Maeve @mehmettilki.bsky.social Mother, lives in California
I love life and also enjoy quiet time alone
I love the seaside, nature, photography, and the occasional spontaneous trip
Having walked some paths in life, I now cherish sincere and interesting conversations even more
She/Her
Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social Reading, writing, walking in Ontar-i-air-i-air-io (Can-Am). Publishing advocate. Nonprofit consultant. Author of a short story collection (MOTHERISH), essays & more TK. She/her
@melissa-mccabe.bsky.social @melissa-mccabe.bsky.social 
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
@raymond2-65.bsky.social @raymond2-65.bsky.social 
VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social Ottawa's International Festival of Poetry / le festival international de poésie d’Ottawa / administrator of the City of Ottawa's Poet Laureate Program / l’administration du Programme des poètes lauréats d’Ottawa / https://www.verseottawa.ca/
Marshall Bood @marshallbood.bsky.social poet and author of Spring Cleaning(Ugly Duckling Presse, 2021)
Order here:
https://uglyducklingpresse.org/publications/spring-cleaning/
@emptyphoto.bsky.social @emptyphoto.bsky.social 
Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social Prune Juice Editor. I write short things and long things. Zines, poems, art. I like birds.
Buy me a ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/pippaesque. 🏳️🌈
Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social The Dem Voice of Missouri with her 262 Substack https://jesspiper.substack.com/ / @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @reichard4rep.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social DMs ok 📚
Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social Author of books including the extinction poetry collection Endlings and the novel Worry Stones. From the UK, now living in Yukon, Canada. 
Caversham Booksellers @cavershambooks.bsky.social Toronto-based bookstore with a focus on mental health, psychology, education, and related subjects.
262B Geary Ave.
Shop online: https://www.cavershambooksellers.com/
In-store events: https://luma.com/calendar/cal-LM15PPE5TXny8Lc
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social Team Site
Kathryn Mockler @themockler.bsky.social fiction writer | experimental filmmaker | poet | Author of Anecdotes @bookhugpress.bsky.social
Send My Love to Anyone: http://sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com
https://linktr.ee/kathrynmockler | https://www.kathrynmockler.com
Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social narrator & protagonist of her own life | echolalia echolalia (Brick Books, 2024) | Crips for eSims for Gaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs
website: janeshi.org
I LOVE MY COUNTRY NOT MY GOVERNMENT..FUCK ICE @davidwilliam36.bsky.social 
sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social a mono-press of pithy handmade limited edition mini/micro chapbooks and broadsides.
launching june 20th @ the ottawa small press book fair!
eic: @russellcarisse.bsky.social
SUBMISSIONS OPEN, see sider0xylon.carrd.co for guidelines.
@romanrhs.bsky.social @romanrhs.bsky.social 
Sumidigi @emergencbrake.bsky.social She/they
Will I ever remember the definition of praxis
Banner Photo
Christine Ödlund / Stress Call of the Stinging Nettle
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ¶ One of Canada’s most innovative and tenacious literary publishers
¶ http://linktr.ee/gaspereaupress
@goethean.bsky.social @goethean.bsky.social Chicagoan. Raised as a fundamentalist Christian. BA in philosophy. Book hoarder. Interest in 19th cent. German lit & phil. Had a paper published in an academic journal. Traveled to India > ten times. Moderate Democrat. Enjoys board games. Writing a book.
Leona Theis 📚 @leonajoan.bsky.social Swim at Your Own Risk forthcoming with Thistledown Press. If Sylvie Had Nine Lives on shelves now. Novels, stories, lyric essays. Walker, paddler, snow lover. Www.leonatheis.com
Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social A Newfoundland-based micropress specializing in children's books and letterpress-printed chapbooks.
Visit our bookstore and printshop in Tors Cove.
https://linktr.ee/runningthegoat
Find Marnie at her personal account: rtgbooks.bsky.social
The Malahat Review @malahatreview.bsky.social Canadian literary journal established in 1967 publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from emerging and established writers.
Laurence Lumsden @laurencewrites.com Dubliner in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). Writer. https://www.LaurenceWrites.com/. 2025 Cúirt New Writing Fiction Prize. Posts in English/Français/Svenska. (He/Him/YerMan)
Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social Winnipeg/Treaty 1-based writer, editor & enthusiast. Recently - Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest w/W&W. Now - Blood Letters w/GPP. WiR at Winnipeg Public Library.
@ansumanaz.bsky.social @ansumanaz.bsky.social 
Carol Brisebois @carolbrisebois.bsky.social art music stories 
Dr. Chase A. Thompson @chaseathompson.bsky.social Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
@perpetualpest.bsky.social @perpetualpest.bsky.social 
Kirsh (she/her) @kirshwords.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, publishing professional, former young.
A co-host of Wax Poetic on CFRO 100.5.
Film Milf 🌊💙Blue Dem. Resister. 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ 📚 @filmilf.bsky.social Work @ TrixStarT Film Productions.
🌊💙Blue Dem. Resister. 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ 📚
Fully Full Frontal 4 Film. Crazy Cool Comics.
Marc Zammit @marczammit.bsky.social Director🎬 | Producer 🎥| Actor 🎭 CEO Aptitude Films, Skylark Vision.
Homeless Ashes, Witch, JITTERS
Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social indie poetry publisher based in Canada with an international focus. we publish books and we have an online website with series and blogs w/poets, fiction writers, visual artist, experimental projects www.icefloepress.net EIC/publisher Robert Frede Kenter
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Amanda Lamarche @amiwarmer.bsky.social Human person and poet. Anti-shepherd's pie, pro-dogs in jackets. She/her. Living on unceded Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver, British Columbia 🏔️
Christa Fairbrother @christafairbrother.bsky.social Gulfport, FL poet laureate
I write poems about bodies - ours, animals, water, our collective nature
Here to connect with poets & poetry lovers
Author of Water Yoga (Singing Dragon 2022).
Lover of tea & avocados 🥑
https://christafairbrotherwrites.com/
Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social A literary journal presenting four pieces in each issue, a sampling of the best writing out there. EICs: @fklein907.bsky.social and @ketchiklein.bsky.social
https://flight-literary.ghost.io/
Natalie Rice @nataliericepoetry.bsky.social "Nightjar" Gaspereau Press, 2025
"Scorch" Gaspereau Press, 2023
natalierice.ca
Shamana @shamana58.bsky.social Writer, singer, photographer, carbon-based life form. I write poetry, magical reality fiction, and blues songs. Sensitivity consultant. Occasional juggler, and vexillologist, aspiring lamp shade.
Stelliform Press @stelliform.press Award-winning SFFH & literary books engaging with environmental justice. Now: THE OTHER SHORE, THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. www.stelliform.press.
George Murray @bookninja.bsky.social Poet | 10 books | Neuromancer | Dog person | Habitual founder of things | Nerd | St. John's | http://newpoetry.ca | Other links: https://linktr.ee/georgemurray
Teri S @teri-teri-boberry.bsky.social 💙 💙💙💙💙
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Happy creator of tRump Voodoo Dolls at Etsy 😈🧵🪡📍✂️
https://voodoobymoomoo.etsy.com
RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social Writer visual artist publisher. Now Available IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS (Ice Floe Press, 2025), FATHER TECTONIC (ETHELZINE Press,2025). In tons of journals incl Winged Moon, Otoliths, Storms Journal, Pissoir, Cable Street, ballast, Acropolis, Grain, ARC
The Peoples Mind AI @thepeoplesmindai.bsky.social Developing AI aligned with Progressive Values.
-Our Values:
-Anti fascist
-Anti Bigotry
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-Pro Humanity
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Currently Building - Sentinel of Democracy - A full spectrum election security system
Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social A detective. Astrid Aillume's New Case: A Billionaire's Mystery
Cracking a case is like salty liquorice.
Surprising at first,but ultimately addictive.
Cathie B. @cjbcat.bsky.social Poetry writer, book artist, letter-writing, collaborative art projects, mail art. Grimm Brothers: ongoing poetic reimagination of the original tales.
elly from earth -- Elly Nobbs @pleides.bsky.social Poetry, Micro-poems, Nature, Walking, Reading. East Coast Canada. No DMs. Banner Photo by me.
Park john @johnpark3.bsky.social Am an artist, my voice carries themes
of resilience, growth, love, and self-reflection. I've collaborated with a diverse range of musicians, helping shape their unique visions while continuously evolving my own sound.
Bill Vandenbush @hawkeyebilly.bsky.social Author, inspirational speaker, TV and radio personality, retired civil servant, MSW, disabled Vietnam Vet, proud Liberal. PNW Sports fan, dogs, cooking, reading, Retired and loving it. 🚫DMs please 🚫money requests 🐕🦺🏳️🌈🌲🌍👨🎓🏳️⚧️ RESIST!!
Shari Kasman @smkasman.bsky.social Torontonian, artist, writer, co-creator of Bloordale Beach, maker of all kinds of stuff, incl a book about everyone's favourite mall, the Galleria.
knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social Poetry. Well-served.
FLASH SUMMER SALE! EXTENDED NOW THRU 31 AUG! ALL KFB TITLES CURRENTLY IN STOCK $10 Exclusively at knifeforkbook.shop
Find us: asterismbooks.com/publisher/knife-fork-book
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Emily Ansell @latenitescholar.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Author, gamer, metalhead, history nerd. Bi/Pan 🏳️🌈. She/Her. Elbows Up 🍁. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦. Anti GenAI. When They Arrived available now! https://emilyaansell.wordpress.com/links/
@democracyreport.bsky.social @democracyreport.bsky.social Follow me to amplify the increasingly rare progressive perspective. We are all seeing YouTube being dominated by right-wing narratives, main stream media being captured by the status quo perspective, and Twitter being run by an oligarch. 
Stack Salacious and his merry Functions @anselmdubois.bsky.social We are a loose collective of musicians who like a bit of fun from time to time. Anselm Dubois is our "manager" and song writer. We're not in it for the money, and neither is he. Use the music under the video-tab in our profile as you will. 🤪🤣😜😙
@snazzy5.bsky.social @snazzy5.bsky.social 
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Lluís Pla Vargas @lluisplavargas.bsky.social Lector, escritor, deportista. Doctor en filosofía UB. Profesor en el departamento de filosofía de la UB. Amigo del saber, la literatura y la crítica política.
Palabra Flamenco @palabraflamenco.bsky.social Traditional flamenco meets English-language poetry. Members include dancer Denise Yeo, guitarist Gareth Owen, and poets Garth Martens and Jan Zwicky. Ongoing performances on Vancouver Island. Upcoming performance in Vancouver.
Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social Visual art, writing
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG
UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2; on Patreon at HamiltonArt.
Rafi's Capture 📸 @rafiscapture.bsky.social Amateur Photographer 📸 | Nature lover 🌿 | Chasing sunsets 🌅, wildlife 🐦, and wild moments 🌲✨ One click at a time — let the lens tell the story! 🎒📷
Kelly @brnidgirl.bsky.social 🇨🇦#ElbowsUp🇨🇦 Retired Youth worker Proud Mom to 2 grown daughters. Animal Lover, social justice supporter and overall genuine, kind and considerate person. Badge of honour:Got kicked out of Twitter (she/her). 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🏳️🌈🇺🇦🏳️⚧️💙🌮 🫘
Laurie D. Graham @lauriedgraham.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/lauriedgraham
Jeanette @jackonette.bsky.social No DMs. Licensed Social Worker recently retired. 🔵 Living in a deep red state, OK, and advocating against hate every day. 🙋♀️ trying to make life better for my kids and grandsons.
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mreid@bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social poet, gardener, intelligence expert
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
new book coming from University of Calgary Press
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Dr. Lara El Mekaui @lelmek.bsky.social Research Fellow @cercmigration.bsky.social
Lead non-fiction editor
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Writing and Communications Instructor
@uwaterloo.ca
website: thehesitantlocal.ca
@jeanettelynes.bsky.social @jeanettelynes.bsky.social Writer, writing teacher. Upcoming novel on women codebreakers in WW Two. The Paper Birds. Summer 2025! Professor of Creative Writing, University of Saskatchewan
Josiah Nelson @josiahnelson.bsky.social I'm what you call shy - William Steig/me
Debut book forthcoming with @invisibooks.bsky.social
Words in Brick, CV2, Fractured Lit, Grain, and the Literary Review of Canada
Steve McOrmond @stevemcormond.bsky.social Author of four books of poetry, most recently Reckon (2018). New chapbook with Baseline Press: https://www.baselinepress.ca/#/jacaranda-trees-mexico-city-steve-mcormond-2025
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
Mary-Alice Thompson (she/her) @mathompson.bsky.social writer (poetry, fiction, plays), student, gardener, singer, teacher, mother, retired lawyer
@thomasolsen18.bsky.social @thomasolsen18.bsky.social 
Ray Owen @riopsy.bsky.social -Clinical & Health Psychologist - UK
-ACT/ 3rd Wave approaches in physical health, grief and sports settings
-Also interested in: rugby (union), cricket, books, science & movies. Also food...
Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social Teacher and Poet. Pamphlets - Walrussey (The Black Cat Poetry Press, 2023) and Circulaire (Written off Publishing, 2025).
Circulaire available to purchase here: https://writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circulaire-bex-hainsworth
@normanroots.bsky.social @normanroots.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Grandpa of 9, genealogist, MS Access developer, economist
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
Lynda Williams (she/her) @lwilliams-author.bsky.social Writer of unlikeable female characters. The Beauty and The Hell of It and other stories, Guernica Editions 2025.
Rob Banes @rsb1213.bsky.social Scientist, artist, educator, chef, fisherman, outdoor enthusiast, bookworm, linguist, peacemaker, volunteer, etc. in no particular order.
Please don't ask because I will not date you, I will not send you money, and I will not be your disciple. Thanks.