Mark Coakley @markcoakley.bsky.social Book Writer
True crime - FACES OF FRAUD (coming soon!!!); Hidden Harvest; Tip & Trade
Romance/horror novel - Murder Bugs
Norse saga - The Saga of Halfdan the Black
History of psychedelics - Shroom Boom
markcoakleybooks.com
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Christine Nayler π¨π¦ @chrisnayler.bsky.social Traumaβinformed journalist, documentary storyteller,writer, artist & advocate. Writing and witnessing from systems of failure, grief & lived experience. #mentalhealth #neurodiversity #4Ryan https://substack.com/@christinenayler nationalapology.ca
@significantdot.bsky.social @significantdot.bsky.social 
The Kel @kelthulhu.bsky.social I'm a 31 year old Canadian who is here...sometimes. They/them.
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therealrayowen.bsky.social @therealrayowen.bsky.social 
Daily Short Story Deadlines @shortstorycontests.bsky.social Submit your short story to the relevant genre. All of these contests are guaranteed acceptances. Your story gets a video performance reading made!
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-short-story-contest-deadlines/
Lindsay Wilson @lindsay-wilson.bsky.social Poet & Professor in Reno, NV. Author of The Day Gives Us So Many Ways to Eat and No Elegies. Poetry editor at The Meadow
www.lindsaywilson.net
Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canadaβs oldest and most respected literary agencies. π
https://wcaltd.com/
Nix @caffeinatedbird.bsky.social he/him, mid-twenties. occasionally I write stuff. trans rights are human rights.
Kegedonce Press @kegedoncepress.bsky.social All-Indigenous press on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (Neyaashiinigmiing and the land occupied by the city of Owen Sound, ON).
www.kegedonce.com
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Niki Kiepek @nkiepek.bsky.social 
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Janice Landry @janicelandry.bsky.social Writer. Author. Producer.
mike sloane (they/them) @mikesloane.bsky.social www.mikesloane.ca
JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social A Reading Series
Sept 24 Insta Live w/ Jowita Bydlowska
Oct 4 TYPE Books Junction
Oct 8 Insta Live w/ Kim Fahner
Nov 8 On Zoom w/ Norma Dunning
Nov 22 TYPE Books Junction
Nov 26 Insta Live w/ Greg Rhyno
www.junctionreads.ca
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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/
Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada https://linktr.ee/garybarwin
βThereβs a wisecrack in everything. Thatβs how the light gets in.β
@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social 
Steven Forth @stevenforth.bsky.social Resident of Vancouver, writer, translator, explorer and connector of ideas.
Another Story Bookshop @anotherstoryto.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987
#ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman
315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6
hosting events throughout GTA
anotherstory.ca
Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social Writer, teacher, editor.
Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada
The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024)
The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025)
www.kimfahner.com
Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social Lit journal, cellar door knocker, sic semper tyrannis. Work reprinted in Best of the Net. Open for poetry submissions December 1st - 20th!
www.rustandmoth.com
www.duotrope.com/listing/13546/rust-and-moth
cin @makcinder.bsky.social 
storytellershannon @storytellershannon.bsky.social Words. Photos. Video. Movement. Love.
Blair Trewartha @btrewart.bsky.social Poet with 3 chapbooks and one full-length book. Next full-length "Half-Earth" forthcoming in 2026 with Palimpsest Press. Chapbook editor at Anstruther Press. Learning Specialist & Instructional Designer at Western University. Father of two.
Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social New to this platform!
Literary Poet (author of Cult Life)
www.kyerenregehr.ca
Artistic Director of Planet Earth Poetry
www.planetearthpoetry.com
Host of The Poet Laureate Podcast
@poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social
7th Poet Laureate of Victoria (2025-2027)
Flex Fish Games @flexfishgames.bsky.social Artist Matthew king and programmer Rami Bukhari, teaming up to develop nostalgic hand-drawn 2D games.
Michelle Spencer @writingranchette.bsky.social Southern Alberta transplant. Never say no to tea and a walk. Long-listed CBC NonFiction Prize and TNQ Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Prize. Recent βοΈ The Guardian, The Fiddlehead
Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
cbiscuit00 @cbiscuit00.bsky.social #πππππ¨π¦ β’πππ‘π‘ππππ¦πβ’π·πΆπ¬π»ππͺΆβ’πππβ’βοΈβ’ππππ
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Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions @caitlinpress.bsky.social An independent Canadian publisher based in BC β’ Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry β’ Dagger Editions is our imprint for queer women-identifying writers.
Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social Author & Educator at Simon & Schuster Canada, Orca Book Publishers
& YRDSB, UofT SCS | Korean Canadian I coffee & fonts (garamond) | annykchoi.com
Emma Miller πππ @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! ππ https://thedoonies.ca
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m! rory campbell @mistercampbell.ca Mark. Dad. Husband. Harmony builder. Writer. Painter. Dungeon Master. Geek. Pop culture junkie. Comic lover. Avid reader. Storyteller.
Proud citizen of the sovereign nation of Canada. Anti-fascist. Trans rights are human rights. Slava Ukraini.
He/Him
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
Liberman @libermanbooks.bsky.social Pioneering Canadian Literature in Spanish and Hispanic Literature in Canada.
Liberman.es
Janie Simpson @handle.invalid Author, co-owner/operator of Go and Write! retreats (https://bsky.app/profile/goandwrite.ca), lives in New Brunswick, Canada.
I will block accounts that have no profile description, and unless I know you, I donβt respond to DMs.
Go and Write! @goandwrite.ca Go and Write! Join Dr. Gerard Collins and Jane Simpson, professional, award-winning authors based in New Brunswick, Canada, on writing retreats in Canada and overseas. Visit www.goandwrite.ca to learn more.
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Literary Magazines Canada Collective @litmagscan.bsky.social LMCC is a collective organization run by magazine editors and staff. We work to highlight the vital role of literary magazines in the publishing landscape. https://litmags.ca/
Ezekiel McAdams @pocketfullofish.bsky.social 
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Nimbus Publishing Ltd. @nimbuspub.bsky.social π Halifax, NS
Publishing award-winning Atlantic Canadian books since 1978, and okay-ish Bluesky posts since right now.
https://linktr.ee/nimbuspub
Bookshelfie βοΈ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Socials Post and Cover Designer): www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Anvil Press @anvilpress.bsky.social Independent Vancouver book publisher. anvilpress.com
Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
π Special Events Year-Round
π‘ Books & Ideas series JanuaryβJune
π 2026 Festival Oct 18β25
Keili Bartlett @keilibartlett.bsky.social Journalist / writer / part-time bookseller interested in where culture, history and nature meet. Always looking for good stories and my next coffee! Based on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.
www.KeiliBartlett.com/link-in-bio
Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social Mawenzi House is dedicated to bringing to the reading public fresh new writing from Canada and across the world that reflects the diversity of our rapidly globalizing world, particularly in Canada and the United States. 
The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal.
Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025!
https://thefiddlehead.ca
Goose Lane Editions @gooselane.bsky.social Canadaβs oldest independent publisher, representing some of the best and brightest authors in the country.
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