Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of bold new fiction and non-fiction, based in Liverpool
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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Blog: www.publiclawforeveryone.com. Website: www.markelliott.org
The Failing Writers Podcast @failingwriters.bsky.social A podcast for anyone who’s ever dreamed of being a writer… then got distracted by a video of a cat being frightened by a cucumber.
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Trash Cat Lit @trashcatlit.bsky.social Online magazine for flash and short fiction.
Chill Subs 2024 Community Favourites Flash Fiction #7
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Still on X @TrashCatLit
Editor: JP Relph @therelphian.bsky.social
Read Stories: https://trashcatlit.com/treasured-words/
NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social Inspiring challenges for storytellers. Next up is the Scary Story Challenge on October 16th at https://nycmidnight.com/scary.
Searchlight Awards @writingawards.bsky.social A competition for un-agented YA and children’s authors, dedicated to discovering exceptional new voices and connecting them with literary agents.
https://www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/
counter/field @counterfield.bsky.social Poetry & field notes
New poems Wednesdays
Rebecca Powell @rebeccapowellbooks.bsky.social Author | Editor | Book coach.
Bristol girl now living in France. Caledonia Novel Award SL. Goldfinch Novel Award LL.
Rep’d by Judith Murray at Greene & Heaton
Jack Wright @jackwrightauthor.com Horror author from the North of England. Reyt Spooky.
Stories of grief, folklore, and the things that move when they shouldn’t.
Duskfield Pines — ???
Anna’s Veil — ???
https://ko-fi.com/jackwrightauthor
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Ryan Hagen @alltheshapes.bsky.social Sociologist studying risk, disaster, and social change
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@katlizjen.bsky.social @katlizjen.bsky.social ✒Fiction writer based in Germany |🗺️ Fantasy novels • 📚 Short stories • ✨ Poetry | 🌎 Explorer of strange characters, weird worlds, and hidden truths
BooksForOurChildren @booksforourkids.bsky.social a parent's eye-view of children's literature
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Rachel Le Mesurier - Author @rmlemesurierauthor.bsky.social Traditionally published author, artist,
Freelance editor, sensitivity reader, Guernsey girl 🇬🇬. EDS 🦓 / POTS ❤️
The Official Tamora Pierce @tamorapierce.bsky.social She/Her, YA Fantasy author with too much to do, and too many creatures that want to help. Support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/tamorapierce for more ;)
@tlcuk.bsky.social @tlcuk.bsky.social 
Stephen J Carver @drstephencarver.bsky.social Recovering Academic, Writer, and Old School Biker. General Editor of Wordsworth Editions 'Tales of Mystery and The Supernatural' series. Author of forthcoming book 'Hell on Wheels: A History of Biker Movies'.
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
Graham Bartlett @gbpoliceadvisor.bsky.social 🚔 Advising authors, TV writers, doc makers.
✍️ Award-winning crime writer: BAD FOR GOOD, FORCE OF HATE & CITY ON FIRE. Repped by DHH Literary Agency.
🤓 Mentor with Jericho Writers.
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@faberacademy.bsky.social @faberacademy.bsky.social 
Renard Press @renardpress.com 🍃 An award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Also home to Hay Press.
renardpress.com
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Katherine Howe @katherinebhowe.bsky.social NYT bestselling historian and novelist. Texpat. Girafflet mama. Sailor. PENGUIN BOOK OF PIRATES & ASTOR out. A TRUE ACCOUNT pb 11/19 (she/her)
National Theatre @nationaltheatre.org.uk 🎭 On Stage on the South Bank
💻 Online with National Theatre at Home
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Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social London-based book publisher 📚
An imprint of Boundless Publishing Group - home to @neemtreepress.bsky.social and @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social
Visit us at https://www.boundlesspublishinggroup.com/
@adhocfiction.bsky.social @adhocfiction.bsky.social 
Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author. Amazon #1 bestseller.
🇬🇧 Mantle, Pan-Macmillan
🇺🇸 Atria, Simon & Schuster
Agent: Antony Topping @greeneandheaton.bsky.social
https://www.laurashepherdrobinson.com/
Vintage Books @vintagebooks.bsky.social Read boldly. Think differently.
Jessica Sinsheimer @jsinsheim.bsky.social Ravenous reader, lazy gourmet, literary agent + cheese-obsessed human. Co-creator of #MSWL, Manuscript Wish List® + http://www.ManuscriptAcademy.com. ☕📚She/her.
Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social The RSL celebrates and nurtures reading and writing of all kinds. We're a charity that believes literature is for everyone. ✨ 200 years young. 🌟
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @crankedanvil.bsky.social Writing Prizes | Indie Press | New Writing | Est. 2012. | https://crankedanvil.co.uk/ | EIC: Paul Dunn https://bsky.app/profile/pauldunnwriter.bsky.social
Fractured Lit @fracturedlit.bsky.social Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/ Posts by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social
Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Independent publisher.
Leeds.
Publishing director: Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social
🖤🌈https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop
@louiseprinjha.bsky.social @louiseprinjha.bsky.social 
Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Visiting fellow at the Open University.
Obsessed with inquests.
MudRoom | Submissions OPEN @mudroommag.bsky.social A magazine of poetry and prose. Submissions are open through March 25. We pay $15 per accepted piece.
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Brockwell Lido Users @brockwelllido.bsky.social The official Twitter page of Brockwell Lido Users Group - representing all the users of our historic lido since 2001 (www.brockwelllido.com)
FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social #FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social. 
Jericho Writers @jerichowriters.bsky.social Jericho Writers is an online writing school and global community offering online writing courses, editorial services, and personalised support for authors. ✍️
#WritingCommunity
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Cheshire Novel Prize @saranaidinecox.bsky.social www.cheshirenovelprize.com
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
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The Bath Novel Awards @bathnovelaward.co.uk International prizes for emerging writers
✨The Bath Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 31 May
✨The Bath Children's Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 30 Nov
www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social The home of Kew Science 👩🔬
🌱Collections
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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
📝 Over £20K prize pot
📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre
The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize.
bridportprize.org.uk
Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social Start your story with expert teaching from acclaimed authors, leading literary agents and top publishers. Writing courses online and in London.
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
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@csldedwards.bsky.social @csldedwards.bsky.social 
The Literary Consultancy @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social The UK's longest-standing editorial consultancy. Offering editing, mentoring and events. Home of Being A Writer. #ACEsupported. Official BlueSky account.
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
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Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.
Howard Teece @howardteece.bsky.social Former half-arsed software engineer.
Occasional scuba diver.
Attempting to write something.
Caroline Hardaker @carolinehardaker.bsky.social Author, Poet, Novelist. A bit witchy. MOTHTOWN & COMPOSITE CREATURES from Angry Robot, LITTLE QUAKES & BONE OVATION from Valley Press.
Stephanie Carty @stephaniecarty.bsky.social Fond of creativity, pyjamas and kindness.
Ruby Cowling @rubycowling.bsky.social THIS PARADISE: Short stories // Boiler House Press // http://tinyurl.com/RCTParadise // Shortlisted Edge Hill Prize; Longlisted Orwell Prize //
Full of state and woe
Marianne Brown @marianne-brown.bsky.social Writer and community energy enthusiast with roots in Edinburgh/Shetland/Devon.
Author The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on My Father's Islands (Borough Press, 2025).
❤️ running, knitting, reading & social justice
Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social Sins of My Father ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Guardian Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Academic. Memoir lover. #lifewriting Co-founder @londonlitlab.bsky.social Find me here: https://lilydunn.substack.com/
London Lit Lab @londonlitlab.bsky.social Find your story at the city's friendliest creative writing workshops, where writers teach writers. @lilydunn.bsky.social and Zoe Gilbert - and also find us here: https://londonlitlab.substack.com/ and here londonlitlab.co.uk
Bev Thomas @bevthomas.bsky.social Writer - Good Enough Mother and The Family Retreat (Faber) Clinical Psychologist. Rep Karolina Sutton @ CAA
I Am In Print @iaminprint.bsky.social Elane & Sarah: writer uniters; friends to authors, publishers, agents and writers
We pioneered the best agent feedback service in the world - #Agent121 - and run annual writing competitions!
https://www.iaminprint.co.uk