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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social 4x SFSA ‘Best Writer’ winner. Writing, podcasts, radio, live shows. Anti-your-team agenda.
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Adam Kay @amateuradam.bsky.social BAFTA for best writer lol.
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Francesca Main @francescamain.bsky.social Reader, editor, publisher of Phoenix, an imprint of Orion. 
Nick de Semlyen @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social Editor of Empire. Author of The Last Action Heroes & Wild And Crazy Guys. Devourer of Twiglets.
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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com Freelance journalist and editor in London, hello! Only Connect Jilly and servant to v entitled animals. My books are on ADHD and infertility, but I’m 99% fuelled by The Archers and horse riding. www.katbrownwrites.com
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
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Marian Keyes @mariankeyes.bsky.social Reads books. Watches telly. Wrings hands over the state of the world.
Whores of Yore @whoresofyore.bsky.social Sex History. "A Catalogue of Jilts, Cracks, Nightwalkers, Whores, She-Friends, Kind Women & Others of the Linen-Lifting Tribe”
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Dr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio.
**Victoria’s Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen OUT NOW**
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Portobello Literary @portyliterary.bsky.social A literary agency based in Edinburgh.
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Peggy Hughes @hughespeg.bsky.social Chief Executive at @writerscentre.bsky.social. Feat. books, whimsy, radio, outdoors, running, walking, looking. NIrish via Scotland in Norwich
Nina Pottell @matineegirl1.bsky.social Book Editor Prima magazine. Book consultant for Between The Covers. Hairdresser.
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Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
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Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Len Pennie, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk.
Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains. Don't have access to DMs.
Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social Poet & NYT bestselling author of A SUIT OR A SUITCASE, YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, DEAR WRITER, GOOD BONES +📚 Host of @slowdownshow.org
Sari Botton @saribotton.bsky.social Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social Scottish #bookblogger, chatting about the #books I've loved. Nature watcher, keen cook, always on the go and love living by the sea!
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
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The bloggess (Jenny Lawson) @thebloggess.bsky.social Author, blogger, proprietress of Nowhere Bookshop, loose cannon. 
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
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Anne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social Putting the hag in hagiographer. Formerly @anne_theriault on Twitter. Anne.m.theriault@gmail.com
Claire Dederer @clairedederer.bsky.social Author of MONSTERS: A FAN'S DILEMMA, a New York Times Notable Book and a national bestseller. Named a best book of 2023 by The New Yorker, Fresh Air, The Washington Post, Esquire, Kirkus, Vulture, Electric Lit & more.
Cheryl Strayed @cherylstrayed.bsky.social Writer. Mom. Portlander. Traveler. Cat/dog lady. Author of Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch, and Brave Enough. Also: Dear Sugar.
Val Mcdermid @val-mcdemid01.bsky.social Author of Crime fiction 💫
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Nikesh Shukla @nikeshshukla.bsky.social Author. Wrote a Spider-Man comic. He wears a mask just to cover the raw flesh. A rather ugly brother with flows that’s gorgeous.
Clare Mackintosh - Author @claremackwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mother. Ex cop. ✏️ 2 million+ books sold 🎲 #AGameOfLies out now https://claremackintosh.com/me/
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
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Simon Savidge @savidgereads.bsky.social A bookish bear.
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Sarah Shaffi @sarahshaffi.bsky.social Journalist, author, event chair.
Nelle Andrew @nelleandrew.bsky.social Literary Agent at Rachel Mills Literary. Hons FRSL; RLF Trustee. Agent of the Year 2021. Email: nelle@rmliterary.co.uk
Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Suzannah Lipscomb @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social Award-winning historian, professor & TV presenter
Author, The King is Dead; Voices of Nîmes; 1536
Host, Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump