Darren does Comics @dikiminster.bsky.social Comic strip colourist and occasional artist! Online portfolio at www.dscomiccolours.com
FlatNClean @flatnclean.com I clean, press and collect comic books as a hobby 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🌱
Huge fan of #Marvel, #Hulk and #SheHulk
YouTube.com/@flatnclean
BooksForTopics @booksfortopics.bsky.social 🏆 Award-winning children’s booklisting website 📕 Recommended children’s books sorted by age or topic - visit us at http://www.booksfortopics.com
#EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #BookSky
Alfie Gallagher @alfiegallagher.bsky.social Comics - Illustration - Books - Movies - Music
Donegal born, Yorkshire based
http://www.alfiegallagher.com/
David Campbell @davidcampbell.bsky.social Author and illustrator*
*getting there
Simon K Jones @simonkjones.bsky.social Writer of serial fiction. Read it over on the Write More newsletter: https://simonkjones.substack.com/
Lyndon White @lyndondraws.bsky.social Comic Artist / Writer
IMAGE / TOP COW / CAST IRON BOOKS / BLUE FOX COMICS / TWITCH - I draw books with monsters & magic.
Working on: Embers
www.lyndonwhite.com
John A. Short @johnashort.bsky.social I make comics! http://kultcreations.blogspot.com
Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
https://linktr.ee/rashmiwriting
Ian Brownlie @ianbrownlie.bsky.social Writer of poetry/fiction for children (Dirigible, Tyger Tyger, Little Thoughts, Nimblewitlit, The Toy) and adults (Shine, Viridine, Underbelly, Rough Diamond) | Pushcart nom '26, Times/CH LL | he/him
Morgan Nyberg @morgannyberg.bsky.social Life is short. You deserve to read my work.
https://www.morgan-nyberg.ca/
Yasmin Sheikh @nerderella.bsky.social I'm Yasmin, an illustrator from the Netherlands.
And I'm tired all the time. 😪🐍
🪿she / her 👹
Cómics! @guiadecomics.bsky.social Comparto publicaciones de todo tipo sobre cómics, historietas, novelas gráficas, autores y personajes. 99% repost directo sin cita. Para iniciados y expertos. Para lectores y creadores.
Tash Hyde @tash-hyde.bsky.social Passionate about getting kids reading, work at Read for Good, was a Children's Librarian
Jon Lock @jonlock.com I write comics! | Tiny Hercules @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social | Afterlife Inc. | 2000AD | Toxic Crusaders | Big Punch Studios | Repped by @rachelpmann.bsky.social
My website | https://www.jonlock.com
Afterlife Inc. | https://www.afterlife-inc.com
Stíofán Mhac an Bhaird (Stephen Ward) @stephencward.com Comic-loving bookworm. Scribbler of words and images. (cis,he/him)
Website: https://stephencward.com
Avatar by @lisamchugo.bsky.social
AaronVW @drawntocreatures.bsky.social Budding naturalist/illustrator ✍️ aspiring zoologist 🐾 and keen artist who loves natural history, mythology & comics 📚 https://www.instagram.com/drawntocreatures?igsh=MW15b3B0eGp1cHZ4eg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Cat Drawer Jim @catdrawerjim.bsky.social -and seeker of guitar-playing squirrel artefacts
Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
Minou Moonshine / Sam Singh @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
Poetry:
Empirical
@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
A Terrible Thing Bad Betty Press
https://linktr.ee/gitaralleigh
Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated.
Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social
My type on paper
YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡
MG: Last Hope Highway, Day of the Whale, Mort the Meek, Animal Rescue
School talks / workshops KS1-KS3
www.racheldelahaye.com
Lis Jardine @lisjardine.bsky.social Children’s novelist. ‘The Detention Detectives 3: Talent for Trouble’ out Jan 25! MAWYP. Rep @lucyirvine93
Chronic. School librarian. Vegan. Tired.
Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com https://comics-jobs.com is a free job board for comics creators.
Operated by two lovely humans 🇱🇧 🇵🇭 not bots or AI.
Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social Everything and anything to do with books. 📚
Plus, I'm an avid Arsenal fan. ⚽️
Ko-mic @ko-mic.com Hello everyone! I’m building a web app for comic publishing. What would you like it to have? Publish and sell your comics or episodes however you want. More updates coming soon.
https://ko-mic.com
🚫 IA
Isidor @isidor.rs I make Extremely detailed music! Immerse yourself into my futuristic soundscapes, I am a boundarypushing synthwave producer at #NewRetroWave Your own music guide!
Supported by Reveal Sound!
DM for mix and master!⬇️
My music
https://hyperfollow.com/Isidor
Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social He/him
Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈
Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk
Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
Lele Saa @lelesaa.com (she/her)
Illustrator | Writer | Designer | H(ai)ter
📍Cambridge, UK.
Inspired by joy, curiosity & creativity.
Represented by Sophie Sheumaker at BookEnds Literary Agency.
© Lele Saa 2023-26
www.lelesaa.com
Bev Humphrey @libwithattitude65.bsky.social UK literacy, reading & digital media consultant, Canvassador, book dragon & Christmas freak
Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social Kelpies Prize winner, Carnegie nominated children's author @DiscoverKelpies @CranachanBooks
#SCBWI she/her
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Chrissie Sains @chrissiesains.bsky.social Children's Author |
Alien in the Jam Factory series published by @walkerbooksuk and
‘I Got This’ published by @scholasticinc
Evelise @evelros.bsky.social Poet | Dreamer | Chaos Enthusiast
Writing the echoes of forgotten gods and flickering flames.
🌑Black Below |✨Lover of the untamed
ComicScene @comicscene.bsky.social News and features supporting small press, indie and comics from the UK and beyond. Follow the ComicScene Culture Review on substack https://open.substack.com/pub/comicscene
YO Comics Fair @yocomicsfair.bsky.social 📚 A free comics fair for kids and young people, by kids!
🗓️ Sun 22 March 2026
11am to 5pm
🏫 Stanley Arts, S Norwood, London, SE25 6AB
Run by Helen @eggyhelen.bsky.social & Hannah & @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social
https://www.yocomicsfair.co.uk
Paul Harrison-Davies @paulmhd.bsky.social Educator by day, artist by night.
IG https://instagram.com/paulmhd
More links here https://linktr.ee/paulmhd
Josh Adams @joshadams.bsky.social Pulitzer Prize winning comic artist/AD with Business Insider. Doing my own thing now. Son of the late Neal Adams. Way cool.
Booking: josh@whatwouldjoshdo.com
Website: www.whatwouldjoshdo.com
Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
Tags #comics
#Unflattening #Nostos
Lydia Turner @lydiaturner97.bsky.social Managing Editor of Broken Frontier comic reviews/coverage team • Co-organiser of Small Press Day 2025 & 2026
Published in The Comics Courier Issue 2 - Sept 2025!
www.brokenfrontier.com/author/lydiat/
Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk Author of THE NOTWITCHES and THE NOTWITCHES: PRISON BREAK. All the links for ordering can be found at garypanton.co.uk/books/
Represented by Rachel Mann at CAA.
📍Perth, Scotland
🌐 garypanton.co.uk
Bruna De Luca @brunadeluca.bsky.social Teen fiction author | LIVIA IN ROME | EVIE IN VENICE (July ‘26) @chickenhousebooks
🏴🇮🇹Scotalian
❤️ in my romance era
Will Douglas @mrwilldouglas.bsky.social Lifelong GTFC fan, co-founder of Grimsby’s Docks Beers, Docks Academy and DocksFest.
Steve James @stejdesigns.bsky.social Leeds based freelance illustrator
https://stejdesigns.wixsite.com/mysite
https://www.advocate-art.com/steve-james
Sammy @sammyborras.bsky.social draw/ink/colour comics and zines :3
https://www.sammyborras.co.uk
https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras
https://www.instagram.com/sammyborras/
Firefly Press @fireflypress.bsky.social Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year
www.fireflypress.co.uk
The Bear & The Fox @bearandfoxblog.bsky.social Family blog + children’s writer: recipes, crafts, book reviews, Edinburgh travel tips. Shortlisted for The Kelpies Prize for Writing 2026. https://www.thebearandthefox.com/
Urmston Books & Board Games @urmstonbooks.bsky.social Book shop and board game cafe in Urmston, Manchester. Find us at 72 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AB. urmstonbooks.co.uk
Hilary Hawkes - author @hilarymhawkes.bsky.social Children's author. Writing picture books and Middle Grade. Repd for foreign rights by Wellread and Boekenreis. Also lover of nature, gardens, mugs of tea and peaceful places. GEA, Scattered Authors, CWIG
Megaphone Writers Cic @megaphonewriters.bsky.social We're here to provide affordable, accessible, transformative development opportunities to people of colour who want to write for children or teenagers. www.megaphonewrite.com for more about our mentoring. Arts Council National Lottery funded.
Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social Author in the Highlands 🏴, for kids, teens and adults. Next adult book: THE FROG PRINCE, Summer 2027 🐸👑
Hugh Raine @hughraine.bsky.social Cartoonist and writer. Illustrator, actor, photographer, biscuit baker, dad. Not in that order. Betty & The Yeti: Friends at First Fart and A Monstrous Mess from The Beano and Farshore OUT NOW!
John Shelley - Illustrator @studionib.bsky.social Illustrator and author for children's publishing and the wider design business. #KidLitUK #illustration https://linktr.ee/studionib
ILYAgraphic @ilyagraphic.bsky.social Show me a comic and I'll probably buy it. One day I might even read it.
Lucy Hope @lucyhope.bsky.social Children’s author. FLEDGLING and WREN, both published by Nosy Crow. Dog lover without a dog. Cat lover without a cat. Writing the next book and eating cake to fill the whiskery void. Rep @joannamoult
Gaynor Andrews @gaynorandrews.bsky.social Children's author and poet | 'Pandora and the Story Forge' pub by Rocket Bird Books | @scbwi | Based in NE Scotland
https://gaynorandrews.online/
Stacey Whittle @staceywhittle.bsky.social Comics writer/nerd/knitter/scruffy looking cat herder.
Justyn Edwards @justynedwards.bsky.social Author of the GREAT FOX series. Capable of typing and making things up simultaneously.
Agent: morgangreencreatives.com
Me: justynedwards.com
Laura Smythe @laurasmythepr.bsky.social Freelance children's/YA book PR living by the sea.
Dave Gibbons @davegibbons90.bsky.social 
Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social Writer and artist in Devon, UK. Inconsistent poster. Dawe is pronounced 'door'. No AI in my art or writing, ever.
Rep'd by @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social
The Stitchwort Curse published by @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/alexandradawe
Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, Disney, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie, Terrahawks, and Minecraft. Currently : Thunderbirds!
Site: danwhitehead.net
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
@penjunky.bsky.social @penjunky.bsky.social 
Simone Lia @simonelia.bsky.social Comic words and pictures. 
Garen Ewing @garenewing.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, comic creator. Julius Chancer, Curious Expedition 2, Arnie Bird, The Lost Expedition, Logos For Shows & more ... Also historian, karateka and Human.
And what's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?
https://linktr.ee/garenewing- F Faz Choudhury @fazman.bsky.social Creator of comics and facial hair.
Hard Toons @hardtoons.bsky.social Not so secret cartoonist identity of @achazhardenberg.bsky.social. Published in The Guardian, The Critic, Alta, The Phoenix, The Oldie & Private Eye. hardtoons.co.uk
Hickey @hickeycartoons.bsky.social Draws cartoons for The Phoenix, Private Eye, The Critic...
Please, no AI slop. Don't even repost it.
www.patrickhickey.ca
Jamie Groovement aka Agent J @jamiegroovement.bsky.social groovement.co.uk
Sean Phillips @seanphillips.bsky.social Eisner Award winning comic book artist.
The CRIMINAL tv show is coming soon
to Amazon Prime Video
sean@seanphillips.co.uk
seanphillips.bigcartel.com
Jacob Phillips @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social Comic artist and colourist.
Working on That Texas Blood, Newburn, The Enfield Gang Massacre, Reckless and Night Fever
marc makes comics @marcmakescomics.bsky.social Arts council funded cartoonist. BEANO, The Phoenix, Aces Weekly, HEY KIDS comics, Red hook star revue, Freaky mag & GOOF. Organiser of MACC-POW, co-owner of ROOM FOR COMICS.
marcmakescomics.co.uk
Arden Jones ✨️ She/Her @ardenelizajones.bsky.social ✍️Working Class Author Rep'd by Molly Jamieson at United Agents
📖 Agency Assistant at The Good Literary Agency
🎙 Podcaster on YA Book Jam
🎥 Host of KidLit LIVE
SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of graphic novels from the quirky and humorous to the political and profound #graphicnovels #comicbooks
linktr.ee/selfmadehero
The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
Posts by Jo
K.L.Kettle @klkettle.bsky.social Author. Business person. Made in Brum. Nerd. Unfinished feminist. new book #ControlAlterDelete out now for pre order #ukkidlit #ukya 🖤🩶🤍💜she/her
Em Lynas @emlynas.bsky.social Kidlit author UK. The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat Shortlisted for THE LOLLIES! Mostly writing funny picture books and MG. Repp'd by @ambercaraveo at Skylark.
Barbara Henderson (new WIP 6831) @scattyscribbler.bsky.social Author. Scottish historical fiction and eco- adventures for kids. 2x Young Quills Winner. 🎭 Teacher, ✝️, 🏴 🇩🇪, Highlands.
www.barbarahenderson.co.uk
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social Kirkus ★ THE LOVELY DARK out April '26 🇺🇸 | Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | No AI |🌱
linktr.ee/mattfoxwriter
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social A podcast about children’s and YA books for teachers and librarians. Interviews with authors and also anyone doing interesting reading for pleasure activities, plus lots of book talk. #kidlitUK
www.mostlybooktalk.com
Catherine Bruton @catherinebruton.bsky.social Award winning children's author. 'No Ballet Shoes in Syria' 'Bird Boy'. Also writing as Cate Shearwater! Teacher too! Rep'd by Rupert Crew
Lil Chase @lilchasewriter.bsky.social Editor & Author
She/her
Nikki Sheehan @nikkisheehan.bsky.social Author and creative writing mentor. RLF fellow. Screenwriter. Agent: Julia Churchill. Dark and stormy.
JP ROSE AKA JACQUI ROSE @jprosewriter.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling crime author. Award winning children's writer. Teamed up to write books with my buddy, Martina Cole. Owned by horses, cats and dogs. Find me in the land of unicorns.
Andy Shepherd @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social Author of the best-selling ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’ series out now. Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize She/her Rep by @jslwilliamson
Ruth Stevenson @rudieiswriting.bsky.social Book mad writer of children’s stories, obsessed with the sea, primary teacher by day. Organiser of Step into Stories with Bewdley Festival
Julie Pike @juliepike.bsky.social 🤗Author of Flame Chasers and The Last Spell Breather. Made in Wales 🏴
Alison Weatherby @alisonweatherby.bsky.social Author of THE SECRETS ACT, Chicken House, 2022. Shortlisted for Young Quills Award 2023. Rep by PFD.
Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social Children's writer-Carnegie nominated. Irish poet. BLACK GABLES. THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE. WELCOME TO DEAD TOWN RAVEN MCKAY Rep'd by Silvia Molteni PFD
eibhliscarcione.com
Cork, Ireland
Lisa J Allen @lisajallen.bsky.social Children's author. UNDERCOVER ANGEL books 1 and 2 out NOW for ages 9-12!! https://amzn.to/3QmPi6q & https://amzn.to/3NreKcM with Tiny Tree!!! www.lisajallen.com
Glen Blackwell - History Through Today's Eyes @gblackwellbooks.bsky.social Children's author of The Blitz Bus, The Titanic Tunnel and The Disappearing Diamond. Also hosts History Through Today's Eyes podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6jUOr55S8tCzxMPkh7bubb
www.glenblackwell.com
Stephanie Sorrell @sophistikitty.bsky.social Sailor, writer and cat fanatic. High character and sundry merits 🦁 DANDY THE HIGHWAY LION 🦁 out now!
Book Clubs in Schools @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social Our charity helps young people discover a love of reading and book chat. Teachers say our book clubs increase students' well-being and grow their confidence and communication skills.
bookclubsinschools.org
The Main Channel 📚 @mainchannel.bsky.social Art Authors Books Movies Comedy Music Sports Animals Climate Nature Photography Wildlife
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Maleeha Mir @mmir08.bsky.social 🚨Creative Freelancer | 📝 Creative | ✍🏽 Book Reviewer | 😉Nerd |✨ Works in Publishing | 📖 2023 Shorlist Judge The Diverse Book Awards | 🌎 2020 Deputy Chair of SYP London
https://linktr.ee/maleeha.mir8
Patricia Forde @pforde123.bsky.social I write books for children
Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026)
@the-beano-ed.bsky.social @the-beano-ed.bsky.social 
Caroline @summerdazeart.bsky.social Artist / Animator ✏️ Pixel/2D Games Artist 👩🏻🎨 Love Fantasy/SciFi, Reading, Animals 🐱🌸✨ From Kent, UK 🇬🇧
Kathy Webb @kathyjwebb.bsky.social Freelance children's books editor and editorial manager at David Fickling Books.
kathywebbeditorial.com