Chris Emery @chrisemery.me Poet and book designer, born in Manchester, living in Cromer. Co-founder of Salt Publishing. Five collections from Arc and Salt, most recently Wonder (2025). Newsletter: chrisemery.me
Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social i write poetry & short stories. all photography mine unless otherwise credited.
no religious or political anythings.
creator & host of #AmpersandAfterDark.
Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social I write enigmatic, paradoxical, melancholic micro-writes. #INFJ; My writes: http://allpoetry.com/Verde_Mar; Other platforms: tetrametracall1 🎶 💙 🐾 🦋
Annest Gwilym @annestgwilym.bsky.social Poet, nature lover, Cymraes. Widely published, nominated/winner of writing awards/prizes. Author of four poetry books. My fourth - Contemplation of Roses - is now available from Lapwing Publications on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HG7ZY1Z4
Monique @starfish72.bsky.social Creative writing ⊹ #vss365 ⊹ 🚫 no mass-tagging pls ⊹ happily married 💕 mum to a tuxedo cat
Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social Past Carnegie Medals Judge for NI (2016,2017,2022,2023)& Kids’ Lit Quiz NI heat Co-ord (2006-2019) & Creative Book Blogger at https://goodnighttoread.wordpress.com/ Book Reviewer,Interviewer & Sch Librarian.YLG Nat Comm.Love writing book & nature haikus.
Nigel Kent @kent-nj.bsky.social 5 times Pushcart Prize nominated poet. Author of ‘Sent’, Fall’, ‘Benchwarmers’, ‘Unmuted’, Psychopathogen’ and ‘Saudade’ (all Hedgehog Poetry Press). 3 times shortlisted for the Saboteur Reviewer of Literature. Website: www.nigelkentpoet.wordpress.com
Simone Beach @simonebeach.bsky.social Headteacher of the primary school I went to when I was little. Worked here for over 20 years and still love it. We were evacuated 16/01/23. Can’t wait to be back together as one school. Also love books.
yeehaw poems 🌱 @yeehawpoems.bsky.social Host of #Cassiopeian | #odd
Let's be kind to each other 💜
Media tab for my poems
Uncover the secrets of life:
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Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social Middle school #librarian who has read EVERY fiction book in my #SchoolLibrary. Posts a new #MGLit book review EVERY DAY at http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com, where I've been since 2006. 👍📚
Dean Norton @zentinl.bsky.social somewhere between cold coffee
and used twist ties
is a paper life
in an automatic heart
Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social Seven-time Pushcart Prize winning journal of very short fiction. (Read us at wigleaf.com)
Kris Lindbeck @krislindbeck.bsky.social Haiku etc.. Also, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Buddhism, art and cool science stuff. Some politics . . .
She/her.
Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social "We'll Be Birds" flash chapbook https://www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/well-be-birds-lisa-thornton-425-x-55
In SmokeLong Quarterly, Cincinnati Review+. Senior flash fiction editor @jmww. Sucker for a good barn.
lisathorntonwriter.com
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Erin Bondo @erinbondo.com Canadian writer in Scotland (via Denmark (got lost on the way home (sorry mom))) | Pushcart nominated | Placed/listed: BFFA, Bridport Prize, Welkin Prize, others | Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig | She/Her
erinbondo.com
Avery Lark ✨ @thebisylarke.bsky.social Poet / boyish entity / devoted dabbler in many a craft / self-appointed jester to my own court / lover of learning / cat owner & appreciator / enjoyer of art and stories and silliness / chronic convalescent (they/he/she)
Dave Ashley @daveashleypoet.bsky.social Story Teller, Word Juggler, all round good egg,
Poet from the North of England.
ADHD, cPTSD, LGBTQ+ Ally (I'm sure I have more letters)
Anti Fascist, quite left wing
Part of the #PoetsOfDoom collective
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social I'm an artist, musician, poet, writer, a creative being. I live in France, but born in the UK. I have written anything from horror books to a children's book. Vegetarian, dog lover, anti war maybe a bit woke Follow me if you can.
#vss365 #writingcommunity
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
Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social Publisher & distributor of great children's books.
Please email enquiries@scholastic.co.uk with any queries.
Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social Welsh writer and Poet posting verse, and other writing. #WritingCommunity
Host of #WildWalkPrompt, #SomethingEveryday
and part of the #PoetsOfDoom crew!
https://linktr.ee/quillofmnemosyne
Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social Rewilding pioneers, working with nature for a sustainable future.
https://knepp.co.uk/
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Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social We are a small independent press passionate about publishing poetry, picture books and gripping fiction for children of all ages.
www.troikabooks.com/
Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social Wales’ leading independent English-language publisher 📚 Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 🏴
Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social Nano-publisher & provider of self-publishing services based in Ilfracombe, Devon.
Submissions open for books with a strong focus on Devon and the South West.
https://www.bluepoppypublishing.co.uk 
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
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This account is mostly automated.
Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker Books, the Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author and editor of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children.
Siobhan Potter. @shivpotter.bsky.social art,writing, body psychotherapy.
Ireland.
Miranda Lynn Barnes @luminousjune.bsky.social poetry & science, writer, researcher. she/her/ they is fine, too.
https://mirandalynnbarnes.wordpress.com/
For open research, follow: https://bsky.app/profile/mirandab-oa.bsky.social
Annette Birdsall @quirkybirds.bsky.social Poet, Picture Book Author, and Retired Librarian.
Sam Szanto @samszanto.bsky.social Poet, short story writer, PhD researcher. Books with Hedgehog Press, Dreich, Alien Buddha. Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated. Workshop 13th Sept: https://poetryschool.com/courses/microchimerism-loss-connection-writing-absence-attachment-in-parenthood/
Henry Coles @pitest.bsky.social Fiction: Scottish Book Trust New Writer 2023. SCWBI Undiscovered Voices 2024. Repped by Lucy Juckes at @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
https://henrycoles.com
Tech: Made mutation testing popular - Java Champion
https://pitest.org https://www.arcmutate.com
S. Reeson / Experimental Poet @internetofwords.com Prohibition on Use of Work in AI.
For avoidance of doubt, the Author reserves the rights to this publication. No part of this publication can be utilised or reproduced for the purposes of assisting artificial intelligence technologies. © 2026
John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social Multi-award winning writer, poet & songwriter. Does terrific school visits. Rep:
@JuliaChurchill at @AMHeathLtd.
John Dougherty @johndougherty.bsky.social I write books for children, but this account may contain rants and swearies. For child-friendly kidslit stuff, please follow
@WriterPoetJohn.bsky.social
.www.visitingauthor.com
Poppy Leeder @poppyleeder.bsky.social Green, vegan, tofu-eating wokerati type. Research Manager at University of Leeds. Walker of 2 rescue dogs. More enthusiastic than skilled gardener. Retrofitting and behaviour change to be lower consuming
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
Maggie Womersley @maggiewomersley.bsky.social Writer - Young Adult, NA, Middle Grade/ Winner of Cheshire Novel Prize for Kids 2023/ Undiscovered Voices Deputy Chair/ CNP 2024 Judge/ Likes Spooky stuff, quirky brain science, making dolls and doll houses (don't judge me). 
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.
Lydia Lukidis @lydialukidis.bsky.social Award winning #kidlit author & workshop presenter (K-6)
GROUCHO ('25 & '26)
UP, UP HIGH (Capstone '25)
DEEP, DEEP DOWN (Capstone '23)
Crystal Kite winner & Silver Birch Express Honor
@rru.eurosky.social @rru.eurosky.social Rewilding enthusiast, Good Omens acolyte. I repost Moomins and cycling infrastructure as good things need sharing with the world.
Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival @lyrafest.com Lyra runs Bristol's Poetry Festival, City Poet, Young City Poet & community collabs. Festival supported by ACE.
Next Festival: 17 - 26 April
www.lyrafest.com
Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social Yes it’s The Captain off of Ghosts. Screenwriter and you know the rest.
www.benwillbond.com
https://instagram.com/benjaminwillbond
Michael Pedersen @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / my novel Muckle Flugga is out now 💜📚💫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
@thesepagessing.bsky.social @thesepagessing.bsky.social 
Laura Fowler-Holden @ljfspinningbooks.bsky.social Writer, school librarian, governor, community volunteer, mum of 2.
Published in 206 Word Stories Horror Anthology by Bag of Bones
Poems published on The Dirigible Balloon, The Great Get Together Poetry Fest, Lavender Lime Literary, Heart Balm lit
LizRiceWrites @lizricewrites.bsky.social Writer- current project is a contemporary middle grade novel in verse. I'm always working on picture books. The beach is my happy place.
Sue Spiers @spiropoetry.bsky.social I work with Winchester Poetry Festival, Open University Poetry Society and Winchester Muse - a spoken word event in Winchester. I write poetry and sometimes it gets published. https://www.spiropoetry.com/
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
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Antony Botting @antonybotting.bsky.social Sci-fi author
London - UK
@eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social Activist 🌴 tree hugger 📎📎animal rights advocate 🐘🐧🐈🦮🐎🐟🐖🐄🐓🐝🌳🌳Environmentalist🌳
🇺🇦Ukraine 🇺🇦 Navalny
Vegetarian 🌱 True Blue
🎈California Democrat
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social The Argyle Literary Magazine is BACK with Issue #6. NEW LOOK! NEW FOCUS! NEW POETRY, FICTION, CNF, and DIGITAL ART! STILL VERY COOL AF!!! Stay tuned for shared content and updates!
EIC: @davidestringel.bsky.social
www.theargylelitmag.com
The Yorkshire Times @yorkshiretimes.bsky.social YT features lifestyle, news, business, food, family, cars and more.
Kathryn Beevor @kathrynbeevor.bsky.social Poet Educator (children and adult), TEDx Youth speaker, editor, charity trustee (Kids at School in Nepal) and fundraiser. My work has been published by Little Thoughts Press, Yorkshire Times Publishing, Dream Well Writing Ltd, and the Dirigible Balloon
Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept ‘26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC.
Poems on the Underground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social Poems on the Underground offering poetry old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, to three million daily travellers on London’s Underground system since 1986. www.poemsontheunderground.org
Sarah O @palimpsest22.bsky.social Mainly poetry in independent presses, art, glass, theatre & people playing. Allotment life. York with Glasgow links. UK.
Not every act of kindness is part of a plan.
Website :www.sarahowriter.com
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
Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things @emberjournal.org A journal of poetry and prose. We especially encourage work from younger writers.
Read: read.emberjournal.org
Submit: emberjournal.org/submission-guidelines
Claire L-Gordon @clincolngordon.bsky.social ✍️children’s writer 👩🏫teacher 
Dominic Yoboué @dominicyoboue.bsky.social Children’s Author & Teacher
📚Reviving a LOVE for reading in the young generation with diverse stories 🌎✨
#KaraBook OUT NOW! 📖💛
https://linktr.ee/dominicyoboue?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e330d785-7381-4272-996a-bf049e5d2698
Kirsty Hammond @kirstyhammond.bsky.social SciFi and fantasy writer. Member of Ayr Writers' Club. Golden Egg alumni.
Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social Autistic writer currently querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS
🏆 Undiscovered Voices Winner '26
Published in SOMEONE LIKE ME, avail in bookstores
Website: ivylin.co.uk
Caroline Mundy @cmundywrites.bsky.social 📝 Children’s writer 🥶Sea dipper ☯️Yogi
LL Undiscovered Voices CB 26
LL Yeovil CB 25
SL Yeovil MG 24
LL I Am Writing MG 24
LL WritersMag PB 24
Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Writer of short things. Reader of all things flash. Dog lover. Words in SLQ, XRAY, Flash Frog, Variant Lit, Fictive Dream, Pithead Chapel, Wigleaf. Winner of 2024 Lascaux Prize & Cambridge Prize. She/her https://www.emilyrinkema.com/
Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social 'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
Brenda Blue @brendafromia.bsky.social Blue Dot in Red Iowa. 💙 Reading & Writing
🚫MAGA 🚫Crypto
I believe that #LoveIsLove #ImpeachOr25th #CanklesGuy belongs in Prison, #AbolishICE & #BePrettiGood
Mimi Thebo @mimithebo.bsky.social Author/Academic “…movingly explores the interconnectedness of our minds, bodies, spirituality and physical environment…”
MA, PhD, SFHEA, RLF / Multi-Carnegie nominee
(LFG, Chiefs)
Rachel @rachelbachman.bsky.social Artist. Librarian. Enthusiast.
Manifesting my dream of becoming a
✨children’s book author✨
#kidlit #kidlitart #librarian
Andy Ruffell @andyruffell.bsky.social Writer (rep’d J Mustelier @ Bent Agency), adopted Northerner & Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2021 with Lily Grim and the City of Undone
Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Poetry, prose, art. Submit it.
https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/
BookBrunch @bookbrunch.bsky.social Your daily serving of news and views, promising unrivalled publishing perspective and knowledge. BookBrunch is the essential tool for the book industry.
https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/
Martin Ferguson @honorius.bsky.social DREICH Classic Pamphlet competition winner 'Stone Age Howl',
Runner (10k PB 35'49") Professional English language Trainer, Qualified Photographer, father
Jackie Curtis @jcurtisart.bsky.social A printmaker based in Somerset producing original innovative monoprints, collagraphs, linocuts and woodblocks. Walking pathways taking a lot of photographs.
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Authors Abroad @authorsabroad.bsky.social Organising Author, Poet, Illustrator and Storyteller visits for schools & libraries all over the world, #AIMHigh Days and #PoetrySlams in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/authorsabroad
#Edusky #Booksky #KidLit
Robert Schechter @robertschechter.bsky.social Children's Poet. Author of THE RED EAR BLOWS ITS NOSE: Poems for Children and Others (Word Galaxy 2023). Starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Common Sense Media Selection. Bank Street Selection.
Bethany Samaddar - hiatus @blsamaddar.bsky.social #Writer #poetry #vss365
Debut novel coming soon. Fan of coffee, kindness, musicals, salty air, chocolate & peanut butter (together, of course). No DMs.
Find my writes: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vrrdsq7y63f3nymsuqvyfzte/feed/aaacbwjanm3c6
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social Writer of poetry. To walk as a warrior, embracing grace, into the storms of darkness to breathe out light. Weaving the evil threads life hurls with the threads of wonder. Beauty is cultivated in darkness.
Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Stephen Lightbown @stephenlightbown.bsky.social Adult and children's poet. Picture book writer. Adaptive surfer. Yoga teacher. Northerner. Wheelchair user. Represented by Alice Williams.
Forward Prizes for Poetry @forwardprizes.bsky.social The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
Elle McNicoll 🏴♾️ @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Francesca L Rolle @francesca-laura.bsky.social Art. Nature. Poetry. Life.
She/Her.
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
www.bulbregion.com
Sarah Warden @sarahwarden.bsky.social Poet. Socialist.
"Fight like there is no night so dark that liberty cannot light it."
#poetsonbluesky #NoKings
http://sarahwarden.substack.com
Studio Tea Break @studioteabreak.bsky.social Let’s put on the kettle! Meet here and get inspired to draw with fun challenges. All ages and abilities welcome! jabberworks.co.uk/virtual-studio
We're cross-posting from X, if you want to follow @StudioTeaBreak over there.
Emma Phillips @words-outwest.bsky.social Flash fan, poet, short fiction writer. Likes actual and imaginary travel. Words: 2nd place Bath Flash June 2021, Best Microfiction 2022, Free Flash Fiction Competition Winner. 
Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social Award winning writer in English, Scots and Ulster Scots. Avid reader. Keen baker. Crafter. SCBWI member, SCBWI Ireland Regional Advisor
http://mornawriter.blogspot.com/
Authora Australis @ausauthora.bsky.social Authora Australis, blind review poetry, stories, artwork. Insta: @authoraoz Eds: @rpatulny.bsky.social @psycarlogy.bsky.social
National Association for Poetry Therapy @poetry-therapy.bsky.social Promoting growth & healing through language, symbol, and story. #poetry #expressivearts
Learn more about us at https://poetrytherapy.org/
We also publish the Journal of Poetry Therapy quarterly —> https://poetrytherapy.org/Journal-of-Poetry-Therapy
Emyr Payne @emyrpayne.bsky.social Preorder my debut novel, 50 Reasons to Live, a coming of age story about love, loss, suicide and hope:
https://www.barnardpublishing.co.uk/books/50-reasons-to-live-pre-order/?v=7885444af42e
Benedicta Norell @benedictan.bsky.social Poet. Empowering midlife, eco & mother poetry. First collection coming 2027. Out now: Three Poems in Aftershock Issue 3| Debut Terrible Mother @theblackcatpoetrypress and Waterstones.com |Poems Linked Here:
https://linktr.ee/benedictanorell
Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social "Delightfully bleak."
In real life, I'm a working mother of two, with a boring job in IT.
On here, I am a poet, writer, artist, and crafter!
Member of the #PoetsOfDoom crew.
Member of the #PromptCombo team.