Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 
Jennifer Anne Girardin @jenniferagirardin.bsky.social Classical Pianist and author of Moriston House British Mysteries and the historical Regency romance novel "Lady Beckford's Lover."
Simon James Green @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more!
www.simonjamesgreen.com
Veronica Roth @veronicarothbooks.com Recently: Seek the Traitor's Son (dystopian fantasy)
Next: The Sixth Faction (a Divergent alternate universe story)
Holly Bourne @hollybourne.bsky.social Times bestselling author. I write books for teens and books for adults. Ambassador for Women's Aid. 
Tanya Byrne @handle.invalid Bad at social media, better at books | Pre-order REBEL HEARTS now | Publicity: Beth Carter at HACHETTE CHILDREN'S GROUP | Represented by: Claire Wilson at RCW | https://linktr.ee/tanyabyrne
Charlotte Teeple-Salas @ctsalaswrites.bsky.social Adventures in the UK, Europe & California. 🤺 🚕 Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People ‘22. 📚 SL Searchlight ‘21. LL Guppy ‘22. LL WriteMentor & Searchlight ‘24. 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧
Madeline Miller @madelinemiller.bsky.social Writer (The Song of Achilles, Circe), reader, theater lover. Cats, Long Covid. She/her. 
Aoife Walsh @aoifewalsh.bsky.social Writes books; likes books; likes country music; likes Transformers and Real Housewives; likes a lot of semi-colons. Still hanging out in dark bars (in my mind). ND. She/her. Pretty marvellous.
https://www.andersenpress.co.uk/contributors/aoife-walsh/
Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney
Richard O'Brien @notrockyhorror.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Creative Writing at Northumbria University and lapsed early modernist. Working on poetry, novels, & a music memoir/podcast about the Mountain Goats: thirtyyearslater.substack.com. I make music as Groundbird, groundbird.bandcamp.com.
P.G. Bell @pgbellwriter.bsky.social Children's author and screenwriter. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. New fairytale whodunnit, The Big Bad Wolf Murder, OUT NOW!
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell
British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk We're the UK's polar research institute 👋 Uncovering the secrets of Earth's frozen places, doing science for a sustainable planet.
Looking for a seriously remote job? https://bas.ac.uk/vacancies
Katie Coleman @katiecoleman.bsky.social Words in: Ghost Parachute, Milk Candy Review, Bending Genres, Ilanot Review, Sunlight Press and more... | Noms:Pushcart Prize &Best of Net &Best Microfiction. https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/katie-coleman
Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
Author. she/her https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Michael Egan @northernashes.bsky.social Writer of speculative fiction. Sunday Times Book of the Year, Carnegie Nominee.
K.L.Kettle @klkettle.bsky.social Author. Business person. Made in Brum. Nerd. Unfinished feminist. new book #ControlAlterDelete out now for pre order #ukkidlit #ukya 🖤🩶🤍💜she/her
Sara Sheridan @sarasheridan.bsky.social Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan All links: https://linktr.ee/sarasheridanwriter
Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social 📚YA Author #TheLastThingYoullHear and #MirrorMe published by Scholastic
🏆Winner Oxfordshire Book Award 2024
Rep: Anne Clark Literary
IG:@jandunningbooks She/her
Books: https://linktr.ee/jandunning
A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social YA thriller writer, dog lover and general overthinker. Lie or Die out now. Lie or Die 2: Blood Moon coming Autumn 2025. Rep'd by Saskia Leach
Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social Oct 25 . writer & editor . fiction & nonfiction . lover of wilderness, kindness & sunshine . winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & Wells Fest of Lit Book for Children 23 . RLF Fellow 24-26
Elspeth Cooper @elspethcooper.bsky.social Fantasy author (THE WILD HUNT QUARTET). Sword owner. Tea drinker. MS-haver. Damned scribbling woman. She/her. Find me at www.elspethcooper.com.
Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated.
Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social
My type on paper
YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡
MG: Last Hope Highway, Day of the Whale, Mort the Meek, Animal Rescue
School talks / workshops KS1-KS3
www.racheldelahaye.com
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Robin Stevens @redbreastedbird.bsky.social Author of the Murder Most Unladylike series and the Ministry of Unladylike Activity. 🏳️🌈
Zoë Armstrong @zoearmstrong.bsky.social Writer of the CURIOUS CREATURES series (Flying Eye Books), FIND THE SPY (Puffin Books) and more. Working on an exciting new thing for 2025 🌱
Rep’d by @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social- 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
Tracy Curran @writercornish.bsky.social Children’s author/carer,rep’d Alice Williams Literary Agency, PUMPKINS FAIRYTALE 2021, UNICORNS IN UNIFORMS Feb 2025,
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
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Gillian Flynn @gillianflynn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/thegillianflynn
Laura Besley @laurabesley.bsky.social Lover of coffee, chocolate, reading & writing 
Chris Paul Lawlor @chrispaullawlor.bsky.social Adventures in Scotland 🏴
Ken Follett @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social 
Ricky Gervais @mrrickygervais.bsky.social Comedy God
Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife Community for those who care about species & habitat conservation. Photography, Art, Videos of Birds,Mammals,Reptiles,Plants,insects
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Stewart Guy @stewartguy.bsky.social Naturalist. Wildlife Photographer.
Aka StewRat. Founder of Wildlife.net
Share, Inspire, Protect.
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
JJ Moore @moojj.bsky.social writer in the woods
rep: Enrichetta Frezzato
Katherine Shingler @drkshingler.bsky.social Writer (teen, mostly). mother, recovering academic, cat person, francophile. Keeping it nerdy. She/her. Repped by Lauren Gardner
ANE BRUN @anebrun.bsky.social Independent artist since 2003 Balloon Ranger Recordings 🔥
www.anebrun.com
Robert Scott (penname) @robertscottwriter.bsky.social Edinburgh, UK
Writer-currently querying a debut novel & writing another one.
Formerly 'RD Scott' on the old birdie thing back in the day. Finally made my way over here!
Some of my short fiction:
https://robertscottwriter.wixsite.com/website
Russell Gascoigne @russgascoigne.bsky.social Scriptwriter ~ MG/YA author ~ Worked for BBC Drama/European Script Fund #Screenwriting support here http://bit.ly/38B8neZ Rep'd @ Curtis Brown https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/russell-gascoigne
Caroline Deacon @carolinedeacon.bsky.social Writer from Edinburgh. Loves cats, stationery, fountain pens, digestive biscuits, strong coffee, interesting tea. Not interested in arguing with people on forums, just connecting and sharing things. 
Maisie Chan 🐼 CHI CHI THE PANDA out now! 🎋 @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social 🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Emily Randall-Jones @erandalljones.bsky.social Wiltshire girl. MG author of folksy horrors THE WITCHSTONE GHOSTS and THE SCREAM OF THE WHISTLE with Chicken House. Repped by Lucy Irvine, DA. Storyteller/Workshop Person. Longlisted for Branford Boase. Messy ND overthinker, big fan of tea and magic.
Undiscovered Voices @uvcompetition.bsky.social Undiscovered Voices is an initiative by @SCBWI_BI to help find fresh, new voices in children's literature - #UV26 coming soon
Find out more and read extracts from the previous winning entries at at www.undiscoveredvoices.com
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Sara Grant @authorsaragrant.bsky.social In June 2025, Bloomsbury will publish The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing. An editorial process I developed over my many years as an editor, author, university lecturer and mentor.
Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social Start your story with expert teaching from acclaimed authors, leading literary agents and top publishers. Writing courses online and in London.
https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
Joanna Oldman @joannaoldman.bsky.social Children’s Author | Rep'd by David Higham Associates @david-higham-books.bsky.social
www.joannaoldman.com
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Frank Podmore @frankpodmore.bsky.social Award-winning poet published in @pwritersu.com, @stanzacannon.bsky.social, @apparitionlit.com and others; occasional opinions for @roadcc.bsky.social, @labourlist.bsky.social and Sublation Magazine
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
linktr.ee/adelegallogly
Peter Burns @peterburns69.bsky.social https://peterburns69.wordpress.com
NFFD Anthology '25, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist '23, Best Small Fictions nominated '23, Bath Flash Fiction Anthology '23, NFFD Anthology '22, Bath Short Story Award Anthology '21, 1st Prize Flash 500 competition 2020
Wendy Davis @daydreamerdavis.bsky.social 🏆Hachette Children’s Novel Award Winner 2026
👻 MG writer of horror & fantasy #KidLitUK
📚 Book lover
🐶 Dog lover
☕️ Coffee drinker
🍫 Chocolate fiend
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social 💻 Editor. CIEP professional member.
💞 Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
💜 WIP: Hearts Adrift.
🧠 Neurodivergent.
Rock the Boat @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social 📖Children/YA imprint of Oneworld Publications
🌊Publishing books with complicated characters and diverse voices✨☀️💪
Oneworld Publications @oneworldbooks.bsky.social 📖Independent Publishers founded in 1986
💌Literary fiction and non-fiction from around the world
🌊YA @rocktheboatnews
Farshore Books @farshorebooks.bsky.social 
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Pan Macmillan @panmacmillan.bsky.social We publish a broad and vibrant range of books for audiences of all ages.
HarperCollins @harpercollins.bsky.social Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
Hachette Children's Group @hachettechildrens.bsky.social Official feed for Hachette Children's Group, publishing for every child 📚
Abby @aspenceart.bsky.social an illustrator painting lots of woodland animals - No AI 🚫 - she/her - commission + work inquiries contact me at: abigailspenceart@gmail.com
Penguin Books @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
Whimsyverse (Christopher Graeme / Chris Winchester) @whimsyverse.bsky.social 🌻i write wurdz&muzic
AND i'M IN A MOVIE, GUYZ!
🎬🎈POP🎈🎬
& i burble into micz & indoctrinate kidz
He/Him/Cap'n/Etc.
DID i MENTION i'M IN A MOVIE?
🎬🎈POP🎈🎬
The Last Moonicorn, a poetical tale
of Martians, dark whimsy, and pies!
Launching eventually...
Carmen Wiigwaas Craig @carmunist.bsky.social Learning and teaching my language—Nishnaabemwin. Jijaak ndoodem. Consultant at Oodenaw.com. Award-winning short fiction author and poet. Developmental editor at DarlingAxe.com. Kidlit, YA, hist fic, women's lit. She/they
BBNYA @bbnya.bsky.social The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award
Www.BBNYA.com
@bathshortstory.bsky.social @bathshortstory.bsky.social 
The Pride Roars @theprideroars.bsky.social A collective of women's voices -2025 social media posts by @mlmcguinness.bsky.social
https://theprideroars.blogspot.com
Rebecca Powell @rebeccapowellbooks.bsky.social Author | Editor | Book coach.
Bristol girl now living in France.
Rep’d by Judith Murray at Greene & Heaton
Earthling Beta Readers @earthlingbeta.bsky.social Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social 🌎 Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎 linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social I write children's fiction. I puppy-wrangle. Hoffi coffi. If there's dancing, I'm in. Senior Lecture, Creative Writing at Lancaster. Published Bloomsbury, OUP, Andersen Press. All jokes my own. She/her
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social Short story writer, delinquent poetry reader. Ballerini Book Press, Fictive Dream, The Lonely Press, Confingo, Fragmented Voices, Structo, Nightjar Press, BBSS18 Salt Publishing, Exacting Clam
polyscribe.co.uk
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Sue Wallman @suewallman.bsky.social Author of 8 Young Adult thrillers including LYING ABOUT LAST SUMMER, I KNOW YOU DID IT and WATCH YOUR BACK. Does school visits. Often found drinking wine, eating crisps & reading. Agent: Becky Bagnell #theArchers
Peter Jordan PhD @pjordan-writer.bsky.social
BBC Radio 4 & BBC Radio Ulster.
Lucienne Cummings @lucimcummings.bsky.social Writer of tiny things. Fiction: NFFD, Mslexia, Neither Fish Nor Foul, Funny Pearls, Trash Cat Lit. Gags: Breaking The News, Noising Up, The Skewer, Newsjack. She/her
https://luciennecummings.com/
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucienne-cummings/
Catherine Ogston @catherineogston.bsky.social Flash fiction, short stories and longer fiction. YA ms going out on submission. Rep: Al Guthrie, The North Literary. 2026 Scriever for the Federation of Writers (Scotland).
@bsherm36.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social Author of HOW TO GET THERE FROM HERE (Ad Hoc). Stories @Smokelong, Flash Frog, Gone Lawn, Bending Genres. Subs editor @Smokelong. BMF 2024, 2026. BSF 2025. Noms: Pushcart, BOTN. Author of five mystery novels. PhD from CUNY Grad Center.
Selina @sjmoore.bsky.social Corgi wrangler. Writing & illustrating stuff. Judging books by their covers. Fabulist fiction enthusiast - I like the weird s*#%…
Jules Aspinall @julesaspinall.bsky.social Writer: Rep’d Alice Williams Literary | Spooky supernatural MG | GEA alumni | #SCBWI 22 Pitch Event MG winner | #UV24 LL Honorary Mention
Clare Helen Welsh @clarehelenwelsh.bsky.social Former teacher, children's author, writing tutor and founder of #BooksThatHelp
Cheshire Novel Prize @saranaidinecox.bsky.social www.cheshirenovelprize.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript: www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Fraer Stevenson @fraerstevenson.bsky.social Writer/Artist/Selkie | Arts Council DYCP (Literature) Grant Recipient | MA Creative Writing | SL Aurora Prize | LL The Next Big Story @Thenovelry | LL BCNA @bathnovelaward