Bearded Badger Books
Derbyshire based indie publisher | indie press champion | pop up bookshop
@walterscottprize.bsky.social
We're the world's foremost literary prize for historical fiction & run the Young Walter Scott Prize.
@rossbradshaw.bsky.social
Bookseller and publisher at Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham. Libertarian socialist. Scot. That's all you need to know.
@orlandolovekill.bsky.social
Quite annoyed. Generally found talking to squirrels, cats, crows & dogs. Bit of cancer. Wee stoma. Capable of nihilistic love-making to the sound of Stock, Aitken, and Waterman. Oxford commas, impotence, and rusty anarchy. Black coffee. Grungey MDANT. ✊️🎵🐦⬛
@katrinaspillman.bsky.social
Debut YA Sci-fi author. Watch for Promise The Sky, coming out April 2027. Check me out at katrinaspillman.com. Scribo, disco, memini.
@wildtwin.bsky.social
Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer. Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books) Wild Twin was published by Little Toller on 18th Sept
@markburrow.bsky.social
Writer of Coo, a novella, published by Alien Buddha. Short stories in Frazzled Lit. Punk Noir. Underbelly. Urban Pigs. Roi Fainéant. Flight of the Dragonfly. AEOS Magazine. The Selkie. Pushcart & BotN noms. Brighton, UK https://linktr.ee/markburrow
@historicalmeredith.bsky.social
Senior Commissioning Editor, Manchester University Press. Modern history and history of medicine. Michigander, lover of food and cats.
@gmunkster.bsky.social
@waterstoneslhx.bsky.social
We love books, dogs in bookshops, and customers who laugh at our jokes
@nuzhatbukhari7.bsky.social
Brilliant Corners (CB Editions) Views & reviews: http://cbeditions.com/bukhari.html
@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/
@racheldeering.bsky.social
Onemorething on ABC Tales, Twitter @deeringrachel Bath Poet. First collection Crown of Eggshell pub. 2020. @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. 🖤 literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. 🇪🇺 She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering No AI!
@abctales.bsky.social
http://ABCtales.com is the place for writers to share, discuss and develop their talent.
@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
@andrewfurlow.bsky.social
Book publishing person, currently looking for new work but formerly of @iconbooks & @greystonebooks
@cclarklewes.bsky.social
Own Sweet Time, CB editions Sovetica, CB editions Saying Yes in Russian, Agenda Editions https://minorliteratures.com/2025/01/09/the-complimiment-caroline-clark/ https://sublunaryeditions.com/magazine/nosta-and-senti-a-homecoming-essay-caroline-clark
@richardjamesfoster.bsky.social
Artist, author & culture writer. History & art buff. The Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. My 2nd book, The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club is now out. All stuff here. https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
@lippykidmusic.bsky.social
Derbyshire based Mancunian. Lost in music. Presents : Electronic Odyssey on VPR Audio Club Writes : 52 Albums To Shape A Soul
@vagariesofmine.bsky.social
Art, reading, writing, the thoughts from my head, folklore, folk horror, the macabre, the uncanny, the absurd. ADHD. Alt text enjoyer. Trans Rights Are Human Rights. They/them. Kate.
@gigticket.bsky.social
Wittering on about music, books n stuff. Mostly positive I hope. FCUM🇾🇪 "MDAnt" in the other place!
@10millionhardbacks.bsky.social
Too many books, not enough time! Reading and relaxing in Tokyo or Liverpool and elsewhere. Books, travel and more: http://10mh.net
@rachaelscotson.bsky.social
Writer — MAWYP @BathSpaUni. @bathnovelaward.co.uk and The Bedford Competition longlistee. Book reviewer, librocubicularist, wobbly pot thrower and owner of “officially” the prettiest dog.
@dlgladwin.bsky.social
My novella Coldwell is out in Summer 25 via Road Song. Stories at: Wensum Literary Magazine https://wensumlit.co.uk/issue-4-autumn-2023/ Further exploring: Echtrai http://anmorstudio.uk
@rennieparker.bsky.social
Poet and FE worker, published by Shoestring Press: Candleshoe (2014) The Complete Electric Artisan (2017) Jongleur (2021) Balloons and Stripey Trousers (2024). Order from: centralbooks.com.
@rickyballboy.bsky.social
Writer. TERMINAL AND OTHER STORIES 🖤 “Summons the likes of Poe and RLS”; Plague Remedy Podcast 🖤 “For those with a love of anything Black Mirror-esque”; SNACK
@janeevpix.bsky.social
I won’t take the easy road. Geordie. Derbyshire. 61. 🌱 🏳️⚧️ 🌈 Ally. She/her
@thebookshopie.bsky.social
A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping ! Gaeilge agus fáilte. www.thebookshop.ie linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
@ylbooks.bsky.social
In all our forms - bookshops in Gloucestershire, a festival or two, schools and libraries. Occasionally Hereward. Less often, Errol the dog.
@bookshopghost.bsky.social
Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. 😷 Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
@thebookvault.bsky.social
An independent bookshop for Barnsley, UK. Eclectic ranges of fiction and non-fiction for all ages.
@fireflybookstore.bsky.social
Located in downtown Kutztown since 2012, Firefly Bookstore is an independently-owned and operated new and used bookstore. Re-located in a bigger store in 2017, we now have almost 3000 square feet of space for over 65,000 items.
@portersqbooks.bsky.social
Fiercely independent bookstore in Cambridge and Boston, MA https://linktr.ee/portersqbooks
@kingsbookstore.bsky.social
Order books online or shop in-person at Canada's hardest to find indie bookstore, co-operatively run in Halifax, Nova Scotia, featuring $5 flat rate shipping across Canada! www.linktr.ee/kingscoopbookstore
@bakkaphoenix.bsky.social
Canada's oldest Speculative Fiction bookstore, founded in 1972. www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com. We are located in Toronto, Ontario.
@pfbvan.bsky.social
YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2025 Living Wage employer.
@bertsbooks.bsky.social
Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk
@ravenbooks.bsky.social
Bookshop 34 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland info@ravenbooks.ie ¦ (01) 278 9509 ¦ 086 3390231 Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
@treehousebookshop.bsky.social
Second-hand bookshop and music venue in Kenilworth, Warwickshire run by Victoria Mier. Profits to the Kenilworth Centre, Help Musicians UK and Ellis Park Sumatra. Patron is glorious Bad Seed Warren Ellis. Posts by Victoria.
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for! We always want your trade ins!
@bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social
A tiny world of books and bookish gifts. Come visit, bring chocolate! Owner is a delight, at times. Drinker of terrible tea (allegedly) Www.bridgebooksdromore.co.uk
@jambookshopuk.bsky.social
Made UK's only regular #illustration reportage in @privateeyenews.bsky.social 2011-2020. Created @smallpressday.bsky.social in 2016 & Jam bookshop in 2022-2025. Also a freelance Editor-at-Large. Still draws stuff:
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
@leviathanbookstore.bsky.social
An indie bookstore in St. Louis, miniature but mighty, established in 2024.
@wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social
An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world... wonderlandbookshop.co.uk
@thescribblinglion.bsky.social
An online and event based bookstore focusing on small press and self published books of high quality with an emphasis on minority voices. Queer and woman owned. thescribblinglion.com
@trumanbooks.bsky.social
A friendly local independent bookshop and cafe in Farsley, West Leeds. Co-founder of Farsley Literature Festival. www.trumanbooks.co.uk
@walbatrossbookshop.bsky.social
A small, strange bookshop in Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada. Translated literature, travel, offbeat history, walking, geography, folklore and other interesting finds. 287 Main St, around the back. Open Saturdays 10-4. www.wanderingalbatrossbooks.com
@bookhaus.bsky.social
Contemporary bookshop located in the heart of Bristol's vibrant Wapping Wharf. Member of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers.