@beelitmag.bsky.social
A home for working-class readers and writers https://thebeemagazine.com
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
@backlisted.bsky.social
John Mitchinson @johnmitchinson.bsky.social and Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
@katherinelucyg.bsky.social
Teaches publishing at York St John University. Researches class and place in contemporary British literature. Ex-editor and festival organiser.
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
The north of England's longest-running literature festival. Coming in 2025: 3-19 October 2025. #ILF25 | Produced by @thewordupnorth.bsky.social
@literarti.bsky.social
Director of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities and Durham University's Institute for Medical Humanities. Working on voice-hearing, psychosis, narrative, interdisciplinarity / Starting work on postpartum psychosis
@dougjohnstone.bsky.social
Writer & musician. 18th novel Living is a Problem out now. Album Crow Hill out now. Drummer for Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. www.dougjohnstone.com
@mslbrewis.bsky.social
I run @wemakeculture.bsky.social / 2024 Big Issue Changemaker / wife of rock star / mam / lover of Sunderland / views my own
@rachelhewitt.bsky.social
Writing books about women, feminism, trauma, abuse, grief, recovery, joy, the great outdoors, running, sport, history, maps. Free weekly Substack: https://rachelhewitt.substack.com
@mathewclayton.bsky.social
Commissioning books for Unbound.com Plus https://rcommendr.com Trustee: Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft
@keithmerrin.bsky.social
Director - North East Museums. Trustee - Virgin Money Foundation. Blooloop50 Museum Influencer 2024. Museums, arts, music, heritage, football and stuff. Views and opinions all my own.
@katiescribbles.bsky.social
❄️ THE EDGE OF SOLITUDE ❄️ / WHITE GHOSTS (2023) / MY NAME IS MONSTER (2019) / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
@sarahdavywrites.bsky.social
Writer, Mentor, Facilitator. Wrangler of authors for book festivals. Usually writing short stories & scripts or watching telly. Winner Finchale Prize #NorthernWritersAwards 2023 https://linktr.ee/sarahdavywrites
@sileedslitprize.bsky.social
SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial national award for unpublished fiction by UK based Black and Asian women writers. 2024 winner: Maeve Clarke. Returning 2026. https://www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/
@artsportali.bsky.social
Cultural policy/visitor economy/sport. #LocalGov. Midlife CrossFitter. Feminist. Contrary Madam. Northerner
@sharnajackson.com
Writer of books and games mostly about art, mystery and murder for you and the kids in your life. Lives on a ship in Rotterdam. Used to work in museums and galleries for ages. Miss it. Addicted to Reddit and Beat Saber. https://www.sharnajackson.com
@joclement.co.uk
Poetry, Print & People 🌈 🦉 Northern Writers Award Winner 🐕 Managing Editor Butcher's Dog 🍎 Lecturer in Creative Writing 📚 Poetry Book Society Selector 📖 Outlandish (Bloodaxe) Proper Working Class Northerner 💪 Gypsy, Roma, Traveller 🐴 Sometime dodo 🦤
@kirstybullen.bsky.social
Music, arts, numbers, nature, and lots of tea (also wannabe book-reader & yogi who rarely finds time for either)
@deadinkbooks.bsky.social
Independent publisher of bold new fiction and non-fiction, based in Liverpool https://linktr.ee/deadinkbooks
@annaframe.bsky.social
Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Rowe Irvin, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk. Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains.
@annapallai.bsky.social
Literary agent and PR at AMP Literary www.ampliterary.co.uk Specialising in women’s narrative non-fiction
@evelynwilson.bsky.social
Co-Director National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange. Enjoy exploring, showcasing, supporting publishing and occasionally writing on ecologies and histories of cultural collaborations, and associated pursuits. And walking for the need to clear.
@saqibooks.bsky.social
Fiercely independent publisher specialising in the Middle East (Saqi), global fiction (Telegram) and progressive non-fiction (Westbourne Press) www.saqibooks.com
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Independent bookshop in Halifax's The Piece Hall. bookcornerhalifax.com 01422 414443
@jakecampbell88.bsky.social
Writer & Poet 'Between the salt and the ash: a journey into the soul of Northumbria' (MUP, March 2025) https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175373/
@ncace.bsky.social
National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange (NCACE). Supporting knowledge exchange and collaboration between Higher Education and the Arts NCACE is part of the School of Advanced Study
@suziel8ton.bsky.social
Co-director of National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange, trustee of Jasmin Vardimon Company & Duckie, Governor RCSSD, love exploring possibilities, shared values and interests and lifting heavy weights!
@louisepowell.bsky.social
Middlesbrough author, playwright & poet. Sid Chaplin Northern Writers' Award Winner 2023. #CommonPeople Anthology & BBC New Creative. Represented by Elise Middleton (YMU Literary). PhD in English. Image Credit: Colin Davison.
@ducollections.bsky.social
Collections from @durham-university.bsky.social museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Not monitored 24/7. @dulib.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/DUCollections
@vanegallery.bsky.social
Vane operates a gallery space, as well as a flexible workspace for artists to develop new work. Vane is based within the Orbis Community of creatives in Gateshead town centre.
@creativeuk.bsky.social
We are Creative UK. We champion, connect, support and invest in creative people and businesses. https://bit.ly/3E05KGH
@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)
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@xychelsea.tv
@data.ft.com
The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories. https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
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