky.social Picture book author rep’d by Clare Wallace at Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency
Sabrina Shah #kidlit author @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author #PB MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS '25 with Barefoot Books
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Hannah Prutton @hannahprutton.bsky.social Senior Publicity Manager at Nosy Crow (views my own). General lover of books, cats, tea and Gilmore Girls.
disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social Chronic distributor of dark art, music, and humor to the benefit (nay detriment) of those who follow. Abandon all hope ye who enter within... 🖤💀 https://godhatesgoth.com #gothic #postpunk #synthwave #darkwave #horror #horrorfam #darkart #darkhumor
Charlotte Taylor @charlottetaywrites.bsky.social Aspiring YA writer.
Bath Spa Writing Programme Alumni
Posts all thing books
Loves ghosts
Charlotte Teeple-Salas @ctsalaswrites.bsky.social Adventures in the UK, Europe & California. 🤺 🚕 Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People ‘22. 📚 SL Searchlight ‘21. LL Guppy ‘22. LL WriteMentor & Searchlight ‘24. 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧
Kelly Simpson @kellylsimpson.bsky.social Exploring life like a cozy RPG—side quests, soft vibes, and a touch of magic. ✨🌸☕
Podcast: https://linktr.ee/acupofcozypod
Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People @leafjournal.bsky.social Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People. Publishing scholarly articles by children's writers in the academy. View our past issues: https://ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/issue/archive
Find us online: https://linktr.ee/leafjournal
Lucy Bannerman @timeslucy.bsky.social Children's book critic and journalist at The Times.
Championing the best in children's literature every week.
News | Features | Podcasts | Book prize judge
Insta: @lucybannerman_books
BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2060
TBR: 6965
2026 Reading Challenge: 202/200
Philippa Leathley @prleathley.bsky.social Author of INKBOUND, publishing January 2025 with HarperCollins. Represented by Hannah Sheppard at HS-LA
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 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
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
Zulekhá A. Afzal @zulekhaa-afzal.bsky.social Author of YA fantasy DANCERS OF THE DAWN ☀️ Agent: Lauren Gardner
https://linktr.ee/zulekhaa_afzal
Jenny Hawke @jennyhawke.bsky.social Children’s Librarian and Chair of CILIP YLG National Committee
Anne O'Brien Carelli - kidlit author @aobriencarelli.bsky.social Children's book author www.anneobriencarelli.com
@coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social Always writing. Caterpillar Poetry Prize (18), Spark! School Book Awards (23and25). Shortlisted for a UKLA Award (23). Bookoholic. Justice, mercy, humility.
Steven B. Epstein @stevenbauthor.bsky.social Author of bestselling true crime books Deadly Heist, Murder on Birchleaf Drive, Evil at Lake Seminole, and Extreme Punishment StevenBEpstein.com #truecrime
Karen McCombie @karenmccombie.bsky.social Children's Author.
Somewhat Scottish, London based, owned by a Westie, crisp fan, she/her.
Oh, and "one of children’s fiction’s most accomplished authors"
according to @Waterstones.
Agent: jhare@theagency.co.uk / Events: @AuthorsAloudUK
Serena Patel @serenakpatel.bsky.social Children’s author
Chris Dixon @avalanchechris.bsky.social Mental health book author who is attempting to archive as much of MAGA's misdeeds on Bluesky as humanly possible.
Terraclash.co.uk fantasy board game. Sign up to the mailing list and get an exclusive Character if you back the Kickstarter.
Natalie Mohammed @natmoh.bsky.social Teacher and Author of 'Soldier Alif and the Arabic Alphabet'; Writing MG 🦅🌌
Waterstones Bath @waterstonesbath.bsky.social Our beautiful shop is located in the centre of Bath and has the largest range of books in the city, spread over 3 floors.
Open 9-6 Mon-Sat (Cafe 9-5.30)
11 - 5 Sunday.
https://www.waterstones.com/bookshops/bath
email: Bath@Waterstones.com
Emily Randall-Jones @erandalljones.bsky.social Wiltshire girl. MG author of folksy horrors THE WITCHSTONE GHOSTS and THE SCREAM OF THE WHISTLE with Chicken House. Repped by Lucy Irvine, DA. Storyteller/Workshop Person. Longlisted for Branford Boase. Messy ND overthinker, big fan of tea and magic.
Earthling Beta Readers @earthlingbeta.bsky.social Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
Farrah Riaz @farrahriaz.bsky.social London writer ✨ picture book The Twirly Wiggly Dance available now to buy✨
#WritingCommunity #2024debut Insta: farr.ahriaz
Karenwallee @karenwallee.bsky.social Book nerd, book blogger & teacher.
Becky @pinklotus1.bsky.social ✨️Seeker of silver linings! ✨️
📚 Lover of books & dogs 🐕
Mum Nana ME/fibro 👩🦽
Disability Mental Health Writing Kidlit Art Buddhism Bristol
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Sarah Merrett 🫧A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social Writer. A Place of a Thousand Wishes and The Others published by Everything With Words.
Instagram: sarahmerrett1
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https://linktr.ee/sarahmerrett
Dev Kothari @devkothari.bsky.social Author. देसी Londoner. 한국어 학생. Mum.
Bringing back Kay-Kay - Walker Books
Agent: Clare Wallace - Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency
Shalini Abeysekara @awayintheshire.bsky.social THIS MONSTER OF MINE coming April 2025!
Fantasy writer | Neurodivergent af
Represented by the amazing Molly Jamieson and Ginger Clark
https://linktr.ee/shalini.a
Pippa McGeoch @literacypippa.bsky.social Senior Literacy Consultant at Literacy Tree
We #TeachThroughaText 📚
🌐 https://literacytree.com/
Kay Medway @kaymedway.bsky.social I’m a library assistant and poet with work published in The Dirigible Balloon, Disabled Tales, Dreambeast Poems, and featured on Brian Moses’s blog. My poems are forthcoming in Scaryness Express.
Science News @scinews.bsky.social Science News from Academic Journals etc.
T.L. Simpson @tlsimpson.bsky.social Printz Honor Book author of COPE FIELD. Also STRONG LIKE YOU and ACCELERANT (forthcoming). Rep'd by Shari Maurer.
www.tlsimpson.net
History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social ➥ Old Photos, Pics, Docs, Maps
➥ Ottoman Empire Archives
➥ Historical Letters, Notes, Poems, Memoirs.
➥ medium.com/@HistoricalMemoirs
Lois Foster @loisafoster.bsky.social Writer of the weird and wacky! Brain currently on the run in the Bahamas 🇧🇸 Bath Spa MAWYP alumni. I love 🍫🐱 & 🍪 Queen Biggie 🐆 👑
Inish View @inishview.bsky.social Scenic photography from North West Ireland 🌊
Donegal coastlines, weather & light 📸
Support my work ☕ buymeacoffee.com/inishview
Evelise @evelros.bsky.social Poet | Dreamer | Chaos Enthusiast
Writing the echoes of forgotten gods and flickering flames.
🌑Black Below |✨Lover of the untamed