Incendiary Books
Independent. Manchester/Salford.
Debut release, To Rise in the Dark (2024)
Second release, Hunter (2025)
@elsewhen.press
A small independent publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, based in the South East of England, established in 2011. Posts here will be by Peter, Editorial Director and general factotum. #SFF
@jebookshull.bsky.social
Indie bookshop in Hull's Old Town. 12 Hepworth's Arcade, Hull, HU1 1JU. Email jlellam@hotmail.co.uk or DM if you would like to order books from me. Home delivery or collect in store. Open 10.30 to 4, Tues to Sat ❤️📚❤️ uk.bookshop.org/shop/JEBooks
@smallgoodpodcast.bsky.social
"A Small, Good Thing" is a podcast about short fiction, in which I get to discuss the short story form with academics, writers, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories. Instagram: @smallgoodpodcast smallgoodpodcast@gmail.com
@arthurmandal.bsky.social
Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Over 30 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, december, The Forge, 3:AM, La Piccioletta Barca, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
@whatdebreadnext.bsky.social
Deb | What Deb Read Next 📖 Don’t Believe A Word 📍 From up North 🇬🇧 🫖 Lover of tea, biscuits and books #TheBookReviewsNooneAskedFor https://linktr.ee/whatdebreadnext
@nicolablackwell.bsky.social
Author. WIP a horror thriller. Don't often haunt these shores. Most active on Substack at https://nicolablackwell.substack.com
@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.
@horatioclare.bsky.social
Award-winning author, broadcaster, journalist. Next book: WE CAME BY SEA: the true story of the small boat crisis. Latest: THE RECOVERY GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH, is a Times Self-help Book of the Year. Presents Is Psychiatry Working? on BBC Sounds
@msmirandasawyer.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@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
@jobellwriter.bsky.social
Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out with HarperNorth in summer '25. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
@taniahershman.bsky.social
Queer writer of odd things: stories/poems/hybrids. New hybrid CNF book coming 2025. Permissioner, founder of Unbox Your Words. She/they 🏳️🌈 www.taniahershman.com; https://taniahershman.substack.com/; https://www.instagram.com/tania_hershman_writes
@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
@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
@thewritingsquad.bsky.social
Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
@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
@richardvhirst.bsky.social
Another writer you've never heard of / books with Confingo and Dead Ink / runs Levenshulme Old Library https://richardvhirst.co.uk/
@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
@nicholasroyle.bsky.social
Writer. Latest: Shadow Lines (Salt). Also runs @nightjarpress.bsky.social nightjarpress.weebly.com
@glenjamesbrown.bsky.social
Writer. New novel 💚 MOTHER NAKED 💚 out now! Also IRONOPOLIS (shortlisted for the Orwell Prize & Portico Prize & Winner Prix Millepages).
@afshandl.bsky.social
writer of TV, plays & poetry - WGGB rep for Manchester - co-chair of board at Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester - represented by MMB Creative - funny (my mum says so) - - all views & typos my own - 🍉 she/they
@tawseefkhan.bsky.social
Immigration Solicitor & Author https://linktr.ee/tawseefkhan Buy Muslim, Actually: How We Get Islam Wrong and Why It Matters - https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/muslim-actually/
@katefoxwriter75.bsky.social
Stand-up poet. Radio 4’s The Verb regular. Northern, neurodivergent writer of Northernness and Neurodivergence. “On Sycamore Gap” & “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras” (Harper North). “Bigger on the Inside” (Smokestack).
@katiescribbles.bsky.social
❄️ THE EDGE OF SOLITUDE ❄️ / WHITE GHOSTS (2023) / MY NAME IS MONSTER (2019) / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
@mcrlitfest.bsky.social
Save the dates for our 20th Festival! #MLF25 runs 10-26 October 2025. www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
@fiftywords.bsky.social
Mainly posting poetry and thinking about the world. Feel free to comment
@tomdedelta.bsky.social
TV’s north London, work in hospitality, servant to Robbie the cat, do a bit of music, enjoyer of racquet sports, big walks & big dinners, mostly tired.
@davidwilloughby.bsky.social
Gateshead-born London-dwelling arts journalist person, film reviewer for The Crack magazine, MDANT, leftist, cyclist, reference understander, severyanin, liker of nice things, ‘good hair'.
@pacarnahan.bsky.social
Improvisational jazz typist. New novel 'End of a Century' out now. 'How Soon Is Now?' also available on Amazon.
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and cat 📖 Reframing Women Printmakers 📖 How To Survive Camping 📚 91/52 http://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com https://www.instagram.com/big.bearded.bookseller
@renardpress.bsky.social
🍃 An award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Also home to Hay Press. renardpress.com
@masterthiefpress.bsky.social
Small Small Publisher Art and Literature | Artist Books Author and Artist Generated Founded by Peter Lyssiotis 1980. Novel | Man Alone https://www.asterismbooks.com/product/man-alone Original profile cover artwork Scarlett Hesterman Sykes
@beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
Derbyshire based indie publisher | indie press champion | pop up bookshop
@adberginwriter.bsky.social
Historical Fiction Author ‘The Wicked Of The Earth’. Britain’s biggest witch trial: greed, corruption, the strong women who dared to fight back and one damaged man seeking redemption.
@phlogginganorse.bsky.social
Posting from where the trickle down congeals. Polymaths r us - except for maths & grammar, obvs. Knackered, so not dancing & mostly just minding the drinks nowadays. #FBPE #FND #MCAS #LC was a maker of music/writage/art/video/politics/n'stuff
@sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨ https://linktr.ee/sevenstoriespressuk
@collectorseriesdiy.bsky.social
Label Rec. DIY. Buy, sell & trade with another distros & collectors. Live long & prosperous🖖🏽Bandcamp: https://collectorseriesdiy.bandcamp.com 📻Blogger: https://collectorseriesdiy.blogspot.com 📰Press | Writer | Photos | Design | Music Productions 🎛 🎶
@tomkeanepub.bsky.social
Publisher @northodoxpress.bsky.social, cover designer, production expert, Yorkshireman in Manchester. Contact - Admin@northodox.co.uk
@jamestopham.bsky.social
Screenwriter: @RidleyScottCG, @GaumontTV #BAFTA / @RocliffeForum Winner. https://james-topham.com
@kevin-gallant.bsky.social
Canadian Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️ https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9 Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤 https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
@lewis54.bsky.social
Books, Music, Just really kind of into stuff. All power to the unions. Hull. MDANT He / Him
@nolanwriter.bsky.social
Writer of books - I Swear I Was There, Tony Wilson, Black Moss - maker of TV, trainer of journalists, punker of rock. My #MancNoir book trilogy is now in TV development. Smart arse. Nice with it, though…
@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
@breakthroughbook.bsky.social
An innovative indie publisher that’s all about putting our creatives and readers first, with lovingly made, high quality books… and a fair deal!