barbowlprincess @barbowlprincess.bsky.social Owl Princess, Tulip Greeter, Skunk Sommelier. Author, poet. (Aren't we all?) Stress-free zone; (mostly) avoiding politics. Writing, owls, tulips, dogs, fun. Canadian, elbows up. No DMs.
High Strangeness @bickernicks.bsky.social A full-cast audiobook podcast about a skeptical ufologist, a Cape Cod reporter, an alien-obsessed cult, and a very odd golden retriever. A fast sci-fi comedy of mystery, satire, and absurdity—Vonnegut meets Adams. #HSaudiobook https://linktr.ee/HSaudiobook
C. M. Christie @cmchristieauthor.bsky.social Writer, avid reader, she/her pronouns
Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell.bsky.social PhD candidate/historian/writer•♥️ history+art history, literary childhoods, intellectual pasts, books, prints, myths, maps, fairy tales, old sites, the cozy+kind• Canadian🍁 #ElbowsUp• #GoSensGo #BlueJays50• (my other account is hacked)•♥️ kindness🍃•
Keep Reading @keepreading89.bsky.social Lover of books :)
Neda Zi @nedazi.bsky.social 
Jacquie Pearce @jacquieink.bsky.social Writer of kids' books, poetry and nonfiction, lover of nature, history and art, living on Canada's west coast.
Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social Geographer at Simon Fraser University. Policy mobilities; urban politics; harm reduction; social movements. Managing editor, EPC: Politics & Space (journals.sagepub.com/home/epc). Host, 'Minor Revisions' podcast (http://bit.ly/3suN9ur). Views my own.
SFU School of Interactive Arts + Technology @siatsfu.bsky.social An integrated undergraduate and graduate program that fuses technology with creativity.
www.sfu.ca/siat 
Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social www.rclas.com
RCLAS’s mission is to maintain and build a welcoming community of writers and readers, to support the goals of writers at all stages of their development, and to promote an appreciation of all forms of literary arts.
MarkZelinski.com @markzelinski-photo.bsky.social 🇨🇦Governor General's Medal, OCAD, RCGS, Explorers Club, Pro Photographer/Publisher/Speaker #MarkZelinski gifted 8K #BooksThatHeal to WW charities (fwds by HRH Philip, Justin Trudeau) MarkZelinski.com
Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social Ottawa's most beloved literary publisher (2006-2017): posting poems every April for National Poetry Month, and ongoing "six questions" interviews with current/former Ottawa-based writers,
https://chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/
SFSS Out on Campus @outoncampus.bsky.social 2SLGBTQIA+ resource centre at Simon Fraser University 🌈
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Lydia Kwa @lydiakwa.bsky.social She/Her. Queer, racialized writer of fiction and poetry. Living and working on unceded Coast Salish territories in the county known as Canada.
Eaton Hamilton @eatonhamilton.bsky.social Visual art, writing
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ they/them ♿️ 😷🇨🇦 AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic, MG
UK Sunday Times bestseller, Guardian BOTY, Guernica, The Sun, NYT, Salon, Globe+Mail, Macleans, BAE Notables, BASS Notable, BAX, 10 books, won CBC fiction x2; on Patreon at HamiltonArt.
Jill Piggott @jillpiggott.bsky.social Philosophy & lit professor, now disabled by migraine & ME/CFS. Cofounder, headsUPmigraine. Volunteer prison educator, Equal Justice Initiative. Progressive activist. In Midcoast Maine & on the lake in New Brunswick, Canada.
Angie Natingor @anatingor.bsky.social Canadian urbanite. Sports fan. Watcher of TV. Intermittent fitness enthusiast. Occasionally found on X @anatingor. Opinions most definitely my own.
Laura Manuel 🇨🇦 @lauram1066.bsky.social Art, movement, and nature before dishes. Edmonton-based paddler, ultra trail runner, hiker, feminist, writer.
https://lauramanuelstudio.wordpress.com/
Winston Szeto @winstonszeto.bsky.social Fast typist, slow writer, Unapologetically 🇨🇦. Digital producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting. CBC alum. Tips: wszeto@opb.org. Work portfolio: https://authory.com/winstonszeto-1
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @sfufass.bsky.social FASS is Simon Fraser University's largest and most diverse faculty, with over 28 departments/programs in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
See what were up to! https://linktr.ee/sfufass
Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social The weird and wonderful from the world of words.
geist.com
sherri cola ✺ @sherricola.bsky.social vintage seller, art curator | @harpersbazaarus @nymag.com @wmagazine.com.web.brid.gy @interviewmag @marthaliving past Table of the Elements record label, Album 88, Criminal Records, Wuxtry Records, Deitch Projects. words: @burnaway.org nyc->athens ga
Margaux/emspace @storyeditor.bsky.social I think a lot about storytelling, visual and written, and story structure.
I edit speculative/fantasy/literary fic for novice writers and personal essays for students.
StoryEditor.ca
Also keen on yoga therapy, escape rooms, and science volunteering.
@writingintheblack.bsky.social @writingintheblack.bsky.social 
Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social Poet. Teacher. Editor. Interviewer. Festival Director. Plum memer. Not necessarily in that order. Usually found in Vancouver, Port Moody or Abbotsford. http://roblucastaylor.com/
The British Columbia Review @thebcreview.bsky.social The British Columbia Review (formerly Ormsby Review) is BC's online book review journal, the go-to place for BC writers, readers, reviewers, and publishers.
rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: edgeless (Caitlin Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social Writer living in Estonia, raising fourth culture kids. Third place winner of The Masters Review 2022-23 Winter Short Story Award.
Uncle Jay Hubbard - Here's How I'm at-Peace with Our Troubles @unclejayhubbard.bsky.social Now focusing on http://www.quora.com/profile/Uncle-Jay-Hubbard ... https://linktr.ee/UncleJayHub
Kerri @kerrilw.bsky.social It's summer. I'm probably out 🛴 or 🛼. Laying low. Empathetic, self-aware. Inspired by creativity. Rediscovering writing. Crafty. Putting pieces together. Learning. Tired of RWNJs & living in "unprecedented times." 🛼🌈🍄☕🍻🥨🍕🧀🏞️🌌☄️🐶🐉🧳🪩🕹️📷✍🏼🖕🏼🤷🏼♀️
@sfuenglish.bsky.social @sfuenglish.bsky.social 
Dani Duck (She/They) @daniduck.bsky.social Writer/Illustrator. Loves GNs, humor & cats. She/they. Nonbinary, Bi & Fibro. 🌈#12x12PB
www.daniduck.com
Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com She/her, SFF writer, narrative video game designer/developer. Not AI.
📖 Querying my queer science fiction heist novel.
🎮 Making After Work, a game about rummaging around in your coworkers' desks: https://cornonthecob.games
https://catherinewinters.com
Word Vancouver @wordvancouver.bsky.social Western Canada's largest free literary festival. 2026 Festival runs Sept 10-28, with main day Sat, Sept 19.
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
💡 Books & Ideas series January–June
📖 2026 Festival Oct 18–25
Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com Certified Professional Editor • cookbook indexer • plain language trainer • mental health researcher • adjunct prof • #AngryJellyDonut • #LyricsPrompt prompter • #ParticipateInResearch booster • author, #AfterTheFeast • she/her • www.ivacheung.com
Sylvia Woodham (writer) @sylviawoodham.bsky.social Global Publishing Startup: Three Dragons Press, Managing Editor @wclanthology.bsky.social
Fiction writer. Stories come to me as dreams. Comment on creatives and culture.
https://sylviawoodham.wixsite.com/home/projects-2
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social Weird writer/professor. Essays & short stories in Typebar Magazine, Akashic Press, The Alexandria Archives, & more. Books like NO CASTLES and THE HOWL OF THE EARTH. | He/Him | "Drums, drums in the deep…"
costak.wordpress.com
Mark Feenstra @markfeenstra.com Adventure fantasy author. The Wolf of the Library - A Traveling Librarian Novella is out now!
He/Him. Vancouver 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Free fiction: https://www.markfeenstra.com/links/
Vancouver Genre Writers @vancouvergenrewriters.com We are a diverse group of genre writers who meet regularly for discussion, writing, and more! Join us in-person or online. 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
https://www.vancouvergenrewriters.com
arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social Leading 🇨🇦 indie publisher of LGBTQ2S+ & BIPOC stories | Literary fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, poetry, and YA & children’s books 📚🏳️🌈
arsenalpulp.com
Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social Author & Educator at Simon & Schuster Canada, Orca Book Publishers
& YRDSB, UofT SCS | Korean Canadian I coffee & fonts (garamond) | annykchoi.com
Books BC @booksbc.bsky.social The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (Books BC) works to support the long-term health and success of BC Book Publishers and book-related communities. www.books.bc.ca
Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social Literary magazine publishing the best new poetry & prose for over 50 years. Details on subscriptions, submissions, contests and more at http://eventmagazine.ca
@maggie-st-ainsby.bsky.social @maggie-st-ainsby.bsky.social 
Kegedonce Press @kegedoncepress.bsky.social All-Indigenous press on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (Neyaashiinigmiing and the land occupied by the city of Owen Sound, ON).
www.kegedonce.com
communications@kegedonce.com
Renee Sarojini Saklikar @reneesarojini.bsky.social Author, Educator, Editor
@ericlmh.bsky.social @ericlmh.bsky.social 
Kathleen Johnson @kreativkmj.bsky.social CEO/Founder: Kreativ Culture Strategies | Speaker | Author | The Kreactivators Podcast | Top 100 Black Women to Watch 2025 | 2021 Federal Candidate
OUT NOW 📚 Thinking Outside the Boardroom: Creative Solutions in Diversity Equity Inclusion and Anti-racism
PRISM International @prisminternational.bsky.social Periodical literary magazine located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Vancouver, BC)
https://prismmagazine.ca/
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
Joanne Betzler (she/her) @jo-betzler.bsky.social I am a late-blooming
#writer , scrambling to sort the clutter of stories in my head.
@pat616.bsky.social @pat616.bsky.social www.patriciasullivan.ca
Glenna Turnbull @writebrain.bsky.social I'm an award winning Canadian short fiction writer and author. My debut novel is forthcoming (Breakwater Books). I'm also a photographer & stained glass artist. I prefer to be outdoors hiking, skiing, snowshoeing & camping. I have two dogs and love to knit
Janet Kvammen @janetkvammen.bsky.social Poet Laureate of the City of New Westminster.
Visual Artist, Mixed Media.
Queen Pz @queenpz.bsky.social 
🍉Reborn Ruffian🌟 (She/Her) @reburnruffian12.bsky.social She/her #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ChronicPain sufferer. Proud snake mom. #Autistic creative, aspiring author of the illustrated novels, the Penathyr Trilogy! I don't follow back if followed, but that may change if we get to know one another! NO AI 🚫
melanie brannagan frederiksen @melanie-b-f.bsky.social poet, poetry columnist @winnipegfreepress
📚 the night, the knife, the river (forthcoming March 2027 with @atbaypress.bsky.social)
elsewhere: @melaniebf@mstdn.ca; @melanie.b.f on instagram; @melanie_b_f on hey.cafe
T. M. Shannon 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com Catholic Bisexual living on Cabrogal land with Bipolar 1/ADHD and a penchant for writing, blogging, and gaming
Currently neck deep in the overhaul of Three Ways, catch up with the posts and a short story on my site https://tmshannonauthor.com/
Selene Arkadia @selenearkadia.bsky.social The Last true Romantic. Authoress of all things delicious and Decadent.
Where low & high art meet cute.
I offer the gift of punk rock, originality & fire.
Still seeking representation to get 'em all published.
https://selenearkadia.wordpress.com/
Rebecca Coleman @rebeccacoleman.bsky.social Marketing Instructor (BCIT). Writer, 2x Cookbook Author, passionate foodie. Cats, coffee & curiosity. Vancouver BC 🇨🇦
clairejibbs @clairejibbs.bsky.social Emerging author living on Canada's wild west coast.
BrendaJoycePatterson @bjoycepatterson.bsky.social Poet. Writer/columnist. Literary talk show host. Librarian Emeritus. More at linktr.ee/Brenda.Joyce.Patterson
Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social writing | walks | justice | foraging
The Writer's Studio, SFU 2025
YVR, unceded Coast Salish territory
T.L. Tomljanovic @tomljanovic.bsky.social Flash Fiction Writer✍️ 🇨🇦 in metro Vancouver
Stories in: welkin ellipsis roifainéant NFFD templeinacity epistemiclit neitherfishnorfoul ratbaglit prideroars moonparkreview gooseberrypie rawlit hooghlyreview
tomljanovic.wordpress.com
Lisa Whittington-Hill @lisawhitt.bsky.social This Magazine Publisher. Words in Longreads, The Walrus, Catapult, Hazlitt and more. Author of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women and a 33 1/3 on Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's.
Cadence Mandybura @cadencewrites.bsky.social Writer & editor | CadenceMandybura.com
Ling Ge @linggec.bsky.social https://sites.google.com/view/lingge/home
Meharoona @meharoona.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Public Speaker. Inspire Ideas. Cultivate Diversity. Build Inclusion. Views here are my own.
This Magazine @thismagazine.bsky.social Progressive politics, ideas & culture.
this.org
x.com/thismagazine
linkedin.com/company/this-magazine/
Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social Earth scientist. Poet. Editor. Arctic. Geohumanities. Black Canadian & white settler. Books: Attic Rain (NeWest) & I'll Get Right On It! (Roseway). Greyhound enthusiast. Speaks/Parle/Puhun English, mal français, vähän suomea. https://linktr.ee/JonesYYC
Spencer Croteau @the-ok-kid.bsky.social Recovering Ad Man. Ex-chef. Wannabe writer. Former feral child turned functioning derelict. Full blood wolf. Books, films, tv, nature. https://boxd.it/gwCcX
Stephanie @litmaven.bsky.social I👻IWriter. Book maven. Unlikable female protagonist. Aspiring time traveler. Words @electriclit, @crimereads, @Kveller, @mental_floss, etc. @litmaven on Threads.
višnja @vishmili.bsky.social writer | linktr.ee/vishmili
Amy Scanlon Boughner (she/her) @amyboughner.bsky.social Lover of words, fan of schnauzers, mom to an amazing kid, taking a lot of pictures of birds recently. Canadian with a penchant for UK panel shows.
I write and edit: https://www.amyboughner.ca/
Figure 1 Publishing @figure1publishing.bsky.social We're new here, but not to publishing beautiful books👋
◦Art + Photography
◦Indigenous Art + Culture
◦Architecture + Design
◦Food + Drink
figure1publishing.com
Perkus Tooth @perkustooth.bsky.social the ambition to chill
I read and I write
power to the people
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@annthea13.bsky.social @annthea13.bsky.social 
Jenn Simon @saltspringjenn.bsky.social Curious Mom of twins enjoys family time in nature. K-12 leader of French Immersion. My creative spirit wants to connect with truth and make things possible. When I travel and explore, I discover my essence. I write to slow down and find my voice.
Carrie Mac @carriemacwrites.bsky.social Intrepidly curious, queer, four-eyed, writer, reader, mama, west coaster, outdoorsy so and so, nerd of all sorts. www.carriemac.com
Maggie @maggiederrick.bsky.social Author & artist • queer as in 🩷💜💙 • Rep'd by Dana Murphy at Trellis Literary Management • 📍Vancouver, BC
🔗 bio.site/maggiederrick
🔗 maggiederrick.substack.com
Sylvia Tran @sylctran.bsky.social (She/Her) | Vancouver, BC | Writer, book enthusiast, lover of cozy games, learning to crochet 📚🧶📖 | Currently in the SFU Writers Studio Program | sylviatran.ca
BC Libraries Co-op @bc.libraries.coop We help libraries help people.
The BC Libraries Coop is a community service cooperative with over 200 Canadian member organizations.
https://bc.libraries.coop/
#OpenSource #Technology #Accessibility #Libraries #Coop
Glenn Mori @glenntmori.bsky.social writer, jazz musician, instructor, husband, father, accountant, located in Vancouver
andrés ignacio torres @andresitorresm.com 29 🏳️🌈. aka Andresito; en el laberinto como Asterión.
software engineer ii @ microsoft vancouver.
computer science @colorado.edu | #USBve
computers, poetry & fiction.
YVR 🇨🇦 / 🇻🇪
he/him
aitorres.com
Annabel @annabelt.bsky.social Further attempts to be social.
Writer of many things. Bookshop owner, publisher and lapsed academic. Knows far too much about coffee.
Annabeltownsend.ca SK, 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
@jeanettelynes.bsky.social @jeanettelynes.bsky.social Writer, writing teacher. Upcoming novel on women codebreakers in WW Two. The Paper Birds. Summer 2025! Professor of Creative Writing, University of Saskatchewan
Rome Demands Stone @romedemands.bsky.social Yes, it's me. The cocktail loving, board game playing, data librarian with a wall of games🇨🇦🍁
Hugh Griffith @hgriffith.bsky.social Ontarioan, now out west watching the tide go up and down, missing cicadas and thunderstorms.
Donna Seto @donnaseto.bsky.social Writer | Artist | Nerd
Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History (available May 1, 2025).
www.donnaseto.ca
Steph Coelho @stephcoelho.bsky.social Writer, editor
creative writing newsletter: https://prompted.substack.com/
website: stephcoelho.com
Lynne Williams @lynnejoanne.bsky.social Neuroscienist, Poet & Oenophile
Computational Neuroscience, EEG, fMRI, MEG, NIRS and other cool stuff.
A. H. Davison 🇨🇦 @ahdavison.bsky.social 🛸 Science Fiction Author & Cat Lady (she/her) 🐈⬛🐈⬛
Fuelled by tea and spite 🫖☕
Bi / Neurodivergent 🏳️🌈
Quill Hollow 🦔
I love chatting writing process 📝
https://linktr.ee/ahdavison?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=0169938c-8069-42da-9bd5-e990a82c90ba
Nancy Jo Cullen @njcullen.bsky.social She/her. Writer of poetry & fiction. Sometimes a proofreader. Ridiculous about my dog. Most recent: NOTHING WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE, THE WESTERN ALIENATION MERIT BADGE, both with Wolsak & Wynn. 🏳️🌈
JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social A Reading Series
Sept 24 Insta Live w/ Jowita Bydlowska
Oct 4 TYPE Books Junction
Oct 8 Insta Live w/ Kim Fahner
Nov 8 On Zoom w/ Norma Dunning
Nov 22 TYPE Books Junction
Nov 26 Insta Live w/ Greg Rhyno
www.junctionreads.ca
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Genevieve Wynand @genevievewynand.bsky.social Writer of words. Banger of drums. Drinker of coffee. The order depends on the day.
E.M. Gaucher @emgaucherwrites.bsky.social Emerging 🇨🇦 writer of SFF/spec fic.