@johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Writer, photographer, flaneur, eco-conscious, advocate, doomer.
Belle Bookmaxxer @bookmaxxer.bsky.social This is where I rant and repost about books
LiFest Alberta @litfestyeg.bsky.social LitFest is a celebration, a moveable feast of nonfiction. At LitFest, books about real life come off the page. Avid readers connect with writers through a series of live events, great conversations, and exciting gatherings every October in Edmonton, AB.
SpoFest (James Bryant) @spofest.bsky.social Disabled avant-garde writer & musician
Author of the Dark Haiku series
Championing writers and their original work through unique audio & video programming since 2011
SpoFest
From Their Lips To Your Ears
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Maggie @maggielangford.bsky.social Walking, inspired by nature, history & heritage, shortlisted Working-Class Nature Writing Prize 2022 - Pre-Raphaelite Soc The John Pickard Essay 3rd Prize 2023
Medusa Salt Poet @medusa-salt-poet.bsky.social Envisioning and writing liberation and meaningful healing from modern Empire. 🇨🇦- L lostreader23.bsky.social @lostreader23.bsky.social
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Rflnb0WvYeuK5B6AHVSXE?si=UUprpuvURT6fW6SAVEo6rA&utm_source=copy-link
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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social 📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator
🍽📖 Working on/devouring speculative fiction, horror, memoir, IF, comics
⭐ Teaching and coaching editors and writers
📘 Faculty @ Emerson's MFA in Popular Fiction
🌈📚 RSM team
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Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social book writer
True crime - Faces of Fraud (coming soon!); Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse epic - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelics - Shroom Boom
markcoakleybooks.com
#HamOnt #Ontario #Canada
🇨🇦 My Tech Journey @rahman-m.bsky.social #100daysofcode
@significantdot.bsky.social @significantdot.bsky.social 
Zac Emery @thezacemery.bsky.social Ottawa-based writer, not yet published
Hye’s Musings @hyemusings.bsky.social Arts & Culture writer. 🍅meter approved reviewer.
Programmer at Blood in the Snow Film Festival.
Toronto. Guatemala born🇬🇹. Coffee LuvR. She. Her. Ella.
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@combatradio.bsky.social @combatradio.bsky.social Survived Warner Bros Studios/Now Exec Director of Combat Radio/Brigade-Radio-One based at NBC/Universal Studios. MMA practitioner. Terrorist attack survivor. Monk. https://linktr.ee/ethandettenmaier
Isabella @isabellawangbc.bsky.social 
Wayne O'Cohen / 上野公園 @wayneocohen.bsky.social Maryland native, adopted New Jerseyan, current Tokyoite whose heart's in Hong Kong. Syracuse grad; postgrad at Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Entertainment writer formerly of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun. Interests: Media biz, Asian history
Joan Marie Galat @jmgalat.bsky.social Author and speaker. 30+ books. Topics include #activism, #astronomy, #darkskies, #nature, #ecology #pollution. #SCBWI Crystal Kite winner #STEM #STEAM www.joangalat.com & moondotmedia.com 
Michael @michaelsten.bsky.social A books📚, films🎬, photography📸, music🎶, and knowledge📖 lover from Malta (Europe). I’m always happy to follow back and get to know people 😊.
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS 💙🦋
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Girl Well Read (Erin) @girlwellread.bsky.social Book reviewer, polka dot wearer, wine & coffee drinker, dog petter, Depeche Mode worshipper. 
Mythic Texture @mythictexture.bsky.social owned by @akemiart (writer, artist) & publisher of Black art, books, and products.
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Robert Lecker Agency @leckeragency.bsky.social International Literary Management
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Fawn Parker @fparker.bsky.social Woman PhD
Sherry @sherryl.bsky.social Writer, gardener, library lover 🇨🇦
Short fiction: EQMM, @UBC Creative Writing, Curtis Brown Creative alumn
Grapevibes @geffensemach.bsky.social Literary Agent Westwood Creative Artists
Great vibes
Tawhida Tanya Evanson @tawhidatanyaevans.bsky.social Poet | novelist | inter-artist | Ashiq | Founder of mothertonguemedia.com
Sarah Hunt / Tłaliłila’ogwa @coastaljustice.bsky.social writer. activist. prof.
CRC Indigenous Political Ecology @uvic
Indigenous feminist geographer.
Kwakwaka’wakw. 2SQ. She/her. 🐟🌈
www.coastaljustice.ca
Lauren Phillips @laurenp204.bsky.social 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 🕊️🏳️🌈 🇺🇦
@ivory1.bsky.social @ivory1.bsky.social Educator emeritus. Literature, media, music, art, history, environment, food.
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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁 @cathycrowe.bsky.social Longtime 🇨🇦 street nurse|✍️Dying for a Home & Knapsack Full of Dreams|✍️on urban issues.
Fighting for a national🏡 program.
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chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : say hi
@dreid63 @dreid63.bsky.social She/her, settler. Writer @washingtonpost @Eater @GlobeandMail. Represented by Aevitas Creative Management.
Anastasia Chipelski @anachips.bsky.social Editor and writer, often stuck under a napping cat. Managing editor @prairiebooksnow.bsky.social
Jason G. Edwards @jasongedwards.bsky.social Jason G. Edwards is a pastor + writer in MO. Forthcoming book "At Home With God: How the Cross Transforms Us" (IVP) out this fall. jasongedwards.substack.com
The Happy Duck Bookshop & Readery @thehappyduckbooks.bsky.social New and used books and local art 📚
Open Tues & Wed 10-4, Thurs & Fri 10-6, and Sat 10-5 🦆
586 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia
Sarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social Poet & Teaching Artist
University Lecturer
UmichWriters MFA
book: A COMMON NAME FOR EVERYTHING
Montreal & Vermont | writing pedagogy | ferns 🌱
poems forthcoming in Yolk, Bennington Review & Best Canadian Poetry
www.sarahwolfsonwriter.com
RejectedMuse @rejectedmuse.bsky.social Avid learner. Dreamer. Storyteller. Communicator. Analog games enthusiast. Hopeless romantic. Trying to make a mindful way through this life. she/her
rejectedmuse.carrd.co
Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected literary agencies. 🍁
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LittleMousling @littlemousling.bsky.social She/her. Lesbian fangirl gardening birdwatcher three years into a ten-year plan to be Swole. If you like a flower photo I’ve posted, odds are my wife @ofateaspoon.bsky.social took it!
Ashley Mann (she/her) @ashleymarguerite.bsky.social Writer
Assistant editor, programmer, and operations coordinator at the Writers' Guild of Alberta
Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social indie poetry publisher based in Canada with an international focus. we publish books and we have an online website with series and blogs w/poets, fiction writers, visual artist, experimental projects www.icefloepress.net EIC/publisher Robert Frede Kenter
Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual juried award that recognizes exceptional works of Canadian speculative literature. www.sunburstaward.org
torri blue @torri.blue Yay, another app for me to forget about!
poet, essayist, amateur gardener. #actuallyautistic she/her
Logan “Dr. Mabosstiff” @arthasalliance.bsky.social Autistic Gamer, Multifandom, FanFiction Writer, Joined Bluesky, LGBTQIA Supporter. PFP Art by @pokecrys.bsky.social
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com Canada's largest, most eventful independent bookstore.
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Kegedonce Press @kegedoncepress.bsky.social All-Indigenous press on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (Neyaashiinigmiing and the land occupied by the city of Owen Sound, ON).
www.kegedonce.com
communications@kegedonce.com
@pauseandreflect.bsky.social @pauseandreflect.bsky.social 
Word Vancouver @wordvancouver.bsky.social Western Canada's largest free literary festival. 2026 Festival runs Sept 10-28, with main day Sat, Sept 19.
Jaxie | Open Comissions @liljaxie.bsky.social ✧.* They/He
✧.* 🏳️⚧️ 🇨🇱
✧.* NB Trans man
✧.* 21
✧.* ESP/ENG
✧.* Psych student / Artist
✧.* Mouthwashing, Fear & Hunger, Madoka Magica, Houseki no Kuni
✧.* @sm64facts.bsky.social 💜
nehanda (they/she) 🏳🌈🏳️⚧️ @spaceanomaly.bsky.social Research for + by community. Public health lens, sociological imagination. Decolonization/ reindigenization, epistemology, research methods, art methods. Sovereignty and self-determination for all oppressed people.
Turtle Island <> South Asia
Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social Maine's radical book fair 🐈⬛ 📚 🏴
📍 Penobscot Land | Belfast, Maine
🛰️ https://blackcatbookfair.noblogs.org
💌 blackcatbookfair@proton.me
🗓️ August 22-23, 2026!
👉🏻 MERCH pre-orders until July 4! https://tinyurl.com/BCBFmerch (reload if not working!)
Luciana Erregue @lucianaerregue.bsky.social Argentinian-Canadian writer/Poetry translator/ Chapbook OF MOTHERS AND MADONNAS (Polyglot, 2023) Memoir-novella DAUGHTERS OF THE CURRENT (In Progress) Award Winning indie publisher www.laberintopress.com
GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social Independent Publisher of Diverse #CanLit: No Borders. No Limits.
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Shelf Potential @shelfpotential.bsky.social Editing and creative services to help you publish confidently. ShelfPotential.com
Emily Stewart @estewart.bsky.social Wanna-be everything, actual editor and writer
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deborah d @lildeeb.bsky.social 
Niki Kiepek @nkiepek.bsky.social 
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
@courtneyincanada.bsky.social @courtneyincanada.bsky.social 
Joyce Grant @jgcanada.bsky.social Author | Journalist | Writing Prof | Book Coach
I write books to help kids think more critically
I also write reviews for Publishers Weekly (PW)
Pre-order my upcoming book on libraries:
https://linktr.ee/jgcanada
Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social Writer, reader, doctoral student studying social & political thought and comparative literature
Arquipélago Press @arquipelagopress.bsky.social Dedicated to publishing Luso North American authors and Portuguese literature in translation
𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕥 @1uzumakism.bsky.social 
nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social don't dream it's over • 🇨🇦🇮🇪 mamaí (she/they) • Writer. Photographer. Settler. Kjipuktuk | SSHRC CGRS M Winner • MFA Creative Writing (2026) • MA Photojournalism & Doc Photography (2021) | ✨noli timere✨ b.322ppm linktr.ee/nancyforde
Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social Visual art, writing
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG
UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2; on Patreon at HamiltonArt.
Luinox @luinox.bsky.social I love Ninjago,Star Wars,ATLA/TLoK,TOH, and a bunch of other cartoons.I also like Nintendo games and video games in general.He/Him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally
Jídé Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social Black Ìrìǹkerinredò. Ọ̀gán. Sùúrù Ọkọ Ìwà.
Running the Goat Books @runningthegoat.bsky.social A Newfoundland-based micropress specializing in children's books and letterpress-printed chapbooks.
Visit our bookstore and printshop in Tors Cove.
https://linktr.ee/runningthegoat
Find Marnie at her personal account: rtgbooks.bsky.social
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social Innovative literary book publisher based in British Columbia, Canada. https://linktr.ee/nightwoodeditions
DH Strange @dhstrange.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, make-believer. Author of fantasy, science fiction, and other fine nonsense. Likes cats and tea. Has too many books. rep: Gabrielle Harbowy. dhstrange.com
Calyssa Erb (she/her) @calyssaerb.bsky.social Reader, writer, children’s publishing specialist
📖 MAYA PLAYS THE PART (Annick Press)
#ActuallyAutistic
#CanKidLit 🇨🇦
Views are my own.
www.calyssa.ca
Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social “The possibilities for disgrace are enormous.” - Leonard Cohen on creating art.
Writer, journalist, opinion columnist, flâneuse.
Arjun Basu @arjun.bsky.social Novelist. Fier Montréalais. Beer league hockey. Habs. Board member Access Copyright. "Certified Elder.” Host The Full Bleed, a podcast about the future of magazines. https://linktr.ee/arjunbasu
Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social SFFH writer. L’nu’skw (Mi'kmaw). She/her. Bi cis anarchafeminist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Pessimism of intellect, optimism of will. Views mine, not employers. Fuck AI forever.
Books:
🩸Carnalis
🌿 Green Fuse Burning
💀 Elegies of Rotting Stars
📧 Rep by Jo Ramsay
Blair Hurley @bhurley.bsky.social Writer. THE DEVOTED 2018, MINOR PROPHETS 2023. Book lover, tea nerd, host of the Writerly Bites podcast.
Saleema Nawaz @saleema.bsky.social Writer (TV, novels, musicals). Toronto & Montreal. Books: SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, BONE & BREAD, MOTHER SUPERIOR. TV: MURDOCH MYSTERIES. Former columnist, game writer, narrative designer, person who liked being online.
David Perlmutter @davidperlmutter.bsky.social Canadian white male autistic writer. Author of America 'Toons In: A History of Television Animation and The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Also author of speculative fiction, superhero fiction and anthropomorphic ("furry") fiction.
@rachellehansen.bsky.social @rachellehansen.bsky.social 
Margaux/emspace @storyeditor.bsky.social I think a lot about storytelling, visual and written, and story structure.
I edit speculative/fantasy/literary fic for novice writers and personal essays for students.
StoryEditor.ca
Also keen on yoga therapy, escape rooms, and science volunteering.
Courtney Dawn @cdrobich.bsky.social ecologist, Liber Ero postdoc fellow/former academic/Support Our Science co-founder. sometimes here, mostly not. unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe land/ottawa CA
Delia Remington (She/Her) @therealdelia.eurosky.social Award-winning Editor Eagle Heights Press. VampFest Silver Stake Winner. Blood Royal Saga Author. Full time dog mom. https://deliaremington.bio.link
CA Schulz @c-schulz.bsky.social Book-reader and knitter with an interest in everything.
nightingaleyes @nightingaleyes.bsky.social weirdo reader gamer organizer cooking stitcher gardener wnba-watcher queer they/them
Alanna @seatosky.bsky.social Books, crafts and getting lost in the woods.
She/Her.
Shelley Lavigne @shelleylavigne.bsky.social Fine purveyor of moist literature, usually queer horror. they/them.
Books: ENAMOURED: A TRIPTYCH (July 2025), THE FLESH OF THE SEA (2024), SICK! (2023, re-release 2025)
Stories in 3-Lobed Burning Eye, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Gamut, and others.
Megan Tayles @taylesium.bsky.social Writer and reader--fantasy, sci-fi, horror. Story enthusiast. Occasional engineer. She/her. 🇨🇦
P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social 2x Nebula finalist. Aurora, and World Fantasy-finalist. Chilean-Canadian writer. Winner Short Works Prize. SFWA, CSFFA, ALCiFF Chile. Odyssey ’02. Codex. Stories in Apex, Fantasy, Lightspeed, and others. Linktree: http://linktr.ee/pacornell
Keith - Murder on Donut Station @wfutbolfan.bsky.social Let trans kids play
Trans rights are human rights
USA UBI
Read Indie authors
Read queer authors
Read minority authors
Buy direct (tip if you can)
Banner: Murder on Donut Station by Si Clark
He/him 🇺🇸
🚫 AI
JR Lees/ Jack Lantey @jacklantey.bsky.social Host of THE DEVIL MADE ME VIEW IT PODCAST (with Jesse Spitzer) and published (as Jack Lantey) in THE BEST OF CARNAGE HOUSE YEAR ONE, available at Amazon.com and Godless.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIOjVHFVOXYagkMCHxKOzw
Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com Book review blog and podcast. Member of Certain POV Podcast Network. Robin (they/them). 🏳️🌈 #NoAI
booksthatburn.carrd.co
mast.booksthatburn.com
linksthatburn.com
Gazan MA Boost; Help nurse Ahmed stay alive: https://chuffed.org/project/130260- M @malcolmdoodles.bsky.social @malcolmdoodles.bsky.social
💀 Harrowben 💀 @theskeletonprior.bsky.social (they/them/he/hymn) 🏳️⚧️ 🇨🇦 Biracial (Black/white) | 30's | Writer | Skeleton
icon: my beloved husband @xanflowerbird.bsky.social