Evalyn Lee's Starter Pack
Poets & writers who make my day better … everyday
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@evalynlee.bsky.social
@mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social
Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. New book: Panic Response (Penned in the Margins). He/him. 🏳️🌈
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social
Political sketch-writer for the Guardian. Author. Latest book out now 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10'.
@sethabramson.bsky.social
Journalist, lawyer, NYT-bestselling Trump and Musk biographer, songwriter (Hounds), former CNN and BBC analyst, poet, retired journalism professor. 👤: sethabramson.net/bio ⚖️: sethabramson.substack.com 🕹: retrostack.substack.com 🎶: houndsmusic.substack.com
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian & Observer journalist till I got replaced by Nick Clegg. Fighting the Broligarchy since 2016. Please sign up to my (free!) newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy
@juddlegum.bsky.social
I write Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. | judd@popular.info | Signal: juddlegum.47 | Text: 202-599-7124 Popular.info
@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com
Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
@richardnskinner.bsky.social
Writer working across fiction, life writing, essays, non-fiction & poetry. Director @FaberAcademy • Founder #VanguardEditions • Editor #14magazine. Most recent publication: ‘White Noise Machine’ (Salt, 2023).
@purpleinkpress.bsky.social
A group of Crazy Artists/poets/ writers making anthologies from in-between places. Purpleinkpress.com
@joanneely.bsky.social
The invite only thing is genius. I always fall for social engineering. https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B0CKBNFH2J?ref=as_rdr
@imogenforster.bsky.social
Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there.
@kostyatsolakis.bsky.social
Poet | 📖 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 (Nine Arches Press), PBS Recommendation, shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize ‘24 & Runciman Award ‘24 | Editor 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺
@thefridaypoem.bsky.social
Every Friday we post a review or a feature on the website and on Substack, and send it to subscribers. 1796 subscribers, 7300 post reads in November.
@williamblake.bsky.social
English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827. // #artbot made thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
@hbpoet.bsky.social
Poet, wildlife photographer. Poems in Poetry Ireland Review, Rialto, Magma, Butcher’s Dog, Alchemy Spoon. More on heidibeck.com
@poetrybrum.bsky.social
PBLJ is a biannual print magazine of contemporary poetry, rooted in Birmingham. Engage with thought provoking essays, interviews and in-depth reviews. Subscribe Now! https://poetrybirmingham.com/
@theemmapress.bsky.social
small press | big dreams Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations. www.theemmapress.com
@bernardineevaristo.bsky.social
10 books inc. Girl, Woman, Other (Booker Prize 2019), Mr Loverman (2013) a BBC1 TV series in 2024 & Manifesto (2021). Professor of Creative Writing, Brunel University of London (Profile portrait by Valerie Asiimwe Amani)
@serenbooks.bsky.social
Wales’ leading independent English-language publisher 📚 Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 🏴
@ruthpadel.bsky.social
Poetry * wildlife * music * India * Greece * New 📗 GIRL - ‘Dazzling lyric control’ (Kim Moore) ‘Rhapsodic’(Guardian) 'Crafted for deep engagement: girls from Delphi to Delhi haunted by the ‘loose tin can’ of misogyny.…' (Mid-Day Mumbai) Www.ruthpadel.com
@elizabethrosner.bsky.social
I write books. www.elizabethrosner.com (Third Ear; Survivor Cafe; Electric City; Gravity; Blue Nude; The Speed of Light) "Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world." ~Grace Paley
@foundationswift.bsky.social
Advancing the craft, creativity and wellbeing of women poets in the UK
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
@theprosepoem.bsky.social
An online journal of prose poetry. Ekphrastic poetry call open until 15 December. https://theprosepoem.com/
@joehalljoehall.bsky.social
Poet, education worker, Buffalonian, author of Fugue & Strike (Black Ocean, March 2023) & People Finder, Buffalo (Cloak, 2024) and etc. Garbage, labor, and revolutionary politics obsessed. Profile photo by Patrick Cray. https://joehalljoehall.com/
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
@londonlitlab.bsky.social
Find your story at the city's friendliest creative writing workshops, where writers teach writers. @lilydunn.bsky.social and Zoe Gilbert - and also find us here: https://londonlitlab.substack.com/ and here londonlitlab.co.uk
@newwritingsouth.bsky.social
New Writing South is dedicated to inspiring, nurturing and connecting all kinds of creative writers in southeast England.
@henninghampress.bsky.social
Artist, Author, Indie publisher (he/him) my novel Foulness is definitely coming out Feb 2026 on Henningham Family Press
@katefoxwriter75.bsky.social
Stand-up poet. Radio 4’s The Verb regular. Northern, neurodivergent writer of Northernness and Neurodivergence. “On Sycamore Gap” & “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras” (Harper North). “Bigger on the Inside” (Smokestack).
@janeburn.bsky.social
Poet, Writer, Artist, Maker. Person with Autism. Person with a hEDS. Kindness is so very important. Bios are difficult! I do much writing on https://burnj.substack.com/
@theliterarypig.bsky.social
WRITER. 2017 WINNER Commonwealth Prize Can & Eur. Author novella-in-flash Hairy On The Inside (Ad Hoc Fiction) S/L '22 Rubery Book Award. Short Story collection out now from Fly On The Wall Press. Buy now: rb.gy/esxcc. www.tracyfells.com
@ellafrears.bsky.social
Poet etc. Books - Goodlord & Shine, Darling Hosts Tears for Frears & Stress Test on Soho Radio RLF Fellow at The Courtauld Institute of Art
@retreatwest.bsky.social
All about writing great stories. Courses, competitions, workshops and a friendly online community. WestWord literary journal. Spread love with your words 💙 https://www.retreatwest.co.uk https://westword.substack.com
@litbowl.bsky.social
I share beautiful words from beautiful books. Mostly poetry. Some prose. Always attributed, always pro-author, and generative AI is theft. (All photos original. All rights reserved by original authors.) Get books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/litbowl
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
London’s Leading Poetry Magazine. Autumn 2023 Issue 106 OUT NOW. https://poetrylondon.co.uk/
@carolinebirduk.bsky.social
Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: https://shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020 www.carolinebird.co.uk
@julwe1.bsky.social
Neurodivergent poet and editor. Steering editor for 'Lighthouse'. Latest collection 'The Telling' (Nine Arches press, 2022). https://juliawebb.org/ https://visual-poetics.blogspot.com/ https://storymachines.co.uk/portfolio/lighthouse/
@niamhmaccabe.bsky.social
Writer, artist, fair to middling spinster. Magpie apologist. Good at everything. Spouting nonsense from my roost in northwestern Ireland. http://niamhmaccabe.com/
@rgummere.bsky.social
"An agnostic ex-pastor on the hunt for God in a small RV with two big dogs. What could go wrong?" Memoir, essays. Words in HuffPost, TIME, Oprah Daily, Daily Beast, NYT, Boston Globe. NC Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning @ https://rebeccagummere.substack.com
@rialtopoetry.bsky.social
Leading independent poetry magazine and award-winning poetry publisher. https://therialto.co.uk
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
Independent publisher of exceedingly good books. Founded in 1917. We can’t go on, we’ll go on. 🔗 lnk.bio/3fz3
@akasomeguy.bsky.social
Tries to write. You can see how that's working out. Harvard Law School '07
@ianduhig.bsky.social
'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice: "some of the most moving, restrained, memorable and technically adroit poetry of our times" --- TLS, 3/25
@butchersdog.bsky.social
Canny. Inclusive printed bi-annual magazine and anthologies for emerging and established poets in UK/ROI. Best Magazine 2022 + 2023, Saboteur Awards. Editor @joclement.co.uk
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher. www.bloodaxebooks.com
@theforge.bsky.social
The Forge Literary Magazine publishes one prose piece a week. Literary excellence is our only criteria. https://forgelitmag.com/
@emmaflint.bsky.social
Writer. Awkward but terribly keen. LITTLE DEATHS | OTHER WOMEN Books, history, coffee, cats, stories, gin 🐈⬛ 📚 Agent: Antony Topping Longlisted: Women’s Prize | CWA Gold Dagger | Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year | Guardian Not The Booker
@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Manc independent publisher with a conscience. M.D. Isabelle Kenyon 2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year! Sustainable, political and accessible www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
@imogenreid.bsky.social
PhD Chelsea College of Arts. Work in: Partisan Hotel, gorse journal, Mercurius Magazine, Sublunary Editions, 3AM Magazine, Essence Press, Vanguard Readings. Chapbooks with Gordian Projects & Nightjar Press, book with Rossi Contemporary
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Sheffield-based poetry publisher with an ethos of craft, care and collaboration. Books, recordings, films, walks, performances. Editor: Brian Lewis. https://longbarrowpress.com
@sjwatson.bsky.social
Writing. Photography. Drinking. Bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep. Podcaster. Substacker. Procrastinator. Dog dad. Tired. Just your ordinary average everyday sane psycho super-goddess.
@taraskurtu.bsky.social
Poet/Writer. Writing Coach. Speaker. Books: The Amoeba Game, next up: Faith Farm. CEASEFIRE NOW. FREE PALESTINE. 🍉
@carcanet.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/CarcanetPress
@mattkendrick.bsky.social
Writer | editor | teacher | joyful Ninja Turtle | chronically ill Words: Craft Literary, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction, Wigleaf Top 50 Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/ Craft newsletter: https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/
@poetrydaily.bsky.social
Poetry Daily presents a poem each day from new books and journals, along with poetry news, announcements, and more. Est. 1997. Poems.com
@thetls.bsky.social
The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018 Website: brokensleepbooks.com
@jonmcgregor.bsky.social
I write novels and stories . (Recentlyish: Lean Fall Stand.) There is a Substack: https://classnotesbyjonmcgregor.substack.com/ Also learning Dutch - kom maar bij mij en nederlands met me spreken, alstublieft x
@mirandajewess.bsky.social
Publishing Director @viperbooks.bsky.social, the award-winning crime, thriller and mystery imprint of @profilebooks.bsky.social. I like books with a dead body in them.
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. poetrysociety.org.uk linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
THE BENEFACTORS (novel) coming JUNE 25, Sceptre. dance move/sweet home/stinging fly/picador/well I just kind of like it/PVA Books
@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
💙 Fall in love with poetry again 📩 Submit poems, book reviews & fever dreams 💰We pay (money & attn) 📖 Read it & weep (or laugh hysterically idk) 👇🏾 ➡️ linktr.ee/onlypoemsmag
@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
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
@drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social
ND Scientist & Writer:SWAY, (M)OTHERHOOD, HYSTERICAL/Writing a new book coming early 2026 and spending a lot of time in libraries and archives. FRSA FRGS. V Prof at Loughborough. Fellow at Newnham College-Cambridge, Fulbright, Oxford etc. Talks about bias.
@regretteruane.bsky.social
Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta
@drjeball.bsky.social
#Roman & conflict archaeologist; Freelance archaeological writer; Lecturer in Ancient History at Manchester Met University; Honorary Research Fellow & University Teacher at the University of Liverpool.
@samatlounge.bsky.social
Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy.
@londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
London Review Bookshop. 20,000 titles on two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town 14 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JL
@electricliterature.com
Making literature exciting, relevant and inclusive electricliterature.com
@dapowell.bsky.social
Poet. Shelley Memorial Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow. Books available through @graywolfpress.bsky.social. Poetry, Sex, Music, Food, Politics. 🏳️🌈 http://poets.org/poet/d-powell
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indy publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal. Based in West Dorset www.littletoller.co.uk Instagram / @littletollerbooks
@irishlittimes.bsky.social
Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@damianbarr.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster. 🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃 He/Him 📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel (Sept 2025). I’m also curating a show about them for Charleston. 📕 Maggie & Me. 📕 You Will Be Safe Here. 📺 Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer. PhD, FRSL, FRSE.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism. https://linktr.ee/lithub_
@kitdewaal.bsky.social
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Henry Allen. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.