Emily Devane
Writer, teacher, editor, bookseller. Collector of oddities.
Words in various places, including Smokelong, Lost Balloon, Ellipsis, Best Microfiction & Ambit.
@pushcartprize.bsky.social
Featuring the best short stories, poems, essays annually since 1976. http://pushcartprize.com/
@jonrand.bsky.social
Voiceover ont’ telly. Podcaster @failingwriters.bsky.social. Writer… one day… maybe
@cherylmarkosky.bsky.social
Journalist, theatre reviewer, short fiction writer, fan of The Archers and lighthouses especially on Prince Edward Island
@ianduhig.bsky.social
'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
@juliachapman.bsky.social
Writer with permanent wanderlust. Author of the Dales Detective Series and of the Fogas Chronicles (as Julia Stagg). Love cycling. Fell running. And the Dales.
@ilkleymanorhouse.bsky.social
Explore our museum, art gallery, & venue - a Grade I-listed manor atop Roman fort remains. Open for FREE on weekends, 11am-4pm. Find our events here: linktr.ee/ilkleymanorhouse
@bksotsquare.bsky.social
Otley’s independent bookshop, right in the heart of this wonderful Yorkshire market town. Carefully curated- beautiful books, the best greetings cards, stationery and gifts.
@ilkleychat.bsky.social
Ilkley Chat is home of Ilkley news and information - online, Facebook, X, Instagram, Threads and on here! Please contact via ilkleychat.co.uk
@grovebookshop.bsky.social
One of the North of England's best-known independent bookshops, situated in Ilkley, gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. Linktr.ee/Grovebookshop
@thelonelycrowd.bsky.social
Literary journal — thelonelycrowd.org https://linktr.ee/thelonelycrowd
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
I’m not terrific but I’m competent All bookings via website www.jancarson.co.uk
@catherinemenon.bsky.social
Author "Fragile Monsters" (2021), from Penguin and "Subjunctive Moods" (2018), from Dahlia Publishing. Principal Lecturer in AI ethics and robotics at University of Hertfordshire.
@junec.bsky.social
🌟The Moth Short Story Prize: 2024/2014 📖 Room Little Darker: 2018/2017 #Orca #TheStingingFly #WinterPapers #BBC4 #ARC #GalwayStories #IrishTimes #Globe&Scales #LonelyCrowd #The32 #PVA #L'Esprit #PennsylvaniaEnglish #WestTradeReview #WashingWindows +
@levyoldlibrary.bsky.social
A 1904 Carnegie Library building in Levenshulme now housing a community-powered art and culture charity. https://levenshulmeoldlibrary.org.uk/
@carcanet.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CarcanetPress
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
@andotherstories.bsky.social
Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
@saraband-books.bsky.social
Award-winning independent publisher of distinctive, unforgettable fiction and outstanding non-fiction. Visit our website https://saraband.net/
@francescabrooks.bsky.social
Writer of poetry & prose. Early Medievalist, Late Modernist, Feminist. Teaching English at MMU & working in Research Training and Development with the A&H PhDs. Author of 'Poet of the Medieval Modern' https://francescabrooks.com/
@sileedslitprize.bsky.social
SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial national award for unpublished fiction by UK based Black and Asian women writers. 2024 winner: Maeve Clarke. Returning 2026. https://www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/
@saranaidinecox.bsky.social
Cheshire Novel Prize & Cheshire Novel Prize kids is a worldwide writing competition run by Sara Naidine Cox www.cheshirenovelprize.com
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
Indie Publisher championing authors and stories based in Northern England. Specialising in genre and literary fiction. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
@tednorthodox.bsky.social
Sheffield, UK. Dreamer. Metalhead. General nuisance. Co-owner of Northodox Press. 🎶I like big books and I cannot lie🎶
@karenpowellwrites.bsky.social
FIFTEEN WILD DECEMBERS shortlisted Nero Book Awards 2023; a best historical fiction book of 2023 (The Times); THE RIVER WITHIN (2020) Northern Writers' Award; @EuropaEdUK; https://linktr.ee/karenpowellwrites
@ilkleylitfest.bsky.social
The north of England's longest-running literature festival. Coming in 2025: 3-19 October 2025. #ILF25 | Produced by @thewordupnorth.bsky.social
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Poet. I love moss, mudlarking and broken things. Proud to be Northern, non-binary and neurodivergent.
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Manc independent publisher with a conscience. M.D. Isabelle Kenyon 2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year! Sustainable, political and accessible www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
@commapress.bsky.social
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/
@cdelull.bsky.social
🌈🔗 Pre order Cacoethes - a bisexual sugar baby novel: https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/cacoethes-paperback 📽️I'm like if an old man was a girl. She/her. 🎭Novelist & screenwriter, good at funny with a side of sad. 📍Manchester(ish)
@kimmoorepoet.bsky.social
Poet and non-fiction writer. Latest poetry collection "All The Men I Never Married" won the 2022 Forward Prize. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Substack: https://shorturl.at/Ea3sI
@davehaslam.bsky.social
Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
@liverpolsen.bsky.social
Writer of s(h)orts | Continuing Education Creative Writing Tutor at Uni of Liverpool | Contributing Editor at Vestal Review | Stories in Cōnfingō #16, Strix #8 | https://polsen.co.uk | https://linktr.ee/liverpolsen
@rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social
Writer, March Violet, secret medievalist, FRSL✨ Not cynical; just been taking notes. Novels:The Fates(Quercus) Palace of Curiosities, Vixen, Night Brother(Borough) Poems:Nine Arches March Violets: @marchvioletsband.bsky.social http://www.rosiegarland.com
@isabellekenyon.bsky.social
Editor & #bookmarketing consultant 📚 Poet and Novelist. M.D. @fly_press & #NorthernFictionAlliance Coordinator. Novel The Dark Within Them out March 2024🔥
@davidhartley.bsky.social
Writer of weird tales | FAUNA, with Fly on the Wall | INCORCISMS, with Arachne Press | Writer-in-residence for Prima Vista in Tartu, Estonia | Manchester, UK
@katefeld.bsky.social
Poet and writer of hybrid/experimental prose. Journalism lecturer at the University of Salford. Vermonter in Manchester, UK. Debut chapbook DEERYARD out with Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. katefeld.com
@zenabarrie.bsky.social
Co-Director of Camden Fringe Works at Cōnfingō Publishing Writes things, reads things, goes to watch things
@bethunderdown.bsky.social
Novelist with Penguin Viking, creative writing teacher with the University of Manchester and Faber Academy. Hiking, gardening, crochet, coeliac disease: old-person stuff.
@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.
@benjaminjudge.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. I have decided to draw every species of bird even though I'm not very good at drawing birds. Why not, eh? Birds are cool. benjaminjudge.com
@ggaffa.bsky.social
Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
@mondickson.bsky.social
Writer. Dentist try hard. Cornflakes uptight. #FlashFiction | #ShortStories | She/her Words in Anti Heroin Chic | Dear Damsels | Funny Pearls | Splonk | jmww | X-RAY + more. Northern Short Story Fest Academy grad. https://writingandthelike.wordpress.com/
@judithwrites.bsky.social
Author & journalist. My book ‘Beautifully Casual Home’ was published May 2024. Writer of short stories, novel in progress. Books, interiors, writing and the sea. www.judithwilsonwrites.com
@mrdanthompson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, creative non-fiction and stories for the media.📚🖥️📰 ✍🏻 Creative Writing Alumni University of Cambridge. Interested in writing of all kinds including for the screen, stage, prose, poetry and VSS.
@emmhenderson.bsky.social
Developmental editor. Addicted to politics, crime fiction and black coffee. MA Creative Writing (Brunel) Writing workshops and 1:1’s. Lit event organiser. CIEP 🦋💙 📍 Harrogate, UK No DMs.
@afahynes.bsky.social
Drama and fiction writer. MONSTROUS LONGING out with Dahlia Books. Drama agent: Independent Talent. Brit List 2022 / BAFTA Connect member / 4Screenwriting / BBC TV Drama Writers' Programme. https://linktr.ee/abifahynes