Urmston Books & Board Games
Book shop and board game cafe in Urmston, Manchester. Find us at 72 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AB. urmstonbooks.co.uk
@robinince.bsky.social
Latest book - Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal out 1st May Robinince.com
@marnieriches.bsky.social
Small and noisy Mancunian. Writes crime fiction. Teaches creative writing. Does a lot of gardening (not a euphemism).
@herring1967.bsky.social
Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
@mrholness.bsky.social
Sunday Times Bestselling Author of GARTH MARENGHI’S TERRORTOME, INCARCERAT, Possum, Darkplace. Agents: RCW Literary Agency/Sophie Chapman Talent/SueTerryVoices
@chrischibnall.bsky.social
Sunday Times Top 5 Bestseller, Death at the White Hart, OUT NOW in hardback, ebook & audio. (US: 10 June) https://linktr.ee/ChrisChibnall Also showrunner & playwright: Broadchurch; Doctor Who; forthcoming Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials (Netflix)
@sammyborras.bsky.social
draw/ink/colour comics and zines :3 https://www.sammyborras.co.uk https://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras https://www.instagram.com/sammyborras/
@the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social
Subscribe now & get every issue delivered to your door! Get 6 issues for £1 here 👉 http://thephoenixcomic.co.uk
@jamesstayte.bsky.social
Children's illustrator. Creator of Gorebrah The Mightiest Chef In The Universe! (as seen in The Phoenix Comic) He/Him.
@bexhogan.bsky.social
Author of YA (NETTLE, BLACK HEAT and VIPER, VENOM & VULTURE) and young MG (BRONTE TEMPESTRA series). Probably daydreaming. Or napping.
@mjohnharrison.bsky.social
New novel: Serpent's Tail 2026, no title as yet Blog: https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/about
@hughraine.bsky.social
Cartoonist and writer. Illustrator, actor, photographer, biscuit baker, dad. Not in that order. Betty & The Yeti: Friends at First Fart from The Beano and Farshore is OUT NOW!
@geoffnelder.bsky.social
Award-free cyclist, former pedagogue, published writer of the surreal, science fiction, historical fantasy and short stories. Obsessed with writing about Malta & Gozo. Occasional fiction judge and editor.
@robertrutherford.bsky.social
Crime Writer repped by David Headley @ DHH. Also writes as Robert Scragg. Sunday Times bestseller SEVEN DAYS out now at https://tinyurl.com/yc6pf4bx
@vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social
Author: Q novels (from Bond franchise). Malabar House & Baby Ganesh agency series. The Girl in Cell A. Cricket mad. UCL Security & Crime Science. Website: www.vaseemkhan.com
@bforbutterflybooks.bsky.social
Independent bookshop based in Brooklands, Sale, Greater Manchester.
@helengaskell.bsky.social
Witch made out of twigs. I collect stories. Currently writing the GOV.UK Service Manual 9 to 5 for cash-money. Literary rep: The Soho Agency
@rashmiwriting.bsky.social
Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
@tommitchell.bsky.to
An enormous, destructive, and prehistoric children's author awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. THE FIRST KID IN SPACE out with HarperCollins March 13th!
@hachettebguk.bsky.social
🎲 Bringing the best games from Europe and Japan to the UK.
@rosdando.bsky.social
Level 42 ADHD chaos gremlin. Author, artist, teacher, and owned by three cats. 141 RAADS-R score. Ace and tired. A GIFT OF WORDS (middle grade contemporary fantasy) out now. A GIFT OF WILD out 25/08/25. Found in the wilds of Cumbria, UK
@janicehallett.bsky.social
Bestselling author of The Appeal, The Christmas Appeal, The Twyford Code, The Mysterious Case of The Alperton Angels and The Examiner 🦂🎓
@missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com
YA/Romance Author/Anthologist. LGBTQReads founder. Choices writer. Macaron aficionado. Next up: COME AS YOU ARE (Wednesday Books, 5/27/25) and FOR THE REST OF US (Quill Tree, 9/2/25). Rep: Patricia Nelson. She/her. Update your website.
@finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social
Autistic Working class 🏳️🌈 Writer, Artist, Editor, SEN TA & Tombstone Tourist 🪦 #AutumnMoonbeam #MegaMerle - out now! #ukteenchat #SCBWI #WriteMentor #Room204 One half of Word Witches editorial ✍️
@patchworkofregrets.bsky.social
I used to make comics on the internet, now I mostly get far too invested in advent calendars. I'm 'eruditebaboon' on all the other apps. www.eruditebaboon.co.uk
@telltales.bsky.social
More bookshelf than bookshop! I stock books for children. Smallest shop you’ll ever see, but the warmest welcome. ❤️📚
@mikebrooks668.bsky.social
That Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him. All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
@munkeypants.bsky.social
Children's illustrator & author of the GRIM FALLS ACADEMY and BAD UNITED series. Just illustrator of 100+ more!
@garyjames.bsky.social
Historian of sport, focusing on Manchester. Visiting Research Professor at NYU; Honorary Research Fellow at DMU. www.GJFootballArchive.com
@cazengland.bsky.social
The Stranger Beside Me; The Sinner; Truth Games; Betray Her; My Husband's Lies; Beneath the Skin Also writes as CE Rose: The Attic at Wilton Place; The Shadows of Rutherford House; The House on the Water's Edge;The House of Hidden Secrets
@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
@outsetgames.bsky.social
Publisher and distributor of board games, card games, and jigsaw puzzles. Offices and warehouses located in Canada 🇨🇦 the USA 🇺🇲 and the UK 🇬🇧 www.outsetmedia.com www.cheatwell.com www.cobblehillpuzzles.com
@bigbookend.bsky.social
Writers, books, small publishers, readers - that's what we are about! Here to engage with and platform writers, books and all things lit. Leeds Lit Fest founder partner. Champions Leeds, Yorkshire and the North.
@okaychloegreen.bsky.social
Festival Director at Thought Bubble. MA Illustration with Graphic Novel. Artist and Comic Creator. She/her. Manchester, UK | okaychloegreen.com
@littletigeruk.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning and best-selling children's books, from birth to young adult. Sign up to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/LittleTigerNewsletter
@northernconnection.bsky.social
A book podcast with a focus on the North through authors, book settings and publishers. www.linktr.ee/thenorthernconnectionpodcast
@beckreads.bsky.social
📚 Marketing and Publicity Director @saraband-books.bsky.social 🎧 @northernconnection.bsky.social host 📚 Co-lead and publicity @cbnnetwork.bsky.social
@cbnnetwork.bsky.social
Children’s Books North Network (CBNN) connects and supports published children’s writers, illustrators and publishing professionals living in the North and Scotland. Co-leads Emma Layfield and @beckreads.bsky.social www.linktr.ee/childrensbooksnorth
@rogueprintco.bsky.social
It’s Matt - an aspiring audiobook narrator that sells shirts. I wouldn’t follow me. Posts delete after about a week. www.rogueprintco.com
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
Award-winning author of the SCOTT JERICHO thrillers (KILLING JERICHO; JERICHO’S DEAD; BURYING JERICHO) and YA novels, including THE BOY I LOVE, BROKEN HEARTS AND ZOMBIE PARTS, and THE OUTRAGE among others https://linktr.ee/williamhusseyauthor
@creativesojung.bsky.social
Author-illustrator 🇰🇷🇬🇧 She/her BINNA’S DALGONA (Dial Books for Young Readers 2025) https://tinyurl.com/3m7bpcd3 Rep’d by Lydia Silver @da-childrens.bsky.social instagram.com/creativesojung sojungkimmccarthy.art
@dinoboy89.bsky.social
Former palaeontologist + publisher. Academic at City St George’s. Author with Little Tiger Press + Quarto. @SaintPodcast.bsky.social creator and host. Morbid Anatomy correspondent. https://linktr.ee/Dinoboy89
@richardduggan.bsky.social
Regional Editor North West at Newsquest. Oversee 13 titles including Bolton News, Lancs Telegraph, Warrington Guardian, Wirral Globe & Oldham Times. Lover of EastEnders, champagne, karaoke and local news (not necessarily in that order). Manchester📍
@2000ad.bsky.social
The Galaxy's Greatest Comic - in orbit every Wednesday! 🛒 Shop: http://shop.2000ad.com 📰 Newsletter: http://2000ad.com/thrillmail 🔊 Podcast: http://2000ad.com/podcast