Edinburgh International Book Festival
@edbookfest
The world's largest public celebration of the written word.
Next Festival: 10-25 Aug 2024 at Edinburgh Futures Institute
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The Portobello Bookshop
@PortyBooks
An indie bookshop at the beach in Portobello, Edinburgh. Open 7 days a week, 10am - 6pm. Please use our contact form (not DMs) to get in touch! Thank you 😊
Scottish Book Trust
@scottishbktrust
A national charity changing lives with reading and writing. Home of @Bookbug_SBT, @BookWeekScot and #ReadingSchools. Donate today to change lives with books.
Sara Sheridan
@sarasheridan
Writer. Mapped Scotland according to women's history. Also writes novels. Over-enthusiastic. She/her. YES. Insta:@sarasheridanwriter Blue: @sarasheridan
📚 Peggy Hughes 👟 🌱
@HughesPeg
Chief Exec @writerscentre / Hon FRSL / trustee: @ageuknorwich & @openbookreading / 💜s ~ books, radio, whimsy, outdoors + himself. she/her
Heather Parry
@HeatherParryUK
breakfast enthusiast // ELECTRIC DREAMS March '24 // CARRION CROW Feb '25 // ORPHEUS BUILDS A GIRL // THIS IS MY BODY, GIVEN FOR YOU // editor @extrateethmag //
Edinburgh Museums
@EdinCulture
Nine Museums & Galleries | 200 Monuments | 250,000 Objects | Owned by @Edinburgh_CC we share Edinburgh’s stories and more with over 800,000 visitors each year.
Brian Ferguson
@brianjaffa
Edinburgh-based journalist, arts-follower, traveller-around-Scotland. Any views expressed are mine alone. Follow me on Instagram @brianjaffa
Louise Welsh
@louisewelsh00
To the Dogs, The Second Cut, The Cutting Room, & more Hon Prez @ScottishPen Librettist #SOAnthropocene @theempirecafe Prof @UofGWriting Instagram louisewelsh550
404 Ink
@404Ink
We like to publish books. Hi. 👋 @heathermmcd & @laurafjones Publisher of the Year '22-'23 ✌️ British Book Awards Scottish Small Press of the Year '24 📚
National Library of Scotland
@natlibscot
Scotland's national library. Visit our exhibition ‘Sgeul | Story: Folktales from the Scottish Highlands’ - https://t.co/PPJoQUypCe
Scottish Poetry Library
@ByLeavesWeLive
Bringing people & poems together. It is free to join as a borrower & we also operate free postal borrowing.
Association for Scottish Literature
@scotlit
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://t.co/zYhepbuFMG
Kirsty Logan
@kirstylogan
Professional daydreamer. Latest books: The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir (Virago), Now She is Witch (Vintage)
National Galleries of Scotland
@NatGalleriesSco
Three galleries. One world class collection. Discover in Edinburgh here: 📍National 📍Modern 📍Portrait & Online
SALTIRE SOCIETY
@Saltire_Society
The Saltire Society is an independent non-political body promoting Scottish heritage, nurturing, supporting and celebrating Scotland's diverse creativity.
Graeme Macrae Burnet
@GMacraeBurnet
Twice Booker-listed novelist. Case Study | His Bloody Project | The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau | The Accident on the A35
Doug Johnstone
@doug_johnstone
Writer & musician. 17th novel The Collapsing Wave out now. Album Crow Hill out now. Drummer for @funlovinwriters.
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
@Lighthousebks
Scotland's leading politics bookshop. Home to Edinburgh #RadicalBookFair & #BookFringe; Activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space
The Edinburgh Bookshop
@EdinBookshop
@[email protected] Scottish Independent Bookshop of the Year 2022 (Bookseller Industry Awards)
Canongate
@canongatebooks
Publisher. Always independent.
Laura Tansley
@laura_tans
Co/writer and tutor based in Glasgow. All views my own.
McEwan Hall
@mcewanhall
Official Twitter account for The McEwan Hall at The University of Edinburgh
Philippa Gregory
@PhilippaGBooks
Official account for historical novelist Philippa Gregory.
Forbes Masson 💙
@forbesmasson
Actor. He/Him @theRSC associate artist. Still living The High Life. Duncan Muir in @TheCrownNetflix @Netflixuk NEXT Laughing Boy @JSTheatre
Richard Osman
@richardosman
Books etc. https://t.co/16dPNwIRT5
Salman Rushdie
@SalmanRushdie
In the immortal words of Popeye the Sailor Man: I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam.
WorkerBee
@LiteracyHive
Resources for all your literacy needs under one virtual roof. Find them at https://t.co/sPHvffkSvR.
James O'Brien
@mrjamesob
Buy ‘How They Broke Britain’ here: https://t.co/l1OeqaJPce
Wren | Lauren James
@Lauren_E_James
Carnegie longlisted author, Heartstopper TV story consultant, Royal fellow, founded the Climate Fiction Writers League Rep: @cmlwilson +CAA + @emilyhaywardw
Mishal Husain
@MishalHusain
‘Today’ on Radio 4, BBC1 news. Books are ‘The Skills: How to Win at Work’ & my forthcoming family memoir. Where there are views - these are not the BBC’s.
Hidden Door
@hiddendoorarts
Multi-arts charity transforming forgotten and disused spaces. 5-star reviews for our award-winning 2023 festival. Opening more doors in 2024 #HiddenDoor.
A K BLAKEMORE
@akblakemore
drinking spider, author of peasantcore. rep: @zoe_ross12
Danusha Laméris
@DanushaLameris
Poet, essayist. Bonfire Opera (Pitt, 2020). Blade by Blade (forthcoming, Copper Canyon). Pac U MFA faculty. she/her.
Write or Die Magazine
@WriteorDieMag
Official Magazine of @chillsubs Pay $25-$200 (No Fee) We Publish Essays, Author Interviews & Fiction EIC @kaileydello | Associate Editor @shelbyhinte
The Paris Review
@parisreview
Quarterly literary magazine founded in 1953.
Nyla AhmAd
@NylaNylaNyla
I make music and work with books @scottishbktrust @extrateethmag @Glasgowzinelib. I love comics. She/her. All own views.
Audrey Niven
@NivenAudrey
Coaching at https://t.co/Aw6cfq8zTd Writing at https://t.co/ek1evGgXPe “The gift is nothing without the work' Zola
Knights Of
@_KnightsOf
Independent. Inclusive. Award-winning children's books publisher 📚 | Bookshop in Brixton: @booksround
Kathy Hoyle. 📚🖋🍀
@kathyhoyle1
Northern.Swears. @Writers_hq bot. Words @NorthGravy @RetreatWest @forge_litmag @EmergeJournal @FictiveDream @SoFloPoJo Winner @Bathflashaward PhD #Workingclass
Emma Ainley-Walker 🐇🌼
@emainleywalker
Theatre, fairytale and film fan. Arts PR gal and sometime writer. Exec Director @storytellingpr. Often found under hats. 👒📚 she/her.
Ken Cockburn
@kencockburn
poems, translations, workshops, walks
Renard Press
@renardpress
🍃 A multiple-award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Founder member of @indiepressnet.
Chill Subs
@chillsubs
Free database of 3000+ literary magazines. Guidelines, statistics, tracker, calendar & more. Submit to our Magazine ➜ @writeordiemag | Pay $25 - $200 (No Fee)
Tom Gauld
@tomgauld
Cartoonist and Illustrator. My latest book of cartoons, REVENGE OF THE LIBRARIANS, is out now!
Prof. Claire Squires
@ClaireSquires
Director of @sgsah, Professor at @stirpublishing. European. Feminist. Ullapoolist. 50% of @blairesquiscoll she/her
naa adukwɛi
@victoriaadukwei
quiet (@FaberBooks / @aaknopf)
Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
1. Writer 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD, out now! (https://t.co/xahvo4CqJT)
The Ripple
@RippleRestalrig
The Ripple, side by side with local people, is improving the quality of life for all ages in the community by helping people to help themselves.
Joseph Fasano
@Joseph_Fasano_
Host of Daily Poetry Thread | Writer, Teacher | helping people write and be heard | books @penguinrandom, @BOAEditions | [email protected]
Creative Writing at Strathclyde
@StrathclydeCW
Our team: @AndrewMeehanEsq @rodgeglass, Dr. Steven Veerapen (@scrutineye) Dr. Sarah Bernstein & @mariaxrose. MLitt enquiries: Dr. Rodge - [email protected]
Calibre Audio
@CalibreAudio
A national charity providing audiobooks to anyone with a disability that makes reading print difficult. https://t.co/DXrOnM4qT1
SomewhereForUs
@Somewhere_ForUs
The award-winning LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 arts, culture, heritage and enterprise magazine for Scotland and beyond | Follow @Somewhere_REN | [email protected]
Dr. Maya C. Popa
@MayaCPopa
Editor @PublishersWkly | WOUND IS THE ORIGIN OF WONDER (Norton/Picador) | Prof. NYU | PhD on wonder | Newsletter POETRY TODAY
🏳️⚧️Eris Young🏳️⚧️
@Young_E_H
I wear too many hats 😅 writer and editor @shoreinf @jkpgender @pseudopod_org Represented by @a_cochran @CWAgencyUK @[email protected]
Merryn Glover
@MerrynGlover
#Writer living in the #Cairngorms, Scotland; write for @GdnCountryDiary; Novels + #TheHiddenFires - Nan Shepherd; @PolygonBooks Rep by @taffyagent
anahit behrooz
@anahitrooz
books + events editor @ the skinny | BFFs out @ 404 ink | words @ another mag, little white lies, girls on tops, gal-dem, the big issue, the scotsman | she/her
Ingleby Gallery
@InglebyGallery
International Contemporary Art Gallery 33 Barony Street, Edinburgh
Ned Boulting 🏳️⚧️
@nedboulting
'We are lived by powers we pretend to understand' W. H. Auden Newest book: 1923 - The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession - Published June 22nd
Hashi Mohamed
@hm_hashi
Planning Barrister & Author of #peoplelikeus and #ahomeofonesown - both out now. All personal tweets.
David Farrier
@David_Farrier
Author of FOOTPRINTS: In Search of Future Fossils (4th Estate, 2020); writing CURIOUS EARTH: Animal and Human Life Reimagined (Canongate, 2025) Agent:@PlittyC
Mat Osman
@matosman
Suede bassist. Author - The Ghost Theatre out now via Bloomsbury. Producer/composer. Didz at Quietus for musical stuff, Victoria Hobbs at AM Heath for books
Edinburgh Deaf Festival
@EdinDeafFest
Save the date, 9-18 August 2024. We can’t wait to see you all again! Brought to you by @deafaction
Richard T Kelly
@RichTKelly
Novelist @FaberBooks, teacher @FaberAcademy, Associate Professor @NorthumbriaUni. My latest novel THE BLACK EDEN is out now.
Brian Dillon
@briangdillon
Writer. AFFINITIES, ESSAYISM & SUPPOSE A SENTENCE published by Fitzcarraldo & NYRB. GONE TO EARTH (on Hounds of Love) & AMBIVALENCE (on education) forthcoming.
Catherine Wilson Garry
@CWilsonPoet
Poet & writer | @scottishbktrust work at @Catherine_SBT | Rock the Boat @PTBOPoetry | Poems: Another Word for Home is Blackbird @StewedBooks | Views my own 📚
Jamie Jauncey
@JamieJauncey
Author, writer, facilitator, musician, blogger. Co-founder of Dark Angels and The Stories We Tell.
Laura Young
@LessWasteLaura
Climate PhD researcher, Community Engagement, Waste/Plastic, Radio/TV, TED, Christian, #BanDisposableVapes❌💨 🏆Scottish Influencer of the Year 2024
Thera
@TheraTrust
Thera Trust is a registered charity, leading a group of companies which support over 3,000 people with a #learningdisability.
Portobello High Sch
@PortobelloHigh
Secondary School
Teach the Future
@_TeachtheFuture
A student-led campaign for climate justice education 💚📖 #TeachTheFuture