The Writing Squad
Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
@adamjfarrer.bsky.social
Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
@inksweatandtears.co.uk
Online poetry magazine posting daily. We publish & review poetry, prose, filmpoems, word & image and print publish as IS&T Press. Editing internships. Posts by IB & Kate Birch. .
@litandphil.bsky.social
Newcastle's independent library, the Lit & Phil, is home to more than 200,000 books and music items, and has a rolling programme of events and activities. www.litandphil.org.uk
@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
@ironclad-creative.bsky.social
Networking, training and opportunities for writers and theatre makers. Based in #brighton, reaching the world.
@kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social
Sharing the adventure through words, wanderings and wonder. Patron @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social 20 - 23 November 2025 linktr.ee/kendalmountainbookfestival
@livetheatre.bsky.social
Official account for Live Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne - NE1 3DQ Champions of risk. Lovers of the new. An epic space for the voices of the future. https://www.live.org.uk/
@nawewriters.bsky.social
The National Association of Writers in Education advocates for Creative Writing as a subject, supporting writers & good practice in teaching & facilitation in all settings. Conference, journal & more.
@nclanews.bsky.social
The UK's only free events series bringing world-class writers to Newcastle University all year. Book your free ticket to attend: http://ncl.ac.uk/ncla #NCLAevents #WeAreNCL Director: Preti Taneja, FRSL - Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing
@screenyorkshire.bsky.social
The engine that drives the screen industries in Yorkshire https://linktr.ee/ScreenYorkshire
@womensprize.bsky.social
Charity changing the world through books written by women📚 Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction supported by Audible, Baileys, Findmypast 🔗 linktr.ee/womensprize
@newwritingnorth.bsky.social
The writing and reading development agency for the North of England.
@mcrwire.bsky.social
The best things to see, eat and do in and around Manchester. Contact us: [email protected].
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
Indie Publisher championing authors and stories based in Northern England. Specialising in genre and literary fiction. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
@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
@deadinkbookshop.bsky.social
An independent bookshop exclusively stocking independent publishers, based on Smithdown Road in Liverpool. https://linktr.ee/deadinkbookshop
@theforge.bsky.social
The Forge Literary Magazine publishes one prose piece a week. Literary excellence is our only criteria. https://forgelitmag.com/
@rosemetalpress.bsky.social
Rose Metal Press is a non-profit publisher specializing in the publication of hybrid genre books. Founded in 2006. Posts by co-founders Abby Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Check out our books and amazing authors here: www.rosemetalpress.com
@theoffingmag.bsky.social
Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities. theoffingmag.com
@arvonfoundation.bsky.social
The Home of Creative Writing. Writing courses and retreats online and at three UK countryside homes. https://linktr.ee/arvon_
@raremags.bsky.social
Magazines, books, stationery, coffee, Stockport. We are open. Tues - Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5. 5 Lower Hillgate, SK1 1JQ.
@nffr.bsky.social
(Closed for submissions) New Flash Fiction Review is an online magazine devoted to flash fiction. Read more: https://newflashfiction.com
@prototypepubs.bsky.social
London-based independent publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies & interdisciplinary projects, committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature. https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/
@whyiwrite.bsky.social
Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, former editor at John Murray, Academic at Cambridge Uni, event host and podcaster. I also write kidlit, short scripts, nonfiction essays, poems
@annierigby.bsky.social
Hope. Theatre. Darts. Music. Artistic Director of Unfolding Theatre Lives in the North East. @unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social
@ggaffa.bsky.social
Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org
@catharinemorris.bsky.social
Associate Editor and commissioning editor at The TLS (@thetls.bsky.social) - Biography, Memoir, Travel, Book History, Language. Freelance writer
@sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social
Our four theatres belong to this brilliant city. If it’s a great night out you’re after, you’ve come to right place. sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
@vickymwriter.bsky.social
British/Welsh Poet, editor, teacher, neurodivergent jack of creative trades, mentor of emerging young writers, founder www.hivesouthyorkshire.com | www.vickymorris.co.uk
@orangetreetheatre.bsky.social
🍊 An award-winning local theatre with a global reputation - experience world-class classics, rediscoveries and new writing in-the-round. 🎟 orangetreetheatre.co.uk • 020 8940 3633
@abicurtiswriter.bsky.social
Professor of Creative Writing York St John University . Writer of fiction and poetry .
@iowawriterswksp.bsky.social
The Program in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa
@traversetheatre.bsky.social
Champion of stories and storytellers. Registered Scottish Charity (SC002368) This account is monitored Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm.
@katefeld.bsky.social
Poet and writer of hybrid/experimental prose. Journalism lecturer at the University of Salford. Vermonter in Manchester, UK. Debut chapbook DEERYARD out with Death of Workers Whilst Building Skyscrapers. katefeld.com
@contactmcr.bsky.social
🎭Manchester Arts Centre 🎟️Theatre•Art•Music•Events 🥂Food•Drink•Co-working•Hires 👉DMs not monitored 24/7, email [email protected]
@helenpidd.bsky.social
Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Contact me in confidence [email protected]
@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth. Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
@manlitphil.bsky.social
We’re here to make you think. And think again. Our creatively curated event programme gets under the skin of today’s most pressing issues and stimulating subject matter. www.manlitphil.ac.uk
@garrylyons.bsky.social
Playwright, TV writer, producer. National Theatre, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, HBO. RTS award for LEAH'S TRIALS. Most recent project: BLOW DOWN at Leeds Playhouse. Agent: alanbrodie.com Website: garrylyons.co.uk
@alphabettitheatre.bsky.social
Open Wed - Sat 11am - 10pm. Award winning, artist-led studio theatre with a banging bar. St. James Boulevard, Newcastle. linktr.ee/alphabettitheatre
@hattrickprod.bsky.social
One of the UK's most successful Independent Production Companies. Makers of Smoggie Queens, Have I Got News For You, Derry Girls, Bloodlands, Hypothetical, Stuck, Mastermind & more.
@20storieshigh.bsky.social
Everybody’s got a story to tell... and their own way of telling it...
@boxoftrickstheatre.bsky.social
Manchester theatre company. The play makers. Every story told. Every voice heard. https://boxoftrickstheatre.co.uk
@pilottheatre.bsky.social
National & international touring theatre company creating unforgettable theatre for younger audiences.
@writersguildgb.bsky.social
The UK trade union for writers in TV, film, theatre, audio, books, poetry, comedy, animation and videogames Join us! www.writersguild.org.uk
@afshandl.bsky.social
writer of TV, plays & poetry - WGGB rep for Manchester - co-chair of board at Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester - represented by MMB Creative - funny (my mum says so) - - all views & typos my own - 🍉 she/they