Jenny @me-cfsgirl.bsky.social ME-CFS since 1995. Love crafting when I can find the energy. One of the WIMEL writers.
Koko @mikekoko.bsky.social Walking on my hands 🤸🏽♂️, diving into kidlit—whether reading or writing 📚, and solving puzzles 🧩.
#PBRisingStar #SCBWI #12x12 #GoldenEggAcademy
New book alert! Teaching Storytelling in Classrooms & Communities
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Nick Benton @nickbenton.bsky.social Writer living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for five years.
Substack for all things ME: https://thepersonalme.substack.com/
I'm not on here much. If you'd like to contact me, my email is nicholasbenton1997@gmail.com
Kevin John Smith @odyssey53.bsky.social I'm an author of new age/spiritual fiction. My author website is https://nahannigatepublish.wixsite.com/my-site-2
Sam Gilbey @samgilbey.bsky.social Artist specialising in painterly pop culture portraits. Clients include Lucasfilm, Marvel and Universal.
Kasey Snow @kaseysnow.bsky.social Illustrator. Sculptor. Comic maker.
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MEAction UK @meactionuk.bsky.social Our movement fights for recognition, education, and research so that one day all people with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) will have access to rapid diagnosis, and compassionate, effective care. 
Martin K @martinthemartian90.bsky.social Disenfranchised with politics. Rooibos tea enjoyer.
Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.
Lewis Faulkner | Author | Novelist @faulknerfiction.bsky.social Lewis Faulkner is the author of six novels. He enjoys playing guitar, pickleball, watching movies, reading novels, Arts and Culture, Carolina Hurricanes hockey, and Starbuck’s iced coffee.
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250K readings later, I still don’t sugarcoat.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Kathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social ordinand, composer, gardener, hedge-botherer, immigrant, locavore, neurodivergent, shaver of yaks, chaser after the wind, churchwarden, high liturgy, high chaos, has a profile that's a bunch of descriptors separated by commas, she/they
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Stephanie Buosi @stephaniebuosi.com Canadian #freelance illustrator. Earth advocate, tree-hugger, turtle protector, mother of cat, mother of little human.
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Carrie Schneider Author/Illustrator @carrieschneider.bsky.social Autistic, ADHD, queer 🏳️🌈 author/illustrator of PB & MG books affirming neurodivergent and other identities. Literature PhD. Safe Space.
She/her.
PBRising Stars/PBParty honorable mention/runner-up ‘23/24/25
#amquerying #12x12pb
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artist & illustrator based in ireland. 🏳️🌈
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Tue / Thu / Sat 14.00 GMT London/Dublin
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
Llinos Medi AS/MP @llinosmedi.bsky.social 🏴 Aelod Seneddol Ynys Môn | Member of Parliament. Gwlad y Medra.
Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social “Jen-DEE-a”
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Also J. Dianne Dotson.
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LegendaryDenise @legendarydenise.bsky.social 🪐Astrologer 🩺 Nurse ✍️ Writer
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Morningstar Mystery School @mstarmschool.bsky.social Morningstar Mystery School is a non-profit on-line mystery school and spiritual community. We build connection through peer led classes, workshops, chats, and retreats both virtual and in person.
Crips Against Cuts♿️🌻 @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social A Crip led grassroots group working Nationally to fight Government Cuts and reduce isolation through community.
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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social IRISH writer, repped by Brian Langan, Storyline Literary Agency. Winner, All-Ireland Scholarships Creative Writing Award (public caterory), Novel Fair '23. Shortlisted, Short Story of the Year at the Irish Book Awards '23. Words in many places.
Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social Caenhill countryside centre, a charity supporting young people & rescuing animals in the south west of England. My name is Chris (Quish) I work with artist Caroline, singer Kirsty Clinch, Lorna, Kate & daughter Kara https://www.caenhillcc.org.uk/support/
Peter Stockinger - Astrologer & Author @stockinger.bsky.social ✨Professional Astrologer with 35+ years experience✨, 📚Published Author📚, 🔎Researcher🔎, 📝Writer, Translator📝.
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TCB⚡️ @mugrebeener.bsky.social My Cancer is Sun my Aries is Moon. Integrative health & healing. Post punk, first wave, classic country music. Middle-aged mom on the dancefloor. INFJ/P depending on the day. Astrology, tarot, i ching, & the like
Astrologer Patrick Arundell - The Horoscope Ace @horoscopeace.bsky.social Astrologer to UK Press Assoc, Metro, YouTube Subs 144K, 44M views. 1-to-1 Testimonials http://tinyurl.com/ybzgyafp
Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Reviewer for LOCUS. Editor @ Ruadán Books & Many Worlds. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, The Deadlands & more. she/her 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social Sharing the wonders of flowers and nature, gardening, plant history, folklore, art, and poetry. Bedfordshire photographer for the National Garden Scheme charity. #SolaceInNature #DailyBotanicalBeauty
https://www.venetiajane.co.uk
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
Adam Rowan @shinjutnt.bsky.social Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.ccard.co
Read my book (free in Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/Dynasty-Divine-Adam-Rowan-ebook/dp/B0FS3G3WWH/ref
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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Wren McDonald @wrenmcdonald.bsky.social Illustration / Comics / Risograph
~*Ex.Mag Editor at PEOW2
~*Educator at RisoLAB
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Comic Book Couples Counseling @cbccpodcast.bsky.social “As far as I’m concerned, Comic Book Couples Counseling is a must-listen for anyone who loves comics.” - Jason Aaron | Hosted by married couple Brad Gullickson & Lisa Gullickson | Profile art by Jesse Lonergan | Banner by François Vignault
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social Your Party MP for Coventry South 🌹
coventrysouth@parliament.uk
Promoted by Zarah Sultana at CWU South Midlands, Coventry, CV1 3EG
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✨ Brandi ✨ @brandibarbosa.bsky.social (she/her)
mom, astrology student, lover of cats.
eternal student of life.
laughs at her own jokes. 😂
Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social Carpenter and woodworker. Democracy and unions liker. Building and fixing things: capehenlopencarpentry.com. Writing and editing: aaronhuertas.com.
Laura Keeney || ثُرَيَّا @laurakeeney.bsky.social Former space comms, ex-journo, writer. I 💜 bad movies, good books, post-punk, space, sci-fi, #LFC and NBA/Nuggets.
Filasṭīn Ḥurra, now and forever. 🇵🇸
Dysgwr Cymraeg. Dw i’n cyfri’r dyddiau nes dychwelyd i Gymru. 🏴
Riah 🔪 @arbitraryartist.bsky.social Lvl 31; Chaotic Good;
Freelance Illustrator; Soft Bean; Mostly rambling nonsense.
Biz - ArbsArtbox@gmail.com
Joy @joyfromghazza.bsky.social Palestinian Writer, Poet,Chess player" Witness of the Genocide" &Eldest daughter..My Diary..🌷🤎
DON'T LET MY VOICE DIE &
FOLLOW BELOW
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social (he/him) Prize-winning Irish poet writing in English & Ulster Scots. Pushcart nominated. MA from MMU. Archival poetics: Islandmagee Witch Trial & Irish War of Independence
Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social Campaigning on and off the water to end the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza and for freedom of movement for all Palestinians.
https://linktr.ee/freedomflotillacoalition 
Aquarius Horoscope @aquarius.astrolis.com ♒ Daily, weekly, and monthly Aquarius horoscopes from @astrolis.com. Current planetary positions and astrology transits.
Robert Dzudzar @robertdzudzar.bsky.social 📡 Astrophysicist 📈 Data Person
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Nicole Anne Walker @nicolewalker.bsky.social Illustrator-Writer
Working on my Craft-Mixed Media
Writing, Illustrations, Comics —
Used to be a lot of things
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉 Ally
Canada 🇨🇦
Shares Late Dx neurodivergence, Aphantasia & Autoimmune life
nicole@westcoastfloraandfauna.ca
westcoastfloraandfauna.ca
Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
Audrey Suau @audreysuau.bsky.social PB Author & illustrator 🇫🇷
REVE DE MEDAILLE, MARIE PANTALON, L’ABECEDAIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE…
| she-her | #PB Party 22 &24 illustration showcase HM | Kidlit411 illustration contest’ 22 finalist | #12X12 |
💌audreysuau@gmail.com
📚https://linktree.ee/audreysuau
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
I'm a Lectern @notpodium.bsky.social A podium is a step, like a soapbox.
It/it.
Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social Best-selling author | artist | archaeologist | write and teach about #LateAntiquity, #EarlyMedieval, + #Vikings
Views my own. Appears on BBC radio occasionally.
LITTLE KINGDOMS out now: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingdoms-Hardback/p/56542
itsclembrulee @clemflanagan.bsky.social Clem Flanagan. Fiction editor at B&W Publishing / BBUK
Access All Areas @aaaprods.bsky.social Award-winning London production company, making disruptive performance by learning disabled & autistic artists.
Disability Wales @disabilitywales.bsky.social The national membership body of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) in Wales, striving for the rights of all disabled people.
Y corff aelodaeth cenedlaethol ar gyfer Sefydliadau Pobl Anabl yng Nghymru, sy’n ymdrechu dros hawliau pob person anabl.
Rhian Davies @dwrhian.bsky.social Chief Executive: Disability Wales www.disabilitywales.org
Trustee: Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Member: Disability Rights Taskforce
EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social Experts in turning complex information into accessible Easy Read in English and Welsh. Contact us for a quote: easyread@ldw.org.uk. Part of Learning Disability Wales. #EasyRead #AccessibleInformation #Charity
➡️ https://www.easyread.wales/
Christelle Richard @christeller-illu.bsky.social Illustrator & Graphic Designer at Maia Studio Graphique| Adobe Community Expert & Adobe Creative Educator | Math Tutor
Portfolio : https://maiastudiographique.myportfolio.com
Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social Welsh Indian South African Dutch Londoner. PhD in Philosophy of Education. Antiracist Dialogic Pedagogy. Children's Books. Teaching & Writing.
Rep: Rachel Mann, CAA https://www.darrenchetty.com/ https://linktr.ee/DarrenChetty
Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social Author
Hon FRSL
RLF Fellow
Sunday Times Children's Books
#NewIllustrationoftheDay
Blog, biog, gallery, books: on www.nicolettejones.com
Events: phil@showmetherabbit.com.
Art by John Jones: www.johnedwardjones.co.uk
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Richard Vallée @richardvallee.bsky.social I play language. Mostly irreverent. Debugger.
AI. Global warming. Integrity. Health. Science.
Chronically ill punk rocker.
I think about the future a lot.
treeskulltown @treeskulltown.bsky.social Artist Author • Make Subrealism • https://treeskulltown.com • Handmade art 🙌 : mixed media animation • Art for peace > culture against fascism 🌈
Brandon Province @brandonprovince.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator from Missouri, USA.
Mental health advocate, neurodivergent, all-inclusive, father of seven.
Proudly represented by Amy Milligan of Illo Agency.
https://www.provinceart.com
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator 
Anne Appert (they/them) @anneappert.bsky.social they/them. Nonbinary 💛🤍💜🖤
Author/illustrator: BLOB. WHAT IF YOU WISH?. LOCH NESS MONSTER’S UNBELIEVABLE SCIENCE (2026)
Illustrator: ZOOMI & ZOE (Summer 2025)
Rep: @charlottewenger.com #KidLitArt
Art: anneappert.com
Other: https://linktr.ee/Anneappert
KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social #KidLitArt chat for children's illustrators & fans of kidlit art.
Next chat - Thurs, Aug 27, 9pm EST/6pm PST
Aug topic - Visual Storytelling Techniques
Mods - @charlenedraws.bsky.social and @weyakindesigns.bsky.social
Sara Brinton @sarabrinton.bsky.social PhD student at Brown University researching climate change and public health. Union leader. Ballet dancer. 🌎🩰🌈📚
Rachel @rrowanolive.bsky.social Give it to the lesbians, they love a banner | | Rent-a-mental (autistic type) | Lived experience researcher on suicide & harm in health & care systems
Real Nature Magic 🔮✨ (they/them) @realnaturemagic.bsky.social Professional Animal Communication Services✨ Disabled NB + Survivor owned (they/them) 🇨🇦🇺🇲
Charts posted are Whole Sign 🌈❤️🔥🍉
Anti-Oppression Occultism | Devotional Art | Eco-System & Diversity Stewardship♿🇺🇦
Info & Booking, Resources:
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Victoria @mysticastrology.bsky.social She/Her
🧿✨
Astrologer
celestial insights & earthly ramblings
https://linktr.ee/mysticastrology.victoria
Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
Sten Helmfrid @stenhelmfrid.bsky.social Ph.D. in physics, also interested in mathematics, science theory, and history. Follows research on ME/CFS.
Stockholm, Sweden
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
HarperCollins @harpercollins.bsky.social Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her) @kdubaygillis.bsky.social Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links
✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social Sharing Disability Arts and Culture with the world since 2004. Follow for our latest news, reviews, events and blogs.
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Work-Only) @work.debbieohi.com This is my work-only broadcast acct with updates about what I'm working on. Not all kidlit. Also see https://debbieohi.com/newsletter/ 🇨🇦
For my main feed w/ ALL my nerdy interests, replies: @DebbieOhi.com
https://debbieohi.com/links/
Just Treatment @justtreatment.org We campaign to put patients and the #NHS before profit. ✊
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com Comics news, interviews, and reviews focused on the indie space and home of the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast. Promoting inclusion and diversity in the medium. We cover board games too.
🚫AI
Find us: https://www.comicbookyeti.com/links
PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social We give experienced picture book creators the platform to pull up-and-coming, historically excluded creators up the turbulent publishing ladder.
www.pbrisingstars.com