@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/
@rosswilcockmedia.bsky.social
Gay/ disabled Scottish poet, writer and activist. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ open mics 2 times a month. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@taylor-strickland.bsky.social
Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
@drjamesbailey.bsky.social
Writer who lives in Manchester. Repโd by Creative Artists Agency. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, is out in April 2026 ๐โโฌ Instagram.com/drjamesbailey
@georgeisediting.bsky.social
George as in The Famous Five. Books, nice dinners, flowers, cats and rage against the state of things. Picador person but all views ...
@annaframe.bsky.social
Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Rowe Irvin, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk. Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains.
@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 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@agrayarchive.bsky.social
Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Grayโs studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
@sadianowshin.bsky.social
junior editor @ unboundโs boundless magazine / freelance features writer in the guardian, cosmo, stylist, city am mag etc / john schofield trust fellow '25 https://linktr.ee/sadianowshin
@manchesterreview.bsky.social
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing. https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
@callummcsorley.bsky.social
Author / PAPERBOY out 13 Mar / Squeaky Clean / Winner of The McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2023 / Represented by Emily MacDonald at 42mp
@shanestrachan.bsky.social
Writer and Lecturer in Aberdeen, Scotland. Books include DWAMS (Tapsalteerie) and Refashioning Bill Gibb (Bloomsbury Academic, late 2025) ๐ Former Scots Scriever at the National Library of Scotland.
@atarbuck.bsky.social
Poet & academic. Author of โA Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/they.
@glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social
Online review journal | Writing from Glasgow to the world | ISSN 2053-0560 | Enquiries to glasgowreview@gmail.com
@portyliterary.bsky.social
A literary agency based in Edinburgh. https://linktr.ee/portobelloliterary
@asls.org.uk
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://asls.org.uk
@anthonyburgess.bsky.social
What's it going to be then, eh? All things Anthony Burgess from his Estate and Archive in Manchester, UK. www.anthonyburgess.org
@sarahlturner.bsky.social
Ecommerce mostly. In previous lives a Costa book awards judge (2019) and a bookseller. Find my books highlights on Instagram under https://www.instagram.com/sarah_l_turner/profilecard/?igsh=MTR6eWR4OGhqdGd3bw==
@artworkshopintl.bsky.social
Art Workshop International offers visual arts, creative writing, art history, and Italian language programs in Assisi Italy. www.artworkshopintl.com
@karjon.bsky.social
Writer. Editor NFFD Anthology. BSSA Team Member. First prize Reflex Fiction, TSS Publishing, Flash 500. 2nd prize Fractured Lit micro. Shortlist Bath Flash/Short Story, To Hull and Back and many others. Scottish Indy supporter.
@ivandariasa.bsky.social
Journalists and author, still trying to make sense of the world, which might be daunting coming from a particular Caribbean island. Based in Vienna, Austria.
@endofthepier.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Nature, author of 'The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire' & 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth'. Pronouns he/him/his. Adjectives dopey/sleepy/grumpy. Reposts don't imply approval. Views own. More of a dog person.
@laurenfortune.bsky.social
Fiction Publisher at Scholastic. Reader, editor, plot thickener.
@tre.radio
#Spain's only English speaking #TalkRadio network | #BBCWS + #Sky partners | X: @TRETalkRadio | @TRERadioApp | facebook.com/TalkRadioEurope | tre.radio
@nandiepanda.bsky.social
Nandie, writer, diarist, feminist, biracial, queer, neurodivergent, cat lover. ๐ป London bound, makeup lover, book nerd, mental health champion
@conorwinkle.bsky.social
IT Consultant, Bookseller, Newsagent. Mad Scientist. Beer Aficionado. He/him.
@ciarancummins.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, Centre for Deliberation, NatCen. Writing a book on public philosophy and the space for reflection in our lives: https://www.thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk/
@alexispapazoglou.bsky.social
Managing Editor of LSE British Politics blog. Host of The Philosopher & The News. Previously Senior Editor at the Institute of Art and Ideas and philosophy lecturer at Cambridge and Royal Holloway.
@catherineacooper.bsky.social
France-based Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Chalet, The Chateau, The Cruise and The Island. The Penthouse coming April 2025.
@janem.bsky.social
Reading, writing, tea and all the biscuits Winner: W&A/whitefox'23|LWB p100 Prize'22|#EWPP '22
@thepaperbackpsych.bsky.social
Stuart Cooney A book blog from the perspective of a Clinical Psychologist๐ง Taking psychology out of the therapy room and into the pages of books. ๐ Edinburgh๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Read my psychological exploration of fiction and character: https://thepaperbackpsychologist.com
@markosia.bsky.social
Bringing you the best of British comics! We are the largest Indie publisher of comics & Graphic Novels in the UK. https://markosia.com/ https://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/358/AAM-Markosia https://globalcomix.com/a/markosia-enterprises
@graemearmstrong.bsky.social
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. Times bestseller. โฆ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆ ๐๐/๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐-๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! Granta Best Young British Novelists. PhD at University of Strathclyde https://linktr.ee/graeme_armstrong_booksnthat
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from Norwich. Citizens of the world. And foreign.
@carolineeisenmann.bsky.social
senior literary agent & VP at the Frances Goldin Literary Agency, ce@goldinlit.com
@pennymoore.bsky.social
Senior Agent at Aevitas Creative Management. Korean American ๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Cat Mom ๐ป Opinions are my own.
@karalearota.bsky.social
Senior literary agent at TLA (nonfiction) / book editor / writing sometimes / reading always โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ๐โ๏ธโฌ๏ธ https://www.thompsonliterary.com https://querymanager.com/query/KaraRota https://reedsy.com/kara-rota
@stephlystein.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Tor, or maybe just a stack of books in a trench coat. Opinions my own, and I do have a lot of them. https://linktr.ee/ssteinbooks
@jennihill.bsky.social
Editorial Director at Orbit books, (acquiring) sci-fi and fantasy novels. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Geek. Chaotic Good. Bi-Furious. LARP fan. Views all mine. they/she nonbinary
@kishani.bsky.social
Book bore Publishing Dir, 4th Estate Views all my own, retweets โ endorsement
@carosanderson.bsky.social
Associate Editor & #nonfiction previewer @thebookseller.com. Royal Literary Fund Writing For Life Fellow. Preorder my new book, "Listen With Father" out July '25 from @unbounders.bsky.social. Also on Substack: "What to Read Now"
@highlandbookshelf.bsky.social
Reader | Book reviewer | From Scotland Fantasy โข Folklore โข Gothic โข Dark Academia ๐ LizzieCastle05@gmail.com
@susiesbookreviews.bsky.social
๐๐Book lover and reviewer ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟScotland ๐๐ปโโ๏ธShe/her ๐งsusiebooks@yahoo.com Buying books and reading books are two different hobbies, donโt judge me. Also manages @hburghbookfest.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/susiesbookreviews?utm_source=linktree_admin_share