Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Mariadele Boccardi @mariadele.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature at UWE Bristol. Neo-Victorianism, ecocriticism, colonial writing. Lover of country houses. Agatha Christie fan.
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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading independent publisher, founded in 1984. Proudly supported by The Arts Council. Our Stoneybatter bookshop is open 9.30am-5pm on weekdays.
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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
https://marymackey.com/
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Siva @sivav.bsky.social Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Publisher and EIC of @VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.
https://sandymcintosh.info
vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // Fifteen (2026), Defiant Life (2025), Thereupon (2025), Sanctuary (2025), Compassion (2024), Trouble (2024), Love in Exile (2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
Robert van Vliet @letterspace.org Poet. St Paul, MN.
Offline for September 2026.
inventions (above/ground 2026)
Vessels (Unsolicited 2024)
This Folded Path (above/ground 2023)
Blog: www.letterspace.org
Homepage: www.robertvanvliet.com
“Don’t give her money back.”
he/him
Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social Yet another writer: THE GHOST WHO BLED (2017), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (2018), THE REPUBLIC OF BREATH, THE SPOILS & other stories, SWEENEY'S PROGRESS (forthcoming). Environmentalist. Lives in Sheffield. https://substack.com/@gregorynorminton
Ian Walker @fenlandgent.bsky.social
@turnercartoons.bsky.social @turnercartoons.bsky.social 
J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social poet - Chapbooks: https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-from-aboveground-press-more-of-how.html https://cccpchapbooks.bigcartel.com/product/like-now-by-j-t-kelly - Poems: http://www.ucityreview.com/30_Kelly_JT.html
Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social Washed-up translator
Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at City St George's, Uni of London. I curate the short story project apersonalanthology.com. Novels are Randall or The Painted Grape, and The Large Door. Poetry is Spring Journal. https://linktr.ee/jonathangibbs
Colm Brennan @colmgbrennan.bsky.social Poet & Writer
Poetry Ireland Review • Banshee • The Waxed Lemon • Sonder • The Cormorant • Profiles • The Ogham Stone • Arts Council Literature Bursary • MA in creative writing from UL
colmgbrennan.com
Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social Doing history, gender, punishment, postcolonialism, borders at Maynooth University. PI on Research Ireland Laureate Award, CONSPACE - Contested Space: Penal Nationalism & the Northern Ireland Border.
Abraham Kawa @bram-kawa.bsky.social Writer of stuff. Reader and reviewer of more.
Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Tiffany Jenkins @tiffanyjenkins.bsky.social Author: “STRANGERS & INTIMATES: the rise and fall of private life” Out Now! @picadorbooks. (Also: “Keeping Their Marbles” @ouphistory) Trustee,
@britishmuseum https://tiffanyjenkinsinfo.com/
Sunna Gunnlaugs @sunnapianist.bsky.social that jazz pianist from Iceland.
I am an espresso nerd and cold water swimming addict, love hiking with my black labrador
https://linktr.ee/sunnagunnlaugs
Scott McLemore @scottmclemore.bsky.social Icelandic-American drummer-composer and host of Keep the Flow, a weekly podcast that looks under the hood of the creative process.
https://linktr.ee/scottmclemore
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S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social Poet. The Colour of Extinction (@renardpress, October 2024) - Observer Poetry Book of the Month. An Ocean Called Hope (@downingfield, May 2025).
https://scflynn.com
Caustic Cover Critic @causticcovercritic.bsky.social Uncharismatic megafauna.
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
https://linktr.ee/causticcovercritic
Skunkmiller @skunk-miller.bsky.social "Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God"
- Salman Rushdie
I wish I owned a book store.
Toril Moi @torilmoi.bsky.social Teaches at Duke University, sometimes works for Norway's National Library, writes for various magazines.
Yakpi (Michael Blanchard) @yakpi.bsky.social Bassist #Jazz #Rock #Punk Retired from #Tech - Liberal Democrat - Vancouver #CANADA 🇨🇦
Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social Author, broadcaster, journalist, tour guide
TheBookshop.ie @thebookshopie.bsky.social A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping !
Gaeilge agus fáilte.
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Gerardine Meaney @gmeaney.bsky.social Cultural analytics, gender, migration and national identities in literature and culture https://projectvicteur.com https://cca.ucd.ie 
Cathy Brown @cathybrown746.bsky.social Manager at Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy.
Mother of twins. Reader. Footloose fanatic.
Contributor at Dig With It and No More Workhorse
Blogs about having too many books at www.746books.com
Philip Booth Media @philipboothmedia.bsky.social Writer/Ed. Music, film, books. String bass, bass guitar, horn. Husband, dad. Bylines: Jazziz, Relix, JazzTimes, Wash Post. Past: Billboard, Variety, DownBeat, St. Pete Times. Jazz Journ. Assoc. Florida Film Critics Circle. Hemingway Society. Culturepop.net
McKinley Valentine @mckinleaf.bsky.social Writer/Researcher 🔶 ABC's Hard Quiz 🔶 The Whippet, a newsletter of science, history, language & weirdness: https://thewhippet.org 🔶 she/her
Eileen Wilson @glensidetwo2.bsky.social Aka Filao #NHSPensioner 💙 UK Neurodivergent. #FBPE Despises Tories. Supports US #Resisters 📎
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Pamela Weaver @pamelaweaver.eurosky.social Writing for a living, mostly about tech. Historian in a previous life. Politics, history, bikes, books, cricket, gardening, dogs, music. SocDem.
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com Dublin's independent local newspaper, since 2015. Reader-funded through subscriptions. Wednesdays and Fridays online, monthly in print.
Fred Kaplan @fredmkaplan.bsky.social Slate's War Stories columnist; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon, and--most recently--A Capital Calamity (a novel); also jazz critic for Tracking Angle.
Melissa Manwaring @melissammanwaring.bsky.social Educator, critical thinker, bibliophile
Fay Pirotta @faypirotta.bsky.social 🌈🌈🌈🌈Octogenarian, ostomate, reader, literature, history, gardening , been around a few decades, fond of living, fond of lazy luncheons, fond of being out and about , living the day! 🌈🌈🌈
KongVX ☘️ @kongvx.bsky.social Love coffee, photography, reading & travel. ✈️
Like to keep active, crossfit & cycling 🚴♂️
#Ireland #Dublin #SpeirGorm 💚 🇮🇪
Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics @UCL. Author of “Fluke." Writer @TheAtlantic. Host, Power Corrupts podcast. The Garden of Forking Paths Substack.
Valeria Vescina @valeriavescina.bsky.social Author 'That Summer in Puglia' (2018). Creative-writing tutor, runs writing retreats in the Alps. Founder member & co-manager @WomenWritersNet. #HistFic novel inspired by true events in 16th-century Italy will be out in 2026. Women's history nerd.
Charles Boyle @cbeditions.bsky.social Writer and publisher (CB editions, 2007 to now: www.cbeditions.com)
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
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https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Alexander Larman @alexlarman.bsky.social Author, journalist, refugee from elsewhere
Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social • Children’s bookseller
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My art and prints 👉 http://spyglassillustration.com
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger
Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used and rare books.
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Turnpike Books @turnpikebooks.bsky.social Publisher of, mainly, classic Northern Irish writers and also of Barbara Comyns, Douglas Dunn, J.B. Priestley among others.
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Roweena @r2ph.bsky.social Liquorice addicted Irish lesbian feminist dyslexic who loves cycling & a bit of #photography. #FBLC
Jon Jackson @iamjonjackson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer & Programme Director at qmul.ac.uk; Co-founder at medilingo.co.uk; SpongeBob fan; also coffee 😬
Higher Education | AI Ethics | AI in Education | GenAI
linkedin.com/in/iamjonjackson
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Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social Financial Times columnist and writer.
👩🏼💻 https://www.ft.com/jemima-kelly
School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #1 UK children's booklisting website according to Ubersuggest. We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
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Sadie Dingfelder @sadieding.bsky.social Aphantasia, faceblindness, stereoblindness & SDAM — I’m the writer who’s got it all. SadieD.com 
Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social Features journalist. Book: 'Something: The Women Who Made the Beatles' - May 2027.
https://rcwlitagency.com/clients/helen-barrett
Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social She/her. Li'l EdTech; big mouth. Settler. Feminist. Reader, writer, teacher, scholar, doozer.
Podcasts too much: creator of Community of Praxis; co-host of @hkhspod.bsky.social.
Opinions yours.
https://sabbaticast.brennaclarkegray.ca
Ian Curtin @iancurtin.bsky.social 
Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social Still mostly about something and nothing, and still from various places too.
becca @boodleoops.bsky.social Underneath that dress, her heart was really made of stone
Kassandra-is-lost @kassandraslost.bsky.social I hate labels 🏷 I'm just me.
A queer, bipolar, adhd, agoraphobic, dork, w cancer.
I like art, animals n reading. 56 she/her
Lou-Lou Mason @louloumason.bsky.social Storyteller. Multi-hat-wearing-hyphenate.
Director & Dramaturg Film & Theatre.
Communications Creative. 🏳️🌈 & 🧠🌶️
Yogi | Feminist | Burner | Witch
bestoftimes.bsky.social @bestoftimes.bsky.social Born when there was there was only 319ppm of CO₂ in the atmosphere. I get excited by books, music, photography, walks and beaches, fountain pens and inks, malt whisky. And learning new things.
He/Him.
Des FitzGerald @fitzgeralddes.bsky.social RHA Gallery | Dublin City FM (2003-23) | Le Cool Dublin (2010-16) | 🇪🇺
Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social English prof at King's / Dalhousie (mostly Victorian lit, detective fiction), critic, blogger at 'Novel Readings'. Essays and reviews in the TLS, LRC, Q&Q, CNQ, LARB, etc. It's pronounced "Rowan." She / her. Halifax, NS. http://rohanmaitzen.com
Ted Gioia @tedgioia.bsky.social Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk Critical thinking, published every fortnight.
Read at lrb.co.uk
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Rebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social Journalist, New York Magazine; author, Good & Mad, All the Single Ladies. Maine, New York, Philadelphia. I am on a book leave till fall 2025. I do have a substack. 
Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too.
rebeccamakkai.substack.com
https://rebeccamakkai.com
jemostrom @mostrom.eu Människa ... mestadels
Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction.
https://profadamroberts.substack.com/
"Frankenstein Rex" coming in October:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Rex-Adam-Roberts/dp/1399617729/
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Keith Ridgway @rid9way.bsky.social writer
Dooneen - out now from Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions
previously - A Shock / Hawthorn & Child / Animals / etc
Lord Steerforth @lordsteerforth.bsky.social This place is a little too #BeKind for me, so I'm back in Hell with the other sinners, screaming as the flames lap around my ankles.
IndifferenceEngine @guyware.bsky.social Doing nothing is always an option
I write stuff: https://linktr.ee/guyware
Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social THE BENEFACTORS Sceptre. Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. Shortlisted Irish Novel of the Year, Best British Audio Book. It’s out now. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
Julian Girdham @sccenglish.bsky.social Thinking, Writing, Reading, (English) Teaching.
https://www.juliangirdham.com
The Fortnightly newsletter is now at 200+ editions: https://www.juliangirdham.com/the-fortnightly.
https://linktr.ee/juliangirdham
#edchatie
Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social Poetry critic and editor. Norwich is my New York. Writing about poetry here: https://someflowerssoon.substack.com/
Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social Presenter, Radio Four’s Front Row and Start the Week. 
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Sophie Hannah @sophiehannah.bsky.social Bestselling crime writer
Coach for writers (dreamauthorcoaching.com)
Host of ‘How to Hold a Grudge’ podcast
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
Chris Power @chrispower.bsky.social I read books, write books (Mothers, A Lonely Man) and write about books (Observer, LRB, Guardian etc)
John Self @john-self.bsky.social Book jockey