@bloodyscotland.bsky.social
Scotland’s International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
@orkneylibrary.bsky.social
Books and Archives since 1683. Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
@wedale-bookshop.bsky.social
Welcoming and inclusive #ScottishBorders independent #bookshop near #Galashiels and #Lauder, #Scotland 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Open in historic Stow (rhymes with wow!) in the Gala Valley Wed-Sun 10-4.30. www.wedalebooks.scot https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Weda
@sarasheridan.bsky.social
Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter X: @sarasheridan
@louisewelsh00.bsky.social
Writer, The Cutting Room, Plague Times Trilogy, To the Dogs & more. Prof Creative Writing, Glasgow University. Hon Prez Scottish PEN. Podcast Who Owns the Clyde. Librettist Anthropocene. Theatre, movies, cats, life 🏳️🌈
@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
@alisonhennessey.bsky.social
Publishing Director of Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Books. Lover of the gripping & the gothic, the contemporary & the cunning. Comprehensive school girl in literary world. Easily bribed with a chocolate orange.
@andrewmale.bsky.social
Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist. Cultivating the echo chamber since 2011.
@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.
@sophiehannah.bsky.social
Bestselling crime writer Coach for writers (dreamauthorcoaching.com) Host of ‘How to Hold a Grudge’ podcast
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social
Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
@edinburghminute.bsky.social
Better news. Join 20,000 locals on the mailing list! Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported. Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
@kathleenjamie.bsky.social
Poet, essayist. Author of 'Findings', 'Sightlines', 'Surfacing' and 'Cairn'. Erstwhile National Poet of Scotland. Terrible at art, alas. What else? Today is all low winter sun and jackdaws.
@johnofarrell.bsky.social
Author/comedy scriptwriter. Recent stuff: Family Politics (novel), Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical, Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget, Mrs Doubtfire musical, We Are History (podcast). Plus I've still got my paper round.
@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
@sarahmillican.bsky.social
ON TOUR NOW! Www.sarahmillican.co.uk Comedian, Standard Issue podcaster, writer, feminist. Posts ending TSM are by my team.
@katemossewriter.bsky.social
Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Women’s Prizes ~ Trustee British Library Find me at www.katemosse.co.uk
@unboundsocials.bsky.social
London-based book publisher 📚 An imprint of Boundless Publishing Group - home to @neemtreepress.bsky.social and @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social Visit us at https://www.boundlesspublishinggroup.com/
@mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social
In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
@byleaveswelive.bsky.social
The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
@emmareadscrime.bsky.social
Crime and thriller book lover! Brutally honest 📍Merseyside, UK Contact & more ⬇️ https://linktr.ee/emmareadscrime
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Journalist (Guardian/Observer, MOJO, BBC Culture, the i), podcaster (Origin Story, Oh God What Now?) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
@rocktalkstudio.bsky.social
For people who read rock n roll books and watch music docs like it’s a religion🤘 Need a recommendation? I recommend the good stuff on the podcast every week⬇️ rocktalkstudio.buzzsprout.com
@scottishfoodguide.bsky.social
Scottish Food Guide is Wendy Barrie’s ethical & independent award-winning guide to the best places to eat, our finest produce and food experiences; offering quality assurance – professionally inspected & personally recommended www.scottishfoodguide.scot
@gordonsmart.bsky.social
Editor-at-Large Men’s Health, BBC 5 Live, BBC Morning Live, Restless Natives Podcast - broadcaster, journalist and Lesmahagow Truckstop ambassador (unofficially)
@natlibscot.bsky.social
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
@ucu.org.uk
UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
@citadvicewirral.bsky.social
Welcome to Citizens Advice Wirral, your local charity offering free, independent, confidential, and impartial advice 💙 We help residents of Wirral tackle a wide range of issues, including debt, benefits, employment, housing, and more.
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
A national association supporting those who are passionate about women's and gender history. Also on LinkedIn. Read about our networks mission, values and our Equality and Diversity Statement: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
@lewisgoodall.com
Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12. Website: lewisgoodall.com Email: lewis.goodall@global.com Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
@colinmurray1.bsky.social
👋 I present Countdown(Channel 4)🕰️ + radio(5live)📻 Insta:mrcolinmurray Daily conundrum, mon-fri, 10am (ish) ‘It’s only love, with a little bit of rain.’ Nick Cave, 2021
@mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social
BBC’s Social Media Investigations Correspondent | Radio 4 podcasts | @BBCPanorama & current affairs | #Americast host | ARIAS & British Podcast best host
@stephenfry.bsky.social
Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
@nigella.bsky.social
Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
@rhodri.biz
Vapid Response Unit. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi Also, musical human. Producer for Lush Handmade Sounds. Perform with Scritti Politti, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint etc. More info at rhodri.biz
@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.
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@liamthorp.bsky.social
Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. 3 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot Award nominee. Loves overpriced craft ale.
@bethrigby.bsky.social
Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday
@paulbrand.bsky.social
Journalist and broadcaster. UK Editor of ITV News, Presenter of ITV’s flagship Tonight programme, Good Morning Britain, LBC. 6 x Royal Television Society Award winner.
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@jessicaelgot.bsky.social
I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
@profstephenwhittle.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️💪🏼🏳️🌈 Law Professor, Woke, anti-growth, lefty lawyer. 69yrs of which 50yrs as Proud Trans Man, Activist. No reply to anonymous accounts. Wife & 4 great grown up kids. he/him/his If you follow me I will usuallly try to follow you, but I dont chat