Glasgow Film Theatre @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social Glasgow's original independent cinema and home of
@glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
🛠️ Built in 1939
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social Screenwriter and director: 'Mum & Dad', 'Dead Mine'. Writer of dark fiction. Co-Director of Mayhem Film Festival @mayhemfilmfestival.bsky.social. Nottingham, UK. https://linktr.ee/StevenSheil
Creator of @adrianchills.bsky.social
Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social Filmmaker/writer. The Story of Film/Dear Orson Welles/A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things/Women Make Film/I am Belfast/My Name is Alfred Hitchcock/The Story of Looking/Atomic/Stockholm My Love/Life May Be/
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Sundance Institute @sundance.org We discover and support independent film and media artists. 2027 #SundanceFilmFestival: January 21–31 in Boulder, Colorado
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com The Hollywood Reporter is the premier destination & most widely trusted resource for entertainment news, reviews, videos & more
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sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social books: THE RED SACRAMENT, my debut novel, is out now!
Also costume design: ACD/shopper on The Off Weeks, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Organized Crime, Monsterland & more!
USA 829 IATSE, lit rep Isabel Kaufman. she/her
Hello, it's Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social artist, writer, god of hell fire. My graphic novel DEGA is currently available from Oni Press and right here:
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF 🚀 Fantasy 🧜♂️ Spec Fic ✨, and Horror 🧟 Part of Profile Books 📚 https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop by the seaside in Portobello, Edinburgh. 🌊 Open 7 days, 10am - 6pm. 📚 Browse millions of books on our website. 👉 https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/links
The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing and writers of crime fiction and non-fiction 🔪🩸👮🏽♀️📚
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Viper Books @viperbooks.bsky.social Books with bite: crime, thrillers mysterious fiction | British Book Awards Imprint of the Year 2022, CWA Publisher of the Year 2023.
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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social Word Person | BFA winner | Best of British SciFi '19, '20 & '23 | THE QUEEN OF THE HIGH FIELDS (Luna Press) | HOME SICK (2026, Solaris) | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/rhiannon.grist
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday!
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Mediavotion @mediavotion.bsky.social Celebrating exceptional media made by and for humans. From the former founder & editors of Spinetingler Magazine, SR & BL. Posts @ https://mediavotion.wordpress.com/
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com The official Bluesky account of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. youtube.com/lastweektonight
Iain McLaughlin @iainamclaughlin.bsky.social Writer, editor, jaded cynic, watcher of westerns and dreaming of owning a TARDIS.
Big Finish Insider @bigfinish.bsky.social For the 💙 of stories.
Colwicksince2009 @colwick2009.bsky.social Owner of a misfit cat. Forest Green Rovers fan. Work in the internet, part time web developer. Love Northern Soul and anything funky. LFC. Biker. No DMs unless I already know you. ADHD. European 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺
Editorial Freelancers Association @efafreelancers.bsky.social EFA freelancers include editors, writers, indexers, proofreaders, researchers, desktop publishers, translators. Free job listing service. Courses & webinars for members & guests. https://linktr.ee/efa_editors
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Signature Entertainment @signatureuk.bsky.social Award-winning production & distribution company. Releasing over 1,500 films since 2011 🍿
Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Made in Ireland, found in Scotland
MDANT🎖️
AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social I write stuff (i Paper, Empire, Sight & Sound, Guardian, Line of Best Fit, Indicator Blu-ray). I like old movies, old books, old buildings and new music. Rep’d by The North Literary Agency.
The Conversation with Nadine Matheson @theconversation.bsky.social ✨ Deep dives into writing, creativity & life
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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social Doing what I dreamed of since I was a kid.
Books: Lone Women, The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver.
TV: The Changeling (EP), The Terror: Devil in Silver (Creator, Showrunner)
Comics: Destroyer, Eve, Sabretooth, Black Panther
Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social Co-Creator of HALT AND CATCH FIRE.
Showrunner of THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER, full season now on AMC+ and SHUDDER.
LANTERNS Season 2.
And I write comic books.
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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
Alex Kane @alexkaneauthor.bsky.social Writer of all things gangland, crime and thriller fiction which takes place in Glasgow. Rep by Jo at Bell Lomax Moreton and published by Hera Books
Thomas Marrone @thomasthecat.bsky.social Executive Producer of Star Trek Online. Starship enthusiast. Modeled the Enterprise F, Voyager B, and other ships for Star Trek: Picard.
Lesley Kelly @lkauthor.bsky.social Author of the Health of Strangers pandemic crime series
Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.social Writer of noir fiction, designer of book covers. Derringer Award finalist. Published by Punk Noir, All Due Respect, Bristol Noir, Revolution John, and Reckon Review.
Angus Robertson @angusrobertson.bsky.social 🏴SNP MSP Candidate for Edinburgh Central (SNP) 🏛️Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture 2021-26
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Dave Cornell @drdavecornell.bsky.social Philosopher | Writer | Lecturer
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Adrian Chills @adrianchills.bsky.social Short horror stories written for Bluesky directly inspired by the Guardian columns of Adrian Chiles. Created by @scsheil.bsky.social
Andrew Lowe @andrewlowe.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Writing coach. Reformed film journalist. Nature, nature, nature. Music, music, music. andrewlowewriter.com
Keith R.A. DeCandido @kradec.bsky.social He/him. Massively prolific author of novels, stories, & comics; critic; grandmaster; editor; black belt; percussionist; baseball fan; and a whole lot less...
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social Writer and producer (mostly Doctor Who-related things).
Winchester City Councillor for St Barnabas ward. 🔶
For council enquiries email: jmorris@winchester.gov.uk
Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Shortwave is an indie horror/sci-fi press. Our books are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. Founded and run by @alandistro.bsky.social (active HWA member, full SFWA member).
Our full catalog: https://shortwavepublishing.com/
Balfron Book Festival @balfronbooks.bsky.social A celebration of books and storytelling in the Scottish Stirlingshire village of Balfron.
3rd to 6th September 2026
www.balfronbookfestival.com
Sam Holland @samhollandbooks.bsky.social Writer of dark stuff. Moonlights as Louisa Scarr. Owner of Max.
Out now:
🔪 THE KILLER IN ROOM FIVE
🎧 SLEEPING BEAUTIES
🐕 BROKEN HOUSE
Agent: Ed Wilson.
Robin A Crawford @robincraw.bsky.social Author & bookseller Fife, Scotland
Out now:
The Sound of Many Waters, A Journey Along the River Tay Birlinn
Previously: Into The Peatlands 2018 Birlinn, Cauld Blasts and Clishmaclavers 2020 Elliott & Thompson
https://robinacrawford.com
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Carole Hailey @carolehailey.bsky.social Writer | Reader | Servant to two dogs
SCENES FROM A TRAGEDY coming March ‘25 - pre-order now
THE SILENCE PROJECT - BBC Radio 2 Book Club, Indie Booksellers BOTM, shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize
Rep. The Soho Agency
J. E. Books @jebookshull.bsky.social Indie bookshop in Hull's Old Town. 12 Hepworth's Arcade, Hull, HU1 1JU. Email jlellam@hotmail.co.uk if you'd like to order books from me. DMs not working, sorry. Home delivery or collect in store. Open 10.30 to 4, Tues to Sat
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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social The UK’s biggest one-day crime writing festival, just 18 minutes out of London and featuring some of the biggest names in UK crime fiction.
Every penny of every ticket sold goes to help Centrepoint end youth homelessness in the UK.
Paul Waters author @paulwaters.bsky.social Author of Murder in Moonlit Square. Pre-order https://tinyurl.com/s7b5kpc8 Rep by Broo Doherty @DHHlitagency.bsky.social Co-host We’d Like A Word books & authors podcast. Co-Founder of @ChilternKills.bsky.social & #BBCWorldService “In The Studio” presenter
JD Kirk @jdkirk.bsky.social Writer of crime fiction. 
Doug Sinclair @doug-writer.bsky.social 
Arrow Video @arrowvideo.bsky.social Distributor of classic, world, cult, horror cinema on Blu-ray & UHD.
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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social Writer and producer. Out now: David Whitaker in an Exciting Adventure with Television, a biography of the first story editor of Doctor Who. Currently working on a biography of Terrance Dicks. www.simonguerrier.com
Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social A regional, national and international crime writing festival. Monthly evenings running at Hull Libraries featuring debut authors through to bestsellers.
Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Jesus freak. Girlboss. Real piece of work.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
@alanparks.bsky.social @alanparks.bsky.social 
Heidi Amsinck @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social Danish-British author of Copenhagen crime novels 🇩🇰🇬🇧
Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social Comic Artist/Writer (UK) • BARKING | SHELTER | BLACK HAMMER short | The Thing With Feathers [2025] | DOT Wild Fictions | Razorblades & more
Rep’d by James at The BKS
Coming soon- MOTHERS RUIN (Avery Hill)
https://bio.site/LucySullivan
Cambridge Coffee and Crime @nancymwriter.bsky.social Kiwi crime writer holed up in the Scottish Highlands. Mist and whisky essential. Murder optional. The Orchid Mystery, out now.
SunRaUniverse @sunrauniverse.bsky.social In the half-between Worlds. Dwell they : The Sound Scientists In Notes and Tone. They Speak of many things...
Isabelle Kenyon @isabellekenyon.bsky.social Editor & #bookmarketing consultant 📚 Poet and Novelist.
M.D. @fly_press
FutureBook Awards Future Leader Finalist 2024
Novel The Dark Within Them out now🔥
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
The Literary Consultancy @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social The UK's longest-standing editorial consultancy. Offering editing, mentoring and events. Home of Being A Writer. #ACEsupported. Official BlueSky account.
Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/wimvanmierlo
Senior Lecturer in English at Loughborough University with 'an air of cranky scholarship about him'
Author of James Joyce and Cultural Genetics: The Joycean Genome (Bloomsbury)
Documentary and Heritage Photographer
Fiona Brownlee @fionabrownlee.bsky.social Publishing consultant. PR & International Rights. Currently working with Canongate. Little,Brown. Hodder. Greystone. Muswell Press. Birlinn. Polygon. Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival. Swim judge. BSL beginner.
Nat Cassidy @natcassidy.bsky.social USA Today bestselling horror noveler (MARY; NESTLINGS; REST STOP; WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME). TV actor. Musician. Out now: I KNOW A PLACE, May 5, 2026, Shortwave Books. (he/him)
Matthew Holness @mrholness.bsky.social Sunday Times Bestselling Author of GARTH MARENGHI’S TERRORTOME, INCARCERAT, THIS BURSTED EARTH. Also Possum, Darkplace. Agents: RCW Literary Agency/Sophie Chapman Talent/SueTerryVoices
https://www.garthmarenghi.com/links/
Barbara McLean @fliskmillan.com Mainly post about coos, house plants, gardening, knitting and upholstery.
Gallovidia Books @gallovidiabooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore- supplying the folk of Kirkcudbright SW Scotland with books, gifts and blether 🏴📚
We like tea, dogs…..and books.
Simon Hynd @simonhynd.bsky.social dramas that make you laugh, comedies that make you cry #Mammoth #BBCGhosts #Motherland #TheCockfields #ThereSheGoes #BobServant.
Can You Keep A Secret? coming soon.
Death Valley coming sooner.
@msmcgillteach.bsky.social @msmcgillteach.bsky.social 
Graham Sillars @grahamsillars.bsky.social Married Scotsman. Dog daddy to three Corgis.
@alikivarvogli.bsky.social @alikivarvogli.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in American Literature. Paul Auster scholar.
Author of Forensic Crime Fiction
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/forensic-crime-fiction/FCB6A0545EE894D4608358DE749C0FD9#
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Clare Kelly @clarejkelly.bsky.social Head of PR at Bonnier Books UK
Irish in London
she/her
Mark Leggatt @markleggattbskysoc.bsky.social
Writer, editor and freelance jute spinner.
I edit for Reedsy, Jericho Writers, The Writing Coach and Cornerstones. CIEP member.
Sam Fern @samfern.bsky.social Author, editor, Edinburgh!
'Escape Castle Dracula'
(Big Picture Press)
'Where the Dead Live'
(Templar Books)
www.samfern.co.uk
Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social Irish. Leinster Rugby and Ireland Rugby supporter. 🇮🇪
Work as a support worker in preschool.
Dog lover, avid reader of books, fan of Freddie Mercury and Queen.
Love John Connolly, and Icelandic and Scandi noir.
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Shetland Library @shetlandlibrary.bsky.social Free, fun, informative and educational - public and school library services for Shetland. Further north than Orkney.
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social Writerer of things, Leg Spinner, Tool. "He's a relentless gag machine" - Al Murray.
Jane Johnson @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social Writer (Secrets of the Bees; Black Crescent, White Hare, Sea Gate, Tenth Gift etc), publisher (GRRM, Hobb, Feist, Lawrence, Heartfield, Kaner, ex Tolkien), allotmenteer. History. Morocco/Cornwall. Covid is airborne 💙📚 #Writing #Books
Gerald So @sogerald.bsky.social I run THE FIVE-TWO: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/ and FANS OF #RobertBParker: https://matrix.to/#/#rbp-fans:matrix.org My posts also range into TV, film. Blog: https://geraldso.blogspot.com/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@sogerald
crimebookgirl @crimebookgirl.bsky.social Crime fiction aficionado. Blogger (www.crimebookgirl.com), event chair, Theakstons & McIlvanney Prize academy member, Ngaio Marsh Awards & CWA Daggers judge - it's #AllCrimeAllTheTime!
Scott Lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social "Not this. Not at all. I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world."
https://napier-repository.worktribe.com/person/110551/scott-lyall
Stuart MacBride @stuartmacbride.bsky.social Wordmonger. Making sacrifices to the Great Soup Gods since 2005.
www.StuartMacBride.com
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
Raven Books @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social Raven Books, an imprint of BloomsburyBooks, is the home of the best & the brightest in new writing for all who love their books with a touch of the dark side.
Eva Dolan @evadolan.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author of the Zigic & Ferreira series. Grand Prix des Lectrices winner. Cambridge. Agent - Nicola Barr at Rye Literary
Charlotte Tierney @charlieratpig.bsky.social https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-cat-bride/charlotte-tierney/9781784633622
Best British Short Stories ‘26 / Best Weird Fiction of the Year ‘25 / Conjunctions / The London Magazine / 3:AM / NER / Weird Horror.
All ‘moor, no snore.
whatkaitedid @kaitewelsh.bsky.social Hobbies of a grandma. Wardrobe of a toddler on acid.
Kevin Williamson @kevwilliamson.bsky.social Writer, author, poetry, editor, publisher. Founder of Rebel Inc. Co-founder of Bella Caledonia. Co-founder of Neu! Reekie! Co-founder of Push The Boat Out international poetry festival. MDANT. Love poetry, books, chess, volcanoes, Hibs. Citizen of Leith