Class Festival
Festival, Literary Prize & Live Events for Working Class Writers | Executive Director @natashacarthew | Partners @hachetteuk @penguinukbooks @londonbookfair
@producerdom.bsky.social
Producer (Outdoor Arts, Festival, Touring) at Activate Performing Arts: Inside Out Dorset, Working Boys Club, Sense of Unity, Dorset Moon & more.
@nickcharvey.bsky.social
Postdoc studying labour dynamics in conservation at CMI in Bergen, Norway | Conservation scientist and doctor of rhino dung 🦏 | Big fan of nature, cricket, plant-based cooking and gardening
@jackiekirkham.bsky.social
Author (The Calm Place, The Wizard of Flanders Moss), research nurse, nerd, Scotland. Into books and nature. Lefty. Appreciates a good rant. https://books2read.com/thecalmplace
@phillipjwilliams.bsky.social
ND; Writer; Father; Husband; he/him; left; remain; @faberacademy alumni and @Arvon fanatic. Thoughts: my own (unless obviously not).
@natashacarthew.bsky.social
Country Writer/Class Disruptor | Publisher @HodderBooks | Agent @BlakeFriedmannLiteraryAgency 🔗 https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/natasha-carthew-3/undercurrent/9781399706513/
@workingclassicists.bsky.social
www.workingclassicists.com 🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity ⚡️Representing the working class in classics 🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social ✍️ Platforming working class academics ❤️ Woke AF email us: [email protected]
@edwoodagent.bsky.social
Literary Agent and Director of Fiction Development at The Blair Partnership. Crime, thriller, mystery, book club, gothic. All views my own. Submissions: https://www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-submissions/
@katlister.bsky.social
Stay afraid, but do it anyway / memoir: The Elements / words: the Guardian, the Observer Magazine, the Sunday Times Magazine, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister
@tracyking.bsky.social
Writer, animation producer, scicomms consultant. Currently writing about medical malpractice. Books: Learning To Think (Penguin) The Cost of Trust (Harper Collins) Tim Minchin's Storm (Orion)
@anitasethi.bsky.social
🌾writer ✍🏽walker👣 talker🎤 Judge, Orwell Prize 2025 Author, I BELONG HERE (“a thing of beauty” - Sunday Times). Winner, Books Are My Bag Award, nominated Wainwright 🏆for #Nature Writing, Great Outdoors Award, RSL Ondaatje. FRGS. Mancunian 🐝 anitasethi.com
@adamjfarrer.bsky.social
Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
@jenoff.bsky.social
Writer/producer/speaker of words for https://bsky.app/profile/standardissueuk.bsky.social. Author of #TheYearOfTheRobin. Improbable Olympics & Beyonce enthusiast.
@olifranklinwallis.bsky.social
Writer, features director @ British GQ, author of Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, And Why It Matters
@manvsbaby.bsky.social
Matt Coyne.. also known as ‘Man vs Baby’ & Author of Sunday Times Bestsellers: 'Dummy', Man vs Toddler’ and ‘Frank and Red’ and other stuff. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1472297458
@jamestapper.bsky.social
Journalist at The Observer / observer.co.uk I write about health, social affairs, and work and play.
@jennyknight.bsky.social
Author | Writer | Editor *WILD MOON RISING* - 06/25 @akan_books @HarperCollins Kit de Waal's #CommonPeople Ed & Dev Ed @JerichoWriters Assoc Artist @WritersCentre Twitter/X @knightjennyk Ig @jennyaknight
@alexorr.bsky.social
marketing with Hodder & Stoughton | @alexreads_ elsewhere | views my own | they/them 🏴
@noreenmasud.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @UoBrisEnglish 🏳️🌈 A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) 🐨 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 🐈⬛ rep: @mfredturner
@damianbarr.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster. 🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃 He/Him 📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel (Sept 2025). I’m also curating a show about them for Charleston. 📕 Maggie & Me. 📕 You Will Be Safe Here. 📺 Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer. PhD, FRSL, FRSE.
@tanyashadrick.bsky.social
Author #TheCureForSleep: a late-waking life - a Waterstones & Evening Standard Book of 22 | Creator Wild Patience Scrolls: A Mile of Writing, #BirdsOfFirle & #ConcentratesOfPlace | Founder Selkie Press | Fellow Royal Society of Arts
@geoffcox.bsky.social
Working class author (memoir, NNF and folk-horror), better kept outdoors (whatever the weather) and well watered. Ageing runner with a passion for words, wild places and archeology. "Traceless" 2020 Currently querying memoir "A Skin Too Thin"
@theothersambaker.bsky.social
One of the millions of journalists who’s defected to Substack and started a podcast. https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
@theguyliner.bsky.social
Author, journalist, and Guardian Blind Date superfan. A body like Arnold with a Denzel face. (he/him) theguyliner.com theguyliner.substack.com
@robinmorganbentley.bsky.social
Head of Originals, Books and Scripted Drama @ Audible. Husband to Paul, daddy, disabled, (audio)book obsessed, write a bit myself. I am not an octopus.
@anjanakhatwa.bsky.social
Earth Scientist, Writer, Presenter. 📗 #WhispersOfRock 4 Sept 2025, Little Brown (UK) Basic Books (US). Own views. Likes ≠ Endorsement. Agents: 📺 Knight Ayton Management 📚 C&W Pre Order Whispers of Rock here: https://linktr.ee/jurassicg1rl
@madelynpostman.bsky.social
Hope Prize anthology Simon & Schuster AUS ✏️ Oxford Flash anthology ✏️ Livina Press ✏️ https://madelynpostman.com/ ✏️ The Spark https://madelynpostman.substack.com/
@furtherfield.bsky.social
London’s longest-running (de)centre for art and tech #CultureStake #peoplesparkplinth #furtherfield
@stellduffy.bsky.social
Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
@dustyish.bsky.social
Books, music, films, art, more books. Independent PR. www.dustymillerpr.com
@oziasmidwinter.bsky.social
Bangs on about Taylor Swift and books a lot. Was events manager for Blackwell’s Manchester, now with @serenitybookshop.bsky.social Nero Book Awards Fiction Judge 2023. He/him
@saqibooks.bsky.social
Fiercely independent publisher specialising in the Middle East (Saqi), global fiction (Telegram) and progressive non-fiction (Westbourne Press) www.saqibooks.com
@wearebookanista.bsky.social
Literary blog packed with author interviews, short stories, film & TV adaptations, extracts, features, and discussion about books from around the world 💙📚 https://bookanista.com/ What will you read next?
@taniahershman.bsky.social
Queer writer of odd things: stories/poems/hybrids. New hybrid CNF book coming 2025. Permissioner, founder of Unbox Your Words. She/they 🏳️🌈 www.taniahershman.com; https://taniahershman.substack.com/; https://www.instagram.com/tania_hershman_writes
@manchesterup.bsky.social
We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture. Sign up to the MUP newsletter & receive 30% off all orders. https://linktr.ee/ManchesterUniversityPress
@laurajmaw.bsky.social
writing ORDINARY TREASURE: RADICAL PORTRAITS OF WORKING-CLASS WOMEN WRITERS (Virago, 2026) / essays in Granta, New Statesman, The White Review / rep Seren Adams / 📍Manchester
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
@lgbthm.bsky.social
LGBT+ History Month UK, which takes place in February each year, was founded by @SchoolsOUTUK.bsky.social in 2004, and was first celebrated in 2005. The 2025 theme is Activism and Social Change. https://lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/
@mariagluc.bsky.social
Freelance book PR • ESEA Lit Fest co-founder • Florence Welch's BetweenTwoBooks (she/her)
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
@wcorklitfest.bsky.social
#Bantry: 11-18 July 2025. Check out our line-up & download brochure. Booking open for all events https://linktr.ee/westcorkliteraryfestival
@hamzajahanzeb.bsky.social
📘: The Rise and Rise of Chappell Roan 🗓️: September 2025 📍: Kew, England 🎭 : Writer #WestEnd #Broadway 📖 : Authenticity (née Sensitivity) Reader 🔗 : https://linktr.ee/hamzajahanzeb
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social
a home of brilliant writing from across the decades and around the world (follow @dauntbooks.bsky.social for all things Daunt Books *shops*)
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social
Writer. Reviews non-fiction for the Sunday Times, edits The Author magazine. Books about the Kamasutra, Conspiracy Theories, Nepal and, next, a Himalayan mountain. Books, singing, wildlife, languages, running...
@carosanderson.bsky.social
Associate Editor & #nonfiction previewer @thebookseller.com. Royal Literary Fund Writing For Life Fellow. Preorder my new book, "Listen With Father" out July '25 from @unbounders.bsky.social. Also on Substack: "What to Read Now"
@thatvickypalmer.bsky.social
Creative & Marketing Director in 📚. Happiest when talking about a great book. Answers to VP.
@saltpublishing.com
WELCOME to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishers, established in 1999. Over twenty-six years, we have grown into a daring literary powerhouse, winning scores of awards around the world. Directors: @chrisemery.me & @jenhemery.bsky.social