Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne
Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her
(pretty much always a library in my books)
http://www.rflong.com/
The Book of Gold out now: lnk.to/thebookofgold
Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR
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Irish SFF Creators
SFF Creators based in or from the island of Ireland (or adjacent) (Anyone I'm missing let me know! Happy to add and remove as required)
@folgerlibrary.bsky.social
The world's largest Shakespeare collection - plus, home to Folger Theatre, Consort, Poetry, Exhibitions, Research, Education, and more!
@trip.bsky.social
He/Him. Fantasy Author. Londoner. 🏳️🌈 Mythopoeic Award Finalist. A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY (Titan); Editor & Co-Founder @bonabooks.bsky.social; FAERIE’S BARGAIN (Choice of Games); Rep: Max Edwards, AppleTree Literary https://linktr.ee/TripGaley
@sffreview.bsky.social
Science FIction and Fantasy book and movie reviews. Lovers of space, aliens, dragons, swords and lasers! >>>transitioning from X - help us GROW here!<<< #scifi #bookSky #fantasy #sff
@cymerafestival.co.uk
Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing www.cymerafestival.co.uk In Edinburgh and Online 6 - 8 June 2025
@tuphlos.bsky.social
Reader. Librarian. Lawyer. My mouth is unruly. I've been told I'm zesty! Lover of things and (some) people. Watcher of sports and cooking shows. And dramas. Midwestern core, PNW present.
@ngjeannette.bsky.social
Novelist. Won: Astounding, BFA Newcomer. Dabbles: history, poetry, costumes, live roleplay. She/they. Mostly photos of my dog. Repped by @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social
@ellacreanauthor.bsky.social
⚔️ querying: The Trail of Blood Red Stars ⚔️ 📝 posting: publishing updates! 📝 🖼 art by @ mishoru on Instagram 🖼 🎓 MA Novel Writing 🎓
@laurenbeukes.com
Novelist, TV writer, comics writer and recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV) Zoo City and multiverse-lost-mother-thriller, BRIDGE - out now
@idakeogh.bsky.social
Neurospicy BSFA and British Fantasy Award winning SFF author and occasional mermaid. Equality and Diversity Officer for the British Science Fiction Association. she/her
@leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social
Author of 14 📚 including ANCESTOR, MENTOR and the GREAT GIMMELMANS. MILES IN TIME out May 6th. Screenwriter and publisher of Fringe Press. Native New Yorker. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
@ashiggins.bsky.social
Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. Tolkien Scholar and author Live in Balham London 🏳️🌈
@dublin2029.bsky.social
The bid for the Dublin 2029 World Science Fiction Convention 🇮🇪 linktr.ee/dublin2029
@historyireland.bsky.social
History Ireland Magazine Established in 1993. Editor, Tommy Graham. Part of The Wordwell Group. Subscribe here: https://historyireland.com/subscribe/
@ologies.bsky.social
A comedyish science podcast hosted by @alieward. Asking smart ologists not-smart questions about their professional obsessions. Every Tuesday. May be NSFW. https://linktr.ee/alieward
@evanpridmore.bsky.social
medieval snail historian 🐌 (no seriously, that's what my thesis is on)
@cometkins.bsky.social
Hi I'm a dinosaur. I'm 31 years old and a CO based artist and award winning author. He/Him. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🇯🇵 Links: http://cometkins.carrd.co https://cometkins.com
@laicdgroup.bsky.social
Career Development Group of the Library Association of Ireland 🌐 https://laicdg.wordpress.com
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
@starsandsabers.bsky.social
Stars and Sabers Publishing showcases fantasy, science fiction, horror, thrillers, and mystery. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Managing Editor: @garethlpowell.bsky.social. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. https://starsandsabers.com Los Angeles
@authorhelengj.bsky.social
She/her. Writes books and other stuff. Rep’d by Laura Bennett at Liverpool Literary Agency. THE LAST RAVEN out now from One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK
@kbspangler.com
Writer, cartoonist, editor. Very sweary. Half politics, half dog pics. She/her. 🖼️ kbspangler.com 🐨 agirlandherfed.com 🐲 sidequested.com 🎉 patreon.com/KBSpangler ✨ Rep by Bailey Tamayo • btamayo@sjga.com ✨
@jendiagammon.bsky.social
Nebula & BSFA Finalist Author. “Jen-DEE-a”. Science writer. Artist. Explorer. Producer/EIC: @starsandsabers.bsky.social Also J. Dianne Dotson. https://jendiagammon.com 📍Los Angeles
@cmzhang42.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, Raconteur and winner of the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer!
@brettbobculbert.bsky.social
HUSBAND 😊 DOG PAPA 🐶 ACTOR 🎬 INSTA https://www.instagram.com/brett.culbert?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Lift spirits 💫 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4028190/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Currently on - 🎥 Netflix-Rebel Moon - 🎥 ABC-General Hospital
@mollytempleton.com
I read, I write, & I pet cats. Column, news, & book reviews at Reactor (formerly known as Tor.com); publicity, prize, & more for the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation. Once a bookseller, always a bookseller. PDX. https://reactormag.com/author/molly-templeton/
@oldpapercollector.bsky.social
I am a hobby collector (+25 years) of early modern books (1500-1800) printed in Antwerp and books with recycled manuscripts. I live in the Netherlands. https://sites.google.com/view/oldpapercollector
@mandysknight.bsky.social
Writing gritty Dungeons & Dragons inspired fantasy with fearless femmes and kissing. DEATH AND SECOND CHANCES out 30/4 ✨ Rolling 🎲 in The Crowded Tavern. 🇨🇦🇮🇪🏳️🌈
@amydelaforce.bsky.social
A KISS OF HAMMER & FLAME (Canelo, DK, PRH), my debut #romantasy ❤️🔥, is on sale 3 JULY 2025! Witchigoth #SpecFic writer. She / her 🇦🇺🩷💜💙 SL: Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize ‘24. Rep: Sarah Hornsley @ PFD. https://amydelaforce.com/a-kiss-of-hammer-and-flame/
@fantasymagazine.bsky.social
Quarterly mag ed by 2x Hugo Finalist @shingai-be-like.bsky.social & 2x World Fantasy & 3x Locus Finalist @arleysorg.bsky.social - published by @psychopomp.com posts: @seanmarkey.bsky.social & @arleysorg.bsky.social https://psychopomp.com/fantasy/
@swanriverpress.bsky.social
Independent press dedicated exclusively to literature of the gothic, fantastic, strange, and supernatural. Dublin, Ireland. Posts by Brian J. Showers. www.swanriverpress.ie
@subpress.bsky.social
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing luxurious specialty, limited editions and groundbreaking original works in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Dispatches from the warehouse and other news. http://linktr.ee/subterraneanpress
@jamescummings.bsky.social
Reader in Digital Textual Studies and Late Medieval Literature at @newcastleuni.bsky.social jamescummings on former birdsite Long-term contributor to the Text Encoding Initiative #TEI, interested in digital scholarly editions #DH #medieval #drama #HTR #AI
@hugobookclub.bsky.social
The internet's definitive source for reliable factually accurate barely news and almost information about science fiction. Inexplicably a 5-time Hugo finalist.
@kildarereaders.bsky.social
Books, talks and good vibes 📖 Every October in County Kildare #KildareReadersFestival #KRF2025
@irishbookawards.bsky.social
🍀 Ireland's biggest celebration of Irish books & authors. Follow on #APIBA 📌 2024 An Post Irish Book of the Year - Heart, Be At Peace linktr.ee/irishbookawards
@pashortt.bsky.social
Author, gamer. Anti-fascist, pro-queer, pro-choice, left-wing. No room for bigots. www.patreon.com/wordmaker
@tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
Writer of Words. Bane of Editors. Eater of Contracts. Shambles of a Man. He/Him SFF/Historical Buy a book - http://amzn.to/3zzsdDt
@uorspeccoll.bsky.social
Sharing treasures from our Special Collections, Rare Books and Archives. Website: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/ Enquiries: specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
@paracyclops.bsky.social
Writer, librarian, worldbuilder, conlanger, lapsed musician. I like fantasy, science-fiction and horror, books, records, comics, games, cats, food, and holding inexplicable opinions.
@ursulakleguin.com
Official account for the celebrated author of novels, short stories, poetry, children’s books and essays. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
@aimeeogdenwrites.com
Nebula Award Finalist for WHAT ANY DEAD THING WANTS; new novella STARSTRUCK out June '25 🌱🦊🪨 👦🏽 Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Lit. Bi. She/her. American werewolf in Noord-Brabant. Fix your hearts or die. https://www.aimeeogdenwrites.com
@liamjhogan.bsky.social
Award winning #Shortstory #Writer #SciFi 📚: A Short History of the Future, Northodox Press(Mar'25) #Fantasy 📚: Happy Ending Not Guaranteed, Arachne Press Oxford Physics grad, Codexian. Everything, Ever ✍️: http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk
@dalkeyopenforum.bsky.social
Bluesky account of Dalkey Open Forum which has 17.5k members on Facebook, Posts by @amonsterd.bsky.social
@www.joditaylorbooks.com
Accidental international bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's series plus numerous other books. Mostly eats cheese and chocolate - loves margaritas too. https://www.joditaylorbooks.com/