Joy Lawn
Book advocate, reviewer and judge. I blog as ‘Joy in Books’ at PaperbarkWords blog & interview authors and illustrators. https://paperbarkwords.blog/
@artshub.bsky.social
Australia's largest and most trusted arts network. Providing the latest word on the arts sector.
@magabalabooks.bsky.social
Award-winning First Nations publisher based in the remote town of Rubibi (Broome), Western Australia. #MagabalaBooks 📍Unceded Yawuru & Jugan Country
@lorenaotes.bsky.social
Solo Mum by Choice. Writer. Dancer. Kookaburra enthusiast. Finder of four leaf clovers🍀 My debut memoir ’Solo Mum By Choice’ is out Feb 2026 through Hawkeye Publishing
@lizledden.bsky.social
Kids' book author • Latest: Everyone Wants An Octopus Book! (Hardie Grant) • Gadigal/Sydney • www.instagram.com/liz_ledden • www.lizledden.com • https://lemongrassletters.substack.com/
@nicolasantilli.bsky.social
Senior Editor (Kids/YA). Words, anime, manga, graphic novels, #LoveOzYA 🌈🏳️⚧️ They/them.
@booksforkeeps.bsky.social
Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
@billierooney.bsky.social
Children’s writer, reader and hopeful human 📚🌈 Writing PB and MG. #SCBWI member
@afharrold.com
Poet, performer, children's author. The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others. www.afharroldkids.com
@book-worm-jim.bsky.social
22 Bookworm 📚 Lover of dark fantasy, cozy mysteries, and everything in between ✨ Always chasing the next great story. Opinions are my own, but feel free to borrow them 😉
@hollyvalakresch.bsky.social
Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things. https://linktr.ee/hollyvalakresch
@nikkimcwatters.bsky.social
A big fan of kindness. Author of 2 memoirs and 3 YA novels. The HEXENHAUS trilogy. Blue Mountains, Australia. https://nikkimcwatters.wordpress.com/
@chloepaige.bsky.social
Speculative and flash fiction writer. Swamp witch with some well-seasoned neurons. 🧙🌿
@rebeccafung.bsky.social
Author, writer of children's books and speculative fiction short stories. Latest children's book: Septopus, illustrated by Kathy Creamer
@simonschusteranz.bsky.social
@kimkellyauthor.bsky.social
Author, editor, researcher. Latest fiction, Ladies' Rest and Writing Room, winner of Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize. https://kimkellyauthor.com/about/
@anzlitlovers.bsky.social
'Ambassador' for Australian Literature (but reading from everywhere else as well). Not tolerant of tweets about sport.
@dervlamctiernan.bsky.social
Writer (The Ruin, The Scholar, The Good Turn, The Murder Rule). Irish living in Perth. OUT NOW: What Happened To Nina? (An Amazon Book of the Year).
@fionathehardy.bsky.social
melbourne-based author, reviewer, bookseller & butthead crime books/kids books/educational books next up: unbury the dead 💀 out w/ affirm press march 2025
@amysuiterclarke.bsky.social
Author of psychological thrillers GIRL, 11 and LAY YOUR BODY DOWN. Minnesota ➡️ Melbourne. Twin mom; send coffee. she/her
@newtownbooks.bsky.social
Sydney's original online review of books, established March 2012 by Jean Bedford and Linda Funnell. We are a free and independent site for book reviews. Find us at https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/ On Gadigal land. Posts by LF.
@scribepub.bsky.social
Seriously good books since 1976. Melbourne | London | Minneapolis scribepublications.com.au scribepublications.co.uk scribepublications.com
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@lucytreloar.bsky.social
Writer: Salt Creek (2015), Wolfe Island (2019), Days of Innocence and Wonder (2023); Agent: Curtis Brown Australia; haphazard but enthusiastic gardener. Love my family and my darling whippets.
@shelleyrae.bsky.social
Mostly I’m about #bookish stuff http://www.bookdout.wordpress.com but have eclectic interests so you can expect the occasional diversion https://linktr.ee/shelleyrae_bookdout
@lindaweste.bsky.social
Academic, Writer & editor, PhD verse novel +poetry + narrative research, author of poetry, novels in verse, and edited nonfiction interviews with verse novelists, (she/her) #VerseNovels #DiverseVerse #poetry
@tmclark.com.au
I am a Zimbabwean-born author who writes stories that blend diverse cultures and wildlife. I am passionate about nurturing writers, building libraries in Papua New Guinea, and inspiring readers through my love for storytelling.
@thebookmuse1.bsky.social
Writer, reviewer, disabled, book lover and cat lover. Picture Book Activist, kid lit advocate. She/her https://ashleighmeikle.com.au https://www.weekendnotes.com/sydney/writer/186/ https://substack.com/@ashleighthebookmuse
@alisongoodman.bsky.social
Australian author of 9 novels including The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies and its upcoming sequel The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin. I drink too much coffee & cannot click my fingers (frustrating since my fave musical is West Side Story).
@juliekidsbooks.bsky.social
Aussie author of 20+ picture/info books, incl. DOG BEACH (NLA, 2024), CHEER UP, BLOBFISH! (Affirm, 2024) & ODD BODS (Lerner, 2021). Fmr. zoologist and zookeeper. She/her. #STEM #animals #nature. https://linktr.ee/juliemurphybooks
@sophiebeerdraws.bsky.social
Kids author and illustrator✨☀✨ Into books and equality. She/her Debut MG 'Thunderhead' out now with A&U
@zannilouise.bsky.social
Writing and mentoring from my little sunshine house in Australia. 40+ books for kids PB / JF / MG / YA. www.zannilouise.com Rep’d by LK Literary #kidlitchat
@timelessfatelover.bsky.social
Reading obsession = The Timekeeper's Secret Either have a book in my hand or a cup of coffee
@lorenacarrington.bsky.social
Illustrator of children’s books, fairy tales, and covers. Writer of junior fiction and middle grade. Latest: The Grown-Up’s Guide to Picture Books.
@cassy-polimeni.bsky.social
🖊️ Kidlit author PB/CB/MG 🐸 ELLA AND THE AMAZING FROG ORCHESTRA and THE GARDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD out now 🔍 Editor + proofreader ✈️ Former travel mag hag 📍 Melbourne, Aus http://cassypolimeni.substack.com cassypolimeni.wordpress.com
@mandyfoot.bsky.social
Picture Book Author and Illustrator. Rep'd by @lynnettenovak.bsky.social Seymour Agency. #TeamNovak HONOUR, CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023. SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner 2023. www.mandyfoot.com
@gabrielevans.bsky.social
Australian picture book illustrator and author. Makes books in watercolour in a studio on a big hill. 📚 Friend for George (Penguin 2023)
@crosby-fairall.bsky.social
Australian/American picture book illustrator and author. SCBWI Australia East Regional Illustrator Coordinator 📚Debut author/illustrator PB coming soon! Emmie Builds Something New (Fall 2025 Red Comet Press) https://www.crosby-fairall.com
@pamelafreemanbooks.bsky.social
Writer for children - also write for adults as Pamela Hart (murders!) and Elizabeth Leydin (Regency romances). Just hit 50 books and novellas. Director of Creative Writing at the Australian Writers' Centre. She/her. Writing on Gadigal land.
@emmaquay.com
Making children's picture books🖍 Rudie Nudie • My Sunbeam Baby • Happy All Over www.emmaquay.com
@booksobsessed.bsky.social
CR: The Keyholders' Curse Timeless Fate Series Book 2 by iLana Markarov ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Timekeeper. Part of Timeless Fate Series fandom! #timekeepersunite #timelessfateseries Sci-Fi / Fantasy Lover 💜 Arcane League Of Legends Lover! Name says it all... Book obsessed
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