Mark Bowles @markabowles.bsky.social Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
https://www.creativewritingtuition.com/
All In The Telling - The Ghost Story Network @allinthetelling.bsky.social Shining a lantern on the finest ghost story performers.
#ghoststories #gothic #horror #storytelling #folklore #folkhorror #weirdfiction
Typewronger Books @typewronger.bsky.social A bookshop, events space, and risograph print studio in the heart of Edinburgh, run as a not-for-profit company 📚
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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop by the seaside in Portobello, Edinburgh. 🌊 Open 7 days, 10am - 6pm. 📚 Browse millions of books on our website. 👉 https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/links
Kathy Hoyle @kathyhoyle.bsky.social Writer, dreamer, PhD student. Northern lass. Words at @nffr.bsky.social @theforge.bsky.social @fictiveDream.bsky.social @SoFloPoJo.bsky.social Winner @Bathflashaward.bsky.social Writing bot for @writershq.bsky.social
https://kathyhoyle.com
Carnyx Press @carnyxpress.co.uk Northern speculative fiction micropress • Tyne & Wear, UK • Human made • Our first anthology: carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oaths-and-offerings • Submit to us: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/
Nathaniel Spain @nathanielspain.bsky.social Writer, designer, speculative fiction • bi, he/him • Tyne & Wear, UK • Find my work at www.nathanielspain.co.uk • Editor of @carnyxpress.co.uk
Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social Writer. 
Filmhouse Edinburgh @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social Great films deserve a great home. Our doors are open, daily from 10am!
https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/home
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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com Writer. Reader. Lover of tall tales. Weak Teeth out now, Prodigy scheduled for 2027: http://tinyurl.com/Buy-weak-teeth
Links and stuff: linktr.ee/lynseymay
Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social Content Editor for BBC Audio (Scotland & Northern Ireland). Books & Factual Podcasts. Radio 4/World Service/Sounds.
@Galleybeggars @galleybeggars.bsky.social Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social A national charity dedicated to changing lives with reading and writing. Home of Bookbug, Book Week Scotland and Reading Schools.
Publishing Scotland @publishingscotland.bsky.social Trade assoc & charity supporting book publishing.
Foillseachadh Alba in Gaelic.
https://www.publishingscotland.org/
Jo Gatford @jmgatford.bsky.social Write-abouter | editor | scriptwriter | fiction all over the shop | Shakespeare nerd | writing thoughts & workshops @ The Joy of Fixion
https://www.jogatford.com
https://fixioning.substack.com
Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social Independent Bookshop of the Year 2019 UK & Ireland. PostBooks subscription boxes + bespoke literature consultations. Contact us at mail@goldenharebooks.com // 0131 225 7755
Find us at 68 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AQ
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Amanda Mason @amandajanemason.bsky.social Writer. THE WAYWARD GIRLS (2019) THE HIDING PLACE (2021) THE DARK (October 2026)
The TLS @thetls.bsky.social The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com Author: 🚀OrionLost ☁️REEK 🐲OneHungryDragon 🐉DragonStorm
🐺#IAMWOLF out now! 🤖 #BLITZERS out now!
Rep: https://www.rupertcrew.co.uk. He/him. Likes biscuits.
More: https://alastairc.com/links
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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social Writer and Editor | Winner Hammond House, HISSAC | Stories in Best British Short Stories, Mechanics Institute Review, Structo, Lighthouse, Litro, Fiction Desk and others | Short story chapbook published by Nightjar Press
iancritchley.com
Nightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social Single short story chapbooks since 2009. Uncanny, dark, experimental. Manchester/London. Editor @nicholasroyle.bsky.social. Design @johnoakey.bsky.social.
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Argonaut Books @argonautbooks.bsky.social | 🌊 Leith’s Independent Bookshop - Est.2021
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
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The Edge Hill Prize Short Story Award @edgehillprize.bsky.social The official account of the Edge Hill Prize. £10,000 for the best published, single-authored short story collection from the UK & Ireland. Facilitated by FiN, Edge Hill University's narrative research group. Convener @saraheschofield.bsky.social
Influx Press @influxpress.bsky.social Award-winning independent publisher.
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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Independent publisher.
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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
New Writing North @newwritingnorth.bsky.social The writing and reading development agency for the North of England.
Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
David Frankel @daveyfrankel.bsky.social Prize-dodging writer of stories. Here despite popular demand. 'Forgetting is How We Survive' pub'd Saltpublishing.bsky.social . Shortlisted @edgehillprize.bsky.social. Chapbooks @nightjarpress.bsky.social & @salopress.bsky.social .
www.davidfrankel..co.uk
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
The Fiction Desk @thefictiondesk.com We’ve been publishing anthologies of new short fiction since 2010. Based in Scotland.
Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more.
https://linktr.ee/IndependentPublishersGuild