Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social Creative writing & literature prof, romance author, lover of books, & poet of the ginger life. www.melaniedusseau.com
Associate Professor of English, U Findlay (she/her), MFA, analog researcher, dog-loving, traveling teller of love stories. Human writer.💗
Young Alberta Book Society @yabsociety.bsky.social Putting Alberta's literary artists into classrooms since 1985.
Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social A charmingly contrary literary press based in beautiful post-industrial Hamilton, Ontario.
Experimental/Dance/Music Festival @dancemusicexper.bsky.social Festivals take place in downtown Toronto, Canada, for the audience feedback video.
The festival has created 4 tiers to enhance your festival experience.
https://filmfreeway.com/ExperimentalFilmMusicVideoFestival
https://experimentalfilmfestival.com
Jason McInerney @jmcwrites.bsky.social Writing fiction. Building Vespers along the way.
vespersapp.com
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay Festival @scififantasyfest.bsky.social This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video, optional virtual 2nd showcase, and blog & podcast interviews with filmmaker
http://fantasyscififestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FantasySciFiFilmScreenplayFestival
Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
https://festivalforhorror.comi
Daily FilmFreeway Festival Discount Codes @filmfreewaycodes.bsky.social Daily discount codes for various festivals to submit to on FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/festivals/discounts
Festival Reviews .org @festivalreviews.bsky.social Daily posts about film & film festivals. From mainstream to Indy movies.
https://festivalreviews.org
Andrew Haglington @andrewhaglington.bsky.social #Author #Scifi #Fantasy 📚 Andrew Haglington
#Environment #Climate #SocialNetworking
#Photographer #Artist #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #Progressive
UH @uh8.bsky.social 🇸🇪 Swedish💙Animal lover✨FREEDOM!!!✨Pro Ukraine✨✨✨🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 💙🔱💛 anti ruZZia!
Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival @environmentalfest.bsky.social A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre.
https://filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFestival
Tea for a Druid @teaforadruid.bsky.social Talk to trees—they will talk back. 🌲Poetry from the Pacific Northwest by Randy Ogden.
🔮 Tarot | Astrology | Mysticism 🌞
https://teaforadruid.substack.com
https://buymeacoffee.com/teaforadruid
Nordic Prairie Life (Shara) @nordicprairielife.bsky.social Through a Scandinavian lens on the Canadian prairies, I explore my heritage, the art of gathering, the stories we share, and food traditions.
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
LiFest Alberta @litfestyeg.bsky.social LitFest is a celebration, a moveable feast of nonfiction. At LitFest, books about real life come off the page. Avid readers connect with writers through a series of live events, great conversations, and exciting gatherings every October in Edmonton, AB.
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
https://filmfreeway.com/crimemystery
www.crimemysteryfestival.com
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Der Navigator @markld97123.bsky.social Third culture kid 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇲🇾🇮🇱, photographer 📷📹, kayaker 🛶, hiker 👣, biker 🚴🏽, amateur radio operator 📻, system engineer 🖥️, autodidact, deutschfreundlich 🇩🇪, 🍆💕🍒🍑💋🍯🍍💘🦩🐓🐝☯️ Vive la difference!
Daily Stage Play Festival Contests @stageplaycontests.bsky.social Submit to these contests via Submittable. Full feedback on every submissions. Winners get their play performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-stage-play-contest-deadlines/
Sheelagh Caygill 🇨🇦 @sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social Founder OnCreativeWriting.com - podcast and author interviews. Writer, reader, podcaster, journalist. 🍁 MA Contemporary Creative Writing, NN London | OnCreativeWriting.com | SheelaghCaygill.com | https://linktr.ee/Sheelagh_Caygill- A @akublik.bsky.social @akublik.bsky.social
Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.social A showcase of the best Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Films and Screenplays from around the world.
Festival takes place every single month.
https://filmfreeway.com/ActionAdventure
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
Thriller/Suspense Film Festival @thrillersuspense.bsky.social Entering its 10th year, this festival is a showcase of Thriller/Suspense Films & Screenplays from around the world, using the popular audience feedback video.
https://filmfreeway.com/ThrillerSuspenseFestival
https://thrillersuspensefestival.com
Maria Patiño @mariapatinoart.bsky.social Mixed media author/illustrator blending painting, collage, texture, and storytelling. Inspired by culture, nature, and folklore. Open to freelance & collaborations.
WILDsound Writing Festival @wildsoundwriting.bsky.social Daily deadlines for poetry, short stories, screenplays, stage plays, and novels.
Links to submit via sites and submittable: www.novelwritingfestival.com
@vespersapp.com @vespersapp.com The lead developer is @jmcwrites.bsky.social and he posts about writing with Vespers and other bookish topics.
Lindsay C @copperfire.bsky.social Fan of dogs. Animal welfare advocate. Poet.
C. M. Christie @cmchristieauthor.bsky.social Writer, avid reader, she/her pronouns
@farehamboy.bsky.social @farehamboy.bsky.social 
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript: www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Be Fuddled @befuddled.bsky.social Treaty 8. Here for the artists, the writers, the nature nuts.
Alex @admiringbog.bsky.social person with ME/CFS
professional slug
Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social Author of books including the extinction poetry collection Endlings and the novel Worry Stones. From the UK, now living in Yukon, Canada. 
Catherine Owen @cowenwriter.bsky.social Poet, writer, maker of things. Seventeen collections of poetry and prose. Born and raised Vancouverite now living in Edmonton. ANTI-artificial thievery. Editor, reviewer, teacher of poetic forms. Loves: books, cats, gardening, family, real life. #canlit
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Jídé Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social Black Ìrìǹkerinredò. Ọ̀gán. Sùúrù Ọkọ Ìwà.
A Christakis @achristakis.bsky.social Just do good.
I believe in Science, Dr's, and not in Conspiracy Theory.- M @micheleberro.bsky.social @micheleberro.bsky.social
acanofjars @discobolos.bsky.social He/him
Born in the 90's.
Emma Wilson @owoliverr.bsky.social Ready to dive into my world? 😉 I've got so much more to show you than what meets the eye. Let's get a little naughty... https://bit.ly/4fSGnY6
JLars 🇨🇦 @jeloise.bsky.social I’m active with all the best things: nature, writing, food, music, swimming, thinking, drawing/painting, exploring, and miracles of the everyday.
Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social Trade unionist on unceded Coast Salish territory
Queer & AuDHD
Educate. Agitate. Organize.
Kael @bigcitytrouble.bsky.social Pronounced like the vegetable, is a wonderful fruit. he/they
Multidisciplinary multipassionate auDHD, trans masc, queer artist living in Alberta; originally from NY and CO.
Iain Aire @iainaire.bsky.social Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrim’s Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
Kyle @kwsilk.bsky.social 
@mjcalder.bsky.social @mjcalder.bsky.social 
Editing by Stephanie @editingbystephanie.bsky.social Canadian freelance stylistic and copyeditor. Editors Canada member.
https://stephaniewilsonediting.ca
Dr Rowan Hayes- Author @rowanhayes.bsky.social Affiliate LInk ( make money) https://interview-prep-class.getrewardful.com/signup
Books: https://a.co/d/0008qOWw
Free Weekly AI tips: https://buttondown.com/smarter-by-thursday
Free Daily Prompts: https://buttondown.com/one-true-prompt
Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social narrator & protagonist of her own life | echolalia echolalia (Brick Books, 2024) | Crips for eSims for Gaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs
website: janeshi.org
WILDsound Feedback Festival @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social Telling stories through film and conversation. WILDsound showcases the best of new films & screenplays from around the world in a daily film festival.
www.wildsound.ca
https://filmfreeway.com/WILDsoundFilmandWritingFestival
Ecosystem Builders @ecosystembuilders.bsky.social For the people building startup programs, events, and communities. Currently producing All Roads Lead to Rome with Paolo Lombardi. AI-assisted. -C
Beaumont House Press @beaumonthousepress.bsky.social Publishing the best Canadian writing
https://www.beaumonthousepress.com
@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social HS English teacher in Canada.
Neda Zi @nedazi.bsky.social 
Anonymous Prisoner #1 @prisoner-anon.bsky.social Male, 30s, Q/he, prisoner since juvenile, artist, author, dissident, anti-capital, abolitionist. I don't care if you agree, but hope you're listening.
Theresa Shea @theresashea.bsky.social Novelist and committed coffee drinker. Dog Days of Planet Earth (ECW Fall 2026). Award winning author of The Shade Tree (2021), and The Unfinished Child (2013). https://theresashea.com
jadeunrau.bsky.social @jadeunrau.bsky.social 
Elegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social AuADHD. white. ACAB. Land Back incl Palestine. Mutual aid & solidarity.
PFP: orange cartoon cat in bed w/ dark orange stripes & knife tail. Text reads: low on spoons but good on knives.
Banner: antifascist trans unicorn by unrest.design
Alicia Litamp @litamp.bsky.social Sharing excellent art, poetry, and literature. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #ArtCommunity #WeFollowBack
@agoffe123.bsky.social @agoffe123.bsky.social 
Lonely Pets Club - Nonprofit @lonelypetsclub.bsky.social Canadian Federal Nonprofit. Through storybooks and our website, we teach kindness, empathy, facilitate pet adoption, promote literacy, empathy, inclusion, and compassion.
Join us Today
www.lonelypetsclub.ca
Lonely Pets Club Books: https://a.co/d/0jfA4fZx
Leena Walters @leenawalters.bsky.social Leena Walters started her career as a historian, writing about change inside countries. Now she writes brainy romances about change inside people's hearts. She lives in Edmonton, Canada. leenawalters.com
Rep: Kristin Ostby of Salky Literary Management
Sean Paul Bedell @seanpaulbedell.bsky.social father, husband, fountain pen user, horibell spelar, retired paramedic, former firefighter, lover of Canadian Literature. My novel, Shoebox, is coming soon to your favourite bookseller. www.seanpaulbedell.ca
Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social Canada's online magazine of book news and reviews. https://quillandquire.com/
Randall Perry 🍁 @randallperry.bsky.social Guy who likes books. Publisher at October Park Editions (a chapbook micropress). Toronto, ON
thepoetofcuisine @thepoetofcuisine.bsky.social Writer of "Digital Cicero: A Silk Road Novella", award winning "the Fry Up Triptych", and "Victorian Fast Food", THE dissertation on commercial food in East London
buymeacoffee.com/poetofcuisine
SpoonFellas#NAFO NC Gen❌🦋🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇦🇺🌈💙democrat 💛 @spoont51.bsky.social We stand together with these nations and the people of these nations 🇨🇦🇬🇪🇲🇽🇲🇽🇺🇦 #NAFO #FAFO .
dread pirate roberts @dreadpiraterobbers.bsky.social Canadian Socialist in Alberta
I <3 paying taxes so you can watch Heated Rivalry & see a doctor.
#LandBack #EveryChildMatters #freepalestine #firetheUCP #StandUpForScience
Laurence “eff rich people ” Fox @fox-e-laurence.bsky.social Author of “This Has Always Been A War” & BC-Yukon Book Prize for Writing That Provokes winner for “This Book Is A Knife.” Mostly-reformed Journalist and Yukoner working in conservation, founder of Outfox Research and Consulting.
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈🏴
www.fox-writes.com
Talonbooks @talonbooks.bsky.social Publishing words that matter since 1967. www.talonbooks.com
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter: https://shorturl.at/xQc5I
@guysindisguise.bsky.social @guysindisguise.bsky.social 
Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social A writer living in rural Alberta, Canada
Website: loriknutson.com
TPT: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/lori-knutson-creative-canuck
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriknutsonwriter/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615699
@jiaconoauthor.bsky.social @jiaconoauthor.bsky.social Canadian author/illustrator of "The Monsters No Grownup Sees"
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jiaconoauthor
Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social Booklover, blathering at http://www.bookgaga.ca - literary news, reviews, discussion, poetry posted daily (aka #TodaysPoem http://bit.ly/2J4ym4C), member of a thriving silent book club group (aka #SilentBookClub http://bit.ly/2NSBVtw) ... oh, and I crochet
C. L. White @clwhite572.bsky.social Writer and Paleontology Nerd (MSc Evolutionary Anthropology focused in primate brain evolution)
Lover of all things science and stories!
@baileystalbert.bsky.social @baileystalbert.bsky.social Owner Bailey Books, Proud DAD. http://Baileybookman.com "The game is afoot!" Experienced campfire guitar player. Love music...Prine to Mozart. Elks & Oilers!
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
Western Libraries @westernulibs.bsky.social Western Libraries is the library system for Western University, Canada. We're your information experts, when and where you need us, taking your work to the next level. #westernu #LdnOnt
lib.uwo.ca | westernu.ca
Workers' Resource Centre @workersresourcectr.bsky.social The Workers' Resource Centre provides free assistance to Alberta workers. We help with Employment Standards, EI, AISH, CPP-D, Human Rights and more.
www.helpwrc.org
Sharon Hamilton @alifeliterary.bsky.social Writer. Researcher. Lover of Literature and History. Author, "Ottawa: Then and Now" (Pavilion, 2026)
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
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!)