Jon Miles @milesjon.bsky.social Things get more interesting at the edges and boundaries. We can do better than this. Brum-based; charity/social justice sector; music; environment & nature; church and politics.
williamngomes.bsky.social @williamngomes.bsky.social Freelance journalist, author and human rights advocate | British-Bangladeshi | York, UK | PhD researcher at the University of Essex
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0C1XLCFK6?ingress=0&visitId=96fdbc0f-ea53-4e86-843d-04b56931b3b3
Luke P @owenleftchat.bsky.social Working on debut novel, 'Owen Left the Chat', a millennial coming-of-age story and satire of 00s-10s pop culture.
🟠 substack.com/@owenleftchat
Flowers in the Window @kay4nn.bsky.social Life is a flower
https://kayleighannwriting.wordpress.com/
MHERE CHAMUNORWA @mherechamunorwa.bsky.social Educator & writer from Zimbabwe.
Poetry, fiction, education & the work of making meaning.
Writing toward what remains.
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/
jennieowen.bsky.social @jennieowen.bsky.social Poet and writer, working in Higher Education. Latest publication "Tips for Collectors of the Macabre" Yaffle Press.
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
@katiemd77.bsky.social @katiemd77.bsky.social 
Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
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
Vanessa Pearce @nesky999.bsky.social BBC Midlands Today producer by day, Online features writer by night... MoC of WM News Online NUJ chapel. Coffee, cats and Coventry mainly, with a few gigs thrown in.
https://muckrack.com/vanessa-pearce
National Association of Writers in Education @nawewriters.bsky.social
The National Association of Writers in Education advocates for Creative Writing as a subject, supporting writers & good practice in teaching & facilitation in all settings. Conference, journal & more.
Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social Midlands Fringe AYIT!
📍 Wolverhampton
🗓️ 17-26 July 2026
💡 Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists
💷 Arts Council England
🌐 https://linktr.ee/midlandsfringe
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social Quondam Prof. English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
@danihale81.bsky.social @danihale81.bsky.social 
El Pender @el-pender.bsky.social Fiction writer. Spec fiction reader. TTRPG player. Half of PenPost. Lecturer in Media Production. Comms Freelancer.
website • eleanorpender.com
PenPost • penpost.itch.io
Action Man Coolness @actionmancoolness.bsky.social 🐾 Dog and animal lover | 🎮 Twitch streamer & YouTuber | 🎥 Sharing epic gaming moments one stream at a time! Let's connect! 🐶❤️ #TwitchStreamer #YouTuber #Pets #GamingCommunity #DogLover #AnimalLover #Dogs #Puppys #Animals
Scott Lilley @poetrytalkingguy.bsky.social writing many bad poems but good ones sometimes
studying for PhD in creative writing at Lancaster University
Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social Lecturer, workshopper and creative writing events organiser - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alex-davis-events-17318878423
Zain Rishi @zainrishi.bsky.social Brummie Poet 📚🌈
26 / Edinburgh (mostly)
NOON out now with the Emma Press
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SKJ @skjwrites.eurosky.social Writer 📚 | Gen X disabled mum | 🏳️🌈 ally
❤️ Loves: gardening 🌷 | rock music 🤘 | reading romance 📖
🚫 Hates: stairs ♿️ | AI 🤖 | anxiety 😰
@spabbygirl.bsky.social @spabbygirl.bsky.social 
W. B. Aubrey @w-b-aubrey.bsky.social He/him. I seriously write silly stories.
My new novel, A Period of Optimisation, will be available later this year.
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@bardtothebone.bsky.social @bardtothebone.bsky.social 
A.J. O'Toole @scribblerotoole.bsky.social Writer - working on short fiction and my novel "Half A Lie".
Good listener, quiet talker, part-time drinker.
Black Country state of mind.
@annabelbennett.bsky.social @annabelbennett.bsky.social 
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Adriana Janaína Poeta @adrianajanainapoet.bsky.social Adriana Janaína Poeta, CPF.:01233034782/ Adriana Janaína Alves de Oliveira. Escritora, editora, casada com Marcelo Bernardo de Oliveira. Criadora/ fundadora e proprietária do Clube de Leitura dos Poetas.
adrianajanainapoeta01233034782@gmail.com
Norah's Ark Community Play 2026 @norahsark2026.bsky.social A new community play for Stratford upon Avon in 2026. The venue and setting will be the historic Guild Chapel. A modern fable about the climate crisis and a new take on the Noah story. https://www.guildchapel.co.uk/norahs-ark-new-play-stratford
Ashley cash @ashleycashbebo35.bsky.social Hi im ashley im new here
OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the English and Creative Writing department of The Open University, UK.
@dorotheasmartt.bsky.social @dorotheasmartt.bsky.social 
The Literary Consultancy @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social The UK's longest-standing editorial consultancy. Offering editing, mentoring and events. Home of Being A Writer. #ACEsupported. Official BlueSky account.
Manchester Review @manchesterreview.bsky.social The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social The RSL celebrates and nurtures reading and writing of all kinds. We're a charity that believes literature is for everyone. ✨ 200 years young. 🌟
@aoifemannix.bsky.social @aoifemannix.bsky.social 
Maggie Reed @maggiereed.bsky.social Malvern based writer, photographer, bookart creator and a passionate advocate for the natural world.
Bea Wall aka @beawall.bsky.social Cats are the real dependables in life!
Writer for children and ghostwriter of books for grownups, Poet, Occasional Car Journalist, Songwriter.
Forty years following The Cure.
Loves: music, especially 90s alt, classic cars, comedy & horror film/TV.
@nettle23.bsky.social @nettle23.bsky.social Writer. Trier of many genres!! Co-wrote Millennium play for Rugby Theatre. Strictly super-fan, theatre goer, lover of Radio 4 drama, flowers and butterflies.
Alison Manning @alisonmanning.bsky.social Poet, poetry film maker, author of World Without Endless Sheep and occasional lemon grower.🍋
https://alisonmanningwriter.wordpress.com/
A.J. O'Toole @ajotoole.bsky.social Ex-drinker, still not a fighter. Speed reader, slow writer.
Black Country exile under Northern skies.
This is an anecdote, sir, not a problem for you to solve.
Amy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social Northern writer. Author of The Disappeared. Stories in The London Reader, Reflex Press, Palm-Sized Press. Finalist: Mslexia Short Story Comp/Dinesh Allirajah Prize. Arts marketer. Writer in residence Durham Writes & Crossing the Tees.
amylordauthor.com
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
🌟posts by teacher Ruth and translator Sarah
SI Leeds Literary Prize @sileedslitprize.bsky.social SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial national award for unpublished fiction by UK based Black and Asian women writers. 2024 winner: Maeve Clarke. 2026 prize judging underway.
https://www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/
Dr Stephanie Conn @stephanieconnpoet.bsky.social Poet. 'off-kilter', 'The Woman on the Other Side', 'Island' (Doire Press). 'Copeland's Daughter' (Smith/Doorstep) Research: Poetry & Chronic Illness
Sian @sian37.bsky.social Decrepit old woman desperately wanting decency & equality for society.
Retired pharma scientist, writer, lover of dogs, fresh air, Springsteen.
Leica de-lux 8; Politically green & left
Anti-fascist, anti-racism
“To remain silent is to be complicit”
Emma Finlayson-Palmer @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social Author ✍️ Artist 🎨 Editor 📝 AuDHD 🏳️🌈
Tombstone tourist 🪦 Cryptid cultivator 👣
Writing strange stories from strange places 🖤
#ukteenchat • #WriteMentor
Substack: Notes from the Graveyard Shift 🪦
Dr Sarah Bremner @brummieclassicist.bsky.social Head of History & Politics, LCS | PhD Demosthenes, Ancient Athens, Democracy, Rhetoric, Oratory, Identity | Views My Own
AustenPowers @austenpowers.bsky.social Writer.Janeite👒. Decade member. On Instagram/threads as Rachel.lloyd.12764
Placed Ascent Novel Prize 2026. Freelance writer: past work for Jane Austen Regency World/Bath Austen centre/Strictly Jane Austen Tours & work not associated with Miss Austen! 📝
@anouskaknight.bsky.social @anouskaknight.bsky.social 
Donna Smith @donna-l-smith.bsky.social
Researcher | Writer | Reader
PhD Psychology of Education, University of Cambridge, researching mental health in first generation students 🧠
Obsessive reader of 100+ books/year and reviewer of proofs for NetGalley 📚
https://www.donna-smith.com/
Kathryn Lupin (she/her) @katopensans.bsky.social Queer writer of queer happy ever afters.
Penguin Michael Joseph Award LL '24 | Room 204 24/25 Cohort | (Re)Presenting Romance '22 runner-up |
Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social #Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
www.mirandakaufmann.com
www.linktr.ee/drmirandakaufmann
the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
www.engineidling.net
EIC Danielle McMahon (@dehm000.bsky.social)
Eve White Literary Agency @evewhiteagency.bsky.social News, updates and tips from an independent London literary agency representing fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Sharon @sharonsmith1.bsky.social Probable ADHD, definite bipolar.
Queen of the North (Leeds)
and Mother of Cats (4).
I read, paint, sew, cook, and play JRPGs.
Politically to the left. She / her.
Proud ally - love is love, protect the trans community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🇬🇧
Yanyu Liu @yyliu5729.bsky.social PhD in translation studies in Uni Warwick, researching on crime fiction, feminist translation, and world literature.
deanleivers.bsky.social @deanleivers.bsky.social East Midlands based Freelance Creative Practitioner and Trained Mindfulness Teacher for Schools.
https://linktr.ee/deanleivers
Anna Biggs @writebiggs.bsky.social Reader, writer, sleeper agent
Loves history, folklore & growing things
ME + expansion packs
ADCI network ♿️ | she/her
LL Lucy Cavendish Prize ‘24,
won: Greene Door ‘25, Curtis Brown Breakthrough ’24, Jericho Writers Mentorship ‘24, Novelry Octopus ‘23
Kate Innes @kateinnes.bsky.social Writer, trained in Archaeology. Author of Medieval 'Arrowsmith Trilogy’ for adults,& historical fantasy/paranormal adventures for young people.
If it's old, I'm interested.
https://linktr.ee/MindforestBooks
@levogire.bsky.social @levogire.bsky.social 
Write Query Hook @writequeryhook.bsky.social Find the right agents. Fast. Purpose driven tools to help writers out of the query trenches and onto agent client lists. Your agent is calling - try it free: www.writequeryhook.com/
Steph Morris @herr-morris.bsky.social poet, artist, gardener, translator
he/him
impaired energy (ME)
ACE-Funded
Claire Bailey @clairebaileywrites.bsky.social Writer, wildlife and gardening enthusiast, along with marketing and communications day job. RNA member.
birch sap | sú beithe @birchsap.bsky.social Nancy Forde | Writer/Photographer | she/her🇮🇪🇨🇦🏳️🌈 MFA in Creative Writing (2026) | MA in Documentary Photography & Photojournalism (2021) | Grab a cuppa & curl up: nancyforde.substack.com (This here's my 📚 bsky. Personal bsky: @nancyfjorde.bsky.social)
Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social I research, write, and teach about the Quaker tradition. I also write fiction (mainly sapphic romance novels set in prehistory) and poetry. She/her.
Laura Woolley-Núñez @woolzz.bsky.social Literary translator and PhD candidate at University of Warwick researching traumatic memories in translation, feminist translation strategies and María Teresa León by practice
she/her 🏳️🌈
Airelle @airelleamedro.bsky.social PhD student in French and Queer studies, University of Warwick. Often coordinating things, currently Associate Producer for Fierce https://wearefierce.org/
Captain Cuthbert and Scat the Cat @scatthecat.bsky.social Illustrator, children's book author, comic strip artist. https://linktr.ee/scatthecat
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
Joanna Maitland @joannamaitland.bsky.social Writer of Regency romance, time travel, thrillers and more. History nut, cat & dog lover (other people's). Weekly blogs at Libertabooks.com/blog
Literature Works @literatureworks.bsky.social We are a charity in South West England using words and stories to support creativity and wellbeing. We connect people and communities, nurture talent, and champion the power of storytelling, writing and reading. 📖
literatureworks.org.uk
Iris A. Croft @irisacroft.bsky.social Emerging writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Work exploring the political, philosophical and social. Some introspective work too 🦋
Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
Euan Taylor Author @euantaylorauthor.bsky.social The Hard Times: Prison Diaries: A book about crime, punishment, rehabilitation, greed, and putting a newspaper to bed before the editorial team gets locked up: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Times-Prison-Diaries-ebook/dp/B0DPVH8HFF/
Poetry Enthusiast @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social Poetry & nature enthusiast ~ reader ~ writer ~ traveller ~ photographer
The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
poetrysociety.org.uk
linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social Charity promoting literary translation and multilingualism through annual prize for poetry translation & school workshops. https://linktr.ee/stephenspender
@paulspoems.bsky.social @paulspoems.bsky.social 
Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
https://linktr.ee/wasafiri
Kayleigh Kitt @spellboundscribe.bsky.social 
Lance Woodman @lancewoodman.bsky.social Playwright, tour guide, bicycles. UK Midlands.
www.lancewoodman.co.uk
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
@arise1524.bsky.social @arise1524.bsky.social 
Sofia Ribeiro Willcox @sofiarwillcox.bsky.social 🎓creative/prof writing & film/TV studies
🫀intercultural communicator & culture journalist
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