Adam Staten's Starter Pack
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@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@neglectedbooks.com
Brad Bigelow, writer and editor of neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten path. Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press: www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
@whimsicalmuse.bsky.social
Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, winter lover, October devotee, cat rescuer, macaron maker, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and Oxford comma enthusiast.
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
@bigbeardedbookseller.com
a shambling lump of ennui with a beard, tattoos, and cat 📖 Reframing Women Printmakers 📖 How To Survive Camping 📚 91/52 http://www.bigbeardedbookseller.com https://www.instagram.com/big.bearded.bookseller
@bertsbooks.bsky.social
Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk
@ofalafel.bsky.social
Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social
Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
@thebookseller.com
At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
@mattpope.bsky.social
Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme. Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte. Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE. He/Him 🏺
@loreandordure.com
Smallholder, writer, erstwhile vetn'ry, PhD student, ADHD+, trainee lexicographer & alleged Pratchett witch. Photographer and digital/analogue miniaturist. Long Covid victim. She/they. Writes at https://loreandordure.com/ 🐘 @antinomy@prattle.org.uk
@janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social
Writer (Secrets of the Bees out in Jun 2025; Black Crescent, White Hare, Sea Gate etc), publisher (GRRM, Hobb, Feist, Lawrence, Heartfield, Kaner, ex Tolkien), allotmenteer. History. Morocco/Cornwall. Covid is airborne 💙📚 #Writing #Books #FBPE
@megalithic.bsky.social
Megaliths and✨SO MUCH✨more. Browse our🗿WORLDWIDE 📜 ancient site 🗺️ map/database/gallery. 🪨 Early Prehistory🏺to 1100CE 🏛️ Andy B posting✨ Main site: https://www.megalithic.co.uk Everything else: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/linktree/
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social
Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
@bexbookaholic.bsky.social
Book-obsessed, theatre-loving feminist with a liberal outlook on life. Mental health champion. Award winning book blogger. https://bookaholicbex.wordpress.com/
@boothicus.bsky.social
Bioarchaeologist. Amateur Scarecrow. Ancient DNA Lab @ The Francis Crick Institute
@societyofauthors.bsky.social
The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. Fighting for a nicer industry since 1884. #societyofauthors Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training ✒️https://authr.uk/sp40
@drtobydriver.bsky.social
🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
@paulecohen.bsky.social
Historian of France, the Atlantic world, language, food. Squirrelly cyclist, slowfooted defenseman, working dad. A stranger in a strange century. https://utoronto.academia.edu/PaulCohen
@drangelabuckley.bsky.social
Crime historian and author. Victorian crime, police detectives and history of forensic science. New book: The Bermondsey Murder. Rep Past Preservers. Also languages, literature, genealogy and travel. CWA Chapter convenor http://drangelabuckley.substack.com
@ratherbereading.bsky.social
Katharine: Celt. Charity worker. Ink drinker & word wrangler of dark fiction Book Reviewer: Historical Novel Society. Short story published Bloody St Albans 22 Top 100: Cheshire Novel Prize 23 Mum to a neurodivergent tribe.
@drlindaporter.bsky.social
Tudor and Stuart historian. Author of six books, most recent a biography of Henry VIII's misunderstood and maligned elder sister, Margaret Tudor. Historical consultant and broadcaster. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
@danherb10.bsky.social
Me? Prehistory. Normans. New Model Army. Killing Joke. Asterix. Folklore. Arsenal. University Library Buildings Development Manager. Neurodivergent. Cursed by MECFS. #MDANT
@lyndasbookreviews.bsky.social
Book blogger 💙📚 2026 CWA Daggers Judge Dog and Cat lover 🐈⬛🐕🦺 Theatre Goer 🎭 https://linktr.ee/Lyndaanne
@thebhp.bsky.social
History with the fun bits left in. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com
@alcs.co.uk
We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing authors and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977 www.alcs.co.uk
@connieschultz.bsky.social
Columnist, novelist, j-prof. NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Children’s book, Lola and the Troll. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I love Sherrod Brown. https://connieschultz.substack.com/
@rpayne.bsky.social
Early literacy librarian, SLJ columnist, Horn Book board book reviewer, play advocate, and debut author of Let's Rumble from Rise x Penguin Workshop (July 2025). Rep: Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Lit. She/they RachelGPayne.com
@lukesblog1.bsky.social
💻 Book blogger who tweets almost exclusively about banging (and not so banging) books!
@ideasroadshow.bsky.social
🎬 Intelligent. Inquisitive. International. 🎥 Filmmakers combining unlimited curiosity & meticulous research 📚 Plus lots of books, essays & podcasts 🚘 Website: https://ideasroadshow.com
@halfbakedprompts.bsky.social
Random story stuff to get you writing. Run the gauntlet by responding to all 150 prompts, found here -> https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5czgnb5wwkj2jlu7mdqciavg/feed/aaahxs3zqd77m
@quickbookreviews.bsky.social
I’m Philippa, I love books & biscuits. I host the Quick Book Reviews Podcast, with author interviews & honest book reviews - no spoilers. I’m the 8th top book podcast in the world, source: 1 million podcasts Email: quickbookreviews@outlook.com
@grovedigger.bsky.social
International Man of Prehistory. Post Doc in the streets, Post-Ex in the (context) sheets. Archaeology and Metalwork. A man of dreadful aspect and sorry footwear. therestlessforge.ghost.io
@bethlewis.bsky.social
Writer of all things crime, thriller, historical, weird & wonderful. The Wolf Road, Origins of Iris, THE RUSH (June 12th 2025) She/her. Rep: David Headley at DHH. http://bethlewis.co.uk
@jamiewestauthor.co.uk
The West End’s Murder Mystery Writer 🎭 Author and CWA member 🔎 I write murder mysteries set in 1930s theatre-land 📖 🇬🇧🏳️🌈 links.jamiewest.co.uk
@wulfgarthebard.bsky.social
I work in archaeology and data science in Scotland. https://journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.5334/jcaa.166
@indiepressnetwork.bsky.social
A network of indie presses working together to celebrate and improve the publishing industry
@mirandasbookscape.bsky.social
Bookblogger 📚 House plant enthusiast 🪴 Crafting fanatic 🪡 Have a love for Fantasy, Sci-fi, Thriller and Historical fiction 📚 https://linktr.ee/mirandasbookscape
@lrp.blog
Truth above Delusion, Growth above Comfort, Wisdom and Knowledge above all. 📚 ❯ 🦆 ❯ #Birder, Husband & Blogger. 🐦 Staring at a talking box is not for me 😳📺 Proud Gen Xer. Writing over at... lrp.blog 📧 p@lrp.blog
@lotusbooks.bsky.social
Writer and Book Blogger, love to read crime, historical and literary fiction. Member of Squad POD Collective. Review requests to lotustherapylincs@outlook.com Visit website www.lotuswritingtherapy.com
@hermiteveryday.bsky.social
Artist, writer, crow friend, hugger of trees, saver of spiders. Encouraging dreamers and believing in fairies. https://bio.site/thehermitofeverything
@wetdarkandwild.bsky.social
Loves books & blogs about them at For Winter Nights, not as much as I should. Judge: HWA Gold Crown. Former digger, now tied to desk, loves nature, history, crochet, jigsaws, spaceships. Pro cycling addict. In Oxford, UK.
@jrbale.bsky.social
Author, Father, Professor, MBA, Photographer, Concerned Human in NJ. I support fellow writers. www.JRBale.com I do not respond to DMs.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@adamstaten.bsky.social
Historical novelist and non-fiction author. NHS GP. Ex-British army. Author of the Honour Bound Trilogy published by Sharpe Books. Books1 & 2 out now! https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CVRSPYB7 www.adamstaten.com