Friends of Scotland's Libraries
A group of people who love public libraries, and want to protect and support them. Interested in getting involved in our campaign to introduce better legal protections for community libraries in Scotland? Please message us!
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@asls.org.uk
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://asls.org.uk
@lynseymay.com
Writer. Reader. Lover of tall tales. Debut novel: Weak Teeth out now, Kin scheduled for 2027: http://tinyurl.com/Buy-weak-teeth Links and stuff: linktr.ee/lynseymay
@chitgrrl.bsky.social
Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
@regretteruane.bsky.social
Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
@atarbuck.bsky.social
Poet & academic. Author of ‘A Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. 🏳️🌈 she/they.
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Scottish SFFH Author, words in Apex, Analog, Weird Tales, & more | BFA Finalist | Latest book: LIMELIGHT, Shortwave | Next: DARK CRESCENT, Luna Press | Lit Rep: Michael Mungiello InkWell, Film/TV: Sean Berard, Untitled Ent. https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
@sarasheridan.bsky.social
Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan
@dvbishop.com
Writes Cesare Aldo historical thrillers, set in Renaissance Italy • CARNIVAL OF LIES out 26.05.25 • Buy my books: https://linktr.ee/D.V.Bishop • Free newsletter: https://dvbishop.substack.com • Rep: @jennybrownagency.bsky.social • Ex-Tharg
@archieislander.bsky.social
variant practice model words sounds images place: stuff https://clarearchibald.com/
@russjoneswrites.bsky.social
Writer in Edinburgh, Scotland. Books. Food. Dogs. https://linktr.ee/russjoneswrites Literary agent: Portobello Literary
@chiarab.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher in Publishing Studies & Literature, investigating Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Production | Teaching English Lit & Publishing | Writing | Glasgow
@dougjohnstone.bsky.social
Writer & musician. 18th novel Living is a Problem out now. Album Crow Hill out now. Drummer for Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. www.dougjohnstone.com
@beewyld.bsky.social
Disabled writer, carer, home-ed mother & apothecary gardener. Founder @WildWomenPress 🧙🏼♀️ Host Wild Women Writers’ Salons 📚Debut memoir ALL MY WILD MOTHERS (2023) @JohnMurrayPress. Cumbrian now living in Orkney 🦭
@rebeccasmithauthor.bsky.social
Writer, journalist. Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside out now. Published by William Collins Beckcsmith.com
@kirstininnes.bsky.social
Author 📕Fishnet (2015) 📙Scabby Queen (2020) 📗Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches (2021) 📘currently writing The Book Of Risk (novel not self-help manual), a screenplay and a musical. Maw of boys. Quite tired, yes.
@caileansteed.bsky.social
Pronounced ‘Kaylin’ | #TheMirrorHalls coming 2026 in 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 | #Home🏚️ out now from Bloomsbury Raven | Writer, teacher & dog owner | Agent Oli Munson AM Heath | They/them | 🏴🏳️⚧️
@vickymackenzie.bsky.social
Writer, cat lady, John Ruskin obsessive, wrote a novel about medieval mystics. Aspiring anchoress. https://victoriamackenzie.net/ Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/
@zoestrachan.bsky.social
Author, mainly of fiction. Sound art. Professor of Creative & Interdisciplinary Practice at University of Glasgow. Books, cats, coffee.
@janealexander.bsky.social
Author, The Flicker Against the Light, A User's Guide to Make-Believe, The Last Treasure Hunt. https://linktr.ee/janealexander. Teach CW @ UoE. She/her. janealexander@net
@helenboden.bsky.social
Poet & Independent Literature Professional. A Landscape To Figure In (Red Squirrel Press). Best Scottish Poems 2022. ND. She / they. helenbodenliteraryarts.com
@helensedgwick.bsky.social
Author, editor, physicist. Books: The Comet Seekers, The Growing Season, The Burrowhead Mysteries trilogy. linktr.ee/HelenSedgwick 🏳️🌈
@rodgeglass.bsky.social
Dad. Writer. Cheerleader at Strathclyde Uni. Author of 8 books inc Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography, Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs & Joshua in the Sky (Taproot 2024). Big fan of praise. (Giving & receiving) www.rodgeglassauthor.com https://linktr.e
@msmeghanbean.bsky.social
TANGO LESSONS (Mariner) I write prose. I like sheep. I’m much better on instagram. Lecturer in Creative Writing University of Glasgow mbflaherty.com msmeghanbean.substack.com she/her
@vicki-jarrett.bsky.social
Novelist (Nothing is Heavy, Always North), short story writer (The Way Out - collected stories).
@allysonshaw.bsky.social
Writer, cat botherer, firebrand based in Orkney.Author of Ashes & Stones-shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.🍉🏳️⚧️ally. Any pronouns 🏴 https://linktr.ee/AllysonShaw More active on Mastodon. https://wandering.shop/@AllysonShaw
@carolfarrelly.bsky.social
Fiction writer. Ignite Fellow 2025: Scottish Book Trust. Winner: Canada & Europe, 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Stories: Granta, New Writing Scotland, BBC Radio 4. Www.carolfarrelly.com
@shanestrachan.bsky.social
Writer and Lecturer in Aberdeen, Scotland. Books include DWAMS (Tapsalteerie) and Refashioning Bill Gibb (Bloomsbury Academic, late 2025) 📚 Former Scots Scriever at the National Library of Scotland.
@armarnaforbes.bsky.social
Writes stories about dead things. New Writers Award 2022 recipient (Scottish Book Trust). 🇺🇸➡️🏴 she/her
@angelaj.bsky.social
Writer. Northern. Left. The Darlings bit.ly/3afYMeK The Emergence of Judy Taylor bit.ly/3tno6rs Two one-woman shows and stand-up at Edinburgh Fringe. PhD student in TV Comedy Drama. Might go on a bit about cats/flowers. I sing better than I bake.
@fjmozley.bsky.social
Novelist. ELMET (2017) and HOT STEW (2021). Booker-shortlisted. FRSL. Words in New York Times, Guardian, The Fence, British Vogue. Psychotherapist in training.
@marjorielotfi.bsky.social
Writer (The Wrong Person to Ask/ Bloodaxe Books, Forward Prize, James Berry Award, Saltire Prize Shortlist) Co-Founder/Director Open Book, Mentor, writing retreats at Galloway House Estate
@chriscarsewilson.bsky.social
Debut novel Fray out now with HarperCollins. Writer, runner, late diagnosed as autistic. Book orders, events, and agent contact👇 https://linktr.ee/chriscarsewilson
@wrathofgodherself.bsky.social
Writer, maker, ex-comedy & acting person. Short-storyist, collector & disseminator of ephemera & ideas. Chutney addict. Mammal. Fond of chameleons.
@karendesuyo.bsky.social
Scottish writer based in Northern NY, via Japan and elsewhere. Work in Condé Nast Traveler, BBC, Nat Geo, Washington Post and more. https://karengardiner.contently.com
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
Hybrid sci-art ex-astronomer now-author. Writes fiction, poems, essays, reviews. Latest two are 'Schrödinger’s Wife (and other possibilities)' from Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF, and 'Night Vision' from Broken Sleep Books. https://www.pippagoldschmidt.co.uk
@andrewblair.co.uk
Software developer, poet, and only ever person to not be wrong about Doctor Who. He/him https://andrewblair.co.uk
@eleanorthom.bsky.social
#Author of Connective Tissue (Taproot, 2023) and The Tin-Kin (Duckworth, 2009). Carer and swim mum #writingcommunity #jewishcommunity 📚💦🏊🏻♀️🐋🎗️ www.eleanorthom.com
@michlsloan.bsky.social
Scottish author based in Dundee. 🏴☀️ Latest book: 'The Edinburgh Skating Club' (Birlinn, 2022) Owned by three dogs and three chickens......🐶🐶🐶🐔🐔🐔
@heatherpalmer.bsky.social
Full-time fantasist Represented by Robbie Guillory at Underline. www.heatherannepalmer.com
@alisonirvine.bsky.social
Author Cat Step (Dead Ink) This Road is Red (Luath) Highly Commended in Wigtown Book Fest Anne Brown Essay Prize 2024 Recollective www.recollective.org.uk Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre Rep: Millie Hoskins, United Agents
@ruthiesthomas.bsky.social
Writer. The Home Corner (Faber) | The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line (a BBC Book at Bedtime). New novel in progress. Agent: Georgia Garrett @RCWLitAgency https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Home-Corner-by-Ruth-Thomas/9780571230624
@gillianjackson.bsky.social
Wife, mum, grandma, author with Bloodhound Books. Inspired by life, fuelled by chocolate. Servant to a rescued lab cross called Liffey.
@kirklandciccone.bsky.social
Author of Happiness Is Wasted On Me, writer of Scottish fiction, punk with pores, bookshop botherer, library lurker, and tea swigger. https://kirklandciccone.wordpress.com/
@gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social
Writer in Brighton • Debut novel GREATER SINS coming March '25 from Doubleday (UK) linktr.ee/gabriellegriffiths