Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social We're an international literary magazine in Madrid. We connect English and Spanish speaking literary cultures through fiction, poetry, essays and interviews.
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Mark Baillie @mbaillie.bsky.social Scottish writer. Debut novel Salvage. Scottish Traveller history, music, books.
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Jo Lloyd but jolly 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social Writer
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Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
Melissa @melissawods.bsky.social I'm a Spokane local with a love for the outdoors - Azusa Canyon trails and Eaton Canyon waterfalls are my go-to spots. When I'm not working 70-hour weeks, I'm probably hitting the gym, reading Carl Jung, or devouring Spicy Ramen 🤤.
the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
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Daru Mcaleece @darustoryteller.bsky.social Gothic-tinged feral storyteller, writer, artist, & Druid. Embracing the strange. He/They
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LucyD @ldpoetfic.bsky.social Writer of poetry and fiction and full time carer. 🏴🥃
JornalistaJosenildoMelo @josenildonmelo.bsky.social Estudou direito. Bacharel em Serviço Social. Licenciado em Filosofia. Acesse diariamente https://www.gazetahora1.com/ Jornalismo de Qualidade!
Tystnad tagning @tystnadtagning.bsky.social Prodemokratisk antirasist. Jag tycker till om vad jag vill.
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John Carty @johncarty1.bsky.social A resident of Wales.
Ex-Midlander.
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Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social Ostensible poet, writer; lapsed academic (he/him). Work in: @badlilies.bsky.social, @propelmagazine.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social Éditeur indépendant / independent press
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Peter Devonald @pdevonald.bsky.social Multi award-winning poet /screenwriter | Winner Broken Spine's Reader’s Choice Award 2025 | Winner Loft Books Poetry 2024 | Winner HoHx2, Waltham Forest & FofHCS | Second Shelley Memorial & N2tS 2024 | Nominations BoNx2, Forward Prize & Children's Bafta
Jodie Young, verray jangleresse @jangleresse.bsky.social Poet (reading more than writing atm) in Naarm | Melbourne, Australia
Poetry, books, art, history.
Resisting the urge to despair.
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@cornerstoneslit.bsky.social @cornerstoneslit.bsky.social Cornerstones is the #1 transatlantic literary consultancy. We are the writer’s friend, and we believe your story matters.
Daniel Hird @danielhird.bsky.social 🏴 Actor and Theatre-Maker @endeavourarts.bsky.social. Bits of directing, teaching, and set work when the need arises.
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Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Seamus Connolly @seamusauthor.bsky.social Scottish based author. Gritty crime thrillers with laughter, love & tears.
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Suzanne (writing as S A Greene) @sagreene1.bsky.social Writer. SOCIAL MEDIA BREAK 2026 (except for shameless self-promotion) DMs don't work. GoneLawn trampset TempleInACity GooseberryPie BlinkInk Mslexia Liars'League MythicPicnic NewFlashFicReview FictiveDream BulbCulture Phare MaudlinHouse FreeFlashFiction
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Underground Solution @undergroundsolution.com Underground Solution is one of Edinburgh's longest running Independent Record shops selling quality music & audio equipment in store and online at www.undergroundsolution.com
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Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social Deep Woods of Philly | Sometimes Writer | Spoonie Crew | Accidental Startupper | Words in New Letters, Wild Roof Journal, etc.| NO DMs
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Morven Gow @morv60.bsky.social Mum. AHRC SGSAH PhD researcher, University of Stirling. Book publishing, place, authenticity. Poet. Convenor, Tidelines Book Festival, Ayrshire. Cafes, walks, autumn, snapper, R4, R6, coffee, whisky. Older than my uni. 🌈
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The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
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Ryan Bourassa😅 @grandtheftginger.bsky.social Comedian┃Actor┃Photographer┃Ginger 😎
Touring as Ed Gein in @serialkillerspeakeasy! ☠️🍹
Hyde @banjomanfranklin.bsky.social Will Wood Addict
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I draw and stuff, I'll set up commissions eventually. Talk to me!! I like talking!!
He/him 
Joni Page Author @jonipageauthor.bsky.social Wild child. Optimist.
Writer of captivating, happy tales.
Author of Beach Shorts - a Sandthology & The Feminist EarthMother PartyGirl.
Website: www.jonipage.com
Gratefully living on Kaurna Country, Australia.
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
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Linda Middleton @lindapoet.bsky.social Children's poet. Poems in The Caterpillar, Little Thoughts Press, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Paddler Press, Parakeet, Charles Causley Trust, Northern Gravy, Candlestick Press, The Toy, Brian Moses' Blog, Tyger Tyger and anthologies.
Chance Durant @chancedurant.bsky.social Author, Game Designer, TTRPG player, Nerd, Father, Husband, Christian, lover of all things Shenanigan, Co-Creator of Carbyne Jungle & LokDown TTRPGs, Author of Sci-Fi Novel Construct, Believer in Nazi Punching, Guillotined my Twitter account for blue skies
James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now! 🐈⬛
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Chef Finney @cheffinney.bsky.social Executive Chef, Culinary Consultant, Guerilla Improv Comic, Anti-Fascist/Racist, Irish Polymath, Former Lots of Stuff, I am Stabby the MF Leprechaun. NSFW
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"I paint houses..."
"Tiocfaidh ár lá!"
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Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social Novelist (Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice, Time Being @saltpublishing.com Sept 2026) & critic. Words Guardian, TLS, Literary Review. Radio plays BBC R3. Associate lecturer in Creative Writing Westminster University. judecook.com
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Conduit Books @conduitbooks.bsky.social A new independent press publishing literary fiction and memoir of the highest quality.
conduitbooks.co.uk
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Scottish PEN @scottishpen.bsky.social Scottish centre of @pen_int. Committed to promoting literature and defending freedom of expression. RTs ≠ endorsement. Join: http://bit.ly/201zvHC
Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social Edinburgh-based arts and culture journalist.
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year - 2026 Scottish Press Awards.
Any views expressed are mine alone.
www.heraldscotland.com
Iain Maloney @iainmaloney.bsky.social PhD, writer, editor. He/him. Ally (I hope, I try). Fallible. 9th book, Mountain Retreats, out now.
Richard Strachan @richardstrachan.bsky.social Writer, novels 'The Unrecovered' and 'Night Fire' from Raven Books 2025/26. Stories in The Dark, New Writing Scotland, Weird Horror and more. https://linktr.ee/richstrach
Rep'd: @samedenborough.bsky.social
https://richardstrachan.substack.com/
Shaun McGee @shaunmcgee.bsky.social Gay neurodivergent tatted liberal tech nerd
Dinah Kolka @dinahkolka.bsky.social Writer | founder of Decadent Serpent | https://decadentserpent.com/ | Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/dinahkolka
Euan Taylor Author @euantaylorauthor.bsky.social The Hard Times: Prison Diaries: A book about crime, punishment, rehabilitation, greed, and putting a newspaper to bed before the editorial team gets locked up: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Times-Prison-Diaries-ebook/dp/B0DPVH8HFF/
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
JWT_BookAdventures @jwtba.bsky.social Welcome to JWT_BookAdventures - I do Q&A interviews with Authors - I also do book reviews if I am interested in reading the book
Lesley Kelly @lkauthor.bsky.social Author of the Health of Strangers pandemic crime series
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
Sabotage Reviews @sabotagereviews.bsky.social Sabotage likes to review poetry & fiction zines, pamphlets, spoken word… Runs the annual Saboteur Awards (on hiatus in 2024). #sabawards #indielit sabotagereviews.com (website under maintenance)
Jay Wu Lee🇮🇪/🏴 @jaywulee.bsky.social Actor.Writer.Promoter.
PEN INTERNATIONAL
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Magi Gibson @magigibson.bsky.social Scottish Poet and Feminist
Ian O’Flynn @oflynnian.bsky.social Loves the sea 🌊, music 🎶 and LFC 🔥