Comma Press
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/
@amalelmohtar.com
Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War. Next book: The River Has Roots, March 4, 2025. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
@lailalalami.com
Author of five books, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist THE MOOR’S ACCOUNT. Reader. Mutant. https://linktr.ee/lalami
@rrgould.bsky.social
Global poetics+politics @SOAS |author Erasing Palestine @versobooks.bsky.social |The Persian Prison Poem |Writers & Rebels |🇵🇸academic freedom| Non-aligned leftist also on Substack rgould.substack.com rrgould.hcommons.org & @balaghas.bsky.social Bristolian
@hannahkateboast.bsky.social
Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh / Convener, Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network / Judge, James Tait Black Prize (Fiction)
@lcmoore.bsky.social
Postcolonialist, writer, reader, dog servant, off and on Arabic learner, riding the UK academia rollercoaster, kiwi at heart
@susanmd.bsky.social
Novelist 📚 BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA (Harper Collins, Jan 2024) 🌟 FARAH ROCKS series (Capstone Books) 🏆American Book Award. Teaches creative writing @ Johns Hopkins Univ. She/her 🇵🇸 www.SusanMDBooks.com
@balaghas.bsky.social
Global Literary Theory on @medium.com brings world literatures into comparison. EIC @rrgould.bsky.social. We began life as an ERC Grant (2018-2024). We now post content related to comparative poetics. https://medium.com/global-literary-theory
@sarahrbintyeer.bsky.social
Scholar of adab, Arabic & Comparative Literature. Professor at Columbia U. https://columbia.academia.edu/SarahbinTyeer
@elgendy95.bsky.social
Egyptian writer and translator from Cairo. Author of HUNA, forthcoming from Hogarth, Penguin Random House. https://www.abdelrahmanelgendy.com/
@itsdeenasaur.bsky.social
Egyptian comics artist and writer. Shubeik Lubeik in English (2023) and Arabic (2021). Sleepy and tired.
@drkeegan.bsky.social
Professor of Arabic Lit, reader of riddles, lecturer of the ostensibly old and obscure. Formerly in the bad place: Lit_as_Adab https://ias.academia.edu/MatthewKeegan
@bulaqbooks.bsky.social
Book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey. Produced by Sowt. Email [email protected].
@warghetti.bsky.social
Writer, translator, Beiruter & now part-time Montrealer. Senior editor at The Markaz review.
@chelsabdullah.bsky.social
Quirky Writer l she/her l Author of THE STARDUST THIEF (Orbit) l Next: THE ASHFIRE KING (April 15, 2025) l 🇰🇼 + 🇺🇸 l Rep: Jennifer Azantian
@baladimagazine.bsky.social
Exploring the Past, Engaging the Present, Imagining the Future. #Palestine #Gaza #Sudan #Congo #Indigenous #Solarpunk #Futurism Art Aya Ghanameh. Editor @LaylaAzmiGoushey.bsky.social “Identity is fluid" - Ruth Ann Skaff
@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social
Prof. English. MFA Fiction. M.A. History. PhD Teaching/Learning. Sci-Fi/Fntsy, Arab American. Secular Humanist. Palestine 🇵🇸. Cats #UAPsky / #UFOsky 👀.
@deenahelm.bsky.social
author • palestinian • she/her • rep: @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social
@amir-moosavi.bsky.social
Reluctant reverse commuter teaching about Persian and Arabic lits and some other things. I just finished writing a book and it comes out in June: https://www.sup.org/books/dust-never-settles
@emanquotah.bsky.social
Novelist, essayist, comms professional -- author of BRIDE OF THE SEA (Tin House)
@suchmayer.bsky.social
They/them. Overthinker. Reads things, writes things. TRUTH & DARE out now with @cipherpress.bsky.social 💘 SPACE CRONE (co-ed) out now with @silver-press.bsky.social 💜 Website & newsletter: somayer.net.
@shaimaabulebda.bsky.social
@mjohnharrison.bsky.social
New novel: Serpent's Tail 2026, no title as yet Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about
@fatroland.bsky.social
🎵 Music writer for Electronic Sound, veteran blogger, short story author 🎤 Comedian (Title Fight, Glang Show, A Lovely Time) 🍊 Operations droog for Anthony Burgess Foundation 💢 Was a sentient tower (grrrrrr) Read my blog: https://fatroland.blogspot.com.
@stairwellbooks.bsky.social
Stairwell Books: Based in York, tales from all over. A book for everyone! YA/Children’s books, novels, genre fic, nonfiction, history, poetry & story collections: a book for everyone. Delighted STRIKE shortlisted for Forward Prize 2024.
@honfordstar.bsky.social
Publisher of translated East Asian fiction 🌟 Buy our books/ebooks direct at http://honfordstar.com 🌟 Sign up to our newsletter: https://t.co/v9Oozdt652
@hullnoir.bsky.social
A regional, national and international crime writing festival. Monthly evenings running at Hull Libraries featuring debut authors through to bestsellers.
@manlywritersfest.bsky.social
Beyond the beach and the ferry. A literary festival for readers, writers, and thinkers. March 20-22, 2026. Cammeraygal Land, Manly (Sydney). (And an X refugee). www.manlywritersfestival.org.au
@stockportnoir.bsky.social
Crime fiction festival in the North West. Saturday 31st January 2026 at Stockport Masonic Guildhall
@harrogatefestivals.bsky.social
We bring the very best in music, literature, crime writing, salon, spectacle and education to Harrogate
@wcorklitfest.bsky.social
#Bantry: 11-18 July 2025. Check out our line-up & download brochure. Booking open for all events https://linktr.ee/westcorkliteraryfestival
@stokeylitfest.bsky.social
‘One of the best book bashes in the UK’. The Quietus. 5-7 June 2026.
@chilternkills.bsky.social
The UK’s biggest one-day crime writing festival, just 18 minutes out of London and featuring some of the biggest names in UK crime fiction. Every penny of every ticket sold goes to help Centrepoint end youth homelessness in the UK.
@islaybookfest.bsky.social
Fèis Leabhraichean Ìle: where whisky, birds and literature meet. Next festival taking place 28th August - 31st August 2025. 📚
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
The UK’s Biggest Comic Art Festival! 15 & 16 November 2025, Harrogate Convention Centre. Tickets on sale now! thoughtbubblefestival.com
@southwarkslitfest.bsky.social
The Local Festival for Local Authors Affordable, accessible, and tremendous fun. Main festival Saturday 20th September, evening events 12th June & 18th Sept Leamington Spa Warwickshire www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com
@cymerafestival.co.uk
Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing www.cymerafestival.co.uk In Edinburgh and Online 6 - 8 June 2025
@dinglelit.bsky.social
Arguably the best book festival in the west! #DingleLit will take place again on November 21st, 22nd & 23rd 2025
@portybookfest.bsky.social
Portobello Book Festival is a volunteer run festival, taking place over the first weekend of October.
@tednorthodox.bsky.social
Sheffield, UK. Dreamer. Metalhead. General nuisance. Co-owner of Northodox Press. 🎶I like big books and I cannot lie🎶
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and a cat https://www.bigbeardedbookseller.uk https://www.ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbookseller
@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
The innovative digital comics fair debuting all-new comics from independent artists around the world. Annually, October 1-31st. http://shortboxcomicsfair.com [email protected]
@interzone.press
a European magazine publishing fiction and non-fiction Subscribe: https://interzone.press/patreon Get issues: https://shop.interzone.press Listen: https://interzone.press/pod Banner art by Carly A-F Posts by Gareth Jelley
@ghostorchidpress.com
Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward. ghostorchidpress.com
@qospress.bsky.social
Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
@slothandenvy.com
https://slothandenvy.com/ Small press. Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, weird, & romance. 3 books on schedule for 2025. MN & TN. Lots of swearing. https://ko-fi.com/slothenvypress https://toadshadezine.com/ We'd be deadlier if we weren't so lazy. Maybe.