Crown Inn Reading Series @crowninnreadings.bsky.social Readings in backyard of Crown Heights bar The Crown Inn, First & Third Mondays. Emerging Writers series + Poets Nights. Affiliate of Franklin Park Reading Series. Email: crowninnreadingseries@gmail.com.
Sol J Brager @soljbrager.bsky.social Author of graphic novel HEAVYWEIGHT (William Morrow 2024). Historian, teacher, cartoonist. Mostly drawing comics, doing research. https://solomonbrager.com/
Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social trying! jeannethornton.com, patreon.com/jwthornton
Alissa Quart @alissaquart.bsky.social ED of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Author of books including Squeezed, Bootstrapped and Branded. Likes verbs. Recovering utopian. Ready to fight. 
@petescandystore.bsky.social @petescandystore.bsky.social 
Eve J. Chung @evejchung.bsky.social Women’s human rights lawyer with a background in international criminal law. National bestselling author of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG (2024).
Opinions my own
Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social This is a page that advocates for firearms reform and regulation and posts shootings with multiple victims in the US to raise awareness on the pervasiveness of gun violence. Memes too.
Minnesota based.
Follow us to join the alliance!
Nilo Tabrizy @ntabrizy.bsky.social Visual Forensics at The Washington Post | Writing a book on Iran for Pantheon Books (US) & Atlantic Books (UK) | یاشاسین تبریز
Kat Tang @tangkat.bsky.social Writer & schemer // debut novel FIVE-STAR STRANGER out now
Carrie Conners @carrieconners.bsky.social I like poems. Author of: Species of Least Concern (2022), Laugh Lines (2022), and Luscious Struggle (2019). LaGCC English prof. WV roots. https://linktr.ee/connerscarrie
Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social Author, I'm Not Hungry but I Could Eat: stories l Barrelhouse Fiction Editor | 2021 NYFA Fiction Fellow | 2025 VCCA Fellow | Husky bochinchero 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈
📍 Brooklyn, NY
https://chris-gonzalez.com/
Sally Wen Mao @sallywenmao.bsky.social author of Ninetails, The Kingdom of Surfaces, Oculus, and Mad Honey Symposium
chris karnadi @chriskarnadi.bsky.social (rarely here) writer | words at catapult, the atlantic, slate, polygon, and more
Ryan D. Matthews @rydmatthews.bsky.social Winner of NYSCA and de Groot Courage to Write Awards. Fellowships from Hawthornden, LMCC, Lighthouse Works, Tin House. Nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize & 2x semifinalist for Bennett Fellowship. Work in Lit Hub, Litro, Joyland, and MQR.
@alinagregorian.bsky.social @alinagregorian.bsky.social poet, artist, designer 🧿
NYC ~ Oslo
alinagregorianthings.com
Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social writer, illustrator, educator; co-founder Writing Co-Lab; co-host Pete’s Reading Series; words all over the place; weird & genderqueer & poly
@kittypurrzog.bsky.social @kittypurrzog.bsky.social 
mehan @mehanj.bsky.social https://mehan.info
Jill Capewell @capeybara.bsky.social copy editor at HuffPost and proud union member living in bmore
Robert Polito @fantomas2go.bsky.social Poet (Hollywood & God), biographer (Savage Art: Jim Thompson), editor, essayist, professor of writing @ The New School, NYC.
J.T. Price @jtprice.bsky.social Fiction, editorial work, song. 20+ yrs in Bklyn. Midwest-raised. Founder & EiC, @bigscorelit.bsky.social. Co-curator, Rogue Loon reading series. Only one rule I know of, babies.
--> https://www.jt-price.com
& https://beyondtheframe.substack.com
Emily Schultz @emilyschultz.bsky.social Producer and writer. Novels: Brooklyn Kills Me, Sleeping with Friends, Little Threats, The Blondes. Cofounded Medium Cool, and prev. Joyland. Brooklyn 🏳️🌈
www.themediumcool.com
www.emilyschultz.com- K Kate Bolick @katebolick.bsky.social Author of SPINSTER; essayist/journalist; teach writing @Yale.
Luis Jaramillo @luis-1.bsky.social 
Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
Joseph Salvatore @josephsalvatore.bsky.social 
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
Andrew Cotton @andrewcotton.bsky.social Tech Geek and Infrastructure Leader
Sulai3030 @sulai3030.bsky.social Ambitious, user-focused Web and Software Developer. Flexible, communicative and knowledgeable with excellent computer engineering skills including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, VueJS, and ReactJS. I also love reading and writing books.
Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
cmaxmagee @cmaxmagee.bsky.social hoping things don't get too algorithmic
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
@guardianbooks.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social 
Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com The best art publication on Bluesky 🌞 with daily art news and reviews. hyperallergic.com
Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social Gary Shteyngart is a book writer.
garyshteyngart.substack.com
http://facebook.com/shteyngart
sara lippmann @saralippmann.bsky.social dunno
Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social The international source for book publishing and bookselling news, reviews, and information.
publishersweekly.com
n+1 @nplusonemag.com n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
@galleycat.bsky.social @galleycat.bsky.social 
Brooklyn Book Festival @bkbookfest.bsky.social Largest Free Literary Festival in New York.
https://linktr.ee/bkbookfest
2026 Dates
Virtual Festival Day: September 20
Children's Day: September 26
Festival Day: September 27
City-wide Bookends: September 20-28
BOMB Magazine @bombmag.bsky.social Celebrating the artist's voice since 1981. Printed quarterly, online daily.
https://bombmagazine.org/
Ploughshares Literary Journal @pshares.bsky.social The award-winning literary journal based at Emerson College. Publishing established and emerging writers since 1971. mtr.bio/pshares
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
@stephenathome.bsky.social @stephenathome.bsky.social 
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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David Gutowski @largeheartedboy.bsky.social I read and write and listen to music. A lot. Mostly in Brooklyn. Largehearted Boy is my website.
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social “Writer" - The New Yorker. “Author” - New York Times. “A fabulous old soul” - Russ & Daughters Instagram account. “Unlikely model” - BBC. My novel “Kaplan’s Plot” is out on Flatiron.
Ian MacAllen @ianmacallen.bsky.social Author of Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American, writer, graphic designer, and critic.
Find me at IanMacAllen.com or writing about food on AllTheThingsIEat.com and RedSauceAmerica.com
Former Interviews and Deputy Editor at The Rumpus
Elissa Schappell @elissaschappell.bsky.social I’ve published two books of fiction, Use Me and Blueprints for Building Better Girls, and other stuff and had jobs and even if I could capture lightning in a bottle I wouldn’t because lightning should be free.
You are so beautiful when you’re angry.
@bananakarenina.bsky.social @bananakarenina.bsky.social 
Lapham’s Quarterly @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social A magazine of history and ideas. Our latest issue is Energy.
English Kills Review @englishkills.bsky.social We're not dead yet.
Authors, Books, and New York City
englishkillsreview.com- B @benasama.bsky.social @benasama.bsky.social
Ben Kendrick @benkendrick.bsky.social Editorial Director @comicbook.com. Ex-Publisher of Screen Rant. Host: Podcast X. Film Critic. SEO. linktr.ee/benkendrick
@mcnallyjackson.bsky.social @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social 
AGNI @agnimagazine.bsky.social Our avatar is the Vedic god of fire, our goal is literary combustion. A beacon for 50 years, shining brightly in print and online. bu.edu/agni
[Art for AGNI 103 by Danielle Mckinney]
Hannah Tinti @hannahtinti.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Teacher, Ghost
@newdirectionsnow.bsky.social @newdirectionsnow.bsky.social 
@darinstrauss.bsky.social @darinstrauss.bsky.social 
New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Harper’s Magazine @harpers.bsky.social Since 1850. “America’s most interesting magazine” —New York Times
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com Ideas. Influence. Impact.
TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today.
Follow us: https://profile.google.com/@newrepublic
Gothamist @gothamist.com Everything you need to know about New York City. Powered by the WNYC newsroom.
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James McManus @mackie-j.bsky.social Husband. Father. Evertonian.
Brooke Gladstone @brookegladstone.bsky.social Co-host of On the Media. Author of The Influencing Machine and The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time.
Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social Novelist and short story writer.
Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
Pete's Reading Series @petesreading.bsky.social For over 20 years, Brooklyn's premier reading series, every 3rd Thursday of the month at Pete's Candy Store. Currently hosted by Brian Gresko and Temim Fruchter. 
@freemanreads.bsky.social @freemanreads.bsky.social 
@jmseabrook.bsky.social @jmseabrook.bsky.social 
Ted Thompson @tg626.net This is me, all other information on your level is restricted! 🤖
🦮🎹
@magger.bsky.social @magger.bsky.social 
Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social CEO of The Atlantic. Going out of business soon, since 1857.
Author of “The Running Ground: A father, a son, and the simplest of sports.”
John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social Economics writer at The New Yorker. Author of “Capitalism and Its Critics: A History from the Industrial Revolution to AI" and other beach reads.
Jeffrey Toobin Official @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social Contributing Opinion Writer, New York Times. Author, most recently, of "The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy."
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pardon/Jeffrey-Toobin/9781668084946
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social modern scholarship
Brooklyn Public Library @bklynlibrary.bsky.social The official account of Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), an independent library system for the 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn. #ForBrooklyn
@jonnytrigger.bsky.social @jonnytrigger.bsky.social 
Julie Rea @juliereataylor.bsky.social 
Matthew Gallaway @matthewgallaway.bsky.social Cambridge University Press (Executive Publisher, Law) || Writer of novels: #gods / The Metropolis Case || Likes: Gardens / Bike Lanes / Visconti / Queer Futurism
William Woolfitt @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social Writer, poet, teacher. Out now: THE NIGHT THE RAIN HAD NOWHERE TO GO (poems @BellePointPress, 2024). EYES MOVING THROUGH THE DARK (essays @OrisonBooks, 2024).
Cara Blue Adams @carablueadams.bsky.social YOU NEVER GET IT BACK, a New York Times Editors' Choice. Work in the New Yorker and Granta. Associate professor at Temple University. Brooklyn & Beacon via Vermont.
Carrie Callaghan @carriecallaghan.bsky.social Books, tea, cats, seasons, books. Histfic author. 🏳️🌈
www.carriecallaghan.com
Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer.bsky.social My debut novel about music and love THE SINGER SISTERS (Flatiron) is available at a bookstore near you. 🎶 📖
I edit at feminist quarterly Lilith Magazine. ✊
I am a tired NYC mom and probably need some coffee right now… ☕️
Rachel Connor @rachelconnor.bsky.social Medievalist in New Zealand. Facetious. She/her/hers. 🍉
Katie Grimm @grimmlit.bsky.social literary agent, garrulous book collector, bon vivant. she/her
https://curtisbrown.com/
John Lurie @johnlurie.bsky.social https://www.johnlurieart.com/
Painting with John streaming on Max
Michiko Kakutani @michikakutani.bsky.social Former book critic at the New York Times. Author of "The Death of Truth," "Ex Libris" and "The Great Wave."
@sauromotel.bsky.social @sauromotel.bsky.social 
Elissa Field @elissafield.bsky.social Lit noir novels + flash | SmokeLong Submission Ed | Runner Up Killer Claymore Best Mystery | Stories in/coming SmokeLong trampset HAD Moon City Ghost Parachute Monkeybicycle Citron Review Peatsmoke CRAFT Conjunctions ++ | IG FB elissalaurenfield.com
Janet Manley @kafkasbb.bsky.social all existential crisis all the time
@guiacortassa.bsky.social @guiacortassa.bsky.social 
Cara Brookins @carabrookins.bsky.social I built a house with my kids by watching YouTube tutorials. If you want to improve your life, let's start building! https://carabrookins.com 
Ben Parzybok @sparkwatson.bsky.social novelist (COUCH, SHERWOOD NATION), technologist, & maker of things https://levinofearth.com
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Publisher at https://gumballpoetry.org, a tiny poetry journal out of a capsule machine, and other projs https://ideacog.net/apps.
Sam Slaughter @slaughterwrites.bsky.social Author of Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum: And Other Cocktails for ‘90s kids. Dog dad x 23. Novel IP. Manager, SC Brewers Guild. More adjectives.