Prof Daniel Cook
Associate Dean & Professor, University of Dundee (https://linktr.ee/profdanielcook)
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Mary Shelley Studies
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Scottish Literature
Favourite feeds and people interested in Scottish Literature (join us!)
@saltpublishing.com
WELCOME to Salt, one of the UK’s great independent publishers, established in 1999. Over twenty-six years, we have grown into a daring literary powerhouse, winning scores of awards around the world. Directors: @chrisemery.me & @jenhemery.bsky.social
@sequentialscholars.bsky.social
Academics reading and celebrating the style, substance, and sublimity of all kinds of comics. By scholars, for everyone. Led by @annapeppard.bsky.social & Dr. J. Andrew Deman.
@annapeppard.bsky.social
Ed #Supersex for @utexaspress.bsky.social. Ed Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics. Words @comicsxf.com @sequentialscholars.bsky.social + lots more. Host of @GoshGollyWow.bsky.social. Kurt Wagner's (unofficial) PR Manager. she/her
@printersofscotland.bsky.social
A collective of printmakers from across Scotland - working together to develop and share printmaking. Festival of Printmaking 15-17 Aug 2025. University of Stirling. www.printmakersofscotland.com
@maskofanarchy.bsky.social
20 🏳️⚧️ He/Him | Romanticism, Comics, Video Games | Shelleyan 🏴 & Andersensk 🇩🇰 | Go read “The Last Man” by Mary Shelley and then get back to me!
@medhawrites.bsky.social
Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust) / Ed-at-large, Pen and Anvil Press, MA / ‘Afterbody’ out soon through Blue Diode Press, Edinburgh / Posting fragments from antiquity to today.
@lejardinierduvent.bsky.social
Semino parole nei venti, dove i pensieri mettono radici tra il cielo e la memoria. Solo la brezza conosce i segreti dei miei silenzi…
@pankelo.bsky.social
Owned by 3 Goldens. Scottish Indy supporter. Atheist. Socialist. Love life, our planet, & humanity (not necessarily all humans). Californian, Scot, European, (NEVER BRITISH)🏴🇺🇸🇪🇺 I have no minds eye (aphantasia) but still dream.
@authoralbertopupo.bsky.social
I am an independent fantasy author https://albertopupo.wixsite.com/alberto-pupo-author
@drjulianpinnick.bsky.social
Time Traveler - Writer - Illustrator | Vintage Style | Art History| Dickensian|Spencerist | PhD Creative Writing Research @dmuleicester “Originality is being different from oneself.” Philip Larkin
@omenet.bsky.social
Illustrator using my superpowers for good. Women are people deserving of equality and respect. Website: axisofink.com #climate #democrat #LGBTQally #protestart #BlueCrew 💙
@matthewbroome.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Mental Health, and Chair in Psychiatry and Youth Mental Health, University of Birmingham. Interested in psychosis, youth mental health, neuroscience, philosophy, phenomenology. NHS Psychiatrist in Early Intervention in Psychosis
@bookshelfie.bsky.social
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Review Site) Accepting book submissions now! https://book-shelfie.com/submit-book/
@reevaluate-project.bsky.social
REEVALUATE provides AI tools for prioritization, contextualization and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. It is funded under EU's HORIZON programme (No 101132389)
@dsantanielloauthor.bsky.social
Author. Farmer. Somewhere in between. All the time. 🇺🇸 🇵🇭
@selcie.bsky.social
Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative 🦉 Edinburgh University working with Edinburgh Museum of Childhood 🤎 blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about 🌿 NEW EXHIBITION 'Nurture through Nature with Children's Books' @ Museum of Edinburgh 1 May to 7 Sept 2025
@robedmunds.bsky.social
I'm a Welsh writer of two novels about the ancient Numidian King Masinissa set during the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage. 🏴 ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵎⵉⵔⵜ https://linktr.ee/robedmunds
@sethornelgtales.bsky.social
Scottish children's fantasy writer and purveyor of eight-year-old humor.
@jaysqwazz.bsky.social
Artist, Punk Rocker, Single, Noise Maker, Pokemon Trainer, Explorer, Jedi, Audiophile, Prankster, Alliance Paladin, Red wine and 7Up, Gamer, Father, and Wrecker of Civilization сука блять jaysqwazz@gmail.com https://patreon.com/Jaysqwazz
@roybattyreplicant.bsky.social
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."
@johnnymains.co.uk
The UK's foremost horror anthologist. “Johnny Mains is the Herbert van Thal of our age” – The Independent AuDHD. Got the morbs.
@joeshute.bsky.social
Writer and journalist. Daily Telegraph weather columnist. PhD researcher MMU. Author (Bloomsbury): Stowaway (2024) Forecast (2021) A Shadow Above (2018)
@dgb-langlitcult.bsky.social
Modern Languages, Literary and Cultural Studies at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts on books, journals and news by our editors.
@markmaguireb.bsky.social
Works #museum #education. Here for the #art, #comics, #SciFi, #news | Photos mine or otherwise credited. Followers with bio, activity, etc. more likely to become mutuals | ☘️ #SpeirGorm / #SpéirGhorm | 🐘 @MarkMaguire@mastodon.ie | 🧵 @markbmaguire
@utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social
A podcast about utopia and dystopia hosted by @matthewleggatt.bsky.social and @dystopiajunkie.bsky.social. Each episode we interview a different thinker in the field of Utopian and Dystopian studies. You can follow the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
@aschurchill.bsky.social
PhD Candidate - ERC Starting Grant Project COLLAB @KU_Leuven | Collaborative Practices of Making Literature in Contexts of Displacement and Migration | ex-professional opera singer
@earthlingbeta.bsky.social
Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
@mandyolivieri.bsky.social
Author. Potter. Lesbian. Army Vet. I write stories about women falling in love. Not all my characters are heroes. No DM's. https://writtenbymandyo.com My books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mandy-Olivieri/author/B0DTJM6B3R
@janerusbridge.bsky.social
Writer - mostly novels (Bloomsbury), some short stories, a little poetry. Experimenting with non-fiction. Read a lot. Love research. Spent many years in education, teaching preschool to post-grad. Usually found somewhere outside.
@robertsheppard.bsky.social
Poet, critic of recent formally innovative poetry & poetics, emeritus prof, and all that follows. Books from Shearsman, KFS, Salt, Palgrave, LUP, & all that follow. Blog: www.robertsheppard.blogspot.com
@franmoldaschl.bsky.social
https://buymeacoffee.com/franmoldaschl Kelpies Prize for Writing Winner Former #archaeology student Children's book reviewer Neurodivergent inquisitivenewt.com @northodoxpress.bsky.social (Any pronouns)🏳️🌈
@katrinahendo.bsky.social
Eternally tired, Scottish and looking forward to my free bus pass. Love politics, civic nationalism, equality and family.
@fmaclachlan.bsky.social
Head of HR Operations in education. Scot, exiled for 53 of my 56. Working on project Scotland. LLM in Employment Law MCIPD
@iam1stewart.bsky.social
🌟 Passionate about Tech | Futuristic Thinker | Innovator | Digital Transformation Advocate 🚀 Join me on a journey through the digital landscape as we explore groundbreaking tech, share insights, and shape the future together. Let's connect
@drmediaprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Western State. Likes movies, dogs, coffee, and hiking. Opinions mine but should be yours.
@eoinflannery.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English Literature at @micireland.bsky.social Poems @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social, @hogriverpress.bsky.social @ogre.red, @juniperpoetry.bsky.social, @librelit.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
@richardalanbarlow.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer @standrewsenglish.bsky.social https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/rab44/ https://academic.oup.com/book/44829?login=false https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnegans-wake-human-and-nonhuman-histories.html
@mattcrofts.bsky.social
Literature researcher. PhD on #Gothic Tyranny. Interests: Dracula adaptations, the #Flashman papers, rats, apocalyptic wastes & Castlevania. Black cat fan 🐈⬛
@sarahdunnigan.bsky.social
hopeful gardener. trainee therapist. mamma of dogs and cats. teaches & writes about Scottish lit - children's, medieval, women's, fairy tales, folklore 🌿 she/her
@claireconnolly.bsky.social
Professor of Modern English, University College Cork, Ireland
@celine-brossillon.bsky.social
19th c French and Comp Lit. Scholar | Literature, cultural anthropology, GWSS, psychiatry | Author of “Le Taureau triste” (CNRS, 2021) | Creator and coordinator of the Comparative and Global Literatures program at Ursinus College
@phelimkellycom.bsky.social
🌍🌏🌎 GLOBAL travel writer / news curator 🎬🎙️ SCREEN, V/O actor linktr.ee/PhelimKellyCom 😍: 🍷☕ WINE coffee | 🗣️🥾 POLYGLOT hiker ☘️ IRELAND's home bsky.app/profile/phelimkellycom.bsky.social/lists/3ljij24cy4n2l 📚 BOOK blog x.com/Books_LONDON_UK
@dominiquewalker.bsky.social
Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Press, a fully OA not-for-profit publisher managed by 19 university libraries. https://sup.ac.uk Secretary for the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) https://oipauk.org
@accordinglee.bsky.social
Expatriated US postdoc in Europe. Overeducated hot takes, unpopular opinions, and unsolicited feedback. Shamelessly plugging the 'stack here: https://accordinglee.substack.com/ Subscriptions are free, quality is 100% guaranteed... to be inconsistent.
@cadewibergwriter.bsky.social
Film critic, musician, podcaster, author of "My Life According to Rock Band." https://a.co/d/4OE0uUr Not Megan's Boat https://youtu.be/EGDApCEKTK0?si=7yMP0dePY3UdHKgj Check in here for more in depth film reviews: https://boxd.it/qMsb
@michaelkfalciani.bsky.social
Epic fantasy author | Steampunk Dwarves | Fantasy Romance | 3x Imajinn award winner | High Aces Author of the Year 2024 | Avid reader | Educator | Hiker | Lover of irony and Cricket | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09717GFMQ
@williammeikle.com
Wee sweary Scotsman, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.