Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social Nature. Writer. Reader. Radical Rural.
Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB.
Award winning author, On Gallows Down & Ghosts of the Farm
Climate Fic Prize Judge 2025
North Wessex.
https://nicolachester.com/
https://linktr.ee/nicolachesterwriting
Kim Tillyer - witchmountain @witchmountain.bsky.social Artist, illustrator and part time bookseller at Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere. Author of Beginner's Guide to #Cyanotype - Search Press 2024
witchmountain.co.uk
Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social Textile artist and Illustrator in Portsmouth, UK. 🎨 Inspired by nature, books and coosplaying pigeons. 🐦 https://www.loadofolbobbins.co.uk/
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social The poetry magazine with a different editor every issue. Join #TheMix
https://magmapoetry.com/
The Writing Squad @thewritingsquad.bsky.social Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
The Poetry School @poetryschool.bsky.social The Poetry School is the UK's largest provider of poetry education and a proud Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
🏝️ Book Summer Courses: https://poetryschool.com/new-courses/summer-2026-quick-course-guide/
Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor, lecturer, RLF Advisory Fellow. Latest book - Neither Here Nor There - SurVision. 5 poetry collections and interests in nature, moss, birds, prose poetry and education annecaldwell.net
Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social 6 - 14 June 2026. Returning for its eighth year, the award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond!
#LLF26. www.leedslitfest.co.uk
The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social Stories that connect people & planet 🌱
#WainwrightPrize
🦆 2026 SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED!
linktr.ee/wainwrightprize
Off the Shelf Festival of Words @otsfestival.bsky.social Celebrating books, words, and ideas. We’re one of the UK’s longest-running literary festivals, delivered by @sheffielduni.bsky.social
🌐 offtheshelf.org.uk
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Pavilion Poetry @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of the best in contemporary poetry, from @livunipress.bsky.social. Not currently accepting submissions.
https://linktr.ee/pavilionpoetry
Ashland Poetry Press @ashlandpoetrypress.bsky.social Poetry Press, publishing books, broadsides, and other beautiful things, since 1969.
Find us at: ashlandpoetrypress.com
Director: Chuck Carlise
Broadside Contest opens Sept 1 : ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com
Poetry Off the Page @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social Research project on spoken word poetry & literary history in the UK and Ireland.
Based at @univie.ac.at and collaborating with @applesandsnakes.bsky.social.
Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing at EHU @artswellehu.bsky.social Impactful interdisciplinary research on the contribution of the arts towards the wellbeing of people across the lifespan. Led by Professor Vicky Karkou
https://linktr.ee/artswellehu
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
Of Poetry Podcast @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social Kitchen table conversations with poets. Hosted by Han VanderHart. Independent. No ads. For the community. www.OfPoetryPodcast.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997.
Poems.com
The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
poetrysociety.org.uk
linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
Philip Oltermann @philipoltermann.bsky.social Culture editor for Europe, The Guardian. Ex-Berlin bureau chief. My book The Stasi Poetry Circle (Faber & Faber) is out now
katherine hu @katherinehu.bsky.social checking facts @newyorker.com, fmr. assistant ed @theatlantic.com
Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social ✦ writer | reviewer | book blogger | cheerleader of books, poetry and art | all genres RT’d | resident Tolkien fangirl | linktr.ee/rjcrunden ✦
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
Big Other @bigothermag.bsky.social BIG OTHER (www.bigother.com) is an online arts and culture magazine, featuring reviews, essays, fiction, poetry, hybrid works, art, a podcast, and more. Founded in 2009. Published by @johnmadera.bsky.social.
Jo Scott Heritage @joscottheritage.bsky.social By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
Kathleen Jones @kathleengjones.bsky.social I'm an author and poet from the English Lake District. Left wing, passionate environmentalist, hater of bullshit www.kathleenjones.co.uk
Yimon Lo @yimonlo.bsky.social Director of Textual Studies @cmtac.bsky.social | Author 'Musical Wordsworth' @LivUniPress | 'George Crabbe and Medicine' @CambridgeUP | PhD @durham_uni | Membership Secretary @BARS_official | yimonlo.com
C W A A S @cwaas.bsky.social Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. Promoting Cumbrian History&Archaeology for over 150 years #TransactionsTuesday #NeolithicNovember
Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social Poet, critic of recent formally innovative poetry & poetics, emeritus prof at Edge Hill, and all that follows. Books from Shearsman, KFS, Salt, Broken Sleep, Palgrave, LUP, & all that follow. Blog: www.robertsheppard.blogspot.com
Dr Amanda Blake Davis 🌱 @abdavis.bsky.social Shelleyan 🍂 | Co-editor, Romantic Trees: The Literary Arboretum | Lecturer in English Literature | amandablakedavis.com
Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues
Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Prof Rachel Lichtenstein
https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
Kendal Mountain Book Festival @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social Sharing the adventure through words, wanderings and wonder.
Patron @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
@kendalmountainfest.bsky.social 20 - 23 November 2025
linktr.ee/kendalmountainbookfestival
Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway; Editor @ Osmosis Press & Resurgence and Ecologist poetry feature; ask me about the RHUL Poetry MA pathway!
https://linktr.ee/brihughespoet
Dr Naomi Walker @drnaomiwalker.bsky.social Lecturer in English Literature. Interests - women writers walking in rural spaces. Currently co-editing The Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine - co-organiser @placeperiodical.bsky.social
Garth Lindrup @memomag.bsky.social Researcher C18th Eng Lit - literary property, authorship, originality
Sam Read Bookseller @samreadbookseller.bsky.social Est. by Sam Read in 1887. Award-winning small bookshop in the Lake District. Posts from @likewinterblue.bsky.social and @pollyrowena.bsky.social Insta: samreadbookseller Browse a selection from our virtual shelves: www.samreadbooks.co.uk
Catherine Rose Maw @realityandreverie.bsky.social 18th/19th C. Literature and History: Poetry, Nature, Science, Medicine, and Emotion 🌿✨
Lover of Romanticism, Fantasy, Folklore, and the Gothic 🖤🥀
Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social Poet and CWRT instructor, editor, community arts. Author of 2 books and some chapbooks; book 3 forthcoming from Gaspereau 2026. Lots of 📕ish tattoos. On Sinixt Territory in BC. www.leesadean.ca
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social I live and breathe Music🎶Flora🌻| Mentor | Author: Roots and Wings| Shares: Mostly oldies music, flower photos, Leadership insights, Humans and AI| My📱photos are mine, except as attributed | https://shanthamohan.com | Member East Coast Kin.
Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... and look at cats. Author of Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones and Miss Henry mysteries, artist and animal lover. Not a fan of DM. No Crypto.
Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
Mike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social Landscape Photographer #landscapephotography #scotland #nikon #naturallandscapes #authenticphotography #lakedistrict
www.mikeprince.org
@grasmerewi.bsky.social @grasmerewi.bsky.social 
RobWilliams100 @robwilliams100.bsky.social Portfolio career. Writing, journalism, tour guiding PR, PA, etc. Tweet as RobWilliams100 but the sky is bluer here. Still #FBPE Writes stuff, including for The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/profile/robwilliamsy
Richard Jefferies Award @rjaward.bsky.social The Richard Jefferies Award celebrates the best new nature writing book published each year that is judged by a panel from the Richard Jefferies Society and the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough. https://richardjefferiesaward.blogspot.com/
Michael Dooley @michaeldooley.bsky.social poems, mostly in Irish lit journals | trout and salmon, mostly still in the river | best efforts and tangents, the classroom
Limerick, Ireland
https://www.doirepress.com/books/poetry/in-spring-we-turned-to-water
https://michaeldooleypoetry.com/about/
Kate Davis @katedavispoet.bsky.social Poet. Books- collection - The Girl Who Forgets How to Walk and new verse novel - Flow published by Verve.
Also maker of stories, cake, chutney and interesting things to wear - wild swimmer - very fond of a limestone landscape.
Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller.
FRSL
hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs
she/her
rep @PortyLiterary
Books incl:
Recovering Dorothy
Some Of Us Just Fall
The Company of Owls
Emergency Dream
Swimming The Seasons
https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
Wildcloudwanderer @wildcloudwanderer.bsky.social Landscape photographs in the Lake District and beyond.
Fell wanderer, walker: W214x2+, C2C, West Highland Way, Hadrian's Wall, Dales Way, Cumbria Way, Cleveland Way, St Cuthbert's Way
https://www.flickr.com/photos/199204818@N08/
Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social Lichens and other stuff from the beautiful English Lake District and beyond.
Geoff Cox @geoffcox.bsky.social Working class author (memoir, NNF and folk-horror), better kept outdoors (whatever the weather) and well watered. Ageing runner with a passion for words, wild places and archeology.
"Traceless" (2020) Pub. Little Peak
Lake District Fells @lakedistrict.bsky.social Celebrating the beauty of #Cumbria and The #LakeDistrict Fells
Andrew Bibby @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social I'm a writer and journalist based in the South Pennines, writing on landscapes and the outdoors, and with an interest as well in the co-operative movement. www.andrewbibby.com.
Katy Booth @katybooth.bsky.social 📻 Producer working on BBC R4 Sunday
🐾 Owned by two black cats
🩵 Man City legacy supporter
📍Greater Manchester / Cumbria
(Pronouns: She/Her) 🔗 katybooth.com
Barb Milne @barbmilne.bsky.social More left than right. I like looking at gaps, poetry, philosophy.
Dr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social Biologist, naturalist, writer, campaigner at Right to Roam; Country Diarist at The Guardian; Wainwright Prize winning author of The Flow
WIP: Old Nows
Agent: Jane Turnbull jane.turnbull@btinternet.com
Borderseth & Cragrats @borderseth.bsky.social Cumbrian • adventures of Seth, a Border terrier and his old man Cragrats • Wainwrightsx2/Birketts completer • Fell pictures • Made in Shap 28.8.20 • #BTposse #borderterriers #lakedistrict #wainwrights #fells #cumbria 🐾🐾
Lake District Films @lakedistrictfilms.bsky.social Award-winning UK-based documentary filmmaker. As well as documentaries about artists and nature, we have a YouTube channel about walking the 214 Wainwright summits across England's glorious Lake District: Youtube.com/lakedistrictfilms onyvafilms.com
Dr Sarah Whittingham FSA @drfrond.bsky.social Historian. Buildings, design, nature, landscape, gardens. Wrote ‘George Oatley: Architect of Bristol’, and ‘Fern Fever: The Story of Pteridomania’ among other books. Now writing social and cultural history of bracken in Cumbria. Mainly on Instagram.
Heather Dawe @heatherdawe.bsky.social Writer, artist, climber, data scientist. Generally absorbed by mountains - literature, painting… - with occasional wanderings into AI.
John Manning @johnmanningpct.bsky.social Outdoor writer and editor, long distance walker (kinda), father, Beach Boys nut and Whovian (kinda).
Rachel Hannah @itsrachelhannah.bsky.social 🍂 outdoor & lifestyle photographer
🔗 Instagram @itsrachelhannah
rachelhannahphotography@outlook.com
Bookends of Carlisle & Keswick @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social Indie bookshops, family owned & run by Lucy; one mega-sized in Carlisle, t'other tiny-ish in Keswick + Cumbrian titles & signed editions at www.bookscumbria.com. + partners in Words by the Water festival in Keswick [Mar12-15 in 26]
Friends of the Lake District @friendsoflakes.bsky.social The only membership organisation dedicated to protecting and enhancing Cumbria's landscapes. Join us today. www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk
Thanks to John Macfarlane for providing us with our banner image.
https://linktr.ee/friendsofthelakedistrict
Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social Pen artist, Guidebook writer & Presenter of the Countrystride.co.uk podcast
Heather Thomas @heatherthomasuk.bsky.social Owner of Westwood Books in Sedbergh, England's official Booktown
www.westwoodbooks.co.uk
Robyn Vinter @robynvinter.bsky.social North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
Victoria Finan @victoriafinan.bsky.social Journalist, mum, millennial cross between Hyacinth Bouquet and Mrs Bennet. Very frazzled English woman before it became a vibe.
Josh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social North of England editor, the Guardian. Dad. Paul Foot Award winner 2025.
Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
Ruby Kitchen @reporterruby.bsky.social Journalist for The Yorkshire Post and sometimes lecturer @LeedsBeckett. 
Lakeland Way @lakelandway.bsky.social A long-distance walk through the beautiful English Lake District
🌦️🌤️☀️ www.lakelandway.uk ☀️🌤️🌦️
Family, Fell Walking, Blogging, Photography, Summit Camping, Lakeland History, Border Collies, Film & TV, LFC and Chocolate!
Lake District National Park @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social England's largest National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover spectacular landscapes, picturesque villages, a warm welcome and a rich cultural heritage.
https://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/
Julie Coldwell @livingtlol.bsky.social An English lakes dweller. Into long distance solo cycle touring. Walking, photography and writing. Currently working on regaining good health! 🚴♀️🏕️
https://livingthislifeoutloudblog.wordpress.com/
Instagram.com/livingthislifeoutloud
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10.bsky.social I write books, films and make podcasts.
Happily mediocre
@antjp01.bsky.social @antjp01.bsky.social Poet, Teacher, Archaeology grad, Mancunian. Wanting to make a difference. Available for poetry commissions.
Chris Routledge @chrisroutledge.bsky.social Writer, photographer, cyanotypist. Undergoing cosmic rearrangement. Born at 323ppm. https://chrisroutledge.pictures
Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social Lake District landscape, literature, history and culture. #GrasmereDialectPlays Fell-walking, landscape photography, geology. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Twitter: @sue_wilkinson
Roger Ratcliffe @ratcliffe.bsky.social Hack & cook, walker & swimmer, birdwatcher & pencil nerd. From Island of Bute. Ex Sunday Times, now Yorkshire Post columnist.
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
Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social 'That bloke that does stiles'; also clouds and general nonsense.
'gradually the sense of disappointment wears away'
Shap, this account, etc
'Diplomatically tight-lipped about fluvial processes'
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Kate @bettykate.bsky.social Arts Administrator in rural Cumbria
Mum to a child with PANS/PANDAS
Liz Dexter / LyzzyBee 📚📚🏃♀️ @lyzzybee.bsky.social Reader, may be quite fond of books 💙📚 book reviewer, book blogger, runner, volunteer, transcriber, editor, parkrun Run Director, Birmingham, UK. Book reviews at https://librofulltime.wordpress.com
@FaerylandGrasmere @faerylandgrasmere.bsky.social The world famous Faeryland Grasmere.
Tea garden, rowing boat hire & Faery magic in the Lake District since 1875.
Robin Cooper @robincooper1.bsky.social Photographer, walker and socialist living in Coniston, love France and Switzerland.
Jen Scotney @jenscotney.bsky.social 📕 Author of ‘Running Through the Dark’ a memoir on grief and my ultrarunning adventures
🎙️ Host of Resilience Rising Podcast
💻 Work in Politics | Ex-lawyer
⛰️ Live Scottish Highlands
Cumbria Guru @cumbriaguru.com 🌄 Cumbria Guru | Sharing the best of Cumbria's attractions, hidden gems, and local culture | Your guide to exploring the Lake District and beyond ✨ www.cumbriaguru.com
Grasmere Dialect Plays @grasdialectplays.bsky.social Researching & sharing information about the extraordinary village plays performed in Grasmere from 1893 to 1937. Most were written and produced by Eleanor Rawnsley (nee Simpson); all were in Westmorland dialect. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #GrasmereDialectPlays
KWSnet @kwsnet.bsky.social News, arts/culture, environment, climate, medical, media, nature, politics, sci-tech, history, comics, b-days, obits, other floating wreckage & jettisoned cargo.
Hannah Reynolds @hannahmreynolds.bsky.social Writer, editor, author & PhD student specialising in cycling, travel and fitness. Co-owner of Half & Half wine and craft ale bar in Sedbergh, Cumbria
David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
Fellwalker @lakelandwalker.bsky.social Hiking the fells of Lakeland, Yorkshire and the North of England.