Alexandra Cristie
book blogger, short fiction writer, (armchair) traveler, migratory bird 📚
📍Edinburgh, Scotland
📖 https://alexandracristie.com
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Criminal justice
People and orgs covering the criminal justice system and related topics
@dancarpenter.bsky.social
Senior Fiction editor at Titan Books. Debut collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER out now from Black Shuck Books. https://linktr.ee/dancarpenter85
@mcsweeneys.net
The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books. .
@balumcarnes.bsky.social
melancholic resister | words Tribune, The Quietus and 3:AM | beats Shinlifter | keep cool but care sigmaportfolio.substack.com
@nationaltrust.org.uk
All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
@ottiliemulzet.bsky.social
translator Монгол/Hungarian to English, occasional poet, adoptee Krisztina Tóth, The Eye of the Monkey. Seven Stories, 2025 Under a Pannonion Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary (ed.), Seagull Books, 2025 she/her/ő ᠡᠭᠡ ᠭᠡᠯᠡ ᠪᠡᠨ ᠠᠪᠤᠷᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠᠶ ᠠ! 🌈🏳️⚧️
@chriswolak.bsky.social
Reader, librarian, archivist. Co-host Book Cougars podcast. Slightly obsessed with Willa Cather. 🏳️🌈 chriswolak.com
@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
@guynes.bsky.social
critic and cultural historian of sf, fantasy, and horror + senior acquiring editor, Lever Press (@leverpress.bsky.social / esp. American studies, Asian studies, film and media studies, literary studies, and more) + read more: seanguynes.com
@corylusbooks.bsky.social
UK-based independent publisher of translated crime fiction with a social edge. See all our books at https://corylusbooks.com/
@hobeckbooks.bsky.social
Trad Values, Indie Spirit. Family-run independent publisher of thrillers, crime, and suspense. Publishers: Adrian Hobart and Rebecca Collins.
@acfick72.bsky.social
Reader; Emperor of Solitude; self-ironising Don of #NorthJozi; Anarchosyndicalist Czar of All Tolstoyan Russian Multiverses; House Fuller-Hallim, Single Raised Eyebrow. 🤴🏽📚🤓📖📝☕️🏉🎾🎞 👨🏽🌾🌍 Inept food garden volunteer.
@turnarounduk.bsky.social
Book distributors for US & UK indie publishers including fiction, art, graphic novels, and everything in-between! Impudently independent since 1984 & employee-owned since 2022. 📚 https://linktr.ee/turnaround_books?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAab4W9C8mGvdr0Z
@saqibooks.bsky.social
Fiercely independent publisher specialising in the Middle East (Saqi), global fiction (Telegram) and progressive non-fiction (Westbourne Press) www.saqibooks.com
@memoiresdulivre.bsky.social
Revue bilingue spécialisée en #HistoireDuLivre, disponible en libre accès | Open access bilingual journal specializing in #BookHistory
@rinathepublicist.bsky.social
📚 Mad book lover and author champion 🌊Communications Director @boundlessgroup.bsky.social @unboundsocials.bsky.social @neemtreepress.bsky.social 🎭 Co-founder of RGM Productions, Olivier-nominated theatre producers 🎼 Proud mum of musician daughter
@sinoistbooks.bsky.social
West Sussex-based indie press dedicated to bringing out the best of Sinophone literature in translation to the English-speaking world.
@mercierpress.bsky.social
Independently Publishing Extraordinary Books since 1944. Cork, Ireland
@jantarbooks.bsky.social
Publisher of European fiction and poetry. Please buy our books in independent bookshops or postage-free, world-wide online at www.JantarPublishing.com
@bullaunpress.bsky.social
New independent publisher. Ireland's first press dedicated to literature in translation. #artscouncilsupported
@chrisemery.me
WELCOME! AKA Chris Hamilton-Emery, I’m a poet and publisher at @saltpublishing.com. I was born in Manchester, UK, and have published four collections of poetry – a new book, ‘Wonder’, is forthcoming from Salt 🥳. Website: www.chrisemery.me
@slaviclitpod.bsky.social
Your shelf-help guide to the Slavic canon. Hosted by Cameron Lallana, founded in blood, sweat, and tears with Matt Gerasimovich. New episodes Fridays 2x/month.
@claramay.bsky.social
Hush, I stole them out of the moon. books and wildflowers. Always reading something, or several things at once. Long-term listener to the Backlisted Book Podcast. Wild plant propogation; pond planting. #WildflowerHour.
@yelenafurman.bsky.social
Academic, writer, book reviewer of Russian/East European/FSU immigrant literatures Co-founder, Punctured Lines, a blog about literatures of the former USSR & diaspora, w/ Olga Zilberbourg
@tomgauld.bsky.social
Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available to preorder! www.tomgauld.com
@laurenelkin.bsky.social
Author of Flâneuse, No 91/92, Art Monsters, Scaffolding Translator of Simone de Beauvoir, Michelle Perrot, Colombe Schneck, Constance Debré, Lola Lafon, et al London <> Paris she/her
@margaretatwood.bsky.social
Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
@wwnortonuk.bsky.social
📚 Independent publishers since 1923 🇬🇧 UK & International branch of @wwnorton.bsky.social
@melvillehouse.bsky.social
An independent publisher based in Brooklyn, US and London, UK.
@wnbooks.bsky.social
Ground-breaking, award-winning, thought-provoking books since 1949. An imprint of Orion Publishing Group, part of Hachette UK
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, & articles Mondays, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024. linktr.ee/strangehorizons
@ghostorchidpress.com
Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward. ghostorchidpress.com
@cbeditions.bsky.social
Writer and publisher (CB editions, 2007 to now: www.cbeditions.com)
@newvesselpress.bsky.social
An independent publishing house devoted to fiction and narrative nonfiction from around the world.
@ensfr.bsky.social
We aim to provide a forum and resources for European-based researchers into the practice, criticism and transmission of short fiction in its diversity of forms and to facilitate collaboration in both critical and practice-led research.
@everymanslibrary.bsky.social
Publisher of the finest editions available of the world's greatest classics.
@crouton.bsky.social
@thomasliam300.bsky.social
@ericawgnr.bsky.social
Writer, reader, journalist, cook, friend, lover. Editor-at-Large, Boundless. Contributing Writer for the New Statesman, Consulting Lit Ed for Harper's Bazaar. You can find me in the old place with the same handle. Podcaster for Boundless, Chanel, Vocal.
@samjordison.bsky.social
Mad as hell. Not going to take it any more. Journalist. Galley Beggar. 3AM Magazine Anti-Royal Correspondent. Across The Pond podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/ Galley Beggar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk
@acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social
A literary podcast hosted by Lori Feathers and Sam Jordison. Author interviews, publishing news and comment on classic and contemporary fiction.
@judecook.bsky.social
Novelist (Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice) & critic. Words Guardian, TLS, Literary Review. Radio plays BBC R3. Associate lecturer in Creative Writing Westminster University. judecook.com https://judecook.substack.com/
@conduitbooks.bsky.social
A new independent press publishing literary fiction and memoir of the highest quality. Launching May 2025. conduitbooks.co.uk
@northernashes.bsky.social
Writer of stuff. Sunday Times Book of the Year, Carnegie Nominee.