Jennifer Sherman Roberts @jshermanroberts.bsky.social Novelist. PhD in early modern lit. History of science fan. THE VILLAGE HEALER'S BOOK OF CURES (Lake Union 10/23). Oregonian. Rep'd by Jen Newens/Martin Literary Management
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
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Jessica Johnson @jessicajohnson.bsky.social Co-author, “What Should the CBC Be?” (@mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social 2025). Adjunct professor @uoft.bsky.social. Former EIC @thewalrusca.bsky.social. I post here about writing, journalism and books.
Natalie @abookandadog.com I love to read and hang out with my dog. I blog about it at
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Lizzie Alblas @lizziealblas.bsky.social Founding Editor and Publisher of Apricot Press | Writer with words in Mslexia, Swim Press and Dear Damsels | Proof Typist | PhD in Creative Writing from University of Nottingham | MA Publishing student at York St John University
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Apricot Press @apricotpress.bsky.social Your words. Your passion. Your press.
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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social Ottawa's International Festival of Poetry / le festival international de poésie d’Ottawa / administrator of the City of Ottawa's Poet Laureate Program / l’administration du Programme des poètes lauréats d’Ottawa / https://www.verseottawa.ca/
Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social Poet, voice teacher, recovering attorney, licensed psychotherapist, lover of life
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social Author, freelance journalist, socialist. Kryptonite to a certain type of man.
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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For the workshop, head to @mccormackwc.bsky.social.
The Seaboard Review of Books 🇨🇦 📚 @theseaboardreview.ca Embark on a Journey to Discover Great Reads. We primarily review Canadian books & authors, but occasionally we cross some borders.
#CanLit #Miramichi #NB. (Posts by James M Fisher, Editor-in-chief)
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Carina van Heyst @time4reading.bsky.social she/her…retired educator in Toronto, Canada
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com Social Media Darling. International Bestselling Author. Occasionally funny. Brittlestar.com
Justin Ling @justinling.ca Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
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Sean Boots @sboots.mastodon.sboots.ca.ap.brid.gy A better world, by listening.
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Rick Duranceau @rickduranceau.bsky.social Strategic planning/risk management/performance measurement analyst in the federal public service of Canada. Interests in digital government and AI. Opinions are my own. Avid reader of books. lover of music and fan of the Montreal Canadiens.
Julianna Rowsell @juliannarowsell.bsky.social product, systems, design, accessibility, equity, ethics, social justice, disability rights, government, GenAI
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Celeste Côté (she/her) @celestecote.bsky.social Product design lead and 🇨🇦 public servant by day. Musician, foodie and budding wine connoisseur by night. Would love to do more civic tech volunteer stuff in spare time. ✌🏻 *We’re rebooting @yowcivictech.bsky.social !
David Pepin @quidampepin.bsky.social davidpepin.ca
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social Husband, Dad, Entomologist, Ecologist, Researcher with NRCan Canadian Forest Service , and a (lapsed) Curler. Occasional climate scientist. 
Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social Product of Canada. Carleton University and Bentley University alum. He/him. May contain nuts.
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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social Ph.D. in AI. Sr. Foresight Analyst, Horizons. Coder, numbers whiz, foresight expert. Sworn to use Evil powers only for Good. He/they.
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David Eaves @eaves.ca Associate Prof & Deputy Co-Director at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social at UCL, Investment committee CoDevelop.fund, co-founder TeachingPublicService.digital.
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social 🌱 CEO, Climate & Nature Solutions; Chair UN Net Zero.
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Chris Allison @toferc.bsky.social Hi folks! I’m a #Geek #Gamer #Dad who loves #Rust #Data #TTRPG and making #Government better. Currently CDO of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Abe Greenspoon @worldofabe.bsky.social Canadian 🇨🇦 interested in public service, politics, history, sports, and community building.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social Toronto Star columnist, nice guy, jump shooter. 
Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social Chairman @EurasiaGroup. Board Director WWF. Climate, technology, and geopolitics. Priors: Principal Secretary to PM of Canada and Premier of Ontario, CEO WWF.
Alistair Croll @acroll.bsky.social ADHD as a career. Startups (Lean Analytics, Startupfest); fixing government (FWD50); subversive thinking (justevilenough.com) Montreal, or seat 13D.
Apolitical @apolitical.bsky.social Making governments smarter, to deliver for people and the planet | Join 500,000+ public servants & policymakers today: http://apolitical.co/signup
Andrea Hill @afhill.bsky.social Director, Digital investment office in the BC Public Service. (Opinions my own) Lifelong learner. Unapologetic introvert. Marathon runner. Cat mom.
Manu Singh @singhmoto.bsky.social I like #motorcycles, #aviation, better #GCDigital government and peanut butter.
Alice Goldman @alicegoldman.bsky.social Government digital, public policy design and a one-woman crusade to stop AI engines being given female names
Nathan C. Hall @nathanchall.bsky.social Senior Business Analyst/Behavioural Scientist | Government of Canada | Former Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University
Anna Wong @annawong10.bsky.social Coach | Strategist | Executive | Facilitator | Helping People and Organizations Level Up
Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social Eternal optimist #GCDigital #GCServices #GC #PublicService #Accountability #Results #Ottawa
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James Kemp @jamesmkemp.bsky.social Public servant, delivering change mostly. Have worked in many departments. Based in Scotland. #GovPDC Explorer Scout Leader, sometimes gamer & writer
Sean Boots @bluesky.sboots.ca A better world, by listening.
Justin Mathews @justmath19.bsky.social Digital Comms at PCO. QueensU alum. Sit-down comedian.
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social Ottawa Canada tweets; inclusive, smart city, data driven, transit, aunt, @BB4Radio podcast fan, she / her
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social Poetry. Well-served.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social Tabatha Southey is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine, Toronto Star and more, author of three books, and the River-Daughter. 🇨🇦
Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social Editorial cartoonist for the Globe and Mail and the Hill Times.
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Bruce MacKinnon @mackinnonart.bsky.social Editorial Cartoonist for The Chronicle Herald sharing his interpretation of local and world events from Nova Scotia, Canada.
Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social Author of THE SYRIAN LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (2023) and LETTERS TO KAFKA (2025) Bylines: The New York Times, The Walrus, Observer, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Vice, Chatelaine, and more. Free Palestine🇵🇸 Free Lebanon🇱🇧
Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social Writer, comedian, illustrator, blogger and international woman of mystery. Sworn enemy of the Swedish Yule Goat. Writer of jokes in The Beaverton and Cracked. 🇨🇦
Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social Former national security analyst, Associate Professor, Senior Fellow Centre for Strategic Statecraft. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social Globe and Mail reporter in Ottawa bureau
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Tim Krochak @timbophoto.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇺🇦 prairie expat in Halifax, NS newspaper photojournalist for 30+ years
Critters> Humans
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the #BookSky account 💙📚 @booksky.club #BookSky (est. 2023) is bluesky's home for readers and writers with 20+ literary feeds for every genre. ✏️ a project by @clarabelle.xyz
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Acorn Press Canada @acornpress.bsky.social THE ACORN PRESS is based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada and is the Island's longest-running traditional publishing house. We specialize in stories that have PEI interest and global appeal. https://www.acornpresscanada.com/
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca Award-winning Canadian journalism that:
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Yellow Arrow Publishing @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social Empowering women-identifying writers in Baltimore and beyond. Publishing #yellowarrowjournal #yellowarrowvignette and #yellowarrowchapbooks. Programming includes workshops, writing residencies, and literary events. Come write with us!
Robyn Paton @robynpaton.bsky.social 
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Rebecca Nava @wheres-the-any-key.bsky.social Product at the GC | Tech 🤖| Books 📚 | Podcasts 🎧 | Art 🎨| Sex education & health 🧠
Vicky Sargent @vickysargent.bsky.social Digital communicator. Video maker. Local gov. Social care & health. Cooking. Gardening. Family.
Tom Loosemore @tomski.com Partner at Public Digital, co-founder Government Digital Service, ex-BBC. Expect occasional small boat sailing.
Anna Hirschfeld @annahirschfeld.bsky.social Senior Director at @PublicDigitalHQ Formerly @DWPDigital. Expect a lot of digital transformation, politics and West Wing. She/her.
Stacey Walden @staceywalden.bsky.social Partner at Public Digital working on all things strategy, service delivery and org change. Former civil servant. Live by the sea with my husband and black lab.
Kelsey Singbeil @kelseysingbeil.bsky.social Service Transformation - B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks. People + design + public service.
James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social Bring us together,
make things better.
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Nour Sidawi @noursidawi.uk Reflecting on the complexity of systems and making change in government at UK Civil Service. Part of OneTeamGov.
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Amanda 🏳️🌈🔮 @ayymanduh.bsky.social All things data, digital, design, communities, leadership, justice & open culture.
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peterkwells @peterkwells.com BlackpoolFC, books, tech, people, policy & delivery, realist. Hopes to make stuff work for everyone.
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Anthony Casey @antkc.bsky.social Service designer at Defra. Trying to think of something to write for my 258th social bio of the year … keep coming back to “old web fart”. Based firmly on the Leisure Peninsula.
Jane Ruffino @janeruffino.bsky.social Content/UX and contemporary archaeology. Human/dog mom. She/her.
Allergic to unwanted advice.
Amy Hupe @amyhupe.bsky.social She/her
Design systems and content design consultant. Reckless shitposter.
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Sarah Winters @escmum.bsky.social Founder and CEO of Content Design London
Cat person with a dog. (And a cat, horse, hamster and fish.)
Really hoping this takes over from the other place. 
Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social Content strategy and content design for charities and arts orgs. Also: Brighton, plants, my dog, typos.
Amy McNichol @amymcnichol.bsky.social Knows her own know best. Agile comms and content design. Curator of @allconsuming.bsky.social
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Jane McFadyen @janemcfadyen.bsky.social Senior Content Designer working on government services, fighting the good UX fight.
Heidi @heidi2o.bsky.social data, policy, and feelings
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Sarah Blakely ⛓️💥 Songs for Peace @sarahbpoetry.bsky.social ✍🏻 Unbreakable bard
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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social Cartoonist and creator of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens https://linktr.ee/theoatmeal
Sue Goyette @suegoyette.bsky.social poet
Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social Amanda Katz said this was the cool kids table.
Eric Shoesmith @ericshoesmith.bsky.social Birder with a penchant for #Policy #Dialogue #Community #Ottawa. Views are my own.
Barbara Tran @staranise99.bsky.social Poet, writer, K9 behaviour geek
Precedented Parroting 🦜 (poetry)
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
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@markcritch.bsky.social @markcritch.bsky.social Best selling author, comedian. 22 Minutes on CBC and Son of A Critch on CBC and Netflix USA
Kirsten Miller @kirstenmiller.bsky.social author, aspiring agent provocateur, friend of the whales