kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org Reads a bit of crime fiction. AustCrimeFiction.org since 2006. Owned by lots of Aussie Terriers, cats & farm animals. Gin drinker, whinges about weather, too old for this. Dja Dja Wurrung country.
All sites at: https://linksta.cc/@austcrimefiction
Dr Caitlin Noakes @cernoakes.bsky.social Creative Writing | Futures | History | Higher Ed
Views are my own 🦘
Laura Dell @lauredhel.bsky.social Boorloo. Crochet, cats, chickens, the occasional rant. Yarn dragon. Disabled. Soapmaking, cheesemaking, gin, coffee, books. Medicine, linguistics, lefty as f*&k. She/her. 
Belfast Books @belfastbooks.bsky.social Only working class bookshop in Belfast. Out of print books about 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland at our tiny York Rd store and new books are at www.belfastbooks.co.uk with audiobooks at https://libro.fm/belfastbooks and author services at willmybooksell.com
Virginia Muzik @writenoise.bsky.social Writes memoir and features, published in The Guardian, Big Issue, Grieve anthology, SMH | music obsessive | sometime singer | spiritual seeker | dog mama | bird marveler. Strives for altruism and sufficiency. On unceded Gadigal land.
Meredith TE @meredithte.bsky.social 🇦🇺 Melburnian, TV junkie, book nerd, cat lover, she/her.
Anne Summers @annesummers.bsky.social Writer, journalist, researcher, troublemaker. Current research focus: how to end domestic violence.
Emma Kinsley @kinsleywrites.bsky.social Writer, editor, proofreader, and book nerd.
Specializing in romance, fantasy, speculative fiction, and more.
She/her. DMs currently closed. Watch this space!
Michael Kaufman @kaufmanwrites.bsky.social Writer--mysteries, YA and non-fiction. Worked in 50 countries engaging men to support women's rights & positively transform men's lives. Latest: "The Male Ally Handbook" & "Moon Storm Rising" (K Quinn) & "The Last Resort" both with climate change themes
JEFFREY ROBINSON @writingfactory.bsky.social Old fashioned storyteller, bestselling #author 30+books, keynote speaker, television, film, radio. #9/11 #MoneyLaundering #Fraud #Fiction #BookSky
WEBSITE: jeffreyrobinson.com
https://substack.com/@writingfactory
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Tina @tinabrennan.bsky.social Lefty who loves books, coffee and craft 🧶Disabled mum to 3 w/ADHD and AuDHD 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
Natasha Neary @natashaneary.bsky.social Author of two crime thrillers. Shortlisted for HarperCollins’ Banjo prize 2023, working towards publication. Beach lover, occasional lush, Groodle walker, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Member of the @allwriteclub
Meg Vann @megvann.bsky.social Book tornado
Miss Eleni @miscelleni.bsky.social Children’s librarian and writer 🌈
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Kate O’Donnell @readingkate.bsky.social 
Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social The national peak organisation promoting and protecting the professional interests of Australia's authors and illustrators since 1963.
Nikki McWatters @nikkimcwatters.bsky.social A big fan of kindness. Author of 2 memoirs and 3 YA novels. The HEXENHAUS trilogy. Blue Mountains, Australia. https://nikkimcwatters.wordpress.com/
Lisa Shanahan @lisashanahan.bsky.social Lover of moongazing & Melbourne Tea
Writer of picture books & novels for young people
HARK, IT'S ME, RUBY LEE!
THE GRAND, GENIUS SUMMER
HELLO WORLD
www.lisashanahan.com
Living on Bidjigal land, Australia
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Jenny Valentish @jennyvalentish.bsky.social Journalist + author of The Introvert’s Guide to Leaving the House // I really only make an effort on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jennyvalentish_public
lainie cat she/her 🍉 @lainiecat.bsky.social lover of books, justice and, occasionally, a little treat
@pipharry.bsky.social @pipharry.bsky.social Children’s and YA author. Journalist, copywriter, ocean swimmer.
Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social Literary agent @shawliterary.bsky.social, formerly head book buyer at Readings Books, Melbourne. Kafka, Sebald, the Antipodes.
Sherryl writes and reads @sherrylwriter.bsky.social Writer of crime fiction and books for young readers of all ages. Most recent crime novel is "Woman, Missing" (HQ). Love reading. Edit part-time. Owner (servant) of a cat.
Angela Savage @angelasavage.bsky.social Award-winning author, library lover, 80s pop tragic, bird nerd. Commissioning co-editor of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. Crafter of #literarycritters
Nova Weetman @novaweetman.bsky.social writer of MG novels like Sick Bay and The Edge of Thirteen and adult memoir, Love, Death & Other Scenes. 
Nicola Santilli @nicolasantilli.bsky.social Freelance editor (kids/YA). Words, anime, manga, graphic novels, #LoveOzYA 🌈🏳️⚧️ They/them.
Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.
Jo Case @jocaseau.bsky.social Professional book nerd (writer, editor, critic - former publisher, bookseller). Deputy Editor, Books & Ideas, The Conversation: @aunz.theconversation.com. Co-editor, Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Autistic Writers (UQP).
T.M. Clark @tmclark.com.au I am a Zimbabwean-born author who writes stories that blend diverse cultures and wildlife. I am passionate about nurturing writers, building libraries in Papua New Guinea, and inspiring readers through my love for storytelling.
Victoria Purman @victoriapurman.bsky.social Australian bestselling novelist. Feminist. Reader. Golden Retriever owner.
Laura Jean McKay @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social Writer. THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY winner of The Arthur C Clarke Award and The Victorian Prize for Literature. Latest collection GUNFLOWER. She/her. Views mostly other people's.
laurajeanmckay.com.au
On Meeanjin - Turrbal and Jagera Country.
Anti gen AI
Anna Whateley @annawhateley.bsky.social Writer. PhD. She/her. Tearing Myself Together and Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal @AllenAndUnwin. GUDIA @BlackIncBooks. Rep’d @danielle_binks #EDS #ADHD #ASD #EDS #queer #loveozya
I also game a lot! #wow
Susan Francis @susanfranciswriter.bsky.social Writer
Revelation Beach, 2025, Wild Dingo Press.
The Love that Remains, 2020, A&U.
Finalist Portside Review Human Rights Essay prize. Finalist Great Australian Yarn. Island mag, Saturday Paper, Newcastle Anthology.
Kelly Gardiner @kmjgardiner.bsky.social I write, teach writing, and lead writing retreats. My latest novel, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, co- written with Sharmini Kumar, is out now (HarperCollins).
BG Hilton - Author @bghilton.bsky.social Australian spec author in Gadigal country. Steampunk, SFF, Horror, Frankenstein, Crafting, History.
#noai
Books: CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE AND THE AMAZING GLADYS, MYSTERIOUS AISLES, CLOCKS AND BOXES, THE GRIMSDALE CLAIMANT
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The Landing Light @thelandinglight.bsky.social Otherworldly short story podcast and stage show.
'Hancock's Half Hour meets The Twilight Zone'
Available to stream on all major platforms.
https://open.spotify.com/show/7sPX9pBoACTZShQ1gpldcr?si=d552ec60c937401d
Meg McKinlay @megmckinlay.bsky.social Children's writer and poet. Writing with heart, humour and heft, hopefully. Also alliteration, abviously. Repped by A4 Literary.- D @direleafehall.bsky.social @direleafehall.bsky.social
Ailsa Wild @ailsawild.bsky.social Writer, community arts, kids’ literature, sci-comms, ghost-writer, mentor, story-craft, collaboration. Living in Naarm
@anniewilsonwriter.bsky.social @anniewilsonwriter.bsky.social Writer & language teacher. ASA Mentorship ‘21. FAWWA Four Centres EWP ‘21-‘23. Longlisted Hungerford Prize ‘22 & ‘24. “Tell me, what else should I have done?” Mary Oliver
@deliafalconer.bsky.social @deliafalconer.bsky.social Acting Head of Writing, University of Technology Sydney. Author of The Service of Clouds, The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers, Sydney, Signs & Wonders. Fiction, criticism, CNF. https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Delia.Falconer Deliafalconer.com.au Instagram @drdelia.
Stephanie Wood @stephwood17.bsky.social Sydney freelance journalist, newsletterist, author of ‘Fake’ (and, behold, now it's a Paramount+ TV series) * fond of the ocean, slow swimming, my dog, garden, food, books, history (https://vampbystephaniewood.substack.com/)
Sean Williams aka theAdelaidean @adelaidesean.bsky.social 60 books for all ages. 13 albums for Projekt Records. Teaching at Flinders University. That's my real family photo.
www.seanwilliams.com
www.theadelaidean.com
Laurie Bell @writerlauriebell.bsky.social Sci fi and fantasy author, blogger, reviewer, secret keeper. My opinions are my own. Author of Boss From Hell, White Fire and more. She/her
@veritycrokerwriter.bsky.social @veritycrokerwriter.bsky.social Author of books for children through to adults
Instagram: @veritycrokerwriter
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Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton.bsky.social Full-time academic, sometime writer, drinker of coffee, reluctant cat owner.
Tracy Crisp @tracycrisp.bsky.social 
Tim Sinclair @timsinclair.org YA author | Gadigal land/Sydney | he/him | infrequently here
https://timsinclair.org
Bothersome Words @bothersomewords.bsky.social Editor, writing mentor and coach as Bothersome Words.
Agent at Large with Alex Adsett Literary. Spec fic, crime, romance. Sometimes open to queries.
TL;DR: Words. Cats. Occasional peeves.
https://linktr.ee/BothersomeWords
fiona hardy @fionathehardy.bsky.social melbourne-based author, reviewer, bookseller & butthead
crime books/kids books/educational books
out now: old games 🏺🎾
Dr Helen Edwards, Psych PhD, Australian Author & Speaker @drhelenedwards.bsky.social Award-winning Australian Author on Kaurna Land.
🪶SA Literary Fellow 2025
✨️The Rebels of Mount Buffalo✨️Legend of The Lighthouse Moon✨️On Gallant Wings ✨️The Disappearing Circus 7/25 with Kate Gordon
🪶Nature, Magic & History
www.helenedwardswrites.com
Simon Groth @simongroth.com Curious writer. Aprendiendo español. ‘Ephemeral City’ is available now. Stories and ephemera published in a box that can be read in any order you like. Follow along with my new book in progress. simongroth.com/newsletter
Lucy Sussex @lucysussex.bsky.social Writer, researcher, historian and editor. Also dispenser of weird facts and snarky comments
Erin Gough 🏳️🌈🍉 @eringough.bsky.social Writer. She/her. Books, culture, queer stuff, social justice, climate justice, TV, film, art. The Flywheel, Amelia Westlake, Into the Mouth of the Wolf https://linktr.ee/eringough
Shivaun Plozza @shivaun.bsky.social Award-winning author of Running in Circles, Summer of Shipwrecks, The Worst Perfect Moment, Meet Me at the Moon Tree, A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic, The Boy, the Wolf and the Stars, Tin Heart and Frankie. She/her
Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social Author • Literary Agent • Creative Writing Teacher • https://linktr.ee/DanielleBinks
Clare Strahan @9fragments.bsky.social Novelist A&U Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge & Cracked. RMIT PWE teacher. Editor-IPED member. MSS assessor @ KYD. La Trobe PhD candidate. Wants green peaceful life for all. Saddened. I donate to UNHCR & ASRC & not individuals sorry.
Amy @lostinagoodbk.bsky.social A librarian, a blogger, a reader, and a lover of books. Lost in a Good Book is a blog about books, reviews, and all things reading. She/her.
http://lostinagoodbk.com/
Lefa @lefasn.bsky.social Writer, creative producer, mobile-bookshop owner, tea addict, feminist, repping disability pride. Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. #MECFS
Lili Wilkinson @liliwilkinson.bsky.social Award-winning YA and children's author. BRAVEPAW #1 out now! UNHALLOWED HALLS coming Feb 2025 with Delacorte 🇺🇸, Titan 🇬🇧 and Allen & Unwin 🇦🇺.
@abeilby.bsky.social @abeilby.bsky.social 
Kirsten Krauth @kirstenkrauth.bsky.social Author, podcaster, poet, 80s tragic. Latest novel, Almost a Mirror - The Guardian's 20 Best Books of 2020, shortlisted Penguin Literary Prize, SPN Book of the Year. Commissioning editor, Spinning Around - The Kylie Playlist. Blake Poetry Prize - runner up.
Michelle Prak - author 🇦🇺 @prakky.bsky.social Thriller writer. Thrills not 100% guaranteed, but gosh, I'd be surprised if you didn't get one.
Barren Cape, The Rush (Simon & Schuster ANZ); Le Deluge (HarperCollinsFrance); The Rush (Crooked Lane Books) michelleprak.com
Holden Sheppard 🇦🇺😎💪 @v8sheppard.bsky.social Award-winning author of INVISIBLE BOYS, now a Peabody Award-nominated TV series on Stan Australia. YEAH THE BOYS (Pantera Press) in stores now & in development as a TV series.
Gym rat 💪 | Rough trade ♂️ | Loose unit 🤙
www.holdensheppard.com
Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social Aussie rural, NYT bestseller - people die in my books 💀 Feb 2026: NO ONE IS SAFE 💀 Here's the fun stuff: https://t.co/ujW6HqmgSi
The Book Muse - Ashleigh @thebookmuse1.bsky.social Writer, reviewer, disabled, book lover and cat lover. Picture Book Activist, kid lit advocate. She/her
https://ashleighmeikle.com.au https://www.weekendnotes.com/sydney/writer/186/ https://substack.com/@ashleighthebookmuse
The Little Bookroom @littlebookroom.bsky.social The oldest bookshop for children in the world. Melbourne, Australia.
Judith Ridge @msmisrule.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
Nicole Hayes @nicolehayes.bsky.social PhD. YA author (Penguin Random) jnr fiction (Hardie Grant) non-fiction (Black Inc / The Guardian). Podcaster with The Outer Sanctum / The Writers' Retreat. Living on Wurundjeri land with 2 humans & 1 dog. She/her. https://linktr.ee/nicolehayes
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