Molly Flatt @mollyflatt.bsky.social 📚 Author of THE CHARMED LIFE OF ALEX MOORE 🗞 Comment Editor at @TheBookseller.bsky.social 🎙Co-founder The Big Book Weekend with @KitdeWaal.bsky.social
Mia @miaqs.bsky.social Publicity Director in publishing | she/her | Currently reading: A Clash of Kings by George R R Martin
Francesca Main @francescamain.bsky.social Reader, editor, publisher of Phoenix, an imprint of Orion. 
Gaby Young @gabyyoung.bsky.social PR at Penguin Michael Joseph 🐧 📚
Tom Noble @tomnoble.bsky.social book editor and marketing man | campaigns director at Orion (views my own etc etc) #lufc
Maria Garbutt-Lucero @mariagluc.bsky.social Freelance book PR • ESEA Lit Fest co-founder • Florence Welch's BetweenTwoBooks (she/her)
bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social Dynamic digital publisher of bestselling commercial fiction.
We accept both unagented and agented submissions, which are always open and fully inclusive.
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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.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
Charlotte Greenwood @charlottegreenwood.bsky.social Editor at Viper Books. Lover of mysteries. Outnumbered by cats. Rubbish at social media but I promise to try.
Philip Jones @philipdsjones.bsky.social Editor. Starting over.
Faversham Literary Festival @favlit.org Book talks. In a brewery!
10-days of author talks and book events taking place annually in a Kentish medieval market town
20 Feb – 1 Mar 2026
Sign up for the festival newsletter to hear news about what's coming!
Clare Drysdale @claredrysdale.bsky.social Book wench at @atlanticbooks.bsky.social
Catharine Morris @catharinemorris.bsky.social Executive Editor at The TLS (@thetls.bsky.social). Commissioning in Biography, Memoir, Travel, Book History, Language. Freelance writer
Claire Scott @clairescottpr.bsky.social Independent Book Publicist, www.clairescottpr.com
Katrina Smedley @katrinaannes.bsky.social Marketing at Headline, Hachette UK
Can be seen running away from problems.
📍Sheffield
Laila Kazzuz @lailakazzuz.bsky.social Publicity & marketing at Picador books. IG: @lailakazzuz All things White Wall Cinema. 🎬 Co-founder of Wes Anderson festival. Co-host & producer of the White Wall Cinema Podcast
@faneproductions.bsky.social @faneproductions.bsky.social 
Ben McCluskey @benmccluskey.bsky.social Senior Publicity Manager at Bloomsbury Books 📚
London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards shortlistee.
All views my own etc. He/Him
And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
Dominique Raccah @draccah.bsky.social Founder + CEO of Bestselling Indie Book Publisher #Sourcebooks ⭐️ Entrepreneur 🔥 Data ✅ Leading Innovation 💥 Championing Banned Books + New Voices 🧨 Read a Lot 📚 Opinions Mine 💯 Books Change Lives
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The Book Nook bookshop @booknookshop.bsky.social Independent bookshop in Ware Hertfordshire selling a range of fiction, non fiction and children's books, literary gifts and running author and community events. 
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/
The Common Press Bookshop @thecommonpress.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 London's queer intersectional bookshop! A sanctuary for storytelling, queer literature & culture.
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We are open Tues - Sun 11 am - 6.30 pm | Events 7 pm-late
118 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom E2 6DG
commonpress.co.uk
Book-ish @book-ish.bsky.social 2 bookshops, Crickhowell and Abergavenny. Known for ranting, banging on about books and the odd humorous observation since 2010….
www.book-ish.co.uk
Underground Book Emporium @undergroundbooks.bsky.social www.undergroundbookemporium.com
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com Expert Waterstones bookseller with a very big beard
Books read: 88/100
📚 The Wax Child
📺 Lanterns
https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com
https://www.ephemeral.co.uk
All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk A community co-op bookshop in the heart of #Haringey, North London located at 35 Turnpike Lane. We do books and events and local.
http://linktr.ee/allgoodbookshop
Happenstance Bookshop @happenstancebook.shop Coming soon to Granville County, NC! A bookshop where stories & people meet by chance but connect with intention.
We're building something special. Join us on our journey! ✨
https://lnk.bio/happenstancebooks
Village Books @villagebookstw.bsky.social Indie bookshop in The Woodlands, Texas, fighting book bans and spreading literary joy.
Village Books Dulwich @villagebooks.bsky.social Award-winning indie bookshop in Dulwich, London. We love books 📚and we love dogs too 🦮
A Seat at the Table Books - Elk Grove's ONLY Indie Bookstore @seatbooks.bsky.social Inclusive, LGBTQ-owned "third space" bookstore w/ cafe, events, and free wifi in Elk Grove, just south of Sacramento
Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social Baltimore-based indie bookstore. Currently online until we get a new space for the bookstore. Generally won't DM people, unless maybe you're a publisher and we need info to stock your books.
https://carpelibrumbaltimore.com/
Firefly Bookstore, New & Used @fireflybookstore.bsky.social Located in downtown Kutztown since 2012, Firefly Bookstore is an independently-owned and operated new and used bookstore. Re-located in a bigger store in 2017, we now have almost 3000 square feet of space for over 65,000 items.
Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social Half Man, Half Bookshop.
Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family.
Not the inventor of the word "brainbow"
https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
The Bookshop Bridport @thebookshop.bsky.social We are an indie bookshop selling new books for all ages, games, puzzles and stationary. Situated in the heart of Bridport, near to the jurassic coast. 
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
Tree House Second-hand Bookshop @treehousebookshop.bsky.social Read, Recycle, Rediscover
Second-hand bookshop and music venue in Kenilworth, Warwickshire run by Victoria Mier. Profits to charity. Patron is glorious Bad Seed Warren Ellis. Posts by Victoria.
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop @ylbooks.bsky.social In all our forms - bookshops in Gloucestershire, a festival or two, schools and libraries. Occasionally Hereward. Less often, Errol the dog.
The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. 😷 Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
The Mysterious Bookshop @mysteriousbookshop.com The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics.
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.bsky.social Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 200+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.
Jenn 🇬🇧🇭🇰 @bookmarkonthewall.bsky.social 🇬🇧London📚book blogger + content creator. Supporter of debut authors, all book genres and indie bookshops 🫶
Judge for the British Book Awards 2025
Shadow panel judge for Young Writers Award 24/25
101K+: https://www.instagram.com/bookmarkonthewall/?hl=en
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
Omnibus Press @omnibuspress.bsky.social The first word in music. Independent publishing since 1972.
Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social Writer / DJ / silly sausage
crisps / hullabaloo and custard / pop music is important
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer out now
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social
https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/
Walthamstow, London and beyond…
Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
Tell Tales Books @telltales.bsky.social More bookshelf than bookshop! I stock books for children.
Smallest shop you’ll ever see, but the warmest welcome. ❤️📚
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Sarah Graham @sarahgraham7writer.bsky.social ✍️Award-winning freelance health journalist.
📚Author of #RebelBodies: A guide to the gender health gap revolution.
👩💻Founder of #HystericalWomen blog.
Rep: Julia Silk, Greyhound Literary.
(she/her)
https://linktr.ee/sarahgraham7writer
City Books @citybookshove.bsky.social Brighton & Hove's largest and liveliest indie bookshop since 1986.
https://city-books.co.uk
Rough Trade @roughtrade1976.bsky.social Rough Trade, est. 1976
London | Nottingham | Bristol | Liverpool | NYC | Berlin
roughtrade.com
blog.roughtrade.com
Burley Fisher Books @burleyfisher.bsky.social We sell books in Haggerston, London. New + used + antiquarian. Also zines, coffee, events + a riso press (not for sale, but come print with us)! www.burleyfisherbooks.com.
Bridge Bookshop Isle of Man @bridgebookshop.bsky.social 2 indie bookshops, Port Erin & Ramsey, Isle of Man. Est. 1972. Books, artist materials, records and sheet music etc. Also a Director & partner bookseller to book festival, Manx Litfest, Est. 2012. School & library supplier.
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
George Sandison @georgesandison.bsky.social Managing Editor @titanbooks.bsky.social. Ran multiple award-winning Unsung Stories. Writer: HINTERLANDS @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. European (yes, still). Empathy, compassion & ice cream pls. He/Him.
AGENCY out now https://shorturl.at/iqPUx
@faberacademy.bsky.social @faberacademy.bsky.social 
Ellen Jones @ellenjones.bsky.social 📚 Author of Outrage: Why LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Yet Won And What We Can Do About It
💜 Award-winning strategist & speaker
🏳️🌈 Autistic lesbian
🐶 Probably petting a dog
Serena Patel @serenakpatel.bsky.social Children’s author
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
Laura Henry-Allain @laurahallain.bsky.social Educationalist, Consultant, Producer, Storyteller: The inspiration behind JoJo and Gran Gran, Daddio & Co, My Skin, Your Skin, etc
Website: www.LauraHenryAllain.Com
Faber Children's @faberchildrens.bsky.social Tweets from the children's team on all our books from babies to teen!
Rabbits21 @rabbits21.bsky.social Independent Bookshop in Brigg North Lincolnshire
Worst Journey @worstjourney.bsky.social News of the graphic novel adaptation of The Worst Journey in the World, abundant Terra Nova facts, and Antarctic interests more generally. worstjourney.com
The Portal Bookshop @portalbookshop.bsky.social Sci-fi, fantasy, & LGBTQIA. Queer resistance. Always trying to help. Portalbookshop@gmail.com Mon-Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-5:30; 5 Patrick Pool, York, UK
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lalidoesbooks
Dark Peak Books and Gifts @darkpeakbooks.bsky.social A long-established independent bookshop in Glossop on the edge of the Peak District. Selling the best new adult and children’s books plus gifts, games and greetings cards.
www.darkpeakbooks.co.uk
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating.
uk.bookshop.org
Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy. 
Primrose Hill Books @primrosehillbooks.bsky.social One of London's leading independent bookshops, established as a family business for more than thirty-five years.
134 Regent's Park Road
London NW1 8XL
020 7586 2022
www.primrosehillbooks.com
Janet Emson @janetemson.bsky.social Book lover. Book reviewer. On the other socials as @JanetEmson
UK
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Est. 1983. Not-for-profit children’s booksellers celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Schools/EY supplier. Co-runs Little Rebels Award. Workers’ Cooperative. www.letterboxlibrary.com
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
Sarah Shaffi @sarahshaffi.bsky.social Journalist, author, event chair.
Kim Nyamhondera @kimberleynyam.bsky.social Senior Publicity Manager @PanMacmillan, one of the few who own 50 shades of grey . . . jumpers. Also Contributing Editor @AFREADA and @PublicityCircle Committee member.
Laura Pearson @laurapauthor.bsky.social Author, mum, feminist, reader of proofs. Agent: Jo Williamson Publisher: Boldwood Books
Chris Riddell @chrisdriddell.bsky.social PhD candidate at Leiden University. Interested in children's understanding of emotions and how emotional signals inform social decision-making. 🙂⚡️🎲🗣
Little Tiger @littletigeruk.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning and best-selling children's books, from birth to young adult. Sign up to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/LittleTigerNewsletter
Alastair Humphreys @alastairhumphreys.bsky.social Living adventurously, writing books.
www.alastairhumphreys.com
Phoebe Morgan @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social Executive Publisher for Fiction @simonschusteruk. Author of 5 thrillers with @HQStories. Shortlisted for Editor of the Year 2022.
Substack: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe
Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social Author
Hon FRSL
RLF Fellow
Sunday Times Children's Books
#NewIllustrationoftheDay
Blog, biog, gallery, books: on www.nicolettejones.com
Events: phil@showmetherabbit.com.
Art by John Jones: www.johnedwardjones.co.uk
East London Radio @eastlondonradio.bsky.social Getting East London Talking since 2013.
For all that time, the ONLY radio station with a talk emphasis covering East London. Find us on DAB in London
Volunteer-led, award-winning.
Hoxton Radio @hoxtonradio.bsky.social Music and news for East London. Est 2012
Founded by @thepreshaah
Broadcasting live from Mama Shelter
www.hoxtonradio.com 
Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social New VBP quiz book bit.ly/3DkBcgi: VBP books, tops, cards, calendars & contact: bit.ly/3mWIF9S. Buy me a tea: ko-fi.com/robtemple
Leytonstoner @leytonstoner.bsky.social Independent guide to East London food & culture since 2015 - from award-winning @londonbelongs
Edited by @stephenemms
Nancy Springer @nancythespringer.bsky.social Lifelong fiction writer no longer keeping track of her foreign publications or awards. Have adored horses since childhood and see no reason to change. Like dogs, cats, and other living things, only exception being maybe mosquitos.
Influx Press @influxpress.bsky.social Award-winning independent publisher.
PARADISE by Ben Tufnell OUT NOW
Join our Mailing List: eepurl.com/dgPEDH
Contact: hello@influxpress.com
BOXPARK @boxpark.bsky.social #EATDRINKPLAY 📍Shoreditch | Croydon | Wembley | Liverpool | Camden
Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social Marketing and brand consultant 📚
Author of Look What You Made Me Do (Gallery YA) 💜
Shortlisted - Freelancer of the Year, FutureBook Awards 💫
www.katmckenna.com
katmckenna.substack.com
Jonathan Main @booksellercrow.bsky.social Bookseller. Chump. Little Richard once asked God to bless me.
Bounce Sales and Marketing @bouncemarketing.bsky.social The Sales and Marketing Agency for Children's Publishers. We represent 30 children's book publishers from the UK and overseas. 
Becca Caddy @beccacaddy.bsky.social 🧠 Decoding your brain on tech
🔮 How the future feels
📚 15yrs+ tech journalist
✉️ The Future Hunter ↓
David Fennell @davidfennell.bsky.social Author. Crime: THE ART OF DEATH, SEE NO EVIL, THE SILENT MAN, A VIOLENT HEART. SciFi/Alternate History: the multi award nominated SLEEPER series. Founder/Director of Beyond the Book Festival.
https://linkin.bio/davidfennell- J Jasper Sutcliffe @jasper73.bsky.social Books, coffee, cycling.
Peter Bently @peterbently.bsky.social Children’s author. Winner of UK Children’s Book Award and Roald Dahl Funny Prize
Cath Howe @cathhowe.bsky.social Children's author, creative arts, London, rep'd by Anne Clark, @nosycrow, @pearson, BloomsburyEd, HachetteKids
Jo Cummins @booksuperhero2.bsky.social ⭐️Primary advisory teacher
⭐️Children's book blogger
⭐️Former English lead
⭐️Workshop provider
⭐️Awards judge
⭐️Resource creator
😀Children's mental health advocate
www.LibraryGirlAndBookBoy.com
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊