Charlie! Charley! Charlee! @thecharleswebb.bsky.social Narrative Designer and Writer, formerly, Playstation London Studio, Rocksteady, Hangar 13
Member, IWGB Game Workers Branch
Black, semi-notable queer.
https://webbconarrative.journoportfolio.com/
Joost Vervoort breaking the 4th wall @joostvervoort.bsky.social Developing 'gloriously unearthly' anticapitalist RPG @allwillrise.bsky.social. Associate Professor of Transformative Imagination, Utrecht University. Games, mystery, transformative politics. Singer @terzijdehorde.bsky.social & @sunlightaltar.bsky.social
All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social Game dev collective making All Will Rise, a wild, mysterious & strategic rpg about taking the powerful to court for destroying the planet, set in an alternate reality Kerala, India. Wishlist on Kickstarter/Steam!
https://linktr.ee/speculativeagency
Studio HEFT @heft.studio Studio HEFT is a collective of senior creatives building interactive work with weight. We make things that last – in memory, in meaning, and in impact.
https://heft.studio/
Tristan J. Tarwater @backthatelfup.bsky.social Writer, producer, maker of video games. Nuyorican/Black. Wrote some comics in some Eisner award winning anthologies. Linguist-ish. They/them. Making "Vampire The Taskerade." Website: https://www.backthatelfup.com
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social Pushkin Children’s brings the world’s greatest stories to young readers - to be read and read again. Children's imprint of @PushkinPress
https://linktr.ee/pushkinchildrens
Pushkin Press @pushkinpress.com Publishes the world's best stories – to be read and read again.
Follow the all new @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 🎈
Newsletter, IG & more: https://linktr.ee/pushkin_press
Naomi Jones @naomijones1.bsky.social Award winning children’s author
Agent: @jodiehodges.bsky.social
Books: www.naomiandjamesjones.com
Words and Pictures: naomiandjamesjones.substack.com
Out-Spoken @outspokenldn.bsky.social Out-Spoken: London's premier poetry & music night at
Southbank Centre 🎙️
October Jones @octoberjonesco.bsky.social The ‘one stop spot’ for the spooky, kooky, magical, fantastical, weird and wonderful world(s) of Children’s Literature & Illustration!
https://octoberjones.co.uk/- R Ruthine Burton | kidlit picturebook illustrator @ruthine.bsky.social Picture book Illustrator. Rep’d by Alice Williams Literary. https://www.alicewilliamsliterary.co.uk/ruthine-burton
Blocktavia Spencer ✌🏽🇭🇹 @vennodiagram.bsky.social
she/they
💞 @wannabegoodguy.bsky.social
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly
info: http://hollygramazio.net
ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/
pic: Diana Patient
@brucemcinnes.bsky.social @brucemcinnes.bsky.social 
Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter.bsky.social Kirkus ★ THE LOVELY DARK out April '26 🇺🇸 | Financial Times Best Children's Books '23 | Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award Shortlist '24 | Rep'd: Bell Lomax Moreton | No AI |🌱
linktr.ee/mattfoxwriter
Die Gute Fabrik @gutefabrik.bsky.social An award-winning 🇩🇰 indie game studio, we made ⛵ Saltsea Chronicles, ☄️ Mutazione, 🤼♀️ Sportsfriends, & more. Handcrafted games made by human beings. linktr.ee/gutefabrik
The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️
www.thereaderberlin.com
Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize
Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social Passionate about #EqualityForAll #HumanRights 🏴 Primary Teacher in #Orkney. She/her. Free Palestine! Antifa. All views my own
"A good teacher...so far"
Canterbury Children's Literature Festival @canterburykidslit.bsky.social A brand new festival to celebrate childrens and YA books in all their forms & connect kids and families across Canterbury and beyond with the amazing world of books. July 11th & 12th 2025,crowdfunding now!
Annalisa Toccara-Jones @annalisatoccara.bsky.social Doctoral researcher in public communication exploring social media, adoptee identity and colonialism // Senior Communication Specialist working in the VCS // Adoptee.
Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social ✏️ Comics writer and artist
🍩 Creator of AWARD-WINNING and/or BEST-SELLING comics such as MEGA ROBO BROS and DONUT SQUAD!
🤖 buy books & ticket links: www.linktree.com/neillcameron
🍩 www.neillcameron.com
londonkidslitfest @londonkidslitfest.bsky.social We are the UK's largest dedicated children's book festival returning on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June. Made in Barnes SW13 since 2015!
Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social 👨🏫 Primary Deputy Head Teacher in Burton
📚 Children’s book blogger.
🏡 Live in Birmingham (proud Brummie)
Check out my blog at tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
Yvonne Banham @eviewriter.bsky.social Author MG/Teen Horror & Paranormal Fiction #DeloresMackenzie
Hiker; Trail Runner; Cute dogs; Not-so-cute-dogs; Gothic Fiction; Cake; Strong Coffee; Often found in dungarees and Docs (yes at my age!)
Katharine Orton @katharineorton.bsky.social Author, human, quite sleepy.
www.katharineorton.com
Lou Abercrombie @louabercrombie.bsky.social Author | Photographer
In the middle of writing a book…
https://www.louabercrombie.com
https://mybook.to/LouAbercrombieBooks
Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social Upper KS2 TA. Trying to encourage a love of reading and maths.
@nikhiltri.bsky.social @nikhiltri.bsky.social 
Bronwyn Newport @bronwynnewport.bsky.social Mom, doggie mom, lover of fashion, pandas, drag, Dr. Pepper and the NBA. Champion for inclusion and acceptance for all. Aspiring surfer.
Leah Muwanga-Magoye @theinvisibleart.bsky.social ✍🏾
Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher @thereaderteacher.bsky.social Reader. Teacher. ND. Autistic/ADHD (AuDHD).
📒Author of All Brains Are Wonderful (b small publishing) 🧠💛
📗Author of 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Reading for Pleasure (Bloomsbury) 📚💚
📖Children's Books Consultant
🏆Book Award Judge
✍️Educational Writer
PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social Online writing magazine and blog for the young and the young at heart. Featuring new writing & art for MG, teen & YA, plus content for readers and aspiring writers.
www.paperboundmag.com
Trevor Klein @trevorklein.bsky.social Inventive storytelling for TV, immersive and games. Sometimes puns.
trevorklein.co.uk
Yorkshire / London / Northern Ireland
Rachel Sidwell/Gale @rachelsidwell.bsky.social Bookshop and festival bookshop manager. Glitter addict. Singer. Veggie. Bonkers.
Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social Mango eating, sunshine loving, data research and question asker. Immigrant.
Megaphone Writers Cic @megaphonewriters.bsky.social We're here to provide affordable, accessible, transformative development opportunities to people of colour who want to write for children or teenagers. www.megaphonewrite.com for more about our mentoring. Arts Council National Lottery funded.
zoewi @zoewi.bsky.social Zo-ii | Playful Arts & Playful Culture
✨Playful Arts Curation
🦩Program Curator A MAZE. / Berlin
🦄Curator Sickhouse / The Overkill
🫶Co-founder Playful Arts Festival
https://zo-ii.com
Michael French @michaelfrench.bsky.social London Games Festival. Successfully not in any starter packs
London Games Festival @londongamesfest.bsky.social 
Games London @gameslondon.bsky.social Making London the games capital of the world.
games.london
festival.games.london
Rachel Mann @rachelpmann.bsky.social Literary agent | Sheffield / London | Opinions my own | CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS for 2025 (& on parental leave from April)
Jodi Picoult @jodipicoult.bsky.social Author/Mom/Wonder Woman/Queen of the North
She/her/hers
Mark Thornton @bookshopmark.bsky.social Space nerd. Democracy fan. Partnership Manager at Bookshop.org. The revolution will start in a bookshop.
Dave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social Storysmith. DOCTOR WHO. KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK. And CONN OF THE DEAD - coming soon!
@rjstein.bsky.social @rjstein.bsky.social 
Ben Mandelker @benmandelker.bsky.social co-host Watch What Crappens and Game Brain podcasts
writer NBD Fancy on substack
obsessed with Bravo, board games, and Ina Garten
Dominic Yoboué @dominicyoboue.bsky.social Children’s Author & Teacher
📚Reviving a LOVE for reading in the young generation with diverse stories 🌎✨
#KaraBook OUT NOW! 📖💛
https://linktr.ee/dominicyoboue?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e330d785-7381-4272-996a-bf049e5d2698
Camilla Chester @camcauthor.bsky.social Dog walking Children’s Writer and author of Call Me Lion. #KidLitUK she/her
So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. BAD LANGUAGE out now with Peninsula Press 🐉 THE WORD FOR WORLD (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social 🌳 Website & newsletter: somayer.net. Won't age-verify so no DMs.
Rachel (ish) @rachelish.bsky.social 🇬🇧 she/her, cis, white, bi, lubberwort
Fandom old; have been known as Cynjen around the place
Strongly supportive of trans rights
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
Burley Fisher Books @burleyfisher.bsky.social We sell books in Haggerston, London. New + used + antiquarian. Also zines, coffee, events + a riso press (not for sale, but come print with us)! www.burleyfisherbooks.com.
Rashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
https://linktr.ee/rashmiwriting
Vikki Patis @vikkipatis.bsky.social Author of queer dark novels, aka Victoria Hawthorne. Non-practicing English person living in Scotland. Owned by golden retrievers. Views mine. she/her
https://linktr.ee/vikkipatis
leanne griffin mchugh @leannemgriff.bsky.social freelance community designer, writer, facilitator, connector, mum. based in worthing, west sussex.
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, etc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
Yvette Nicole Brown @ynb.bsky.social Caregiver. 💖💚 Emmy nominated💫
Spoutible: @YNB
Post: @TheYNB
IG & Threads: @yvettenicolebrown
Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social It’s Mr. Chau, that’s my name, that name again is Mr. Chau
Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com some lady.
she/her | sorayanadiamcdonald.com
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social crows can hold grudges for 17 years. amateurs.
Quinta Brunson @quintabrunson.bsky.social Hi.
Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social Elephant Lover
Yashar.substack.com
Twitter: @yashar
IG/Threads @yasharali
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social Poet and cultural critic. I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The People’s Project.
I live in Cambridge, MA. 🦃
Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social Team game
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Its-Hard-for-Me-to-Live-with-Me/Rex-Chapman/9781982197773
Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social Independent journalist covering tech, culture, and politics @spitfirenews.com. Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kattenbarge
Wynter @wynter.bsky.social Writer, Content Strategist, Podcaster, Digital Pioneer, Rebel, Chaos Agent
LA Based / SF Raised
IG @wynter
Essays: wynter.substack.com
Work: https://linktr.ee/wynterpatrice
Live, Laugh, Loathe 🤎✨
#blacksky
#listentoblackvoices
Contact: wynter@omg.lol
Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Authors Abroad @authorsabroad.bsky.social Organising Author, Poet, Illustrator and Storyteller visits for schools & libraries all over the world, #AIMHigh Days and #PoetrySlams in the UK.
https://linktr.ee/authorsabroad
#Edusky #Booksky #KidLit
Lindsay Galvin @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social Author 🐙🐉🚢 MG historical adventures: @chickenhsebooks chapter books: @bigcatreading
and more!
Rep: @litagentclare
She/her
KatBoo @katboo.bsky.social Fun enthusiast, CEO @ Studio HEFT and purveyor of Joy(Inc). www.heft.studio
Emily Cadwalader @emilycadwalader.bsky.social MG & YA Fantasy Writer . she/her . same handle in various places
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
Claire Linney Author @clairelinney.bsky.social 🇬🇧📚Black British history enthusiast, children’s author and avid reader of diverse and inclusive children’s and YA books.
Martha Henson @marthasadie.bsky.social Digital producer/consultant/product manager/mentor/user researcher/game mechanic. Eclectic. Nature nerd. Proto yoga studies scholar. Isle of Wight Biosphere. Old Internet Person (the title of my newsletter) www.marthahenson.com
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social Made Zombies, Run! and Perplex City, wrote You've Been Played and A History of the Future in 100 Objects.
Associate Artist at the Traverse Theatre. Writing a book about immersive art.
Blog: mssv.net
Larp: strandfall.com
Video: youtube.com/adrianhon
Moongolfer @moongolfer.com Digital writer & creative producer. 0.5 of the Curiously Specific Book Club podcast. Here for Old Books, Old Films, New Digital Content (immersive, interactive etc) and Football #ncfc.
Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hopeful technologist.
Community tech, careful innovation, socially progressive tech policy.
https://www.careful.industries
https://hopeful.technology
https://buttondown.email/justenoughinternet
DMs don't work but hello@careful.industries will find me
Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, new book “Britain Is Better Than This” gavinesler.substack.com
Contact: lfennimore@noelgay.com
James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social Game designer (co-created SE!ZE with Charles Leclerc), publisher, teacher, critic, writer, player. FRSA.
For my games, books, podcast, journalism, game design workshops, lectures, trade bodies &c., check my linktree https://linktr.ee/james.wallis
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Bride of Art. Presenter:Front Row, Newswatch, Art of Persia @SquareWindowPod.bsky.social. 20th Century Society Pres. BFI Film Classics Bk on A Hard Day's Night out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/
https://samiraahmed.blog/
Lou Downe @loudowne.bsky.social Founder of @theschoolofgood
Chief bean-wrangler @brodbox
Ex-Design Director of the UK Gov.
Proudly dyslexic & non-binary 🌈 they/he
David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social Degenerate freelancer. Narrative test pilot. Senior Narrative Designer on Clockwork Revolution at inXile. Provided interactive words for Wallace & Gromit, Sherlock, Need for Speed, Until Dawn 2, a bit of Star Wars and a lot of other games. 🔀davidvarela.com
Michael Cragg @mcragg.bsky.social Journalist. Author (Reach For The Stars). Tall person. My book about Kylie is out in September 2026 via Faber
Teengily @teengily.bsky.social 
Kim Plowright @mildlydiverting.bsky.social Artist, drawing tutor, digital producer. Not entirely sure who she is any more.
Rex @rexbox.bsky.social Art/Creative Director. Mostly of Video games. Return To Monkey Island, Knights And Bikes, Tearaway, Tearaway Unfolded, helped create LittleBigPlanet 1 & 2.- A Annette Mees @annettemees.bsky.social Artist, curator and theatre director - specialising in equitable futures, climate, innovation & technology
Working on the Future of Arts & Culture.
Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock- L Louise Brown @louby.bsky.social Digital wannabe do-gooder plus reading and writing (and kids and dog)
Emily Flynn @emilybflynn.bsky.social Freelance QA Tester, currently Lead QA at Kaizen Games - Promise Mascot Agency out soon!
Marie Foulston @tigershungry.co.uk Creative director and playful curator.
Studio lead at Good Afternoon
https://linktr.ee/tigershungry
(a brummie, not an aussie)
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com Posts by @itshannahflynn.bluesky.com, communications director. Mandrake is a narrative rural life sim, coming to Steam Early Access. Also Fallen London, Sunless Sea, etc. Press: press at failbettergames.com
Chris O'Shea @chrisoshea.org Indie making games for the whole family to play together as Cowly Owl. @chrisoshea on Twitter
www.chrisoshea.org