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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA.
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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social dire homosexual 🏳️🌈 - ONCE UPON A TOME [2022] 📚 - ISABELLA NAGG AND THE POT OF BASIL [2025] 🪴- THE DEVIL AND MRS GOOCH [2026] 😈 - One Page RPGS 🎲 - 🏠 Manchester, UK
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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social Writer
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(Broken Sleep Books)
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Charles Causley & Bridport shortlists
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
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Paul Clarke @paulclarke.com The people photographer, working with the world's most interesting humans, dogs and brands. A graceful and melodious ape, fascinated by online identity and trust. Uczę się języka polskiego. paulclarke.com
John @johndeverill.bsky.social Wanderer, wonderer. Sailor, soldier. Biker. Philosopher, as are we all when we stop to think.
David Freedman @freedmanhp4.bsky.social World’s softest grandpa and worst jazz trumpeter. Cricket, rugby, music, history, books, theatre, politics and - above all - family. You’d probably describe me as woke. And if you did, that’d be OK. I was (still am, for now) @freedmanhp4 in t’other place.
Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be Working to make European democracy work. "Refreshingly free of the usual platitudes". Belge par choix, Brits door opvoeding, Polish roots. President of Demsoc.org
Jane Zacharzewski @dzyrl.bsky.social Language learner, Europhile, cinema-goer, politics nerd. Day job at Bon, Brussels office of Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering.
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John Hodgkinson @johnhodgkinson.bsky.social Tall shouty actor
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
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Shirley Day @writestuff2day.bsky.social Writer and teacher. Avid reader and film / TV lover
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
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Adam Smethurst 🍉 @adamsmet66.bsky.social Thesp & Filmmaker 🎭 🎬
Green Party 🌿
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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT Rep'd by @charlotteseymour.bsky.social
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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966
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Kate ✨🐱 @magickitten.bsky.social ⛓️ https://linktr.ee/kate.neilan
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Cauvery Madhavan @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social Novelist:Paddy Indian, The Uncoupling,The Tainted @hoperoadpublish @PenguinIndia, @AAKnopf @speakingtiger14. New Book: #TheInheritance Sept’24. ❤️Golf❤️
Matt Tucker @matt-tucker.bsky.social Writer. #amquerying my debut novel - The Fine Art of Shadows - a twisty supernatural mystery set in the aftermath of the First World War, with photography, séances and spirits.
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Jean Sibelius @jeansibelius.bsky.social The Life, Music and Times of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
Love Your Classical Music Geek @loveinner.bsky.social Classical music obsessive. 🏳️🌈
Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social UK Writer✍️🏽
LL: Joffe Books Prize 2024
Love 📚; Old Hollywood 🎥 &musicals 🌟; Theatreland; Ella Fitzgerald🎙& Cole Porter 🎶
#amquerying my Greek isle set Bookclub mystery
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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social We are the quiet unnoticed Heron, inspiring Heroneers all over Planet Earth, as you encounter Heronkind for 1st or 1000th time.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social Books, corvids and the shakily cheerful evasion of despair. PHENGARIS
@nefariousbatpress.bsky.social PARCH MARKS out with @GoldSF.bsky.social in Sept 26.
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Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social Staff editor for The New York Times (in London). Previously writing for CNN and Time Magazine. One of those Brits who ended up in American media.
Mags Campbell @magscampbell.bsky.social Lover, and writer, of myths, folklore, legends, fables, fairy tales, sci-fi, horror and fantasy.
Scribbling spin-offs of novels I haven't written yet.
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
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Lisa @numberslady.bsky.social Ink Drinker, Wine Drinker, Overthinker...
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social Professor of English & Scottish Literature, Head of School, Critical Studies, University of Glasgow.
Research working-class literature & Romantic-period cultures.
Editor, John Clare Society Journal.
Bengü V. @vbengu.bsky.social doctor of letters | childless cat lady | she/her | INFP | think global, act local
Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social Researches rhetoric, history of reading, voice & reading. Edits too. Chair of English Association. Leads The Thomas Nashe Project and The Bee-ing Human Project. Lives in Newcastle, works in Cambridge: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Jennifer.Richards
Dr Kim Wiltshire @kkwiltshire.bsky.social Reader in Creative Writing, love reading, love writing! Programme Leader for Creative Writing and convenor for the Fiction Writer’s Network research group at EHU, former British Academy Innovation Fellow - but views all my own.
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social I twist other people's words for money.
http://rewritten.uk
Anything pre-July 2023 is imported from Twitter; I don't have a time machine. Not that I'd tell you about, anyway.
Hannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social Founder and Literary Agent at www.HS-LA.com @HSLANews.bsky.social
#WeNeedDiverseBooks.
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Pumpkin Spiced Hannah 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Shetlander in Aberdeen. Writer, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own because who else's would they be? https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
Geoff Cox @geoffcox.bsky.social Working class author (memoir, NNF and folk-horror), better kept outdoors (whatever the weather) and well watered. Ageing runner with a passion for words, wild places and archeology.
"Traceless" (2020) Pub. Little Peak
Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social Writer of The Lodger, Me and Mickie James, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. Lambda Award Finalist. Leicestershire Short Story Prize winner. Saltburn - Feb 2025.
Indie Press supporter.
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MD ANT
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Stile Antico @stileantico.co.uk Early music vocal ensemble, recording for Decca Classics. Represented by Ikon Arts. ‘Breathtaking freshness, vitality and balance' (NYT).
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Slave to Willow the border terrier.
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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social 📚Don’t Make Me Laugh out now.
Shortlisted for CWIP Prize 2025 & Chortle Awards 2026.
juliaraeside.com
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Dr. Zoë Marriott @zdmarriott.bsky.social PhD, novelist, RLF Fellow at Uni of Lincoln & Lincoln Bishop Uni. Working class autistic spoonie. Aro/ace. She/they. Proud to be rep'ed by @agentkateshaw.bsky.social. THE MOONLIT MAZE 2025, from @headlinebooks.bsky.social. No dms pls.
Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social 📚Eighteenth-Centuryist
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✉️ Secretary, Women’s History Association of Ireland
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RatherBeReading @ratherbereading.bsky.social Katharine: Celt. Charity worker.
Ink drinker & word wrangler of dark fiction
Book Reviewer: Historical Novel Society
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Short story published Bloody St Albans 22
Top 100: Cheshire Novel Prize 23
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social In a past life, I was a film teacher, photographer, theatre director and film editor. Now a psychogeographer and Jungian explorer searching for my Anima, and some purpose.
Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Mia - Book Blogger / Author @paradiselibrary.bsky.social 📚 Award-winning #book & #theatre critic.
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Jill 💙📚👀 Book Blogger (Books_in_wales) 🏳️🌈 @booksinwales.bsky.social 📚💙 Book lover and reviewer 💙📚⌛
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Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social Writing. Teaching. Mentoring. & hospitals...
Books: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @edlacroisee.bsky.social
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue, Paris Review...
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Dii Moffatt @diimoffatt.bsky.social Artist, staunch wench, Lymphocytic Colitis, gardener, wife, mother, grumpy old tart, autistic.
Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social Novelist. Brit 🏴 Currently #amquerying "Time's Signature"- an espionage/time travel thriller (Slow Horses x Life on Mars). Songwriter with Ghostfire. Plays guitar. Likes a pint. 🇺🇦
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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social Writer of historical fiction, fantasy & romance. Lost in the 1940s. Copious tea drinker. Loving Lake District life. Published by DP Books & Northodox Press. Shortlisted for RetreatWest First Chapter Prize 2025.
Brayden Russell @braydenrwrites.bsky.social i am just a girl who writes books and wonders why on earth I exist | shortlisted for revpit ‘26 | 1st place “Best Pitch” winner of PosterPit
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Heather Belmonte @heatherbelmonte.bsky.social Organising Supremo - Virtual Assistant. My job is to make your job easier.
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Simon Goss RCA @draftsmann.bsky.social Welsh speaking artist, graphic designer (of @henaturist.bsky.social), writer, rugby sufferer and draftsman in the classical sense. Member of the RCA. All artwork shown is for sale - DM me.
www.portraitpainter.me.uk
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Zaynub Zaman @zzaman.bsky.social Researcher, Lecturer @ UoM. Editor of Pre-Raphaelite Society Review. Loves all things to do with the Pre-Raphaelites, 19thC, Dante, and Islamicate history. Views own. She/her.
Maple Mystery Games @maplemysterygames.bsky.social I'm Jan & I write scripted, downloadable murder mystery games. 11 fun themes. I love connecting with fellow writers & creatives.
Games are easy to run; host plays too; clues ARE there; high-quality printable kits. No DMs.
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EvilBunny Pottymouth Resists The Cultists every day! @mrsquirrel.bsky.social Married, he/him, pro Democracy, resisting Religious Fascism & standing with Ukraine, Mexico & Canada!
I block all Christo-Fascists, Chats, Fundraising & Bitcoin!
The 🚨icon in my posts indicates my personal opinions.
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social Writes Victorian Crime Fiction. Elderly purveyor of coffee, chat & critique. Owned by a cat. Buy my books: THE VICTORIAN DETECTIVES: Author.to/Victoriancrime
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Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social LitWit • Baroque music & early keyboards • Hockey • Enterprise tech marketing
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm #poetry #jazz
Anna Chant @annachantwriter.bsky.social Writer, reader, lover of history & folklore. Medieval historical fiction author.
Anna Chen @annachen.bsky.social London-born writer, historian, poet & broadcaster.
Orwell Prize shortlisted. Ted speaker.
BBC presenter & writer back when it was good.
https://www.annachen.co.uk/home/about-anna-chen/
Mark Walsh @markwalsh.bsky.social Books, Music, Art and Film. Exists in real life too.
https://themarkwalsh.substack.com/
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁: @subruria.com
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iamb.uk / @afterpoetry.com
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Laura Baron Music @laurabaronmusic.bsky.social “Beauty in the Broken” finding light in the shadows-Beat”
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Lucy Ashford @lucyashford.bsky.social I write novels set in the past, and I've had historical thrillers published under the name Elizabeth Redfern. Warning - they're dark! I also write Bridgerton-style romances as Lucy Ashford. ❤️ (I paint a bit too 🎨)
Sarah Watkins @minilebowski.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, ex primary teacher, ex Head, Chartered College Fellow, outdoor learning (Dandy Lions), author.
🚫DMs 🏳️🌈 safe space
Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social Stories sprinkle stardust on our lives.
Writer, Archaeology, Roman Empire,
Ancient Greece
Winner Jericho Writers FNL24; LL Flash500 Novel Comp 2025; SL HNS First Chapters Comp 2026
Serina Hartwell - Author @serinahartwell.bsky.social Award winning author of The Hidden Saga
Step into my world and let me take you on a journey...
https://serinahartwell.com/
https://books2read.com/ap/n0A0Mv/Serina-Hartwell
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social Poet/writer/chocoholic/random human who lilyfies whatever she can.
Music, books, poetry, writing, interviews & prompts.
I've published 11 books! — see pinned.
Free books every Friday👇
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Everybody needs some Lily in their life!
Brían Hanrahan @hanrahanistan.bsky.social 2 hypooneiric 2 curiolatrous
Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social I'm the author of 80+ books and an established editor who has helped more than 400 authors achieve their publishing dreams. My books include writing guidebooks, a novel, children's books and more. Visit inventingrealityediting.com
📚 Dread 📚 @dreadflintstone.bsky.social An unpublished author of fiction (the darker the better). On the verge of taking the great last step towards publishing; submitting.
Left FB and X because of their owners.
🚫DM’s 🚫Porn 🚫Reform UK.🚫MAGA
Lives in Bath 🇬🇧 and España 🇪🇸
Carol Waterkeyn @carolwater.bsky.social Former feature writer and editor, now writing fiction - women's and children's novels, and short stories. Loves travel, gardening, crafts, the coast and countryside. Cat owner. Married. UK-based.
Prof. Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody @annahm.bsky.social Professor of Media and Communication,
RMIT University
Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social The Arts and Humanities Institute is Maynooth’s flagship institute for groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research across the arts and humanities. The AHI leads research on one of the University’s five research beacons: Heritage, Language and Culture.
Gareth Southwell @garethsouthwell.bsky.social Self-employed writer, illustrator, philosopher. All views are those of my employer. 🏴
Runs woodpigpress.com, woodpigpress.bsky.social
Sci-fi, philosophy and illustration: garethsouthwell.com
Diary of a Micro-Press: https://woodpigpress.substack.com/
Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social Writer living on the road. AI-free. Read THE ACTUAL STAR: https://www.monicabyrne.org/the-actual-star. Reps at CAA, DG&B, and Kaplan/Perrone. She/her.
monicabyrne.substack.com
patreon.com/monicabyrne
Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social Screenwriter / Mentor / Landlocked yacht-rock lover. She/her. www.andreamann.com
Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social Managing Director, Bridges for Communities, supporting people to live well together
📍Bristol 🇬🇧
Posts on: Bristol, community cohesion & social inclusion, climate & nature, deliberative democracy, public engagement and positive news.
Views my own.
Tom Clews (He/Him) @misanthromantic.bsky.social Nemophilist, Goblin, Swordsman, Socialist. 36 summers to my name, here to learn interesting things, shoot the shit and have a space to just be myself.
Pfp alt text: an image of myself (headshot) close up, looking at the camera.
Rosie Wilby @rosiewilby.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster & author (The Breakup Monologues, Is Monogamy Dead?)
Twitter: @rosiewilby
IG / 🪡: @breakupmonologues
TikTok: @rosiewilbyauthor
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Bee 🐝 has a BOOK DEAL! @beemorris.bsky.social Author of all things dark, spicy & unhinged ❤️🔥
KILL ME MAYBE 🔪💕 (@penguinrandomhouse & @littlebrown)
Rep: Suzannah Ball & Caitlin Mahony at @WME 📚