Adam Barrett
Writer. Sid Chaplin Award winner at the Northern Writers' Awards 2024. County Durham. Rep: Peters Fraser + Dunlop.
@fossilfreebooks.org
Book workers organising in solidarity with Palestine, and against fossil fuels ✊📖🍉 fossilfreebooks.org linktr.ee/fossilfreebooks opencollective.com/fossil-free-books
@judecook.bsky.social
Novelist (Byron Easy, Jacob's Advice) & critic. Words Guardian, TLS, Literary Review. Radio plays BBC R3. Associate lecturer in Creative Writing Westminster University. judecook.com https://judecook.substack.com/
@conduitbooks.bsky.social
A new independent press publishing literary fiction and memoir of the highest quality. Launching May 2025. conduitbooks.co.uk
@septology.bsky.social
American Studies MSt student (Oxford), writing about the city in the postwar American Novel (Vidal, Ellison, Malamud) they/them
@noomirosch.bsky.social
The Network alum | Channel 4 Writing for Television Award winner | Former forensic anthropologist | utter calamity 📍 South Yorkshire 📸 https://www.instagram.com/noomirosch94
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks
@benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
Writer of novels inc. RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. New book out October 2025.
@drdaveobrien.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Manchester and host of New Books in Critical Theory. Currently on secondment to DCMS, also at Creative PEC and the Whats On Project too
@jomcmillan.bsky.social
Fan of alphabets and characters - complex and simplified. Have called Beijing, Melaka and London home. Looking for Utopia. Currently in Berlin.
@kmog.bsky.social
(Thinks of words, writes them down) Stories in Open Pen, Idle Ink, W.A.R, on paper and in the head. When not writing, you’ll find me playing the guitar, fussing in the kitchen or doing graphic design to pay the bills. www.krystianmorgan.com | Wales, UK
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis. https://longbarrowpress.com
@lawrentian.bsky.social
PhD & Assoc Lecturer @ University of Reading | Modernism, 19th-20th C liberalism, Woolf, Forster, social class | Manuscripts, publishing, archives & special collections | Part-time Admin Asst @ Centre for Book Cultures & Publishing @ University of Reading
@andrewtuckerleavis.bsky.social
Literary editor - Leftlion Magazine Words in Under the Radar, Comma Press, Nottingham Post Writer-in-residence with Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature '24 Tall, dark and haggard.
@bettysueblue.bsky.social
Author. Editor. Educator. Anti-fascist. EIC & Publisher of Black Lily Zine. Living w C-PTSD & vocal about ending the stigma surrounding mental illness.
@crankedanvil.bsky.social
Writing Prizes | Critique/Feedback Service | Indie Press | New Writing | Est. 2012. | https://crankedanvil.co.uk/ | EIC: Paul Dunn https://bsky.app/profile/pauldunnwriter.bsky.social
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
@tiltedaxispress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of literature from the Global Majority. Read international. Read intersectional.
@ortacpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of non-fiction and novels #MDANT ortacpress.com/shop
@alexkourvo.bsky.social
Professional editor who loves books and book people and key lime pie. My pronouns are she/her.
@czapsticks.bsky.social
writing improvising dancing - London, UK Writer @ the List, Springback Collaborator @ Chisenhale Dance Space Regular performer @ Hoopla & FA improv https://linktr.ee/domczapski
@pheurbl.bsky.social
Stenographer, Wannabe Writer, MA Museum Studies student, Volunteer. Wonder what I’ll be when I grow up 🤷🏻♀️ Illinoisan transplant to North East England - wouldn’t live anywhere else 💜
@tenpennydreams.bsky.social
Northern writer. Author of The Disappeared. Stories in The London Reader, Reflex Press, Palm-Sized Press. Finalist: Mslexia Short Story Comp/Dinesh Allirajah Prize. Arts marketer. Writer in residence Durham Writes & Crossing the Tees. amylordauthor.com
@leedslitfest.bsky.social
14th - 22nd June 2025. Returning for its seventh year, the city’s award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond! #LLF25
@jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social
Writer • Disability Advocate • Blood Type: Marmite Recent: World Lit Today, Maryland Lit Review, Maudlin House. Soon: Grub Street, FOLIO Lit, Mikrokosmos #epilepsy #disability #noAI jmthornberry.wordpress.com pw.org/directory/writers/jason_m_thornberry
@gmankow.bsky.social
Author & Senior Lecturer. ‘I Know How To Live': The Life of Kristen Pfaff' ⬇️. ‘This biography places Kristen back in the deserved centre of the narrative’- John Robb| Agent- The Hamilton Agency www.iknowhowtolive.substack.com
@aim2gtc.bsky.social
Trying to write, got an unpublished novel, The Errand Boy all ready to go. Got some poetry under my belt, gone sober in Jan 2023. Ran a few marathons. Live in a lovely part of Yorkshire. And please: no fascists, billionaires, s*x bots, DMs or politics. ☕
@graceblakeley.substack.com
Read Vulture Capitalism ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/Grace.blakeley
@sambarrett97.bsky.social
PhD Researcher #UniversityofSalford Birder and photographer Glossop, UK
@ariellcacciola.bsky.social
Publisher: Wild Hunt Books.🦌 @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Writer & Reader. 📚 Freelance Developmental Editor. ✒️ London.☔ theshapeofwords.blog
@rageagainst.bsky.social
*THE* original Rage Twitter (250k followers) about Tom, Tim, Brad & Zack since 2010 with the band's full blessing has moved to Bluesky ★ Not run by a record company or agency ★ Your anger is a gift
@jamestopham.bsky.social
Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner. https://james-topham.com
@nydiawriter.bsky.social
Novelist. Sycorax out 27/02/25 pre-order now published by Quercus | A Girl Made of Air published by Quercus | Bowie fan | Chronic illness: RA | Cat friend.
@hollyvalakresch.bsky.social
Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things. https://www.instagram.com/hollyvalakresch/
@shelleyr-j.bsky.social
Writer of short fiction and dramatic monologue, connoisseur of cake, coveter of cats, lecturer of creative writing at Sheffield Hallam University. https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/shelley-roche-jacques
@harrietwarnock.bsky.social
Theatre//feminist//socialist//activism// #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine #TransLivesMatter Freelance Theatre Producer. She/Her, Cisgender. Liverpool
@katieam.bsky.social
Historical novelist, book lover & freelance writer/editor with ME/CFS. Currently writing about a 1930s spirit medium. 📚 CBC breakthrough mentee 2024 📚 MMA mentee 2022 https://linktr.ee/katieandersonmorrison
@northernfiction.bsky.social
We are a radical publishing collective of over 30 independent publishers that showcases creativity and diversity. Head to our website to browse publishers and find your new favourite book: http://northernfictionalliance.com/
@unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social
Big-hearted theatre that brings people together. Based in North East England. unfoldingtheatre.co.uk
@nomorenowt.bsky.social
Co. Durham Co. Created: The Creative People and Places programme for County Durham. #NoMoreNowt
@culturednortheast.bsky.social
A website and FREE newsletter spreading the word about culture in North East England. All written, curated and delivered by award-winning journalists. Founded by @samwonfor.bsky.social and David Whetstone. Join our mailing list at culturednortheast.co.uk
@theactualemma.bsky.social
Writer. Winner 2019 Benedict Kiely competition | longlisted 2021 Galley Beggars Press | shortlisted 2023 Maírtín Crawford Award | work featured in The Irish Times, The Stinging Fly, and more | Rep'd by Sophie Scard at United Agents: https://t.ly/ef_3A
@johnmurrays.bsky.social
Books that shape and shake our world⚡️ A division of Hachette UK https://linktr.ee/johnmurrays
@the-bibliosmiac.bsky.social
𝙼𝙰 𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 & 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 @𝙴𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚑 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚍 (𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝/𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕/𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕). 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚔. 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏. 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜. 𝙲𝚢𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌. 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎.
@coachingintheround.co.uk
Therapeutic coach, counsellor, writer and generally queer at large in North East England