Nick Barley
Director of the National Poetry Centre in Leeds. Used to head up the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Love books, poetry, cycling and York City
@laurafjones.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Publishing Studies at University of Stirling as of Oct 2025, Publisher at 404 Ink, Operations Manager at Charco Press, freelance typesetting at lauraflojo.com she/her Substack: https://epitomeofvague.substack.com/
@saqibooks.bsky.social
Fiercely independent publisher specialising in the Middle East (Saqi), global fiction (Telegram) and progressive non-fiction (Westbourne Press) www.saqibooks.com
@standrewsbookfest.bsky.social
27-30 Nov 25. We bring Scottish writers, Scottish themes and Scottish connections to London. Https://StAndrewsBookFestival.org/
@strangerspress.bsky.social
Literary translation is a cultural exchange. Part of the UEA Publishing Project based at the University of East Anglia. https://www.strangers.press/
@brookmyre.bsky.social
Author. One half of Ambrose Parry. One sixth of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
@danigaravelli.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Books, music, sunsets, hills.
@joedunthorne.bsky.social
Poet and novelist. New book, Children of Radium, my first nonfiction, out now. Order here: https://linktr.ee/joedunthorne Old books: Submarine/Wild Abandon/The Adulterants/O Positive www.joedunthorne.com
@nottinghilleds.bsky.social
Independent publisher of essayistic books that all self-respecting book lovers want to collect. Start with 20% off your purchase: https://nottinghilleditions.com/newsletter-signup Let loose on here is our marketer (@verasugar.bsky.social)
@annapallai.bsky.social
Literary agent and PR at AMP Literary www.ampliterary.co.uk Specialising in women’s narrative non-fiction
@ianbirrell.bsky.social
Foreign correspondent, columnist, campaigner, co-founder Aftica Express, citizen of the world and a bit more besides…
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@shattenstone.bsky.social
Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
@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.
@holliemcnish.bsky.social
Follow for poetry, random thoughts and new discoveries because poetry and the world is endlessly fascinating and I know nothing. On tour now: www.holliepoetry.com/livedates
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@theothersambaker.bsky.social
One of the millions of journalists who’s defected to Substack and started a podcast. https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
@danzep.bsky.social
Writer & Broadcaster – Edinburgh Holloway • The Beechwood Airship Interviews • Climbing Days • Outpost • Overnight (2025) Only After Dark – BBC R4
@publicitycircle.bsky.social
The Publishers' Publicity Circle enables book publicists from publishing houses and PR agencies to meet and share info. Posts by the committee.
@ladyhaja.bsky.social
✍🏻 Journalist: The Guardian, Observer, elsewhere 📖 Buy: The Joy of Small Things amzn.to/3EBFgqz 🗣️Posting: politics, arts, mental health, media, ⚽️, 🏳️🌈 📧 Your emails can find me well at: hannah.jane.parkinson@theguardian.com
@dauntbookspub.bsky.social
a home of brilliant writing from across the decades and around the world (follow @dauntbooks.bsky.social for all things Daunt Books *shops*)
@gmperry.bsky.social
London-based bookseller and book marketing person. Books in English, Portuguese and, occasionally, Spanish. 🏳️🌈
@shevchenkoknight.bsky.social
poet, unfortunately. Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape). NWCDTP-funded PhD on authotheory and anorexia @ Manchester Writing School. Manchester City Poet. rep’d by Peter Straus @ RCW Literary Agency
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
@oliviasnaije.bsky.social
Paris-based journalist interested in books, Middle East, African continent | work in The Africa Report, New Lines Magazine, Livres Hebdo and others | oliviasnaije.com
@janinegibson.ft.com
Editor of Weekend FT • sinkhole tracker • Do not buy crypto from me or anyone who appears to be me
@ozkaterji.bsky.social
Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement. https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
@columnist.bsky.social
‘The view from the column is ever distant’ (Anon, early 21st century) Befuddling mix of politics, art, literary theory, philosophy, financial markets, international relations, cooking, and…dog photos… ‘Wow just wow what a skeeter’ ‘Such a cute dog’
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social
Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705
@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
@markwalsh.bsky.social
Books, Music, Art and Film. Exists in real life too. PR. https://themarkwalsh.substack.com/
@anitamorris.bsky.social
Founder of Anita Morris Associates PR agency, delivering creative, effective communications for ace brands in the North of England.
@johnkenny13.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Creative Writing Tutor at the Irish Writers Centre. Poetry: Everyday Poets, Smashing Times, StepAway, Prole. Fiction: The Galway Review, Revival, Emerald Eye, Fear the Reaper, Albedo One.
@nsborwein.bsky.social
Horror scholar, poet, PhD, HWA, Co-EIC @angrygablepress.bsky.social, EIC Katabatic Circus, Global Indigenous Horror (@upmississippi.bsky.social, 2025). Words in Utopia Science Fiction, Space & Time, Lovecraftiana, and more
@kate-arthurs.bsky.social
Here for creative think-doers Hospitality on a shoestring https://www.instagram.com/bath_backpackers/ https://www.bathbackpackers.com/ Pool shark 🎱
@annaframe.bsky.social
Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Rowe Irvin, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk. Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains.
@niagarapoetry.bsky.social
Poetry of & about Niagara Falls & Niagara River – the waterfalls, the city, the history, the stunters etc. Also poetry written by Niagara poets. Curated by retired librarian Andrew Porteus @acporteus.bsky.social . Website at niagarapoetry.ca
@katrinabrown.bsky.social
Art, and all that entails. Director at The Common Guild. Trustee of Art Fund. Live in and mostly love Glasgow. Otherwise in the garden 🌱
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
@wildlifeandtravel.bsky.social
Birding in Yorkshire and the U.K. including photo's and travelogue's from birding destinations around Europe. You can also find me at: www.wildlifeandtravel.com
@hannahrudman.bsky.social
Business Development Director @highlandsrewildingbsky.social Senior Research Fellow The James Hutton Institute. Board Trustee National Galleries of Scotland. Co-Chair Scottish Forum on Natural Capital. #NatureFinance #NatureTech https://hannahrudman.com