Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
I tend to tweet at night ....mostly
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
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
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
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Garret Beggan 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @garretbeggan.bsky.social Personal: Dublin 1966, Galway 1971, Birmingham 1988, Málaga 2019.
Political: Irredeemable Centrist. Bite me.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
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Sophie? @sophontrack.bsky.social Writer. Love ghosts and justice and also trains. 🍉. All people are friends.
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Writing Community @writingcommunity.bsky.social #WritingCommunity reposts book publication news, great reviews, literary nominations & awards, and new work in journals, magazines & anthologies.
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Neil Blackman @n3il4real.bsky.social Writer of fiction. Heart that you call home. Movie stuff. Music junk. Mental Health. Still chasing the highs of discovering AOL and finding the lows of everything since.
Jeff Harvey @jhhwriter.bsky.social Writer: work appears in
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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social Keep Your Head Up ☀️
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Jérôme Fage ⚓️ @jeromefage.bsky.social Archaeological and cultural mediator.
Illustrator (THE BULLY IN MY PILLOW by Kik Lodge. Stanchion Books 2026)
shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social Author of The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), and most recently, Cajun South Brown Folk (Belle Point Press). Represented by Teffanie Thompson of Falkin Literary. 2019-2025 Series Editor of The Wigleaf Top 50. Lafayette, LA. shomedome.com
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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Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social Scottish. Writer. Reader for Fractured Lit. Published in Trash Cat Lit, Frazzled Lit, Moonlit Getaway, Gone Lawn, The Phare, Gutter, Hooghly Review, and National Flash Flood.
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.
Two Lines Press @twolinespress.com Two Lines Press is a book publisher committed to daring and original literature in translation. We're part of @catranslation.org. Browse our books at www.catranslation.org/books/.
Susanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social Writing. Teaching. Mentoring. & hospitals...
Books: @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @edlacroisee.bsky.social
Words: Guardian, Aeon, Vogue, Paris Review...
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Emma Devlin @theactualemma.bsky.social Writer w work in Irish Times, Stinging Fly & more | 2026 Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellow at SHC | Rep'd by Sophie Scard | https://linktr.ee/emma.devlin.writer
C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social Sub-editor of Lær!, the Norwegian leather industry's most esteemed organ. Immerse your soul in love.
Jane Zacharzewski @dzyrl.bsky.social Language learner, Europhile, cinema-goer, politics nerd. Day job at Bon, Brussels office of Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering.
English/French/Dutch/Spanish
Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social Lecturer in Environmental Politics
Climate politics - vulnerability - islands
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social Books and creativity. You matter.
Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social Writes and sings for Josimar, The Guardian and Tapete Records
Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social Quarterly print literary magazine & small book press in the Philly 'burbs. Founder & EIC Jeff Bogle. linktr.ee/StanchionZine
Sacred Parasite @sacredparasite.bsky.social Publisher
Books Made in Berlin since 2023
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social Born 317ppm | Love London | Hate Racists
The only thing that will redeem mankind is co-operation — Bertrand Russell
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Lucy Caldwell @lucycaldwell.bsky.social Writer of short story collections Multitudes, Intimacies, Openings, Devotions and novels inc. These Days. Regular masterclass series at Faber Academy.
Fictionable @fictionable.bsky.social The online literary magazine with short stories and comics from all around the world.
Find us at https://fictionable.world
New Directions @ndbooks.bsky.social Founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, New Directions proudly publishes great literature from around the world. ndbooks.com
Independent Lit @independentlit.bsky.social Celebrating the UK's independent literature. For those who read adventurously.
https://substack.com/@independentlit
@royakhatiblou.bsky.social et al.
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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social Writing about nature, science, history & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief.
Latest: TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems)
Next: LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir)
EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table. Here for lit community & Caturday
She/They/Dr/Bruh
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 
Elegant Literature @elegantliterature.bsky.social A short fiction magazine, award, and school exclusively for upcoming writers to start their career. Posts by editor Creag Munroe.
elegantliterature.com/links
Keith Ridgway @rid9way.bsky.social writer
Dooneen - out now from Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions
previously - A Shock / Hawthorn & Child / Animals / etc
The Ubergroup @theubergroup.bsky.social a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing low cost education for writers. Prose, poetry, stage, screen, nonfiction, journalism, comics, animation, podcasts, you name it. If it has a writer at any stage, we teach it.
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Kaz_the_Kumquat @odragonku.bsky.social 🇬🇧 ♠️ An oft' anxious yet optimistic nihilist, eclectic dyscalculic and ND nerd
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Nate Callaway @natecallaway.bsky.social Writing literary fiction about a man who builds furniture by hand in Wicker Park and figures out the rest as he goes. Queer. Five volumes. Vol III — Almost Exactly — out June 15, 2026.
Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
Clive McCarthy 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇩🇪 @clivemccarthy.bsky.social Retired University Senior lecturer in Media studies, Code, Digital media, Data privacy, UAV UAS Drones, Geopolitics, Areas of Interests Military history, Postwar history Cyberwarfare, Disinformation, internet surveillance Love my wife & Archie the cat
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
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social Autheur. Unfluencer.
'The Beckett List' (2027)
'A Crumpled Swan' (2025)
'Multiple Joyce' (2022)
All published by www.saggingmeniscus.com
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@confingopublishing.bsky.social @confingopublishing.bsky.social 
Chris Dodds @liquid-chicken.bsky.social I write things. And make things. All the things. chrisdodds.net
My debut, Necessary Cuts (https://necessarycuts.com), won the @miamioh-press.bsky.social Novella Prize and will land in 2027. Other work in Pithead Chapel, Marrow Magazine, and BULL.
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Bridget Whelan @bridgetwhelan.bsky.social Reader, writer, tutor, London Irish living in Brighton & Hove. Passionate about British and Irish history, creative writing, community education, Leonard Cohen, my sons. Not in that Order.
https://bridgetwhelan.com/
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Anne Margaret Daniel 🌻 @annemargaretdaniel.bsky.social Teacher, reader, writer, editor, music lover, rescue dogs. The New School University, NYC. Working on an edition of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald's letters and a Bob Dylan book. https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-anne-margaret-and-rescue-dogs-in-need
West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social * We are most active on Instagram * Thanks for joining us and making this year our biggest, buzziest festival yet. Save the dates: July 9-16 2027
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Scott Reid @ascottreid.bsky.social At BBC Sport. Bouncing between Glasgow (nearly) and Salford. Will go on about news, sport, Scottish stuff, Eurovision etc. Any rare views are very much my opinion alone.
Howard Mittelmark @howardm.bsky.social
I can explain
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[To] The Fenland Station @fenlandstation.bsky.social from Lake Geneva
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
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Ian Hanes @ianroberts13.bsky.social Former academic at the UWTSD, dad, author, reader, dog servant! 💙🇺🇦🏳️🌈
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
Nikki Vega @alphalyrae.bsky.social Translator. Artist. Curator of curiosities
GMT+2
D H Fowles @danielharveyfowles.bsky.social Artist, naturalist and social scientist
East Anglia
Ben Pester @benpester.bsky.social Novel The Expansion Project (2025). Story collections Sail Away Land (2026) Am I in the Right Place(2021). Other work in Granta, London Magazine, Hotel etc
Jade Angeles Fitton @jadeafitton.bsky.social Writer 
Intrepidus Ink @intrepidusink.bsky.social Intrepidlode is here.
A magazine of intrepid culture.
Alarmingly individual characters.
Momentum earned the hard way.
They finish what they start—and win.
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Betty Stanton @fadingbetty.bsky.social EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma
Paula Hammond @writerpaula.bsky.social Feature editor (filmjuice), author, artist, vegan, she/her. #sherlockian #whovian. Also on:
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https://writerpaula.picfair.com & Alamy
Flash Fiction North @flashfictionnorth.bsky.social Welcome to Flash Fiction North. The intention of this website is to promote shorter fiction from around the world. It also exhibits poetry and art images.
https://www.flashfictionnorth.com/
Email: flashfictionnorth@gmail.com
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social Former Philadelphian living in Montréal
Supports public schools
Wrote some short stories & then some even shorter ones
https://stephanieking.net
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
Find it at Writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
https://www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news
https://www.thebksagency.com/lucyfisher
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social experimental / formally hybrid / intercultural / recovered poetries
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland & Shared Island Civic Society Fund, DFAT machapress.com
Vintage Books @vintagebooks.bsky.social Read boldly. Think differently.
Mary O'Donnell @maryodonnell.bsky.social Fiction & poetry, I participate in lit fests & conferences. New novel is SWEEP THE COBWEBS OFF THE SKY (Epoque UK, March 2026)
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Anita Chaudhuri @anitachaudhuri.bsky.social Mostly on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/anitachaudhuri?igsh=MXFuYTh1ZW9pdDE3ZQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
A.L. Crisp @alcrisp.bsky.social Leftist ▪︎ Butch Lesbian ▪︎ Professional Advocate ▪︎ Lover of the Flint Hills ▪︎ Missouri ExPat ▪︎ Published author and poet
Adam Marek @adammarek.bsky.social Short story writer. Kent birder. Copywriter for good causes. Occasional futurist for SciFutures. More on my books at www.adammarek.co.uk
Jana Bacevic 🌲🌳✊🏴 @unsocialtheory.bsky.social Feral theorist. Anthropologist & sociologist by education, philosopher by practice, anti-disciplinary by choice. Associate professor, Durham University; environment rep, Durham UCU. Writing a book on non-reciprocity.
janabacevic.net
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
C.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social Writer of stories. 'We Live Here Now.' 'Walter Benjamin Stares at the Sea,' 'The Blind Accordionist,' 'Who's Who When Everyone is Someone Else,' 'The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.' (@melvillehouse.bsky.social)
Gill O'Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social First pub TrashCat Lit. NFFD Anthology Editors Award 25. Shortlisted for Fish. Stories in SmokeLong, BULL, DIHP, New Feathers, Bath+Oxford anthologies. LISP finalist + winner of Westword + Flash500. Poetry collection in Top 20 Small-Press Poetry awards
moniker @monikerpoems.bsky.social she/they 🏳️⚧️ poetry account, might post about a random interest occasionally
check out "my longer poems" feed, please ^^
Mitchell Waldman @mitchellwaldman.bsky.social Author of novels: THE VISITOR; A FACE IN THE MOON; story collections BROTHERS, FATHERS, AND OTHER STRANGERS; PETTY OFFENSES AND CRIMES OF THE HEART
Fiction Editor of Blue Lake Review
http://mitchellanddiana.com
Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk Bringing you the latest news, sport and entertainment from the Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/
Jude Cook @judecook.bsky.social Novelist (Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice, Time Being @saltpublishing.com Sept 2026) & critic. Words Guardian, TLS, Literary Review. Radio plays BBC R3. Associate lecturer in Creative Writing Westminster University. judecook.com
https://judecook.substack.com/
T.C. Boyle @tcboyle.com American fiction writer equally devoted to novels and short stories.
Dr Kim Wiltshire @kkwiltshire.bsky.social Reader in Creative Writing, love reading, love writing! Programme Leader for Creative Writing and convenor for the Fiction Writer’s Network research group at EHU, former British Academy Innovation Fellow - but views all my own.
@hintermann.bsky.social @hintermann.bsky.social Pro-decency, dog lover, Arsenal FC.
Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social Print junkie. Librarian. Educator. Podcaster.
https://onebrightbook.com/
@cornerstoneslit.bsky.social @cornerstoneslit.bsky.social Cornerstones is the #1 transatlantic literary consultancy. We are the writer’s friend, and we believe your story matters.
J. D. Nelson @madverse.bsky.social poet
MadVerse.com
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poetry micropoetry anti-poetry
Boulder, Colorado
almost human
Christus Super Omnia ☩
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Mike Davis Writes @mikedaviswrites.bsky.social www.MikeDavisWrites.net
Published author of short stories. My first novel - BENEVOLENCE, an Urban Fantasy (Highlander x American Gods) will be published by Foundations Books
A serial wanderer, trying out “Retirement” in Costa Rica.