David Simpkin
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Once and future bookseller, currently based in deepest Nottinghamshire.
@Simplerdave on all decent social media - find me here, there and almost everywhere...
@oldhamletsghost.bsky.social
April is the cruellest month Clinging on desperately to something that once felt like hope Counting down the years to getting that triple locked benefit Old films,Football and Beer keep me sane (ish) 80s London/05 Lucerne my happy places
@thmazing.bsky.social
Untroubling and untroubled for a good fifteen minutes a day. thmazing.com/thbiblio thmazing.substack.com public school teacher | writer | current editor of @irreantum.bsky.social
@jwmuk.bsky.social
he/him Roleplaying Games. The Raspy Raven - https://discord.gg/7VdFAKuezs Blog - https://buttondown.email/theraspyraven
@tenacrefilms.bsky.social
Making special films and books about subjects we love. tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
@dcturner.bsky.social
Award-winning multimedia artist with 15+ yrs exp in: > game / software development > 2D animation (traditional and motion graphics) > illustration > music composition > sound design www.dcturner.co.uk NO AI NO CRYPTO
@fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling Irish author. Fiction/non-fic. Latest novel #TheBooksellersGift, Hachette Books Irl Oct 2024 Lives London, UK/Corca Dhuibhne, Ireland (Gaeilge agus fáilte). Rep: Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates UK Linktree: https://rb.gy/g9pf2
@ptlacy.bsky.social
Author seeking representation. EFL Teacher. Englishman in Poland (he/him). Cat dad. Movie lover. Blogger. All shall worship me and despair? Debut novel: https://books2read.com/unregistered Blog: https://from-the-smallest-desk.ghost.io
@filmnoiruk.bsky.social
Est. 2021. #FilmNoirUK is a dedicated film org in the UK celebrating the ever influential world of #FilmNoir. Hosts of #FilmNoirFest
@richamm.bsky.social
🔥Free Disability Zines🔥 https://linktr.ee/disabilityark Disability: History, Politics, Media Analysis and more! Recent ones include Disability and: | Star Trek | Ancient Egypt | Radicals | Gods | Film Analysis Tools | Feminists | Anarchists | and more!
@faune.bsky.social
French artist drawing cute and relaxing art ✨️ Feel free to contact for c0mms, c0llabs or questions ! https://taplink.cc/faunejpeg
@janesetheridge.bsky.social
Vice Chair Federation of Children's Book Groups. All views my own
@dzyrl.bsky.social
Language learner, Europhile, cinema-goer, politics nerd. Day job at Bon, Brussels office of Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering. English/French/Dutch/Spanish
@wokestudies.bsky.social
English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. Archaic English. NEW BOOK: Woke Shakespeare: Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era. Prof. d'Emeritus. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
@inflatabledalek.bsky.social
Who, Trek, Bond, Transformers and Kamen Rider nerd. Has spent a decade writing about Transformers comics, with my current big project being @revisitation.bsky.social, looking at each IDW issue in order: https://thesolarpool.weebly.com/revisitation.html
@jaykayell.bsky.social
Tall, funny, ADHD-er so am prone to conversational jazz. Had cancer once, wouldn’t recommend.
@nedhartley.com
Writer! Comics include Bananaman for the Beano, Department K for Judge Dredd Megazine & lots more. Books for Penguin Random House, Rebellion, Bonnier, Buster, Sweet Cherry & more. Pic by Wayne Thompson. Love you xx Website: www.nedhartley.com
@ncdominie.bsky.social
University maths teacher (failed academic); very amateur local history; slightly worse photography. Uaireannan beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd. Same handle on the elephant site. Web: http://www.dominie.scot.
@leemadgwick.bsky.social
UK based fine artist. Painter (mostly). Dog person (obviously). Abandoned/derelict building enthusiast. Wayfarer. Visionary. Procrastinator. No NFTs. No AI. http://www.leemadgwick.co.uk leemadgwickart on instagram
@shannonmattern.bsky.social
director of creative research @ the metro ny library council; professor @ a 🫣 conglomerate (2004-22: @thenewschool) architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++ nyc + philly wordsinspace.net
@productivityalchemy.com
Host and Chief Chicken Wranger at Productivity Alchemy, husband of T. Kingfisher, live music enthusiast. Podcast: https://productivityalchemy.com ChickenCam: https://twitch.tv/ksonney
@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social
Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
@ghostsigns.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Co-author of 'Ghost Signs: A London Story', creator of the Ghostsigns Walking Tours, co-editor of 'Advertising and Public Memory', and all-round ghost signs […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@ghostsigns on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@allinson.bsky.social
Telecoms, education and cricket ... and old cars ... and mountains ....
@nessevely.bsky.social
Part English, part French. A bit sweary. Cancer survivor, just. 'Trying to balance the weight of the world with a rubber chicken' (AI review) "sick and malevolent mind" (review by friend) We're all meats of mixed origin, me thinks. Comes with typos.
@bondhack.ft.com
Corporate Finance Editor at the Financial Times. Have a tip? Email: robert.smith@ft.com / robert.smith.ft@proton.me | Signal: robert_smith_ft.55
@osaumarezsmith.bsky.social
Historian of shopping precincts, derelict landscapes, leisure centres, power stations, inner cities, housing, the Potteries, Telford new town, & city centre redevelopment. @c20society casework & trustee.
@danigaravelli.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Books, music, sunsets, hills.
@plashingvole.bsky.social
Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun. Read books; join unions; block cookies.
@tomhumberstone.com
Comic artist and illustrator Portfolio: tomhumberstone.com Newsletter: tomhumberstone.com/newsletter Links: linktr.ee/tomhumberstone
@zeheriot-shaw.bsky.social
Interests: cellular automata, cosmology, foundational physics, ontological continuum, philosophical fantasy, physics of clocks and philosophy of time/philosophy of clocks and physics of time, structural fabulation. Location: realm of Platonic ideals
@normalcomposers.bsky.social
🎹 pictures of composers doing normal shit 📸 all photos © their original photographers 📚archived at @librarycongress ❤️ 90k+ on twitter
@shelleysilas.bsky.social
Kolkata born Londoner. Writer, coach, workshop facilitator. Gestalt counsellor in training. Snack is my favourite word. Cold water swimmer, adventurer. It’s all about the experience. shelleysilascoaching.co.uk
@stellduffy.bsky.social
Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
@darklonelywater.bsky.social
Retired academic. Author of Mario Bava: The Artisan as Italian Horror Auteur, British Low Culture, Kung Fu Cult Masters, BFI book on The League of Gentlemen.
@drjengunter.bsky.social
Doctor, writer, Canadian Spice, lasso of truth, I speak for no one but me. 2X NYT bestsellers. More thoughts at TheVajenda.com
@mulgraveaudio.bsky.social
Original audio drama. Where white noise meets dark forests, where waking terrors meet sleepy hollows, where analogue dreams meet digital nightmares...
@jeffgoddard.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Doctor Who enjoyer, Geek, Punk and Metal fan. Occasional digital art and toy photos. Sporadic podcast appearances may occur.
@andrewleeclark.bsky.social
Writer, Movie-lover, Action Figure Enthusiast, Soldier Currently watching: The Pitt Currently reading: Devolution (by Max Brooks), One Piece (by Eiichiro Oda)
@heybonanos.bsky.social
Longtime @nymag city editor and the invisible hand of Instagram’s @OldNYMag. Books: Weegee, Polaroid, Greeks.
@cairdiul.bsky.social
Former terror of the high seas, now a cannibal king. 🇮🇪🇺🇲🏳️🌈 author (You Ruin It When You Talk) in London, very publishable pleasant lady Sarahsnewideas.com
@ronchronchronch.bsky.social
Reviews editor @ 3x Eisner Winner WWAC | Writer @ lots of places | She/Her | 30s | Queer | Profile pic by Gale Galligan
@quantumofsilliness.bsky.social
Nothing moore, nothing less, only #Bond. Author of QUANTUM OF SILLINESS - exploring the dafter side of #JamesBond 007 - available now! Formerly @TheTchaikovsky over on Xitter. #QuantumOfSilliness 🍸
@phantomcorsair.bsky.social
Toby - wittering about cars, technology, showtunes and other stuff since… ooh, ages ago.