North of England Writers starter pack
Just a sampling! The North is a vibrant place for writers.
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@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
@ellacookwrites.bsky.social
British author of the Broclington series & standalones with Joffe & Choc Lit books. SWWJ Floella Benjamin Trophy winner. Bird owner writing to leave ink trails across hearts & minds #fibro #bipolar #hiddendisability #BRCA https://linktr.ee/ellacookwrites
@deanwilson.bsky.social
Poet living in Withernsea New Book - https://tinyurl.com/jn8ds5t2 New CD - https://tinyurl.com/mpwyh728 DeanWorld.org
@karenpowellwrites.bsky.social
FIFTEEN WILD DECEMBERS shortlisted Nero Book Awards 2023; a best historical fiction book of 2023 (The Times); THE RIVER WITHIN (2020) Northern Writers' Award; @EuropaEdUK; https://linktr.ee/karenpowellwrites
@nickmacwrites.bsky.social
Reader, writer, runner. Tea, trees, and cats. Co-editor Thin Skin magazine. My debut novel Slings and Arrows was published on the 28th March 2024. 📚💙
@nickquantrill.bsky.social
Writer of crime novels and does Hull Noir. Will also contain football and moaning. #MDANT "Cast No Shadow" out now via Black Spring Press.
@jodierobins.bsky.social
Writer rep'd by Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown. Curtis Brown Creative alumna Lover of all things gothic Novella, The Off-Season, coming June 2025 Northern and southern in equal parts https://jodierobins.substack.com
@kimwritesstuff.bsky.social
@haharveyauthor.bsky.social
Geordie writer,ruled by M.E. and a pack of dogs. She/her.
@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social
Writer Longlisted for Orwell Prize Shortlisted twice for Bridport Poetry Prize Longlisted for Bridport Novel Prize Looking for help to move things on
@geoffcox.bsky.social
Working class author (memoir, NNF and folk-horror), better kept outdoors (whatever the weather) and well watered. Ageing runner with a passion for words, wild places and archeology. "Traceless" 2020 Currently querying memoir "A Skin Too Thin"
@alifeofshortlives.bsky.social
From poems to chapters, one short life at a time. Award winning haiku and tanka poet. Winner of 2023 Touchstone Award for haibun. Lover of small, wild places and the other-than-human world. A Shropshire lass now settled in North Yorkshire.
@bongosherbert.bsky.social
Writer, Blogger, PhD Researcher & Environmentalist. Published in The Guardian, Mechanics Institute Review online & narrator of films for Channel 4 #writer
@chermansog.bsky.social
musician/writer/occultist Manchester based, Whitby/North East raised chermansog is a project that fuses the ancient and modern, the chthonic and celestial
@coachingintheround.co.uk
Therapeutic coach, counsellor, writer and generally queer at large in North East England
@pennyblackburn.bsky.social
Yorkshire born writer and teacher now based in the North East.
@stuartforster.bsky.social
Travel writer, journalist, editor and photographer based in North East England.
@valeofdurhamarch.bsky.social
Archaeology and history writer for Focus on the North East magazine. Investigating the archaeology of the Vale of Durham.
@bigsteviecool.bsky.social
Geordie | Socialist | Foodie ⚫️⚪️ ✊ Writer for North East Family Fun and Visit Newcastle #neblogger #foodblogger #NUFC
@lexxtaka.bsky.social
Professional Excel nerd; amateur photographer, artist, resin crafter, woodworker, writer; the list goes on. Abiding interests: linguistics, LGBTI+, law. he/him or they/them | north-east of England | opinions mine all mine
@trailofleaves.bsky.social
Time Traveller. Social Historian. Reader and Writer of Speculative Fiction. North East England. Stories in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Small Wonders, Interzone (print & digital), and more. https://linktr.ee/louisehugheswrites
@sammywright.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, school leader, lives and works in North East: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163/exam-nation-by-wright-sammy/9781847927521 #edusky #Teaching #UKEd
@umabreakdown.bsky.social
Artist, writer, game designer, doctor of horror. www.umabreakdown.com https://linktr.ee/Umabreakdown
@angelbrittanyxo.bsky.social
Of the nerd variety| Writer. Disability Educator. Bylines/thoughts all over the internet. Probably typing away on my laptop. https://t.co/5DhuNPKqcE
@limeyotoko.bsky.social
Writer. Creative Director at Hologram Ghost. Editor at MCV/DEVELOP. Did comics for Doctor Who and The Beano. I really like tokusatsu, video games and Star Trek. Expect a lot of that. 🖖🏻 ビンス・ペイビー。私は日本語の学生です。日本語OK!
@deadchronicler.bsky.social
Writer. Sid Chaplin Award winner at the Northern Writers' Awards 2024. County Durham. Rep: Peters Fraser + Dunlop.
@tamsinrees.bsky.social
Writer for stage and screen ✍️ represented by Jessica Stewart Independent Talent | Verity Bargate Longlist 2024 | Orange Tree Writers Collective 22 | Dramaturging, script reading, teaching Newcastle 📚 they/them🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ https://tamsinrees.com
@maryearnshaw.bsky.social
Writer. Worrier. Tree whisperer. Lives on England's northwest coast. Has spent a lot of time in Zambia and Eswatini with her live-in archaeologist. Can cook for dozens over an open fire if bribed with wine. But would rather write poetry.
@milliethepoet.bsky.social
Poet/childless/dyspraxic/owned by cats.Sheffield, England. Debut pamphlet 'Imprint' out now from https://fawnpress.co.uk/ (as Kathryn Millington)
@pheurbl.bsky.social
Stenographer, Wannabe Writer, MA Museum Studies student, Volunteer. Wonder what I’ll be when I grow up 🤷🏻♀️ Illinoisan transplant to North East England - wouldn’t live anywhere else 💜
@coliverpoet.bsky.social
'Dressing Gown' (Dreich), Ilkley Lit. Festival 'New Northern Poet'. 'Big Ideas By The Sea' Festival Poet 2024. South Cliff Gardens' Writer in Residence. She/her
@drpennybradshaw.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Cumbria, specialising in Literary Landscapes. Writing ‘An A-Z of Beatrix Potter’ for Bloomsbury Academic. Programme Leader for ‘MA Literature, Romanticism, and the Lake District’ at Ambleside.
@rubelles.bsky.social
Yorkshire woman, LGBTQ + writer (poetry, life writing) and creative group facilitator. Lived experience expert interested in disability, mental health, traumatic brain injury and life changing injury. Tennis fan, campaigner, reader and traveller.
@lizziealblas.bsky.social
Founding Editor and Publisher of Apricot Press | Writer with words in Mslexia, Swim Press and Dear Damsels | Proof Typist | PhD in Creative Writing from University of Nottingham | MA Publishing student at York St John University linktr.ee/lizziealblas
@thewritingsquad.bsky.social
Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
@chadpie.bsky.social
Poet, teacher and co-host of Rise Up! Northern Writers’ Award: Debut Poet. York, UK Some words: https://poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/scorpion 🦂
@katiescribbles.bsky.social
❄️ THE EDGE OF SOLITUDE ❄️ / WHITE GHOSTS (2023) / MY NAME IS MONSTER (2019) / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
@tenpennydreams.bsky.social
Northern writer. Author of The Disappeared. Stories in The London Reader, Reflex Press, Palm-Sized Press. Finalist: Mslexia Short Story Comp/Dinesh Allirajah Prize. Arts marketer. Writer in residence Durham Writes & Crossing the Tees. amylordauthor.com
@vickyafoster.bsky.social
🎤Poet ✍️Writer 📚PhD Student Man Met 📰Columnist The Hull Story vickyfoster.co.uk
@kimmoorepoet.bsky.social
Poet and non-fiction writer. Latest poetry collection "All The Men I Never Married" won the 2022 Forward Prize. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Substack: https://shorturl.at/Ea3sI
@robmilespoetry.bsky.social
Words & Pictures Poet, Broken Sleep Books; academic, University of Leeds More here: https://shorturl.at/IYmT1
@kirstyferry.bsky.social
Author, animal lover, likes to think she can do art a bit. Published by Choc Lit at Joffe Books, writes timeslips, romcoms, contemporary and a hint of the mystical. Owned by Robbie the rescue Yorkie. Member of the RNA.
@harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social
Poet, Co-Artistic Director, Fully Booked Theatre, Translator | RLF Fellow, Newcastle University | CW MSt Tutor, Oxford University | Stephen Spender Prize, UNESCO Bridges of Struga & Northern Writers Award | Opinions own, etc. www.manmadebooks.co.uk
@wendycaitlin.bsky.social
*forthcoming Art Sundays with Galia Admoni at Salo Press* Portrait in Mustard - Seren Books PhD candidate: Barbara Hepworth, Creative Writing & Art History at Manchester Writing School, MMU Represented by Laetitia Rutherford at Watson Little Agency
@matthewepaul.bsky.social
The Last Corinthians (Crooked Spire Press, https://crookedspirepress.com/the-last-corinthians-by-matthew-paul), The Evening Entertainment (Eyewear), The Regulars, The Lammas Lands, Wing Beats (Snapshot Press) / reviews / essays / www.matthewpaulpoetry.blog
@robertam.bsky.social
Reader, writer, cookbook collector and cat owner. Northern England.
@joscottheritage.bsky.social
By day, heritage consultant based in the North of England. By night, writer of novels & short stories, seeking representation. Shortlisted Yeovil Literary Prize 2024. www.joscott-heritage.co.uk joscottwrites.uk She/her
@georgelthomas.bsky.social
Writer and poet from the Northeast of England. I write poems and stories for children and adults alike. For tips advice and information about writing, gimme a follow!
@grizonne.bsky.social
Queer, neurodivergent Manchester poet, performer, zine-maker, and workshop facilitator 🐝 Poems in Atrium, Banshee, Butcher's Dog, Dust, Magma, The North, Under the Radar. First collection, 'A love the weight of an animal', coming soon from Confingo 😊
@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
Write your way to a more positive outlook on life! Guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing. Online anywhere, and in-person in North East England. writingforwellbeing.co.uk