Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
ποΈ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
Dr Amber Wood-Bailey @apwoodbailey.bsky.social Postdoc. Cranial biomechanics, functional morphology, #scicomm, #FirstGen, she/herπ
Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social Scottish fantasy and horror author. Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Avid Reader. Vaguely gothic. She/her www.shonakinsella.com
Pascale Petit πΏπ
π±ππΏπ¦ @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),βTiger Girlβ shortlisted Forward Prize, βMama Amazonicaβ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel βMy Hummingbird Fatherβ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
https://www.mkhardywrites.com/links/
Zain Rishi @zainrishi.bsky.social Brummie Poet ππ
26 / Edinburgh (mostly)
NOON out now with the Emma Press
https://theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/pamphlets/noon/
Channel Press @channelpress.bsky.social Words that connect π Ireland's home for writing on ecological entanglement, funded by the Arts Council.
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/
Tony Williams @tonywilliams.bsky.social Novelist & poet. Latest novel COLE THE MAGNIFICENT
https://linktr.ee/tonywilliamswriter
@jacquestsiantar.bsky.social @jacquestsiantar.bsky.social Writer / ESL teacher - Edinburgh
http://jtsiantar.wordpress.com
Dinesh Allirajah Short Story Prize Winner @CommaPress
'24
SL EmergingWriter @TheBridgeAwards
'22
Elspeth Wilson @elspethwrites.bsky.social Writer, poet and guinea pig fosterer. These Mortal Bodies, my debut about sisterhood, girlhood and obsession, is out now with Simon and Schuster π¦.
https://linktr.ee/elspethwrites
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
Roshni Gallagher @roshnigallagher.bsky.social Poet from Leeds based in Edinburgh (she/her)
Even the Trees (Bloodaxe, 2026)
Bird Cherry (Verve, 2023)
https://roshnigallagher.com/
Emma Timpany @emmatimpany.bsky.social Writer of fiction about loss, belonging, nature and place | Botanical Short Stories (editor) | Three Roads | Travelling in the Dark | (in)visibilities & Cornish Short Stories (co-editor) | The Lost of Syros
emmatimpany.wordpress.com
buff.ly/2mIkpTl
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
Pratyusha (she/her) @pairedaeza.bsky.social writer, poet, reader πΏ southbank new poets collective / ledbury critic πͺ» π³οΈβπ pratyusha.co.uk
Natasha Ryan @justplainscrambled.bsky.social Poems by day, prose by night. Préfère l'impair.
Dan Bassett @dman1504.bsky.social π€ Preorder House of Splinters now! π€
π Waterstones Expert Bookseller(Clifton 835)
And Book Blogger π
π HWA Crown judge π
IG: AresBiblio
Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019). Forthcoming: The Ghosts of Chalk Country (2027). Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
Hazel Budzinski - he/they @hazelbud.bsky.social 25 π³οΈββ§οΈ Cornish writer + artist β¨ Working on cover art and writing a fantasy horror novel. Full of whimsy, not harbouring an evil god
Portfolio: https://hazelbud.carrd.co
Comms open π± Looking for work!
βοΈ skazinbud@gmail.com
Morgana Bourggraff, Writer @morganabourggraff.com American-Luxembourgish author of speculative and historical fiction.
Rep by @acochran.bsky.social @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social
Stephen Cox @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social THE CROOKED MEDIUM's GUIDE TO MURDER. "A pleasure from start to finish"
THE CROOKED MEDIUM'S GUIDE TO TERROR (new)
Preorder WIZ-4 Wizards Tower Press
UK writer - AI is theft.
https://stephencox.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/stephencoxauthor
Richard O'Brien @notrockyhorror.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Northumbria University and lapsed early modernist. Working on poetry, novels, & a music memoir/podcast about the Mountain Goats: thirtyyearslater.substack.com. I make music as Groundbird, groundbird.bandcamp.com.
Niamh NΓ Mhaoileoin @niamhsquared.bsky.social Writing and freelance comms π³οΈβππ
ORDINARY SAINTS is out now! https://linktr.ee/NiamhSquared
Celia Silvani @celiasilvani.bsky.social Author (Baby Teeth, out on 6 Feb 2025 with Orion) and reality tv superfan.
Represented by Hannah Schofield @ LBA
Emma Cowing @emmacowing.bsky.social Debut novel THE SHOW WOMAN πͺ out now from Hodder & Stoughton. Rep'd by Amanda Harris. Order THE SHOW WOMAN π https://bio.to/m8w8bb
Gabrielle Griffiths @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social Writer in Brighton β’ Debut novel GREATER SINS out now from Doubleday (UK)
linktr.ee/gabriellegriffiths
Marni Appleton @marniapple.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Author of I HOPE YOUβRE HAPPY
Emma van Straaten @evswrites.bsky.social Writer(she/her)
Debut novel THIS IMMACULATE BODY (UK, Fleet) and CREEP (US, Harper Perennial) out February 2025 (same book, different titles). π₯ π 
Florence Knapp @florenceknapp.bsky.social I like to write and sew. Contributor to the V&A's book, Patchwork & Quilting. Author of Flossie Teacakesβ Guide to EPP. Debut novel, THE NAMES, May β25. Repβd Karolina Sutton.
Alex Pheby @alexpheby.bsky.social Writer: GRACE/PLAYTHINGS/LUCIA/MORDEW/MALARKOI/WATERBLACK
Galley Beggar Press and Tor
Forthcoming: THE PICNIC/NOONE/LUMA
Agent: David Godwin david@davidgodwinassociates.co.uk
Chris Bridges @chrisbridgeswriter.bsky.social Chronicaly ill crime writer.
Debut novel: Sick to Death shortlisted for the McDermid Debut Award.
Agent: Hannah Schofield at LBA
1950s, Elizabeth Taylor and poodle obsessive, vegan.
Former nurse, living with MS
Links: https://tr.ee/1vaOIH2gP2
Joanna Miller @joannamillerauthor.bsky.social Writer, reader, whippet lover.
Debut novel THE EIGHTS out 3 April 2025 with Fig Tree Penguin & Putnam Books.
https://linktr.ee/joannamillerauthor?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6abb21c9-05b2-4265-9222-8de90ca4d083u
ππ²π πΆ βπ¬π°π’ π @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social β’ black cat owner and horror girlie
β’ sunday times bestselling author/forbes 30 under 30 with no mystique
β’ the lamb π₯© @wnbooks @harperbooks
β’ audhd / bi
https://linktr.ee/lucyrosecreative
She/they
Anna Brook-Mitchell @annabmitchell.bsky.social ππ¬Author, screenwriter, actor, overthinker
2026 Debut novel MOTHERFAKER (Pan Macmillan)
BAFTA Rocliffe comedy winner
Co-Wrote MAN EATER on BBC Three
Jo Weston @jowestonwriter.bsky.social Editor, proofreader, writer + poet.
Writing services: https://linktr.ee/jowestonwriter
Residencies: Maggies Nott'm + Writers Victoria/Melbourne City of Lit.
'How not to multitask' pub. by Wildpressed Books - sold out in print, ebook available on Amazon.
Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social Poet, book & art lover, photographer, aromatherapist, traveller. (She/her) UK Bathonian Malaysian. I like books. I like trees. I like deserts. I'm on IG/Threads. Flarestack Poet Pey Oh. MPhil USW. Photographer. Aromatherapist. I make potions.
Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social Bestselling author.
"Provocative and surprisingly tender." β The New York Times
Next book: EXHUMATION β out October 2026.
Rep: Greyhound Lit (UK) + UTA (US + film/tv)
www.nicholasbinge.com
also: @nickbrucker.bsky.social
Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social π Making new worlds, in practice & in prose
π WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER is out now @brazen.books
π©π»βπ» Supporting progressive orgs @wealign_
π www.hannathomasuose.com
Alyson Kissner @alykissner.bsky.social poetry, human rights.
https://linktr.ee/alykissner
Winner Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, 2nd Bridport Prize for Poetry and Highly Commended Forward Prizes // Communications Manager at Child Rights International Network (CRIN) - views my own // Born 357 ppm
Jo Clement @joclement.co.uk Poetry, Print & People π
π¦ Northern Writers Award Winner
π Managing Editor Butcher's Dog
π Lecturer in Creative Writing
π Poetry Book Society Selector
π Outlandish (Bloodaxe)
Proper Working Class Northerner πͺ
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller π΄
Sometime dodo π¦€
JoMorey (rhymes with story) @jomoreywriter.bsky.social Debut novel LIME JUICE MONEY - US/Canada July 2025 (Harper Collins) and BLACK ORCHID LAGOON - UK/Commonwealth (Harper Fiction)
Rep: Madeleine Milburn @agentmilburn 
VERVE Poetry Festival @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social Festival of Poetry & Spoken Word β¨#Brum and onlineβ¨ Online Multi-press Poetry-only Bookshop @vervepoetryshopβ¨
https://vervepoetryfestival.com
Robbie MacLeΓ²id - Writer @robbiemacleoid.bsky.social Writer & Musician | GΓ idheal | PhD in love and gender in medieval Gaelic | TTRPGs, video games, too many books
βοΈ in Gutter, STEALL, New Writing Scotland, amongst others
Emily Moran @emilygmoran.bsky.social Head of Marketing @dialoguepublishing.bsky.social πβ’ book reader, dog lover, cake baker β’ @the-bookseller.bsky.social rising star 2022 πβ’ views my own β’ she/her π
CR π The Safekeep
πππ£π πΈππ₯π ππͺ ππ¨ππ @markantonyowen.com π£πΌπ²π: @subruria.com
π£ππ―πΉπΆππ΅π²πΏ: @iamb.uk / @afterpoetry.com
π£π²πΏπ³πΌπΏπΊπ²πΏ: Reading at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival | Oct 6th: bit.ly/3TvBbRa
Jenny Morris - Ethical Guide to Murder πͺβοΈπͺ @drjennymorris.bsky.social Writer, behavioural scientist and aspiring mushroom forager. Ethical Guide to Murder out now.
Alex Cochran @acochran.bsky.social Literary agent at Greyhound Literary. Bibliophile. Finds tea helpful. He/Him.
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social Anthropologist of care πΈ
MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Greens π³οΈβππ΅πΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
https://linktr.ee/QManivannan
Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social Writer, cat lady, wrote a novel about medieval mystics, forthcoming novel about John Ruskin. Aspiring anchoress. https://victoriamackenzie.net/
Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/
Kalie Reid @kaliereid.bsky.social THE SACRED SPACE BETWEEN
Harper Voyager UK π¬π§ Little,Brown πΊπΈ
November, 2025
rep: Maddy Belton
(she/her) π
G. V. Anderson @gvanderson.bsky.social Fiction in Strange Horizons, Reactor, and The Deadlands. World & British Fantasy winner. Nebula finalist. Cat lady.
Agent: Alex Cochran @ Greyhound Literary
https://gvanderson.com/
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Writes SFF as Gareth L. Powell and horror and mystery as G.L. Powell. Occasional award winner. Repped by Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency.
π Mystery and Horror - https://www.glpowell.com
π Science Fiction - https://www.garethlpowell.com
Dr Russell Jones @russjoneswrites.bsky.social Writer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Books. Food. Dogs.
https://linktr.ee/russjoneswrites
Hana Carolina @hanacarolina.bsky.social Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ πͺπΊ | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025)
https://readspaceboy.com/portfolio/the-inescapable-march/
Jeda Pearl @jedapearl.bsky.social ποΈ Poetry β’ SFF β’ Fiction β’ Art
β’ https://linktr.ee/JedaPearl β’
β‘ Disabled β’ Fibromyalgia π₯
π« Collaboration β’Community β’ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ―π²
Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Fantasy & Weird FictionποΈ FATHOMFOLK and TIDEBORN out now π HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS 2026 π»BFA nominated π¦ she/her rep Alex Cochran
https://linktr.ee/elizachan
Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social Scottish SFFH Author | Shirley Jackson Award & BFA Finalist | Latest: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave, DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Claire OβConnor @claireoconnor.bsky.social Writer, teacher, rambler. Repped by Hellie Ogden at WME. Iβm currently the author-in-residence at Linfield University in Oregon, but I usually live with my wife in Scotland. She/her. π
Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social Poet | Researcher | Co-editor at Dust Poetry. Forward-shortlisted debut poetry collection, βThe Way the Water Held Meβ, out now. Magma Selected Poet.
https://linktr.ee/catherine_redford
Dr Rachel Rankin @rakelrank.bsky.social Scottish poet | NOR-ENG Translator | Work in The Poetry Review / Modern Poetry in Translation / Magma / Gutter / The Scotsman | Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award 2019 | Grierson Verse Prize 2023 / Wigtown Poetry Prize Runner-Up 2023
Jay Gao @jaygao.bsky.social Poet: Imperium (Carcanet, 2022). PhDing at Columbia. https://www.jay-gao.com
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF. Terrible workaholic.
PhD student in Creative Writing. Cinema Worms podcast co-host. She/they
Repped: @lzats.bsky.social (literary) Kim Yau at Echo Lake (film/TV)
Wife: @pegasusunder.bsky.social
www.lindzmcleod.co.uk
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social Poet.
Portrait in Mustard - Seren Books.
PhD candidate: Barbara Hepworth,
Creative Writing & Art History - MMU.
Agent: Laetitia Rutherford at WatsonLittle.
Roseanne Watt @roseannewatt.bsky.social Writer, filmmaker, musician from Shetland. She/shΓΆ/her. Author of multi award-winning poetry collection 'Moder Dy' (Polygon, 2019). RSL Jerwood Poetry Award Winner 2024. Midder tongues, folklore, islandness, illness.
Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social Poet, Editor (samueltongue.com) and Co-Director of Kalewater Cottage Creative Retreat kalewatercottage.co.uk
Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social poet π
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she/her