Julie Wassmer @juliewassmer.bsky.social New to Blue Sky! TV drama writer, author & environmental campaigner. My Whitstable Pearl crime novels are now a recurring 6-part TV drama series starring Kerry Godliman, Howard Charles & Frances Barber. 
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The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social Paleontologist. Evolutionary biologist. Punk rock enthusiast. Assistant Professor & Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology. OU | Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Fossils, macroevolution, phylogenetic methods, biodiversity daveyfwright.wordpress.com
Ransom Publishing @ransombooks.bsky.social A publisher of specialist books and teaching resources to unlock literacy (and a love of reading) – regardless of a learner’s current age, ability or attitude.
The Edwin Morgan Trust @edmorgantrust.bsky.social Trust of the first Scottish poet laureate, Edwin Morgan.
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That Writer Chap @thatwriterchap.bsky.social I write stuff. Sometimes people even pay me for it. Sometimes. (Stares into camera) He/him #pwME
Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social The Midnight Train is coming.
Michael Connelly @michaelconnelly.bsky.social Bestselling author of the Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller, Renée Ballard, and Jack McEvoy series. Run by his social media manager.
FORUM Books / the bound / The Accidental Bookshop @forumbooks.bsky.social Three lovely, friendly, award-winning independent bookshops in Corbridge, Whitley Bay + Alnwick
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social Everything is Connected.
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Michael Pedersen @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / my novel Muckle Flugga is out now 💜📚💫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
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On tour now: www.holliepoetry.com/livedates 
Daniel Aubrey @spacemandan13.bsky.social Crime writer 📚 Debut novel DARK ISLAND out now!
🏆 SL - McDermid Debut Award & Bloody Scotland Debut Prize.
🏆 LL - Saltire Society First Book Prize.
✍️ Agent: Ella Kahn at DKW
#Orkney obsessed. #AuDHD. #BookSky 💙📚
Mostly here for the #dog pics 🦮🐕🦺
UHI Shetland @uhishetland.bsky.social As the most northerly partner of the University of the Highlands and Islands, we provide a single point of contact for tertiary education, commercial training and research in Shetland. 
‘Dr’ Dorothy Koomson @dorothykoomson.bsky.social 📚Award-winning, Sunday Times Bestselling Author | Writer ✍🏾 l Reader 📖 | TV & Film Lover 📺 | Podcaster 🎙️| Latest book Give Him To Me out now 📚⚡️
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social Gilbert & Sullivan’s DRACULA
24th/25th October, Circle & Star Theatre Hampstead
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Louise Mangos @louisemangos.bsky.social Author of suspense, satirical & historical novels
Stories in 20+ anthologies
MA crime writing UEA
Wild swimmer
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A.A. Chaudhuri @aachaudhuri.bsky.social Amazon bestselling thriller author rep’d by Annette Crossland, pub’d by Hera Books - She’s Mine, The Loyal Friend, The Final Party, Under Her Roof; Isis Audio/Joffe Books - The Lawyer,The Partner aachaudhuri.com
The School Gates OUT NOW!
Michael Ridpath @michaelridpath.bsky.social Author of the Magnus crime novels set in Iceland and thrillers mostly set in the 1930s.
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Emma Flint @emmaflint.bsky.social Writer. Awkward but terribly keen.
LITTLE DEATHS | OTHER WOMEN
Books, history, coffee, cats, stories, gin 🐈⬛
📚 Agent: Antony Topping
Longlisted: Women’s Prize | CWA Gold Dagger | Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year | Guardian Not The Booker
Pauline Rowson @paulinerowson.bsky.social Top 100 Amazon Best Seller of DI Andy Solent Murder Mystery series; Art Marvik mystery thrillers, 1950s set Inspector Ryga mysteries. More at https://www.rowmark.co.uk/ Trainee artist, avid knitter, always looking for a good place to put a body
Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social Writer of books and other stuff, translator of other people's books. Á það til að þusa á Íslensku. If you send me a DM, I won't see it. So please don't.
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Brian McGilloway @brianmcgilloway.bsky.social Author, screenwriter and PhD candidate.
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Clare Mackintosh - Author @claremackwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mother. Ex cop. ✏️ 2 million+ books sold 🎲 #AGameOfLies out now https://claremackintosh.com/me/
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
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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.
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Chris Ewan @chrisewan.bsky.social Thriller, suspense and mystery writer. Author of ONE WRONG TURN, THE HOUSE HUNT, THE INTERVIEW, SAFE HOUSE and THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO ... mysteries.
C.J. Tudor - Author @cjtudor.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author - The Chalk Man, The Taking of Annie Thorne, The Other People, The Burning Girls (Netflix), The Drift and The Gathering. Dog lover. Gin drinker. Tattoo enthusiast. Disturbingly cheery. Serenity Falls out Sept 10, 2026!
CL Taylor @callytaylor.bsky.social British crime author. Sunday Times bestseller. Richard & Judy pick. Mum, dog owner, knitter, crocheter, maker, watches a lot of TV.
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Jodi Picoult @jodipicoult.bsky.social Author/Mom/Wonder Woman/Queen of the North
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Marian Keyes @mariankeyes.bsky.social Reads books. Watches telly. Wrings hands over the state of the world.
Martin Edwards @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social Crime novelist and book hunter, fascinated by detective fiction's heritage as well as its present and future. Latest novel, Hemlock Bay. Diamond Dagger, two Edgar awards, President and archivist of the Detection Club. Do You Write Under Your Own Name? blog
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
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MurphyNovels @murphynovels.bsky.social Dagger winning crime & thrillers, Murder Squad
founder. Writing as Margaret Murphy, M.K. Murphy, A.D. Garrett & Ashley Dyer. Agent: Felicity Blunt & Rosie Pierce at Curtis Brown Books.
Kate Ellis @kateellisauthor.bsky.social Author of archaeological Wesley Peterson crime series & spooky Joe Plantagenet mystery series.
Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social Indie Publisher of historical fiction, championing authors and stories based in Northern England and Scotland. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social.
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Erewhon Books @erewhonbooks.bsky.social Imprint of Kensington Books. Publisher of thoughtful, groundbreaking, and unforgettable books that go straight to the reader’s heart. Inclusive and community-oriented, imagine better futures with us, and be welcome.
Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
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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
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social Award-winning independent publisher of distinctive, unforgettable fiction and outstanding non-fiction.
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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing and writers of crime fiction and non-fiction 🔪🩸👮🏽♀️📚
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Nicola Upson 🏳️🌈 @nicolaupson.bsky.social Novelist/arts journalist. Author of CWA Dagger shortlisted 'Josephine Tey' crime series (Faber) & standalone novel STANLEY AND ELSIE (Duckworth).
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
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Cath Staincliffe @cathstaincliffe.bsky.social Crime writer – novels, radio, TV, to-do lists. Reading junkie. Likes hill-walks, mum dancing, pootling in the garden. She/her. Latest book Fire on the Fells.
Alasdair Satchel @alsatch.bsky.social Arts, education and community creative sort. Part of Screen Argyll. Host of What We Do In The Winter - a podcast about life in remote and rural locations. Co-host of Down the Back of the Seats. Tha Gàidhlig agam. 
Hazel Rodgers @tartanrose52.bsky.social Born at 312.2 ppm. Stares into space a lot, thinking. Creative. Jesus Follower.
Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social Lives in Scotland & writes books. Order my new novella STEAL ME from Absinthe Books. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by John Jarrold.
Marion McGowan @marionmcgowan.bsky.social Writer of Scottish historical fiction and reader of all kinds of books: gardener and walker. Living in Leeds and also the Rhins of Galloway.
My book is called ‘The Priest’s Pool’ and it begins in Wanlockhead.
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
Roger Riddington @rogerriddington.bsky.social Shetland-based birder, ringer and grampa who counts seabirds in the spring/summer for SOTEAG and marvels at rarity descriptions for BBRC on wet evenings
Dougie Preston @dougiepreston.bsky.social Birder living on the island of Yell in Shetland. 
Nat Hall @nordicblackbird60n.bsky.social Poet with words and pixels, educator, nestled at 60N between a sea and an ocean.
Zoe Tunnell ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social (She/her), trans lesbian
Comic writer
Written for Marvel, BOOM, Titan, Tiny Onion, IDW, 2000AD, Mad Cave, and Dark Horse.
Rep'd by @desir.ee
Work: zoetunnellwrites@gmail.com
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Megan Braithwaite @megsbraithwaite.bsky.social Head of Engagement at The Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland
Just your average Aberdonian Book lover, with a penchant for Football, Intersectional Feminism, Cakes & Museums. All my own views here, with occasional #Scots & #Doric blethers.(She/Her)
@readingsight.bsky.social @readingsight.bsky.social 
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
SHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com Writes historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy • SHADOW OF MADNESS out now: https://linktr.ee/D.V.Bishop • Free newsletter: https://dvbishop.substack.com • Rep: @jennybrownagency.bsky.social • Ex-Tharg
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Jill Dye @jilld17.bsky.social 📚Head of Access at @natlibscot.bsky.social 📖Co-Editor of Library & Information History Journal🧾Hon. Treasurer of CILIP Rare Books & Special Collections Group📓Books, libraries, singing, theatre & food.
thedesignconcept @designconceptuk.bsky.social We are library people! We design the most fabulous, creative interiors! Beautiful, flexible library spaces all over the world. #librarydesign #Designinglibraries
Jen Boyle @jenboyle.bsky.social Professional book lover @leedslibraries
Shamichael @shamike2009.bsky.social Social Impact. Public Spaces. Currently writing about public libraries in the U.S.
Here’s a look at all of the interesting things I’m reading, listening to, and thinking.
Ned Potter @nedpotter.bsky.social Right then, this is the one. I'm all in.
Libraries, Higher Ed, communications, and life.
As a freelancer I run workshops on marketing, social media and presentation skills: https://www.ned-potter.com/training
Buuv Saskia @buuv.bsky.social Kattenmens, rugbyfan, ambtenaar, liefhebber van metaal, Bach en zielige mannen die mooi zingen en gitaar spelen. #Cineville verslaafde en fanatieke filmquizzer. Reservepersoneel van #DagelijkseDonnie.
Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com Since 1768.
Books,Craic,Cake @bookscraiccake.bsky.social Love reading books. Other interests - pets, food, history & historical researching, wildlife & photography
Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social A regional, national and international crime writing festival. Monthly evenings running at Hull Libraries featuring debut authors through to bestsellers.
Shetland News @shetnews.co.uk www.shetnews.co.uk
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Shetland's internet-only daily newspaper and digest
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Floris Books @florisbooks.bsky.social Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
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African Studies Library - Cambridge University @afrlib.bsky.social We support the research & teaching activities of the Centre of African Studies at Cambridge.
Open 9-5, Mon-Fri.
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Run by Jenni & Ben.
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David Thomson @dhthomson.bsky.social Shetland. Many hats (not literal). Renewables, Sports, Charities, Governance. Good at thinking what to say then not saying it.
@janettebudge.bsky.social @janettebudge.bsky.social 
Andy Clark @andyclarkauthor.bsky.social Senior background writer for Warhammer 40,000 and Black Library Author, all opinions expressed are my own (chiefly, squigs are great)
Rebecca Nason @puffinpassion.bsky.social Nature Photographer * Owner/Guide Shetland Seabird Tours - The Noss Boat * Birder * Run Ortolan House B&B * Author * Ecologist * Mummy * Beachcomber * Art & Food Lover * Based in Lerwick, Shetland. OMSYSTEM Ambassador.
Esther Renwick @estherr1w.bsky.social Archaeology/animals/outdoors. PhD in Visitor Experience in World Heritage Site Management, work in heritage management in the Northern Isles (UK).
Toe beans @yvie50.bsky.social