Scratch Books
@scratch_books
A small publisher dedicated to the art of the short story.
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j. walsh
@badaude
books @VersoBooks @semiotextepress @transitbooks @joanpublishing @NoAlibisPress @incastellated @tramppress @bloomsburylit & more, couture-al marxism @spike_art
Chris Power
@chris_power
I read books, write books (Mothers, A Lonely Man) and write about books (LRB, Guardian, NY Times etc). 2025 Booker judge.
Nicholas Royle
@nicholasroyle
Not-for-profit writer. Short stories (Manchester Uncanny @confingo); second-hand book collecting (Shadow Lines @saltpublishing). Runs @nightjarpress
Jonny
@mistergraysky
Suffering Jukebox – my debut collection of short stories available now sufferingjukebox.bandcamp.com #MDANT
Granta
@grantamag
The Quarterly Magazine of New Writing.
Rory McCarthy
@roryisconfused
Cool guy! Writer! I post about films and books and nonsense mainly. “Well, Sir, I guess there’s just a meanness in this world.”
Patrick D Morris
@patric_1m
lover of life's treasures, a persuer of all things music and art, a flaneur in the best tradition of that word!
Vicki Harris 🇪🇺
@lawshalls
⚫ Bibliophile. Freelance editor & proof reader. #Rejoin #ProgressiveAlliance # 💙 See also @Vickitheeditor
Fiona O'Brien
@fiona_obrien
Writer, journalist, human rights advocate. @LondonLibrary Emerging Writers 24/5. UK director @RSF_inter. Co-founder @tonrefugees. Formerly @Kingstonjourno.
Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow
@commapress
Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Retweets do not equal endorsements.
Joe Catch
@joseph_catch
Bookseller and librarian.
The Stinging Fly
@stingingfly
Magazine for new writers, new writing – first published in March 1998. Now also doing books, workshops, seminars, podcast, etc. Supported by the Arts Council.
London Korean Links
@lklinks
Random tweets, articles and updates from the London-based Korean culture blog, London Korean Links - Covering Things Korean in London / from London, since 2006
Manchester Review
@mancreview
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
Catherine Menon
@cg_menon
FRAGILE MONSTERS @vikingbooksUK mastodon.social/@cg_menon Rep'd by @rcwlitagency
David Hayden
@seventydys
Toby Litt
@tobylitt
Reader. Activist. Writer. Head of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton.
Caleb Azumah Nelson
@calebanelson
Writer. OPEN WATER. SMALL WORLDS - OUT 11 MAY 2023 . Pre-order now. @VikingbooksUK. Photographer. Instagram @caleb_anelson Representation @serenadams
Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
@smoorefitz
Academic, novelist, teacher and prof at UL Creative Writing. Follow me over on bsky: smoorefitz
Ailsa Cox
@ailsacox
Short story writer and critic. I divide my time between past, present and future.
Bernard T. Joy
@bernardtjoy
PhD from @UofGlasgow. Literature, US culture/Southern US culture, William Faulkner, modernist studies, philosophy, visual art, genre fiction.
Edge Hill Prize
@ehushortstory
This account is now closed. Join us on Instagram - Edgehillprize
Eloise Poole
@eloisepoole
books and so on
marcus
@marcusyesok
Nicholas Lezard
@nicklezard
Blistering barnacles! Wait till I get my hands on the miserable molecule of mildew who dreamed up this balderdash
Marina Sofia
@marinasofia8
Global nomad, addicted to world lit, writes 'just bits'. Co-founder of Corylus, publisher of translated crime fiction with a social edge. Translator RO/DE-EN
David Lynch
@davidlynwriter
Author of 3 non-fiction books @NewIslandBooks . Fiction in @CrannogM @booksirelandmag @magazine_swerve . Journalist at @med_indonews
Catherine Taylor
@katyataylor
Writer. Memoir The Stirrings @wnbooks winner of the 2024 TLS Ackerley Prize. Former dep dir @englishpen Agent: @eleanorbirne @rcwlitagency
Writers' HQ
@writers_hq
Stop fucking about and start writing. Procrastination-busting courses, events, swearing, tea-drinking writershq.co.uk/join
Ana García-Soriano
@anagarsor
PhD Candidate @leedsunienglish researching intimacy in contemporary black British short stories by women |she/her| Views my own | @BecariosFLC |
Matthew Marland
@matthewmarland
Literary agent @RCWLitAgency
Jen Calleja
@niewview
FAIR & VEHICLE (@PrototypePubs); GOBLINHOOD (@RoughTradeBooks); DUST SUCKER (Makina Books); translator of German-language lit, co-publisher @PrasparPress.
Darren Loucaides
@darrenloucaides
politics and tech for @WIRED @guardian @RollingStone @restofworld / creative writing alumnus @uealdc / tips: darren.loucaides AT protonmail.com
Tice Cin
@ticecin
Author of KEEPING THE HOUSE.🧞♀️ andotherstories.org/keeping-the-ho… Director Repped by @UnitedAgents📽 Words @DJMag @Mixmag 🔮 @NeopreneGenie
Akeem Balogun
@writtengallery
Writer | Somerset Maugham Award winner w/ The Storm: okapibooks.com/books/the-storm
Eddie Creamer
@creamerewp
Trying to write. He/him 🏳️🌈
Fitzcarraldo Editions
@fitzcarraldoeds
Independent publisher.
Tim Groenland
@groenbot
Researching contemporary publishing @UCD_English. Co-Editor-in-Chief of @theIJAS.
Emily Devane
@devaneemily
Writer/teacher/bookseller | @WordsMoor | Mogford SL | @BathStoryAward 🥈 | @Smokelong 🥉 | Northern Writers' Award 🏅| @BathFlashAward 🥇 | ed @flashbackfic
The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing
@writingchinese
A Centre for contemporary Chinese writing at the University of Leeds. For authors, translators, publishers, everyone.
Jude Higgins
@judehwriter
Bestmicrofiction 2022; 2024.Wigleaf longlist 2022 & 2024, S/L Bridport Prize x4 SmokeLong Mikey S/L 2024” Collection Clearly Defined Clouds, AdHocFiction.com
BritishKoreanSociety
@britkoreansoc
Founded to foster friendship between the UK and the Republic of Korea, to bring together all those in the UK who are interested in Korean matters.
ShortStoryComps
@shortstorycomps
Lots of news of various kinds about short story competitions, in the UK and beyond
Gurnaik Johal
@gurnaikjohal
SARASWATI out 12 June @serpentstail
Kathryn Tann
@kathryn_tann
Writer // Editor and Co-founder @foldingrockmag 📘 Seaglass: Essays, Moments and Reflections OUT NOW with @calonbooks
Daniel Hinds
@danielghinds
Evil twin. Poetry collection 'New Famous Phrases' March 2025 @brokensleep @BBC New Creative @NewCreativesN @NewWritingNorth North East Poet @ilkleylitfest NNP
Rowe Irvin
@bog__daughter
Writer. Not active on here – find me on Instagram: bog__daughter LIFE CYCLE OF A MOTH 2025 @canongatebooks Rep @agent_luck PhD @newwritingMCR
Lauren Cortese isn't here anymore
@la_cortese
find me on all the other apps
Mirrorlamppress
@mirrorlamppress
A free magazine about art and literature. Funded by @artscouncil_ie
Lucie Elven
@lucieelven
Frances Crawford
@franapunk999
Glaswegian chancer. Writer A BAD BAD PLACE @TransworldBooks at Penguin @CottonFinn Agents - @EuanThorneycrof @oliagent @AMHeathLtd MLitt @UofGWriting
Jane Burn
@janeburn14
#autistic #pan #LGBTQ #workingclass @MarksAwards Environmental Poet of the Year 23/24 / Be Feared @NineArchesPress / The Apothecary of Flight due 2024
Sarah Turner
@scturnerfiction
Stories: @SonoraReview @JJournalNYC @TheLondonMag @ShooterLitMag @FictiveDream @LitroMagazine @LeonReview and more | SL Bridport SS 2023 | Mostly at 🦋
RóisínMcIntosh
@roisinmcintosh
Work featured in @bansheelit, @splonk1, @stormsjournal, Sunspotlit.com roisinmcintosh.com
Caracol Books
@caracolbooks
Volunteer run & not-for-profit radical bookshop. Open Thurs-Sat 10-4, Sunday 12:30-4 || 14-15 Annes Walk, Anglia Square, NR3 1EB
STORIE
@storiebrum
experiments in prose curated by taylor burns & clive judd in association with @vocebooks & @kilder_bar [email protected]
Piers Dudgeon
@piersdudgeon
Publisher and author
Victoria Spires
@jitterbugwrites
Published in Berlin Lit, The Winged Moon & others | Shortlisted #CWA25 | Commended Ledbury Poetry Competition 2024 | Contributing editor @thewingedmoon
East Bristol Books
@ebb_books
New independent bookshop EBB, N. 1. The movement of the tide out to sea, or the period of time when the sea flows away from the land.
Serenity Booksellers
@serenityromiley
Independent Bookshop in Romiley, Greater Manchester. Second bookshop in Stockport Centre now open! Co-founder @StockportNoir. Tweets by @oziasmidwinter
Paul Knowles
@pkcoeditormr
Paul Knowles alongside Joseph Hunter is the Co-editor of the Manchester Review.
Carole Hailey
@caroleahailey
SCENES FROM A TRAGEDY out now THE SILENCE PROJECT BBCRadio2 Book Club | Waterstones Welsh BotM | Booksellers Association BotM
Wendy Erskine
@wednesdayerskin
THE BENEFACTORS, Sceptre, June '25, DANCE MOVE Stinging Fly/Picador/The Tangerine Press, SWEET HOME, Stinging Fly/Picador, WELL I JUST KIND OF, Paper Visual Art
David Frankel
@davey_frankel
Prize-dodging writer of short stories. Here despite popular demand. 'Forgetting is How We Survive' pub'd by @saltpublishing . Shortlist @EHUShortStory
Tom Conaghan
@tomconagh
Publisher @scratch_books. Editor @lollieditions. He/him
Tom Boone
@tmboone21
2024 Bridport Flash Fiction Shortlist
Elizabeth (Biddy) Briggs
@litfactivist
Editorial Director @saqibooks. Edits, rights (homophone) etc. Dissenters forthcoming @unbounders. Tomorrow there’ll be apricots 🍑
Mel
@nichollsm86
I yammer on about queer and translated fiction, small press, manga, and pretty books 📚🖼️ 🐶🌸🌈