Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social celebrating all forms of small-scale publishing in Ireland (+ abroad)
call for 2026 vendors: June
2026 DSPF = 27/28 Nov., Pearse St. Library
info and mailing list sign-up: dublinsmallpressfair.com
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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social Academic in Dublin. Contemporary literature & publishing.
Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social Ex KS2 teacher, children’s book blogger and lover of undunked biscuits and Lego. Currently reading all the books. Autistic. She/her.
Blog: https://worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/
A Small, Good Thing @smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social "A Small, Good Thing" is the podcast about short fiction. Interviews with writers, academics, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories.
Instagram: @smallgoodpodcast
https://linktr.ee/smallgoodpodcast
smallgoodpodcast@gmail.com
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey
Patrick Cash @paddycash.bsky.social Writer | Working on a novel ‘Fireworks’ | Creative Future 2024 Platinum Short Fiction | Hachette Grow Your Story 2024 | Felicity Bryan New Voices 2024 
Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social ✍️Writer from Leeds with bylines in Irish Times, LA Review of Books, TLS and many others.
🎧Curating the world’s most interesting writers on the Rippling Pages
Linktr.ee/ripplingpagespod
👨🏻⚕️Elsewhere, health researcher
https://tinyurl.com/Lbhealthbluesky
European Network of Short Fiction Research @ensfr.bsky.social We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.
Laura Evans @yetanotherevans.bsky.social LITTLE WILD coming June 2026 (Mantle, UK; Holt, US; Fazi Editore, IT)
Rep'd by Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown. Will work for croissants.
Sonia Overall @soniaoverall.bsky.social writer, psychogeographer, walking artist, educator, performer; lover of the weird and folkloric
The Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social Literary journal — thelonelycrowd.org
https://linktr.ee/thelonelycrowd
Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social Novels & games chap. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS for "Call of Cthulhu," Kyth the Taker, Goon Squad, co-wrote BROKEN SWORD I-III, principal writer on the BAFTA-winning ATOMFALL. All my fault. Sorry.
UK. Portrait: Small Robot
Dr Emma K Pey @ekpey.bsky.social Writer, Educator - University of Essex, ACL Essex, Primary. Projects Essex Book Festival. Founder/Curator Colchester WriteNight. Loves short fiction 💕
linktr.ee/ekpey
Gary Kaill @garykaill.bsky.social lunate.co.uk
Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
electricliterature.com
n+1 @nplusonemag.com n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
Pam Plumb @pamplumb.bsky.social Writer of crime stuff
Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Finalist 2024 #DYCP recipient
Blog at https://pamjplumb.wordpress.com
Brian Willems @brianwillems.bsky.social Author of Sham Ruins: A User's Guide (2022), Henry, Henry: A Novella (2017), and others. Debut novel The Surving Cells forthcoming from Les Fugitives. https://www.lesfugitives.com/2025/brian-willems-the-surviving-cells
Ian Hunt @ianhunt.bsky.social art, architecture, environment & politics | former UKHE worker | GPEW (but here as a civilian) | chief distractions: novels, poetry, botany, buildings | he/him | Green Light (2006)
Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature.
https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/
Paolo Chianta @paolochianta.bsky.social Writer/Filmmaker. BBC Pilot. Eat & Run (BBC Radio 4) Brighter Later (BBC Radio 3) Tap Runner (Slamdance) The Role (DOK Leipzig)
Rep: Curtis Brown
https://linktr.ee/paolochianta
Shakira @shakiraa.bsky.social author. sometimes I write. mostly just sleep. short story 'The Burning One' in THE GATHERING DARK out now🔮 ✨️ 🇩🇲 🇬🇧 @TheLondonLib Emerging Writers and Harper Collins author academy alum
Clare Fisher @claresitafisher.bsky.social *Writer of novels, short stories, & creative nonfiction 📚
*Creative Writing Lecturer, University of Sheffield
*Rep. Julia Silk at Greyhound Literary
* https://clarefisherwriter.com/
*They/she 🌈
Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop | D’Olier St, Dublin 2
Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5
Café open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
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
Pritchards Bookshop @pritchardsbookshop.bsky.social We’re an Independent Bookshop based in Crosby, Liverpool. Opened in April 1975. Follow us for book recommendations, event info and more!
Dormouse Bookshop Official @dormousebookshop.bsky.social Bluesky account for the Dormouse Bookshop Norwich since we left twitter/X
Newham Bookshop @newhambookshop.bsky.social Est in 1978, Newham Books is one of east London's leading independent bookshops. With an extensive events programme, check out some of the authors coming up.
www.newhambooks.co.uk
The Petersfield Bookshop @pfieldbookshop.bsky.social Sending books to every corner of the known universe since 1918
Halfway up the Stairs @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social Award-winning Children’s Bookshop, Greystones, Co Wicklow, Ireland
www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
Mon - Sat 10-5:30. Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays 
The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
Posts by Jo
Bookwagon Limited @bookwagonuk.bsky.social Independent children’s bookstore sharing the reading joy with you!
www.bookwagon.co.uk
Bookbugs and Dragon Tales @bookbugs.bsky.social Bookshop specialising in inspriing children to read. Events, outreach, customer orders and a large selection of books for grown ups too!
Check out our 3d map here:
https://bookbugsanddragontales.com/the-virtual-tour 
Jake Hayes @tygertale.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, audio describer | Children's books blog tygertale.com | Bath Spa #MAWYP grad | Dr Who | pop music | theatre | #TygertaleVintage books https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/tygertale
P&G Wells Bookshop @pgwells.bsky.social The oldest independent bookshop in England (probably), selling books, stationery, & more.
The Book Nook @booknookhove.bsky.social Children's Bookseller of the Year 2018, finalist 2023. Spreading the joy of reading since 2009. We believe there's a book out there for everyone.
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
Harbour Bookshop @harbourbookshop.bsky.social We’re a well-stocked independent bookshop in the heart of the South Hams in Devon.
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
Owl Bookshop @owlbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookseller in Kentish Town, London.
🦉📚🎁
Mon-Sat 9am-6pm
Sun 11am-6pm
www.owlbookshop.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/OwlBookshop
owlbookshop@gmail.com
Tel. 020 7485 7793
Hillsborough Bookshop @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop in Hillsborough, Sheffield.
Home of colourful and representative books for readers big & small 📚
Books, events, workshops & more!
www.hillsboroughbookshop.co.uk
Support from afar: uk.bookshop.org/shop/hillsboroughbookshop
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
@concordbookshop.bsky.social @concordbookshop.bsky.social 
Red Lion Books Jo Coldwell @redlionbooks.bsky.social Bookshop manager, bookclub organiser, death club host,
yoga teacher
The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
Little Acorns Bookstore @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social Award-winning Indie bookshop, Derry, North of Ireland. 70k new & used books. Est 2011. Two LegenDerry Chairs (380 signatures). Typewriter Museum due to open 2025. Donegal owner💚📚
Daunt Books @dauntbooks.bsky.social 
Dead Ink Bookshop @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop exclusively stocking independent publishers, based on Smithdown Road in Liverpool.
https://linktr.ee/deadinkbookshop
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
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
Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used and rare books.
www.kennys.ie | www.thekennygallery.ie
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.
City Books @citybookshove.bsky.social Brighton & Hove's largest and liveliest indie bookshop since 1986.
https://city-books.co.uk
Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social Independent bookshop on Bristol's legendary Gloucester Road https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/
@chepstowbooks.bsky.social @chepstowbooks.bsky.social 
Housmans Bookshop @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
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
Fourbears Books @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social Indie Bookshop in Caversham, Reading. www.fourbearsbooks.co.uk
Beckenham Bookshop @beckenhambookshop.bsky.social The Beckenham Bookshop has been supplying books in South East London for over forty years to all discerning readers, casual readers and anyone else come to that!
hello@beckenhambooks.com
0208 650 9744
Rossiter Books @rossiterbooks.bsky.social Independent booksellers
Cheltenham, Hereford, Ledbury, Leominster, Malvern, Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/rossiterbooks
https://linktr.ee/rossiterbooks
FOLDE Dorset @foldedorset.bsky.social 🌿 Books, art & traditional craft for nature lovers & outdoor wanderers
🌍 Certified B Corp
🏅 Independent Bookshop of the Year for SW England
🏆 Wainwright judges ‘23 & ‘24
📍 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
Bookshop Crawl UK @bookshopcrawluk.bsky.social We run bookshop crawls around the UK, events for booklovers to meet up, explore, celebrate & support bookshops! London annually in Feb, roaming events through the year.
Chorleywood Bookshop @chorleywoodbooks.bsky.social Award-winning indie bookshop in Herts. Lovers of author events & champions of the finest new and backlist books. Proudly supporting readers, schools, authors & publishers for over 50 years.
https://chilternbookshops.co.uk/
Booklover's Guide to Bookshops @bookloversguide.bsky.social An ongoing project by @t.e.shepherd.art to illustrate himself around the country celebrating independent bookshops.
#indiebooksellers @booksaremybag
Real Magic Books @realmagicbooks.bsky.social Independent bookshop celebrating the people and pages where real magic is made✨
https://linktr.ee/realmagicbooks
The Book Corner @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall.
bookcornerhalifax.com
01422 414443
Link to our events: https://bookcornerhalifax.com/events/
The BookishType @thebookishtype.bsky.social Queer Indie Bookshop in Leeds
Scarthin Books @scarthinbooks.bsky.social A bookshop for the majority of minorities in the historic village of Cromford, Derbyshire, UK.
100,000 books, 13 rooms, one vegan/vegetarian café and someone else's cat.
For all enquiries please ☎️ or email.
Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social Far From The Madding Crowd: an award winning indie bookshop with a bit on the side! Open 9:30-5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sun.
📍 Linlithgow, Scotland
🔗 https://linktr.ee/fftmcbookshop
📧 info@maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com
Ink @ 84 Bookshop @ink84books.bsky.social 📚 Indie bookshop and café bar in North London
🛒Shop online for collection or postal delivery
📅 Mon-Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5
https://linktr.ee/ink84books
Kirsty at The Overflowing Library @overflowingklc.bsky.social Bookseller and School Library Rejuvenator at Norfolk Children’s Book Centre.
Leeds Big Bookend & Northern Short Story Festival @bigbookend.bsky.social Writers, books, small publishers, readers - that's what we are about! Here to engage with and platform writers, books and all things lit. Leeds Lit Fest founder partner. Champions Leeds, Yorkshire and the North.
Gary Finnegan - writer @finnegag.bsky.social Winner: Frazzled Lit Short Story Awards
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award
Dennis O'Driscoll Literary Award
2x Pushcart Prize noms 2025
Non-fiction: Beijing for Beginners (Liffey Press)
Novel in progress
TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fáilte.
www.thebookshop.ie
linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie
https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
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 Book Vault @thebookvault.bsky.social An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
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.
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social Bookshop
34 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
info@ravenbooks.ie ¦ (01) 278 9509 ¦ 086 3390231
Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
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.
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for!
An Post Bookshop of the Year 🏆
Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social A tiny world of books and bookish gifts. Come visit, bring chocolate! Owner is a delight, at times. Drinker of terrible tea (allegedly)
Www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013
Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995
www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk
We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop @lighthousebks.bsky.social Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space.
Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
Leviathan Bookstore @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social An independent bookstore for all kinds of independent readers, near Tower Grove Park in St. Louis.
https://leviathanbookstore.com/
Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world. British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025.
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk
The Scribbling Lion @thescribblinglion.bsky.social An online and event based bookstore focusing on small press and self published books of high quality with an emphasis on minority voices.
Queer and woman owned.
thescribblinglion.com
Truman Books @trumanbooks.bsky.social A friendly local independent bookshop and cafe in Farsley, West Leeds.
Co-founder of Farsley Literature Festival.
www.trumanbooks.co.uk
The Wandering Albatross @walbatrossbookshop.bsky.social A tiny indie bookshop in Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada. Translated literature, travel, offbeat history, walking, geography, folklore & other interesting finds.
287 Bloomfield Main St, around the back. Open Friday - Sunday.
www.wanderingalbatrossbooks.com
bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. 
P.G's Storybook Emporium Bookstore @pgstorybookem.bsky.social We live our lives in stories,surrounded by stories and loving stories!This is where we all come together to celebrate those stories through sharing and adopting. Find us at storybookem.com, Bookshop.org and Libro.fm!
queer & trans bookstore @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social Your queer and trans owned liberation bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. We ship anywhere in the US.
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
uk.bookshop.org/shop/JEBooks
Green Feather Book Company @greenfeatherbooks.bsky.social We’re an Indigenous woman owned indie bookstore in Norman, Oklahoma. We’re building community around words and the worlds they create.
300 W. Gray Street, Ste 108
Norman, OK 73069
for in-store pickup: greenfeatherbooks.com
Green Apple Books @greenapplebooks.bsky.social Independent bookstore in San Francisco since 1967.
Our Sunset location is @booksonthepark.bsky.social
https://greenapplebooks.com/