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Photographer Artist Researcher Runner Outdoor Soul posting #photoaday
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Creative Director Kala Sangam / Bradford Arts Centre. Chair of West Yorkshire Music Hub. Board member balletLORENT & Bradford Producing Hub. Dad. Otleynesian. Bradvocate.
@mayorofwy.bsky.social
First elected Mayor of West Yorkshire. First woman to hold a Metro Mayor role in England. Building a brighter West Yorkshire that works for all.
@ledbydonkeys.org
Art, Activism and Accountability https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@impressions-gallery.com
Impressions Gallery is a charity that helps people understand the world through photography and acts as an agent for change. Visit our gallery in Bradford, UK City of Culture 2025. https://linktr.ee/ImpGalleryPhoto
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'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher. www.bloodaxebooks.com
@pnreview.bsky.social
The UK's most stimulating literary journal, where the many worlds of poetry converse. Published by @carcanet.bsky.social. Subscribe here: http://goo.gl/QNqGCH 🔗 https://linktr.ee/pnreview
@timetchells.bsky.social
Artist. Language. Performance. Forced Entertainment. www.timetchells.com www.forcedentertainment.com London.
@pollyrowena.bsky.social
Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Basic Nest Architecture Much with Body Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
@stockportnoir.bsky.social
Crime fiction festival in the North West. Saturday 31st January 2026 at Stockport Masonic Guildhall
@northernfiction.bsky.social
We are a radical publishing collective of over 30 independent publishers that showcases creativity and diversity. Head to our website to browse publishers and find your new favourite book: http://northernfictionalliance.com/
@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social
A University of Manchester (@uniofmanchester.bsky.social) research platform, developing and championing interdisciplinary research in Creativity and Creative practices. https://linktr.ee/uomcreativemcr
@leedslitfest.bsky.social
14th - 22nd June 2025. Returning for its seventh year, the city’s award-winning festival of words aims to bring together, and help develop, the city’s literary scene, with writers, poets and performers from Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond! #LLF25
@godzillakent.bsky.social
Working Class Poet/Writer | Publisher of @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social | The Working Classic (2023, the87press) | Awen Medal | Stroke Survivor | he/him | Agent: Kate Rizzo (Greene & Heaton)
@carcanet.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CarcanetPress
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018 Website: brokensleepbooks.com
@smokelong.bsky.social
Dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web, by widely published authors or those new to the craft. Est.2003. Paying up to $150. www.smokelong.com. No Trump supporters.
@hjfeathers.bsky.social
Director, England North @heritagefund.org.uk Trustee @henrymoorefoundation Passionate about Art, Nature & Heritage
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Artistic Director at C&T and Prospero.digital. Husband. Dad. Applied Theatre. Digital. Research.
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Manc independent publisher with a conscience. M.D. Isabelle Kenyon 2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year! Sustainable, political and accessible www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
@shehlaa.bsky.social
Founder of About M.E. on a good day I fly my drone.➡️🧠 FND. Using Tech/Digital to help make invisible illnesses visible. Views my own. #MillionsMissing https://linktr.ee/Shehla_
@anthonyburgess.bsky.social
What's it going to be then, eh? All things Anthony Burgess from his Estate and Archive in Manchester, UK. www.anthonyburgess.org
@commapress.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements. Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
@andotherstories.bsky.social
Not-for-profit press led by readers, writers & translators. Consider subscribing to help us take publishing risks. http://andotherstories.org/subscriptions/
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
Publisher of Caribbean and Black British books. Proudly decolonising bookshelves since 1985.
@poetrybusiness.bsky.social
Smith|Doorstop Books • New Poets List • International Book & Pamphlet Competition • New Poets Prize • Writer Development Agency https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/
@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues. Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Dr Rachel Lichtenstein https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
@floracarr.bsky.social
Writer. Debut novel THE TOWER (2024) Hutchinson Heinemann/ Doubleday.
@grizonne.bsky.social
Queer, neurodivergent Manchester poet, performer, zine-maker, and workshop facilitator 🐝 Poems in Atrium, Banshee, Butcher's Dog, Dust, Magma, The North, Under the Radar. First collection, 'A love the weight of an animal', coming soon from Confingo 😊
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@jobellwriter.bsky.social
Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out with HarperNorth in summer '25. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
@sarahjanemcr.bsky.social
Avid reader. Festival lover. Coffee drinker. Wanderer. Passionate about storytelling, the arts, people and our planet. @Mcrlitfest.bsky.social Co-Director 📚
@mcrlitfest.bsky.social
Save the dates for our 20th Festival! #MLF25 runs 10-26 October 2025. www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
@bethdaviespoet.bsky.social
Sheffield Poet Laureate 2024-6. The Pretence of Understanding published 2023 by The Poetry Business. Librarian by day. Appreciator of pretty skies and dogs in little coats.
@manchesterreview.bsky.social
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing. https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
@inpressbooks.bsky.social
Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks
@isabellekenyon.bsky.social
Editor & #bookmarketing consultant 📚 Poet and Novelist. M.D. @fly_press & #NorthernFictionAlliance Coordinator. Novel The Dark Within Them out March 2024🔥
@jallenpaisant.bsky.social
Poet. Winner of the TS Eliot Prize. THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS out now. Jamaican striver 🇯🇲.
@peninternational.bsky.social
Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.
@lewisbrownpoet.bsky.social
Writer, performer, creative freelancer and proprietor of the Spooky Poet Club. Website: https://lewisbrownpoet.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewisbrownpoet/
@otsfestival.bsky.social
Celebrating books, words, and ideas. We’re one of the UK’s longest-running literary festivals, delivered by @sheffielduni.bsky.social 🌐 offtheshelf.org.uk