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
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
Ella B. Winters @ella-b-winters.bsky.social Writer, research, social worker, lecturer, eternal student, working on my PhD.
Artemesia Arts shortlist; Forward prize nominated; Pushcart prizes nominated x2
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
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Stephen Hayes @stephenaytch.bsky.social #Pro-choice #liberal, but NOT neoliberal. #Anticapitalist #ModernMonetaryTheory #VenusProject #VacuumEnergy #Limitarianism
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
David Fisher @davidlfisher1997.bsky.social Musician from PacificNW, interested in philosophy, cultural theory, and anthropology. Also a bit of a computer nerd.
Simon Michelet @smichelet.bsky.social A Berlin-based graphic designer with a keen sense of programming. Because this is a broad field and because I am enthusiastic about the project, I have been working on the ex nihilo project for quite some time: https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/
@dwakaun-known.bsky.social @dwakaun-known.bsky.social 
Bournemouth Writing Festival @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social Bournemouth Writing Festival - 24-26 April 2026
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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
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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social Retired; the blue dot in red state; midwest, volunteering & mentoring undergrads, grads, alums; Indiana Fever Fan. BS, PhD in engineering, MBA in strategy, fifty years employed in automotive electronics; Love Baroque music. Love travel, 2 kids, 7 grands.
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE 🏘 is a place where the world 🌍 feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social Anti-Zionist Free Palestine Ukraine Solidarity Anti-Racist Anti-Carceral Abolitionist Anti-Genocide Anti-Colonial Anti-War Anti-Imperialist Intersectional Feminist Queer LGBTQI+ Green Eco-Socialist People Planet Peace Interfaith Seeker of Beloved Community
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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mono2STEREO @mono2stereo.bsky.social This is the Official Bluesky profile for monotoSTEREO.info (https://www.monotostereo.info)
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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
Clare Bryden @clarebryden.bsky.social Born at 325ppm
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
— Mary Oliver
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.
— John O’Donohue
Mike Slavin @mikeslavinauthor.bsky.social Author of fast-paced action-oriented crime/ thrillers.
-KIll Crime: a Vigilante series
-Spike, 35 Kills and Smiling (Think Reacher meets Dexter)
West Pointer, Support Democracy. Always learning.
Free prequel at the website
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Hallie Pritts @halliepritts.bsky.social Writer. Finalist, Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize ‘24, Sewanee Writers ’22. CHTQA fellow. NZ writer-in-residence. Words in Mcsweeneys, MissouriReview, LitMag, Barrelhouse, TheBelladonna, OffAssignment, etc. Rode a bike across the US once. #nativeplants
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
Bob Stanley @rockingbob.bsky.social The Bee Gees: Children of the World. Penderyn Prize winner 2023. Let's Do It. Yeah Yeah Yeah. Excavate. Ace Records. Saint Etienne. Non league, soft rock. Also in the Record Room at patreon.com/bobstanley
Robert L Arnold @defiance13.bsky.social Just going to write some stuff and post it here.
Americana UK @americanauk.bsky.social Blueksy for the Americana UK website, covering Americana music in the UK since 2001
Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social European 🇪🇺
Newbury, Berkshire based - previously Lichfield, South London, Sheffield, Kent, Sussex.
Likes: travel eg Belgium; railways; art; music eg Americana; film eg Noir & beer.
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Ellen Braun @ellenbraunmusic.bsky.social Songwriter. Playwright. "The Doldrums" full length album available now!
The Be Good Tanyas @thebegoodtanyas.bsky.social Canadian alt-folk
Steve Earle @steveearle.bsky.social Musician/band
The official blue sky of Steve Earle.
Summer Tour on-sale now.
Posts monitored by management.
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@steveearle- R @richardwilliams.bsky.social @richardwilliams.bsky.social
Hannah White @hannahwhitemusic.bsky.social New Album FINE DAY out 19/09/25 ✨ AMA Award Winner 🏆 Co-founder of @soundloungecio.bsky.social
Lover of trees 💚
Brian Sumner @brotherbriansumner.bsky.social 🦉
https://briansumner.komi.io/
Daily Submittable Deadlines @submittabledaily.bsky.social Best writing and poetry festivals to submit to each day on submittable.
https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/projects
Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social Poet. Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar. My debut collection, Nettles, is out now! 🇪🇸🏴
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In Three Poems @inthreepoems.bsky.social Each episode is a conversation in three poems with a different guest poet, examining how poems connect us and how they communicate with each other.
inthreepoems.com
Hosted by @davidjbauman.bsky.social
North Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social Noticeboard and live commonplace book of North Sea Poets. We run online masterclasses, workshops and webinars.
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Lee Matthew Goldberg @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social Author of 16 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS.
Lit Rep: Josh Getzler @ HG Literary
Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press.
Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social I write because I feel most alive when I’m creating stories, stories about love, loss, memory, and the small, quiet moments that often shape our lives the most.
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JudyKeith @judykeith.bsky.social Judy and Keith create stories. We started late in life by writing for our grandkids. The stories emphasize a moral & must pass the acid test--would we be happy if our kids read it? As they got older, we progressed to action-adventure, romance and #CR4U.
Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Jonathan Davidson @jonathandavidson.bsky.social Poet, writer, etc. 'Downland', from https://tworiverspress.com/shop/downland-subscriber-package/
Julian Day @julianday.bsky.social Published by Blackbough Poetry, The Storms Journal, FolkHeart Press. Featured writer in Patricia's Pen, and on A Thousand Shades Of Green podcast and a regular guest reader on Eat The Storms podcast. Best of The Net nominated.
The Arnold Bennett Society @bennettsoc.bsky.social Promoting the work of Potteries-born author Arnold Bennett (1867-1931). Website arnoldbennettsociety.org.uk; email arnoldbennettscty@btinternet.com
Deb Wing - print artist @debwing.bsky.social I’m a linocut artist living and working on the west coast of Scotland.
Open Studios in Cowal Sept
At Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Sept-Nov.
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Jody Vining @viningcreative.com 🎙️ Voice-over artist | 📸 Photographer | ⭕️ Phish
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📍 Boulder, CO
📷 All photos by me unless noted
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Ange @arods3232.bsky.social Photography and art enthusiast, all photos taken by me, unless it's a repost of someone else's work.
Prints of some of my work are available at https://ange.darkroom.com/.
Come check out my gallery!
Rob Edmunds @robedmunds.bsky.social I'm a writer of three novels, the most recent about the conflict in Burma during World War II. My previous two novels are both about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa, set during the Second Punic War. 🏴
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Zoë Brigley @zoebrigley.bsky.social Award winning poet, editor of Poetry Wales, poetry coeditor at Seren Books, a founding editor of Modron Magazine
Printmakers of Scotland @printersofscotland.bsky.social A collective of printmakers from across Scotland - working together to develop and share printmaking.
Festival of Printmaking 14-16 Aug 2026 University of Stirling.
www.printmakersofscotland.com
Euan Taylor Author @euantaylorauthor.bsky.social The Hard Times: Prison Diaries: A book about crime, punishment, rehabilitation, greed, and putting a newspaper to bed before the editorial team gets locked up: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Times-Prison-Diaries-ebook/dp/B0DPVH8HFF/
Danielle M Cahill @daniellec.bsky.social Author | Reader
Burnt Offerings out now on Amazon (Alien Buddha Press).
Words all over, Virago Books, Quarter Press, MoonLit Getaway, Micromance Mag etc.
Winner Caledonia Novel Award 24, Bridport Prize shortlist 25, Pushcart Prize nominee 26.
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Kim Whysall-Hammond @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social Poet, scientist, artist. Lifelong Science Fiction fan. SFPA. My debut pamphlet ‘Messages from the Road’ is available from Palewell Press. https://palewellpress.co.uk/bookstore/lost-wellbeing/mftr/
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social We publish poetry and fiction chapbooks by UK debut authors with an emphasis on global majority writers. Founder/editor: @carrieetter.bsky.social; co-editor: Kaycee Hill Website: https://foxandstarbooks.org
Yaffle @yaffles-nest.bsky.social Publisher of poetry collections and pamphlets. Yaffle and Yaffle's Nest
Online workshops and courses.
Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social New to this platform!
Literary Poet (author of Cult Life)
www.kyerenregehr.ca
Artistic Director of Planet Earth Poetry
www.planetearthpoetry.com
Host of The Poet Laureate Podcast
@poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social
7th Poet Laureate of Victoria (2025-2027)
The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social Hosted by Kyeren Regehr and featuring poets laureate from across the country and beyond.
www.thepoetlaureatepodcast.com
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Short Poem of the Day @shortpoems.bsky.social Daily short poems from the past and present. 🙂
Daryl Farmer @darylfarmer.bsky.social Writer, poet, bicyclist. Gentle spirit, but capable occasional mayhem. Author of BICYCLNG BEYOND THE DIVIDE and WHERE WE LAND. Creative writing Prof at U of Alaska Fairbanks.
Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social.
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PN Review @pnreview.bsky.social The UK's most stimulating literary journal, where the many worlds of poetry converse. Published by @carcanet.bsky.social. Subscribe here: http://goo.gl/QNqGCH
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Poetry London @poetrylondon.bsky.social London’s Leading Poetry Magazine. Autumn 2023 Issue 106 OUT NOW.
https://poetrylondon.co.uk/
Out-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social Independent poetry publisher 📧press@outspokenpress.com
outspokenpress.com
https://linktr.ee/outspokenpress
the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
www.engineidling.net
EIC Danielle McMahon (@dehm000.bsky.social)
Sidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social 📚 UK publisher of collaborative/hybrid poetry books since 2010, based in London and Cambridge. Editors: Kirsten Irving (@kirstenirving.bsky.social) and Jon Stone (@shotscarecrow.bsky.social).
https://linktr.ee/sidekickbooks
Out-Spoken Academy @outspokenacademy.bsky.social Intensive online poetry courses. Register now for March 2025 4-week Creative Non-Fiction with Amy Key and Jenn Ashworth.
Polari Press @polari.press Queer publishing and design studio. Not affiliated with any other Polari-named things.
polari.press | polari.com
ABCtales @abctales.bsky.social http://ABCtales.com is the place for writers to share, discuss and develop their talent.
Anti-Heroin Chic @antiheroinchic.bsky.social AHC is a literary arts intentional community and healing space. Submissions open. Edited by
James Diaz. https://heroinchic.weebly.com/
Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social New York-based publisher of contemporary poetry and prose. Founded in 2004, CLMP member. Home to annual contests, open reading periods, and the Immigrant Writing Series. We offer manuscript consultations, free monthly writing workshops, and more.
Leafe Press @leafepress.bsky.social Leafe Press was launched at a reading in Nottingham in 2000 and has published a wide range of poetry. Editor: Alan Baker
Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social Celebrating books by artists, poets, writers, book designers and their publishers. The next fair will take place in 2027.
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@thelakepoetry.bsky.social @thelakepoetry.bsky.social 
Emergence Magazine @emergencemagazine.bsky.social Webby-winning, Ellie-, Peabody- and Emmy-nominated publication and creative studio exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. Currently not active on Bluesky. Find us here:
https://linktr.ee/emergencemagazine
New Writing South @newwritingsouth.bsky.social New Writing South is dedicated to inspiring, nurturing and connecting all kinds of creative writers in southeast England.
Writing Community @writingcommunity.bsky.social #WritingCommunity reposts book publication news, great reviews, literary nominations & awards, and new work in journals, magazines & anthologies.
Founded & curated by Rod Mannix.
Also see: @rodmannix.bsky.social
https://literaryretweet.com- B berlin lit @berlinlit.bsky.social Online journal for new poetry
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social Publishing exceptional research since 1899.
Home to @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, @oxunienl.bsky.social, @modlangopen.bsky.social, and @lupdistribution.bsky.social.
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The Poetry Kiosk @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social The Poetry Kiosk is a small press and exhibition platform of visual poetry run by Astra Papachristodoulou. Browse our shop and online exhibitions: www.thepoetrykioskcom
Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social Small independent, inclusive, award-winning UK publishing house. Mostly poetry and short fiction, with the occasional fantasy/sci-fi novel. Prioritising LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Disabled, Welsh poets, and geographically isolated and Older Women writers.
Forward Prizes for Poetry @forwardprizes.bsky.social The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
tiny wren lit @tinywrenlit.bsky.social tiny wren lit focuses on tiny poems + tiny issues (2-3 times per year). Readers can download each issue in a zine format. Home of the tiny zine. Subs open.
Web: https://www.tinywrenlit.com/
Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997.
Poems.com
Corbel Stone Press @corbelstonepress.bsky.social Small press of Autumn Richardson & Richard Skelton. Words, art & music about landscape and the other-than-human world.
corbelstonepress.com
@cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social 
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. 
LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
Visit us at 14 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL, or browse at https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
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The Poetry Bookshop @poetrybookshop.bsky.social The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979
Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
Kent and Sussex Poetry Society @kandspoetrysoc.bsky.social We're a friendly and lively poetry society with over 100 members. Founded originally by Vita Sackville-West, we hold monthly meetings in Tunbridge Wells and regular workshops. Find out more at our website -https://kentandsussexpoetry.com/monthly-meetings/
The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy