National Literacy Trust @literacytrust.org.uk We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Poets of Humanity @poetsofhumanity.bsky.social "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." - Desmond Tutu.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize.bsky.social Writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. Entries close on the 31st of May. Judged by Sally Williamson (Transworld) and Hayley Steed (Janklow & Nesbit). Organised by the Literary Studio. Bloomsbury, London
firstnovel.co.uk
Chetham's Library @chethamslibrary.bsky.social Founded in 1653, we are the oldest public library in the English speaking world. This Bluesky account is for connecting with researchers and institutions.
Clodagh Chapman @clochpmn.bsky.social writer + director / she/her
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Beccy D'Souza @beccydsouza.bsky.social Activist, feminist, actor, creative producer & mum. Artist Development & studio programming at Nottingham Playhouse. Own views etc.
Also voice of Mary Shelley for @midnightpals.bsky.social
🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 none of us are free 'til all of us are free
Robert Shearman @robertshearman.bsky.social Writer of stuff, often quite odd. (Both me and the stuff.) Owned by a cat.
Royal Television Society @rtsmedia.bsky.social The Royal Television Society is for everyone with an interest in TV. Follow us for TV news, events and awards.
Unfolding Theatre @unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social Big-hearted theatre that brings people together.
Based in North East England.
unfoldingtheatre.co.uk
King's Head Theatre @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social 🎭 Now Showing: Four Play & Echo | 🌈 New building, same amazing queer theatre |📍Based in Islington since 1970
Lost in Salford Productions @lostinsalford.bsky.social Small production company. Maker of 'Council Culture' and 'Exciting Times'
Find us here: https://youtube.com/@lostinsalford?si=86MzYVYeJBlVj-vL
Out of Kilter Theatre @outofkiltertheatre.bsky.social We are a Manchester-based company interested in devising, developing, and performing new work as well as bringing our own approach and ideas to the production of published plays.
Granta Books @grantabooks.bsky.social Independent literary publishers. Discover our books here: http://granta.com/books/. 
CRIPtic Arts @cripticarts.bsky.social Creating an artistic landscape where disabled people flourish
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Exeunt Magazine @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social Longform, thoughtful coverage of the UK's theatre landscape. Find us at exeuntmagazine.substack.com
The Poetry School @poetryschool.bsky.social The Poetry School is the UK's largest provider of poetry education and a proud Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
🏝️ Book Summer Courses: https://poetryschool.com/new-courses/summer-2026-quick-course-guide/
David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
Caleb Parkin @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social Poet 💡 PhDing, Exeter RENEW Biodiversity 🌿 'Mingle' - Nine Arches ☣️ 'The Coin' - Broken Sleep 🪙 Bristol City Poet, '20-22 🦄 Ecopoetry, queer ecologies 🐙 Music, dancing, DJing 🎶 Say hello 👋🏼
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Green Ink Poetry @greeninkpress.bsky.social Independent Poetry Press | Celebrating Wild Weather, Deep Roots, And Green Hearts | http://linktr.ee/GreenInkPoetry | Submissions Open
Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social Poet &c | rishidastidar.com | linktr.ee/betarish
@dzifabenson.bsky.social @dzifabenson.bsky.social 
Mona Arshi @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social Poet-Novels-Essays.
Writers & Artists @writersandartists.bsky.social The best industry advice for writers & artists!
Mal Morgenstern @malmorgenstern.bsky.social writer and artist: fiction and spoken word trapped in the late 90s, media journalism about the implicit eroticism of violence/a really dirty bassline, and comix to make you nostalgic and sad.
I make edgy music: @dantealexander.bsky.social
they/them.
Queerlings Magazine @queerlings.bsky.social A literary magazine of queer writing from the LGBTQIA+ community. Submissions open annually from Jan 1st to March 31st.
Esther Richardson @estherichardson.bsky.social Artistic Director, Pilot Theatre
@pilottheatre.bsky.social
Nathan Kelly @nathankellyedu.bsky.social Leader, Educator, Curriculum specialist FE/HE, Advocate for the Creative Industries
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)✨
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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Anna Nixon @annanixonwriting.bsky.social I read, I write, I cry (occasionally)
Youth Observer @youthobserver.com We are a global media organization created for the youth, by the youth. We amplify fresh voices, explore issues that matter, and deliver bold, authentic perspectives on culture, politics, & society.
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Holly @hollythorpewriter.bsky.social new to Bluesky :) 🏴
writer and spider-man wannabe
Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT Rep'd by @charlotteseymour.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk Online poetry magazine posting daily. We publish & review poetry, prose, filmpoems, word & image and print publish as IS&T Press. Editing internships. Posts by Sabine Wilson-Patrick & Kate Birch.
The Lit & Phil @litandphil.bsky.social Newcastle's independent library, the Lit & Phil, is home to more than 200,000 books and music items, and has a rolling programme of events and activities.
www.litandphil.org.uk
Leeds Lit Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social 6 - 14 June 2026. Returning for its eighth year, the award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond!
#LLF26. www.leedslitfest.co.uk
Ironclad Creative @ironclad-creative.bsky.social Networking, training and opportunities for writers and theatre makers. Based in #brighton, reaching the world.
Kendal Mountain Book Festival @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social Sharing the adventure through words, wanderings and wonder.
Patron @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
@kendalmountainfest.bsky.social 20 - 23 November 2025
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Live Theatre @livetheatre.bsky.social Official account for Live Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne - NE1 3DQ
Champions of risk.
Lovers of the new.
An epic space for the voices of the future.
https://www.live.org.uk/
National Association of Writers in Education @nawewriters.bsky.social
The National Association of Writers in Education advocates for Creative Writing as a subject, supporting writers & good practice in teaching & facilitation in all settings. Conference, journal & more.
Newcastle Centre for Lit Arts @nclanews.bsky.social The UK's only free events series bringing world-class writers to Newcastle University all year. Book your free ticket to attend:
http://ncl.ac.uk/ncla #NCLAevents #WeAreNCL
Director: Preti Taneja, FRSL - Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing
Screen Yorkshire @screenyorkshire.bsky.social The engine that drives the screen industries in Yorkshire https://linktr.ee/ScreenYorkshire
Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social Charity changing the world through books written by women📚
Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast
🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
New Writing North @newwritingnorth.bsky.social The writing and reading development agency for the North of England.
@mcrwire.bsky.social @mcrwire.bsky.social The best things to see, eat and do in and around Manchester. Contact us: info@manchesterwire.co.uk.
Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social Indie Publisher of historical fiction, championing authors and stories based in Northern England and Scotland. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social A University of Manchester research platform, developing and championing interdisciplinary research in Creativity and Creative practices.
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For general enquiries please email creative@manchester.ac.uk.
Dead Ink Bookshop @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop exclusively stocking independent publishers, based on Smithdown Road in Liverpool.
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The Forge Literary Magazine @theforge.bsky.social The Forge Literary Magazine publishes one prose piece a week. Literary excellence is our only criteria. https://forgelitmag.com/
Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities.
theoffingmag.com
Arvon @arvonfoundation.bsky.social The Home of Creative Writing. Writing courses and retreats online and at three UK countryside homes. https://linktr.ee/arvon_
Rare Mags @raremags.bsky.social Magazines, books, stationery, coffee, Stockport.
5 Lower Hillgate, SK1 1JQ
www.raremags.co.uk
New Flash Fiction Review (subs closed) @nffr.bsky.social New Flash Fiction Review is an online magazine devoted to flash fiction. Read more: https://newflashfiction.com
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/
Claire Malcolm @clairemalcolm.bsky.social CEO of New Writing North, proud publisher of The Bee. Literary entrepreneur and innovator. Here for truth, love and understanding.
Jenn Ashworth @jennashworth.bsky.social Writer, reader, hiker https://linktr.ee/jenn_ashworth
Yvonne Battle-Felton @whyiwrite.bsky.social Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, former editor at John Murray, Academic at Cambridge Uni, event host and podcaster. I also write kidlit, short scripts, nonfiction essays, poems
Annie Rigby @annierigby.bsky.social Hope. Theatre. Darts. Music.
Artistic Director of Unfolding Theatre
Lives in the North East.
@unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social
David Gaffney @ggaffa.bsky.social Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
Catharine Morris @catharinemorris.bsky.social Executive Editor at The TLS (@thetls.bsky.social). Commissioning in Biography, Memoir, Travel, Book History, Language. Freelance writer
Sheffield Theatres @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social Our four theatres belong to this brilliant city. If it’s a great night out you’re after, you’ve come to right place.
sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Vicky Morris @vickymwriter.bsky.social British/Welsh Poet, editor, teacher, neurodivergent jack of creative trades, mentor of emerging young writers, founder
www.hivesouthyorkshire.com | www.vickymorris.co.uk
Orange Tree Theatre @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social 🍊 An award-winning local theatre with a global reputation - experience world-class classics, rediscoveries and new writing in-the-round.
🎟 orangetreetheatre.co.uk • 020 8940 3633
Abi Curtis @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social Professor of Creative Writing York St John University . Writer of fiction and poetry .
Iowa Writers’ Workshop @iowawriterswksp.bsky.social The Program in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa
Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre.bsky.social Championing stories and storytellers.
This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368)
Mslexia @mslexia.bsky.social The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.
Kate Feld @katefeld.bsky.social Poet and essayist. Journalism lecturer at the University of Salford. Vermonter in Manchester, UK. Debut chapbook DEERYARD out with Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. katefeld.com
Contact @contactmcr.bsky.social 🎭Manchester Arts Centre
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Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
Manchester Lit & Phil @manlitphil.bsky.social We’re here to make you think. And think again.
Our creatively curated event programme gets under the skin of today’s most pressing issues and stimulating subject matter.
www.manlitphil.ac.uk
Garry Lyons @garrylyons.bsky.social Playwright, TV writer, producer. National Theatre, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, HBO. RTS award for LEAH'S TRIALS. Most recent project: BLOW DOWN at Leeds Playhouse.
Agent: alanbrodie.com Website: garrylyons.co.uk
Alphabetti Theatre @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social Open Wed - Sat 11am - 10pm.
Award winning, artist-led studio theatre with a banging bar.
St. James Boulevard, Newcastle.
linktr.ee/alphabettitheatre
Hat Trick Productions @hattrickprod.bsky.social One of the UK's most successful Independent Production Companies. Makers of Smoggie Queens, Have I Got News For You, Derry Girls, Bloodlands, Hypothetical, Stuck, Mastermind & more.
20 Stories High @20storieshigh.bsky.social Everybody’s got a story to tell... and their own way of telling it...
Box of Tricks @boxoftrickstheatre.bsky.social Manchester theatre company.
The play makers. Every story told. Every voice heard.
https://boxoftrickstheatre.co.uk
Paines Plough @painesplough.bsky.social painesplough.com/link-tree
Pilot Theatre @pilottheatre.bsky.social National & international touring theatre company creating unforgettable theatre for younger audiences.
Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social The UK trade union for writers in TV, film, theatre, audio, books, poetry, comedy, animation and videogames
Join us! www.writersguild.org.uk
afshan d’souza-lodhi @afshandl.bsky.social writer of TV, plays & poetry - WGGB rep for Manchester - represented by MMB Creative - funny (my mum says so) - constant resting bitch face - pro-Palestinian all the way from the river to the sea -
- all views & typos my own -
🍉 she/they
The Stage @thestage.co.uk The Stage is the world’s oldest and best theatre publication 🗞️
Playwriting UK @playwritinguk.bsky.social Top resource for playwrights in the UK. Jobs, opportunities, competitions, prizes & more. Maintained by @thisalitaylor.bsky.social Join FB group: https://bit.ly/3TpKWeG
The Women’s Prize for Playwriting @womensplayprize.bsky.social We find the best new plays by women in the UK and Ireland and produce them on national stages.
Graeae Theatre Company @graeaetheatre.bsky.social Graeae is a force for change in world-class theatre, breaking down barriers & boldly placing Deaf, Disabled & neurodivergent artists centre stage.
graeae.org
Bush Theatre @bushtheatre.bsky.social just trying to get back to silly 2019 theatre-twitter 
Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
Martha Sprackland @marrrtha.bsky.social Editor, writer and translator. Dark Night: Poems & Selected Prose of John of the Cross (Penguin Classics, 2026)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462137/dark-night-by-cross-st-john-of-the/9780241699294
marthasprackland.co.uk
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social Wales’ leading independent English-language publisher 📚 Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 🏴
Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk We dream of a future where being creative and experiencing brilliant culture is a regular part of every child’s learning and life. 
Writing East Midlands @writingeastmidlands.com Supports, develops and champions writers from the East Midlands - supported by Arts Council England.
linktr.ee/writingeastmidlands
ImtiazDharker @imtiazdharker.bsky.social Poet Over the Moon, Shadow Reader
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
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The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.