The Third Wheel @thethirdwheel-mag.bsky.social The Third Wheel is a lit mag conceived as a hub for literary translators.
https://thethirdwheel.org/
dxhopewell.bsky.social @dxhopewell.bsky.social Musician, artist, mostly retired archaeologist, free improviser, birdwatcher, fixer of things, flaneur, noise explorer, cook, gardener, runner, autodidact who has trouble concentrating on one thing at a time.
Ellen Corbett @ellenfcorbett.bsky.social PhD-ing in Translation | EN | GA | DE | sí/í she/her
Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author. The Wolf That Chews Rocks (Sept 2026 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-That-Chews-Rocks-ebook/), the Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
https://russelljonesauthor.com/
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
Calendr360 @calendr.360.cymru Digwyddiadau digidol ac ar draws y wlad.
https://calendr.360.cymru
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Eli @pantdreiniog.bsky.social Crwydro, busnesu, seiclo, archeoleg, bywyd gwyllt, gogledd Cymru. Wandering, being nosey, history, archaeology, wildlife, north Wales
Jay King @jay-king-art.bsky.social Athens-based writer, performer & translator from the Republic of Croydon.
Crime novels, audiobooks and drama, bouzouki, neurodivergence, migraines, G.O. 💚🍉
Now also Greek.
I wrote Common Charges, the Exarcheia murder mystery
Www.jayking.art
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Johanna Bishop @johannabishop.bsky.social Je est un∙e autre, but also a translator from Italian
She/her
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Alice Banks @alice-banks.bsky.social Midlander/Madrileña
Literary Translator from French and Spanish into English
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Marta Dziurosz @martadziurosz.bsky.social Polish <> English translator and interpreter in Wales. Negotiates publishing contracts and thinks about scents. Free Word Centre's last Translator in Residence.
Events, books, blathering. All views my own.
martadziurosz.com
Magi Lucy Mattinson @magi-lucy.bsky.social 🌸 Reverence for life
🌎 Anthropology BSc, Uni of Exeter
🌝 Lover of vintage dresses & folk music
🤍 Tala the Saluki
🏴 Gwynedd 🌳✨
Ruth Donnelly @rudotranslates.bsky.social Literary translator from Spanish, bookworm, cat lover...
https://ruthdonnellytranslates.co.uk/
Aalap Trivedi — Editor @aalaptrivedi.bsky.social Drafted Editorial Services. Member of Editing Globally, a global editorial collective.
Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social Wales’ leading independent English-language publisher 📚 Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 🏴
Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social Professor in Psychology of Learning, University of Leeds, UK. Imminently PVC learning and teaching, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA. Welsh learner, #psychology #HE #assessment. She/her/hi. SFHEA. NTF. Opinions my own, reposts are not endorsements
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Katherine Kirk @geckoedit.com A hopeless semantic. Copyeditor, line editor, proofreader, book formatter, tentacle counter. (she/her). www.geckoedit.com
linktr.ee/kirkldk
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Typos inserted deliberately in posts so you can practice your editing skills, totally.
Beth Hamer @bethhamer.bsky.social Proofreader. Whitstable resident. Swimmer. Servant to French bulldog. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Evertonian. Thinks the Oxford comma is a style choice. (she/her)
Gráinne Treanor @editorgrainnet.bsky.social Editor / proofreader / Advanced Professional Member of CIEP and Full Member of AFEPI / Former teacher / Walker and swimmer / Supporter of Breakthrough Cancer Research / Wife and mother, owned by three cats / Dabbling in writing / She/her
Philippa Ball Lewis @philippablewis.bsky.social Writer, reader, climber, skier, runner, swimmer in Snowdonia, UK. Freelance editor for fantastical fiction, short stories and outdoors literature. CIEP member and partner member of ALLi.
www.lexicalpeaks.com
Nicky Taylor @nickytayloredit.bsky.social Developmental and line/copy editor for indie authors. Fiction and creative non-fiction. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP, Partner Member of ALLi. nickytayloreditorial.com 
Laurie Duboucheix-Saunders @lds-editorial.bsky.social Multilingual editor & literary translator (Fr<>Engl)
Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Member of the Translator Association (part of SoA)
Fiction, Humanities, FFL and educational publishing.
Dream gig: translating lit that represents disabled peeps
Jacqueline Harvey | Editor @jacquelineharvey.bsky.social Academic copyeditor | CIEP Advanced Professional Member https://www.jacquelineharvey.net
Photographer and occasional knitter and piano player
https://www.instagram.com/a.scribe | https://www.instagram.com/a.scribe2
https://www.instagram.com/my_knit_pix
Owen Gregory @fullcreammilkman.bsky.social Independent line editor and copy editor; Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP); oboist and cor anglais player. https://fullcreammilk.co.uk
H Noss @hnoss.bsky.social fiction proofreader, inclusivity & neurodiversity advocate, queer & non-binary. they/them.
https://hnossproofreads.co.uk
Ayesha Chari @ayeshachari.bsky.social I-sha/Aaye-sha, n. to be, being | she/they. Sensitive academic editor. Conscious language learner. @The_CIEP | @ACESEditors | @IndieAuthorALLi. Serial🚶🏾♀️ | ❤️ nature | ☕️ fiend | 🚸 parent | occasional doodler ✏️ | https://ayeshachari.com/
Mack McKenna @mackmckenna.bsky.social Flash fic, spec fic and Chelsea FCW fan. Queer as. Editor and proofreader at www.otherworldsediting.com. He/They 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Joy is an act of resistance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Jennie Seitz @gtproedit.bsky.social Editor & proofreader ✍️ | 🇬🇧🇺🇸
CIEP Professional Member
Academic, nonfiction & mystery fiction🕵🏻♀️ | gtproediting.com
Cat mum 🐈🐈⬛🐈⬛ | Loves 📚🌉🪴🌹🌳🎋⛩️🏝️ 🎹🎭🎶💃✈️🚗🐘🦔🐶
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Janet MacMillan @janetwordsmith.bsky.social Proud Canadian. Editorial professional. Advanced Professional Member, CIEP. Law, international development, politics, international relations, history, social sciences. Former lawyer. Boxer dog lover. Enthusiastic cook. Engaged citizen. Friend. she/her
Luke Finley @lukeaf.bsky.social Editor. Runner. Views three of someone else's in a trenchcoat with a fake ID. 'Dramatic little weasel' 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Mary McCauley @marymccauley.bsky.social #Reading #Books #CurrentAffairs
#Hiking #Camino
Former advanced professional member CIEP; AFEPI Ireland
Future professional pilgrim
Dhá fhada é an lá, tiocfaidh an tráthnóna
Wexford, Ireland
#SpéirGhorm
Tá Gaeilge agam 💚
Twitter @MMProofreading
Lisa Cordaro | Non-fiction editor @lisacordaro.bsky.social Non-fiction editor of award-winning and bestselling books and other media 📚 Freelance. Also photographer 📸 Loves writing ✍️ art 🎨 and the guitar 🎸
CIEP Advanced Professional Member
ACES full member.
Find me: lisacordaro.com
Taylor Gillie Sawyer @taylorgilliesawyer.bsky.social freelance fiction and academic editor martletediting.com | she/they | AuDHD | posts mainly about books, editing, art, languages, and urbanism | Urban Studies PhD | Wikipedia enthusiast | guardian of a chaotic dog | 📍 Barcelona
Lori Paximadis @loripax.bsky.social book editor • artist • connector
perpetual resting boss face
work smarter, not harder
owner: Pax Studio LLC, Systems & Shortcuts
member: ACES, EFA, CIEP (Professional)
Editors of Words feed > https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:thqvmqvxhwkmz7sxwsy2yqfy/feed/a
Alicia Chantal @freshlookediting.ca Copyeditor/proofreader/authenticity reader. Lover of good books, good TV, and good music. And hockey. My fave story reps all 4! Words matter. she/her
Treaty 6 Territory, Edmonton, AB, Canada
https://campsite.bio/freshlookedit
Jennifer Navarre (she/her) @jenavarre.bsky.social Kidlit Editor and Book Coach | Once a teacher, always a teacher | Kidlit writer with too many ideas in her head | Historical CB series coming 2025?
EFA, ACES, SCBWI, 12x12, Courage to Create, CIEP (Professional Member), ALLi Partner Member
jenavarre.com
Wendy Toole @wendytoole.bsky.social Writer and Editor | creatively self-employed
Kathe Lieber @kathel23.bsky.social Semi-retired writer, editor, translator. Never-retiring mama to my wonderful daughter. Slave to Juno the cat. Fervent reader and writer, cook and baker. Must have forgotten something.
Suzanne Arnold editor @suzannearnold.com Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos (not AI-generated). In the UK. She/her
https://www.suzannearnold.com
https://linktr.ee/suzannearnoldeditor
Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social Writing, editing, publishing.
Poetry as A. K. Davidson. Links:
https://linktr.ee/akdavidson
Sue Young @suetas.bsky.social Editor, publisher, dachshund fan, hoping to make my bit of the earth in southern lutruwita Tasmania a bit better.
Dr Cory Stade | Archaeology Proofreader @palaeocory.bsky.social 🖋️Academic #proofreading and #copyediting
www.cocoproofreading.com
📚Book jewellery www.coryographies.etsy.com
#DysguCymraeg she/her
BooknerdZara @booknerdzara.bsky.social Book nerd slowly tackling her TBR pile of 250+ books.
Freelance proofreader and typesetter.
Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing & Proofreading
Partner Member of Alliance for Independent Authors.
linktr.ee/booknerdzara
Louise Adam @louiseadam.bsky.social Comma supply chain logistics. Semicolonista.
Medical and scientific editor. BELS Diplomate. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Helen White @helen-white.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader and proofreading tutor. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Lancastrian 🌹
@editorspice.bsky.social @editorspice.bsky.social Pending: finding my feet on this new platform and wondering whether this one will take off where others haven't.
Louise Duckling @louiseduckling.bsky.social Editorial Services for Academics | www.louiseduckling.com Intermediate Member of the CIEP | Literary Historian (18c women writers) | Reviews editor for Women's Writing journal
Sara Donaldson @northerneditorial.bsky.social Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos.
Northerneditorial.co.uk
Eleanor Abraham @eleanorabraham.bsky.social I was once heckled by a mime. Fiction editor, scunner, CIEP APM, she/her.
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social I twist other people's words for money.
http://rewritten.uk
Anything pre-July 2023 is imported from Twitter; I don't have a time machine. Not that I'd tell you about, anyway.
Emma R @allinthegutter.bsky.social Ex astronomer. Current freelance science copyeditor & proofreader (she/her).
Marieke Krijnen @mariekekrijnen.bsky.social Academic copyeditor, she/her, at www.mariekekrijnen.com. PhD from Ghent University. Specializes in urban studies, urban and human geography, Middle East studies, political economy, Chicago style. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP.
🚂 fan!
Lisa Davis @lisadavisbooks.com Freelance children’s book editor and consultant. Also plays with clay.
American in Belfast, via London and Munich.
www.lisadavisbooks.com
My cat is cuter than yours. 😺
(she/her)- H Hilary – Cadman Training @hilaryc01.bsky.social Helping editors everywhere to save time and improve quality
Ema@TheClarityEditor @theclarityeditor.bsky.social Editor and plain language advocate. Edits for the social sciences and international development. Based in Bangkok/Tokyo. AmE/Japanese speaker (and some Spanish, German & Thai). Amateur classical singer. https://linktr.ee/theclarityeditor
Anna Williams @editoranna.bsky.social Editor (mostly music) living in Edinburgh
Professional Member of the CIEP
Oboist, occasional choral singer, lapsed pianist
Lynne Baybut | History Proofreader @lynnebaybut.bsky.social www.lynnebaybut.com
Stephanie Roberts, ELS @beehiveediting.bsky.social queen bee at beehiveediting.com • board-certified science + math editor • K-16 publishing • BELS, EFA, ACES, CIEP PM • #AmEditing #NGSS 🧪
German-American Francophile • aspiring latte artist • she/her • opinions expressed are my own
Rachael Mortimer @rachaelmortimer.bsky.social Freelance line editor, copyeditor and proofreader of fiction and board games. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. She/her
https://www.rachaelmortimerproofreading.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/rachaelmortimer
Jane Hammett Editorial @janehammett.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader, tutor. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).
https://jane-hammett.co.uk/
Loves nature, wildlife, birds, travel, and crosswords.
Jane Simmonds @janesimmonds.bsky.social Non-fiction editor and proofreader. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. www.janesimmonds-editorial.com
Aimee Walker @aimeewalker.bsky.social AWE Services &Press
Romance & Women’s Fiction Editor & Writing Coach
Author of Top Tropes: A Romance Writer’s Guide
Erin Brenner (she/her) @ebrenner.bsky.social Author of "The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors." 📘
2024 winner of the Robinson Prize. 🏆
Builder of editing teams for small and growing organizations. 💪
Advocate for conscious language. 💬
Sarah Dronfield @sarahdronfield.bsky.social Historical fiction editor at https://www.sarahdronfieldproofreader.com/. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social Hannoverian permanently resident in historic Oxford (30+ years); dual national. Art lover, translator, editor, social and co-op activist. Sweet tooth! Freelancer and printmaker: see my website https://t.co/M74fehA9M6
🇺🇦
Andrew Chapman @chapmanbookman.bsky.social I help authors/indie presses publish non-fiction books. Also editor of 3 British history magazines, including northernearth.co.uk (folklore, archaeology, psychogeography, landscape). Writer, walker, ambulomancer, neoantiquarian.
andrewchapman.info
@doreenkruger.bsky.social @doreenkruger.bsky.social 
Bev Sykes @beverleysykes.bsky.social Academic copyeditor/line editor & proofreader | Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) | https://superscriptproofreading.co.uk/portfolio/ | walker and optimistic gardener | she/her
Laura Walker @lau-lau151.bsky.social Freelance Editor and Proofreader, specialising in atlases and travel guides.
Intermediate Member of the CIEP.
☆books ☆geography ☆geology ☆photography ☆travel
Hazel Bird @thebetteredit.bsky.social Freelance editor and project manager for high-stakes non-fiction | Precision with perspective | The Edit Better Letter | CIEP Advanced Professional | EFA member | thebetteredit.com
Dog, sewing, history, genealogy, mountains, pastry 🥧
Nicola Radley @nicolaradleyedits.bsky.social Freelance proofreader and editor / CIEP Intermediate Member
Books / articles / non-fiction / fiction
East Lothian, Scotland
https://www.radleyedits.com/
@iamnat.bsky.social @iamnat.bsky.social Proofreader, mother, wife, dog owner (Tibetan Terrier), northerner, food appreciator, film-goer (very occasional), reader (of books not Kindles!).
Catherine Dunn @catherinedunn.bsky.social I right books. No job too odd! Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Hobbies: snakes, drawing, painting, knitting, crochet, Valheim, gardening, geocaching. Occasional spinner. Noise-maker. She/her. Insta: bearlycat / CatherineDunnArtwork. 📝🐍🎨🧶🐻❄️🫀❤️🔥🎲🌱🫧
Denise Cowle @denisecowle.bsky.social Copyeditor & proofreader. Advanced professional member & vice-chair of the CIEP. Cohost of The Editing Podcast. https://linktr.ee/denisecowle
Philippa Tomlinson @philippajtomlinson.bsky.social Editor and proofreader, educational publishing. Professional member of CIEP. Always learning
Emm 🦋📚🇬🇧 @emmhenderson.bsky.social Developmental editor. Addicted to politics, crime fiction and black coffee.
MA Creative Writing (Brunel)
Writing workshops and 1:1’s.
Lit event organiser.
CIEP 🦋💙
📍 Harrogate, UK
No DMs.
Claire Bentley @cbentleywriter.bsky.social Writer. Freelance editor. Bookworm. Parent. Neurodivergent. INFJ. Allergic to exercise. Pronouns: she/her
http://clairebentley.co.uk
https://ko-fi.com/clairebentley
Becca Allen @beccalikesbooks.bsky.social She/her. Freelance editor & proofreader, CIEP Professional Member. Also likes cats, cake and crafting.
beccaalleneditorial.co.uk
AJ Enterprises @ajentscotland.bsky.social Public affairs consultant working with business & education and the written word. Produce informedscot.bsky.social Posts by Angela Gardner, Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP
Heather Belleguelle @behestediting.bsky.social Copyeditor and proofreader of fiction, specialising in cozy mysteries. www.behest-editing.com
Clued Up Editing (Sharon Gray) @cluedupediting.bsky.social GB 📚Copyeditor | proofreader. Crime fiction | mysteries | thrillers | food. Concentrating on your commas. Welsh.
www.CluedUpEditing.co.uk
The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social The UK’s only chartered body for the editorial profession. Championing excellence. Supporting growth. Connecting professionals. Shaping the future. https://www.ciep.uk/directory.html
Jessica Spencer @jspencereditor.bsky.social Editor offering proofreading, copyediting and development editing, specialising in adult trade non-fiction, gift titles, children's non-fiction and education. Also dipping my toes into the field of fiction. Professional Member of the CIEP.
Hannah McCall @blackcatedit.com Fiction editor: Black Cat Editorial Services. Advanced Professional Member and proofreading tutor at the CIEP. Partner member of ALLi. ACES member. She/her 🇬🇧
www.blackcatedit.com
Kerrie-Anne Love @kerrieannelove.bsky.social British-Australian editor of fiction and creative non-fiction. Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP). she/her
Living on Bundjalung Country
Louise Harnby @louiseharnby.bsky.social Crime fiction and thriller editor (she/her): harnby.co/fictionediting. Co-host of The Editing Podcast
Aime Sund | Narrative Gardener📝📚 @aimeredleafeditor.bsky.social Fiction editor for all publishing paths | Story and word cultivator.
I love working with indie authors! | Bring the 🌶️!
Nonfiction editor specializing in botanical topics. 🌱🌼🌳
I write Fantasy & Over-40 romance in my spare moments.
www.redleafwords.com
Aimée Hill @aimeehill.bsky.social Developmental fantasy editor for fiction. Working through my TBR. Support your local library! Will gush about yarn. 🍄🧶☕
Judith Leask | Fiction Editor @judithleask.bsky.social Fiction editor, creative writer, CIEP member, varied reader, improving cyclist, pop choir singer, neurodiversity and queer ally, socialist (Green Party member), night owl, drinker of far too much tea.
W: justrightediting.co.uk
Reedsy.com/judith-leask
Bernadette Kearns │Fiction editor @booknannyeditor.bsky.social Developmental editing, line & copy-editing for indie authors & publishers of historical and literary fiction. Love cats. Speak German. Wish I spoke better Irish. She/her.
Full member AFEPI Ireland.
Website: www.booknannyfictioneditor.com
Liz Zachary | Non-fiction editor @brightoneditorial.bsky.social I provide editorial services to individuals and organisations around the world: www.brightoneditorial.com
Joined the RNLI as a volunteer lifeboat press officer in October 2024.
Likely to post pictures of flowers and seascapes.
Rebecca du Plessis @rebeccadp.bsky.social Copy-editor, proofreader | Advanced Professional Member CIEP | academic humanities | fiction translations from French
https://rebeccafduplessis.wixsite.com/editor
@carolyned1.bsky.social @carolyned1.bsky.social Freelance editor, Advanced Professional member of the CIEP, chief of staff to kitties Tallulah and Spike
Mary Davis | Non-fiction editor @marydavisediting.bsky.social Non-fiction editor. I love clarity and logic. I have done since I was very little...
Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. Lots more on my website: https://marydavisediting.com