David Collard
Autheur.
'A Crumpled Swan' (June 2025)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/a_crumpled_swan/
'Multiple Joyce' (June 2022)
https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/multiple_joyce/
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@philsilvers.bsky.social
The only Museum in the world dedicated to the life and work of comedian and entertainer Phil Silvers. Established 1 November, 2015. Patreon page : https://www.patreon.com/Phil_Silvers_Museum
@sophieherx.bsky.social
Artist, Poet, Londoner, Mother, Teacher, Draw-er of Stories, Maker of Books, Ink Enthusiast, Collagist, co-anthologist with Bill Herbert @ghostfurniturecatalogue, submit? www.sophieherxheimer.com www.poetryteapot.wordpress.com (More settled on instagram)
@terribleman.com
Irish literary translator, editor, writer, advisory editor to the Stinging Fly, and The Paris Review, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! 🌈
@jackielynam.bsky.social
Dublin writer and librarian. Traces: Poems and Essays published 2023. Longlisted for Carousel Aware Prize for Indie Authors 2024. Arts Council Agility Award recipient 2024. https://linktr.ee/JackieLynam
@disruptedblue.bsky.social
Working with (or have worked with) indie presses including KERNPUNKT, Black Herald, Shearsman, Carcanet, PN Review, Sublunary Editions, CB editions, Stone Corpse, Hanuman, Vanguard & more! Founding Director: Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social
We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
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@stanyanfan49.bsky.social
Beats.Beatles.Bob.Brautigan.Bloxwich. Sixties.Writer.Poet. Drugstore Fiction, Bob Dylan Dream. Clouds.The cats. The tortoise. Frayn.Stoppard.
@goldsmithsprize.bsky.social
The literary prize rewarding mould-breaking fiction, launched and run by Goldsmiths UoL in association with the New Statesman https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-prize/
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SFF writer & copy editor of all genres. Talks about punctuation, cooking, Tiny Dog & Tiny Puppy. Most niche interests: Chalet School & Sweet Valley High. She/Her www.imogenhowson.com
@icarousse.bsky.social
Creative practice research about lived experience of dementia. 'Picturing Clouds of Unknowing: Photography, Lostness, and Cognitive Decline' DOI: https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.1862857 European (English origin, sorry). Mainly fair: good occasionally rough.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@mbailatj.bsky.social
novelist/translator/reader, here for the sharpened pencils, books & writing talk, for all things language and foliage, for all the shiny things & shadows. (Eng, Fr, 日本語, Ital) Rep'd by Simon Trewin. www.michellebailatjones.com
@pnreview.bsky.social
The UK's most stimulating literary journal, where the many worlds of poetry converse. Published by @carcanet.bsky.social. Subscribe here: http://goo.gl/QNqGCH 🔗 https://linktr.ee/pnreview
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Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CarcanetPress
@danziger.bsky.social
OED researcher. Professor, film and American Studies. Writer. I expect to die without seeing the Jets win the Super Bowl.
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@dances-with-voles.bsky.social
German to English translator and general book botherer (she/her)
@eddieperez.bsky.social
Election admin & voting technology. Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Lapsed poli-sci academic. I post about democracy & social media. Likes: facts. http://linkedin.com/in/eddie1perez Board of Directors @osetinstitute.org
@bernardherrmann.bsky.social
Dedicated to the life and music of Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann. June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975 Featuring updates on THE LIVES OF BERNARD HERRMANN, an upcoming documentary. Now filming. linktr.ee/BernardHerrmannArchive
@irishlitsoc.bsky.social
Established in London in 1892 and meeting since. Founders: Yeats and other leaders of the Literary Revival. Open to all, come along. Tá fáilte roimh chách!
@gavclarke.bsky.social
Interested in poetry, jumping in the sea... produces bits and bytes, films, events... Eile Press, @irishlitsoc and other stuff. https://eile.press/wave/
@marinasofia.bsky.social
Global nomad, translator (RO and DE to EN), writer and publisher, addicted to world literature. Blog at https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com, publish at https://corylusbooks.com
@victoriamoul.bsky.social
Critic, scholar, translator and poet in Paris. Recent reviews in the TLS and The Friday Poem. Most recent books from CUP & Palgrave. Poems in various places. Weekly substack on poetry & translation https://vamoul.substack.com/ https://www.victoriamoul.com
@quantick.bsky.social
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. Author of RICKY'S HAND, ALL MY COLORS, ETC. Emmy (Veep). Website: www.davidquantick.com. AND OTHER STORIES collection - preorder here: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc
@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
@danieldaviswood.bsky.social
Author of BLOOD AND BONE and AT THE EDGE OF THE SOLID WORLD. Guiding force at ThisIsSplice.co.uk. Fiction Editor at www.3ammagazine.com.
@nickmacwrites.bsky.social
Reader, writer, runner. Tea, trees, and cats. Co-editor Thin Skin magazine. My debut novel Slings and Arrows was published on the 28th March 2024. 📚💙
@chrisemery.me
WELCOME! AKA Chris Hamilton-Emery, I’m a poet and publisher at @saltpublishing.com. I was born in Manchester, UK, and have published four collections of poetry – a new book, ‘Wonder’, is forthcoming from Salt 🥳. Website: www.chrisemery.me
@sublunary.bsky.social
Independent publisher based in Seattle, WA, devoted to small books of unmissable writing.
@spencro.bsky.social
Former Eng Lit academic. I have written about Ford Madox Ford, Louis de Bernieres, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Fitzgerald, Robert Nye, but mainly about Anthony Burgess, a fellow Mancunian. robspence.org.uk Reviews at shinynewbooks.co.uk
@jgoldsmith.bsky.social
Author. ‘Neither Weak Nor Obtuse: A Memoir’. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/neither_weak_nor_obtuse/ Contributing editor to Exacting Clam. Founder of The Barbellion Prize (on hiatus). https://www.jakegoldsmithauthor.com
@richardnskinner.bsky.social
Writer working across fiction, life writing, essays, non-fiction & poetry. Director @FaberAcademy • Founder #VanguardEditions • Editor #14magazine. Most recent publication: ‘Undercurrents’ (Essays) (Broken Sleep Books, 2025).
@vickikaye.bsky.social
writer and visual artist. Poetry pamphlet ‘Fractured Light’ pub. by Sampson Low Press 2002.
@irinadumitrescu.bsky.social
Writer and professor of medieval literature. I'm a columnist at the TLS, sometimes co-host a podcast with Mary Wellesley at the LRB, and am one of the editors of @creativecritical.bsky.social. irinadumitrescu.com
@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.
@leerourke.bsky.social
Author: GLITCH | VANTABLACK | THE CANAL | VULGAR THINGS | VARROA DESTRUCTOR | EVERYDAY. Contributing Editor: @3ammagazine. Mancunian: #mufc Agent: @Donaldwin_
@newishpuritan.bsky.social
Ex-historian of Venice, writer, editor. Author of The Angels of L19, Push Process (a novel with photographs), and other books. (Banner image by Dan Hallett. https://650749c57a329.site123.me/publications jonathanwalkersblog.blogspot.com
@iancritchley.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | Reviewer | Winner Hammond House, HISSAC | Stories in Structo, Lighthouse, Litro, Fiction Desk and others | Short story chapbook published by Nightjar Press
@michaelerard.bsky.social
This machine turns overcoming into becoming. New book: BYE BYE I LOVE YOU. @Economist.com: "strangely comforting." @waywordradio.org: "As fascinating as it is original." https://bit.ly/4kN0PKa More at www.michaelerard.com
@toluini.bsky.social
Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). New Collection: UNRAVEL (McClelland & Stewart, 2025). Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
@vickygrut.bsky.social
Writer. Short story collection Live Show, Drink Included shortlisted for 2019 Edge Hill Awards. Pushcart nominated in 2023. Work in The Masters Review XIII in 2025. Website: vickygrut.com
@chrismclaren.com
I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.
@colmoshea.bsky.social
[Untitled]: A Meditation, available from LJMcD Communications Work in gorse, The Stinging Fly, Winter Papers, 3AM Magazine, The Tangerine among others Winner of The Aleph Writing Prize 2019 www.astainonsilence.com