Literary Leicester 2025
The University of Leicester's annual festival of literature, featuring free lectures, talks and readings.
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@joedunthorne.bsky.social
Poet and novelist. New book, Children of Radium, out now. Order here: https://linktr.ee/joedunthorne New podcast, Half-Life, also out now. Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002c4x0 Old books: Submarine/Wild Abandon/The Adulterants/O Positive
@adambiles.net
Writer. Translator. Podcaster. Literary Director @shakespeareandcompany.com 📗: Beasts of England, Feeding Time 📘:The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews 🎧: The Shakespeare and Company Interview Podcast, Bloomcast 🕸️: adambiles.net
@davidolusoga.bsky.social
British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT [email protected]
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@charlottewood.bsky.social
2024 Booker shortlisted author ‘Stone Yard Devotional' & other books. Sydney. Here for goodwill & generosity; long smart reads; cooking & gardens; slow, careful attending. https://charlottewood.substack.com
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@profbriancox.bsky.social
Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Environmental campaigner & author, The Lie of the Land (William Collins, 2024), The Lost Rainforests of Britain (2022), & Who Owns England? (2019) Agent: @jmlockhart.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
@lucyworsley.bsky.social
Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
@pierstorday.bsky.social
Children’s writer - books include The Last Wild, There May Be A Castle and Midnight Treasure. Plays include Box of Delights (RSC)
@jimalkhalili.bsky.social
Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS HonFREng Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey, theoretical physicist, author, broadcaster, humanist. "Affable Egghead" (Sunday Times). https://jimal-khalili.com https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/jim-al-khalili
@isabel-losada.bsky.social
Writes a bit. 2nd Edition of 'The Joyful Environmentalist' coming out April 2025. Loves - people & animals, live music, real painting, good books, home cooked food (vegan). Fantastically happy to be speaking at the Hay Festival for the 3rd time this year.
@hayfestivalesp.bsky.social
Cuenta oficial Hay Festival hispanos: Cartagena, Jericó y Medellín 🇨🇴, Querétaro 🇲🇽, Arequipa 🇵🇪, Segovia y Sevilla 🇪🇸 y Ciudad de Panamá 🇵🇦
@readandrelire.bsky.social
A French Book-Nerd lost in the UK. English/French posts. Alors, let’s go?
@thebalancedcat.bsky.social
A French/Welsh Foodie who loves simple pleasures (cut grass, coffee, sun shining, good book, nature). Advocate for Clean Air. Trying to stay safe 😷. Fighting #longcovid #PoTS since 2020
@salmanshaheen.bsky.social
Author of forthcoming thriller novel Freebourne. Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure & Public Spaces on Hounslow Council. Journalist. Pundit. FRSA salmanshaheen.com Promoted by Ted Wall on behalf of Hounslow Labour councillors at 367 CHR
@breshansi.bsky.social
Games are the best medium of storytelling. 💌 https://linktr.ee/episodstudio Episod Studio Founder, designer, writer
@brightbookfest.bsky.social
Brighton's best festival. Making the marginalised mainstream since 2022. https://linktr.ee/brightonbookfestival
@machiluz.bsky.social
@colinthecopywriter.bsky.social
A quarter of a century writing UK publishing jacket copy | 5,000+ blurbs | Talking the cover stories that persuade readers to buy | A few mine, mostly others' | Author of debut SF novel, Exo, available in November | Also find me here colinthecopywriter.com
@weirdblackgirl987.bsky.social
#ActuallyAutistic, #BlackandAutistic, #BlackWriter, #disabledsky, #BostonBruins. #Worldbuilder and lover of Squishmallows, TTRPGS, RPGS, and books. #skeptic #secularhumanist #childfree, #dogmom 🚫MAGA, PORN, NSFW, ELON MUSK, GOFUNDMES, OR RELIGIOUS FREAKS🚫
@magnifyzoology.bsky.social
26, She/Her - Data Officer (Ceramics) - Creator of #Museum30 - Natural History Nerd - 🏴 - Neurodivergent (opinions my own)
@barefootfi.bsky.social
Left like a Socialist, woke like I'm awake. Anti fascist, anti capitalist, anti racist. Pro humanism. Looking for knowledge, inspiration and humour. Norfolk, UK
@doc-pollard.bsky.social
• Helping writers get into print since 1991. • Poets on Poetry Series Editor (Univ. of Michigan Press): https://poets-on-poetry.carrd.co • Author of ‘On the Verge of Something Bright and Good’ (Barrow Street) & ‘Inconsequentia’ (BlazeVOX).
@bookshelfie.bsky.social
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Review Site) Accepting book submissions now! https://book-shelfie.com/submit-book/
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/) 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
@suepetty.bsky.social
✍🏻 Writer/Worker/Socialist 📖 PhD Working-Class Writing 🏠 Coalville, Leicestershire, UK
@sorreltiger.bsky.social
Retired teacher, now running Leicester International Music Festival. Interested in all kinds of music, theatre, art, books, walking, cycling, wildlife, cooking, watching sport. Leicester Tigers STH for 30+ years!
@leicsmusicfest.bsky.social
World-class chamber music in Leicester, UK. Annual festival in the third week of September. 12 Lunchtime Concerts on Thursdays, October - April.
@sahill.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer in media and communication at the University of Leicester. Researching businesses in the policy process, greenwashing, the UN Plastic Treaty, platforms, content moderation, and more. When possible also about birds, books, and BJJ.
@attenboroughac.bsky.social
The University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre prides itself on being accessible & inclusive.
@drjacklennon.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester. Research on Roman religion, magic, dirt/dirtiness, stigma, and marginalisation. Always happy to get involved with public-facing history projects and to talk about Roman dirt!
@icshc.bsky.social
The International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is based at De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. We are the world's leading research centre for the study of the history of sport.
@archanchistleic.bsky.social
Profiling students, staff and general amazingness of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
@clairestoneman.bsky.social
Principal, Lift Schools▫️English teacher▫️Brum▫️organiser researchED Birmingham & researchED Leicester▫️Visiting Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University▫️views own▫️blog here: https://birminghamteacher.wordpress.com
@leighfletcher.bsky.social
Planetary scientist, Dad-in-training, space enthusiast, Professor based at the University of Leicester https://linktr.ee/leigh.fletcher https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5834-9588
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
Prof. of Colonialism and Heritage at Museum Studies, University of Leicester UK. Penguin author of Our Island Stories. Ten Walks through Rural Britain and its Hidden History of Empire (2024) represented by Emma Bal @ Madeleine Milburn agency
@kitdewaal.com
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use [email protected]
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: [email protected]