Bearded Badger Books @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social Derbyshire based indie publisher | indie press champion | pop up bookshop
Greenpeace Notts @greenpeacenotts.bsky.social Nottingham local Greenpeace group. We participate in local, national and international environmental campaigns.
https://linktr.ee/greenpeacenotts?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ee05837a-b359-4bd1-a910-995e6bf512b9
Gay in the 80s @gayinthe80s.bsky.social Gay in the 80s is a blog and a book about gay life in the UK, Australia and the USA in the 1980s. It offers a unique perspective on a pivotal era in queer history. www.gayinthe80s.com
Clare Stevens @clarewynstevens.bsky.social Ambivert author. Writes thoughtful escapism. Second novel, Heartsound, out now with Inspired Quill. 
Joe Locker @joelocker96.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter at Notts TV.
Nottingham Green Party @nottsgreenparty.bsky.social Campaigning for social and environmental justice in the City, Gedling and Rushcliffe. Part of the @greenparty.org.uk.
Promoted by Adam McGregor on behalf of Nottingham Green Party, both at 9 Winster Close, Nottingham NG9 2SE.
Di Slaney @dislaney.bsky.social Animals, nature, poetry. Publisher/editor Candlestick Press. Founder http://www.manorfarmcharitabletrust.org / Winner Plough Prize 2022. New collection Hard Graft out 21.09.26
Lee Stuart Evans @tismeleese.bsky.social Writer 8/10 Cats & Countdown, The Late Late Show, Last One Laughing UK etc. Jungle jokes nom'd for a BAFTA. Simple Minds/Kate Bush-inspired novel 'Pleasantly Disturbed' out now https://linktr.ee/leestuartevanswriter
#MDANT
Giselle Leeb @giselleleeb.bsky.social Short story collection, Mammals, I Think We Are Called (@saltpublishing.bsky.social), Edge Hill Short Story Prize '23 Longlist, Word Factory Apprentice '19, Best British Short Stories '17 https://giselleleeb.com/
Dr Farheen Khan @f4rheen.bsky.social Peacemaker, educator, scientist, seeker of beauty, meek but not weak.
Rabbits21 @rabbits21.bsky.social Independent Bookshop in Brigg North Lincolnshire
UK Friends of Standing Together @ukfost.co.uk UK solidarity movement in support of Standing Together, Israelโs Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement for peace, equality and social justice.
https://linktr.ee/ukfriendsofstandingtogether
https://ukfost.co.uk/ 
Johny Pitts @johnypitts.bsky.social 
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social Where Nottingham Meets.
Shouting arts and culture in the home of Robin Hood since 2003.
@paulkohn.bsky.social @paulkohn.bsky.social 
Pete Radcliff @peteradcliff.bsky.social Socialist, Marxist, supporter of Workers Liberty and of UK Friends of Standing Together
Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social We are a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel-Palestine.
๐ https://linktr.ee/standingtogether.en
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Tracy Lowe @gingerlibnotts.bsky.social Academic Skills Tutor in higher education libraries. Books, libraries, education, nature, adventures. Nottingham. she/her
@supersal666.bsky.social @supersal666.bsky.social 
Pete Cookson @pete-cookson.bsky.social 'People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.' - R.V.
Simon Hannah @simonhannah.bsky.social Ecosocialist
Anticapitalist Resistance
Latest book is Reclaiming The Future: A Beginners Guide to Planning the Economy, (Pluto 2024)
Gullivers Bookshop @gullivers.bsky.social We're an award winning indie bookshop in Wimborne, Dorset.
We love books, dogs and friendly people.
Est 1968
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
Try the LRB for just ยฃ6: lrb.me/social
Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social Journalist, author, broadcaster. Politics, Middle East
Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc 
Transform Nottinghamshire @transformnotts.bsky.social Official branch of the Transform Party in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, UK. Party dissolved, 26/11/2025.
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
Polis Loizou ๐บ @polisloizou.bsky.social Writer, performer, storyteller, both bi and curious โข A GOOD YEAR (Fairlight Moderns) ๐ โข East Med to East Mids ๐จ๐พ๐ฌ๐ง (he/him)
http://linktr.ee/polisloizou
@sayeedawarsi.bsky.social @sayeedawarsi.bsky.social In Westminster making laws and on TV making mischief ๐
Parliamentarian, podcaster, author and member of the #Yorkshire tribe
Amer matar ุนุงู
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ุทุฑ @amermatar.bsky.social A Syrian investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker with 20+ yearsโ experience, founder of the Prisons Museum. director of Syria Mobile Film Festival (2013-2018).
https://amermatar.com
https://prisons.museum
https://linktr.ee/amer.mattr
Craig Symes @craigsymes.bsky.social The odd creation and inspiration. Trying to find Wonder in unexpected places. There is elegance in small details and epic beauty in grand scales.
@Symes_Craig (instagram)
Boundless for Booksellers @boundlessbookshops.bsky.social Bookseller-exclusive news, proofs and POS from Unbound and Neem Tree Press, imprints of Boundless Publishing Group ๐
@unboundsocials.bsky.social
@neemtreepress.bsky.social
@boundlesslit.bsky.social
NottsLGBT+ Network @nottslgbt.bsky.social Celebrating 50 years, proudly offering support since 1975. We connect and represent the LGBT+ community in Nottinghamshire to feel empowered everyday.
www.nottslgbt.com
0115 934 8485
info@nottslgbt.com
Liz Davies @lizdsocialist.bsky.social Proud activist lawyer (retired) Honorary Vice President Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, all views my own.
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution @consortiumbooks.bsky.social Distributing indie books and advocating for small presses since 1985. Your next favorite book is from an independent publisher โค๏ธ ๐ cbsd.com
๐ง Newsletter: https://bit.ly/cbsdmail
Alan Lodge @tashuk.bsky.social Photographer: Nottingham UK : Interests in social concerns. Youth & multi-cultural, alternatives, travellers, festivals, enviro. Gay oh & other stuff. > alanlodge.co.uk
DRAKE - The Bookshop @drakebookshop.bsky.social Nine year old bookshop in Stockton. Here to help you find your next extra special read (which will initially be Leonard & Hungry Paul if you havenโt read it yet (or are too young). Either way we will find brilliant books for you to love.
The Friday Poem @thefridaypoem.bsky.social Every Friday we post a review or a feature on the website and on Substack, and send it to subscribers. 1796 subscribers, 7300 post reads in November. 
The Anarchist Library @anarchistlibrary.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the English language The Anarchist Library project | website: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/ | fediverse: https://a.nti.social/users/library | IRC/Matrix/email: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/about
Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, professor of Modern Literature & Creative Writing, co-editor of New Walk Editions. www.rorywaterman.com https://rorywaterman.substack.com/. Views yours; likes/RTs=marriage proposals. OTBC๐ฐ/COYP
James Scudamore @jamesscudamore.bsky.social Writer | ENGLISH MONSTERS | WREAKING | HELIOPOLIS | THE AMNESIA CLINIC
https://jamesscudamore.com
Michelle Reader Artist @michellereaderart.bsky.social Artist making sculptures, puppets and installations from the things that others discard. Inspired by nature, passionate about biodiversity. Founder of Wayward Objects, a puppet theatre company.
http://www.michelle-reader.co.uk
Nottingham, UK
@stephenjon.bsky.social @stephenjon.bsky.social 
@jameswalker2024.bsky.social @jameswalker2024.bsky.social 
Megan Taylor @meganjstaylor.bsky.social Author of dark novels and short stories
mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
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.
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/
Alice McGregor @alicemcgregor.bsky.social 
Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction, half in translation. Shortlisted IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020. Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk.
Pam Thompson @pamthompson240.bsky.social Leicester-based poet, educator and reviewer and visual artist. PhD poetry and holography.
Show Date and Time (Smith Doorstop) Strange Fashion (Pindrop Press) forthcoming pamphlet, Sub/urban Legends (Paper Swans Press).
Hawthornden Fellow.
the87press @the87press.bsky.social South London-based publishing collective focused on experimental literatures at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, & neurodiversity. We also run online journal theHythe!
linktr.ee/the87press
https://www.the87press.co.uk/
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
Renard Press @renardpress.com ๐ An award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Also home to Hay Press.
renardpress.com
linktr.ee/renardpress
Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social I was rather hoping capitalism would have finished by now. It doesn't even rhyme.
https://jimjepps.substack.com/
Bookshop.org UK @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social The online store supporting independent bookshops ๐ Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery ๐ 5 star Trustpilot rating.
uk.bookshop.org
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar
Queer person of colour
#FreePalestine
Cipher Press @cipherpress.bsky.social An independent press publishing queer and trans authors
Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social 
@reader321.bsky.social @reader321.bsky.social I love books and most bookish people
Unbound @unboundsocials.bsky.social London-based book publisher ๐
An imprint of Boundless Publishing Group - home to @neemtreepress.bsky.social and @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social
Visit us at https://www.boundlesspublishinggroup.com/
Francesca Russell @francescapr.bsky.social Comms Director at Hodder & Stoughton
@francesca_bookspr on Insta
David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg.bsky.social Rebel thinker, activist, educator, tour guide. Fan of The Selecter, West Ham, parakeets, beigels
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858๐
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)โจ
David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social Autheur. Unfluencer.
'The Beckett List' (2027)
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
All published by www.saggingmeniscus.com
(No DMs)
Hongwei Bao (he/him) @queercomrades.bsky.social Queer Chinese writer and academic based in the UK; author of The Passion of the Rabbit God (Valley Press), Self-Portrait as a Banaba (Poetic Edge) and Queering the Asian Diaspora (Sage).
Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social The Midnight Train is coming.
Dr Anita Sethi ๐๐ @anitasethi.bsky.social writer, journalist & broadcaster ๐
Author, I BELONG HERE (โa thing of beautyโ - Sunday Times). Winner, Books Are My Bag Award, nominated Wainwright ๐for Nature Writing, Great Outdoors Award, RSL Ondaatje.
Mancunian ๐
anitasethi.com
@simonsmalleyauthor.bsky.social @simonsmalleyauthor.bsky.social 
๐ฝโ๏ธCJ De Barra ๐๐ป @cjdebarra.bsky.social Author of Neuroqueer: a neurodivergent guide to love, sex and everything in between & the Notts Queer History Archive ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer non binary journalist with adhd ๐ต๐ธ
Will Smith @likewinterblue.bsky.social Book peddler, book reviewer, book hoarder, academic and freelance writer. 
Ronne Peltzman Randall @rivieron.bsky.social Born in Brooklyn, now in Britain (where I belong). Lover of words, art, books, animals, fairy tales and folk music, and strong believer in 'from each according to their ability, to each according to their need'.
Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social Greyish socialist with green tendencies. Soul, reggae, indie, jazz, classical, not much I wouldnโt listen to. MDANT ๐ต๐ธ
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social Does political sociology @DerbyUni | Blogger | Author: THE PARTY'S OVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONSERVATIVES FROM THATCHER TO SUNAK | Bylines @Tribune & @Jacobin | Bits of SF too | Writes things: http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.co.uk
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social Political Editor, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pippacrerar
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now 
David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics โฆ love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. ๐ฉAdam@bylinetimes.com
Subscribe to my Substack โฌ๏ธ
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Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social Hello lovelies. This is my official account.. ๐๐
Glad to be over here from the "other place"๐
It's like breathing clean air again ๐๐ผ
Alison Denholm @alisondenholm.bsky.social Long time community artist and producer with City Arts Nottingham, designer of much carnival and a flock of giant flamingos, director of the Nottingham Puppet Festival
Stephan Collishaw @stephancollishaw.bsky.social Writer, publisher, educator.
Nicki Hastie @nickihastie.bsky.social Lesbian writer, Lego builder, line dancer, looking to bounce words.
Gender non-conforming, neurodivergent, living flat after breast cancer.
Working in local voluntary sector infrastructure. My views.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ They/she. nickihastie.uk
Dana Naomy Mills @dananaomymills.bsky.social Cats, gin, books and human rights, not necessarily in that order
Cathy Symes @cathysymes.bsky.social Socialist, feminist, poet and eco worrier. All views my own but I may change my mind or just sober up.
Andy Duckering @squeezycrip.bsky.social Wheelchair user. Musician. Morris dancer. Bakanalia Border Morris and New St George cotswold morris. Lover of harmony folk singing and very dark metal music. Sports trader.