The FolkLore Press
Publishing the poetry, illustrations and writings of Stephen G. Rae, Druid and poet, alias the Bard of Cumberland; tales from Scotland and northern England
@fawnlorn.bsky.social
• Artist from the Lake District, England. • Inspired by folklore and nature. 🌿 www.fawnlorn.com
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
New book The Place of Tides (Allen Lane) now in all good bookshops
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild. Especially love solitary bees, bumblebees. And Dippers! Art. Poetry. Cornwall. Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indy publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal. Based in West Dorset www.littletoller.co.uk Instagram / @littletollerbooks
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013 Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995 www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
@doctoroxford.com
Palliative care doctor 🩺 Author (The Story of a Heart, Breathtaking, Dear Life etc) 📚 Co-founder Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝 www.doctoroxford.com
@davegoulson.bsky.social
Scientist, specializing in bumblebees. Author of various books about insects. Trying to save the planet one bee at a time.
@likewinterblue.bsky.social
Book peddler, book reviewer, book hoarder, academic and freelance writer.
@bookendscarlisle.bsky.social
Indie bookshops, family owned & run; one mega-sized in Carlisle, t'other tiny-ish in Keswick + Cumbrian titles & signed editions at www.bookscumbria.com. + partners in Words by the Water festival in Keswick [Mar12-16 in 25]
@geoffcox.bsky.social
Working class author (memoir, NNF and folk-horror), better kept outdoors (whatever the weather) and well watered. Ageing runner with a passion for words, wild places and archeology. "Traceless" 2020 Currently querying memoir "A Skin Too Thin"
@suecumbria.bsky.social
Cumbrian cultural historian, folkie and writer. Here for intelligent conversation, Romanticism, social history of long nineteenth century, dialect, folklore… and cats, of course. https://independent.academia.edu/SueAllan1
@katiescribbles.bsky.social
❄️ THE EDGE OF SOLITUDE ❄️ / WHITE GHOSTS (2023) / MY NAME IS MONSTER (2019) / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
@heatherthomasuk.bsky.social
Owner of Westwood Books in Sedbergh, England's official Booktown www.westwoodbooks.co.uk
@braithwaiteshop.bsky.social
Award winning village shop in the heart of Braithwaite.Local produce, cafe, groceries, offlicence Insta: thevillageshopbraithwaite
@wildlakeland.bsky.social
Ecology | Botany | Conservation | Grasslands | Wetlands | Trees... 🌿 🐝 🦗 🦋🪻 Capturing the Lake District and beyond through the changing seasons. 📍Northern Lake District, Cumbria www.wildlakeland.com enquiries@wildlakeland.co.uk
@countrystride.bsky.social
www.countrystride.co.uk - celebrating the landscapes, culture, heritage and people of Cumbria and the Lake District. Produced by David Felton and presented by Mark Richards
@postalpathsguy.bsky.social
Author of books on UK footpaths. My book, Postal Paths, is due out April 2025 detailing the route used by rural postmen and women in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Follow me if you love walking footpaths. https://linktr.ee/postalpaths
@jbbanks.bsky.social
We are a friendly, family run hardware store based in Cockermouth, Cumbria. We've almost 200 years of experience and have a traditional, heritage museum in the back. https://www.jbbanks.co.uk/
@drfrond.bsky.social
Historian. Buildings, design, nature, landscape, gardens. Wrote ‘George Oatley: Architect of Bristol’, and ‘Fern Fever: The Story of Pteridomania’ among other books. Now writing social and cultural history of bracken in Cumbria. Mainly on Instagram.
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating. uk.bookshop.org
@discovercumbria.bsky.social
http://discovercumbria.co.uk Always happy to retweet Cumbria events and photos.
@patrickbarkham.bsky.social
Guardian Natural History Writer, author of The Swimmer – the Wild Life of Roger Deakin, Wild Child, Islander, Badgerlands, The Butterfly Isles and a few others. President of Norfolk Wildlife Trust. Special interests: butterflies, trees, restoring nature.
@emmascottjewellery.com
Artisan jeweller precious metals, enamel and gemstones. Whimsical and nature inspired designs based in Cumbria. Emmascottjewellery.com
@moragperkinsphoto.com
Photographer, mostly film, mostly plants. Looking straight into the light with the lens wide open. Also occasionally touching on disability, MECFS, and rare types of diabetes (specifically MODY) She/her Glasgow, Scotland www.moragperkinsphoto.com
@drawnbybadgers.bsky.social
Inspired by animals, birds and sometimes plants, I am a sculptor working mainly with wool. Also interested in medieval bestiaries and history in general (but not battles)
@inkydogstudio.bsky.social
UK based artist and printmaker Author of Nature Imprinted - a guide to linocut printing www.inkydogstudio.com
@claireleach.bsky.social
She/Her • Artist • Inspired by landscape and nature with particular focus on woodlands • http://claireleach.com | http://instagram.com/claire_l_leach
@npitchford.bsky.social
Immigrant. Winner of the inaugural Nature Chronicles Prize (2022). She/her. In Northern California on unceded Coast Miwok land.
@faerylandgrasmere.bsky.social
The world famous Faeryland Grasmere. Tea garden, rowing boat hire & Faery magic in the Lake District since 1875.
@tamsintheshed.bsky.social
Grown from nature, receiving wonder, creating stories in glass. https://linktr.ee/TamsinAbbott?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=a810bede-44b7-4760-b2fd-cb5693636342
@tonyjuniper.bsky.social
Nature recovery. Writer. Chair Natural England. Fellow CISL. Chair Cool Earth. Council Member Fauna & Flora. Former Friends of the Earth, Wildlife Trusts, WWF, BirdLife International. www.tonyjuniper.com
@pinemartenpress.bsky.social
Raising money for charities with art!🐈🌿 Exploring the cyanotype process and drawing cute animals!🐇✨ Dm for a commission! 🫐🔆 Find my shop! www.pinemartenpress.shop
@grasdialectplays.bsky.social
Researching & sharing information about the extraordinary village plays performed in Grasmere from 1893 to 1937. Most were written and produced by Eleanor Rawnsley (nee Simpson); all were in Westmorland dialect. #LakeDistrict #Cumbria #GrasmereDialectPlays
@profdavidmorley.bsky.social
Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
@storyvillebooks.bsky.social
Storyville Books is located in Pontypridd, South Wales, and are the town's only independent bookshop selling new books.
@lakelandwalker.bsky.social
Hiking the fells of Lakeland, Yorkshire and the North of England.
@drpennybradshaw.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Cumbria, specialising in Literary Landscapes. Writing ‘An A-Z of Beatrix Potter’ for Bloomsbury Academic. Programme Leader for ‘MA Literature, Romanticism, and the Lake District’ at Ambleside.
@inkfishmagazine.bsky.social
Magazine & Press edited by @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @petermcallister.bsky.social | short fiction | flash | non-fiction | concrete, vispo, experimental | prose, poetry & hybrid chapbooks https://inkfishmag.com
@lakesstiles.bsky.social
'gradually the sense of disappointment wears away' Shap, this account, etc Mainly here for stiles, clouds and general nonsense.
@johnmanningpct.bsky.social
Outdoor writer and editor, long distance walker (kinda), father, Beach Boys nut and Whovian (kinda). www.outdoorsmanning.com
@annalarssonstudio.bsky.social
Artist 🎨 writer | Art, creativity, meditation | 🌱Created the #ArtYear challenge 🌞 Mission: To spread joy through art & support each other🌱 | Former architect | Sweden born, US based | Fave pigment: PB28 | Fun fact: Loves pygmy owls 🦉
@luwrites.bsky.social
I write books. Sometimes win awards. Crop circle chaser. Myth lover. Collector of folklore. Here for the magic. https://www.patreon.com/Writingthemagic
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/) 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
@themerl.bsky.social
We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. Website ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/ Merch ➡️ https://merl-shop.co.uk/ Podcast ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
@inspiredbylakeland.bsky.social
Publisher, long-distance walker, podcaster. We make award-winning books and gifts. Proud to publish Lakeland Book of the Year 2020 & 2023.
@dredhenderson.bsky.social
Mostly historic buildings but also occasional landscapes of North Cumbria.
@philiphartigan.bsky.social
I'm a printmaker and painter, born in the UK, now in Tucson, USA. Former art journalist (Hyperallergic, Time Out), art teacher (Columbia College Chicago), and lifelong cat lover.
@kyletwebster.bsky.social
Artist, educator, author, digital brush wizard (proudly working at Procreate). Founder (and seller) of KyleBrush. Creator of Lines of Zen, the first meditative drawing app. http://kyleTwebster.com