You can be when I'm gone. She/her/oi you.
Writer. Poetry.
https://www.johnglenday.com
https://www.northseapoets.com
Underemployed flรขneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
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Arachnid Press is an independent Scottish publisher.
Website: https://www.arachnid.scot/
Taiwanese-American writer and filmmaker living in London
Writer's writer's writer.
๐ STILL ALIVE (2024), longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. https://tinyurl.com/y8mt536j
Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/
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Publishing reimagined. Award-winning, global, multi-format commercial fiction publisher launched in 2019 ๐๐ง Follow #BoldBookClub on IG, Facebook & TikTok ๐ซ
The Diary of Lies: A Wall St Journal and Airmail Mystery Book of 2025. Poetry collection: Blame Yourself (Nine Pens). The Goldenacre won a Shamus. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/E8G/a-shona-sandison-investigation/
https://abs.ventures/
https://bsky.app/profile/abs.ventures
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https://mastodon.social/@ABS
Publishing person in Edinburgh ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Blue Peter Book of the Year author. Writes for children and adults, 60+ books translated into 30+ languages. Occasional ghost. Agent: Penny Holroyde at Holroyde-Cartey.
davidlong.info
An idle singer of an empty day
https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/solstice/
A free, public space for culture in the heart of Edinburgh, the Fruitmarket provides inspiration and opportunity for artists and audiences.
Check out what's happening at Fruitmarket https://linktr.ee/fruitmarket
https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk
Recovering poet, dog dad, adventurer.
Gearing up for the next 4 years by getting active in the resistance.
Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Working-class writer. Next book: Crowd Voltage (Bloodaxe, March 2026). He/him. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
โฝ Freelance illustrator โฝ
โฝ Scottish โฝ
scribbleimp.co.uk
Spacious and crustaceous.
Writer, editor and proofreader. Honorary Lecturer at the University of St Andrews. www.dorothylawrenson.com
Director of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust.
Poet, editor, feminist, Dolly Parton enthusiast, mythmaker, punner, dog mother.
She/her
Writer and critic โจ linktr.ee/bramegieben โจ Author of THE DARKEST TIMELINE and CRISIS MASCULINITY. Host of Strange Exiles. Editor at Revol Press.
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๐ Writer | Librarian
๐ Edinburgh | Burntisland | Cairngorms
Gleefully geeky. Writes SFF/literary speculative short stories, among other word-things. Loves books, mountains, my cat Mishka & more. ๐๐๐
Find me at https://www.fionamossman.com
We are publishing Ceitidh Chaimbeul โข Mohammed Moussa โข Luca Serra
Author: Homelands, Expecting. Journalist: The Guardian. Restaurant critic: The Times Scotland. Used to be a person whose profile said only 'don't conclude anything without cheese'. Still am, on the inside.
Writer & musician. 19th novel The Transcendent Tide out now. Tombstoning, The Ossians and Ghost Notes all published in 2026. Album Crow Hill out now. Drummer for Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. www.dougjohnstone.com
Disabled writer, carer & apothecary gardener. ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธFounder/Host Wild Women Writersโ Salons ๐Shortlist World of Books Sustainable Story Awards 2025๐PreOrder THE APOTHECARY BY THE SEA (2026) Debut memoir ALL MY WILD MOTHERS (2023- Nautilus Award Winner) ๐ฆญOrkney
Author, mainly of fiction. Sound art.
Professor of Creative & Interdisciplinary Practice at University of Glasgow.
Books, cats, coffee.
Dad. Writer. Cheerleader at Strathclyde Uni. Author of 8 books inc Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography, Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs & Joshua in the Sky (Taproot 2024). Big fan of praise. (Giving & receiving) www.rodgeglassauthor.com https://linktr.e
Book writer. Scottish. European. www.karencampbell.scot
TANGO LESSONS (Mariner)
I write prose. I like sheep. Iโm much better on instagram.
Lecturer in Creative Writing University of Glasgow
mbflaherty.com
msmeghanbean.substack.com
she/her
Novelist (Nothing is Heavy, Always North), short story writer (The Way Out - collected stories).
Writer, cat botherer, firebrand based in Orkney.Author of Ashes & Stones-shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize.๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธally. Any pronouns ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ https://linktr.ee/AllysonShaw More active on Mastodon. https://wandering.shop/@AllysonShaw
Fiction writer. Ignite Fellow 2025: Scottish Book Trust. Winner: Canada & Europe, 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Stories: Granta, New Writing Scotland, BBC Radio 4. Www.carolfarrelly.com
Writer and Lecturer in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Books include DWAMS (Tapsalteerie) and Refashioning Bill Gibb (Bloomsbury Academic, Jan 2026) ๐ Former Scots Scriever at the National Library of Scotland.
Writer. Northern. Left.
The Darlings bit.ly/3afYMeK
The Emergence of Judy Taylor bit.ly/3tno6rs
Two one-woman shows and stand-up at Edinburgh Fringe.
PhD student in TV Comedy Drama.
Might go on a bit about cats/flowers.
I sing better than I bake.
Debut novel Fray out now with HarperCollins. Writer, runner, late diagnosed as autistic. Book orders, events, and agent contact๐ https://linktr.ee/chriscarsewilson
Hybrid sci-art ex-astronomer now-author. Writes fiction, poems, essays, reviews. Latest two are 'Deutschstunden' from CulturBooks and 'Schrรถdingerโs Wife (and other possibilities)' from Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF. https://www.pippagoldschmidt.co.uk
Scottish author based in Dundee: The Edinburgh Skating Club (2022), Mrs Burke and Mrs Hare (2025).
Writer
Barrowland: the inside story of Glasgow's beloved ballroom (Luath)
Cat Step (Dead Ink) This Road is Red (Luath)
www.recollective.org.uk
Rep: Millie Hoskins, United Agents
Writer. The Home Corner (Faber) | The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line (a BBC Book at Bedtime). New book news soon. Agent: Georgia Garrett @RCWLitAgency
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Home-Corner-by-Ruth-Thomas/9780571230624
Author of Happiness Is Wasted On Me, writer of Scottish fiction, punk with pores, bookshop botherer, library lurker, and tea swigger.
https://kirklandciccone.wordpress.com/
Author. Geordie riff-raff. Based in Paris/Edinburgh. Very annoyed about a lot of things atm.
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shรถ. Writer querying my first novel and writing another, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own. Shetlander in Aberdeen. https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
Antifascist, Edinburgh dweller, arts lover, film fanatic, book fiend, genderqueer, science and knowledge leaning: always kindness (except towards prejudice ridden narrow minded hatemongers).
Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ช๐บ | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025)
https://readspaceboy.com/portfolio/the-inescapable-march/
Data botherer & code tinkerer in Edinburgh. Queer Code Scotland organiser, support diversity in tech as I live here. Opinions model's own. They/them
Mastodon: ali_king@blahaj.social
Twitter (deleted): @ali_king
The worlds most read and watched LGBTQ+ media publisher.
Our mission - to inform, inspire change and empower people to be themselves ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Find us at www.thepinknews.com
Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge. Programmer, Wigtown Book Festival 2026. www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Heart-eyed havoc. Unapologetically weird. Mostly harmless. Entirely reasonable. Not by choice. I donโt just follow the vibe... I am the vibe. Wrexham.
#IndieDev #NarrativeDesign #InteractiveFiction #SFWA #TheU #WxmAFC #LFC #WoW #D4 #AIEGuild
She/her. I'm a Canadian freelance illustrator.
โ SOCIALS: linktr.ee/smalyon
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Writer (The Wrong Person to Ask/ Bloodaxe Books, Forward Prize, James Berry Award, Saltire Prize Shortlist) Co-Founder/Director Open Book, Mentor, writing retreats at Galloway House Estate
Author ๐Fishnet (2015) ๐Scabby Queen (2020) ๐Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches (2021) ๐currently writing The Book Of Risk (novel not self-help manual), a screenplay and a musical. Maw of boys. Quite tired, yes.
๐ฆ Coast loving writer of 10 novels
๐ Royal Literary Fund Fellow
โ๏ธ Writing tutor & coach
โญ๏ธ NEW novel writing masterclass out now!
Publisher: @orionbooks
Agent: @agentkateshaw
www.isabelashdown.com
Author โจ๏ธ Editor โจ๏ธFiction
Debut Novel SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LIES is out now on Amazon!
www.katehalena.com
Playwright. Theatre Producer. Geek. Multi-brained small-child-juggler. Exec Producer @Fifth Word, Producer @Company of Wolves. Playwrights Studio Scotland awardee. Often found writing feminist/speculative/humanist sci-fi/horror. Derby- and Sheffield-made
Monthly Scottish arts and culture magazine covering #Glasgow & #Edinburgh since 1985.
list.co.uk
Author of queer dark novels, aka Victoria Hawthorne. Scottish with an English accent. Owned by golden retrievers. Views mine. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธ she/her
https://linktr.ee/vikkipatis
Bestselling author of psychological thrillers, published by Boldwood and Bookouture. Love being in the Welsh mountains and walking my dogs. Neurodivergent. Gold medal in procrastination. No hate in my heart, rooting for peace.
Author LILITH ๐๐๐ด ON WILDER SEAS ๐โ๏ธ๐
Historical Fiction | Mythology | Ancient Women | Agent: DKW Literary Agency
www.nikkimarmery.com
'Our Big Day' LGBTQ+ award-winning picturebook published 2022. Currently subbing agents w/ a gay novel for adults. Husband, dog lover, cat misser, biscuit eater, previously @gutterbookshop ... he/him. linktr.ee/bobjohnstonbooks
Multi genre AUTHOR, reader,
amateur historian, traveler, foodie, and rescue dog lover. Very clumsy but quite nice.
LA, UK, FL
https://linktr.ee/JGreweglover
Publisher, podcaster, sculler, book shepherd, once & future farmer. VP at IPNE.org. Publisher, ๐บ๐ฆ author OlegVeretskiy.com. Submissions โก๏ธ PiercePress.com/contact. Approved DMs only.
LITTLE WILD coming June 2026 (Mantle, UK; Holt, US; Fazi Editore, IT)
Rep'd by Cathryn Summerhayes, Curtis Brown. Will work for croissants.
Writes stuff. Cannot pass a dog without wanting to pet it. MG series *Montgomery Schnauzer P.I.* out now!
Official site --> https://MontgomerySchnauzer.com
Books! --> https://books2read.com/u/mvM0Zz
More books! --> https://books2read.com/u/4XO98N
PhD, novelist, RLF Fellow at Uni of Lincoln & Lincoln Bishop Uni. Working class autistic spoonie. Aro/ace. She/they. Proud to be rep'ed by @agentkateshaw.bsky.social. THE MOONLIT MAZE 2025, from @headlinebooks.bsky.social. No dms pls.
Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlightโs Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History โ24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Author of psychological thrillers including the upcoming NOT MY SISTER (https://geni.us/B0G1K5LC13author).
Lives in Edinburgh. Likes to walk her dog, read books, watch terrible reality TV and tumble down weird niche internet rabbit holes.
Thriller/suspense writer. Rep'd by @jennaschmenna Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency. My debut suspense/thriller novel THE BETTER MOTHER is out now from @crookedlanebooks !
Reviews and ramblings of a UK book blogger. Lover of books, coffee and cake โ๏ธ๐ง
Book blogger at
https://thebookreviewcafe.wordpress.com/
Writer. Medievalist. Blogger. ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ซ๐ท
Author of #historicalfiction, mystery & romance at https://linktr.ee/cathiedunnwrites
Organiser of #BookPromotion at the #CoffeePotBookClub ๐ฅฐ๐
https://linktr.ee/thecoffeepotbookclub
I photograph what I like, I write when I can. Digital Old School. Still learning. Age neutral. Enjoy every sandwich.
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bud-simpson budsimpson.substack.com
Freelance editor, reading books in the day. Writer of romantic fiction at night. Tea drinker any time. Yorkshire lass.
Website: https://helenafairfax.com/
Award-winning contemporary romance author. RNA member. Translator. Amateur baker. #RespectRomFic
https://linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
Horror/thriller writer
Rep: @clgslr
https://www.laurajordanbooks.com/
I read and write LitRPG/Sci-Fi/Fantasy. My office mate is a bunny. Vulnerable to autocorrect. I don't trust DMs, so please don't send them trying to sell me something.
https://linktr.ee/DavidJBushman
Writes: Cozy/Murder Mysteries & RomComs
Reads: Mysteries, romance, historical & romantasy
She/Her.
#BookSky ๐๐
https://www.louisemarley.co.uk/
https://ravens-edge.co.uk
NOT the American author with the same name!
Author of bestsellers
๐ THE VENICE SECRET
๐ THE FLORENCE LETTER
๐ป THE TUSCAN DIARY
Publisher: Bookouture
๐Surrey UK
https://amzn.to/3ES3oGy
Author--Horror and Mysteries for YA & Adult. Occasionally spooky. She/Her www.matteaorr.com
Rep: @maraalyse.bksy.social/Azantian Literary Agency
YA SciFi/Horror writer querying a CliFi Dystopian novelโ๏ธ๐๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
#Posterpit Co-host
Sober Letters to Mom blog. Raising kids in LA because Chicago is too cold. She/her
https://rachelblaine.substack.com
https://rachelblainewriter.com
Book devourer & reviewer. Archivist. Occasional crafter. Edinburgh ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
franmcbookface@gmail.com
๐ Fulvia๐ฑThe Society of Unknowable Objects ๐ง There are Rivers in the Sky
https://linktr.ee/franmcbookface
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Protecting People Programme Manager @ Improvement Service | Enjoys Feminism, Sci-Fi and Feminist Sci-Fi | She/ Her |
Author ๐
Gamer ๐ฎ
Dog lover ๐
Blacksmith โ๏ธ
She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Fantasy author. Gentleman scholar. Monster appreciator.
https://www.gdpenman.com/
๐ Filling good books with bad jokes. โจ
๐ Wriggly Little Hands (May 27)
๐ https://linktr.ee/authoralexknight
๐ Houston, TX
PhD, writer, editor. He/him. Ally (I hope, I try). Fallible. 9th book, Mountain Retreats, out now.
Poet, blogger, freelance editor, UK. I mean there's a lot more obviously. Politics, movies, silly jokes, knitting, the end of the world, etc. My latest book is Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle (CB Editions) & I write at katyevansbush.substack.com
The Self-Pub Hub (Indie Book Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submit-book/
Book tours:
https://book-shelfie.com/book-tour
Livestreams: twitch.tv/Limmy
Blog: https://brianlimond.substack.com/
Speculative fiction writer & narrator. Words in Flash Fiction Online, Haven Spec, and Small Wonders. Odyssey grad 2013. Codexian. Monthly Newsletter: https://shorturl.at/BPJxo
Interested in libraries, charities and the social sector and how together they can fix everything.
Once & future ultra runner. Macclesfield. Gay adopter. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Commercial Director, Libraries Connected
www.librariesconnected.org.uk
He/him
English, wordish, girlish, nerdish. lvl38 ๐ฑ ๐๐ #elephacts
she/they
๐ป Editor. Professional Member of CIEP.
๐ Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
๐ WIP: Hearts Adrift.
๐ง Neurodivergent.
From shipyards to retired IT journalist (Practical PC, PC Advisor, PC World, AOL, etc.) and author. Prostate cancer but doing okay. Howay #nufc Academy!
