D.B. MacInnes
I live on a bogland croft on the Isle of Skye where I write and play uilleann pipes. Short stories in New Writing Scotland, Gutter etc. Collection here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739738721/. Included in Fish Anthology 2022. Novels looking for an agent!
@novelfestivals.bsky.social
All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings. https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
@pbennett.bsky.social
Writer. Novel — Liberties, available now: https://www.rymour.co.uk/liberties.html & the usual places. Extracts in New Writing Scotland 40 and other publications. linktr.ee/peter_bennett
@aaacousmatic.bsky.social
lil alien music 🫳🏼 🎧 🔗 ffm.to/acousmatic_ 📺 🔗 youtube.com/@acousmatic_
@bookskyprompts.bsky.social
Book prompts posted to Bluesky to start conversations. Run by @jaxon-evans.com
@feoswald.bsky.social
Poet, lover of words and flowers, retired academic. “We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
@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
@bookshelfie.bsky.social
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Review Site) Accepting book submissions now! https://book-shelfie.com/submit-book/
@keeksmc.bsky.social
Scots language poet 🏴 Author of "Contermacious Temerity" and "Rede Wi Yer Hert" from Dreich Publications.
@roguestrands.bsky.social
Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
@windandbones.com
Independent publisher | We also run writing and philosophy for social change projects | A Scottish organisation based in Taiwan 🏴🇹🇼 | Directed by Hannah Stevens & Will Buckingham || https://links.windandbones.com ||
@dee2dee.bsky.social
Scottish Independence supporter SNP member Dog and Cat lover Sometime writer From the Highlands
@tyneeskwriters.bsky.social
Tyne and Esk Writers is an organisation that champions creative writing in groups across Midlothian and East Lothian. tyneandeskwriters.org.uk
@feistybluegecko.bsky.social
🦎Scot 🏴, formerly Global Dev professional, now gently unfurling, realising dreams of being a writer, poet and enjoying photographing tiny wonders. Breast Cancer survivor.
@annapread.bsky.social
writer of historical fiction and fantasy; lover of nature, folklore and food; singer, mum, PhD; Polish in Scotland
@therealmrbradley.bsky.social
"Midlife crisis"? Nah, A grown-up gap-year petsitting in Scotland. Writing 'Through The Catflap' A dive into the hilariously odd world of petsitting and the even weirder pet owners. 'Through the Keyhole' meets 'All Creatures,'. meets 'Trainspotting'...
@linanderson.bsky.social
A free spirit. Also crime writer & co-founder of the @BloodyScotland international crime writing festival. Twitter: Lin_Anderson Instagram: LinAndersonWriter Threads: LinAndersonWriter
@susanmcoon.bsky.social
Author of Tarbloch Book Club Series. Psychological thriller writer #amquerying grandmother, gardener, orienteer and qigong teacher. #shouldknowbetter
@bettymccann.bsky.social
Scotland-based 🏴 writer with too many ideas and not enough words on the page! My heart is in Edinburgh, my body is in Glasgow, but my mind is wherever the books I read teleport me to 📖
@emilymunro.bsky.social
emilymunro.co.uk Writer, filmmaker, curator Longlisted Caledonia Novel Award; Nom Best of the Net; Winner Briefly Write 10 Nom FOCAL International Award for Living Proof: A Climate Story Insta: @smugafgardening
@caasbrey.bsky.social
C. A. Asbrey is a Scottish mystery author. Fan of all things Victorian, obscure, forensics, jaywalking, ordering the best meal, and dropping out of society. https://caasbrey.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mysteryscrivener/
@tooriekep.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Writer querying my first novel, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own. Shetlander in Aberdeen. #amwriting #amquerying https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
@scattyscribbler.bsky.social
Author. Scottish historical fiction and eco- adventures for kids. 2x Young Quills Winner. 🎭 Teacher, ✝️, 🏴 🇩🇪, Highlands. www.barbarahenderson.co.uk
@nivenaudrey.bsky.social
EIC The Propelling Pencil, Creative Coach. Writer of flash & longer fiction.
@bl-writer.bsky.social
Lives in SW Scotland. Reviews selected indie book. Author of The Phil Tyler Thriller Series and paranormal crime novels set in the atmospheric Scottish Highlands. Also lit. fiction, YA and middle grade.
@kathillauthor.bsky.social
📍 Isle of Skye | ‘Bothy’ @wmcollinsbook | Rep’d @greeneheaton | Princeton IAS fellow | @wainwrightprize shortlist
@pressfuturist.bsky.social
Lecturer in Publishing at the University of Stirling. Researcher of smartphone storytelling. Authors of seven books for Amber on Paris, London, Scotland, cemeteries (twice), chess, & dragons. Erstwhile doer of other things. Baritone. Often mediocre. He/Him
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social
Manager of Bookzilla and Bookbug apps for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #UKKidLit 📚🏴
@clarasellsbooks.bsky.social
[she/her] Schools Co-ordinator with Scottish Book Trust ✏️📚 Former Bookseller; always a reader 📖 I also enjoy coffee, climbing, mountains and cats! 🧗♀️🏔️🐾 Opinions always my own ✨
@sbtjen.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust Regional Outreach Coordinator, Highland 📚 #ReadingSchools #ReadWriteCount 🍎 Former Primary Teacher * All views are my own *
@paulinebird.bsky.social
School Communities Manager at Scottish Book Trust. MEd Children’s Literature and Literacies graduate. PGDE primary associate tutor. Qualified primary teacher. She/her
@dominiquewalker.bsky.social
Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Press, a fully OA not-for-profit publisher managed by 19 university libraries. https://sup.ac.uk Secretary for the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) https://oipauk.org
@discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Imprint of indie publisher Floris Books (@florisbooks.bsky.social). We specialise in children's books for tots to teens - all with a Scottish twist! discoverkelpies.co.uk Note: we do stories, not statues!
@scotstorycentre.bsky.social
Sharing the stories of Scotland and beyond, past, present and future. Home to TRACS with Scottish Storytelling Forum, Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland & Traditional Music Forum. https://linktr.ee/scottishstorytellingcentre
@seanmcnamara81.bsky.social
Director of CILIPS, the professional body for library and information workers in Scotland
@poncarova.bsky.social
petrajohanaponcarova.com | Marie Curie Fellow, U of Glasgow erskine.glasgow.ac.uk | secretary scotlit-iassl.org | editor Litteraria Pragensia litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz & SCROLL brill.com/SCRL | Gàidhlig aig glasgowreviewofbooks.com
@bloodyscotland.bsky.social
Scotland’s International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
@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
@aucfn.bsky.social
The Centre for the Novel is a research centre dedicated to the study of the novel in all its forms, based at the University of Aberdeen. Visit our homepage here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/llmvc/research/novel/
@iassl.bsky.social
https://scotlit-iassl.org | Promoting Scottish literatures globally
@hannahprutton.bsky.social
Publicity Manager at Nosy Crow (views my own). General lover of books, cats, tea and Gilmore Girls.
@brightredbooks.bsky.social
Scotland's leading independent educational publisher, dedicated to making high-quality resources for the Scottish curriculum 📚 https://linktr.ee/bright_red_publishing
@bookyvikki.bsky.social
Cheerleader for Books and Beatles. 20+ years in the book trade. Supporting publishers @publishingscotland.bsky.social Editor @booksfromscotland.bsky.social Author of Beatles 101. Gimme all yer culture!
@hburghbookfest.bsky.social
Reading Minds - a literary festival with a difference! Join us for a weekend of wellbeing through books on the West coast of Scotland 🏴
@acairbooks.bsky.social
Acair publish award-winning books in Gaelic and in English. Tha Acair a' foillseachadh ann an Gàidhlig agus Beurla! @acairbooks Le taic bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig.
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social
Growing a love of reading for 25 years. Great authors, great stories, no barriers: leading publisher of dyslexia-friendly books. CompT&Cs: http://bit.ly/3OFvM4n https://linktr.ee/BarringtonStoke