Lucy @historywardrobe.bsky.social Book reader, writer & lover
Dress historian
Clothes tell stories; clothes hold memories 👗 🧵 💙
Author of NYT bestsellers The Dressmakers of Auschwitz & Four Red Sweaters
Sandy @spicer56.bsky.social 🇨🇦Mom and Grandma love my girls. Give me dark chocolate and strong coffee with some sports to watch. My sister says I’m opinionated, really just a liberal who believes strongly in inclusivity and land back. she/her
Karen @kecrane.bsky.social Graphic designer in London.
Pamorama 🇨🇦🐶💪🏕🇨🇦 @pamorama.bsky.social Dog lover, healthcare professional, love my family, take care of my community, honesty and decency, atheist, Canadian, formerly Farley in the bad place. #NeverVoteConservative #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #SheShed #BlueCrew Sympathizer
barbowlprincess @barbowlprincess.bsky.social Owl Princess, Tulip Greeter, Skunk Sommelier. Author, poet. (Aren't we all?) Stress-free zone; (mostly) no politics. Writing, owls, tulips, dogs, fun. Canadian, elbows up. No DMs.
Aviva West @hammock-district.bsky.social Clinical research, art, anti-colonialism. Toronto-based
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Hans de Clercq @hansdeclercq.bsky.social Boeken | Media | Journalistiek | Onderwijs | ...en natuurlijk boeken | Leest, luistert & kijkt veel maar vooral alles |
Andrea Bellemare @dreabells.bsky.social Freelance producer doing stuff at CBC Sports & CBC Radio. Previously at This Hour Has 22 Minutes & CBC News.
Writer, surfer, swimmer. Toronto.
Ryan Pollard @ryanpollard.ca Citizen-At-Large
Leduc City Council 2021-25
ryanpollard.ca
Cris 🇨🇦 on LAKE ONTARIO @sinbrujula.bsky.social Spanish Translator, Imports Analyst, Lyme disease hater, GSP lover (dog), unsuccessfully searching for the meaning of life. Continue to take precautions re Sars-cov-2 because it’s airborne & I am not done living! 🇨🇦🇦🇷🇮🇹
Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛♂️🏳️⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social
WARNING: May cause "discomfort & distress" 🏳️⚧️
Dr. Monster (PhD)
E-mail: stevehughwestenra@proton.me
Canadian author of questionable taste. Words in New Edge Sword & Sorcery. Book reviewer. Expert on monsters. HWA. He/him
linktr.ee/SteveWestenra
NO AI
Jean the Mean Machine @koerraeh.bsky.social socialist, Canadian, gamer, podcast and k-drama addict, wit, red seal tradesperson, knitter, puzzle enthusiast, inspector, crocheter, traveler, amateur seamstress, ally, history enthusiast...
Currently Watching;
Yumis Cells (season 1-3)
John "Not That John Bolton" Bolton @opus59films.bsky.social Producer & Writer & Director @ www.opus59films.com
Old Film: AIM FOR THE ROSES @ www.aimfortheroses.com
New Film: KING ARTHUR'S NIGHT @ www.instagram.com/kingarthursnight
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Allison O'Toole @allisonmotoole.bsky.social Editor of Ignatz & Eisner award-winning books. Publisher of @balustradepress.bsky.social. Kickstarter Community Advisory Council Member. She/her.
icon by @sophiepaaslang.bsky.social, banner art by @mkchibs.bsky.social | learn more: www.allisonotoole.com
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian/author PL Henderson to celebrate/promote women in the arts.
Real art...real artists...No AI
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OverBoeken @overboeken.bsky.social 'Nergens heb ik meer rust gevonden dan in bossen en boeken' (Thomas a Kempis)
Over geschreven woord en ander troostrijks.
(Achtergrond: 'Blauwe bibliotheek', Jan de Bie)
Rodney Weterings | 's-Hertogenbosch
(Anonieme accounts worden geblokkeerd)
Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social #book #writer in #HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
True crime - Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade; Faces of Fraud
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse epic - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelic therapy - Shroom Boom
markcoakleybooks.com
MarkZelinski.com @markzelinski-photo.bsky.social 🇨🇦Governor General's Medal, OCAD, RCGS, Explorers Club, Pro Photographer/Publisher/Speaker #MarkZelinski gifted 8K #BooksThatHeal to WW charities (fwds by HRH Philip, Justin Trudeau) MarkZelinski.com
MaryLou Driedger @mld-author.bsky.social Author, Newspaper Columnist, Free Lance Journalist
Kik Lodge @kiklodge.bsky.social Writer. THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW (Stanchion Books, August 2026).
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/the-bully-in-my-pillow
Best Microfiction 2026.
Hosts literary open-mics @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.kiklodge.com
Ian Badcoe @ianbadcoe.itch.io (they/he) nonbinary, poet, father, husband, gardener, *retired* game-dev from Sumo Digital...
@kawalker.bsky.social @kawalker.bsky.social Draws. Paints. Writes short. Is short. Has a tall dog. Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fiction & Best Microfiction noms. 2025 Best Microfiction Anthology
A.P. Laesch @aplaesch.bsky.social Writer, art lover, anti-moralist.
Chris White @chrisw101.bsky.social Married to Amaya Naomi, father to Augustus, cat dad. Follow me for posts about writing, books, movie reviews, and of course cats.
Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social Cultural Anthropologist | Workplace Strategist | Ethnographer | Clay Artist | into architecture, cultural literacy and Stuff | Wurundjeri land/Melbourne | fiona@whiteowl.net.au | No DMs | whiteowl.net.au
Keili Bartlett @keilibartlett.bsky.social Journalist / writer / part-time bookseller interested in where culture, history and nature meet. Always looking for good stories and my next coffee! Based on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.
www.KeiliBartlett.com/link-in-bio
@anandicw.bsky.social @anandicw.bsky.social 
Trudy Tattersall @ttattersall.bsky.social Historian, Equestrian, Dog Lover, Yoga Instructor, Educator
Athenaeum Boekhandel @athenaeum.nl 🛍️Wees welkom in 5 boekhandels in Amsterdam & Haarlem 📚Het breedste assortiment (ook online), 🚚Thuisbezorging én afhalen 🎁 Portovrij boven € 20,-. Ook posts namens de 6de boekhandel, Scheltema.
Simone Schleper 🟥 @moneschleper.bsky.social Environmental Historian, Science/Knowledge Scholar, tenured @maastrichtu.bsky.social 👩🏫
Regional Representative BeNeLux @eseh.bsky.social 🌍
Editor-in-Chief @jhokjournal.bsky.social 💻
Twin mom of three 🦸♀️
Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net Fighting for democracy and human rights in the age of technofascism. She/her. Opinions personal, etc. ❌👑
Stoo Metz 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @stoometz.bsky.social 📸 - Full Time Pro Photographer ➡️ @stoo.ca
They/Them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦
Radically ProTransgender🏳️⚧️
#Halifax #SoberLife #HaliSky #Mi'kma'ki #Kjipuktuk
https://linktr.ee/stoometzphoto
Melonie @quioui.bsky.social Many interests... politics - communication - education - writer and reader - NZer in Canada - she/her/they/them
Krista M. Harper @kristamharper.bsky.social Professor of anthropology and public policy, interested in #energysky, #climatesky , #academicsky and #Urbanism+. Writes about #participatory and #qualitative research methods. I love #crochet and hate #cancer
https://blogs.umass.edu/harper/
Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social historian of rural colonial Nova Scotia, father, partner, lives in Niagara, works on Nova Scotia, breaths in PEI
https://danieljosephsamson.com/
Poppy Balser @poppybalser.bsky.social Watercolour and oil painter. I paint outside when I can.
I’m inspired by the sea and natural landscapes of the Canadian Maritimes
See my work here: www.poppybalser.com
Banner: oil painting of a sailboat
Profile: me next to one of my paintings
Sam Hall @samdraws.bsky.social Illustrator in Halifax, NS. Makes cartoons. Samdraws.ca
Syd @sydhaines.bsky.social 📍Halifax, NS • 🏳️🌈 • she/her • Newbie cyclist
Dan Peterson @danp.net 🚲📈
https://danp.net, https://hfx.bike, https://github.com/danp
Joeri Coppens @joericoppens.bsky.social Residential Counsellor - pedestrian/cyclist/photographer/music lover/cat human/... - Punamu'kwati'jk (Dartmouth), Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia), Turtle Island
Iryn Tushabe (she/her) @wordsweaver.bsky.social EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE (House of Anansi, 2025) available now from your favourite indie bookstore.
Native of Uganda transplanted to the Canadian Praries on Treaty 4 (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Iryntushabe.com
Dr. LurkHer 🇨🇦 @lurkher.bsky.social Hurkle-durkler.
She/her/hers. Scientist, feminist, mother. Loves cats, dogs, weird sea creatures, rain, lakes, rivers and oceans. Always punch up. Halifax (Darkside) Nova Scotia. #HaliSky 🇨🇦
Trevor Bennett @tgabben.me 🇨🇦 Newfoundland expat living in Halifax, NS. Devoted partner & pet parent.
Autistic | Secular humanist | Teetotaller | Cookery nerd | Knits, apparently?
He/him | Progressive Leftist | Anti-fascist | 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
@consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social ABC since Harper... Covid-aware... Trying to survive the climate wars...Nature lover...Prof 
A Thomas S.C. @tinytim84.bsky.social
Very anti CPC/PC, Anti Tim Houston (who is a fucking pervert pedophile supporter.) a failed accountant who is financially running NS into bankruptcy
Ambersand @amberlizt.bsky.social she/her | Haligonian, organizer, writer, cyclist, finder of paths. | free Palestine 🍉
Lynn Matheson @lynnmatheson.bsky.social Writer/Filmmaker. NS. Profile pic Dawn Davis. She/her.
Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com
Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social Podcast https://mountainstoriesmountainfutures.buzzsprout.com/
Web https://msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Curated
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
@jonwestaway.bsky.social
@profpitches.bsky.social
#MountainHums #MountainHist #EnvHums #EnvHist
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Antony Botting @antonybotting.bsky.social Sci-fi author
London - UK
Kelly B @kellyblack.ca Public history. Museums. PhD. Tidal pool explorer. Vancouver Island - Coast Salish territories. Opinions mine etc. Newsletter: buttondown.com/leftcoastdispatch he/him kellyblack.ca
Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social Posts by Martyn on Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People.
Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social Since 2012, we've brought together research with an eye for social justice and human rights. Treaty One and Manitoba Act lands, Treaty Three water, Treaty Five hydroelectricity.
Elizabeth Baines @elizabethbaines.bsky.social Writer of short stories, novels, plays.
http://www.elizabethbaines.co.uk
Latest publication: Five Different Stories About One Thing (Confingo). https://www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page/five-different-stories-about-one-thing-by-elizabeth-baines
Dr. Tamara L. Siuda @tamarasiuda.com she/they🏳️🌈| author & editor | Egypt: Coptic Studies (martyrology, music); Egyptology (TIP, AE religion) | Indigenous (reconnecting Haudenosaunee & Métis) | Haiti/Vodou | tech & its (mis)use | religion | RS≠endorsement | linktree/tamarasiuda | patreon/tsiuda
Dr. Laura M. Furlan @laurafurlan.bsky.social Associate Professor of English. Author of Indigenous Cities (UNP 2017). ACLS Fellow. Writer of creative nonfiction. Adoptee. Native Chicagoan. Queer mommy. She/her.
mado christie @madopiano.bsky.social collaborative pianist | writer | st. john's, nl | they/iel | 🏳️🌈 
Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social Winnipeg/Treaty 1-based writer, editor & enthusiast. Recently - Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest w/W&W. Now - Blood Letters w/GPP. WiR at Winnipeg Public Library.
Rebecca Chambers @metismamamb.bsky.social Columnist & project lead for the @WinnipegFreePress.com media literacy platform at www.winnipegfreepress.com/education, high school teacher, grad student @UManitoba.bsky.social, lifelong learner, Autism mom, love warrior.
Matt Berkley @mattberkley.bsky.social Sentientism, food policy for desired/anticipated consumption patterns, plant-based food for climate, consumption behaviour, history and reporting of global goals, framing.
SFU Graduate Liberal Studies Program @sfugls.bsky.social Classic texts. Contemporary issues. Passionate discussions. Earn your MA, part-time, at the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Simon Fraser University.
Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social she/her. Newfoundlander in Nova Scotia. Can be found trying to stay alive while cycling and walking in Kjipuktuk. 🚲 🐶🫐
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A 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
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
nazaretranea.com | https://www.instagram.com/nazareterreese?igsh=MWdyNmNpNHcxcjVwNg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Jeff@709🫐 @jeffkeefe.bsky.social CYQX Gander, 🇨🇦
Dad, non-practicing lawyer, family mediator. Blue Jays baseball. Happiest in a garden with a ball game on the radio.
GZwicker @gzwicker.bsky.social Canadian Newfoundlander, Sassenach of Avalon, Retired High School Principal. Interests: Family History Research, Ancestors’ Maritime Connections to England (so far linked to Dorset and Devon), Book Club(s), Travel, Cooking.
Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D. @cassiepremosteele.bsky.social ❤️ Bestselling author of 19 books
🧡 Trauma-informed teacher at The Loft
💛 Novels: Beaver Girl, The ReSisters, & Shamrock and Lotus
💚 Nonfiction: Earth Joy Writing, Moon Days, & We Heal from Memory
🩵 7 poetry books
💙 Writing Coach
💜 www.cassiepremosteele.com
Philosophika @philosophika.bsky.social (She/Her) 🇨🇴🇬🇧 I'm a philosopher (BA & MA), freelance editor, and aspiring novelist in my early 30s.
After a brief hiatus, I'm relaunching my editing profile on BlueSky! Check out @noumenonedits.bsky.social 🦉💜
Anne Anthony @anchalastudio.bsky.social Writer & Artist
Senior Editor & Art Director
Does It Have Pockets
Words & Artwork https://linktr.ee/anchalastudio?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Words in BULL, FlashFlood, Does It Have Pockets, Frazzled Lit, Trash Cat Lit, Urban Pigs Press, Fictive Dream. Genrepunk Awards nominee. Shortlisted for the 2026 Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. She/her. @lmbayley at the other place.
June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social Writing Place, Writing Planet, UCD / iCRAG 2026 | Lamplight Fellowship 2025 | Literature Bursary Award 2025 | Moth Short Story Prize 2024 | 'Somebody' exhibition, MoLi 2020-2021 | 📖 Room Little Darker 2018/17 | Stay: https://www.airbnb.ie/h/pinkhousedublin
Newfoundland & Labrador Historical Society @nlhistorical.bsky.social Founded in 1905, the Newfoundland & Labrador Historical Society is the oldest heritage organization in NL and promotes knowledge and public discussion of the history and heritage of the province.
long con magazine + Collusion Books @longconmagazine.bsky.social longconmag.com: canadian magazine for art replying to art
ISSUE 2.6: submit by Sept 30
Montebank Prize: enter by Sept 30
Banner artist: Andrew James McKay (andrewjamesmckay.com)
longconmag.com/collusionbooks: canadian micro-press for collaborative poetry
Alison Twells @alisontwells.bsky.social History, 'creative history', life writing: www.alisontwells.com
OUT NOW! A Place of Dreams: Desire, Deception and a Wartime Coming of Age: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0461
CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca The CCPA is Canada's leading progressive policy research institute. We offer independent, non-partisan research on social, economic & climate justice.
www.policyalternatives.ca
Instagram & FB: policyalternatives Also on Gander social: @ccpa.gander.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. ✨📚
Memorial University Press @memorialup.bsky.social Memorial University Press publishes illuminating and diverse research on the North Atlantic region, with topics ranging from Indigenous issues, to energy and the environment, to food security, to fisheries, to folklore. www.memorialuniversitypress.ca
Allard Pierson @allardpierson.bsky.social With world renowned collections on archaeology, book history, cartography, graphic design, Jewish cultural history and performing arts, the Allard Pierson holds one of the most important heritage collections of Europe.
Kim Tracy Prince @kimtracyprince.bsky.social Communications pro for good at @kidsave.org. Always working on my first novel. SoCal.
Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social Historian of Medicine & Mental Health. Research Fellow, NTU-UK. Senior Researcher, UvA-NL. Honorary, UoB-UK. Policy Officer @sshmedicine.bsky.social. Co-convenor Mental Health Humanities Researcher Network https://mhhrn.bham.ac.uk/ She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ #Skystorian
Pearl Pirie @pearlpoet.bsky.social slow-lane poet, insect- & fungi-portraitist Good Omens DT & MS fan, rabid reader & writer in Quebec Canada
www.pearlpirie.com
🏳️🌈 gender costume: she/they Alt image: white person in glasses. long wavy greying hair, wonder woman bracelet
Sandra "Chumplet" Cormier @chumplet.bsky.social Artist, Writer, Foodie, Domestic Diva. Hockey, hockey, hockey. I know three chords on my guitar. All photos my own. You can see my paintings at https://sandracormierturnsek.blogspot.com/
DM De Alwis @dmdealwis.bsky.social Author 🇨🇦🇱🇰🍀 In this life or the next... blending mythology with fantasy. I also write Children's books.🦁👹 Myths& Samsara podcast. https://dmdealwis.com/quick-links/
2nd-generation Canadian; open-source circles know me as dcor.
Paul Toffanello @thespookyauthor.bsky.social Writer of Middle Grade Fiction & Children’s Illustrated stories. All spooky,👻of course. Educator. Counsellor. Consultant.(Fun guy!)
www.thespookyauthor.com
@smurtagh-writer.bsky.social @smurtagh-writer.bsky.social Author of We're Not Rich
suemurtagh.com
Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social Yukon-based author, writer, editor
Western Canada Editor, Canadian Geographic
Contributing editor, High Country News
My books are NERVE and NO SLEEP 'TIL FAIRBANKS
Romance reader, slow but enthusiastic cyclist, wife guy
Jorah Kai 💫 Author | 👽 Existential Detective 🌏 @jorahkai.bsky.social Eldritch trickster, author, poet, anti-capitalist climate activist, solarpunk ☀️ | rock n roll 🎸 grandpa to Naomi | full-time detective from a part time sponge-city | vaudevillian Toronto 🇨🇦 to cyberpunk Chongqing jorahkai.com
Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social Health & Transformative Justice
Radical pedagogy & creative methods
Sociology Prof.
Suburban Dad.
www.ourpublicsafety.ca
www.imaginingfutures.ca
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/insurgent-love
Wanda Baxter @wandabaxter.bsky.social Writer, wildlife & environment advocate, gardener, rural bon vivant. Proud Canadian.
Here for the not there. Resistance is never futile.
Fiona Mossman @fionamossman.bsky.social she/her
📖 Writer | Librarian
📍 Edinburgh | Burntisland | Cairngorms
Gleefully geeky. Writes SFF/literary speculative short stories, among other word-things. Loves books, mountains, my cat Mishka & more. 💗💜💙
Find me at https://www.fionamossman.com
Diane Carley @dcarley.bsky.social Queer autistic writer permanently befuddled by this fucked up world. Don’t miss the chance to watch serial monotropism in action. #actuallyautistic #newfoundland
Justine Sweeney @justine1902.bsky.social Writing wee stories about Belfast and other bits and pieces. Bath Novella-in-Flash S/L 2025. Words in places like @theDublinReview.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social @mooncityreview.bsky.social @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social @fictivedream.bsky.social
@socialnotes.bsky.social @socialnotes.bsky.social 
Judy Darley @judydarley.bsky.social Writer & daydreamer living by the Somerset coast. Author of fiction collections #TheStairsAreASnowcappedMountain, #SkyLightRain (https://bit.ly/3zlfK7Q) & #RememberMeToTheBees. Workshop leader/journalism/brand engagement.