Seia Tanabe @seiatanabe.bsky.social Japanese author of horror, weird fiction, and literary fiction. Winner of the Japan Horror Novel Award (Short Story Prize). Exploring folklore, memory, migration, and the uncanny. 📚 English translations available.
Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social We are an independent publisher based in Bristol, UK. We publish titles on applied linguistics, multilingualism, second language acquisition, language education and translation. We also like bunnies and cake.
https://www.multilingual-matters.com
Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social Speculative fiction in translation | SFinTranslation.com | Small Planet Magazine | translates Italian sf | contributor at Strange Horizons, World Literature Today, Samovar.
Audrey Eileen Kelly @audreyeileenkelly.bsky.social translator (zh->en, es->es), researcher (PhD in translation at Queen's University, Belfast), and wallower (books, poems, pints, yoga poses, sunshine, noodles)
minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social https://minorliteratures.com/
Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
https://splitlipthemag.com/
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social Translator. Raitán. Swappin' yarns tae cowe the gowan.
Ángeles Carreres @angelescarreres.bsky.social Language teacher, translator, diletante a mucha honra.
Wien @vreitre.bsky.social Väsentligen inkrusterad och glänsande. Med det blåa från sjöarna, färgade av sina växter. Och tidningspapper.
Terra Originária e Afro "Curitiba", "Brasil".
Jane Eksie @janeismundane.bsky.social Jane likes nettles.
Doing a PhD.
I love East Asian literature, Alice in Wonderland, Lain, and lots of other things.
https://janeeksie.substack.com/
https://serialexperimentsjane.bandcamp.com/
https://ko-fi.com/janeeksie45241/gallery
CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social Conseil européen des associations de traducteurs littéraires / European Council of European Literary Translators' Associations
Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org CAT champions literature in translation and global voices. We program events with authors and translators in the Bay Area and beyond, publish books @twolinespress.com, and run an education program (Poetry Inside Out). More at www.catranslation.org.
Institute of Translation and Interpreting @iti-uk.bsky.social Our vision is to contribute to a world where every word is understood, and where language is never a barrier. We achieve this through supporting and developing skilled professional translators and interpreters, and promoting the value of their expertise.
Juan Meneses @dissentum.bsky.social Global + postcolonial + comp lit, theory; translator. Assoc. prof. Views/prons: his. Books (@uminnpress.bsky.social): Resisting Dialogue: Modern Fiction and the Future of Dissent / Ed. Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination
Virginia Stonek @delcontexto.bsky.social 🪄 Audiovisual Translator, Subtitler, QCer, Magic Maker • Français-English-Spanish
Traductora Pública x2 ⚖️ Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay (UdelaR) • Perito judicial
Nunca bot, nunca máquina
she/her/ella
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
Zine Scene Magazine Archive @oldzinescene.bsky.social This is Greg McCartney's (an Abridged editor) little magazine archive for (mostly) old defunct Irish literary magazines. It's for education/research/enjoyment purposes and not for profit. Copyright remains with the original publishers/writers.
Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social poet. writer. editor. reviewer. translator. corrupted bibliomaniac. exists in romanian and alabamian. hybrid in she/her dreams. self-deleting. self-ghosting.
www.alinastefanescuwriter.com
The Massachusetts Review @themassreview.bsky.social A 200-page quarterly of fiction, poetry, essays, and visual art by emerging and established authors since 1959. Whiting Literary Magazine Prize winner. Read more at massreview.org!
Hopscotch Translation @hopscotch-tr.bsky.social An online revue dedicated to the promotion and discussion of literary translation. https://hopscotchtranslation.com/
Feminist Translation Network @ftnetwork.bsky.social AHRC-funded project which explores what feminist literary translation means in practice in the twenty-first century
https://feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/
World Editions @worldedbooks.bsky.social World Editions is a publisher of literary fiction in translation, based in New York.
Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social The Voice of Translated Literature: a YouTube channel featuring translators reading from their own work | Founded in 2020 & run by Charlotte Coombe & Tina Kover 👯 | www.translatorsaloud.com
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
Lúcia Collischonn @lucycolli.bsky.social award-losing literary translator
PhD in Translation Studies
🇧🇷🇩🇪 in 🇬🇧 (but mainly gaúcha, latina, a bit guaraní and 1/12th high fructose corn syrup)
Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social A bite-sized, newsletter-based book review, sending subscribers well-crafted reviews by distinguished & engaging writers direct to their inboxes. linktr.ee/bookpostusa
Elizabeth Janik @kulturplease.bsky.social German-English translator. Kulturfreundin. Follower of German history and culture in the English-language media. Human rights advocate.
@petyapavlova.bsky.social @petyapavlova.bsky.social Translator BG<>EN
Slightly frustrated waiting for humankind to evolve 🕊️🍉📚🧠🫀
Alison loves stories @ohdiglib.bsky.social An eclectic reader looking for new perspectives & unusual reads. Real life librarian and general word nerd who enjoys frolicing in the linguistic playground.
Longer thoughts:
https://alisontcucchetti.wordpress.com/
Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info Translator, flash sf writer (BSFA); 🇨🇿/🇬🇧
Eclectic posts (current affairs, archaeology, science, words, writing)
❤️ travel, coffee, puns; 🚫 genAI; unsolicited DM = block
He/him; married; 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️ ally; #NAFO; 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇬🇱
Writing & links: https://linktr.ee/alastairmillar
AnnScot @annscot.bsky.social Not my real name. Literary Translator (English-German) and dog lover. Mainly here to help dogs find a new home. Used to tweet for BF_GoeKS.
#xl8 #LITranslators #NameTheTranslator #Literaturübersetzer #Bücher #books #libraries #AdoptDontShop #RescueDogsRock
Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social The home for international literature since 2003. Winners of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize.
https://linktr.ee/wordswithoutborders
Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com ✍🏾 Jacqueline Nyathi, librocubicularist, friendly neighbourhood "You *Must* Read This" person.
https://hararereview.com
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.hararereview.com)
Line Stockford @linecaro.bsky.social Turkish poetry translator
Poet, writer
Cymraes she/they
Caroline Stockford
https://palewellpress.co.uk/bookstore/human-rights/wtwt/
Poetry translations: https://estoniacordfrock.wordpress.com/
K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social Canadian dark speculative author 🖤🇨🇦Words in: STRANGE HORIZONS, FANTASY, LIGHTSPEED, PULPHOUSE, FACTOR FOUR, NOSLEEP &more | @cwillbc.bsky.social president | CWC educator | #ecopunk #bodyhorror #monsters #gothic #dystopian #sff
https://kaie.space/tree
Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social Literary agent @shawliterary.bsky.social, formerly head book buyer at Readings Books, Melbourne. Kafka, Sebald, the Antipodes.
Emma Gledhill @linguistforsail.bsky.social A translator that sails. FCIL, FITI, @CIOL_Linguists Council & membership cttee. RHBNC & Uni of Surrey alumna. Into Romansch, sax 'n' violins, amateur genealogy, books. Susceptible to rabbit holes. Posts are own views. Usually found up a Swiss alp.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social /'dʑowɪn/
• taalkundige | linguist
• schrijver van 'Die goeie ouwe taal' en 'Woord voor woord' | author
• all graphics and videos: http://tumblr.com/yvanspijk
• Patreon: patreon.com/yvanspijk
• photo by Dirk-Jan van Dijk
Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social US linguist in UK. University of Sussex.
Newsletter: https://substack.com/@lynneguist
Blog: http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lynneguist
EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social English Language & Linguistics for A-Level students and teachers.
One of the Lexis podcast team https://tinyurl.com/yckh3vy5
EngLangBlog: https://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/
English & Media Centre: https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/
He/him
Claire Cox @clairecox16.bsky.social French & German to English translator, FITI, former ITI Board member, specialising in nuclear, energy, health & safety. Passionate gardener & cook. Loves dogs.
Nick Rosenthal @nickrosenthal.bsky.social Translator. Crime fiction fan. Cyclist. Ancien du PBP
Angela Dickson @amdtransl.bsky.social FR to EN translator, medicine & music - book http://bit.ly/2QMXr98 | UCL teaching fellow | linguistics MA | viola player | я изучаю русский язык | Coventrian
Sandra Mouton @enfrdansletexte.bsky.social @enFRdansletexte
English/Russian/Latin to French translator
Traduction anglais/russe/latin-français
Marketing web lifestyle boats history games
@SFTfr| ITI | SecGen @FIT_Europe
www.sandramouton.com
Miranda Moore ☀️ @sparewriter.bsky.social YA debut A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social Oct 25 . writer & editor . fiction & nonfiction . lover of wilderness, kindness & sunshine . winner DFB Search for a Storyteller 24 & Wells Fest of Lit Book for Children 23 . RLF Fellow 24-26
Paul Appleyard FITI CT 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 @paulappleyard.bsky.social FITI. CT. MBCS. ITI Chair once upon a time (2019-2022).
ITI Interpreting Assessment Award winner (2019).
Likes 🧀.
Opinions my own because nobody else wanted them.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulappleyard/
https://www.appleyard.eu
Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org Senior Lecturer (UNE) lawandlanguage.org
Incoming CoEiC Aus J Human Rights (UNSW)
External CESSMIR (UGent) @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
Prof Claire Hardaker @drclaireh.bsky.social Forensic linguist | corpus linguist | @factor-lu.bsky.social director | @en-clair.bsky.social podcaster-at-large | supervillain
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
ChrisP @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social Retired Cornish-born Spanish>English translator in the Basque Country. Puns, posts about language, music & photos, mostly of birds. Se habla castellano.
Paul Kaye @paulkaye.bsky.social Translator with the EU (into 🇬🇧 from 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱🇭🇺🇪🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦, learning 🇬🇷). Runner, climber, cyclist, cross-country skier. Ex-hack. Lancastrian, Notlobber in Brussels. FRGS, BWFC.
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Chartered Institute of Linguists @ciol-linguists.bsky.social For languages and linguists. The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) serving linguists and language professionals in the UK and worldwide since 1910.
Heddwen Newton - English & Dutch @heddwen.bsky.social I write the monthly newsletter English and the Dutch, about all the ways English and Dutch interact: https://englishandthedutch.substack.com/
English teacher at Bielefeld University (EAL & ELA)
Dutch English
World Englishes
AI English
Lexicography
Matt Young @dalestranslator.bsky.social 日英化学特許翻訳者 Probably the best Japanese-English chemical patent translator in the Yorkshire Dales. Cricketer. Biker. Hiker. Photographer. Keeper of @CousinScrappy
Charlie Bavington @cbavington.bsky.social Translation (Fr-Eng) and teaching English for a living.
Music (rock/metal), sport (football), history (ignorant dabbling) for fun.
Politics if I feel my mood dropping below incandescent & I need a fury booster.
Seldom, if ever, actually gruntled.
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
Ben Barclay @benbarclay.bsky.social Translator and textbook writer. Post on climate, energy, health, Spain, Brexit and other stuff.
Produce VoiceMap audio tours of Andalucía: https://voicemap.me/publisher/ben-barclay#tours
https://andalucia-bound.com
@andalucia-bound.bsky.social
Holly-Anne Whyte @hollyannewhyte.bsky.social Human rights and sustainable development translator, editor and consultant. Working to build stronger partnerships through understanding and respectful language. 🖊️ French and Spanish to English. Vegan 💚
Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social Linguistics PhD Researcher at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Co-producer and frequent host of the Language on the Move Podcast. Big fan of languages.
She/her.
#Sociolinguistics #AppliedLinguistics
https://www.languageonthemove.com/podcast/
Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics.
she/her 🌈
Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦
gretchenmcculloch.com
Vicky Loras @vickyloras.bsky.social Educator and linguist since 1997. #firstgen PhD researcher at
@UZH_en. Canadian-Greek 🇨🇦🇬🇷Researching Canadian English/Indigenous Englishes.
Read my Meet the PhDs newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/vickyloras
C. Buck (supposed to be writing) @tlacamazatl.bsky.social #linguistics #neography #conlang #langsky
كارلو
VetVibe™
reading is fun-the-mental
https://youtube.com/@neographyatoz
Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social German-Swedish translator since 1995. Occasional keynote speaker. Language nerd. Member of SFÖ-SAT (SE), founding & honorary member of DVÜD (DE). 3rd last Curator of Sweden back in 2018. That guy who founded Things Translators Never Say on FB. #xl8
Hannah (hveditorial) @hveditorial.bsky.social Editor of academic nonfiction and fiction novels, helping publishers, authors, and scholars. I like correcting citations a weird amount and reading kissing books a more understandable amount. | www.hveditorial.com | hannah@hveditorial.com
Jola (Close Reading) @closereadingie.bsky.social Indexer. Copyeditor. Proofreader. Medieval historian. Jeanne de Divion was framed. TTRPG enthusiast. Indexes things from Aristotle to the X-Men. Past president Indexing Society of Canada. Co-chair KWG Twig, Editors Canada. closereadingie.com. She/They.
Christine Crabb 🦀 @anat13.bsky.social Academic and TTRPG copyeditor and proofreader
📚 History • Religion • Literature • Film • Public Health • HS STEM
🎲 Star Wars • Arkham Horror • Legend of the Five Rings • Genesys • Warhammer • Cohors Cthulhu
Opinions my own
she/her
www.christinecrabb.com
Jenessa Gilley | Evertale Edits @evertale.bsky.social Freelance developmental editor and copyeditor | Kor-Eng Novel Localization | Avid fantasy & romance reader | Fandom girlie | Devoted cat mom
Chris Zable Editor (she/her) @amphipodgirl.bsky.social Copyeditor and proofreader of fiction—lqbtqia+, romance, mystery, historical fiction, speculative fiction, and fantasy. She/her. https://www.czedits.com/
Ellen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm #ACESVCON26) @ellenkuwana.bsky.social Science writer, med comms, editor (>600 articles + $89B in grant proposals). Public speaker. Writing coach. APA & plain language expert. Interests: AI ethics, chocolate, SciComm. If I've helped you, thank me here, https://buymeacoffee.com/ellenkuw
Hollie Beg @hvbeg.bsky.social Professional editor nerd. #PokemonEmployee, opinions my own, repost ≠ brand approval. Queer, fat, vaxed. She/her. @hvbeg everywhere I have a social, but this is my primary. Header by @hexsharpe.
Laura Scott @pieinthe.bsky.social sporadic (re)posts re politics art health life
🛸 sff writer 📚 editor, book designer w me/longcovid
🏳️🌈 she/her
https://lauralisscott.com (pardon the dust)
Hannah Bartlett @hbediting.bsky.social freelance editor & sensitivity reader 📚
poet ✒️
cat mom 🐈⬛
74/200 2026 reading goal 💚
contact me for a free sample edit!
EFA, ACES, and Editors Tea Club ☕️
www.hannahbartlettediting.com/links
Andra Durham @adcopyediting.bsky.social Editor and soprano. Background in anthropology, classics, and religious studies. Always looking for a new distraction.
She/her- H Hilary – Cadman Training @hilaryc01.bsky.social Helping editors everywhere to save time and improve quality
Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social Developmental editor for academic authors. Author: The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook (UChicago Press). Workshop facilitator. She/her. Comp lit PhD. https://www.allisonvandeventer.com/
Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org Book indexer, editor, boss at baindex.org | Society of Indexers Chair and Fellow | CIEP APM | Cryptic crossword novice setter Pixie | Stockport, UK
🧚🏻 www.mycrossword.co.uk/Pixie
See also
@indexers.bsky.social
www.indexers.org.uk
#IndexSky
Christine Gordon Manley | Editor @cgmanley.bsky.social She/her
Newfoundlander 🫐 living on PEI 🥔
Specializing in 📖 memoir.
Will also edit: 📖 fiction 📖 non-fiction 📖 YA 📖 children's lit
RosemountEditing.com
🦓 Hypermobility Syndrome (hEDS)
✨ ADHD
Brittany | Book Editor @brittanyredderoth.bsky.social · Book editor for fiction authors ✍️
· Helping authors feel confident in the editing process 🤍
· SAMPLE EDIT REQUEST + LINKS ↓
https://brittanyredderoth.com/links
Susan Fitzgerald @susanfitzgerald.bsky.social Editor, researcher, writer, linguist. Lover of language, tea, and chocolate.
Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat
she/her
demi/ace
Jewish
NYC, HCHS, SMC
(cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
Peter Senftleben 🏳️🌈 @peseditorial.bsky.social Freelance fiction editor (esp. romance, mystery/thriller/suspense, horror, gay). Book nerd. Misanthrope. www.peseditorial.com
Holly Jaeger | Ivy + Aurora @hollyjaeger.bsky.social Cozy sapphic romance + poetry as Ivy L. James
Soft sapphic omegaverse as Aurora Blackwood
she/they 🌈💙
hollyjaeger.carrd.co
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
Kit Author @kitauthor.com Wild Spirit Storyteller. Butch Enby. Sacred Herd & Flock Tender
EponaAuthorSolutions.com (Author Tech)
KitAuthor.com (#fantasy, #equestrian lit)
FeathermaneSoul.com (#neurodivergent/#queer grief & spiritual support)
PetGriefPathfinder.com (pet loss grief)
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social Academic Editor and Writing Coach at https://www.indeliblevoice.com ・🤖 Communication and/or technology researcher・📚 Author of "Politics Recoded"・They/them・All links https://bio.site/aure
Treena McCabe - Professional Fiction Editor @polishandprint.com 37 ▪ She/Her ▪ Queer 🏳️🌈 ▪ Editor ▪ Writer ▪ Artist ▪ ACES & EFA ▪ Writing Advice ▪ Editing Tips ▪ Community Support ▪ Helping you put your best words forward
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#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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James @thelaterjames.bsky.social dialectics fan account
support my friends Mohammed @mohadajayab.bsky.social: https://chuffed.org/project/gomohammedgo and Mahmoud: https://chuffed.org/project/133662-help-mahmoud-ahmed-and-his-family
Edits by Kristi @editsbykristi.bsky.social She/Her. Wife. Mom of 3. Award-winning developmental editor. Made in Korea. Most promo and reposts are for clients/books I’ve edited.
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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com Freelance editor of YA & Adult fiction (sarah@nextchapteredits.com). Writer, optimist, all-around bookish.
Editing: https://www.nextchapteredits.com/
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/SarahLaPolla
Everything Else: https://linktr.ee/sarahlapolla
Kathryn Jepsen (she/her) @grimkat.bsky.social Physics editor; EFA, Club Ed, URMA, NASW; reader for @smallwondersmag.com; speculative fiction editing at http://strange-visitor.com
Karen Dewart McEwen @karendewartmcewen.bsky.social Developmental editor & writing consultant for academic authors in the humanities and social sciences
kdmediting.com
she/her
Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social Award winning TTRPG Editor | 💜🖤🤍Demisexual | #TransLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatter | Nazis Get Punches | E-in-C @TheHearthMag.bsky.social | Business Inquiries: brent.jans@gmail.com
🏳️🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social . Editor
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