Nell Mosher @nellmosher.bsky.social They/Them
East Coast. I dabble in drawing and writing real weird stuff.
Will probably have some 18+ content.
Chris @chrisl.bsky.social Storyteller
Physician
Whisky drinker
Proud dog father of 3 huskies
Cat Rector @catrector.com She/Her | Bi | 🇨🇦 | Author of Horror and Dark Fantasy, often staring 30+ers who fk up consistently
WIP: A liminal space haunted house novel with daddy issues 🌈✨
Natalie Zed @nataliezed.bsky.social Author of HENCH and VILLAIN. She/her. Spec fic, videogames, heavy metal, horror, MMA, comics, TTRPGs, LARP. CanLit Tank Girl. Extremely unlikely. Rep'd by Ron Eckel at CookeMcDermid.
Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social formerly didic on twitter. Writer. Editor. Translator. Blogger. Speaker. Geek. Asexual. Enby. Anti-Zionist. Tired. they/them. Science fiction and fantasy person. Former Israeli, now trying to become Canadian.
Owner at Other Places Books
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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ¶ One of Canada’s most innovative and tenacious literary publishers
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Community Not Cops Kjipuktuk @communitynotcops.bsky.social Kjipuktuk based coalition working to defund, detask and abolish the police
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Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities @strangeadventures.bsky.social Canada's Oddest Comic Bookshops!
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Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary's University @smuarts.bsky.social Explore your world of possibility in the Faculty of Arts, with more than 40 areas of study. www.smu.ca/arts #artswithimpact
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 🇨🇦
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Mel @melhadtea.bsky.social ☁️☕️📖🍊🍃
Let’s read books, drink tea, and make art all day. 何よりも本を読んだり、お茶を飲んだり、アートを作ったりしたい。
Kjipuktuk | Halifax 🌊
BoD for TriCon! 🔱
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TriCon @tricon-hfx.bsky.social TriCon is Atlantic Canada's literary conference for speculative fiction. TriCon 2026 will be held May 15th-17th, 2026 at The Westin Nova Scotian.
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the ikebana shop @theikebanashop.bsky.social Japanese gift shop in Halifax, NS. Traditional+modern. Plus, our specialty: ikebana Japanese flower arrangement--supplies, lessons, and services. www.theikebanashop.com
long con magazine + Collusion Books @longconmagazine.bsky.social longconmag.com: canadian magazine for art replying to art
ISSUE 2.6: submit by Sept 30
Montebank Prize: enter by Sept 30
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Fuse Literary @fuseliterary.bsky.social We are a full-service literary agency based in the Silicon Valley, with agents in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, and Halifax.
StFX English Dept @stfxenglish.bsky.social English Department at @stfx-university.bsky.social
Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social Writing sci-fi and horror in Mi'kma'ki/Nova Scotia.
Author of Misplaced (@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social)
She/they
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com Canada's largest, most eventful independent bookstore.
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Everyman’s Library @everymanslibrary.bsky.social Publisher of the finest editions available of the world's greatest classics.
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PGC Books @pgcbooks.bsky.social Canadian distributors of the best in independent publishing. Part of the Raincoast Distribution Group. 🇨🇦
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Speakers Nova Scotia @speakersns.bsky.social We're a brand new (as of Oct 4/24) non-profit that aims to uplift the profession of public speaking in Nova Scotia. As we grow we'll be offering an online registry of members, and professional learning opportunities.
Atlantic Provinces Library Association @aplacontact.bsky.social Promoting the interests of libraries in the Atlantic provinces while fostering the development of librarians, library technicians & information professionals through cooperative efforts and the promotion of library interests.
Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social Author of 7 books: fiction, poetry, self-help
Activist and Reg Social Worker/Psychotherapist
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Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
AK Press @akpress.org Your friendly anarchist publisher & distributor, worker-run and collectively managed since 1990. No bosses, no bullshit.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
@dulynotedshop.bsky.social @dulynotedshop.bsky.social 
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social Award-winning author of more than 20 books. Writes science fiction as Gareth L Powell and horror and mystery as GL Powell. Repped by Lucienne Diver.
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The Pushcart Prize @pushcartprize.bsky.social Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976.
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Shelburne County Arts Council (SCAC) @scac-shelburne.bsky.social Shelburne County Arts Council exists to support and promote the development of art, artists and art education in Shelburne County by creating opportunities within our community for all of our citizens to engage in a wide range of artistic endeavours.
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New York Review Books @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nyrb.com
Europa Editions @europaeditions.bsky.social We are an independent publisher of literary fiction, high-end mystery and noir, and narrative non-fiction from around the world.
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project
Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social
Habs fan / Canadian in the South 🍁
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Dave Shoots Books @daveshootsbooks.bsky.social Wendy, not Dave (he's my dad). Old broad. Selling interesting old and local history #books since 2000 (now online only). Other interests - music, cooking, baking, crocheting, writing, community. Saint John, New Brunswick. http://daveshootsbookseller.com
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Nocturne: Art at Night @nocturnehalifax.bsky.social Experience Kjipuktuk/Halifax transformed by artists 🌚✨ Nocturne: Embodied City, Curated by Annalise Prodor: Oct 15-18, 2025
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Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social Canada’s oldest independent publisher, representing some of the best and brightest authors in the country.
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Talonbooks @talonbooks.bsky.social Publishing words that matter since 1967. www.talonbooks.com
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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
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St. Martin's Publishing Group @stmartinspress.bsky.social The St. Martin’s Publishing Group is a leading publisher of books designed to entertain, inform, and delight. Our imprints include St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books, Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Griffin, St. Martin’s Essentials, and Castle Point Books.
The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
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Barefoot Books @barefootbooks.bsky.social "The standard of excellence in children's books" - Forbes
Barefoot Books is an award-winning, independent, women-owned and run, children’s book publisher based in Concord, MA. 
Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
Indie Bound @indiebound.bsky.social We ❤️ indie bookstores!
Nimbus Publishing Ltd. @nimbuspub.bsky.social 📍 Halifax, NS
Publishing award-winning Atlantic Canadian books since 1978, and okay-ish Bluesky posts since right now.
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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social Poet
Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024)
Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022
Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos
annickmacaskill.com
Woozles Children’s Bookstore @woozlesbooks.bsky.social Canada’s oldest children’s bookstore
A Place For & About Children
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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social Since 1977, Canada’s 🇨🇦 most prestigious awards programs for magazine and digital publishing communities.
Depuis 1977, les programmes de prix les plus prestigieux du Canada 🇨🇦 pour les communautés de l’édition magazine et numérique.
Igneus Press @igneuspress.bsky.social Mapping our world with our voices in poetry
Igneus Press is a mission-driven publishing house committed to art and literature as peace-keeping tools in a world divided by social, economic, and political issues.
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Semiotexte @semiotexte.bsky.social Semiotext(e) publishes works of theory, fiction, madness, economics, satire, sexuality, science fiction, activism and confession.
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social Award-Winning Publisher of New Weird Horror + More, via Portland, OR & Transilvania, Romania.
@AlexWoodroe.com, Editor in Chief.
@MattBlairstone.bsky.social, Publisher.
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The Dial Press @thedialpress.bsky.social Publisher of books driven by the heart. An imprint of Penguin Random House.
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Elliott Gish @elliottgish.bsky.social TT, LL. Writer, librarian, too many freckles, not enough sleep. Debut novel GREY DOG available now. She/her. https://linktr.ee/elliottgish
Literary Magazines Canada Collective @litmagscan.bsky.social LMCC is a collective organization run by magazine editors and staff. We work to highlight the vital role of literary magazines in the publishing landscape. https://litmags.ca/
IPG: Independent Publishers Group @ipgbook.bsky.social The largest independent book distributor in North America representing thousands of books from hundreds of international and independent publishers. www.ipgbook.com
Philip Moscovitch @philmoscovitch.bsky.social I live by the ocean near Halifax, NS. Journalist and audio producer who also publishes crime fiction, poetry, and essays. Author of a book on fermentation. Roots in Montreal and Greece. Editor of Write magazine. All opinions my own.
The Coast @thecoast.ca The best media outlet for Halifax, Nova Scotia, since 1993. https://www.thecoast.ca
Karin Slaughter @karinslaughter.com Internationally bestselling thriller writer. Watch WILL TRENT on ABC/streaming on Hulu. Watch PIECES OF HER on Netflix.
Little Ghosts Books @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press.
“A Good Story Will Haunt You”
👻🖤📚
www.littleghostsbooks.com
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia @writersfedofns.bsky.social WFNS fosters the profession, the success, and the public recognition of Nova Scotian writers at all stages of their careers. More at writers.ns.ca
Harper Perennial @harperperennial.bsky.social We are one of the trade paperback imprints of @HarperCollins. We like you.
what’s up kjipuktuk @rad-events-902.bsky.social Amplifying & reposting events happening in and around Kjipuktuk !
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#LandBack #FreePalestine #BLM #FreeCongo #AllEyesOnSudan #TransLiberation #DisabilityJustice #WearAMask
Stelliform Press @stelliform.press Award-winning SFFH & literary books engaging with environmental justice. Now: THE OTHER SHORE, THE WILDCRAFT DRONES. www.stelliform.press.
Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social Punamu’kwati’jk|Dartmouth (formerly Tsalaguwetiyi|Nashville). Inventor #DSPBposts. Small press, 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 poli. I turn tea into words: novel AETHER AND EGO (Inanna, Sept 2026). https://linktr.ee/joannemerriam
Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
sevenstories.com
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com A publishing line devoted to elevating unduly overlooked books and authors, from McNally Jackson Books.
mcnallyeditions.com
Local Wishlist @localwishlist.bsky.social Annual holiday gift guide 🎁 filled with hundreds of ideas made or offered by Nova Scotia businesses, and published by Halifax Bloggers. The 2026 Local Wishlist launches Nov 12th! ❄️
Michelle Hébert (she/her) @hfxwordy.bsky.social Preorder "A Good Girl's Guide to Lying: Losing my Memory, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma"at https://linktr.ee/michellehebertwrites | Halifax/Mi'kmaqi
Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social Founding editor of GrandParade.news a Halifax newspaper, host of Grand Parade and co-host of Wanderer Grounds. Previously: Writer for The Coast, Founding editor of Committee Trawler, an NDP Candidate, Submariner, and Theater tech. DMs open, he/him.
Columbia Global Reports @columbiagr.bsky.social Nonprofit publishing imprint from Columbia Journalism School
Understanding the world one short book at a time 📖 🌏
https://globalreports.columbia.edu/- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com Author. Also husband, dad, clothing-repairer, dog-walker. Decreasingly rigorous on social media. Happy to receive simple work queries here; anything more involved contact Patrick Walsh @ PEW Literary in London or email me.
www.linktr.ee/harkaway
He/him
Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social Indie publisher of beautiful titles inspired by buildings, cities and landmarks. Sometimes wears a book as a hat… | ManderleyPress.com
Insta @manderleypress
Latest book: manderleypress.com/shop/p/moonismaking
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com I write novels, games and stories. Coming in 2026: MERCUTIO and THE SWORDMASTER. Writer at CHEO Foundation (my views are my own). Former journalist. From Manitoba, now in Ottawa. She/her. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️🌈
https://kateheartfield.com
Amber Solberg @ambersolberg.bsky.social Illustrator! Muralist! Art teacher!
And never reading as much as I'd like to be. 
Laura White, P.Eng. @lecwhite.bsky.social (she/her)
Councillor for District 7, Halifax South Downtown
Co-chair of family of 5. Engineer. Climate Reality Leader. I ❤️public spaces. Kjipuktuk.
laurawhite.ca
carboncovid.travel.blog
Allan, your robot dad @allanis.gay Hey there, slugger. I’m the guy at work with the toy dinosaurs. Giant shrieking homo. Opinions are my own until I can find the receipt. He/him
Bookstore Paul @pall.bsky.social “I try all things, I achieve what I can.”
Amy Jones @amylaurajones.bsky.social Writer, manatee enthusiast, keeper of the Great Potato 
On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social Canadian journal of Literature of the Fantastic
Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.
Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social A broken man on a Halifax pier. Founder of HalifaxExaminer.ca. Opinions are my own, and not necessarily shared by my colleagues.
Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com Culture critic in the horror space. Author of BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING (Invisible Publishing, 2020). HOW TO RESTORE A TIMELINE (House of Anansi, 2023). Ace. https://peterbcounter.com/
Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social SFFH writer. L’nu’skw (Mi'kmaw). She/her. Bi cis anarchafeminist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Pessimism of intellect, optimism of will. Views mine, not employers. Fuck AI forever.
Books:
🩸Carnalis
🌿 Green Fuse Burning
💀 Elegies of Rotting Stars
📧 Rep by Jo Ramsay
emma dawn @emmadawn.com occasionally here, living in the post death hallucination of twitter days long past
James Crossley @jamescrossley.bsky.social Founder and genius loci of Leviathan Bookstore in St. Louis. Utterer of strange and dangerous nonsense to please the bats at the back of his soul.
Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social English prof at King's / Dalhousie (mostly Victorian lit, detective fiction), critic, blogger at 'Novel Readings'. Essays and reviews in the TLS, LRC, Q&Q, CNQ, LARB, etc. It's pronounced "Rowan." She / her. Halifax, NS. http://rohanmaitzen.com
Halifax ReTales @halifaxretales.bsky.social Retail & Restaurant news in HRM. Authentic to a fault Arthur Gaudreau HalifaxReTales@gmail.com sometimes I stray off topic, politics, footy, madness.
Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social Jewish romance writer; sci-fi, fantasy, and romance editor; university writing coach; Jane Austen enthusiast
✍✡️📚
Repped by Christina Miller at Nancy Yost Literary Agency
📍Halifax, Nova Scotia
She/her
Find me professionally at www.rookwoodediting.com
king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada!
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Charlotte Ashley @charlotteashley.bsky.social Writer, bookseller, cafe owner, bibliophile, darkness-kicker, mild maniac, mother, iconoclast.
Owner/operator of Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax
www.once-and-future.com
Monsters are friends.