@melbfilmfest.bsky.social
The story of film in Melbourne could not be told without the Melbourne International Film Festival. MIFF returns 7-24 August 2025.
@leafbookshop.bsky.social
If we don't have the book you're after we can usually get it in or tell you where to go... We reckon U should be safe while choosing a book #DavosSafe https://bit.ly/m/TheLeafBookshop
@fionathehardy.bsky.social
melbourne-based author, reviewer, bookseller & butthead crime books/kids books/educational books next up: unbury the dead 💀 out w/ affirm press march 2025
@scribepub.bsky.social
Seriously good books since 1976. Melbourne | London | Minneapolis scribepublications.com.au scribepublications.co.uk scribepublications.com
@writersvictoria.bsky.social
Writers Victoria supports & connects writers at all stages. https://linktr.ee/writersvictoria
@stephenarussell.bsky.social
Glasgow-born, Naarm (Melbourne)-based arts journalist and award-winning critic obsessed with film, theatre and a whole lot more. Live on the unceded lands of the Kulin Nation. Snorts generally included. He/him, quite gay. Substack: Orion's Shoulder
@coffeebooksmagic.bsky.social
(too?) honest book reviewer. fan of a hot drink, a good book, and a little magical thinking. Originally from NZ, now in Perth, Aus. Lover of sunshine, poetry and solitude. Late identified AuDHD
@robertlukins.bsky.social
Reader, writer, Naarm, Melbourne. New book out in Feb 2025, Somebody Down There Likes Me. https://linktr.ee/robertlukins
@prakky.bsky.social
Thriller writer. Thrills not 100% guaranteed, but gosh, I'd be surprised if you didn't get one. Barren Cape, The Rush (Simon & Schuster ANZ); Le Deluge (HarperCollinsFrance); The Rush (Crooked Lane Books) michelleprak.com
@sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social
Author, researcher and policy advisor. Adjunct Associate Professor Monash Uni, Senior Advisor Smart Energy Council, Non-executive Director ‘Hi Neighbour’ NGO, ‘A Better Australia’ 📕 ‘Sold Down The River’ 📕 #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition
@stuwilsonwrites.bsky.social
Author of THE 113th ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN and the PROMETHEUS HIGH books • Represented by Melanie Ostell Literary • He/him • Naarm/Melbourne • https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-113th-assistant-librarian-2-lost-in-a-book-9781761347016
@allisontaitwriter.bsky.social
Bestselling MG author (The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, Maven & Reeve Mysteries, The First Summer of Callie McGee) | Co-host of Your Kid’s Next Read #podcast | More at allisontait.com
@nicolehayes.bsky.social
PhD. YA author (Penguin Random) jnr fiction (Hardie Grant) non-fiction (Black Inc / The Guardian). Podcaster with The Outer Sanctum / The Writers' Retreat. Living on Wurundjeri land with 2 humans & 1 dog. She/her. https://linktr.ee/nicolehayes
@bookeboy.bsky.social
I have returned to Sydney. Let's have coffee. Reader. Bookseller. Novelist - The Girl on the Page & The Lessons (4thEstate). My blog (yes some people still have blogs): https://www.johnpurcellauthor.com/blog
@rhi.bsky.social
Writer of games, books, TV, film and comics. Co-Director of Narrativia. Cat Spooner. Flibbertigibbet. https://rhiannapratchett.com
@jimmcd.bsky.social
Writer, Fan, Part-Time Imaginary Tiger. 🏳️🌈 Find me writing about theater, comics, TV, pop culture and other stuff at American Theater, Popverse, NCR, Sojourners, and JimMcDermott.substack.com
@jasperpeachsays.bsky.social
Writing about parenting, disability, queer things. General flavour is dismantling misplaced shame. 📖 You’ll be a Wonderful Parent (@hardiegrant 2023) 🏳️⚧️🌈
@samhellkin.bsky.social
🎙️🏳️⚧️📚🍉Author of Detachable Penis (Upswell) and co-host of Queer View Mirror (Triple R). Living on unceded Wurundjeri land. Samelkin.com
@celiarees.bsky.social
Author Historical Fiction YA & Adult. Witch Child, Pirates! Miss Graham's War aka Miss Graham's Cold War Cook Book. www.celiarees.com www.reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
@alliparkerwriter.bsky.social
author of at the foot of the cherry tree writer of jack irish; secret bridesmaids’ business; ms fisher mod on Wurundjeri land mostly here to procrastinate 🌈 she/her
@emilygale.bsky.social
Writer of children's books, mostly. Newsletter about writing, reading and publishing: "Voracious" on Substack https://emilygale.substack.com/
@msfriedmann.bsky.social
Writer, editor, tarot-lover, nice dogs etc. Author THINGS THAT HELPED 🌸 and TWENTY-TWO IMPRESSIONS 🔮 Living and writing on the unceded lands of the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation.
@gingergorman.bsky.social
Social justice journalist, author, editor and media trainer. My award-winning book is “Troll Hunting.” I do also laugh & wear lipstick 💄
@annawhateley.bsky.social
Writer. PhD. She/her. PETA LYRES RATING NORMAL @AllenAndUnwin. GUDIA @BlackIncBooks YouTube #AusChat. Rep’d @danielle_binks #ADHD #ASD #EDS #queer #loveozya I also game a lot! #wow
@lukehorton.bsky.social
New novel, Time Together, March 25 via Scribe https://www.lukehorton.au/
@ninakenwood.bsky.social
Author of The Wedding Forecast, It Sounded Better In My Head and Unnecessary Drama.
@andrewmcdonald.bsky.social
Writer. Real Pigeons. Hello Twigs. Living/writing on Wurrundjeri Country.
@mandybeaumont.bsky.social
Author-The Thrill of It (March 2025), The Furies (2022) & Wild, Fearless Chests (2020). https://linktr.ee/mandybeaumont
@shelleyburr.bsky.social
Australian author. WAKE, Ripper, Vanish out April 2025 https://www.hachette.com.au/news/shelley-burr-on-tour https://linktr.ee/ShelleyBurr
@natashasholl.bsky.social
Writer | Reader | Lapsed Lawyer https://linktr.ee/natasha_sholl?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=18e7dcf4-b188-45e5-9dda-409b658cb1ae
@pauldalgarno.bsky.social
Author. A Country of Eternal Light, Prudish Nation, Poly, And You May Find Yourself 🏴 🇦🇺Here for the book chat
@eurocentrique.bsky.social
Artistic Director writefest.be / Cyber MSc, newspapers , EU diplomacy / Board journalismfund.eu, displaced Melburnian ☕️ #amwriting first book ‘Ducks on the roof’ (c) out in 2025 🦆
@lefasn.bsky.social
Writer, creative producer, mobile-bookshop owner, tea addict, feminist, repping disability pride. Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Currently reviewing Melb Comedy Festival for The Age. #MECFS
@minon.bsky.social
Meanjin/Brisbane Author. Queensland Literary Award winning debut novel ‘First Name Second Name’ out March 4, 2025 via UQP. Former adman. Contributor to SBS Voices. Agent Martin Shaw. Pre-order https://www.uqp.com.au/books/first-name-second-name
@jamesley.bsky.social
Deputy Books and Ideas Editor, The Conversation. Contributing Editor, Sydney Review of Books. Author of The Critic in the Modern World. Words in various other places.
@kirstenkrauth.bsky.social
Author, podcaster, poet, 80s tragic. Latest novel, Almost a Mirror - The Guardian's 20 Best Books of 2020, shortlisted Penguin Literary Prize, SPN Book of the Year. Commissioning editor, Spinning Around - The Kylie Playlist. Blake Poetry Prize - runner up.
@ruthmchugh-dillon.bsky.social
👋🏼 Assistant Health Editor at The Conversation @aunz.theconversation.com 👓I’m a journo with a background in academia ✨Looking for health stories and the next good read. (Views are my own)
@rijncollins.bsky.social
Author in Naarm/Melbourne. Punk and passion, snakeskins and stories, languages and linguistics. ‘Fed to Red Birds’ (Simon & Schuster, 2023) ‘Voice’ (Somekind Press, 2021) Currently reading: Shirley Jackson (again)
@sian-prior.bsky.social
Author (‘Shy: a memoir’, ‘Childless: a story of freedom and longing’), journo, uni lecturer, singer, reader, campervanner, earth-lover 🌏 ❤️
@dervlamctiernan.bsky.social
Writer (The Ruin, The Scholar, The Good Turn, The Murder Rule). Irish living in Perth. OUT NOW: What Happened To Nina? (An Amazon Book of the Year).
@thebooksdesk.bsky.social
Literary agent @shawliterary.bsky.social, formerly head book buyer at Readings Books, Melbourne. Kafka, Sebald, the Antipodes.