Laura's Starter Pack
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@laurabartholomew.bsky.social
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social
Guardian columnist & writer, author of Half a Wife, sometimes on telly/Guardian Politics Weekly podcast. No, I didn't write the headline. Event host & speaker https://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=2705
@lrb.co.uk
The LRB is Europe’s leading magazine of politics, literature, history and ideas, published every fortnight. Read: https://lrb.co.uk Subscribe: https://mylrb.co.uk/QUEXT0225B
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
@kitdewaal.com
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
@mariankeyes.bsky.social
Reads books. Watches telly. Wrings hands over the state of the world.
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
@iammilliam.bsky.social
I like books. Wrote ‘The Year of Reading Dangerously’. Co-host Backlisted podcast @backlisted.bsky.social. I don’t only like books. No DM please.
@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.
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
@doctoroxford.com
Palliative care doctor 🩺 Author (The Story of a Heart, Breathtaking, Dear Life etc) 📚 Co-founder Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝 www.doctoroxford.com
@questingvole.bsky.social
[indistinct chatter] @spectator lit ed. Author of The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
@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
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
🇮🇪 Writer| Hagstone | Constellations | This Woman’s Work (with Kim Gordon) | Agent: Peter Straus at RCW | Newsletter: momentsofrecognition.substack.com
@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
@backlisted.bsky.social
John Mitchinson @johnmitchinson.bsky.social and Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
Half Man, Half Bookshop. Moved to Hastings in 2018 to start a wild new adventure with my family. Not the inventor of the word "brainbow" https://www.biggreenbookshop.com/
@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
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
@janetemson.bsky.social
Book lover. Book reviewer. On the other socials as @JanetEmson UK fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com
@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
@leerandall.bsky.social
Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge.
@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
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
@susiesbookreviews.bsky.social
📚💙Book lover and reviewer 🏴Scotland 🙋🏻♀️She/her 📧susiebooks@yahoo.com Buying books and reading books are two different hobbies, don’t judge me. Also manages @hburghbookfest.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/susiesbookreviews?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@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
@foxlanebooks.bsky.social
🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
@stellduffy.bsky.social
Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
@claremackwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Mother. Ex cop. ✏️ 2 million+ books sold 🎲 #AGameOfLies out now https://claremackintosh.com/me/
@theothersambaker.bsky.social
One of the millions of journalists who’s defected to Substack and started a podcast. https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
@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)✨
@katemossewriter.bsky.social
Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Women’s Prizes ~ Trustee British Library Find me at www.katemosse.co.uk
@jojojojojo.bsky.social
@hollygramazio.bsky.social
Writing, games, etc. Adelaide, London. My novel “The Husbands” is out now. book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly website: http://hollygramazio.net ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/ pic by Diana Patient
@sophiehannah.bsky.social
Bestselling crime writer Coach for writers (dreamauthorcoaching.com) Host of ‘How to Hold a Grudge’ podcast
@franmcbookface.bsky.social
Book devourer & reviewer. Archivist. Occasional crafter. Edinburgh 🏴 franmcbookface@gmail.com 📖 Fulvia📱The Society of Unknowable Objects 🎧 There are Rivers in the Sky https://linktr.ee/franmcbookface 💙📚
@goldsborobooks.bsky.social
An award-winning independent bookshop with branches in London (23-27 Cecil Court) and Brighton (22b Ship Street) The book collectors bookseller.
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
indie bookshop in Sydenham, SE London | open since 1966 | new books | second hand books | children's books | gifts | Mon-Sat 9:30-5 Sun 12-4 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social
Nottingham's city centre independent and radical bookshop, est. 2013 Publishing as Five Leaves since 1995 www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk, www.fiveleaves.co.uk We organise about a hundred events a year. Fast ordering service. Four book clubs.
@lindasbookbag.bsky.social
Book blogger at https://lindasbookbag.com and fanatical tea drinker Reviewer for My Weekly and The People’s Friend X Lindahill50Hill Insta ljh50hill 📚❤️
@kishani.bsky.social
Book bore Publishing Dir, 4th Estate Views all my own, retweets ≠ endorsement
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@laurabartholomew.bsky.social
Marketing Manager @Hodderscape & Hodder. Helping to bring the magic and hot broody fae princes to the world ✨