Linda Strachan
Writer for Children & YA - Former Chair of Society of Authors in Scotland - W&A Guide to Writing for Children & YA - Hamish McHaggis series - The Dangerous Lives of the Jacobites ( fact/fiction- MG)
@luwrites.bsky.social
I write books. Sometimes win awards. Crop circle chaser. Myth lover. Collector of folklore. Here for the magic. https://www.patreon.com/Writingthemagic
@kirklandciccone.bsky.social
Author of Happiness Is Wasted On Me, writer of Scottish fiction, punk with pores, bookshop botherer, library lurker, and tea swigger. https://kirklandciccone.wordpress.com/
@whatsfsaid.bsky.social
Author of the Varjak Paw books, Phoenix and TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected - libraries, literacy & reading for pleasure. http://www.sfsaid.com/
@joannanadin.bsky.social
Professor of writing books, Sunday Times bestseller, Essex Girl. Autistic. Never knowingly underdressed. She/her. Here for ALL the witches. And the pigeons. https://joannanadin.com/ https://instagram.com/jonadin
@brunadeluca.bsky.social
Teen/YA debut LIVIA IN ROME (Chicken House July'25) 🏴🇮🇹Scotalian ❤️ in my romance era 📚 rep @fraserrossassociates www.brunadeluca.com
@traceymathias.bsky.social
Writer, trying to work out what happens next. Author of Silence is Also a Lie (YA love story, thriller, political dystopia), writer in residence at DaCapo music foundation. Welsh, Londoner, love books, walking, music. Occasional photos, mostly of trees.
@bbtaylor.bsky.social
Professional daydreamer and super hero in training #mawfyp #scbwi ARA for @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Alter ego @m-m-bailey.bsky.social
@asls.org.uk
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://asls.org.uk
@cazapr1.bsky.social
Chartered School Librarian, CILIP @YLGLondon Committee, National conference exhibition manager, Bea keeper. She/her
@worldlitbooks.bsky.social
Writer, reviewer & buyer & seller of books. Librarian and solo traveler. Co-host of Movie Quiz Game Show & After Hours Movie Night. Film Independent Spirit Awards voter(Film Lover) Tuxedo cat mom SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley Victoriamtravels on Threads
@storysnug.com
Bookblogger: https://storysnug.com #scbwi #writementor #writemagic SL: '24 Searchlight PBs / '24 #WM #IdeaIdol PB / '23 #WMCNA PB LL: #WMCNA PB & CB / Searchlight PB / Writing Magazine CB Top 100: #CNPKids CB https://www.instagram.com/cjfriess_storysnug
@helensedgwick.bsky.social
Author, editor, physicist. Books: The Comet Seekers, The Growing Season, The Burrowhead Mysteries trilogy. linktr.ee/HelenSedgwick 🏳️🌈
@schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
@camcauthor.bsky.social
Dog walking Children’s Writer and author of Call Me Lion. #KidLitUK she/her
@redbreastedbird.bsky.social
Author of the Murder Most Unladylike series and the Ministry of Unladylike Activity. 🏳️🌈
@stokeylitfest.bsky.social
‘One of the best book bashes in the UK’. The Quietus. 5-7 June 2026.
@sineadohart.bsky.social
She/Her/Sí/Í; children's author, podcaster (shows.acast.com/storyshaped), dormant medievalist. linktr.ee/sinead.ohart. Rep: Clare Wallace. Art: Manuel Sumberac. Free Palestine.
@finbarhawkins.bsky.social
Writer & Director Books: 'Witch', Branford-Boase shortlist, CLIP Carnegie nom'd. Latest 'Stone' pub'd by Zephyr/Bloomsbury https://t.co/uHV6Gtoeni Interactive: Wallace & Gromit VR, 'The Grand Getaway' on Meta https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/wall
@vivianji.bsky.social
Writer of children's books, co-founder of Picture Hooks. (www.picturehooks.org.uk) Currently hosting small neurotic dog...
@kcolours.bsky.social
Scottish writer and artist. Follows waggy tails on tea and biscuit trails to stories with crumbs of truth. #BeKind
@catherinecoe.bsky.social
📚 Children's book author, editor and consultant 🖋️ Founder of @allstorieswrite.bsky.social – for writers from underrepresented groups 🧘🏼♀️ Yoga teacher 🐝 Apprentice beekeeper 🔗 https://catherine-coe.com • https://allstories.org.uk/
@deemclachlan.bsky.social
Poet and author for hire or loan. Won some prizes. Account is stuff from a small town in NE Scotland. Hoping to kickstart #HaikuAltText & #PoemAltText She/Her https://dawnmclachlan.com/dawnmclachlan-author/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-pdlbl
@mariebasting.bsky.social
🚴BMX and Ancient Rome📜 Children's author #PrincessBMX #MyFamilyandOtherRomans #AuntieMedusaAndMe @chickenhsebooks Fab school visits Rep The Shaw Agency she/her www.mariebasting.com
@clarefurniss.bsky.social
Author. THE THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND out now: ‘Compulsive, poignant YA dystopia’ Guardian, ‘An exquisite, devastating read’ Irish Times. RLF Writing Fellow. Agent: Catherine Clarke, FBA www.clarefurniss.com
@paulabooks.bsky.social
Bestselling children’s author with books in 30+ languages. Passionate about promoting children’s reading for pleasure. Kitty series (OUP) Fairytale Ninjas (HarperCollins) The Rescue Princesses (Nosy Crow) and more! Repped by Jodie Hodges.
@helengrantsays.bsky.social
Lives in Scotland & writes books. Latest novel JUMP CUT published by Fledgling Press. Short story collection ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES available from Swan River Press. Perthshire Gothic. M.R.James fiend. Represented by Fraser Ross Associates.
@jo-clarke.bsky.social
Secondary school librarian. Author of The Travelling School Mysteries, LIBBY & THE EGYPTIAN ESCAPADE publishes Jan 25 Firefly Press Header Becka Moor. https://jo-clarke.co.uk/ She/Her
@everdundas.bsky.social
Writer: Goblin | HellSans Rep: Jenny Brown Associates Inklusion Guide co-founder Obsessed with Pearl Jam, Suede, The Sisters & Bauhaus #AutisticAF #QueerCrip #TransAlly (banner photo: The Abomination 🖤 from Lynch's Dune) https://linktr.ee/EverDundas
@teriterrywrites.bsky.social
Author of thrillers including Slated & Scare Me for YA & The Stepdaughters Lie for adults. Freq enraged. Obsessed with stationery & easily distracted by dogs. She/her. Website https://teriterry.jimdoweb.com/ An unusual mix of 🇳🇱 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇬🇧
@rikinparekh.bsky.social
Children's Book Illustrator/Author. Primary School TA/Ronin. Represented by Holroyde Cartey Clients include: Bloomsbury, Walker, DFB, Picadilly Press, Faber, Hachette and PRH. Pizza Eater extraordinaire. www.rikinparekh.com
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
@serenamolloy.bsky.social
Irish children's author. 'Wider Than The Sea' Winner of the Eilís Dillon Award '24 KPMG CBI. Sunday Times (IRL) Children's Book of the Week. SL The Week Junior Awards '24. 'The Tree That Sang to Me' out now with Hodder. https://serenamolloy.com/
@pippagoodhart.bsky.social
Children’s author - You Choose picture books, and many more.
@katechapman.bsky.social
Freelance journalist - bylines in Woman's Weekly, My Weekly, NFU Countryside, Lincolnshire Life & more. Also writer of MG fiction seeking representation - Wells Lit Fest SL 22 | WMCNA LL 20
@sarahlstewart.bsky.social
Associate Editorial Director @Usborne Fiction. Loves Reeses PB Cups, rhubarb gin and the fact I get to read amazing books for a living.
@metaphrog.bsky.social
John Chalmers + Sandra Marrs aka Metaphrog We make graphic novels / comics. Rep’d by United Agents. Scottish + French. Glasgow. Wilomina out Sept 2026 from Scholastic UK https://metaphrog.com
@davidleavitt.bsky.social
Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist. Bylines: CBS, AXS, Yahoo, Examiner, etc. I love #Games, #Lotr, #StarWars, and #StarTrek. Casual #MTG #TTRPG, & #Boardgames player. Work w/me: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/david_leavitt
@moiramcpartlin.bsky.social
Writer, walker, campervaner, wife, mother, granny. Loving, dancing, singing and trying to whistle a tune.
@alandapre.bsky.social
Author of 62 children's books 100+ TV eps (Brum/Boohbah) 4 BBC radio plays. I live in Scotland near Glasgow with my rescue dog Max. I do school, festival, library events. Care experienced. Latest pic book: GRIZZLY BEN about a grumpy boy who becomes a bear!
@savitakalhan.bsky.social
Writer for teens, reader of everything, chilli-grower extraordinaire
@rosssayers.bsky.social
Author (Mary's the Name, Sonny and Me, Daisy on the Outer Line, The Everliving Memory of John Valentine) he/him 📍Glasgow, Scotland
@philipardagh.bsky.social
Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney
@hannahlitagent.bsky.social
Founder and Literary Agent at www.HS-LA.com @HSLANews.bsky.social #WeNeedDiverseBooks. Story lover. Vintage typewriter obsessed. Feminist. She/Her/Ms https://linktr.ee/hannah_litagent
@sairaswrites.bsky.social
Teacher | Writer | PB & MG | Winner - PB Award 2023 @writementor | Winner - 2023 @ink_academy | Runner-up - PB Award 2023 @TheGEAcademy | Rep'd: @PFDAgents
@mmir08.bsky.social
🚨PR Freelancer | 📝 Creative | ✍🏽 Book Reviewer | 😉Nerd |✨ Works in Publishing | 📖 2023 Shorlist Judge The Diverse Book Awards | 🌎 2020 Deputy Chair of SYP London https://linktr.ee/maleeha.mir8
@dadslibrary.bsky.social
Writing YA and teen. Northern Writers Debut Fiction Award 2019, Guppy YA SL 2022. #SCBWI, #MAWFYP Bath Spa. Lupus warrior. Former GP.
@karenbultiauw.bsky.social
Unrepenting book pusher & Howard Ashman fangirl. Writer. Chocolate connoisseur. She/her. Views own. https://karenbultiauw.com/
@laureatenanog.bsky.social
Laureate na nÓg is an initiative of the Arts Council. It is managed and delivered on Council’s behalf by Children’s Books Ireland, and supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and DCEDIY. The current Laureate na nÓg is the author Patricia Forde.