chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : say hi
Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social Writer, walker, and mandolin player. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty and MFA program director at Emerson College, and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/.
http://www.stevehimmer.com
SAD MAGAZINE @sad-mag.bsky.social Stories. Art. Design. #sadmag Independent Vancouver publication 〰️ Celebrating local and emerging creatives
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/
Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social A charmingly contrary literary press based in beautiful post-industrial Hamilton, Ontario. 
The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social Literary magazine that has been publishing Canadian Writers & Writing for over 40 years.
Proud presenter of the Wild Writers Literary Festival!
Literary Review of Canada @reviewcanada.bsky.social 
League of Canadian Poets @canadianpoets.bsky.social The LCP supports poets & builds communities, supports inclusive and equitable free expression, & promotes Canadian poets and poetry. www.poets.ca
Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
lambdaliterary.org
lambdaliteraryreview.org
linktr.ee/lambdaliterary
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
The Pushcart Prize @pushcartprize.bsky.social Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976.
http://pushcartprize.com/
Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social Genre-busting fiction. Short stories, poetry, comics, and novels you can't put down. Good books for the price of a beer!
Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social On a mission to support & celebrate Canadian writers. Discover our literary award-winning books at writerstrust.com
The Ex-Puritan @ex-puritan.bsky.social Publishing fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and reviews. Proudly awarding The Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence.
https://linktr.ee/ex_puritan
Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social Award-winning independent literary press.
Read independently. https://linktr.ee/biblioasis_books
ecw press @ecwpress.bsky.social We're an independent Canadian publisher of fiction, sports, poetry, pop culture, wrestling, business, science, and memoir. Certified B Corp.
https://ecwpress.com/
Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social Reading, writing, walking in Ontar-i-air-i-air-io (Can-Am). Publishing advocate. Nonprofit consultant. Author of a short story collection (MOTHERISH), essays & more TK. She/her
Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social Author of 8 books of fiction & poetry. Recent:The Thickness of Ice (novel, Baraka Books, 2024);The Death Poems (Salt, 2023).Winner of Rubery Award for Fiction. Shortlisted Danuta Gleed Award, Bord Gais Irish Book Awards, & Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
Prairie Fire Magazine @prairiefiremag.bsky.social Award-winning Canadian journal of innovative writing that has been publishing exceptional writing for over 45 years. One of Canada’s oldest literary magazines.
Molly McCarron @mccmolly.bsky.social Writing, observations from the backyard
http://linktr.ee/mollymccarron
Will Richter @willrichter.bsky.social Debut story collection, JUST A HOWL, forthcoming 2027 from Rare Machines.
Stories at CBC, AQR, @fiddlehd.bsky.social, @subterrain.bsky.social, The Threepenny Review, Witness, elsewhere.
More self-promotion here: willrichter.ca
Brick, A Literary Journal @brickliterary.bsky.social To see all of Brick's content, follow us on Instagram @brickliterary, sign up for our newsletter (https://brickmag.com/newsletter/), and visit our website (https://brickmag.com/).
Alicia Litamp @litamp.bsky.social Sharing excellent art, poetry, and literature. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #ArtCommunity #WeFollowBack
Lys Granier @lysgranier.bsky.social Montréal
Writer, urban geographer.
Prose in The Common, PRISM international, Passages North, Hobart, The Ex-Puritan & more.
Ask me about skunks, I love them.
lysgranier.com
Saakshi Patel @saaker007.bsky.social Currently @twssfu.bsky.social | 🎓MA in Poetry @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social | 🎓BA in English Literature and Language @arts.ubc.ca | 🏆2021 Student Award @chairofpoetry.bsky.social | 📝Poems in @arlenhouse.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social & more
Geist Magazine @geistmag.bsky.social The weird and wonderful from the world of words.
geist.com
jade y. liu @jadeyuliu.bsky.social writer, dreamer | she/她 | articling student ⚖️ | poems @ jadeyliu.weebly.com | cognitive metaphor enthusiast!
Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2026 Living Wage employer.
Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com A webjournal publishing short fiction, book reviews, a weekly newsletter, & whatever else happens at http://www.necessaryfiction.com. Doing our best since 2009.
Posts by http://shimmer.bsky.social. 
Diane Josefowicz @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social novelist, historian, amateur hoofer | www.dianejosefowicz.com | THE GREAT HOUSES OF PILL HILL is just out from @sohopress
Үеԝі @yewi.bsky.social 🥕 A brown-thumbed gardener in Japan 🐰.
#gardening #nature #bicycle #SDGs
子供の頃、温暖化や冷戦が騒がれてて、「判ってるなら、その内 大人が何とか するんだろーな🙄」と思ってました。
まさか 汚職政党が 独裁に返り咲いて、環境破壊・戦争扇動を続けてるなんて、思わなかったよバーロー💀。
民主主義政党 (共産・社民・れいわ)・弁護士団・人権団体・国連チームを応援中。
Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social Quarterly print literary magazine & small book press in the Philly 'burbs. Founder & EIC Jeff Bogle. linktr.ee/StanchionZine
long con magazine + Collusion Books @longconmagazine.bsky.social longconmag.com: canadian magazine for art replying to art
ISSUE 2.6: submit by Sept 30
Montebank Prize: enter by Sept 30
Banner artist: Andrew James McKay (andrewjamesmckay.com)
longconmag.com/collusionbooks: canadian micro-press for collaborative poetry
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/
member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
Andy Weaver @weaverandy.bsky.social Poet, professor of English and Creative Writing. Latest book, The Loom https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773855837/. 
Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social she/her: sharing Ottawa -area sugar crone (tinyurl.com/ottawamandy) literary, spoken word, storytelling & nonfiction events daily ish. Out now!: Beast Body Epic, Autumn 2023. https://linktr.ee/amandaearl.
HAD @havehashad.com We had an idea that started as a joke. We had an affinity for that minimalist look and feel of early online journals. We had a couple drinks.
https://www.havehashad.com
Jason Lee Norman @bellyofawhale.bsky.social Writer + Publisher. I once met Jimmy Carter on a flight from Miami to La Paz, Bolivia.
Funicular Magazine @funfunfunicular.bsky.social Short fiction • Flash • Poetry // Editor: @bellyofawhale.bsky.social
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dinsdale press @dinsdalepress.bsky.social A brand-new Canadian indie micro press where the dream meets the page! Owned by award-nominated author @bgordonauthor.bsky.social and award-winning author and editor @caitgauthor.bsky.social.
River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social A ragtag team of creatives celebrating amazing CanLit. Join the party, pals!
Est. 2010.
49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social Fuelled by the largest collection of Canadian books ever assembled, 49th Shelf makes it easier to find your next great Canadian read. 
🌺IRiS🌈 @rustyiris.bsky.social Wild Woman of the woods 🇨🇦 Homesteading, Gardening, Foraging, Plants, Animals, Fungi, Nature.
Interested in lots of things.
Let's trade garden seeds! DMs open for swaps📨🌱💚
Katrina/GreenSpirit Craft @greenspiritcraft.com Green Witch🌿
Earth Energy Connection Guide ✴️
Holistic Esthetician& Reiki Practitioner💆🏽♀️
Guiding Folks Back to Their Center 🌀
w/ Nature-Inspired Energy Work & Skincare Full of Botanical Soul.
Visit my site: https://greenspiritcraft.com
Thrifty Home and Garden @thriftyhomegarden.bsky.social Thrifty and Frugal
Natural and Chemical Free
To, Live Well, Be Well, Go Well.
linktr.ee/thriftyhomeandgarden
Goodport (GP) @goodport.bsky.social Baker, Gardener, Sailor, Bon Vivant, and old #Postie
goodport.blog
Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social Welcome to 'Folkloring,' the podcast that invites you to actively engage with practical folklore in your daily life. Created by writer and folklore researcher Tracy Nicholas Find us online at: https://folkloringlife.com/ #folklore
Woodland Forager @karhunaiti.bsky.social Ex-pat Minnesotan, army vet, & retired civil servant, finding sanctuary in forests, curiously exploring free wild food. All photos by me. I block bots. #woodlandforaging, #foraging #wildplants #medicinalplants #fungi #fungifriends #wildedibleplants
@43creek.com @43creek.bsky.social Original Photography, Acrylic and Watercolor Paintings focused on location based themes. All my own work and available for sale unless stated otherwise.
Rod Raglin @rodraglin.bsky.social Journalist, photographer and author of fourteen self-published novels, a collection of short stories, two plays as well as numerous short fiction and poems online.
Visit his Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEU
Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social Stories for the futures we need | SFF and dream realism | Canadian, Indigenous & worldwide creators | Pub @kercoby COO @suntorya CPO @teresempierre
https://linktr.ee/augurmag
Maureen Nicholson 🇨🇦 @maureennicholson.bsky.social X refugee. Writer and editor. Former Bowen Island councillor. Live for now at SFU UniverCity. Douglas College faculty. Canadian. Elbows up. Gloves off.
Jen @arieswriting.com 🍁Vancouver. I write sometimes, but not with AI because it sucks. Chronic illnesses (Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, HSD), neurodivergent. PS I love cats. 🏳️🌈
http://www.arieswriting.com
Magskall @magskall.bsky.social Author-in-process, budding event promoter & emcee, and former Autopsy Tech living on Vancouver Island.
⋆｡°✩Kinsale Drake⋆｡°✩ @kinsaledrake.bsky.social writer, author of THE SKY WAS ONCE A DARK BLANKET, winner of the National Poetry Series⋆｡°✩
⊹₊⟡⋆BEYOND THE GLITTERING WORLD, ed. Darcie Little Badger, Kinsale Drake, Stacie Denetsosie⋆｡°✩
Ben Berman Ghan @inkstainedwreck.ca SSHRC funded PhD in at UCalgary.
THE LIBRARY COSMIC: Stories
https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the-library-cosmic
THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS
https://bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/collections/all/products/the-years-shall-run-like-rabbits
Devon (Human Circus Podcast) @a-devon.bsky.social Podcasting about medieval history at
https://humancircuspodcast.com/
Writing fiction, mostly SF with a novel just about done
Living with cat in Vancouver, BC
Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com Novel development & editing services. Our editors are industry experts and award-winning writers. Take your manuscript to the next level.
DarlingAxe.com
Eli's Native Plants @elisnativeplants.bsky.social The diversity of life is sacred. The diversity of human cultures too. I'm a gardener #NativePlants, vegan, programmer, physics PhD, seed keeper.
Trying to stop the 6th global extinction by reconnecting humans with the rest of the living world. /|\
Barrelhouse @barrelhouse.bsky.social Proudly independent literary magazine & small press, established in 2004. Books + print issues + online issues + conferences + writing retreats + other stuff.
https://barrelhousemag.com/
Mike Ingram @mikeingram.bsky.social Editor at Barrelhouse. Professor at Temple University. Union rep. Author of Notes from the Road (Awst Press). World’s #1 Cat Dad.
Trevor Anderson @trevoranderson.bsky.social filmmaker. (re)tired drummer.
trevorandersonfilms.com
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
Gemma Sarracenia @tippitiwichet.bsky.social Foraging and gardening more to increase self-reliance and protest food costs. Committing art. Keep your nutrition up, have more strength to resist!
She/they cishet.
TMilton @rumpledwriter.bsky.social Poet, querying novelist and one time songwriter who has spent the last 25 years honing his storytelling skills out on a rock in the water.
We are only each other, but no DMs all the same
Oh yeah, all words and photos by T Milton © 2026 unless I say other
Lena - Poet and Questioner @lena1370.bsky.social Poet, Questioner and Walker in darkness
Sheila Burpee Duncan @sheilabduncan.bsky.social Second Rounder @austinfilmfest. Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction. Stories in @blankspacesmag @AgnesandTrue. Words & photos all my fault.© 🇨🇦
Dual Cit Geoff 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @thoris.bsky.social Wannabe Poet
Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social Freelance literary editor, poet, writer. UBC MFA fiction grad. Editor @ Arc Poetry Magazine. Mad & queer. 🏳️🌈She/her. White settler living in Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. i of vii collective. margolapierreeditor.com.
🔗 Linktr.ee/margolapierre
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social poet, teacher, sometimes essayist. chapbook, Love That For Us, out now @andchangepoetry.bsky.social. craft book forthcoming @noemipress.bsky.social. two books @boa-editions.bsky.social.
abolish the police & free palestine.
https://www.chenchenwrites.com
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
Torrey Peters @torreypeters.bsky.social On social media hiatus! For contact info check my website torreypeters.com
Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. (One of those is THE CALAMITIES, out now.) Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 50-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
Kristina • Truborn Press @nwreader.bsky.social 💀EIC at Truborn Press
💀Horror Enthusiast in the PNW
💀Book Lover/Reviewer
www.trubornpress.com
Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Rep: Michael Curry 📚🪲 Tips for cat treats! https://ko-fi.com/premee
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social librarian, archivist, author, Ignyte award-winning & Hugo-nominated writer and critic, rat obsessive, hella queer, fuck genAI
words in reactormag.com, locusmag.com, npr, reader's digest, and elsewhere
bookjockeyalex.com
T.D. Masterson @tdmasterson.bsky.social Writer and musician. (He/Him)
Spartacus Books @spartacusbooks.net Spartacus Books is a nonprofit, volunteer-run bookstore and resource centre.
Open 10–8:30 weekdays, 11–7 weekends.
grace kwan💌 @gracekwan.bsky.social sociologist • poet • author of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL🫀 • they/them
grckwn.com
sleepyfacegrace.substack.com
instagram.com/sleepyfacegrace
isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social making lives better, making better lives, for everyone. retired #mentalhealth professional #haiku #peace #writingcommunity #buddhism #pagan #longcovid. old. they/she.
unceded, traditional, ancestral musqueam, squamish & tsleil-waututh lands aka vancouver.
Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social Author of 10 books.The latest: A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE AMNESIAC out 2027. Newsletter here: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com #1000wordsofsummer
Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social NYT bestselling novelist. Former intelligence professional, tech futurist.
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.
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
g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social • Fruity poet. Probably on your left.
• Be Water 🌊
• Writing in: ROOM, Arc Poetry, Grain, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead + more…
🇭🇰 🍁
https://grace-writes.com
https://anvilpress.com/books/be-water
[somewhere on Georgian Bay, Ontario]
The Dead Poets Reading Series @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social A reading series/literary seance that takes place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations, colonially known as Vancouver, BC. Poets present the work of dead poets they admire. http://www.deadpoetslive.com/
Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social Poet, dad, and library guy | (he/him) | Wrote a book called Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions) | Poetry editor for EVENT Magazine | lives on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ (Vancouver) raoulfernandes.com
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/
Adèle Barclay @adelebarclay.bsky.social writer, editor, creative writing instructor | she/they |
author of If I Were in a Cage I'd Reach Out for You (Nightwood, '16) & Renaissance Normcore (Nightwood '19)
working on: cnf, fiction, poetry
Christina Cooke @christinajcooke.bsky.social I wrote BROUGHTUPSY, yr next fav novel | Winner, Journey Prize | Finalist, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize | “Best of”—Elle, CBC Books, others | https://linktr.ee/christinajcooke | lemme at yr snacks
Shashi Bhat @shashibhat.bsky.social Fiction writer, editor of EVENT, CRWR faculty at Douglas College
www.shashibhat.com
Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social Canada's Poetry Magazine, founded in 1978. Arc Poetry #109 is available to order now. Subscribe today at arcpoetry.ca!
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.
Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social Poet and CWRT instructor, editor, community arts. Author of 2 books and some chapbooks; book 3 forthcoming from Gaspereau 2026. Lots of 📕ish tattoos. On Sinixt Territory in BC. www.leesadean.ca