Word Crafters and Literature Lovers
Authors, poets and other creative artists as well as indie booksellers, book reviewers and others in the literary world whom I'm following. This is an updated list to the Creative Writers of Canada I posted last week.
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@chyx-xyng.bsky.social
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize: Larks (Ohio U Press, 2025). What Pecan Light (BCP, 2021). Co-Editor: @riverriverbooks.bsky.social EIC: @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social Host: @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social Southern. PhD Duke. they/them. Durham, NC. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸
@judedoyle.bsky.social
"Be Not Afraid," with Lisandro Estherren, is due June 4 from Boom! Studios. "DILF: Did I Leave Feminism," is coming from Melville House in October 2025. Pre-order it here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801936/dilf-by-jude-doyle/
@buriedinprint.bsky.social
📚📝🔁 Work: Chicago and LA Reviews of Books, EVENT, Literary Ladies, prism international, The Temz Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and World Literature Today. Member: @bookcritics
@junctionreads.bsky.social
Toronto Prose Reading Series (online & in person) May 25: In person at TYPE Books Junction May 29: The First Thirty Louise Ells 📚📇 www.junctionreads.ca Opinions shared are Alison's.
@lorri.bsky.social
writer (poetry/essays), editor, instructor, researcher, prof emerita, ex-poet laureate, RRMetis #womannotlady #NovaScotia #Ukings #MSVU #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦 —-NO DMs please. None—-
@cavershambooks.bsky.social
North America's leading bookstore specializing in mental health, psychology, education, and related subjects. Visit us in Toronto's Harbord Village, or online at https://www.cavershambooksellers.com/
@fishgottaswim.bsky.social
a devotee of essays, novellas, hybrid writing, rivers, trees. 17 books. Let A Body Venture At Last Out of its Shelter forthcoming (Thornapple Press, 2026). North American half of fishgottaswimeditions.com theresakishkan.com
@candietanaka.bsky.social
#Writer Trans (They/He) Hāfu ハーフ @anvilpress @guernica_ed @orcabook #Artist #Librarian on Stolen Indigenous land | BFA Emily Carr University | MFA University of Alberta | SFU Creative Writing | BCIT New Media |
@laurairock.bsky.social
Reading, writing, walking in Ontar-i-air-i-air-io (Can-Am). Author of a short story collection (MOTHERISH), essays & more TK. ED of the Literary Press Group of Canada (association of independent literary publishers). Posts are mine, not theirs. She/her
@laurasergeant.bsky.social
🇨🇦Writer/Poet/Pushcart Prize Nom. Former kids mental health social worker. Exercise nerd. ‘90s indie rocker. WIP=midlife memoir. Carbon-conscious. Green thumb. Ally. Kindness matters website: laurasergeant.com 🌈 ♿️
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
Human poet/artist. New book NMLCT: POEMS from ECW Press this Sept. Professor at Sheridan College. Senior editor at Wolsak and Wynn. Editor-in-chief at The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. wererabbit on Bandcamp. https://linktr.ee/paulvermeersch
@clairecameron.bsky.social
Author of How to Survive Bear Attack, out now — Recently in The Globe & Mail, Outside Magazine, and The New York Times. I write about wild things, I run, I read. 🍁 https://www.claire-cameron.com
@mbatiz.bsky.social
Mexican-Canadian writer, professor & translator based in the Greater Toronto Area. Book, music & animal lover. Mother of three. “A Daughter’s Place,” my first novel, is ready to preorder through your favourite bookseller! Published by House of Anansi Press
@kkuitenbrouwer.bsky.social
Writer. Wait Softly Brother (Giller longlist), All the Broken Things (nominated for Canada Reads, Toronto Book Awards), Perfecting, The Nettle Spinner (nominated for Amazon First Novel Award, ReLit Prize), Way Up (Danuta Gleed Award). UToronto Prof.
@hollay.bsky.social
Writes. Mothers. Neurodiverges. Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. 📚: Fuse (CNF), Rebellion Box (poems), Widow Fantasies (stories). Co-host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. Host of 105.5 HITS FM Bookclub. NBN host. www.hollayghadery.com
@biancaspence.bsky.social
Word nerd. Balletomane. Cat lady. Fashion plate. Bit of a foodie. Runner. Your close personal friend.
@rinapalumbo.bsky.social
Ph.D. (JHU - history); Italian-Canadian expat. Writer, Editor, avid reader. Writing in Hopkins Review, Identity Theory, Ghost Parachute, et al. https://rinapalumbowriter.com/ EIC Third Street Review https://third-street-review.org/
@carolynsmart.bsky.social
Poet, editor, obsessive walker, grieving, talks to trees. New book coming 2026 from Book*hug. carolynsmartediting.ca
@rollwithheather.bsky.social
Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
@juliapoly.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Communication & Media Studies, Memorial University, Newfoundland | Feminist Archives & Tech | Artist Archives & Networks | Digital Archives | Critical DH | Curator-poet-critic | they/she
@njcullen.bsky.social
She/her. Writer of poetry & fiction. Sometimes a proofreader. Ridiculous about my dog. Most recent: NOTHING WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE, THE WESTERN ALIENATION MERIT BADGE, both with Wolsak & Wynn. 🏳️🌈
@natehendley.bsky.social
Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1. Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d My website: www.natehendley.ca
@sokhan.bsky.social
Writer. Debut novel “Drinking the Ocean” coming out 2025. Stories in “Best Canadian Stories” and other publications. Website: www.saadomarkhan.com
@yukondawn.bsky.social
Poet. Yukoner. Knitter. Book hoarder. Author of Northerny (University of Alberta Press, 2024). Reviewing older books alongside new stuff at https://reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/
@sebastianlwrites.bsky.social
Writer of creative nonfiction. My personal essays explore fertility, feminism, and the Catholic faith.🇨🇦🇮🇹 Hamilton, ON. She/her.
@kategies.bsky.social
writer/educator/cat enthusiast Author of IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL TO BE FINISHED: A MEMOIR OF MY BODY (Simon & Schuster) linktr.ee/kategies
@skimber.bsky.social
Author of 14 books: "The Phelan Feud: The Bitter Struggle for Control of a Great Canadian Food Empire," "The Sweetness in the Lime," "Alexa: Changing the Face of Canadian Politics," "Bitcoin Widow," etc. Cohort Director, University of King's College MFA.
@beingkirti.bsky.social
she/her Author of An Astonishment of Stars (ECW Press 2024)✨💕✨ Living and writing in Calgary - Treaty 7 www.beingkirti.com
@barbararadecki.bsky.social
Novelist (THE DARKHOUSE, MESSENGER 93), Screenwriter, Creative Writing Instructor at UofT SCS, agent: Sam Hiyate @TheRightsFactory 🇨🇦
@nikkireimer.bsky.social
Your favourite Baba Yaga's favourite Baba Yaga. Digital comms in higher ed, MA in Comms student, grief writer, cat guardian. Latest book: No Town Called We (Talon Books, 2023) Poet, artist, white queer non-binary disabled settler in Treaty 7.
@sunsoar25.bsky.social
Librarian, Reader, Book Blogger, Postcrosser, Geek, Cat Lover, INTJ, Leo, She/Her https://never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/
@ajdolman.bsky.social
They/she. Writer, editor, goldstar #bisexual. Shhh...I'm reading. Poetry collection Crazy / Mad: https://www.gordonhillpress.com/products/crazy-mad
@trinyfinlay.bsky.social
Queer & genderfluid settler poet & writer 🏳️🌈 Prof at UNB Fredericton (English & Creative Writing)📚Author of Myself A Paperclip etc. she/they 🫖🧶🌊
@kellysthompson.bsky.social
Kellysthompson.com Author of #memoirs STILL, I CANNOT SAVE YOU (2023) & GIRLS NEED NOT APPLY (2019). Instructor at King’s U nonfiction MFA. Canadian Forces Veteran. Bull terrier mom. Dreamer. Ally & safe space She/Her
@cmsouaid.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, visual artist. 11 books including This Side of Light: Selected Poems (2022) & Looking for Her (2024). Montreal/Tiohtià:ke 🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp www.carolynmariesouaid.com
@cindyphanauthor.com
A human going | Best of the Net Nom | Pushcart Nom | Stories in Augur Magazine, khōréō magazine, Baffling Magazine & more | Bi | She/her 🩷💜💙🐩🇨🇦 cindyphanauthor.com Banner: a black standard poodle with a big topknot lounges on a stair landing.
@cristallesmith.bsky.social
Poet. Mother. Writer. PhD from University of Calgary. Poetry book: Invisible Lives.
@veronicagaylie.bsky.social
Writer from Canada. People and planet. MFA '24 Creative non-fiction King's College Halifax. www.veronicagaylie.com Instagram: @veronicagaylie veronicagaylie.substack.com
@alyciacalvert.bsky.social
(She/Her) 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ | #Typos | Writes weird hybridy things | EIC @HarperPalate | Res '22 & '24 | MFA '22 | PhD '26 | @hecatemagazine @thebansheejournal @writersrebel 🇵🇸🇨🇩 https://linktr.ee/alycia.calvert
@elliefou.bsky.social
writer, reader, medical historian. they/them. sometimes i talk about 🇨🇦 politics. my animal crossing passport reads 'teary-eyed intellectual' and yeah that about sums me up. married to @boyz4now.bsky.social 💍🌈
@finalboyo.bsky.social
Writer. | fantasy x sci-fi x horror | #wip trio of novels + story collection: 🐉🐞🌌 ☸️| Please treat your souls as precious | DylanOrosz.com // Zsoro.org
@karensmythe.bsky.social
Writer. Author of novels This Side of Sad (Goose Lane, 2017) and A Town with No Noise (forthcoming from Palimpsest Press, 2025).
@jordanloyalshort.bsky.social
Fantasy novelist, dog petter, big time nerd. Dragon Reich: a band of lovable misfits races to stop a sinister secret society of dragon supremacists from plunging the world into war. Dragon nazis, magical tumors, & laugh out loud thrills!
@specificityarchives.com
Filmmaker Author | SPSFC Quarter-finalist. Sloth on the run www.specificityarchives.com
@lisarichter.bsky.social
Poet, writer, and educator based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada (she/her). Author of Nautilus and Bone (2020), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, and Closer to Where We Began (2017). www.lisarichter.org
@ariel-gordon.bsky.social
Winnipeg/Treaty 1-based writer, editor & enthusiast. Latest: Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest w/Wolsak & Wynn. Mudlarker. Copy editor at Winnipeg Free Press.
@jivanel.bsky.social
Author/Playwright/Composer- (in part, of the award-winning series, the JUST (e)STATE mysteries (whodunnits) and the musical Rough Notes. See more at linktr.ee/j.ivanel - Living with (dis)Ability.
@aliciaandrz.bsky.social
assistant prof. of Shakespeare | book: “queer pregnancy in Shakespeare’s plays” | proud CUNY alum | bylines: Chronicle, Boston Globe, LA Review of Books, Electric Lit, Catapult, American Theatre, LitHub, Huffington Post, etc aliciaandrzejewskiphd.com
@s17-c.bsky.social
Writing Canadian fiction, about a time travelling family band, an ode to Canadian music and a look at how history repeats itself, and the healing power of music.I love to run.
@teretha111.bsky.social
Best-selling author of the thriller #NoWhereToLand. ⚡️BookLife Editor's Pick.Director, producer, screenwriter, film editor, actress, and singer. https://www.amazon.com/NOWHERE-LAND-Teretha-Houston-ebook/dp/B0B4F8QFR3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3P5J5PHV teretha.com
@hcnewton.bsky.social
A fanboy sounding my bookish yawp over the roofs of the Internet.
@tarasidhoofraser.bsky.social
Author of WHEN MY GHOST SINGS from Arsenal Pulp Press. tarasidhoofraser.com
@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
@alethearlyons.bsky.social
SFF Writer | Author of the dark fantasy Seer of York series published by @BrigidsGatePress.bsky.social | Cyberfae Legend of the Bard coming June 2026 from @NorthodoxPress.bsky.social | Ze/She | Trans Rights are Human Rights | BLM linktr.ee/alethearlyons
@sharonberg.bsky.social
Poetry: 3 books/ 3 chapbooks; Short Fiction: 1; CNF: 1 FN history 2020 IPPY Nonfiction Award/ Finalist: 2022 International Book Awards Resident Interviewer at The tEmz Review (London, ON, Canada) https://sharonbergauthor.wixsite.com/my-site #fiction #poet
@sampeil.bsky.social
writer. teacher. mother. #amquerying zombies ♾️ she/her/hers. #landback #blacklivesmatter #freepalestine
@saraduran.bsky.social
hugger of trees / writer of books #amediting YA fantasy 🏴☠️👑🧜🏿♀️ https://linktr.ee/saraduranauthor
@elizabethlquant.bsky.social
Writer, queer, #autistic, wife, mom, #disabled 🐈⬛Moss enthusiast 🐈⬛Publications in NY Times+ 🐈⬛Co-founder of The Unpopular Publishing Co. 🐈⬛Co-creator of autisticaunties.com 🐈⬛Cosy mystery FUCK THIS MURDER coming soon! 🐈⬛Lives in MN and AR
@emwrobin.bsky.social
thy evil spirit, Brutus // THE STARS UNDYING (Nov '22) and THE SEA ETERNAL (March '25), Orbit Books // him/xem
@brentvans.com
Canadian. Award-winning, bestselling novelist (brentvans.com), Co-host of the Rejected Central podcast (rejectedcentral.com). Husband. Dad. Son. Resister of fascism. Deconstructed/Reconstructing Christian. Forge FC supporter. Human. He/Him.
@emilykellogg.bsky.social
writer, horror movie lover & black cat enthusiast co-creator/writer/producer of the audiodramas Parkdale Haunt and Woodbine find more of my writing here: https://www.emilykellogg.com/selected-works
@franceshope.bsky.social
East Coast writer, West Coast roots / thriller - horror - mystery / stories: https://linktr.ee/frances_hope / rep: Claire Friedman @ InkWell
@annglimmer.bsky.social
Writer of Romantasy, mostly inspired by Norse Mythology and Scandinavian folklore, but other things are cooking as well. ;) #1stLinePit host. From Sweden, hi! 👋
@guidreads.bsky.social
Community bookshop in central Scotland. Avid reader. And yes that’s my actual name!
@adventureink.xyz
We're a small-town books, comics, and gaming shop in Milan, Michigan with a focus on making the world a better place for our community.
@mgodardricher.bsky.social
Mom to two teens, four dogs, and a cat. Book Influencer. Editorial Reviewer. Multi-award-winning, Amazon Bestselling author of 8 books, including The Fatal Series. 📚☕️🐶🐱🪴
@kevinmacdonell.bsky.social
Writer and lifelong diarist. Nova Scotia, Canada. Creative nonfiction, personal essays. Recent/forthcoming: Malahat Review, Queen’s Quarterly, Grain, Rural Delivery, Globe & Mail. Member of board of directors of the Writers’ Federation of NS. He/Him
@jmorgynwhite.bsky.social
Book Lover 📚 📖TCTK - October 2025 📓 DFB - February 2026 Lover of paper #writingarmor & bengal cats. Collector. Rabbit hole explorer https://linktr.ee/jmorgynwhite
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social
Tiny writer. I wrote 'Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood' and some other stuff. Can*Con bridge crew, still. Avatar art by Jay Odjick. Only a fool would complain. He/Him.
@bookninja.bsky.social
Poet. 10 books. Neuromancer. Dog person. Recovering Bookninja. Habitual founder of things. Future partisan guerrilla. https://linktr.ee/georgemurray
@mattcahill.bsky.social
Novelist (Radioland, The Society of Experience, both w/ @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social) / short fiction / essays. Agent: Kelvin Kong, K2 Literary https://k2literary.com/ Former film/TV post supervisor, currently Registered Psychotherapist in private practice
@mainstbooksmonroe.bsky.social
A used and new bookstore in Monroe, Washington since 1995. Woman- and LGBTQIA-owned and operated. Store cat. 110 E. Main St. Monroe WA 98272 📚🌈😺 MainStBooksMonroe.com
@wickedgoodbooks.bsky.social
The indie bookstore serving Salem, MA and visitors from around the world since 2014. Books, gifts, and more. Our toy store, Silly Bunny, is in the same location. 📍260 Essex Street - Downtown https://linktr.ee/wickedgoodbooks.
@carolinefk3.bsky.social
~A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour~ ✨✨✨Timeline Cleanse ✨✨✨ *Ai art is used in some of my posts*
@alexicon.bsky.social
non-binary writer/editor. author of The New Masculinity (2023), translator of Made-Up (2021), working on Post-Man (2025), editor at AskMen. nominal determinism in human form. alexmanley.com
@brclothwrites.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #NYC 🏳️🌈 Author of MADAME ELDRIDGE’S WAYWARD HOME FOR UNRULY BOYS BenjaminRyanBooks.com Amazon Best Seller, Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award, Book Fest Award Winner, & Book Blogger’s Novel of the Year Award FINALIST! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@anotherstoryto.bsky.social
Indie bookstore in Tkatoronto. Radically supporting 2SQTBIPOC writers since 1987 #ownvoices kidlit and YA experts/ founder: Sheila Koffman 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Ontario M6R 2M6 hosting events throughout GTA anotherstory.ca
@andrewbach.bsky.social
SFF novels hi-fi stereo reviews in The Absolute Sound full time indie romance author reddit fiction as /u/speculative--fiction stories on www.thesprawl.com
@sawpoet.bsky.social
They/he - Poet, playwright, librettist, founder of @queerslam & musical saw player. "Why I Was Late" with @BrickBooks ReLit award winner.
@sonalchampsee.bsky.social
Writer, procrastinator, fake therapist Writer Therapy, the newsletter: http://sonalchampsee.substack.com
@arjoonlal.bsky.social
Writer. Social worker. Mother. Poetry and prose have appeared in numerous publications and two anthologies. charmainearjoonlal.wordpress.com.
@rebekahwriter.bsky.social
Donate to abortion funds: https://www.baltimoreabortionfund.org/ “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.” - Susan B. Anthony
@danifinnwrites.bsky.social
They/them 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 Fantasy/romance author ✍️ 🐉 💞 Smutfluencer ❤️🔥 Reviewer of queer books 📚 🏳️🌈 My 📚series: THE MAER CYCLE, THE WEIRDWATER CONFLUENCE, THE TIME BEFORE THE WORLD WITHIN, a trans sapphic fantasy romance, out now! 🏳️⚧️ 👩❤️💋👩 🔗 https://linktr.ee/danifinn
@brechtdp.bsky.social
🧑🦱 "Some guy who ranks all the lit journals you’ve ever heard of" 🥉 3rd prize The Hudson Review Short Fiction Contest ✍️ Baltimore Review, XRAY, Grain, Consequence, ... 🌍 https://www.brechtdepoortere.com
@garydalkin.bsky.social
UK editor & writer for hire. I write every month for Writing Magazine and am closely involved with the Bournemouth Writing Festival. Senior Associate Editor at Cadence Publishing. Lots more, including contact details: www.tothelastword.com
@anndouglas.bsky.social
Author of 26 non-fiction books, including NAVIGATING THE MESSY MIDDLE (a book about midlife). Trying to teach myself how to write my first novel. Passionate about democracy and social justice. http://anndouglas.ca
@dannyramadan.com
He/Him- 🏳️🌈 - Syrian-Canadian author Crooked Teeth, The Foghorn Echoes, The Clothesline Swing, and The Salma Books. Lambda winner 🏆. Governor General Finalist 🏆. Former refugee. I don’t bite, unless you ask nicely! https://linktr.ee/dannyramadan
@dpmasca.bsky.social
Author of | COCONUT DREAMS🌴🥥 | 100 CHAPATIS & 🥭THE MANGO MONSTER🥭 |✍🏾spec novel | Goan | tea & fruit lover | www.derekmascarenhas.ca
@afterdinnerconversation.com
Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers. Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner