Russell Hoban @russellhoban.bsky.social Official account for Russell Hoban (1925–2011), author of Riddley Walker, Turtle Diary, The Mouse and His Child, Frances the Badger, etc. https://russellhoban.org/
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Slightly Foxed @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social The magazine for people who love books | We also publish limited-edition memoirs & biographies and produce a well-loved literary podcast.
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Eric Rehm @erehm.bsky.social Research oceanographer Sea-Bird Scientific. Using marine optics, LiDAR, and solid metrology to study and quantify ocean carbon in ocean, ice-bottom, and benthic ecosystems. Climate activist.
Aadita Chaudhury @aadita.bsky.social Ecological materialist with animist characteristics. Researcher on multispecies worlds, folklore, arts, eco-technosocial imaginaries/futures. Co-travelling with poetry, sound, science, ceremony and embodied knowledges.
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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He
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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social they/them and mayhem
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📚 Reality Check, Make You Mine This Christmas, Under the Mistletoe With You, Hits Different, Vivi Conway
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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Author. Scholar. Enthusiast of ancient robots and overweight rodents. The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall available now. The Unhaunting out this Fall. Yes, a Dr. No, not that kind.
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Steven R. Shaw, PhD @shawpsych.bsky.social School and Applied Child Psychology Program
McGill University, Montreal, QC
Director of the School Psychology Credibility Project in The Connections Lab
Lillian Badger @lillianbadger.bsky.social Joined after all my favourite Worldcon authors and creators said they were here. I don't create, I audience. But I audience with gusto.
The conference on imaginative literature @readercon.org Readercon is an annual conference on imaginative literature. It's run entirely by volunteers and has been since it began in 1987. For more information: readercon.org
Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social A journal that explores the breadth and depth of the themes, ideas, and issues of science fiction and fantasy. Ed. Alexandra Pierce.
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LA Knight & Co. (NEED RENT HELP, CHECK PINNED) @laknight89.bsky.social SFF writer (pro & fic); nommed for Locus 2021; Fiyah Lit alum; queer Black ♿ LDS autistic byke. 37. OSDD (9+). 6-peep polyam (1Sp, 2LP, 2Mm). Cat mom. Poor af. Cassgenderfluidwtf; she/they/fae/jæ/xe/etc. Anti-censorship. Pfp = illustrated version of me.
Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com Artist-scholar, specialised in early Arabic (Kufi) scripts & historical/natural materials. Interest in material culture & things real. Beirut émigré in Oxford. Earth lover, plastic-free. Contemplative. Whovian/Gallifrey…
Links: https://linktr.ee/Majnouna
Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social Dad, husband, U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Steve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan Writer (Comic Book Story of Space Exploration, NYT bestselling BOWIE, secret 3rd thing), SFF & film essays. Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop alumni. Rep'd by RHA. Codexian. Everything is rubbish and all rubbish is wonderful. stevehorton.neocities.org
Pete Ward @phenryward.bsky.social Books, art, theatre, and telling people I liked the thing they made. Weird / Gothic short stories published or forthcoming in Cosmic Horror, Macabre, Frost Zone, Rat Bag and elsewhere. Editorial reader at Gavagai.
Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social Writer. Alston Moor 1st September 2026. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. She/her. Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such.
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https://annecharnock.com/
Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social Norwegian medievalist, bibliophile, music lover and art enthusiast.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social The life and times of Steve the otter...
Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social Award-winning writer and game designer. Author of the New York Times bestselling Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi (among 60+ others). https://ko-fi.com/michaelastackpole and
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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social 'Who would have thought my shriveled heart
Could have recovered greenness?'
Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social Michael Smith. Author, printmaker, translator & illustrator of medieval romances. Whimsy, art. Published by Wilton Square Books. PhD research University of York. Follows the Blackburn Rovers. All photos mine unless on shared posts www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Breakthrough Books @breakthroughbook.bsky.social An award-winning indie publisher putting creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, quality books… and a fair deal! E-shop now open on our website!
https://www.breakthroughbookcollective.com
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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news Culture guy in Madison, Wisconsin. I run media at Outrider.org. In my free time, I publish https://www.flakphoto.news/. Do you like pictures? Read my newsletter!
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Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social Speculative Writer: Fiction in One Story, Ploughshares, Tin House, Apex, etc. Yaddo Fellow. Founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop. Rep'ed by Peter Steinberg. Novel in progress. Bagpiper.
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Doug Merrill 🌻 @bagatsen.bsky.social Writer, editor, translator, project manager, reformed bookseller. Now Berlin previously Moscow, Tbilisi, Munich, DC, Warsaw, Budapest. Hoya Saxa! YSR! (he/him) Book reviews and oddments at https://thefrumiousconsortium.net
Lori J. Torone @lorijtorone.bsky.social Fantasy writer, former middle school English teacher, currently a Senior Lecturer in English and Communication Studies departments. Mother to young adults. Formerly Fitzgerald. Loves medieval, Arthurian, and mythic literature, tea, and indie bookstores.
javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social 🫂🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🫂
writer/producer of the middleman, the witcher, lost, the dark crystal age of resistance, from, cowboy bebop, blood and treasure, the 100, and, of course, seaQuest 2032.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
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Links: https://bio.site/trungles
EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social Let's support America's libraries. America's Library PAC.
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Ian Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social Author, Writer and Naturalist. Books: A Vulture Landscape; Seasonality; Of the Trees and The Birds; Great Misconceptions - Rewilding Myths & Misunderstandings. NEW BOOK - Tarka Revisited, 100 Years of Rivers and Wildlife. Out June 2026.
khōréō magazine @khoreo.bsky.social An Ignyte and Shirley Jackson award-winning magazine and podcast of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora authors & artists. Issue 6.2 is out now!
https://linktr.ee/khoreomag
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social Exeter branch for the UCU. #DefendExeterUni. https://linktr.ee/DefendExeterUni
Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social Hungry historian. Novelist. Vancouver Island dweller. I post a lot about old books I'm reading, and sometimes new ones. Also art and nature shots. I avoid posting about politics because what the fuck's the point. You know what I think.
Ioan Marc Jones @ioanmarcjones.bsky.social Writer in The Guardian, BBC, The Times, The FT, The Independent, Spectator, McSweeney's, New England Review, etc. He/Him.
Commissions: ioanmarcjones@proton.me
Quinn Columba Boyko| LadyQuinn @quinncolumbaboyko.bsky.social Artisan author of folkloric fantasy, set in worlds where you’d want actually want to live.
Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social Illustrator of dark fantasy. Also nature photography.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife Community for those who care about species & habitat conservation. Photography, Art, Videos of Birds,Mammals,Reptiles,Plants,insects
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
ezitron.76 Sig
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Visiting fellow at the Open University.
Obsessed with inquests.
Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
Peg Kerr @pegkerr.bsky.social woman creator writer novelist artist reader thinker widow mother spinner of plates friend listener rock questioner worker geek worrier super-heroine she/her
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social World leaders in the rescue and rewilding of orphaned elephants and rhinos, working across Kenya to secure a future for all wildlife.
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@SheldrickTrust on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, Threads & YouTube
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
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Devon @countyofdevon.bsky.social News and updates from the county of Devon, UK - we originally started this service on "the bird app" in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Robert Levy @robertlevy.bsky.social He/him of THE GLITTERING WORLD, ANAÏS NIN AT THE GRAND GUIGNOL and NO ONE DIES FROM LOVE. Stories in F&SF and Nightmare and FOUND. Stonecoast MFA instructor. Widower, Dad, and Well-Wisher.
Philip A. Suggars @philipasuggars.bsky.social He/him.The Lighthouse at the End of the World from @TitanBooks. Codex & SFWA member. Repped by @SamEdenborough at @GreyhoundLiterary. B&N spec-fic pick of the month “This is British speculative fiction doing something new.” Ginger Nuts of Horror
Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social Soon to be ex-Associate Prof of Early Modern History | English History | Objects in Wills | Reformation | angels & ghosts | she/her | brownish | 1st gen
Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
maei @maeiart.bsky.social fine artist | graphic novel writer and illustrator | like to find beauty in the uncanny | en/lv/ru | no AI, duh
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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him 🏳️🌈
https://eliaseells.com/
Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
REMAINS @remainsmagazine.bsky.social Magazine of new fiction edited by Andy Cox with art by Richard Wagner. Issue 5 out now. https://remains.uk
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social Romanticism & Tolkien PhD at UofGlasgow | Co-editor ‘The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien’ (shortlisted for The Tolkien Society Awards) | Website: https://will-sherwood.com/
Dr. Meg MacDonald @megintransition.bsky.social PhD belief & gods in fantasy @angliaruskin, work in R&D @UofGlasgow, DH Promotions @Glasgowin2024. Tendency to pun-escalate. She/Her Cis/Bi 🌈🏳️🌈
D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Co-head of Programme, Eastercon 2027. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social Celebrate literature every Saturday with BookWormSat. Hosted by @signemaene.com and @racheldeering.bsky.social
Weekly themes: https://signemaene.com/bookwormsaturday/
Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social Three storeys of books to discover in the heart of Glasgow 📚 with a charming cafe and exciting programme of events.
Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social She/her. I'm a Canadian freelance illustrator.
☛ SOCIALS: linktr.ee/smalyon
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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com ✨ Folklore, fantasy & fairytales with a light dusting of peril
🎨 Painting & Storytelling
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social CEO of Fairly Trained / Composer. Working towards fairer training data practices in generative AI.
The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social We created the Watchdog Coalition to help step up our pressure campaigns against Trump—and we want you to be a part of it. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-the-watchdog-coalition/
Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social I’m Clare, book blogger since 2017 and full time carer.
Life is too short to read books you don’t love, so I don’t.
James Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now! 🐈⬛
https://lnk.to/LikeaCatLovesaBird
Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
helen @hejparry.bsky.social children's writer, cat wrangler, time waster
A Scrap of Moss & Magick out 8 October 2026 with @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
pre-orders: https://tinyurl.com/4suv7bh9 | https://tinyurl.com/m9h8d2fe
cover art: Melissa Castrillón
British in Belgium
she/her
(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social Archaeologist. This gun's for hire on small finds. Educator. Iron Age/ early med material culture . Likes horses and old stabby pointy things. "Ain't nothin' like me - except me" (Raccoon, 2014). Usually optimistic. She/her/thon wan. Personal views only
@iaindwelch.bsky.social @iaindwelch.bsky.social 
Meghan McCarron @meghanmccarron.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering food & culture. Work in NYT, Atlantic, Bon Appetit. Also a science fiction writer. Recent work in Lightspeed. Nebula & World Fantasy finalist. I live in Los Angeles.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com 
Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social
Hold your plans lightly in your hands
Reversing uphill in Devon lanes since time immemorial so you don’t have to
Full of wit. Wit, I said
#95%Dartmoor #5%civilised
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SF in SF Events @sfinsfevents.bsky.social Science Fiction, San Francisco - SF's premier science fiction, fantasy, horror and genre author events, since 2004! Events take place at The Lost Church, SF CA, sponsored by Tachyon Publications. Sign up for our newsletter at http://www.sfinsf.org 
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social Biannual journal, edited in Belfast, publishing writing from Ireland and overseas. Publisher of The Irish Pages Press. Edited by Chris Agee and Kathleen Jamie.
emszuplat @emszuplat.bsky.social artist, resident at Arches Studios—
Boston-born, Cape Codder living in the UK
emszuplat.com
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff.
Rants about stately homes here:
https://susannahwalker.substack.com
Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
Kim Wilson @kimwilsonauthor.bsky.social Books: Tea with Jane Austen, At Home with Jane Austen, In the Garden with Jane Austen.Traveling Lecturer 2023 Jane Austen Soc. N. America. 18th & 19th century material culture & food history. kimwilsonauthor.com. 🚫👑
Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com Illustrator, character designer, concept artist, draws a lot of ladies and monsters. Won a Hugo.
Netflix, WB, Disney Books, WotC, Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette
Torino 🇮🇹
Rep: Alison Mann
⟣ She/Her ⟢
⟣ Prints, patreon, merch: abigaillarson.com ⟢
⟣ No GenAI ⟢
Valerie @celiwynde.bsky.social Creative Spirit • Rhode Island • 🌱Forest Dweller 🌳•Wildlife• 🚫Hate🚫 • 🗺️🕊️• ❤️ Humor😆•
Visit me on Etsy:
https://elysianfieldarts.etsy.com
Project StoryMachine @storymachine-ht.bsky.social Project StoryMachine: “Exploring implications of recommender based spatial hypertext systems for folklore and the humanities” • An AHRC and DFG funded research project. • http://storymachine.iisys.de
Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social Research associate on Project StoryMachine @UoL. Folklore, witchcraft, modern paganism, fantastika, nature. parent, she/her
Caroline Shea @therealcshea.bsky.social She/her. Freelance writer and editor living in New York. Author of Lambflesh (Kelsay Books, 2019). Open to editorial clients now: https://caroline-fitzgerald-shea.squarespace.com/editorial-consultations
Laura Cannell @lauracannellmusic.bsky.social Composer | Performer | Producer | Label Boss
Exploring The Spaces Between Ancient & Contemporary Music
"Radical Neo-medieval Musician" THE GUARDIAN
“Music for Our Times” THE WIRE
"Astonishing Recordings” THE QUIETUS
https://brawlrecords.bandcamp.com
Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social Penlee House is Cornwall's only public Gallery, specialising in the Newlyn School artists. It is the artistic heart of West Cornwall's history, a space to relax, explore, and discover.
Open Monday - Saturday
Owned and operated by Penzance Council
Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social Creative Director in audio. Ex telly.
Made things like KILL LIST, HARSH REALITY and THE GIRLFRIENDS happen (and many others!). Won Ambie, BPA, Aria, Signal, RTS, Grierson and Ed Murrow Awards.
Toy soldier enthusiast.
Charlotte Tierney @charlieratpig.bsky.social https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-cat-bride/charlotte-tierney/9781784633622
Best British Short Stories ‘26 / Best Weird Fiction of the Year ‘25 / Conjunctions / The London Magazine / 3:AM / NER / Weird Horror.
All ‘moor, no snore.
Daisy Ahlstone (they) @thylacinedreamer.bsky.social Folklorist. Artist. Collaborator. 🍄🟫🌱
I work with cryptids, legends, extinction, fungus, philosophy, and liberatory political movements. PhD.
Co-host/Co-creator of Folkwise: @folkwise.wisefolk.org
More of my stuff: https://linktr.ee/daisyahlstone
Craig Childs @waterpocket.bsky.social Writer, crawler, earth-sniffer.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Jeana Jorgensen @foxyfolklorist.bsky.social Folklorist. Writer. Dancer.
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Tom Cox @tcox76.bsky.social Artist, NHS, Mental health, LFC, Film. https://tomcox76.wordpress.com/
St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS @stkildawhs.bsky.social News and stories from the NTS team on St Kilda, a dual UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Stéise @booksparrow.bsky.social Left-handed book wrangler: Systems, Metadata & Cataloguing. Librarian📚
Likes heritage, social history & folk
🏳️🌈 unapologetically femme. Occasionally wears clogs/dances with swords.
Expect Typos