Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social Professor of Modern British Literature and Culture, Trinity College Dublin. M. R. James, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle - and fountain pens.
Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social Rare Books Specialist @theul.bsky.social |
Hon. Secretary @bibsoc.bsky.social | Fellow @antiquaries.bsky.social | Venetophile | Bellringer | PhD on antiquarian networks in 18thC Lincolnshire (thesis linked in pinned post) 🌈
Anton Hur @antonhur.com Translator, bilingual author, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia), <하지 말라고는 안 했잖아요?> (어크로스). Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social Lvl 51 Writer of Wrongs. SINISTER 1 & 2. DOCTOR STRANGE. THE BLACK PHONE 1 & 2. THE GORGE. V/H/S/85. SEA OF RUST. DAY ZERO. WE ARE WHERE THE NIGHTMARES GO. Six books, seven movies. Podcaster with JUNKFOOD CINEMA. Frogman. Tio do Churrasco. Misfit toy.
toutoungic.bsky.social @toutoungic.bsky.social Writer, not fish - poems/plays - Emotional Support Horse/Two Tongues/Smoothie (Carcanet) The Voice in my Ear, Sense and Sensibility, Brat Farrar on BBCSounds
Cambridge Beer Festival @cambeerfest.bsky.social 18-23 May 2026. Official info on Cambridge CAMRA beer festivals.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Then: the Guardian/Observer. Now: co-founder all-women journalist collective, thenerve.news. Also, co-founded tech justice non-profit, https://the-citizens.com. And write a personal newsletter at broligarchy.substack.com
Mike Rampton @mikerampton.bsky.social Author, journalist, hero, dad, sleepy etc. He/him. Cambridge, UK. Please buy the fun, funny books I write for children and grown-ups.
mikerampton.com / interestingskull.beehiiv.com
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social librarian and illustrator.
will post later, too sleepy
My shop: https://www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
Mike Boursnell @mboursnell.bsky.social Bass guitarist, music-lover, scientist, dreamer
@longbottomleaf.bsky.social @longbottomleaf.bsky.social Larry MacDougall - Fantasy Illustrator - Gwelf, MTG, Watercolour. Faeries, Witches, Woodland Nudes.
Steve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social 
Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social Poetry Critic for the Sunday Times. Anglican Priest. Poetry Collection, "Dirt Rich", out from Carcanet. TLS contributor since 2010. All views very much my own.
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social writer & bug enthusiast 
Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social Postdoc at Cambridge working between book history & early modern lit. Current project 'provenance: early modern books in/against time'
Volunteer for Abortion Support Network
Book: Hans Sloane’s Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge (CUP)
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
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
Calque Press @calquepress.bsky.social A small & occasional press of pamphlets, short-length books and anthologies. We work at the intersection between languages, ideas, crafts, genres. Pre-order: RAGGED BAND OF TRAVELLERS. (ed Jon Stone)
https://linktr.ee/calquepress
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor.
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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social Award-winning editor of short sf/f/h. I live & die by the Oxford comma & I skeet about my passions, take it or leave it. I block mooks-don't be one. she/her
Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com Pulitzer Prize winner & NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Angel Down, Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 21 more, visit the site or just trust me.
DanielKraus.com
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Robert Lloyd Parry @nunkie.bsky.social performance storyteller and anthologizer
www.nunkie.co.uk
patreon.com/RobertLloydParry
SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction -- founded 1979, Hugo winner for 1979, 1993 and 2011 editions, now free online at https://sf-encyclopedia.com/ with principal editors John Clute and David Langford.
Joe Lepore @jplepore.bsky.social Making those Beautiful Podcasts @starsofspace.bsky.social and @rudetales.bsky.social . www.joelepore.cool
Ryan North @ryannorth.ca You know, the @qwantz.com guy! The How To [Invent Everything | Take Over The World] guy? The Fantastic Four / Flash / Squirrel Girl guy? The non-linear Shakespeare guy? The "stuck in a hole with his dog" guy?
Look... I'm a lot of guys
🔗 ryannorth.ca
The Apocalypse Players @apocalypseplayers.bsky.social Multi-award-winning podcast of dice-driven cosmic horrors from Dom Allen, Joseph Chance, Danann McAleer and Dan Wheeler. All links: https://linktr.ee/apocalypseplayers
Julian Simpson @juliansimpson.bsky.social Writer-director. Aldrich Kemp, Lovecraft Investigations etc.
Married to @maybeitwasutah.bsky.social
Main site: https://www.cartoongravity.com/
Carly Monardo @whirringblender.bsky.social Linus 🦇 and Agrigenta 🧝♀️on @rudetales.bsky.social
Co-writer ✒️ http://oopsallmarys.substack.com
Creative wizard for hire 🤑
Tim Platt @timplatt.bsky.social check out
-my debut comedy album
TEETH LIKE BEAK on all platforms!
-Pride & Prejudice: OOPS ALL MARYS on substack
- RUDE TALES OF MAGIC &
OH THESE THOSE STARS OF SPACE
wherever you get podcasts 
Adam Warren @adamwarren.bsky.social Freelance comics writer and artist. Creator of the ongoing 'sexy superhero comedy' series EMPOWERED, published by Dark Horse Comics and now serialized as a webcomic.
David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social Cairngorm-regarder. Bairn-herder. 
Elisabeth Kendall @elisabethkendall.bsky.social "The Mistress" / President of Girton College, Cambridge University. Arabist, Middle East specialist (militant jihad; Yemen; Arabic poetry). No ivory towers here...
Christopher Hastings @drhastings.bsky.social NYT bestselling and no awards winning comic book boy
https://drhastings.biz
Girton College, University of Cambridge @girtoncollege.bsky.social Fearless pioneers since 1869.
Meet our vibrant community; See our beautiful campus; Discover our world-class research.
www.girton.cam.ac.uk
Matt Bothwell @mattbothwell.com Public Astronomer at the University of Cambridge; Bye-fellow of Girton College, Cambridge
Author of The Invisible Universe, Astrophysics for Supervillains, The Great Alien Hunt, & more
www.mattbothwell.com
Anthony Bale FBA @realmandeville.bsky.social Medievalist & wanderer. 🏳️🌈 Travel, literature, history, cats.
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London. Views mine
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social President,The British Academy.
Writes about housing and economic inequality.
Life Fellow at Girton College, Emerita Honorary Professor in the Dept of Geography, Cambridge University, UK.
(Views my own).
Henry North @henrylnorth.bsky.social Research Fellow at Girton College, Cambridge
Population genomics, invasive species, hybridization, adaptation, structural variation
Arik Kershenbaum @arikkershenbaum.bsky.social Zoologist at Girton College, University of Cambridge. Author of 'The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Why Animals Talk' https://bit.ly/482925U. Animal communication researcher, https://www.bioacousticsresearchgroup.org/
Jimmy Anderson @jimmythebursar.bsky.social Bursar of Girton College, Cambridge. Curate at St George’s Tufnell Park. Posting in a personal capacity. Gaudium Domini fortitudo nostra.
Malcolm Guite @malcolmguite.bsky.social Poet, Priest, Life Fellow of Girton College
Seb Falk @sebfalk.com Historian of science ||
Admissions Tutor at Girton College, University of Cambridge ||
Singer, sailor, runner, father ||
"Always generous" – The New Yorker
Carol Adlam @caroladlam.bsky.social Draws, writes.
Larry MacDougall @larry-macdougall.bsky.social Fantasy Artist, Watercolour - MTG, Gwelf 🇨🇦
Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social Fantasy webcomics. NSFW
Anthony Clark @nedroid.com The cartoonist, not the “Yes, Dear” guy
Nedroid.com
Terry Pratchett & Rob Wilkins @terryandrob.bsky.social …although it’s mostly Rob these days.
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Evan Jones (Ευριπίδες Ιωάννου) @evanpjones.bsky.social Post-Canadian poet, Cavafy translator, author of Men of the Same Name (Carcanet 2025). I’ve published in the Guardian, TLS, Malahat Review and PN Review.
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Alex Houen @alexhouen.bsky.social § Academic https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Alex.Houen
§ Co-editor of Blackbox Manifold http://www.manifold.group.shef.ac.uk
§ Poet https://blackspringpressgroup.com/products/ring-cycle
Dora Malech @doramalech.bsky.social poet / professor @ JHU Writing Seminars / editor of The Hopkins Review / Baltimore, MD
Jean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social Daily quotes from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, Good Morning, Midnight etc. "If I could choose, I would rather be happy than write." Dead since 1979.
Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social Writer/fancy ape
damienowens.com
Latest book, Duffy and Son: https://shorturl.at/6oF6O
LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
Visit us at 14 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL, or browse at https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social Tries to write. You can see how that's working out. Harvard Law School '07
Rachel Murray @rachelmurray.bsky.social Lecturer in Lit and Environment at @bristoluni.bsky.social | Co-director @uobrisceh.bsky.social
Writing: Marine Attachments 🦀🐚🪼🐙
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Rachel-Murray-fc3d0780-8a1b-4a92-9676-5c862ea56faa/
Jack Thacker @thackattacc.bsky.social Poetry, DnD, mad non-fiction
Matthew Rice @matthew-rice.bsky.social Poet-PhD-Anti-racist. ‘Plastic’ forthcoming in January 2026 with Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) & Soft Skull Press (US), available here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790542/plastic-by-matthew-rice/
Don Paterson @dharmabam.bsky.social Scottish poet and musician
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
Cambridge Writing Centre 🖋️ @aruwriting.bsky.social We're a creative writing research centre based at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, organising and posting both research and community writing events. We repost lit subs calls!
https://creativeshowcase.aru.ac.uk/research/cambridge-writing-centre/
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social poems, pop music, superheroes, lit crit, SFF, friends, trans joy. Cats, dogs, kids. Way too accommodating. Swiftie. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephanie-burt/taylors-version/9781541606234/?lens=basic-books
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.
Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw and others.
Arthur C. Clarke and BSFA award winner, Hugo finalist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Etc.
Reading worm.
Opinions mine.
He/him
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social Writer, friend to dogs, booksellers, and wine merchants. Charlie Parker returns in A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD, May 5 (Australia/NZ), May 7 (Ireland/UK), and June 2 (US/Canada)
Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social Mover. Shaker. Comic book maker. UK Comics Laureate for a while. Peaked too soon. (She/her)
Maria Johnston @mariaj.bsky.social Poetry reader and critic. VRF @ Trinity College Dublin. Co-editor of Irish Women Poets Rediscovered (Cork University Press, 2021). 
johnclegg37.bsky.social @johnclegg37.bsky.social bookseller
@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
PN Review @pnreview.bsky.social The UK's most stimulating literary journal, where the many worlds of poetry converse. Published by @carcanet.bsky.social. Subscribe here: http://goo.gl/QNqGCH
🔗 https://linktr.ee/pnreview
stewart carswell (he/him) @stewartcarswell.co.uk mostly poet | Earthworks (2021, Indigo Dreams) & Knots and branches (2016, Eyewear) | no writer, yet he writes | always be within reach of a forest
🌐 linktr.ee/stewartcarswell
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.- B Brooke Clark @brookeclark.bsky.social Poet & Writer, author of Urbanities, editor of The Asses of Parnassus
Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social Socially inept but likes to sing in front of strangers. Wow published by THWUP in NZ http://teherengawakapress.co.nz/wow/ & Carcanet https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781800170049/wow/ in the UK.
Toitū Te Tiriti!
Erik Kennedy @erikkennedy.com Poet behind beloved classics like 'Sick Power Trip' (2025) and 'Another Beautiful Day Indoors' (2022), @thwupbooks.bsky.social. Leading voice of millennial vegan socialist cat-fancying indie pop kids.
📍 Ōtautahi Christchurch
http://www.erikkennedy.com
Nicholson Baker @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social Latest book: Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art. First book: The Mezzanine. https://linktr.ee/nicholsonbaker.
Graham Tugwell @grahamtugwell.bsky.social Writer, Performer, Gamemaster, Notorious Grump
grahamtugwell.net
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com Indie bookshop in Paris📚Online store ships to the world 🌎 Listen to our podcast here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-company 🎧
Wussy @wussymusic.bsky.social ohio drone
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social Prof at Oxford Martin School working on food, energy, and climate change. Book: The Best of Times The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science http://shorturl.at/lzCTZ
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction 
Caoilinn Hughes @caoilinnhughes.bsky.social Irish writer.
Novels: THE ALTERNATIVES, THE WILD LAUGHTER and ORCHID & THE WASP. Short stories about the place.
Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction.
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/
"Frankenstein Rex" coming in October:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Rex-Adam-Roberts/dp/1399617729/