💀 Cromortuary 💀 @lapanique.bsky.social Oh hi it's me your pal Panic.
Strident literary feminist. Publishing desk job. Ran one marathon one time.
"Worryingly erotic." "Disagreeable, quite shouty." "Alienating, dangerous, and perverse."
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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca 🔎 Ontario Reporter and Digital Production Lead @pressprogress.ca
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social 7th/Newest book: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (June 24). Substack: honoreejeffers
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net Keeping you in the loop on stories that matter
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KelownaNow @kelownanow.com Stuff That Matters
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
Sarah Lovell @sarahlovellart.bsky.social British Illustrator living in BC
Lover of books, animals, magic, forests and tea .
Proudly represented by Essie White at Essie White Literary Agency .
The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal.
Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025!
https://thefiddlehead.ca
UBC Okanagan @ubcokanagan.bsky.social At UBC’s Okanagan campus we embrace bold new ways of thinking. We welcome and celebrate people with passion, who need to make a difference.
https://ok.ubc.ca/
Dana Schwartz @danaschwartz.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of ANATOMY and IMMORTALITY. Host of the podcast Noble Blood. TV writer on occasion. 
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe writer, musician, intellectual
www.leannesimpson.ca
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social Writes fiction & non-fiction, teaches, blogs @ This Itch of Writing https://linktr.ee/emmadarwinwriter
Forest of Reading @forestofreading.bsky.social The Forest of Reading is Canada’s largest recreational reading program!
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
@banffcentre.bsky.social @banffcentre.bsky.social 
Miriam Toews @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social Award-winning Canadian author known for poignant, witty novels on family, faith, and mental health.
A. H. @ahreaume.bsky.social Disabled writer & feminist. Bi 🌈. Pub. in Disability Visibility (Vintage). Passionate about experimental lit & vintage. Twitter: @a_h_reaume she/her
Web: www.ahreaume.com
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Laini Taylor @lainitaylor.bsky.social NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke & Bone series and Strange the Dreamer duology. Inventor of gods, eater of mangoes, killer of darlings, mother of yetis, keeper of ghosts. Portland, OR.
Nicole Willson @nicolewillson.bsky.social Sensational Ringmaster. Stoker-nominated horror author. Jeopardy silver medalist. Active member of the HWA. Out now: THE KEEPER OF THE KEY. https://books2read.com/u/bQGyKd
http://www.nicolewillson.com
Sophie Murguia @sophiemurguia.bsky.social deputy managing editor at Mother Jones. pitch me: smurguia@motherjones.com
Rhea Tregebov 🇨🇦 @rheatregebov.bsky.social Poet, novelist, children's picture book author. Associate Professor Emerita UBC School of Creative Writing. Canadian. www.rheatregebov.ca 🇨🇦
UBC News @news.ubc.ca Official channel of UBC News, run by UBC News and University Affairs staff. Follow us for research news, announcements, expert advisories and story ideas.
Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social Writer, sailor, engineer, editor @ Little Blue Marble, project manager on various games, all-round cat herder.
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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
Keith Maillard @keithmaillard.bsky.social Keith Maillard is the author of fifteen novels, a book of poetry, and two of creative non-fiction. He teaches in the UBC's School of Creative Writing and is the 2024 winner of the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence in British Columbia.
Linda Svendsen (she/her) @lindasvendsen.bsky.social lindasvendsen.ca
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social Vancouver journalist. Strives to tell unique stories.
http://moremcbarges.ca
http://instagram.com/justindmcelroy
Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
Newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com
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Signal: JustinLing.42
Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social Writer
Michael V. Smith @michaelvsmith.bsky.social That writer performer filmmaker radical faerie professor curator consummate host and adorable gender-radical queerdo guy.
Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social Bestselling author of 50+ books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4 awesome young adults. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
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girl fieri @laureneahmed.bsky.social wop genius
Marsha Lederman @marshalederman.bsky.social Columnist, The Globe and Mail
Author, Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed
Vancouver, Canada
Electric Literature @electricliterature.com Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive
electricliterature.com
Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social Writer, performer, facilitator, somatic coach & dreamer. Author of FIERCE FEMMES & NOTORIOUS LIARS, I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE, FROM THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FISH IN THE SEA, and FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN. https://linktr.ee/kaichengthom
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social On a mission to support & celebrate Canadian writers. Discover our literary award-winning books at writerstrust.com
Prairie Fire Magazine @prairiefiremag.bsky.social Award-winning Canadian journal of innovative writing that has been publishing exceptional writing for over 45 years. One of Canada’s oldest literary magazines.
scaachi @scaachi.bsky.social hater nation
www.scaachi.substack.com
scaachi.koul@slate.com
Chatelaine @chatelainemag.bsky.social Chatelaine celebrates, inspires, informs and empowers an often-overlooked demographic: women aged 35+. Full issues available on Apple News+.
andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social Senior editor at The Tyee. Author of the essay collections Hearty: On Cooking, Eating and Growing Food for Pleasure and Subsistence (ECW Press) & Like a Boy but Not a Boy (Arsenal Pulp). Co-editor of the BC bestselling Points of Interest.
The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
Susan Juby @susanjuby.bsky.social Proud Canadian. Writer, professor, devoted aunt, indulgent dog owner, oil painting enthusiast.
My newest book is called Contemplation of a Crime. Available this May.
P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social 📚💙 Representing a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling & debut creators for over 20 years.
📍 U.S. & Canada
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social *THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social Literary magazine publishing the best new poetry & prose for over 50 years. Details on subscriptions, submissions, contests and more at http://eventmagazine.ca
knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social Poetry. Well-served.
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Alix Ohlin @alixohlin.bsky.social alixohlinauthor.com
Mandy Len Catron @mandylen.bsky.social Writer, teacher, pizza eater. Author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone (S&S). Creative Writing faculty at The University of British Columbia. Appalachian. she/her
https://www.mandylencatron.substack.com
CBC/Radio-Canada @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Public broadcaster | Diffuseur public 🇨🇦
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Inform, enlighten and entertain.
Renseigner, éclairer et divertir.
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, essays & podcasts. Every Monday, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.
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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social Poet, dad, and library guy | (he/him) | Wrote a book called Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions) | Poetry editor for EVENT Magazine | lives on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ (Vancouver) raoulfernandes.com
UBC Creative Writing @ubccrwr.bsky.social UBC's School of Creative Writing strives to create a dynamic and inclusive environment that encourages artistic experimentation and community building for our students and alumni.
News, Events & Achievements: https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/news-events
Heather M.O'Connor @heathermoconnor.bsky.social Canadian kid-lit author of FRIENDS FIND A WAY, RUNS WITH THE STARS, FAST FRIENDS and BETTING GAME. Lover of books, libraries, and shiny objects. I love doing school and library visits!
heathermoconnor.com
SCBWI Canada West @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social Welcome to SCBWI Canada West on Bluesky social! Let's connect together to the world of children's literature.
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Tanya Packer @tanyapacker.bsky.social #noAI #akitas #indieauthor, #cptsd #neurospicy #servicedoghandler #youthworker, #fantasy, #MG, #MGLit #KidLit, #pb #PB #middlegrade, #SCWI, 🇨🇦 www.tanyapackerstore.com
Www.tanyapacker.com
she/her/they
Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social Canada's online magazine of book news and reviews. https://quillandquire.com/
Erin Alladin @erinalladin.bsky.social Author, editor, gardener, presenter. Co-host of @plantsalwayswin.com . Books where literacy meets outdoor education. Books on gentle gardening for disabled bodies. https://erin-alladin.com
Kate Jenks Landry @katejenkslandry.bsky.social Kid lit author, lover of bread, and the mother of two kiddos, one wily dog, and many plants.
Author of BEATRICE AND BARB and A SUMMER WITHOUT ANNA (Kids Can Press)
Member of CANSCAIP AND THE WRITERS' UNION OF CANADA
Ishta Mercurio @ishtamercurio.bsky.social I make things: sometimes with yarn, sometimes with words, occasionally with screws and a power drill, always with blood, sweat, tears, and/or swears.
Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle
Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East
FISHING FOR RABBITS, V.E. Publishing Oct 2026
BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press Dec 2025
https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #NoAI
Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, out now! @booksbycindy.bsky.social Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
🦋 🐝 🍃
www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
C.J. Hong @cjhong-author.bsky.social Children’s book author with a passion for promoting literacy. Author of the award-winning interactive picture book, GREETINGS, FLOOF! (Kids Can Press, 2024). More PBs on the way in 2027 & 2028.
#CANSCAIP #SCBWI #TWUC
cjhong.com
SCBWI Canada East @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social https://www.scbwi.org/regions/canada-east
Canada East Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. 🇨🇦
Banner art credit: Cailin Doherty (https://cailindoherty.com/)
Jenn Brown (she/her) @jennmacbrown.bsky.social K to 8 Educator, Teacher Librarian, Guidance Educator
Hilary Leung @hilaryleung.bsky.social Proud dad and picture book maker. Repped by Alex Penfold.
website: hilaryleung.com
Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social ✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent
✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator
✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency
✦ 📍 in Portugal
✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️
catarinaoliveirastudio.com
✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit
Nicole Allin @nicoleallin.bsky.social A Canadian kidlit illustrator living in B.C., she enjoys knitting, video games and consuming copious amounts of Earl Grey tea. A SCBWI member and currently looking for representation!
More of my artwork is at www.allinart.net !
Hatem Aly @metahatem.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇪🇬 NYT Bestselling Illustrator. Made in Egypt, based in NB, Canada, and found in books. 🤗 (SOMEONE LIKE ME, Two Lions, JUN 2026) | Rep by: James Burns
https://linktr.ee/metahatem
Andrea L. Mack @andreamack.bsky.social PB & MG writer. Kidlit book blogger (www.andrea-mack.blogspot.com). Grade 1 teacher. #12x12PB member. Mixed media collage artist. My writing projects often combine my love of baking, birds and board games with my passion for caring for our Earth. She/her.
margosorenson @margosorenson.bsky.social Author 30-plus books for kids, mystery for YA/adult, www.margosorenson.com, gma, hapless punster, Italia & Hawaii fan, TCK, JHU-CTY, Milken Ed
Cale Atkinson @caleatkinson.bsky.social Word Writer - Picture Maker
Represented by LK Literary
📚 Simon and Chester Series • Where Oliver Fits • To the Sea • Explorers of the Wild • Sir Simon Super Scarer • Off & Away • Unicorns 101 • Maxwell the Monkey Barber
🔅 www.cale.ca
Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social Kidlit author 📚, picture taker 📷, knitter 🧶, woods wanderer 🌳🚶♀️, tree hugger 🌲, dreamer 🌌
www.rebeccaupjohn.com
🇨🇦 + 🇺🇲 #CANSCAIP, #TWUC, #SCBWI, #12x12pb
Every Child Matters
Shirley V T 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇵🇭🇹🇼 #veryasian #GN kidlit illustrator @svtworks.bsky.social Designer Architect 建築師 creative http://linktr.ee/svt.works #GN #NF #PB | #illustrator| #api 3x @canadacouncil always revising Pb+Prep Gn pitch sets #amquerying illustration.shirleyvting.com 📚 ✏️ |CLIPSTUDIO- AFFINITY-CAD & No 🧌, no TMI.
Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Illustrator, author (The Pink Pajamas, S&S 2025) | Rep: Tracy Marchini | Co-host @kidlitart.bsky.social chat | 🚫AI/NFT
🎨 CharleneChua.com
🖼️ Links - charlenechua.com/links
✏️ Alt account @sygnin.com
Sheryl McFarlane @sherylbooks.bsky.social 🇨🇦Kids’ book author, reader, grandma, gardener, west coaster, doggy mum. www.sherylmcfarlane.ca
Kate Blair @kateblair.bsky.social Award-winning British-Canadian YA author of WE BURY NOTHING, A MIST OF MEMORIES, TRANSFERRAL, TANGLED PLANET & THE MAGPIE’S LIBRARY (MG), out with DCB/Cormorant. https://www.cormorantbooks.com/Books/W/We-Bury-Nothing
She/her
Kelley Armstrong @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social Author. Expect sporadic book news, unsolicited writing advice, random pet pics & strongly worded opinions. She/her. 🇨🇦
Jean Mills @jeanmillswriter.bsky.social 🇨🇦 YA MG Author. Skating Over Thin Ice ~ Larkin on the Shore ~ The Legend ~ Bliss Adair and the First Rule of Knitting ~ Wingman ~ After the Wallpaper Music ~ 🥌 🎵 🫖 #LeafsForever 
Adrienne Kress @adriennekress.bsky.social Toronto Author/Actor/Filmmaker striving for sensational wonderfulness. She/her.
MG/YA author - THE EXPLORERS & #BENDY books! #FNAF: RETURN TO THE PIT 📚
GHOST CIRCUS, middle grade graphic novel, out now!
https://linktr.ee/adriennekress
Arthur Slade @arthurslade.bsky.social Arthur Slade was raised in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan, Canada (on a ranch). He wasn't raised by wolves. It was elves. And one grumpy dwarf. He is the author of over thirty novels for kids, adults and aliens.
Loretta Garbutt www.booksbyloretta.com @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social Kid Author
2020 - Stopwatch From Grampa-KCP
2021 - JJ SLEPT - KCP
2023 - JEFFREY LOVES BLUE-Owl
2024 - Wake Up, Little Pin!-Owl
2025 - DIAPER KID-Owl
2027 - In Baba's Tiny Kitchen-Owl
2027 - Where I Belong -Tundra
Voice Animation
Sailor Moon, Max & Ruby
@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social Writes books for young, curious minds.
Repped by Naomi Davis, Bookends Literary
The Ghost Queen is a JLG Selection : 11 Feb, 2025
https://www.mahtabnarsimhan.com/
Gillian Chan @gilliancha.bsky.social Writer, lover of all things Norse, baker, science fiction/fantasy aficionado, English by birth, Canadian by choice
Still working on the great, big Norse novel
Valéry Goulet - Illustration & Design @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social French Canadian Designer, Illustrator & Design Instructor located in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
https://www.valerydesignwrks.ca/links