Catherine Butler
Literary academic, children's novelist, Japan enthusiast, Bristolian by convincement.
@houseofstairs.bsky.social
Associate Professor in children's & YA literature at @maynoothuniversity.ie. General Editor of The International Journal of Young Adult Literature. She/her.
@tommyinboots.bsky.social
white & against whiteness. fat & fat politics. jewish. genderqueer. in my 50s. severe M.E. musicals, baseball, basketball. fat politics, cheap but deep: https://www.patreon.com/tommywearsboots/membership
@writerdavidlong.bsky.social
Blue Peter Book of the Year author. Writes for children and adults, 60+ books translated into 30+ languages. Agents: Penny Holroyde and Andrew Lownie. davidlong.info
@onceuponafine.bsky.social
PhD in Comp Lit, MA in History. Fairy tales, material culture, (fast) fashion, gender, children’s literature. Special interest in fairy godmothers and American Girl brand.
@emilytesh.net
Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary. Preorder THE INCANDESCENT: https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
@miverraswriter.bsky.social
New, real profile. Other profile: https://bsky.app/profile/miverr.bsky.social Author, composer, keyboardist, singer, illustrator, university graduate. THE REAL author of the THE HIDDEN FACE: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Face-M-I-Verras/dp/B0CBW5MNC2
@sunderlandlolly.bsky.social
Lefty Mackem Crazy Cat Lady. Partial to an echo chamber 😆. Twitter: @sunderlandlolly Threads: @sunderlandlolly
@nickmcampbell.bsky.social
Kids’ bookseller/picture book fan/sometime-writer/onetime-academic (topic: children’s folk horror lit) (he/him)
@stevieburrows.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 Nonconformist, neurospicy, passionate, trans, ADHD, socialist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-Zionist, atheist, and humanist. #FreePalestine #TransRightsAreHumanRights #BlackLivesMatter
@mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social
Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. New book: Panic Response (Penned in the Margins). He/him. 🏳️🌈
@o3dipamaas.bsky.social
English professor researching and teaching anti-fascist stories for young people. I share research on rising neofascism in America, works of art, and anti-fascist propaganda. I believe that public education is a cornerstone of democracy.
@eugenegiddens.bsky.social
Children's literature, 16c & 17c drama, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, James Shirley, book history, scholarly editing. Christmas: http://cambridge.org/CBFC19. He/him.
@leafjournal.bsky.social
Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People. Publishing scholarly articles by children's writers in the academy. View our past issues: https://leafjournal.org/ Find us online: https://linktr.ee/leafjournal
@neilphilipmyth.bsky.social
I post about folklore, mythology, poetry, children's literature, art, cats, nature and anything else that takes my fancy. Currently working on an absurdly over-ambitious "key to all mythologies", The Hidden Matrix for Unbound.
@sffoundation.bsky.social
Founded by George Hay in 1971, the SFF promotes the study and understanding of science fiction, both in the UK and overseas. Home to the journal Foundation and the SFF Collection at Liverpool. Become a member at www.sf-foundation.org and support our work!
@drfitzphd.bsky.social
Assistant Teaching Professor, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University. Interests include children’s lit, Digital Humanities, innovative pedagogy. Also pet pics, fiber arts, craft beer, and coffee.
@gilibug.bsky.social
Publisher (Utz Publishing) and translator, mostly of children’s fantasy. Tiptoeing around explicit words and vague feelings. Often wears socks with Moomins on them. Accused of posting afikomen porn. הוצאת ספרים עוץ: utz.co.il
@glider.bsky.social
Glider in the night, dancer in the dark, lover of lost rivers and paths in the woods and libraries and half-open doors. Moonlights as a writer. All images and poems mine unless credited elsewise. AI is only acceptable if it's consensual.
@gillianpolack.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, foodie. Maker of seriously bad jokes.
@julietteonthemoon.bsky.social
1. Trans. Woman. Mum. Cat lover. 2. Living on TERF Island. 3. Death before detransition. 4. I’m not a fucking 'ideology'. 5. 🖕to Trump, Musk, Tories and Blue Labour. Also at kierkegaardslunch.blogspot.com & medium.com/@julietteharris
@judisutherland.bsky.social
English writer in Ireland. #FBPE Rejoiner. Cat lady. Lymphoma survivor. Watercolour artist. Former pharma manager. Querying not one but two novels! www.judisutherland.com for more stuff. Occasionally writes for NE Bylines.
@k1956.bsky.social
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. Revolutionary socialist, Jewish woman she/her, daughter/granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Never Again means never again for anyone #FreePalestine
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social
Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
@japanesetalk.bsky.social
Tips and tricks for learning Japanese language through novels, manga, anime, podcasts, etc. (JLPT N1. Translator. Live in Osaka, Japan.) Don't just study Japanese, use it! 勉強だけでなく日本語は、使えば使うほど上手になるんです。 🇯🇵 jtalkonline.com ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/G2G5AEBW
@msmisrule.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
@vanessajoosen.bsky.social
academic, literary critic, children's literature, English literature
@composer-pseaton.bsky.social
Classical music fan (anyone from Bach to Bartok), and independent composer. Based in Tokyo. Official website: https://music.philipseaton.net I post about classical music - my composing activities, favourite music, and adventures in the music industry ...
@catdownunder.bsky.social
@lindanewbery.bsky.social
Author: The One True Thing, Lob, Set in Stone, The Shell House & more. Campaigner on animal & environmental issues. Green Party, vegan, amateur photographer; hosts Writers Review blog. www.lindanewbery.co.uk & www.reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
@michelleabate.bsky.social
@kathlangrish.bsky.social
I write children's & YA fantasy novels, and moonlight as a folklorist. I blog at https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/
@lstrachan.bsky.social
Writer for Children & YA - Former Chair of Society of Authors in Scotland - W&A Guide to Writing for Children & YA - Hamish McHaggis series - The Dangerous Lives of the Jacobites ( fact/fiction- MG)
@drfionamoore.bsky.social
BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones (2022). www.fiona-moore.com www.adoctorofmanythings.com
@aelura.bsky.social
Kit: Celticist, medieval Welsh literature, Arthuriana. MSCA Fellow working on gender and pseudo-romantic language in medieval Welsh praise poetry. Opinions (and there are many of them) all my own.
@debbieg.bsky.social
Retired English prof, continuing independent scholar of children's fantasy, particularly interested in intertextuality and the sublime. Photographer, dog lover, gardener, and nerdy nerd nerd. I review for Strange Horizons.
@booklib61.bsky.social
Children’s librarian, reviewer and blogger. Past chair of Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards. Love crafts, reading and art.
@effjayem.bsky.social
SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴🌈🏳️⚧️ Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein and Rhetorics of Fantasy. Publishing a book on Joanna Russ's The Female Man with Luna Press in 2026. Pre Order now!
@profcarolyne.bsky.social
medievalist, medievalism-is, lover of things Norse and northern. #author
@hierath77.bsky.social
Fantasy writer and editor, hound mum, permaculturist, woke hobbit. Writes, reads, games, gardens. Trying to leave it better than I found it. Ideologically opposed to bigots of all stripes. She/her. Cymru.