@almostasif.bsky.social
Teacher and Poet. Poems rehomed by Shooter, the North, Finished Creatures and Poetry Review among others. First pamphlet out now with Wayleave/Litfest. https://www.iambapoet.com/wave/7-clare-proctor
@wainwrightprize.bsky.social
🍃 Celebrating the finest Nature, Conservation Writing and Childrens Writing on Nature & Conservation 👇 Take our quiz! 👇 linktr.ee/wainwrightprize
@whyiwrite.bsky.social
Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, former editor at John Murray, Academic at Cambridge Uni, event host and podcaster. I also write kidlit, short scripts, nonfiction essays, poems
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@litfest.bsky.social
Lancaster's literature festival and development agency. Established 1978.
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
@appleandroidapp.bsky.social
#TheArchers, spaniels, food, gardens, humour, books and astute reasonable political comments😉 Not here for dating, financial opportunities etc.
@kathrynaalto.bsky.social
NYTimes bestselling author and essayist • Lover of landscapes • Designer of gardens • Teacher of narrative nonfiction • Speaker
@movingslowly.bsky.social
Moving slowly and fixing things… The artist formerly known as @tlwforcumbria (Let’s see how long this lasts)…
@nicolawriting.bsky.social
Nature. Writer. Reader. Rural. Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB. Award Winning On Gallows Down. Wild Service. Climate Fic Prize Judge. North Wessex Downs. https://linktr.ee/nicolachesterwriting
@kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
Writer and academic. New book Pathfinding March 2025. Author of Wanderers. Editor of Way Makers + Nan Shepherd’s letters. Walker, reader. Writing courses at kerriandrews.co.uk Order Pathfinding here https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/9781783968428-s
@kirstiepelling.bsky.social
Cumbrian rom-com author and reader. Fuelled by coffee and country music.
@karenllo.bsky.social
Author, essayist, The Gathering Tide, Abundance: Nature in Recovery and more. Academic, Senior Researcher and writer in residence with Lancaster University’s Future places Centre.
@geoffcox.bsky.social
Working class author (memoir, NNF and folk-horror), better kept outdoors (whatever the weather) and well watered. Ageing runner with a passion for words, wild places and archeology. "Traceless" 2020 Currently querying memoir "A Skin Too Thin"
@christafairbrother.bsky.social
Gulfport, FL poet laureate ☀️ (she/her) chronic illness warrior writing embodied poems 💪 Author of Water Yoga (Singing Dragon 2022) I love to connect with poets & poetry lovers Lover of tea and avocados 🥑 christafairbrotherwrites.com
@sophieanderson.bsky.social
Carnegie Shortlisted Author. Lives in a House with Chicken Legs. Speaks Bear. Tangles Magic. Sings Storms.❄️The Snow Girl❄️
@victorianachos.bsky.social
Author of New York Times & Indie bestselling memoirs DATING WHILE FEMINIST and LOVE POEMS FOR BUTCHERS 🗞️ Substack - Dating While Fat 📍 Vancouver 🇨🇦
@drpennybradshaw.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Cumbria, specialising in Literary Landscapes. Writing ‘An A-Z of Beatrix Potter’ for Bloomsbury Academic. Programme Leader for ‘MA Literature, Romanticism, and the Lake District’ at Ambleside.
@uksnowmap.com
A real-time map of where it's snowing in the UK - https://uksnowmap.com - a project by @benmarsh.com
@mwcraven.bsky.social
Chatter of 💩, writer of books. Author of Sunday Times bestselling #WashingtonPoe & #TillyBradshaw / #BenKoenig / #AvisonFluke series. Winner of CWA Gold/Steel Dagger/ #Theakstons OP Crime Novel of the Year Award #mwcraven
@countrystride.bsky.social
www.countrystride.co.uk - celebrating the landscapes, culture, heritage and people of Cumbria and the Lake District. Produced by David Felton and presented by Mark Richards
@dumteedum.bsky.social
The people's podcast wants to hear from you about all the goings on in Ambridge: speakpipe.com/dumteedum. Listen on Sunday after the omnibus http://bit.ly/dumteedum. #TheArchers
@kellylbeck.bsky.social
Romance author | former journalist | current stay-at-home mom Rep'd: Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
@charmstrong.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency #WritingCommunity ⭐️ Above all else, be kind and have empathy for others. ⭐️ 👉 Links: https://linktr.ee/cathiemlla
@samatlounge.bsky.social
Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy.
@miggysworld.bsky.social
Writer & brand strategist. Mostly just advocating for my cat and the joy she brings into the world. She/They 🌈
@brew-with-view.bsky.social
Travelling with a spotty flask, searching for the perfect cuppa with the best views...and quite a bit of swimming
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
New book The Place of Tides (Allen Lane) now in all good bookshops
@linnheharrison.bsky.social
📚🪐 Writer - The Incredible Machines of Thinkery. 🏆 Winner - Bridport Prize 2024 Short Story, ‘Blue’ Highly Commended. ♿️ - FND. Lives in Cumbria. Plays uke. ✌️ Buy my books and other predictable linkages: https://linktr.ee/linnheharrison
@alexismarieadams.bsky.social
Words on nature, culture for NYT, Guardian, Scientific American, NatGeo, Orion, others. Lately writing birds, trees. Mother, sea-swimmer, mountain walker. Montana & Southern Greece. alexisadamswrites.com
@sarahdavywrites.bsky.social
Writer, Mentor, Facilitator. Wrangler of authors for book festivals. Usually writing short stories & scripts or watching telly. Winner Finchale Prize #NorthernWritersAwards 2023 https://linktr.ee/sarahdavywrites
@julietconlin.bsky.social
Feminist. Caledonophile. Living in Berlin. Writer of novels. Translator German/English. Erstwhile cognitive scientist. Rep'd by Jenny Brown Associates www.julietconlin.com
@gladlib.bsky.social
A unique residential library; a place to read, write and rest. Book a stay through our website and discover our beautiful Reading Rooms and boutique bedrooms! www.gladstoneslibrary.org
@claredraycott.bsky.social
Writer of Contemporary Book Club fiction. Longlisted in Jericho Writers #LFOW23 1st 500 words competition. Love, love, love books. ME and Fibromyalgia for 36 years and counting.
@witchmountain.bsky.social
Artist, illustrator and part time bookseller at Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere. Author of Beginner's Guide to #Cyanotype - Search Press 2024 witchmountain.co.uk
@westwoodbooks.bsky.social
Bookshop in England’s official Booktown www.westwoodbooks.co.uk
@bookendscarlisle.bsky.social
Indie bookshops, family owned & run; one mega-sized in Carlisle, t'other tiny-ish in Keswick + Cumbrian titles & signed editions at www.bookscumbria.com. + partners in Words by the Water festival in Keswick [Mar12-16 in 25]
@npitchford.bsky.social
Immigrant. Winner of the inaugural Nature Chronicles Prize (2022). She/her. In Northern California on unceded Coast Miwok land.
@samreadbookseller.bsky.social
Est. by Sam Read in 1887. Award-winning small bookshop in the Lake District. Posts from @likewinterblue.bsky.social Insta: samreadbookseller Browse a selection from our virtual shelves: www.samreadbooks.co.uk
@allaboutthearchers.bsky.social
Join us as we celebrate The Archers. We produce short midweek episodes looking at what’s happened in the week so far in Ambridge & occasional weekend episodes with interviews. On your podcast player and on YouTube.
@likewinterblue.bsky.social
Book peddler, book reviewer, book hoarder, academic and freelance writer.
@therealdaftbear.bsky.social
Ex ITV & BBC crew. Winner of teaching award. Currently back at Uni getting an MSc in AI in Creative Industries (I want a say in the AI business.) Loves a good story.
@damianbarr.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster. 🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃 He/Him 📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel (Sept 2025). I’m also curating a show about them for Charleston. 📕 Maggie & Me. 📕 You Will Be Safe Here. 📺 Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer. PhD, FRSL, FRSE.
@ange-harker.bsky.social
📕'Walking the King Charles III England Coast Path: North West' publ. Cicerone - out 30th Sept '25! Farm-raised, hearing-aid wearing, neurodivergent, #RuralWritingInstitute & #OpenMountain alumni, likes the dark side. She/her. Lakes/Dales/Nidderdale
@pollyrowena.bsky.social
Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Basic Nest Architecture Much with Body Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
@katiescribbles.bsky.social
❄️ THE EDGE OF SOLITUDE ❄️ / WHITE GHOSTS (2023) / MY NAME IS MONSTER (2019) / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
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