Child's Play Toys and Books @childsplaytoys.bsky.social We've been bringing joy to Washington DC area families for 40 years with our specially curated toys, games, and books that focus on sparking curiosity and cultivating creativity. Proudly woman, Asian, and refugee-owned business.
Oblong Books @oblongbooks.bsky.social Independent booksellers in the Hudson Valley since 1975. Signed books, staff picks, and more! ๐ Open daily + free shipping on online orders over $30.
Caprichos Books @caprichosbooks.bsky.social New & Used Indie Bookstore on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
www.caprichosbooks.com
Literati Bookstore @literatibookstore.bsky.social Curing brain rot since 2013.
As seen on NBC News, NPR, etc.
๐Ann Arbor, MI.
LiteratiBookstore.com
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, Horror & more!
Author events, book signings & more!
For general queries, please contact our booksellers: 619-539-7137
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Quimby's Bookstore @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social The worldโs leading purveyor of zines and author and artist produced publications! Open every day 12-7! 1854 North Ave, Chicago! We print books, zines & comics!
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Copper Dog Books @copperdogbooks.bsky.social Genre-friendly booksellers of Beverly, MA! We ship internationally.
Read more queer books ๐
Shop online 24/7.
Audiobooks. Books. Gifts. Merch.
https://www.copperdogbooks.com
Wolfe & Kron Books ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ซ๐ง @wolfeandkronbooks.com She/They is serving Collectible, Used + New Titles in ๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ค & non ๐ฆ๐จ
๐๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐บ๐พ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ปโSciFi | Horror | Fantasy | Romance | Mystery | ...etc...
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐.
808 1/2 Fifth Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ
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Feminist-SciFi (she/they) @feminist-scifi.bsky.social Opinionated bluestocking ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐จ
Owner of @wolfeandkronbooks.com
Creator of @asynchronousbookclub.org
Politics and Prose @politicsprose.bsky.social So many books, so little time. Proud independent bookstore since 1984. 
MahoganyBooks @mahoganybooks.bsky.social Black-owned indie bookstore based in Washington DC + MD + Online
Creator of #blackbooksmatter ๐ค
DC Writers Room @dcwritersroom.bsky.social Washington, DC's 24/7 co-working studio for writers located in the heart of Tenleytown
https://www.dcwritersroom.com/
DC Writers Conference @dcwriterscon.bsky.social The DC areaโs premiere writing conference. May 1-2 in 2026! https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/the-2026-washington-writers-conference
Busboys and Poets @busboysandpoets.bsky.social busboysandpoets.com
DC | MD | VA
serving food and ideas since 2005
Fonts Books & Gifts @fontsbooks.bsky.social McLeanโs neighborhood bookstore and gift shop.
@oldtownbooks.bsky.social @oldtownbooks.bsky.social 
One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social We are a place of welcome and discovery where a love of reading is cultivated alongside friendship, acceptance, and connection. We strive to be a gathering place for the community and nurturing environment for for diverse authors and readers.
The Writer's Center @thewriterscenter.bsky.social Writing workshops and free events for writers since 1976! In-person and online! 
Washington Writersโ Publishing House @wwph.bsky.social Washington Writersโ Publishing House is the longest, continuously operating cooperative nonprofit literary press in the US. More details at www.washingtonwriters.org
East City Bookshop @eastcitybooks.bsky.social 
Capitol Hill Books @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social New, used, and rare books in D.C.
Totally not judging your purchases (to your face).
https://www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/
Loyalty Bookstores @loyaltybooks.bsky.social Black, Asian, queer owned indie bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC with a long term pop up in the Parks at Walter Reed in DC.
People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com Mom 'n pop bookshop in downtown Takoma Park, MD. New books, hot zines, and Sunday storytimes. We're DC City Paper's Best Bookstore of 2026, 2025 and 2024. ๐ See upcoming events and membership options here: https://wfr.bio/peoplesbook
Laura E. Weymouth @lauraeweymouth.bsky.social I raise children, creatures, and stories.
Coming soon:
Steel & Spellfire (7/22)
The Castle & the Cloister (Summer 2026)
The Starlight & the Flame (Summer 2027)
Lee Hooyboer @thelostnoun.bsky.social Fierce advocate for indie bookstores and booksellers
VICKI JOHNSON ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social Author | Mac Wears a Hat - OUT NOW | Molly's Tuxedo | www.vickijohnsonwrites.com | https://linktr.ee/vickijohnsonwrites
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Cheese Opinions, etc. @cheeseopinionsetc.bsky.social Please feel free to tell me your favorite Cheeses 
Rachel Wood @racheljennet.bsky.social Bookstore owner, sleepyhead, anchor baby. she/her
Please pretty please link to bookshop.org so I can enjoy a billionaire free feed.
Lillie Lainoff @lillielainoff.bsky.social Fencer, Yale '18, UEA '21. Author of ONE FOR ALL (FSG BYR, Titan.) Creator of Disabled Kidlit Writers. Rep: Jim McCarthy (DG&B)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374314613/oneforall
Fred Rexroad @fredrexroad.bsky.social Writer of mystery and fantasy.
www.fredrexroad.com
Meg Eden Kuyatt @medenkuyatt.bsky.social Author of GOOD DIFFERENT & THE GIRL IN THE WALLS @Scholastic
Christ-follower #Actuallyautistic #2023Debuts #MGin23
rep'd by @laurenspieller.bsky.social
http://www.megedenbooks.com/
Logan Scavo @logan.scavo.dev Husband, Father to twins, Reformed Christian, Software Engineer.
Fan of science fiction literature, running, functional programming, JRPGs, and baking
C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social Bi demigirl (she/they). Neurodivergent. Spoonie. SFF author of both YA and Adult.
13 COUNTY ROAD 666 (Trailer Park Cryptids) out now from Falstaff Press.
Rep: Alex Land of Mad Woman Literary Agency
https://linktr.ee/clmccollum
Gale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social ๐ฐ Cartoonist, bunfriend, learnin the drums
๐ BABY-SITTERS CLUB 5-8
๐ชFREESTYLE & FRESH STARTโ๏ธ
๐ฆ http://galesaur.com/quick-links/
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ they/them
new book: BSC Super Special! (Sept 2026)
Ryan Grover @streetgrover.bsky.social 
Whiskey Tit Press @whiskeytit.com Whiskey Tit makes delicious books and believes, sincerely, that great literature will keep us alive and fighting and (hopefully) free from brainworms.
If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social A podcast about the airport books that captured our hearts and ruined our minds.
Patreon: patreon.com/ifbookspod
Merch: ifbookspod.dashery.com
Jolly Fish Press @jollyfishpress.bsky.social We believe in connecting authors and readers through the magic and discovery of simply good books. An imprint of North Star Editions.
jollyfishpress.com
Flux Books @fluxbooks.bsky.social Flux is a YA fiction imprint devoted to publishing authors who understand that young adult is a point of view, not a reading level.
fluxnow.com
Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social Writer, reader, rhymer, dreamer. Author of Don't Hug Doug, Dozens of Doughnuts & other picture books that donโt start with the letter D.
Find me online: carriefinison.com
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com Bestselling writer of The Bright Sword, The Magicians trilogy, The Silver Arrow books and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. And The God of Sleep.
Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internetโs gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, canโt lose.
K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com writer. she/her ๐๐ฆ heart's delight: Bmore, bats, & tattoos; Clarion & Tin House '18โก๏ธ kcmeadbrewer.com
fuck AI & fuck fascism
ALT pfp: white, blond woman; nervous but anxious
ALT banner: a black cat peeks from around a corner
Bethany C Morrow @bethanycmorrow.com BCMorrow on IG/Threads. Adult/YA Author. Bestseller. Social Justice in Literature Award winner. Locus, Ignyte, and Audie finalist. Christ follower. Planet of the Apes stan.
THE BODY (Nightfire/Tor) out now!
https://linktr.ee/bcmorrow
TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social Bestselling author of ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ romances.
A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS out now.
Rep: Larissa Melo Pienkowski @ Azantian
DM's/@'s not checked regularly. Contact me via my website:
https://tjalexander.com/
Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social Iโm not in James Thurberโs attic any more! right now Iโm home yay ! Iโm the one who writes this column https://www.theatlantic.com/author/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Mom, wife, clinically retired peds, now academic MD, author/illustrator, ๐น๐ญThai American, SCBWI Narr Art Award winner, E/W Lit Agency, posts #kidlitart & book marketing, on hiatus from new book projects. Ignores random DMs. She/her/hers, opinions my own.
Beth Revis @bethrevis.bsky.social I write things. NIGHT OF THE WITCH: out now. HOUSE OF HEX: December 2023. THE FATE OF MAGIC: Fall 2024. Something else: Winter 2024. bethrevis.com
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
uosdษฏแดS ษuษ๊ท ๐ฆ @danacorn.bsky.social Quasi-mythical pointy-headed being who makes comics, like โPhoebe and Her Unicorn" and "Ozy and Millie." Bestselling, award-winning, all that. PNW. She/her.
Oh, and 5-time Reuben Award nominee, now.
Account just for book/art stuff: @danasimpson.com
Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling, Geisel-winning, GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofyโฆ and probably trying to hug wildlife. โNO, AME!โ) LATEST ๐: โญ๏ธTHE SICK DAYโญ๏ธ (๐ฆ, ๐ & ๐ #6). MORE ๐ ON THE WAY! Rep: Tricia Lawrenceโ๐โat Aevitas!
Veronica Bartles @vbartles.com Author: THE PRINCESS & THE FROGS and TWELVE STEPS, recycle-knitter, graphic designer (web/book design, etc.) #KidLitConfections cookie queen, book-grandma, #ActuallyAutistic. (she/her) https://vbartles.com
Wild Rumpus Books @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social For young readers and the young at heart. We're the independent children's and young adult bookstore with a little purple door. Posts mostly by Rumpian Timothy.
Est. 1992
Minneapolis, MN, USA
https://linktr.ee/wildrumpus
Mo Daviau @modaviau.bsky.social I wrote EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE (SMP โ16) and EPIC AND LOVELY (WVU Press '25). Bookseller. Elder Marfanoid. Indie kid forever. bravebookstore.substack.com
Aura Penny @aurabeth.bsky.social Reader, bookseller, writer, knitter, eldritch slacker, housecoat enthusiast. Has too many unread books. She/Her
Jack Strange | Author @jackstrangeauthor.bsky.social Author of Look Up, Handsome published with HarperCollins imprint One More Chapter. Romantic comedy author. Reader of books, tarot, and the stars. Witchy and spiritual. Welsh and whimsical. Bookseller & Journo. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA
Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles
Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits
Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social Traci VW Creations: Dragon Tamer & award-winning childrenโs book illustrator with a Kirkus star. I also do game art. By hand. No AI ever.
Letโs create beautiful things together! โ
www.tracivanwagoner.com
#PaintPlay #KidLitArtist #NatureintheCity #SCBWI
Lindsay Currie @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of mysteries for young readers. Newest title: THE MYSTERY OF LOCKED ROOMS ๐๏ธ
Leigh Anne Carter @lacarterbooks.bsky.social Author-Illustrator
๐ YETI IS NOT READY FOR SCHOOL
๐ YETI IS NOT READY FOR GAME OVER
๐ผ Repโd by Lane Clarke, Ultra Literary
#kidlit #kidlitart
https://lacarter.com/links
Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social Writer of picture books (VAMPIRINA BALLERINA, MOUSE CALLS, and more), chapter book bios and HF. Reader of almost everything. SCBWI. Authors Guild. Repped by Rachel Orr at Prospect. She/her. Find me at www.annemariepace.com
Jarrett J. Krosoczka @studiojjk.bsky.social ๐ฌGraphic Novelist
๐ Lunch Lady โข Hey, Kiddo
๐ Star Wars โข Crayola โข Marvel
โถ๏ธ Process & Creative Career Tips
๐ Classroom Resources
Kate Messner @katemessner.com NYT bestselling author of 80+ books for kids. Educator. Speaker. Adirondack 46er. Passionately curious. Coming soon: KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON
www.katemessner.com
John Patrick Green @johngreenart.bsky.social NYTimes-bestselling and Eisner-nominated cartoonist. INVESTIGATORS, HIPPOPOTAMISTER, and more.
http://www.johnpatrickgreen.com/
http://www.InvestiGatorsBooks.com/
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social They/She.
Wrote some books.
Then didn't.
Love animals, horror, and weird stuff.
Run a cool jewelry store for queer artists.
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social
www.peculiarityshop.com
Respectful Memes @respectfulmemes.bsky.social 
Faith Erin Hicks @faitherinhicks.bsky.social Eisner Award winning writer & drawer of comics. Exhausted Canadian, here to talk about Star Trek, Dragon Age & other things that I love. My cat's name is Maple.
www.faitherinhicks.com
J. Robert Deans @jrobertdeans.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Children's Book Writer & Artist, Cartoonist. The Thin Man film series obsessive. dfplinks.com or https://grandpunwick.contact
Jamar Nicholas @jamarnicholas.bsky.social Author-illustrator, Cartoonist, Creator of the LEON THE EXTRAORDINARY series (Scholastic / Graphix).
LEON: WORST FRIENDS FOREVER in stores now!
https://linktr.ee/jamarnicholas
rep: Daniel Lazar / Writers House
Andy Runton @owly.bsky.social Author and artist of the Owly graphic novels & picture books. Vegetarian. Cartoonist. Designer. Shutterbug. Bird, insect, animal, & nature lover. Adopt donโt shop! Rescue dog, cat, and crayfish dad! he/him๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ชท
Gene Luen Yang @geneluenyang.bsky.social Cartoonist and Comic Book Writer
๐งงAmerican Born Chinese
๐Dragon Hoops
๐ขSecret Coders
๐กBooks of Clash
๐ฆธ๐ปโโ๏ธSuperman Smashes the Klan
๐๐ผShang-Chi
๐ตMonkey Prince
โ๏ธAvatar
John Gallagher Cartoonist @johnbgallagher.bsky.social Artist/Writer/Educator/Dad; Creator of Max Meow kids' graphic novel series from Random House (Book 5 hits Nov 2023!) Art Director of Ranger Rick magazine www.maxmeow.com
Jules Wernersbach @juliewbach.bsky.social Founder of Hive Mind Books, a queer indie bookstore in Bushwick. Debut novel WORK TO DO coming from University of Iowa Press 2026.
City Books @citybookspgh.bsky.social Used & collectible books in Pittsburgh since 1984.
Hours Wed-Sun 11-5
Fuck Amazon. ๐๐ช๐ป๐ง
https://linktr.ee/citybookspgh
Poisoned Pen @poisonedpen.bsky.social Your Local Bookstore No Matter Where You Live.
www.poisonedpen.com
adrienne rg @adriennerg.bsky.social she/her. bookseller in Tacoma. goms ๐ฑ
Skunk Cabbage Books @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social An indie bookstore and community workshop space in Chicago focused on building our connections to the natural world.
https://linktr.ee/skunkcabbagebooks
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
https://barrelhousemag.com/
Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I โฅ๏ธ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; author of HAPPY PEOPLE DONโT LIVE HERE; repโd by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey
linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
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!
www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
kalen whose twitter pic is 15 yrs old @kalenski.bsky.social Zone 6a. Book Babe Extraordinaire. Old skool Denver. Queen of food allergies. Her indoors. Nuggets. Jazz (the music not the team.) Pottymouth. I talk about books. Vaccinated. "Always insightful...." โKyle Clark
Rosa Hernandez @bksellerrosa.bsky.social Marketing Manager at local bookstore in PNW
IG:booksellerwithattitude
Views are my own
she/her
Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
banner pic by Stephanie Gibson
Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com publisher of boundary-breaking prose books
come get us @ splitlippress.com and https://linktr.ee/splitlippress
posts by yrs truly @suburbanprairie.bsky.social
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
Spencer Ruchti @spencerruchti.bsky.social bookseller in Seattle / author events / co-founder of the Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation
book culture @bookculture.com An independent bookstore based in New York
nicole brinkley | bookseller @nebrinkley.bsky.social writer. award-winning bookseller at oblong books. lover of nuance. not here anymore. โ๏ธ ๐โจ
Microcosm Publishing @microcosm.bsky.social Based in #Portland and Cleveland. A Publisher's Weekly's fastest growing publisher 2022-2024. #Autistic founded/owned #ownvoices idealism; Change your life then the world around you; since 1996.
Microcosmpublishing.com
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