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I ako tonu au i te reo Māori - mehemea ka hē au, kia pai mai!
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Daniel O'Malley @danielomalley.bsky.social Author of Checquy novels The Rook, Stiletto, & Blitz (and those yet to come). Dutiful, but easily distracted. http://rookfiles.com
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Dee @deerberrynz.bsky.social Kiwi counsellor living with chronic migraine and cats. Tangata tiriti, late Gen X, polyam, kinky, queer, fat. Covid-cautious mask-wearer. Free Palestine. Anti-AI. (they/she)
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sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio sunsetvisitor.studio makes diverse narrative games through the lens of speculative fiction.
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Hansard Society @hansardsociety.bsky.social The UK’s independent charity working to strengthen Parliament through expert insight into how it works, why it matters, and how it can be better.
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it's hard and this life is crazy @pirikoti.bsky.social grace | she/they | pākehā | tāmaki makaurau, aotearoa
aroreretini. apostate. abortionist. anti-genAI.
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Jamie Sands Author @jamiedsands.bsky.social Author of optimistic urban fantasy highlighting LGBTQIA characters, queer romance and some other things that don't make sense. Award winning and Amazon bestseller. Genderqueer, he/they
Jon Ball @jonballnz.bsky.social No.
Athenic Workshop @athenicworkshop.bsky.social I'm a maker in NZ, trying to get back into things after a long hiatus. Larp mostly, but doing a lot of 3d printing for all the dnd games.
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JoJo @thejojopatch.bsky.social Cat mother of 2, doomscroll addict. NZ
SpecFicNZ @specficnz.bsky.social The association for creators, writers and editors of fantasy, science fiction and horror in or from New Zealand. Learn more at www.specfic.nz
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social Author of 'Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists
Currently researching climate disinformation in alt-media
But I seem to mostly post about movies
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buy me a coffee http://ko-fi.com/byroncclark
Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social Studying confluence of influence operations, disinfo, truth decay, information integrity & policies addressing online harms. Many thoughts, sometimes prayers.
Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me Writer, Colombo. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023, Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards) & RAKESFALL (2024, Le Guin Prize and Otherwise award.) https://vajra.me
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social FRHistS FRSNZ PhD Historian and author of 'The New Zealand Wars', 'The Great War for New Zealand' and other works.
https://www.meetingplace.nz/
https://buttondown.com/unsettling
All This For 10 Dollars - A History Podcast About A Comedy Forum @10bux.bsky.social An internet history and culture podcast mostly about a dead gay comedy forum (And the rest of the internet as well)
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Anna Klein: writing, cats, etc @annakleinwrites.bsky.social Author of nerdy romance, cozy witch and musketeer adventure. Reader, larper, general geek. Obsessed with Taskmaster. Loves cats.
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Lucy Buchanan @lucybuchanan.bsky.social Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Ngāti Māhanga iwi. Toitū te Tiriti, Trans rights are Human Rights, Punching Fascists is a Moral Good.
Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social Ko Māwhera te kāinga. Ko Kevin tōku ingoa. Ex-Retired, Pākehā, gay, vegetarian, conservationist, public health advocate. Chief of Staff for the Green Party co-leaders’ office in Parliament, but this is my personal account.
Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️
Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Sarah Pallett @sarah4ilam.bsky.social “Moderately inspiring” Bailey, 2023
Previously the (Labour) Member of Parliament for Ilam, Aotearoa NZ. Former midwife and lecturer.
Pro choice. Pro democracy. Pro science.
Proponent of kindness and empathy in politics. Yes, politics.
Opinions my own.
Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
Strictly Obiter @strictlyobiter.bsky.social Going on a frolic of his own. Distinguished Fellow at the Robert Muldoon Centre for Constitutional Law.
Please send all complaints
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Supreme Court of New Zealand
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social Director & Writer | IDENTITEAZE film | YouTuber | former writer/video producer at Gamespot, The Advocate, Microsoft, Out Magazine, Rotten Tomatoes, & Skybound | Trekkie by birth
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deb te kawa @debtekawa-ao.bsky.social Ngāti Porou | Aotearoa | Political Theory | Public Administration | Kua tata oti taku tohu kairangi
Startling Lady of Gore @postnatodepression.bsky.social She/her. Lesbian. I post New Zealand ephemera and cool things I find on the Internet Archive. Not affiliated with Archives New Zealand or the National Library.
Gam zu l'tova.
Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social Trans media scholar from Aotearoa New Zealand. Radicalised by Animorphs. They/them/Dr.
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social I like collating data,
and getting thoughts in the brain.
All for Public data, Aotearoa New Zealand, and informed communities. #openData #NewZealand #Aotearoa #rstats. He/him.
He tangata tiriti ahau
Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd game dev / comics editor / author
probably worked on that thing you like
lapsed hockey reporter / aotearoa based
represented by ed wilson @ J&A
these views represent my employers so hard that my boss is actually holding a gun to my head as I type this
Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social NYT bestselling writer. Newsletter and updates at maxgladstone.com. More or less updates-only on here.
FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social Award-winning Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. Submissions CLOSED. Publisher + Executive Editor: @davaun.bsky.social #fiyahlitmag
Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com Wrote some books, won some awards. Strong feelings about plants. She/her
Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, essays & podcasts. Every Monday, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024.
linktr.ee/strangehorizons
brian david gilbert @briamgilbert.bsky.social hello
Marie Cardno @mariecardno.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/mariecardno
Writer of cozy fantasy. Winner of the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novella: How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster). she/her
Clever Hansel 💗💜💙 @cleverhansel.bsky.social Sometime cabaret reprobate, civic participation nerd, digital wonk, crochet aficionado, several neuroses in a trenchcoat. Pronouns he/they/ia. Wellington & Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Views are my own and not my employers'.
Darusha Wehm @darusha.ca they/them
Nebula Award winning SFF author
A fifth of @darklylem.com
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Rep: @chelseabigbang.bsky.social
Aotearoa New Zealand
Books: https://darusha.ca
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social Personal account so expect eclecticism. Law, politics, SFF books, anime, gaming, music. Queer stuff.
Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.
The Pantograph Punch @pantographpunch.bsky.social an arts and culture journal • theatre, books, art and everything in between 💕 ✨abject waste ✨ an arts and culture journal • theatre, books, art and everything in between 💕 ✨abject waste ✨ Est 2011.
Jasmine @magicaljohan.bsky.social 
Martin McMartinface @realwizardmartin.bsky.social Desk jockey, reader, tabletop nerd | One day I'll be a real wizard | He/him | Tāmaki Makaurau- B @bagnew.bsky.social @bagnew.bsky.social
C. L. Polk @clpolk.com I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
vespers @vespers.xyz There is a line in Verlaine I shall not recall again
@ghostyboi.bsky.social @ghostyboi.bsky.social The spectre of communism or something 
Kelly Whyte @kellywhyte.bsky.social TTRPG designer, kiwi, she/her. All works have no genAI.
You can find my games on:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/21159/Kelly-Whyte
https://kellymakesgames.itch.io/
DMs open for reviewers, podcast invites, etc.
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Graeme Edgeler @graemeedgeler.bsky.social Annoyingly fair
Geordie Rogers @geordierogers.co.nz Councillor for the Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward
Auth: M Ross, 5/108 The Terrace, WGN
Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social 🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴
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J from 3 Minute board games @3mbg.bsky.social Pakeha, Martian, Reviewer, (He/Him) Aotearoa! Award winning game designer(Sorry Travis): //www.youtube.com/c/3MinuteBoardGames
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
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.
Shoreline of Infinity @shoreinf.bsky.social Science fiction doings - magazine, publications, events and other odds and sods. Based in Scotland, open to the Universe.
https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com
Also SF Caledonia www.sfcaledonia.scot
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