CP @caitpol.bsky.social Mum of 2 bookworms, library catalogue addict and charity shop rifler.
Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social 📚 Primary School Librarian
📖 English Hub
🖍️ Illustrator
🌿 Leaf Literature Festival Coordinator
David DeGrand @daviddegrand.bsky.social Cartoonist, all around weirdo. www.degrandland.com
Lil Chase @lilchasewriter.bsky.social Editor & Author
She/her
John Cohen @john-cohen.bsky.social Producer: Despicable Me, Angry Birds, The Garfield Movie. Exec: Big Nate, Hop, Ice Age, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who, Robots, Alvin & the Chipmunks. Next: Angry Birds 3.
Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social Author and illustrator of ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy. ‘The Bear Under the Stairs’ The Taming of the Cat’ and many others - mainly Children’s books. Northerner living in Oxford.
helencooperbooks.co.uk
Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social A podcast about children’s and YA books for teachers and librarians. Interviews with authors and also anyone doing interesting reading for pleasure activities, plus lots of book talk. #kidlitUK
www.mostlybooktalk.com
The Book Sniffer @thebooksniffer.bsky.social Reviewer, working in publishing, illustrator, PR and Marketing - picture books, graphic novels, comics and illustrated fiction. Rocket Bird Books, WRD Magazine, SHELF magazine
John Shelley - Illustrator @studionib.bsky.social Illustrator and author for children's publishing and the wider design business. #KidLitUK #illustration https://linktr.ee/studionib
matt be @mattbe.bsky.social Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
Catherine Ross @qcattq.bsky.social She/her
Feminist. Environmentalist. Friend. Parent. Optimist. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Bex (RebeccaComms) @rebeccabroad.com Writer, Devon Wildlife Trust Trustee, non-exec director, freelance comms person 🌿 BSc Bio, Exeter alumna. Chatting nature, equality, charity comms, VAWG, governance etc
Clare Elsom @clareelsom.bsky.social Children's illustrator & author.
Creator of Horace & Harriet, illustrator for Flying Fergus, Superheroes Don't Get Scared & many more!
Website: https://www.elsomillustration.co.uk/
Holly Tonks @hollytonks.bsky.social Editorial Director, HarperCollins Children’s Books. Loves to make beautiful books. All views my own.
Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid Since 1984. "Dreamworld" concert film out now on Blu-ray & 2CD. “Volume” & “Annually“ books available now. “It’s a sin” dance show dates announced.
https://linktr.ee/petshopboys
Lydia Monks @lydiamonks.bsky.social Children’s book writer & illustrator best known for illustrating Julia Donaldson’s books. #kidlit
www.lydiamonks.com
Michelle Willms @michellewillms.bsky.social NORTHERN GIRLS: TRUE STORIES (Baraka Books). 2026 Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. Mother bear.
Northern Girls: www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/northern-girls/
TSR Review: www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/northern-girls-true-stories-by-michelle-willms
Lisa Davis @lisadavisbooks.com Freelance children’s book editor and consultant. Also plays with clay.
American in Belfast, via London and Munich.
www.lisadavisbooks.com
My cat is cuter than yours. 😺
(she/her)
Bec Treveil @bectreveil.bsky.social ✍️ 📚 ☀️ 📸 🏕️ ✈️ 🐱
Writer. Bath Spa Uni MAWYP alum. WriteMentor Hub member. Pastry motivated 🥐
SL 2025 WriteMentor Idea Idol; LL 2024 Searchlight Awards Novel Opening; SL 2023 Guppy MG Open Sub; SL 2022 Mslexia Childrens/YA
Aimee Larke @arlarke.bsky.social Storyteller - #kidlit writer - science librarian - so many ideas - not enough time @ar_larke on Twitter
Sarah Frances Hardy @sfhardy.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator. www.sfhardy.com PUZZLED BY PINK (Viking); DRESS ME! and PAINT ME!; ONE MISSISSIPPI (Nautilus Publishing) @SCBWI #PBParty #kidlit #illustrator PB MG
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Rachel @rachierach.bsky.social Mother to Isla, living with Functional Neurological Disorder, love a game of Scrabble and West Ham United.
I will quote Alan Partridge at every given opportunity.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social Writer and illustrator of silly things.
Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social I make comics. Bunny Vs Monkey, Looshkin, Megalomaniacs, Flember, Fish Head Steve, Max And Chaffy, and Super Duper Bunny League coming to Nickleodeon in 2024!
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Susannah Lloyd @susannahlloyd.bsky.social Children's author of mid-grade fiction & picture books. Badgers Are Go, Who Ate Steve, Here Be Giants, Oh Monty, Here Be Dragons, This Book Can Read Your Mind & The Terribly Friendly Fox. Represented by the Catchpole Agency. www.susannahlloyd.com
amwii @amwii.bsky.social 🦎
Dee Stevens @deestevens.bsky.social Making TV @ Tiger Aspect Kids (Mr Bean / Charlie & Lola / Super Happy Magic Forest)
Making books @ Knights Of (Children’s Publisher of the Year 2022)
Selling books @ Round Table Books (Children’s Bookshop of the Year 2023)
Irish | they/them
Caroline Kavanagh @cakavanagh.bsky.social Art- esp Francis Bacon. Rugby- Ulster and Ireland. Always tea and lovely things. Always. Work -Paediatrician and Medical Director
ThanhmaiB @thanhmaiuk.bsky.social ✨Book reader, negroni drinker.
Books Manager:HMV
My own personal views, thoughts and observations, like them or not.✨
Lee Morgan @leeme.bsky.social Wonky
Smriti Halls @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social Reader, writer, dreamer; hopist; mum;
#1 Bestselling, award-winning children’s author; Books in 40+ languages. Agent: Jodie Hodges
www.smriti.co.uk
I’M STICKING WITH YOU series, RAIN BEFORE RAINBOWS, THE LITTLE ISLAND & lots more…
Beth Pinkerton @misspinks.bsky.social For heart, brain and soul: Writer, gardener (RHS Dip. Hort), keen photographer, studying towards MA in hypno-psychotherapy.
For the rent: Working in TV news.
Hedonist bookworm, friendly loner, Italophile, nature nut, cat slave. 
@heathersuttie.bsky.social @heathersuttie.bsky.social 
BottyB @bottyb.bsky.social Very small person. Easily baffled. Bumbler and proud. Oracle card shenanigans.
Claire Lewis @clairelewiswrites.bsky.social Hi! I write & illustrate PBs/poems/MG & work for @thebookery.bsky.social. Words/pics in The Toy, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press & Tyger Tyger. Debut PB:The Go Away Rain Dance, HB Publishing House
https://linktr.ee/claire_f_lewis
Zoe Waring @zoewaring.bsky.social Children’s Book Designer, Illustrator and Author -with a silly sense of humour
Represented by The Bright Agency
Clients include, Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic…
Greg @themanwhofell.bsky.social The world's greatest living man.
Julie Lucht de Freibruch @smartcoconut.bsky.social Artist // tropical landscapes // curiosity & wonder // Noosa, Qld
www.smartcoconut.com.au
Laura Intably @lintably.bsky.social California expat in Edinburgh. Twitter refugee @lintably
Meat Bingo @meatbingo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/meatbingofilms
Stephen McLaughlin @lmbbiophysics.bsky.social Biophysics@MRC Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge
All opinions are my own 
Hannah Billingham @hannahbillo.bsky.social Freelance writer - inc. Family Guy Annuals, continuity scripts for Comedy Central UK (and numerous other TV channels), and Big Bus audio tours | MG book in progress #kidslituk | Script editor/developer for film and TV (NFTS grad ‘07)
hannahbillingham.com
Zoe Arena @zoearena.bsky.social I write picture books.
Debut: MANDY IS STILL A BANANA, Hachette Children’s - out now.
Agent: James Catchpole.
www.zoearena.com
Kirsten Allen (@kidsstoryworld) @kidsstoryworld.bsky.social Helping families & carers find books children love 📚
Reviews, book battles, story challenges & fun author/illustrator Q&A
#kidlit #family #parentlife
kidsstoryworld.org
http://www.substack.com/@kidsstoryworld
@treescribbler.bsky.social @treescribbler.bsky.social 
Carl Maxim @carlmaxim.bsky.social I don't have time for a fourth dimension.
Anna Starkey @imaginaryastronaut.xyz orbiting art and science | tall ish | they/them 🏳️🌈
imaginaryastronaut.xyz
Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social What fresh hell is this
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelKupperman
Art 4 Sale: https://michaelkupperman.com/shop
ChicaLolita @chicalolita.bsky.social "A prominent figure in the Sparks fandom"
Here we go. TWO THREE FOUR.
Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social Short Scottish Screenwriter. Fidget. Ne'er do well #MDANT🥉
'Mayflies' 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
'Miss Austen' on BBC and iPlayer now.
Dan Schreiber @schreiberland.bsky.social Host of QI’s No Such Thing As A Fish / Author of The Theory Of Everything Else / co-founder of BBC’s The Museum of Curiosity
UK TOUR: ‘This Changes Everything’ starts this October
Philip Sheppard @philipsheppard.bsky.social Composer / cellist & movie soundtracks, Detroit Become Human, Star Wars trails, Olympics Beijing/ London, Odesza, QOSA, UNKLE, Sleeping at Last & Bowie cellist
XPRIZE Artist in Residence
Bouldering, cooking and paddleboarding - enthusiastic incompetencies
Ninjaworrier @ninjaworrier.bsky.social Working at a high fret level. Film words at
@eyeforfilm.bsky.social and other places...
@andylamb.bsky.social @andylamb.bsky.social The one from the other place but cooler🤔
Neil Hawke @baronhawkey.bsky.social Terrible when hungry, but otherwise solid
Christine Howard @christineahoward.bsky.social Radio person. Scandophile. Genetically flawed. Likes bees. Usually to be found with my nose in a book when not working. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
@reflectivejoy.bsky.social @reflectivejoy.bsky.social The beauty of diversity lies in the curiosity, acceptance & the raw ability to shed the layers of ignorance, fear & denial. Posts around health, social care, politics and the Arts.
Aiwanose Odafen @aiwanoseodafen.bsky.social Writer. Tomorrow I Become a Woman (2022), We Were Girls Once (2024) @scribneruk @simonschusteruk @ouidabooks Rep:@Taffyagent @CBGBooks |@IowaWritersWksp
Mark Nelson @zardoz67.bsky.social Sometime editor, book reader, TV watcher, film goer, wine drinker & learning actor. Zardoz 67 (aka Leggy Mountbatten) in a previous life at the bad place. https://app.spotlight.com/0296-0164-8124
Sue Llewellyn @suellewellyn.bsky.social Incurably curious optimist and “woman of a certain age” 😊 Former BBC journo turned UltraSocial trainer and mentor. Foodie, gut health, garden.
✨Certified QiGong instructor ✨
@SurreyHillsQigong on Instagram ☯️
Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social Reporter/editor/narrative coach @Bloomberg.com. Co-author, Unbelievable. Law school dropout/honorary doctor. Formers: ProPublica, Marshall Project, Seattle Times. Perturbable.
https://kenarmstrongwriter.com/
Lisa Fox @lisafox10800.bsky.social Writer of short speculative fiction
A Treatise on Martian Chiropractic Manipulation and Other Satirical Tales https://a.co/d/8yVdqlA
Passageways: Short Speculative Fiction https://a.co/d/aGODoo7
Core Truths https://a.co/d/arpR46M
lisafoxiswriting.com
Matt Leys @mattleys.bsky.social Scriptwritist
Lisa Cordaro | Non-fiction editor @lisacordaro.bsky.social Non-fiction editor of award-winning and bestselling books and other media 📚 Freelance. Also photographer 📸 Loves writing ✍️ art 🎨 and the guitar 🎸
CIEP Advanced Professional Member
ACES full member.
Find me: lisacordaro.com
Meg @amnotfunny.bsky.social Mum to teenagers. Wife of a Welshman. Loves to laugh. Loves her friends and tries to be a good friend in return. Not a morning person. At all. Not entirely sure when her best time of day is, to be fair.
Laura @thetiniestvole.bsky.social Twitter escapee. Pedantic quibbler. Cats, yoga, bedsnacks, Enid Blyton, John William Waterhouse. I like heart shaped things. ASD.
Rob @robstickler.bsky.social Resting writer. Astronaut. Dissimulator. Welsh.
Captain Disco @captaindisco.bsky.social More culture slut than culture vulture.
Sean Murricane @sean.murricane.com Yorkshire based dad & #DoctorWho fan, I sometimes post pics of my dog.
I get to play with food for a living.
Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy. 
@joon123.bsky.social @joon123.bsky.social 
Twop Twips @twoptwips.bsky.social 
Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Jason Clark @jclark.org Aging tech nerd, but never a bro. Cocktail aficionado. I have been told I make the best Old Fashioned some folks have ever had. I enjoy cooking almost as much as eating. Longtime Delawarean. 
Mel @hopeinhell.bsky.social I laugh a lot
Amanda @pandamoanimum.bsky.social Welcome to my head. Please excuse the mess.
https://ko-fi.com/pandamoanimum
@orbeeque.bsky.social @orbeeque.bsky.social Mum of the wonderful Apres Teen * Drinker of strong coffee * Hard worker * Soft sleeper * Nosey/curious/inquisitive (depends on my mood) *
Lee Ann Thigpen @leeanncthigpen.bsky.social Lawyer; mom x 3; Mississippian;
Ole Miss fan
Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social The Thick of It. The Death of Stalin. Veep. The Hartlepool Spy. Epic Space. Broken English. Avenue 5. Unhinged, and other books. Guardian, Architects' Journal, iPaper, Observer, whatever. Grandpa. STATE PENSIONER.
@andrewellson.bsky.social @andrewellson.bsky.social 
Gary Bainbridge @garybainbridge.bsky.social Owner-operator of Liverpool's premier bijou editorial services provider, Bus Stop. Occasional bus traveller. Used to be a small deal.
Nacho Carretero Molero @carreteromolero.com Digital Product Design // Diseño • Divulgación • Interiorismo • Arte • Fotografía
Jason Chapman @jasonchapman.bsky.social Author, illustrator, picture book maker
https://jasonchapman.co.uk/
Shop: https://jasonchapman.bigcartel.com/
@sbroadhurst.bsky.social @sbroadhurst.bsky.social 
Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social Screenwriter / Mentor / Landlocked yacht-rock lover. She/her. www.andreamann.com
Madeleine Rich @madeleinerich.bsky.social Chin strap/mouse hat
Wilf Lange @wardotron.bsky.social Flatulist.
Hannah Ferguson @hannahferguson.bsky.social CEO of Cheek Media, co-host of Big Small Talk and bestselling author of Bite Back and Taboo 
Caroline @carolinewalshperry.bsky.social Progressivism, Columbus Crew, and Cats
Founder @steelctymassive.bsky.social
Alison B @akbea.bsky.social I twist other people's words for money.
http://rewritten.uk
Anything pre-July 2023 is imported from Twitter; I don't have a time machine. Not that I'd tell you about, anyway.