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
@dillonac.bsky.social
YA/New Adult author (acdillon.com). Paranormal thrillers with heart & killer #music. Also deals in #zombies and #truecrime with an LGBTQ+ lens. Challenging mental health stereotypes.
@aquavenatus.bsky.social
Librarian, Writer, Bookblogger, Runner, Gamer, Gardener. π―π²πΊπΈ
@agawilmot.bsky.social
Author (lit, horror, surrealism), editor, painter, communications professional. Represented by K2 Literary. Ace, nonbinary trans womanβthey/she. π³οΈββ§οΈ "Withered," ECW Press Spring 2024 http://agawilmot.ca https://k2literary.com/authors/aga-wilmot/
@katerilanthier.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, editor. Author of Siren (Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2017) and Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011).
@themockler.bsky.social
she/they | fiction writer | experimental filmmaker | poet | Author of Anecdotes @bookhugpress.bsky.social #ArmsEmbargoNow Send My Love to Anyone: http://sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com https://linktr.ee/kathrynmockler | https://www.kathrynmockler.com
@jsavrankelly.bsky.social
Debut novel ENDPAPERS (Algonquin 2023), writer, cat person, #AuthorsAgainstBookBans, #5amWritersClub, production editor at Cornell University Press, she/they | jennifersavrankelly.com
@kinsleywrites.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, Proofreader, Book Nerd. Specializing in Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Dark Romance, and more. She/Her, DMs currently closed. Watch this space!
@kendallreviews.bsky.social
UK based Horror & Dark Genre reviewer KendallReviews PS5 Clive Barker Obsessive Together, let's #PromoteHorror www.kendallreviews.com
@karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social
Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
@bevrosenbaum.bsky.social
Freelance developmental editor, formerly at Harlequin and McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Rates and testimonials on website. Also a YA author. Kirkus called I'm Good and Other Lies 'important'. Yay, me. http://bevkatzrosenbaum.com/
@lydiakwa.bsky.social
She/Her. Queer, racialized writer of fiction and poetry. Living and working on unceded Coast Salish territories in the county known as Canada.
@kellypedro.bsky.social
Winner CRAFT '24 Flash Prose Prize β’ SmokeLong Fellow '24 β’ Room Magazine Fiction Prize shortlist β’ Fiction in PRISM international, The New Quarterly, Cleaver, Archetype Literary, Bending Genres, Flash Frog, Fictive Dream, 100 Word Story, Moon City Review
@kipress.bsky.social
Mostly teach college writing and herd teenager. Four long-forgotten books of poetry including Types of Canadian Women (Gaspereau) and Exquisite Monsters (Turnstone). Originally Albertan, long time in Winnipeg.
@libbyking.bsky.social
Writer and "female" philosopher | Form & genre | Neoliberalism | Colonial culture | Autofiction/autotheory | Flinders uni | she/her | π΅πΈ | oz in ca | Work in Island, Meanjin, PRISM, Feb Journal, Grain, Project Passage. https://linktr.ee/libbyking
@kasiajaronczyk.bsky.social
π¨π¦Artist, writer & failed scientist. Author of Voices in the Air (Palimpsest Press 2025), Lemons (Mansfield Press2017), Polish(ed): Poland Rooted in Canadian Fiction (Guernica Editions 2017). https://www.instagram.com/kasiajaronczyk/
@jaclyndesforges.bsky.social
Space poet, secret mermaid. Author of Weird Babies (forthcoming fall 2026), Danger Flower + Why Are You So Quiet? #hamont #audhd
@jtennant.bsky.social
Writer, editor, broadcaster, pop culture enthusiast. Host of the GET LIT SHOW and author of The Captain of Kinnoull Hill and River, Diverted https://tinyurl.com/2vydhc3p
@jalwrites.bsky.social
Author π³οΈβπ 2024 LGBTQ+ Free Reads winner OUT IN GREENWOOD - out now through SRL Publishing. Represented by Intersaga Literary Agency.
@jacobwren.bsky.social
Artistic Director at PME-ART The Air Contains Honey Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim Rich and Poor Polyamorous Love Song https://radicalcut.blogspot.com
@danilabotha.bsky.social
Author of Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness (Guernica 2024) A Place for People Like Us (Guernica 2025) For All the Men... reissue (Guernica 2025) Short story and fiction enthusiast. Humber School for Writers faculty.
@nycterosea.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, leftist & co-founder of MA|DE. Poetry collection Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There (Guernica 23), novel ANOMIA (Palimpsest 24), collaborative poetry collection ZZOO (Palimpsest 25). π https://jadewallace.a
@charleneelsby.bsky.social
THE ORGANIZATION IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU March 15, 2025. Books at Weirdpunk, House of Vlad, Apocalypse Party, Clash Books.
@chyx-xyng.bsky.social
A Toronto-based writer currently working on a genre-nonconforming novel about gender dysphoria, forbidden love, and acceptance over three generations of gender nonconformists. www.chyx-xyng.com