Author M. I. Verras (She/Her) @miverrasauthor1.bsky.social Gothic author, singer, composer, keyboardist, designer, university graduate, company associate, sports fan, existential seeker. Author of two metaphysical, symbolic fantasy-mystery novellas. Novella plots and covers are in English and NOT AI.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com 🪧 @extinctionrebellion.uk youngest cofounder
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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A free blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social
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J.Day @thejeffday.bsky.social I run around outside, on my legs, with a camera. I post my own photos except reposts. I live on Treaty 6 land in #yeg #Canada. I like #art , #movement, #words and my family. And #pets.
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rev recluse @revrecluse.bsky.social I do Vintage Edmonton:
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Esquire Joe:
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Joe Martz @joemartz.bsky.social Architectural photographer, graphic designer, creative human.
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candie tanaka @candietanaka.bsky.social #Writer Trans (They/He) Hāfu ハーフ @anvilpress
@guernica_ed @orcabook #Artist #Librarian on Stolen Indigenous land | BFA Emily Carr University | MFA University of Alberta | SFU Creative Writing | BCIT New Media | 
IRANZYE ART @iranzye.bsky.social Landscape Artist / writer
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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social Canadian. Writer. Stories in The New Quarterly, The Antigonish Review, NōD, Shift, & others. Executive Editor: @MGLiterary.bsky.social. Lactose intolerant.
MoonLitGetaway.com/brandon-nadeau
MoonLit Getaway @mgliterary.bsky.social Remarkable artwork, fiction, and poetry.
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Angelo Santos @angelospins.bsky.social writer | filmmaker | physiotherapist | migrant | camera nerd | non-committal runner | he/him
https://linktr.ee/angsantos
Kevin MacDonell (he/him) @kevinmacdonell.bsky.social Writer, essayist, lifelong diarist. Nova Scotia, Canada. Recent/forthcoming: Malahat Review, Queen’s Quarterly, Grain, Dalhousie Review, Camel, Riddle Fence, Antigonish Review, Globe & Mail. Site: kevinmacdonell.com
James Woolf @jameswoolf.bsky.social My legal thriller, Indefensible, Jan 2024 was an Amazon best seller. The Company She Keeps, psychological thriller: July 2024. Both Bloodhound Books. Currently editing third novel and planning fourth.
https://woolfindefensible.wixsite.com/james-woolf
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
Monte_Santo 💙🇧🇷 @montesanto.bsky.social 4 anos ouvindo dos fascistas “Vc não será forte o suficiente para resistir qdo a tempestade chegar”..hoje,eu sussurro no ouvido deles: EU, SOU A TEMPESTADE !!!!
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Rep: Harriet Poland at CAA.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Jason Hammond @headtale.bsky.social Yet another Blue Skyin’ librarian
More: www.headtale.com
Catherine Bush @catebush.bsky.social Author of Skin: Stories, out in April 2025. The novel Blaze Island (2020), and other novels. Writer, professor, dog walker, nature lover. www.catherinebush.com
Dundurn Press @dundurnpress.bsky.social Books and news from leading Canadian independent publisher, Dundurn Press. Read with us. These are your stories.
Links: https://campsite.bio/dundurnpress
The Happy Duck Bookshop & Readery @thehappyduckbooks.bsky.social New and used books and local art 📚
Open Tues & Wed 10-4, Thurs & Fri 10-6, and Sat 10-5 🦆
586 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia
Edmonton Poetry Festival @edmpoetryfestival.bsky.social Edmonton's month-long poetry celebration every April!
#yeg #AB #poetry
Website: https://edmontonpoetryfestival.com
Newsletter: https://edmontonpoetryfestival.com/the-magpie/
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
mreid@bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social poet, gardener, intelligence expert
former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine
former Director at VerseFest
books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc
new book coming from University of Calgary Press
Maria Dunn Music 🇨🇦 @mariadunnmusic.bsky.social #Junos2022 Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! Storyteller through folk song; 2017 Juno-nominated Gathering. she/her #folkmusic #socialjustice
amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton www.mariadunn.com
Li Isprii: Red River Metis Arts and Culture Review @li-isprii.bsky.social We feature in-depth interviews with Red River Metis artists and culture-makers, and arts and culture writing by Red River Metis authors.
www.liisprii.ca
H. Perry Horton @hperryhorton.bsky.social New Novel Available Now:
DON'T LET THE DARKNESS EAT YOU UP
https://www.amazon.com/DONT-LET-DARKNESS-EAT-YOU/dp/B0FVT8VWKS
Books: https://shorturl.at/AuKlV
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
Katrina Spillman @katrinaspillman.bsky.social Debut YA Sci-fi author. Watch for Promise The Sky, coming out April 2027 with Ooligan Press.
Check me out at katrinaspillman.com.
Scribo, disco, memini. 
Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social Fat lady + cat lady. I talk about mental health and have OCD, ADHD, and Bipolar. Be prepared for some Alberta (🇨🇦) politics. Opinions my own & so on. 🍉🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Amiskwaciwâskahikan #GoOilers!
Kate Stevens @itskatestevens.bsky.social Musician, Radio Host, Tall Girl
Host of The Upload on CKUA
KerrytheClarke @kerrytheclarke.bsky.social artistic director, rabble-rouser, news junkie, music lover, traveller, lover of cycling, kayaking and racket sports, feline addict and CJSW and CKUA radio broadcaster.
Amy van Keeken @amyvankeeken.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, music maker
Radio announcer/producer at CKUA
Lisa Wilton @lisawilton.bsky.social 
Haiku Poems @haikupoems.bsky.social Welcome to the haiku poems collection 📖✒️
Catherine @cateditorial.bsky.social Editor. Indexer. EAC member, certified copy editor. A finalist for the 2012 Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. (Oh, and I love cats.) 🇨🇦
Derryl Murphy @derrylm.bsky.social Author, photographer, football/soccer fan. I've written some books, but good luck finding them.
Grant Stovel @grantstovel.bsky.social https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GAiw0ZevYOY
205TF @205tf.bsky.social TF, two letters that stand for Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography).
https://www.205.tf/
Haiku Poetry @haiku-poetry.bsky.social Haiku Poetry (written by myself)
📍Switzerland
Hugh Simmons (he/him) @kyalo.bsky.social Social worker, poet, musician, husband to Neal, dad to Jeremiah. Lives in Austin, TX. Mostly poetry here. A bit of politics. Some poems of mine (ones I still like) that have found publication linktr.ee/HughSimmons
Sara @sarasupernova.bsky.social Find me on IG: @realsarasupernova | Sara Campos-Silvius (she/her) is a QBIPOC poet, playwright & performer! www.saracs.art | amiskwacîwâskahican | Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sally Rudolf @wildsustenance.bsky.social writing | walks | justice | foraging
The Writer's Studio, SFU 2025
YVR, unceded Coast Salish territory
@emilyweedon.bsky.social @emilyweedon.bsky.social 
Aviva Rubin - Author @avivarubin-author.bsky.social I am a Toronto-based writer of memoir, essays and social commentary. My work has been broadly published. WHITE is my debut novel. Follow me on Substack!
Julia Lin @juliaslin.bsky.social author: www.julialinbooks.com, #WritingCommunity #StopAsianHate #TransRightsAreHumanRights; #BLM; #Canada; She/her
Linda Morra @gettinglitwithlind.bsky.social Host/writer of the award-winning literary podcast, Getting Lit With Linda. Chair of Canadian Studies, Canadian Literature Professor
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois University’s Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
https://www.neiu.edu/academics/colleges-departments/arts-and-sciences/departments/english/student-groups-and-honor-society/82-writers-reading
Heather J. “Lives in a city on Lake Ontario” Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Sarah Reader of Dragons @sarahdragonreader.bsky.social Book seller, book reader, book collector, all around book adjacent elder millennial with a crippling addiction to fanfiction and a lingering belief that my invitation to a magical school was simply lost in the mail. Ace/aro, she/her.
Paula Bardell-Hedley @bookjotter.bsky.social Book blogger, nature lover, theatre goer, autism advocate, thalassophile and avid reader. Founder of #Dewithon (aka Reading Wales) and host of #ToveTrove! 🐳📚⛵🌻
Stacey Kondla @staceykondla.bsky.social Books are life. Biophilic. Soup lover. Concerts feed my soul. Stroke survivor. Opinions are my own. Smash the patriarchy. she/her
Publishing Specialist at FriesenPress
https://books.friesenpress.com/r/ud-3mrw8/skondla
Rémi Forte @rmfrt.com Poetic Program, Typographic System
https://www.rmfrt.com/
@wexfordman.bsky.social @wexfordman.bsky.social 
Kateri Lanthier @katerilanthier.bsky.social Poet, teacher, editor. Author of Siren (Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2017) and Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011).
Lori Hahnel @lorihahnel.bsky.social Writer. Latest novel Flicker, U of C Press Brave & Brilliant Series, 2023. Vermin, winner of 2022 Alberta Short Story Collection Award. At work on a novel based on the life of Clara Schumann. I block fools.
www.lorihahnel.ca
Jonathan Meakin @jonathan-meakin.bsky.social Writer, reader, gardener | Salopian Nova Scotian
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Andrew Pyper @andrewpyper.bsky.social Novelist. Author of The Residence, The Demonologist, Lost Girls. Also writes under pen name Mason Coile: WILLIAM (2024), EXILES (2025). 
Douglas Glover @douglasglover.bsky.social Canadian author of novels, short stories, and essays.
https://douglasglover.net/
https://douglasglover.substack.com/
https://independent.academia.edu/GloverDouglas
YouthWrite @youthwrite.bsky.social Camps and workshops for kids who love to write…just about anything!©
Non-profit based in Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦
NEXT: YouthWrite Summer!
https://youthwrite.com/home
International Yeats Society @intyeatssociety.bsky.social The International Yeats Society unites scholars, students, and readers of W.B. Yeats from around the world. Become a member today!
https://internationalyeatssociety.org/
Kim Mannix @kimmannix.bsky.social she/her
Listener. Watcher. Writer.
First poetry collection, Confirm Humanity, published Oct 2025
https://wildskiespress.com/our-books/#confirmhumanity
We're in a climate crisis & an empathy deficit. Be a good human.
🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸❤️☮️🐈⬛️🌎 #Treaty6 #YEG #ShPk #NoAI
🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social CBC Radio host in Newfoundland & Labrador, CANADA! 🇨🇦 I have a journalism/poli sci degree from Carleton University. I love yoga & poetry. I’m always eager to learn new things & to hear fresh perspectives. Canada is a sovereign nation. 🇨🇦
Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social Irish poet. Collections include Heat Signature & Cross-Talk (Seren). Co-ed Eavan Boland Inside History. Researches CW practice in post-conflict & social care. Awards in Templar, Troubadour, National etc.
Aoife Mac Namara @aoifemacnamara.bsky.social Bog fancier, parent, professor & Dean of Arts @UCalgary, Treaty 7 Territory. sí/í. Account and all postings are personal, not professional.
Arrowsmith Press @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social Arrowsmith Press publishes poetry, prose, works of translation, memoir, and a series of online columns. Support the literary world by checking out our website!
Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018
Website: brokensleepbooks.com
Sam McKeon @samthepoet.bsky.social Poet Sam McKeon is a recluse, living on the remote west coast of Ireland. His work tends to focus on his inner universe the rugged landscape and moments he spends with the few people he has contact with. Poetry at appetite2write.com and music on Spotify
World Poetry Review @worldpoetryreview.bsky.social A biannual literary journal dedicated to publishing exceptional poetry in translation from a diverse range of languages, cultures, and eras.
The American Poetry Review @ampoetryreview.bsky.social Poetry all the time since 1972. We never close. aprweb.org
Leafe Press @leafepress.bsky.social Leafe Press was launched at a reading in Nottingham in 2000 and has published a wide range of poetry. Editor: Alan Baker
Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social In the heart of literature since 1939. journal | workshops | fellowships
https://linktr.ee/KenyonReview
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
Uche Peter Umez @uumez.bsky.social Learner, writer, reader, walker
Harbour Publishing @harbourpublishing.bsky.social Books of the Pacific Northwest (and beyond). It's our 50th Anniversary and we published a collector's edition of Raincoast Chronicles - Fifth Five to celebrate. Distributor of Nightwood Editions.
The Common @commonmag.bsky.social The Common is a print and online literary magazine publishing stories, essays, poetry, and art with a modern sense of place. Based at Amherst College, we highlight writers and work from around the world.
Julie Sedivy @juliesedivy.bsky.social Writer and language scientist, author of LINGUAPHILE: A LIFE OF LANGUAGE LOVE and MEMORY SPEAKS: ON LOSING AND RECLAIMING LANGUAGE AND SELF.
Leona Theis 📚 @leonajoan.bsky.social Swim at Your Own Risk forthcoming with Thistledown Press. If Sylvie Had Nine Lives on shelves now. Novels, stories, lyric essays. Walker, paddler, snow lover. Www.leonatheis.com
The Poetry Bookshop @poetrybookshop.bsky.social The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979
Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social Editor of Brevity, a small magazine with big ambitions. Author of various books. Often can't decide if I am posting as myself or as the magazine.
Douglas Hildebrand @doughild.bsky.social Director, UBC Press. He/Him/His. Vancouver via Edmonton via Toronto via Niagara.
The Prose Poem @theprosepoem.bsky.social An online journal of prose poetry.
Ekphrastic poetry call open until 15 December.
https://theprosepoem.com/
Ottawa Street by Street @heartofottawa.bsky.social Looking at the core of Ottawa’s built history. https://www.instagram.com/monsieurlebun
Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social Publishing diverse, inclusive, feminist books that entertain, educate, and empower. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @_secondstory
Visit our website and learn more: https://linktr.ee/_secondstory
BC and Yukon Book Prizes @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social Our mission is to recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs. The 10 Prizes are presented annually recognizing authors, illustrators, and publishers.
Heather Haley @mediapoet.bsky.social Poet • Songbird • Media Artist
Vicki McLeod @vickibythesea.bsky.social West Coast writer, author, artist, dogmom, and beach bum 🇨🇦 she/we. Wild swimmer. I make stuff with words and other bits. Living by the Salish Sea on the traditional ancestral territory of the Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw-as, and Stzuminus people. A kind of heaven.
SFU Continuing Studies @cs-sfu.bsky.social Simon Fraser University Continuing Studies has been providing flexible learning options since 1971.
https://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies.html
Ann E Michael @aempoet.bsky.social #poet --Poet, retired academic writing coach, gardener, 🌱 blogger.
Three books of poetry, 6 chapbooks: www.annemichael.blog
Not ambitious. Curious about the world. Working on being more of a mensch.
Laura K. Davis @lauraksdavis.bsky.social Ph.D. in English and professor of Canadian Literature and Writing Studies. Writer, yogi, runner, whippet lover, and mom of three grown ups 😊
grace kwan💌 @gracekwan.bsky.social sociologist • poet • author of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL🫀 • they/them
grckwn.com
sleepyfacegrace.substack.com
instagram.com/sleepyfacegrace
Doc Martin @docmartinyyc.bsky.social Books, writing, obsolete coms technology. Past President of the Writers' Guild of Alberta, The Alexandra Writers' Centre, and filling Station Magazine. He/Him, Treaty 7 Resident.
Marnie Parsons @rtgbooks.bsky.social Publisher at @runningthegoat.bsky.social; printer; editor; bookseller; reader; companion to Millie the cat; Newfoundlander by choice.
Eoin Flannery @eoinflannery.bsky.social Associate Professor of English Literature at @micireland.bsky.social
Poems @eatthestorms.com @thebelfastreview.bsky.social @theargylelitmag.bsky.social @hogriverpress.bsky.social @juniperpoetry.bsky.social, and elsewhere.