Joe Williams
Writer, poet, performer, event manager, idiot. Leeds, UK. Author of 'The Taking Part', 'An Otley Run' and others. Occasional contributor of stupid letters to Viz. Available for gigs, workshops, commissions, hosting, etc. https://joewilliams.co.uk/
@yaffles-nest.bsky.social
Publisher of poetry collections and pamphlets. Yaffle and Yaffle's Nest Online workshops and courses.
@rachelbower.bsky.social
Author based in Sheffield. Poetry & fiction. IT COMES FROM THE RIVER (Bloomsbury, 2025). Represented by Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown 📚✨
@gaynorkanepoet.bsky.social
Generally creative (she/her) likes writing, reading, art and photography. Published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press.
@jysaville.bsky.social
Writer, reader, northerner. Not necessarily in that order. See also https://jacquelinesaville.substack.com/ and https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/jysaville
@iambapoet.com
iambapoet.com is where poetry is seen and heard – four times a year. Accepts new and published work from emerging and established poets. Created and curated by @markantonyowen.com. Want more poetry? Follow #ekphrastic sister journal @afterpoetry.com.
@poetrybusiness.bsky.social
Smith|Doorstop Books • New Poets List • International Book & Pamphlet Competition • New Poets Prize • Writer Development Agency https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/
@mlferg.bsky.social
Poet. Playwright. Performer. Swell (Penguin 2025) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459719/swell-by-ferguson-maria/9781802064353
@emmapurshouse.bsky.social
Freelance writer, novelist, performance poet and lover of all things Black Country. Editor of The Blackcountryman magazine. One third of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists.
@vizcomic.bsky.social
Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979. Digital Sub: http://shop.viz.co.uk/subscription/d… Postal Sub: http://subscribe.viz.co.uk
@sirpaintalot.bsky.social
People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
@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
@bigbookend.bsky.social
Writers, books, small publishers, readers - that's what we are about! Here to engage with and platform writers, books and all things lit. Leeds Lit Fest founder partner. Champions Leeds, Yorkshire and the North.
@nataliescottwriter.bsky.social
writer / educator / poet / certified facilitator / ACE awarded / creator of Pen Power - Writing for Wellbeing / NE England / neurodivergent / Edgar's mum / releasing words into the wild since 1999. www.nataliescottwriter.com
@rose-condo-poet.bsky.social
Award-winning prairie-born poet living in Manchester 🇨🇦 | Lover of travel 🌎 | www.rosecondo.net | she/her
@jimhigo.bsky.social
Writer, performer and maker of noise. “It ain’t about playing the right chords.”
@ronniegoodyer.bsky.social
Poet/Publisher https://indigodreamspublishing.com/ 6 collections, one jt @wavelace 'Forest moor or less'. Lives Devon forest with Dawn & Mist the merle collie. Keen photographer/nature lover. Animal Rights campaigner. Lost hair following Coventry City FC
@l-strickland.bsky.social
Poet, carer and freelance HR consultant from Yorkshire. Published in The North, Butcher’s Dog, Strix,The Frogmore Papers, Northern Gravy, Propel and others. Longlisted National Poetry Competition 2023 🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦
@johndarwinpoet.bsky.social
Published poet, winner of best spoken word show Greater Manchester Fringe 2021. Turkophile, atheist and aesthete. Host of Crooked Posts, Prestwich. MUFCUM
@mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social
Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. New book: Panic Response (Penned in the Margins). He/him. 🏳️🌈
@markconnors.bsky.social
A widely published poet, novelist and creative writing tutor, based near Skipton. Co-managing editor of Yaffle Press and Yaffle's Nest. Running and music take up much of my spare time. Website: www.markconnors.co.uk.
@caldwell10.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor, lecturer, RLF Advisory Fellow. Latest book - Neither Here Nor There - SurVision. 5 poetry collections and interests in nature, moss, birds, prose poetry and education annecaldwell.net
@atriumpoetry.bsky.social
Online poetry mag edited by @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social and @hollyannepoet.bsky.social www.atriumpoetry.com
@heritagewalker.bsky.social
•Leeds Black History Walk •talks/research •creative engagement projects •African diaspora heritage & representation in Yorkshire✨💫𓋹 ⭐️ heritagecornerleeds@gmail.com
@ronanhession.bsky.social
Rónán Hession. Irish author @1dublin1book Listed @anpostibas @booksaremybag #BritishBookAwards #KerryGroupIrishNovel @Soc_of_Authors @dalkeybookfest @PrizeRofC Contact via www.ronanhession.com
@magmapoetry.bsky.social
The poetry magazine with a different editor every issue. Join #TheMix https://magmapoetry.com/
@clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social
Co-Editor of @atriumpoetry.bsky.social. Poet - publications include Collision (Against the Grain Press) and Somewhere Between Rose and Black (V. Press). MA Creative Writing student at University of Birmingham.
@hollyannepoet.bsky.social
Poet. The Becoming of Lady Flambé - Indigo Dreams Publishing 20 - Drunk Muse Poetry Co-edits www.atriumpoetry.com Loves snoods, tea, crime (reading, not doing).
@pandemonialists.bsky.social
Pandemonialising poetry in the Black Country since 2016. We run poetry events, offer workshops, do commissions, and work closely with Wolves Lit Fest. And more. Website: www.pandemonialists.co.uk And on Substack: https://pandemonialists.substack.com/
@theemmapress.bsky.social
small press | big dreams Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations. www.theemmapress.com
@bigstevepoet.bsky.social
Old enough to know better. Still doesn't. Likes it that way. Poet/stage manager/defiant square peg. www.stevepottinger.co.uk
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@timtimtmi.bsky.social
🐸 tapping at glass (verve poetry press, 2023) 🦥 the tattoo collector (nine arches press, 2024) 🐌 glasgow / hk / IG@mymothercalls / timtimcheng.com
@davethepitt.bsky.social
#PerformancePoet, #playwright, #writer and #performer. 1/3rd of @pandemonialists.bsky.social. #AssociateArtist at Arena #Theatre, #Wolverhampton. #Discordian: Rev Tribble Flax #WorkingClassCreative #LGBTQI+ #Ally #Socialist #Woke #ActuallyAutistic
@steveeely.bsky.social
@robmilespoetry.bsky.social
Words & Pictures Poet, Broken Sleep Books; academic, University of Leeds More here: https://shorturl.at/IYmT1
@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
@isabellekenyon.bsky.social
Editor & #bookmarketing consultant 📚 Poet and Novelist. M.D. @fly_press & #NorthernFictionAlliance Coordinator. Novel The Dark Within Them out March 2024🔥
@hananelizabethissa.bsky.social
National Poet of Wales @litwales 💚 ENQUIRIES: hanan-issa@outlook.com✨I don’t read work-related DM’s✨ All views my own. Rep’d by Abi Fellows at DHH Literary Agency