Push the Boat Out Festival @ptbopoetry.bsky.social Edinburgh's International Poetry Festival 12-15 November 2026
Festival, open mic, workshops, podcasts, and more.
Festival Nights + pre-festival events ON SALE NOW. Full programme announced 1 October!
https://pushtheboatout.org/
Brooke Combe @brookecombe.bsky.social 
F-Bomb Theatre @fbombtheatre.bsky.social Fringe First winners! π Theatre thatβs banginβ π£ We aim to celebrate and support women and people of marginalised genders π
Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com Designer, writer, and photographer.
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Len Lukowski @lenski666.bsky.social Writing / Dogs
Bodily Fluids (collection) and The Bare Thing (pamphlet) out with Broken Sleep Books
Glasgow/Limbo
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(He/him)
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POST | Aberdeen Culture @postabdn.com Celebrating Aberdeen's rich culture, creative community, and remarkable people.
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Autumn Hang @autumnhang.bsky.social Exploration.
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Inner Ear @innerear.bsky.social Digital media storytelling pioneers since October 2000. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, reaching the world. Captivating content creation to bring your audience closer.
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Dr Zubir Ahmed MP @zubirahmed.bsky.social Scottish Labour MP for Glasgow South West. Health Minister. NHS Transplant Surgeon.
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Hifi Sean β¨ @hifisean.bsky.social Non. Genre. Specific.
Art is whatever you can get away with.
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Equality Network @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social The Equality Network is a leading Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity
Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Play-Ability Cognitive Expert. Accessibility (LiS: Double Exposure / Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy) / Cultural Consultant (DA: The Veilguard). Podquisition. 2024 WIG Journalism Impact + 2024 GAConf Best PR / Comms Winner.
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Xerardo Ancient Game Music @xerardo-game-music.bsky.social I make music mods for 80s/90s video games together with the YT channel Pieces of 8-bit's HQ Remakes (https://www.youtube.com/@HQRemakes).
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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social NEW novel 'The Life Of Life' publishes March 2027
'The Good Immigrant - 10th Anniversary Edition' out this month, September 2026, Canongate Books
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georgia beard @georgiabeard.bsky.social here for some semblance of professionalism as an emerging writer!! twitter wasn't going to cut it
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merritt @merrittk.com Writer/comedian. Madness archaeology @1900hotdog.bsky.social, story-based games at @insecretplaces.com, podcasting @ifyouredriving.bsky.social, merritt+ patreon.com/merrittk
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
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Bikini Body @bikinibody.bsky.social Edinburgh
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Callum McSorley @callummcsorley.bsky.social Author / RAT RACE out 7th May/ Squeaky Clean / Winner of The McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2023 / Represented by Emily MacDonald at 42mp
Brandon Invergo @brandoninvergo.bsky.social Inconsistent genre-adjacent electronic-ish musician in Exeter, UK circuitously via Chicago. I do other things too but I'm mainly here to talk about music.
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Alekia Gill @alekiagill.bsky.social Reporter at Deadline News
writer/journalist
edinburgh/london
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Darren Hayman @darrenhayman.bandcamp.com Music & Events: linktr.ee/darrenhaymancatalogue | Mail order = hefnet.com | Art = darrenhaymanart.com | Patreon = patreon.com/darrenhayman | YouTube (updates weekly) = https://youtube.com/@darren.hayman
Bricolage @bricolageg5.bsky.social Underground electronic label that specialises in distinctive sonic adventures from both local and global producers.
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SQIFF (Scottish Queer International Film Festival) @sqiff.bsky.social SQIFF is a charity programming accessible LGBTQIA+ film events in Scotland π
Est. 2015 β¨
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Michael Pedersen @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / my novel Muckle Flugga is out now πππ« www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
Robert Dallas Gray @robertdallasgray.com Yr blowsy goth auntie. Life without buildings, Whin, Even Sisters & solo. He/him | https://robertdallasgray.bandcamp.com | https://whin.bandcamp.com | https://musicians.today/@rdg_music | header Martin Henry, pfp Stuart Reidman
Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Louise Welsh @louisewelsh00.bsky.social Writer, The Cutting Room, Plague Times Trilogy, To the Dogs & more. Prof Creative Writing, Glasgow University. Hon Prez Scottish PEN. Podcast Who Owns the Clyde. Librettist Anthropocene. Theatre, movies, cats, life π³οΈβπ
YCTR @youcallthatradio.bsky.social Glasgow.
Events, Streams , podcast and memes
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Brian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social Edinburgh-based arts and culture journalist.
Arts and Entertainment Journalist of the Year - 2026 Scottish Press Awards.
Any views expressed are mine alone.
www.heraldscotland.com
Andrea @parramaterial.bsky.social Music news, writing and live gig reviews #MDANT I make music as Hazelene / Lines Of Silence / Glisten Trick https://linktr.ee/hazelenemusic
The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social Glasgow band.
www.tenementals.com
https://linktr.ee/tenementals
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
Blanck Mass @blanckmass.bsky.social Official Blue Sky account for Blanck Mass: Electronic musician / Award winning composer / Producer / Fuck Buttons (RIP) founder & member / Editors
Creative Electric/Heather @creativeelectric.bsky.social Artist & Writer.
Won some awards, barred from some places.
Neuroqueer π
Callum Waiana Madge @calluminium.bsky.social Performance stuff in Scotland. Access Manager for Edinburgh International Festival. Always thinking three meals ahead.
https://callumwaianamadge.contactin.bio/
(He/ him)
Allan Radcliffe @allanradcliffe.bsky.social Writer & critic π³οΈβπ He/Him. Novel The Old Haunts shortlisted for McKitterick Prize & Shortlisted for Saltire First Book Award 2024
allanradcliffe.co.uk https://linktr.ee/allanradcliffe
Becca Inglis @beccainglis.bsky.social Festival fan girl. Writer. Music, culture, climate. All views my own π«
βοΈ DJ Mag, Euronews Green, Mic, Mixmag, Bandcamp Daily et al.
Edinburgh || London
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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
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π The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iβve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
π Maggie & Me.
π You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
Chitra Ramaswamy @chitgrrl.bsky.social Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
Post Coal Prom Queen @pcpq.bsky.social A duo of composers and producers from Scotland.
George Paterson @gfpaterson.bsky.social Writer (The Girl, The Crow, The Writer and The Fighter, Westerwick) broadcaster (Lost in Music) musician (White, DMP)
Life President Bobby Farrell Fan Club
Kintyre Songwriters Festival @kintyresongwriters.bsky.social Providing a showcase platform for songwriters from Kintyre, Scotland and beyond since 2008
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
π Visit our website saha.scot
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Federation of Scottish Theatre @fedscottheatre.bsky.social Scotlandβs membership and development body for professional dance, opera and theatre π
Andy D @andyjbd.bsky.social Arty type
Kev Brown @kevbrown.co.uk Serial start up builder. Founder @FanCircles.com the superfan platform that lets artists take back control of fan data, stream music directly with, live video broadcasts, sell tix and merch & generate substantial revenue https://www.fancircles.com
BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social Author, book http://Amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KR127TN?
Preview here https://archiveofourown.org/works/47902108/chapters/120770212
I #followback
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Glasgow Short Film Festival @glasgowshort.bsky.social Scotland's leading short film event | 19th edition: 18-22 March 2026 | #GSFF26
stophmcc @stophmcc.bsky.social 12th last in line to the throne
MALKA @malkamakesmusic.bsky.social Tamara Schlesinger is #MALKA. Artist/Producer. Syncs on Netflix, Scream 4, 127 hrs, Skins and more.. Founder / CEO of @henhoose.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/MALKAmusic
Lewis McLaughlin @lewismclaughlin.bsky.social Glasgow based songwriter
My second album is out now!
https://linktr.ee/Lewismclaughlin
Sorcha Dallas @sorchadallas.bsky.social Avid mother, reader, runner. Custodian of agrayarchive.bsky.social Curatorial practice centred on care.
Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social Championing stories and storytellers.
This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368)
Zara Gladman @zanyzaz.bsky.social Comedy, mostly. Secretly a rat. βWest end mum.β Watch βGood for Herβ on iPlayer and listen to βSpirallingβ wherever you get your podcasts
she/her
thi wurd @thiwurd.bsky.social Glasgow based indie-publisher. Dedicated to quality writing, books, art, music & live events. 4 new βDay Schoolsβ Aug-Oct 2026
GoldFlakePaint @goldflakepaint.bsky.social a music blog since 2010 / writing by tom:
https://goldflakepaint.ghost.io/
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
Ed Fringe Comedy @edfringecomedy.bsky.social Reviews, previews and support of the things that make us laugh. Stalking the Fringe since 1990. All tickets bought, artists aren't charities.
404 Ink @404ink.bsky.social Your favourite book publisher, obvs.
We used to publish books.
July 2016 - July 2026.
We were @heathermmcd.bsky.social & @laurafjones.bsky.social
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Scottish BPOC Writers Network @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social Advocacy, networking, promoting Scottish & Scotland-based writers of colour, literary events & spaces. https://lnk.bio/scotbpocwriters
Tapsalteerie @tapsalteerie.bsky.social An independent poetry publishing house based in rural Aberdeenshire | www.tapsalteerie.co.uk | join the Scottish poetry Discord: discord.gg/9bC6Gp2ZJM | & check out our imprint Stewed Rhubarb Press: https://stewedrhubarb.org/
Gayle Smith @gayle7dgd.bsky.social Hi , I'm Gayle , an early 60's transwoman who likes what I like including fashion, football, karaoke, music, politics, shopping, spoken word poetry and theatre.
Nutmeg Magazine @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social The home of brilliant football stories, made in Scotland.
Issue 40 out now: http://shorturl.at/w9E15
Substack: https://www.nutmegfc.co.uk/
Ross Wilcock @rosswilcockmedia.bsky.social Gay/ disabled Scottish poet, writer and activist. π³οΈβππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ open mics 2 times a month. π³οΈβππ³οΈβπ
Kevin Williamson @kevwilliamson.bsky.social Writer, author, poetry, editor, publisher. Founder of Rebel Inc. Co-founder of Bella Caledonia. Co-founder of Neu! Reekie! Co-founder of Push The Boat Out international poetry festival. MDANT. Love poetry, books, chess, volcanoes, Hibs. Citizen of Leith
Fruitmarket @fruitmarket.bsky.social A free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, the Fruitmarket provides inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.
Check out what's happening at Fruitmarket https://linktr.ee/fruitmarket
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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social Working for gender identity and gender reassignment equality and rights in Scotland. Part of @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
https://www.scottishtrans.org/
Arika @00arika00.bsky.social Arika is a political arts organisation concerned with supporting connections between artistic production and social change. We have been creating events since 2001. https://arika.org.uk
One Beat @onebeatpr.bsky.social Print & Online Music PR + Artist Management.
Sheffield / London.
https://onebeatpr.com
Julie McNeill @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social Poet
Love Goes North and We Are Scottish Football @LuathPress
A Most Unsuitable Game @TippermuirBooks
Mission Dyslexia @JKPBooks
Storyteller @C-ChangeScotland
Editor @Drunk Muse Press
Gaffer @TheHampdenCollection
Poet @SMFC
Tom Bird @tomwbird.bsky.social CEO @SheffieldTheatres. Theatre producer, theatre manager, traveller, reader, football & cricket obsessive, northeasterner in Yorkshire.
Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social Recently retired senior lecturer in English at the University of Bordeaux, France. 19th C. Scottish literature, RL Stevenson, travel literature, afterlives, literary tourism. Occasional French-English conference interpreter.
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
Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social Scottish Literature, Regionalism, Romanticism, Enlightenment, Book History
Julia Ditter @juliaditter.bsky.social Energy Infrastructures & C19 Periodical Press at Uni Bremen | Scottish Literature, EnvHums | she/her
Timothy C. Baker @timothycbaker.bsky.social Lectures on Scottish and contemporary literature, writes about animals, tries to be hopeful. He/they. Currently trying to open a cinema in Aberdeen.
Curious Travellers @curioustravellers.bsky.social βCurious Travellers 2: Digital Editions of Thomas Pennantβs Tours of Wales and Scotlandβ. An AHRC-funded research project (CAWCS, University of Glasgow, Natural History Museum London)
Histories of Enlightenment Travel
https://curioustravellers.ac.uk/en/
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
Rhona Brown @rhonabrown.bsky.social Professor of Scottish Textual Cultures, University of Glasgow
18th-century Scottish poetry, early Scottish periodicals, textual editing.
Working on a new edition of the poetry of Robert Fergusson (1750-74). π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏππποΈπ°
@rfergussonpoet.bsky.social
Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social Poet, Editor (samueltongue.com) and Co-Director of Kalewater Cottage Creative Retreat kalewatercottage.co.uk
Daniel Cook @profdanielcook.bsky.social Professor of English, University of Dundee & General Editor of The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley (Oxford University Press) (https://linktr.ee/profdanielcook)
Canongate @canongate.co.uk Publisher. Always independent.
https://canongate.co.uk
Catriona Weiser @catrionahenderson.bsky.social PhD student in literature at the University of Vienna. Research focus - metamodernism, the historical novel, Scottish literature. Optimistic (mostly) and easily amused. 
Islay Book Festival @islaybookfest.bsky.social We are an annual autumn book festival on Scotland's whisky isle. Next festival taking place 27th - 30th August 2026. π
Maike Dinger @maydinger.bsky.social Nationalism, EU politics, culture & identities, feminism & Pol Comms | PhD in #indyref, #Scottish media, politics & literature | PDRA @BournemouthUni #AcademicSky
Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social 'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies', Leverhulme Trust-funded project at University of Glasgow
PI Prof Rhona Brown.
Petra Johana PoncarovΓ‘ @poncarova.bsky.social petrajohanaponcarova.com | Research, poetry & translation between Gaelic, Czech & English | Rannsachadh, bΓ rdachd & eadar-theangachadh eadar GΓ idhlig, Seicis & Beurla
Susie M @wrathofgodherself.bsky.social Mammal. Actor, writer, editor, reader, sister, comedy scene survivor, older than you think. Virtual collector and junk-fiend. Dispenser of small ephemeral offerings against the prevailing horror.