Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
Keiran Goddard @keirangoddard.bsky.social Writer.
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
The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social Birmingham's new quality newspaper: sending local stories to your inbox. Always looking for new writers & new stories.
Zain Rishi @zainrishi.bsky.social Brummie Poet 📚🌈
26 / Edinburgh (mostly)
NOON out now with the Emma Press
https://theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/pamphlets/noon/
Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social THE BENEFACTORS Sceptre. Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. Shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year, Best British Audio Book. It’s out now. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
Adele Gallogly @adelegallogly.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Flash fiction writer | 2025 Highly Commended Bridport Prize & Finalist New Millennium Writings | Published in FlashFlood, Paragraph Planet, 50-Word Stories, Flash the Court, Writers’ Hour, MacQueen’s Quinterly, and elsewhere.
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The Derwent Press @derwent-press.bsky.social A literary magazine for the Midlands. Submissions open for Issue 2. Issue 1 available https://derwentpress.bigcartel.com/. Instagram @derwent_press.
Sean Burns @splicedpersonality.bsky.social Film Critic. Projectionalist.
www.splicedpersonality.com
Bradley Taylor | Poet @bradleytaylorpoet.bsky.social Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion 2024
Host of The Big Gay Poetry Night
bradleytaylorpoet.com
IG: @bradleytaylorpoet
Influx Press @influxpress.bsky.social Independent publisher known for boundary-pushing literary horror/weird fiction.
Upcoming from Influx: TENDER by Lauren du Plessis (March 30), PARADISE and AS IS by Ben Tufnell (April 7)
https://www.influxpress.com/books
Contact: hello@influxpress.com
Serpent's Tail @serpents-tail.bsky.social Lighting up our readers' minds and opening spaces for them to think differently. Bringing you brilliant, award-winning new and classic fiction and non-fiction.
Granta Books @grantabooks.bsky.social Independent literary publishers. Discover our books here: http://granta.com/books/. 
White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social Music. Memoir. History. Fiction. Limited Editions. “Fail we may, sail we must”
Prototype @prototypepubs.bsky.social London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature.
https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/
Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
Amélie Doche @ladoche.bsky.social PhD'ing: Discourses of Value in Contemporary Book Culture at Birmingham City University | Beaujolaise at heart 🍇
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social Short story writer, delinquent poetry reader. Ballerini Book Press, Fictive Dream, The Lonely Press, Confingo, Fragmented Voices, Structo, Nightjar Press, BBSS18 Salt Publishing, Exacting Clam
polyscribe.co.uk
Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Writer of short things. Reader of all things flash. Dog lover. Words in SLQ, XRAY, Flash Frog, Variant Lit, Fictive Dream, Pithead Chapel, Wigleaf. Winner of 2024 Lascaux Prize & Cambridge Prize. She/her https://www.emilyrinkema.com/
Carrie Courogen @carriecourogen.bsky.social writer
📕 miss may does not exist: the life and work of elaine may, hollywood's hidden genius (2024)
📘 cassavetes & rowlands (2028ish)
editor @ bright wall/dark room
prev: video @ conde nast (conde union 4ever)
jadie stillwell @jadiestills.bsky.social writer / watcher / phd dropper outer
normal @ normalaboutit.substack.com
weird @ https://www.jadiestillwell.me/
Adam Murray @admagnetic77.bsky.social All things Horror/Dystopian Fiction/Genre Cinema "A Cosmic Perspective"...
julian george @juliangeorge-abhf.bsky.social Bebe, CB editions. Read it and plotz.
https://www.cbeditions.com/George.html
Bios of Miles Davis & Salvador Dali. Out of print. But of course.
Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
Ben Woodard @naughtthought.bsky.social Autistic weirdo who is also a writer, researcher, and teacher on philosophy, biology, sci-fi, horror and decolonial theory
https://benwoodard.substack.com/
https://www.ici-berlin.org/people/woodard/
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
lawrence jones @lawrentian.bsky.social PhD & Assoc Lecturer @ University of Reading | Modernism, 19th-20th C liberalism, Woolf, Forster, social class | Manuscripts, publishing, archives & special collections | Part-time Admin Asst @ Centre for Book Cultures & Publishing @ University of Reading
Kate Mascarenhas @katemascarenhas.bsky.social Author.
Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition hosted by the Department of English at the University of Bristol.
https://bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Rob Edmunds @robedmunds.bsky.social I'm a writer of three novels, the most recent about the conflict in Burma during World War II. My previous two novels are both about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa, set during the Second Punic War. 🏴
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Liam Dunn @liamdunn82.bsky.social Writer. Filmmaker. Horror/sci-fi nerd. Film programmer at Distorted Frame. Co-Host of the SciFrights podcast.
SciFrights: https://rss.com/podcasts/scifrights/1902074/
Distorted Frame Film Club: @distortedframe.bsky.social
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/gD
Kim Morgan @kimmorgan.bsky.social Writer, Screenwriter Nightmare Alley -- Sunset Gun: https://thesunsetgun.com/
New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more.
Website: https://newleftreview.org
Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social A multimedia literary and cultural arts magazine with an enduring commitment to the written word. https://lareviewofbooks.org/
Sasha Frere-Jones @sashafrerejones.bsky.social https://n.sashafrerejones.com/archive/writing-about-2025/
The Baffler @thebaffler.com Political and cultural criticism. Since 1988. Online and in print. https://thebaffler.com/
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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social The Ween Of American Rock Critics. Author of six books. My book on The Strokes is out 9/8/26. Indiecast dude. Writing at Evil Speakers: https://stevenhyden.substack.com
Sean Fennessey @seanfennessey.bsky.social Host, The Big Picture • Watch and Listen: https://tinyurl.com/2f3tkx89 • Writer, Projections • Subscribe: https://tinyurl.com/4xexb4wt • See you at the movies
will Tavlin @tavlin.bsky.social writer, work in @nymag.com, @newrepublic.com, @nplusonemag.com + more
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Vikram Murthi @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social A "reasonable man" (get off my case) / Contributing writer @thenation / Editor @downtime / Also @reverseshot @filmmakermag @vulture / vikrammurthi1 at gmail
Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social Critic and author and occasional cut-up. Just a soul whose intentions are good. Books include "The World is Yours: The Story of 'Scarface'" and "Made Men: The Story of 'Goodfellas'.”
Claire Penis @handle.invalid a horse is kind of like the bladee of the plains
eddie @bobdylan.bsky.social to live outside the law, you must be honest
vintageviolence.substack.com
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The Ringer @the-ringer.bsky.social Sports, pop culture, music, and tech
Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
Tash @tashajagger.bsky.social film journalist | words: @LWLies @digitalspy @NME @moviemarker @GlamourMagUK @thefacemagazine
Jack Aldane @jackaldane.bsky.social ✒️Writer | 🎙️ Host & Producer of The Booking Club, My Martin Amis and The Lit Path | “A one-man Goalhanger.”
Speak Volumes Substack🔗: https://jackaldane.substack.com/
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My Martin Amis podcast @mymartinamis.bsky.social The podcast that invites writers, critics and publicists to tell their story about the life and legacy of the late novelist #MartinAmis. Hosted by @jackaldane.bsky.social
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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social Professor of English & Scottish Literature, Head of School, Critical Studies, University of Glasgow.
Research working-class literature & Romantic-period cultures.
Editor, John Clare Society Journal.
Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn.bsky.social A football man
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Jimi O @jimioverdrive.bsky.social Writer in Folkestone. I like books, films, music, languages, food, cocktails, and the usual stuff.
Current thing: writing a novel
Laurence Cooley @lpcooley.bsky.social Politics lecturer, University of Birmingham
Work on the politics of deeply divided societies (mostly Northern Ireland these days), including power-sharing, demography and the census. Recently also thinking about Lough Neagh. UCU rep. #firstgen
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
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Peter Haynes @peterhaynes.bsky.social Writer, publisher
Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com The Best Movie House on Leicester Place.
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The Criterion Collection @criterion.bsky.social Since 1984, we’ve dedicated ourselves to gathering and publishing the greatest films from around the world. criterion.com
Adam Nayman @brofromanother.bsky.social Let’s count the rings around my eyes
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social 🧡💚💙 A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social Established in 1932. Published by the British Film Institute. Home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll
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Jokermen Podcast @jokermen.bsky.social Podcasts about Good Music ★ @ianjgrant.com ★ @evanlaffer.bsky.social ★
matthewⓥ🇵🇸 @t0mbstoneblues.bsky.social Author, Together Through Life
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Violet Lucca @violetlucca.bsky.social Film critic. Author of DAVID CRONENBERG: CLINICAL TRIALS (Jan ‘25). My writing about film has appeared in the NYT, Art in America, Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, and elsewhere. NYFCC member
https://linktr.ee/violetvlucca
Forrest Cardamenis @fcardamenis.bsky.social Film critic who has written for MUBI, Reverse Shot, Filmmaker, Indiewire, and others. More movie thoughts on my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/fcardamenis
Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com A reader-supported online film journal, offering a different lens on movies.
issues/essays: brightwalldarkroom.com
podcast: @bwdrpod.bsky.social
all the things: https://linktr.ee/brightwalldarkroom
Christina Newland @christinalefou.bsky.social ~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~
Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone.
'SOFIA COPPOLA: AN UNOFFICIAL GUIDE'Greenfinch/Quercus 2025.
Kerry Hadley-Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social Earthling. Writer (Salt Publishing, Fictive Dream, The Incubator), Runner, Walker, Psychogeographer, owned by Border Collie and Welsh Sheepdog, PhD in Creative Writing
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Garrie Fletcher @fletchski.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher, trainer, teacher, working-class socialist. He/him. Based in the People’s Republic of Birmingham- A @alanfraser.bsky.social @alanfraser.bsky.social
Dan Cave @danielcave.bsky.social 
The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social small press | big dreams
Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
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Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
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CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN @xlo.bsky.social FREELANCE WRITER
John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social writer and researcher, covering books, films, and psychoactivity, in no particular order. a pocket full of spare change and anger unlimited.
Filipe Furtado @filipefurtado.bsky.social Vejo muitos filmes e as vezes escrevo sobre eles também.
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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social movies
rapold.substack.com
Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social Modern-day folk hero. For a good time, call willsloan.ca
A. S. Hamrah @hamrahrama.bsky.social writer and film critic • author Algorithm of the Night, Last Week in End Times Cinema, The Earth Dies Streaming • member Natl Society of Film Critics
My books: https://shop.nplusonemag.com/collections/by-a-s-hamrah
n+1 @nplusonemag.com n+1 is a print and digital magazine of literature, culture, and politics. nplusonemag.com
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Repeater Books @repeaterbooks.bsky.social We are alive and we don't agree.
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No Question About That @nqatpod.bsky.social The original independent fan produced Manchester United podcast with bonus shows for backers on Patreon and Apple Podcasts. linktr.ee/nqatpod
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Stretford Paddock @stretfordpaddck.bsky.social The official Stretford Paddock (formerly Full Time Devils) Bluesky account.
Manchester United content, news and history. One Love #MUFC. 🔴
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