Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Advocacy, networking, promoting Scottish & Scotland-based writers of colour, literary events & spaces. scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org
@marcusjdl.bsky.social
Gay with husband and a dog called Dusty. You may find me left wing, that’s due to life experience. Transphobes not welcome here. All the man, all the man you need. Not British, not English but Londonistani. he/him
@dustanddark.com
A new magazine of chilling horror fiction. Launching 2025. https://dustanddark.com/ Editor: @owenduffy.co.uk Banner image: Mikel Martinez De Osaba
@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
@kellykanayama.bsky.social
Comics scholar/critic, specialist on Garth Ennis/Punisher/Judge Dredd. Japanese/Filipino, from HI, in Scotland, diasporic AF. kellykanayama.com
@alasdairstuart.com
Award-winning voice actor. Narrative designer. Pop culture analyst. Podcaster. Game designer. ‘Fantastic Frontal Everything'-Matt Wallace. On the board of the Cool Wives Club. Joy and spite. https://carrd.alasdairstuart.com
@weareherescot.bsky.social
A space aimed at supporting and raising the voices of Black People and People of Colour creatives across Scotland. linktr.ee/weareheresct
@bloodyscotland.bsky.social
Scotland’s International Festival of Crime Writing. Stirling. 12-14th September 2025.
@tariqashkanani.bsky.social
Writer. Winner of Bloody Scotland Debut 2022. Co-host of the Page One Podcast. The Midnight King - out now!
@creativedundee.bsky.social
Strengthening Dundee’s creative community through connections, support and opportunities. Join our #AmpsDundee network and visit our website for news & events! https://creativedundee.com/
@ariannemaki.bsky.social
Lover of the strange + beautiful ★彡 Shortlisted for SI Leeds ‘22, Future Worlds ‘23, Penguin WriteNow ‘24. ariannemaki.beehiiv.com
@iashedinburgh.bsky.social
News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/ #arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
@jedapearl.bsky.social
🖌️ Poetry • SFF • Fiction • Art • https://linktr.ee/JedaPearl • ⚡ Disabled • Fibromyalgia 🥄 💫 Collaboration •Community • 🏴🇯🇲
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
@hannahlavery.bsky.social
Poet. Playwright. Performer. Director. Dancing in my kitchen. hannahlavery.com
@rainewilson.bsky.social
Author, biologist, cat herder | BFA & SoA winner, Kavya & Saltire Awards SL | THE LAST TO DROWN 🌊 and WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST 👻 out now | rep Julie Gourinchas | she/her http://linktr.ee/raine_clouds
@chrislaumanson.bsky.social
Mixed Scottish-Chinese (Hakka) Comic creator, writer and illustrator based in Glasgow. 🏴🇭🇰🎨📝 He/Him/佢 📧: chrislaumanson@gmail.com #comic | #art | #illustration www.chrislaumanson.co.uk
@pegasusunder.bsky.social
writer&psychiatrist M.D. pub @ Clarkesworld, Fantasy Mag, Podcastle, The Rumpus, FIYAH, Fractured Lit, + Scottish New Writers Award (Callan Gordon Award) RLF Reading Round Fellow Rep C. L. Geisler at ArtHouse Lit
@404ink.bsky.social
Your favourite book publisher, obvs 🏴 We're @heathermmcd.bsky.social & @laurafjones.bsky.social Improve your life with 404 Ink books: https://www.404ink.com/shop
@portyliterary.bsky.social
A literary agency based in Edinburgh. https://linktr.ee/portobelloliterary
@gsfwc.bsky.social
Est. 1986, GSFWC is a critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland. ***New anthology Gallus out now!*** Official website, Gallus links and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc