@societyofauthors.bsky.social
The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. Fighting for a nicer industry since 1884. #societyofauthors Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training ✒️https://authr.uk/sp40
@chloelliott.bsky.social
encyclopaedia (New Poets Prize 2022) DREAMSIMULATON (The Braag, 2024) scrap & surrealism at University of Cambridge / 🍊views my own
@jobellwriter.bsky.social
Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out with HarperNorth in summer '25. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
@holliemcnish.bsky.social
Follow for poetry, random thoughts and new discoveries because poetry and the world is endlessly fascinating and I know nothing. On tour now: www.holliepoetry.com/livedates
@carcanet.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CarcanetPress
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@commapress.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements. Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
@writerscentre.bsky.social
The National Centre for Writing is a place of discovery, exchange, ideas and learning for writers, translators, readers and everyone who loves words.
@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues. Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Dr Rachel Lichtenstein https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
@poetrybusiness.bsky.social
Smith|Doorstop Books • New Poets List • International Book & Pamphlet Competition • New Poets Prize • Writer Development Agency https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/
@thewritingsquad.bsky.social
Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
@jpseabright.bsky.social
genderqueer genrefluid writer of things #pwME 🏳️🌈🇪🇺📚 MotherFlux | Not Your Orlando | White Cloud Over Purple | what are you afraid of? OUT NOW! Co-editor of https://effable.uk https://linktr.ee/jpseabright https://jpseabright.com
@vervepoetrypress.bsky.social
Prize-winning #Brum based poetry indie making high octane collections and vervey pamphlets. Related to @Vervepoetryfest (did you guess?) 😍 https://vervepoetrypress.com
@thepoetryarchive.bsky.social
With over 2000 free poems, 500 poets’ work and 5 million visitors a year, the Poetry Archive represents a rich diversity of both poets and poetry.
@bridportprize.bsky.social
📝 Worldwide creative writing comp 📝 Over £20K prize pot 📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson 📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal 📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize. bridportprize.org.uk
@forwardprizes.bsky.social
The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
@helenivory.bsky.social
Poet, artist. Cholmondeley Award winner. Sixth Bloodaxe collection, 'Constructing a Witch' is a PBS Winter Recommendation. I make collage and shadowboxes from broken things. I shout poems at the moon about the dark.
@rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
Writer, March Violet, secret medievalist, FRSL✨ Not cynical; just been taking notes. Novels:The Fates(Quercus) Palace of Curiosities, Vixen, Night Brother(Borough) Poems:Nine Arches March Violets: @marchvioletsband.bsky.social http://www.rosiegarland.com
@outspokenpress.bsky.social
Independent poetry publisher 📧[email protected] https://linktr.ee/outspokenpress
@rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Leading independent poetry magazine and award-winning poetry publisher. https://therialto.co.uk
@andotherpoems.bsky.social
Poetry magazine edited by Tom Bailey and Laurie Ogden. Issue Six out now. Currently open for submissions.
@versobooks.bsky.social
Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English speaking world.
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher. www.bloodaxebooks.com
@katefoxwriter75.bsky.social
Stand-up poet. Radio 4’s The Verb regular. Northern, neurodivergent writer of Northernness and Neurodivergence. “On Sycamore Gap” & “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras” (Harper North). “Bigger on the Inside” (Smokestack).
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
London’s Leading Poetry Magazine. Autumn 2023 Issue 106 OUT NOW. https://poetrylondon.co.uk/
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@kimmoorepoet.bsky.social
Poet and non-fiction writer. Latest poetry collection "All The Men I Never Married" won the 2022 Forward Prize. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Substack: https://shorturl.at/Ea3sI
@lucyenglish.bsky.social
Spoken word poet, novelist, poetry filmmaker. Professor of Creative Enterprise, co-director of Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. Loves trees. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0034P8U64 https://canceralleyproject.com https://thebookofhours.org
@salenagodden.bsky.social
poet & author: latest books ‘Mrs Death Misses Death' 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' 'With Love, Grief and Fury' & ‘Springfield Road’ books & gigs: https://linktr.ee/salenagodden Substack: https://salenagodden.substack
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
Poet 💡 PhDing, Exeter RENEW Biodiversity 🌿 'Mingle' - Nine Arches ☣️ 'The Coin' - Broken Sleep 🪙 Bristol City Poet, '20-22 🦄 Ecopoetry, queer ecologies 🐙 Music, dancing, DJing 🎶 Say hello 👋🏼 https://linktr.ee/CalebParkin
@rebeccatamas.bsky.social
🌿 Poet & nonfiction writer. ‘Strangers: Essays on the Human & Nonhuman’ w/Makina Books. 'WITCH' w/Penned in the Margins. (https://makinabooks.com/product/strangers/)
@alicefrecknall.bsky.social
Poet, short fiction writer & fine artist. Poetry collection: Somewhere Something is Burning (Out-Spoken Press). linktr.ee/alicefrecknall
@liambatespoet.bsky.social
NWCDTP-funded PhD student @MMU/ Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry winner / Human Townsperson (Broken Sleep Books) out now www.liambatespoet.com
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: [email protected] | Founded: 2018 Website: brokensleepbooks.com
@sallrock.bsky.social
queer, neurodivergent poet and access support worker www.sallyannerock.com FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
@kategarrettwrites.bsky.social
An incomprehensible being in very strange surroundings (just like you). Writer in Shropshire. Loves nature, landscape, & place / folklore, history, & horror. Sober vegan pagan, sometimes found fraternising with saints & sitting with the dharma. (They/she)
@grizonne.bsky.social
Queer, neurodivergent Manchester poet, performer, zine-maker, and workshop facilitator 🐝 Poems in Atrium, Banshee, Butcher's Dog, Dust, Magma, The North, Under the Radar. First collection, 'A love the weight of an animal', coming soon from Confingo 😊
@atarbuck.bsky.social
Poet & academic. Author of ‘A Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. 🏳️🌈 she/they.
@hbpoet.bsky.social
Poet, wildlife photographer. Poems in Poetry Ireland Review, Rialto, Magma, Butcher’s Dog, Alchemy Spoon. More on heidibeck.com
@poetrybookshop.bsky.social
The largest bookshop of its kind in the UK. Devoted entirely to poetry since 1979 Find us online or in person in heart of Hay on Wye the worlds first Booktown
@sevenstories.bsky.social
Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨ sevenstories.com
@whaleroadreview.bsky.social
A Journal of Poetry & Short Prose Edited by @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social https://www.whaleroadreview.com/
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
Arts, Film, Talks, Crafts, Library, Archive, Museum, Research, Education, Workshops, Exhibitions, Storytelling, Conferences, Local Folk History. Generally warm, welcoming and inclusive space to hang out in. With tea room too. Open Wed-Sat. Events Sat.
@bristolpoetry.bsky.social
Official account of the Bristol Poetry Institute at the University of Bristol. Blog https://poetry.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/. Insta @ thebristolpoetryinstitute. Events on #UoBrisBPILive
@rattlepoetry.bsky.social
#Poetry without pretension since 1995. Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3, and not affiliated with any other organization. www.rattle.com
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019) Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social