David Ly's Starter Pack
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@davidlywrites.bsky.social
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@margaretatwood.bsky.social
Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
@nybooks.com
‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
@thetyee.ca
Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@clpolk.com
I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
@nytimes.com
In-depth, independent reporting to better understand the world, now on Bluesky. News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@silviamg.bsky.social
Writer. THE BEWITCHING (2025), SEVENTH VEIL OF SALOME, MEXICAN GOTHIC, and others books. https://silviamoreno-garcia.com/
@dandq.bsky.social
Montreal-based publisher of the world's most brilliant cartoonists and their comics, graphic novels and art! https://linktr.ee/dandq
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
Publishing speculative fiction, poetry, reviews, & articles Mondays, free to read at http://strangehorizons.com. IGNYTE Community Award winner. Hugo Award winner 2024. linktr.ee/strangehorizons
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@michellecyca.com
it's "see-sa" senior editor @thenarwhal.ca writer @thewalrus.ca adjunct prof @ubcjournalism.bsky.social journalist, nêhiyaw, mom, roller skater she/her ✌️michellecyca.com
@wordsandguitar.bsky.social
Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
@littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Your Queer Spooky Bookstore x Small Press. “A Good Story Will Haunt You” 👻🖤📚 www.littleghostsbooks.com
@waub.bsky.social
Latest novel MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES is available via Random House in Canada and William Morrow in the USA
@robmclennan.bsky.social
poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc. out now: On Beauty: stories, (University of Alberta Press) https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/ https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
@neonhemlock.bsky.social
World Fantasy, Nebula, Ignyte & Shirley Jackson Award-winning speculative publisher. Baffling & novellas & anthos & queer 📚. Managing Editor: dave ring.
@daviddemchuk.com
Fine writing for foul minds. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
@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
@agawilmot.bsky.social
Author (lit, horror, surrealism), editor, painter, communications professional. Represented by K2 Literary. Ace, nonbinary trans woman—they/she. 🏳️⚧️ "Withered," ECW Press Spring 2024 http://agawilmot.ca https://k2literary.com/authors/aga-wilmot/
@teresempierre.bsky.social
Writer/Poet, Editor. SFF/LitFic. CPO @ Augur Society. Work in: The Walrus, Year's Best Canadian FSF, FIYAH, Brick. Toronto, Canada. She/Her. www.teresemasonpierre.com Author of MYTH, House of Anansi, 2025 https://houseofanansi.com/products/myth
@xtramagazine.com
Queering the conversation. Fierce, proud and independent LGBTQ2S+ journalism, since 1984. 🌈✨ Read more at xtramagazine.com
@augursociety.bsky.social
Stories for the futures we need | SFF and dream realism | Canadian, Indigenous & worldwide creators | Pub @kercoby COO @suntorya CPO @teresempierre https://linktr.ee/augurmag
@stelliform.press
Award-winning SFFH & literary books engaging with environmental justice. Now: THE JAGUAR MASK, ZEBRA MERIDIAN and YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD. www.stelliform.press.
@theatlantic.com
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
@odera.bsky.social
🧚🏿♂️ Painter / Illustrator—it’s giving gateways to healing & mythophoric embodiment ✨Odera.net 🌞patreon.com/Odera Some works are NSFW / a body is a body / a body roll is a body roll
@mcnallyrobinson.com
Canada's largest, most eventful independent bookstore. https://linktr.ee/mcnallyrobinson
@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
@kercoby.bsky.social
SFF writer—Solarpunk Mag, Fantasy Mag, THIS Mag. @SFWA. CEO @augursociety. Founder/Publisher of Augur Magazine & Tales & Feathers Magazine. Fairy tales, anime, D&D.
@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
narrator & protagonist of her own life | echolalia echolalia (Brick Books, 2024) website: janeshi.org
@publisherswkly.bsky.social
The international source for book publishing and bookselling news, reviews, and information. publishersweekly.com
@gagadaily.com
“When I go to see what my fans are saying, I go on Gaga Daily.” — Lady Gaga ladygaga.lnk.to/Mayhem
@arleysorg.bsky.social
assoc agent, kt literary co-Editor-in-Chief, Fantasy Magazine Senior Editor, Locus Magazine Do stuff @ Lightspeed/Nightmare, Clarkesworld, F&SF 2014 Odyssey Workshop Grad He/Him or She/Her in queer contexts Opinions my own
@sarahberms.bsky.social
author of don't call it a cult podcast producer sarah.berms@gmail.com
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Paleontologist and professor at University of Edinburgh, dinosaur enthusiast and writer. Free born man of the USA. Immigrant. Husband & father. (views mine)
@toluini.bsky.social
Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). New Collection: UNRAVEL (McClelland & Stewart, 2025). Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
@periodicities.bsky.social
est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993 https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/ member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
@razorfemme.bsky.social
Writer, performer, facilitator, somatic coach & dreamer. Author of FIERCE FEMMES & NOTORIOUS LIARS, I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE, FROM THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FISH IN THE SEA, and FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN. https://linktr.ee/kaichengthom
@vancityreynolds.bsky.social
owner: Aviation Gin - Mint Mobile - Maximum Effort - Wrexham AFC
@pascalepetit.bsky.social
BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
@jesbattis.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/jbattis
@chenchenwrites.bsky.social
poet • phd in english • 2 books with BOA Editions • latest chapbook @ghostcitypress.bsky.social • abolish the police & free palestine • https://www.chenchenwrites.com/the-latest
@davidlywrites.bsky.social
dragon-hearted writer • cephalopod • “lee” https://linktr.ee/davidlywrites 🐲 NOT ALL DRAGONS out spring ‘26 🐍 Mythical Man 🦑 Dream of Me as Water 😈 Queer Little Nightmares