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Chloe Richardson

@clrichardson.bsky.social
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Queer, chronically ill, neurodivergent writer and reader. MLitt Publishing graduate from the University of Stirling. Current Patient Administrator. She/Her.

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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Was lucky enough to be gifted a beautiful journal for Christmas (currently in my suitcase). Trying to find a purpose for it and debating making it a reading journal 🤔 Any tips or prompts for a first timer? #journalling #booksky 💙📚
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
My time at Stirling has come to an end but my time in the publishing and communications sector is just beginning 💚 #bleedgreen #stirgrad
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Long time no see Bluesky. Quick life update: today… 👎 I got rejected for adult disability payment (I’ll be appealing this decision) 30 minutes before… 👍 I found out that I was successful in a recent interview and will soon be beginning a full-time job! (More news on that soon.)
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thank you to those of you who have reached out so far! ☺️For those of you who haven’t and may be interested in the project, the window for initial contact closes on Monday. Send me an email to have your say on how your role is viewed and what the industry could be doing to better support this work!
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🔍 Are you a sensitivity reader, authenticity reader, or cultural consultant with experience working with authors, agents, or publishers in the UK? Your insight would be appreciated to help with my dissertation! For further details, please email clr00053@students.stir.ac.uk Thank you.
Call for interviewees:

Are you a sensitivity reader, authenticity reader, or cultural consultant?

Your participation is requested for an upcoming research project exploring the implementation, reception, and importance of sensitivity reading in the UK publishing industry.

I'm looking to speak to professionals who:
• Have experience conducting sensitivity reads for authors, agents, or publishers within the UK publishing industry.
• Are willing and able to reflect critically on their role and the industry.

What's involved?
Participants will be required to partake in a 30-60 minute
online interview.
Your input will contribute to discussions on representation and authenticity in publishing and help shape a practical guide for publishers, authors, and
editors.

For Further details reach out to Chloe Richardson over email
cIr00053@students.stir.ac.uk
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Leah @leahyeah.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Hello people of #booksky ! I am asking for responses to my survey looking into book reader culture in Scotland. If you are an adult in Scotland who considers yourself a reader, please fill out my quick survey! On average so far, it takes about 4 minutes to fill it out. forms.office.com/e/WR37aGcjFF
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Elated that we finally get to share our creation! 💚
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Thank you to all of you who came to our launch event! For those of you who couldn't make it, why not check out some of these fantastic shots? Captured by John Morton Photography, a change of pace from the student's usual music and concert work. #Photography #Launch #Booksky 📚💙
Image of the printed edition of "Crossroads" sat next to empty prosecco glasses and a thoroughly enjoyed cupcake.Author Shani reads an excerpt from their piece "Do you remember?"Cupcakes provided by Wildflower Bakes.
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Stryvling Press launch over and nearly time to move flat in the middle of writing my dissertation and interviewing for jobs…yet the current thing stressing me out the most is not being able to buy a bookcase until I measure the new flat…
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Why not head over to @stryvlingpress.bsky.social and get to know some of the authors who contributed to Crossroads? A new anthology coming this WEDNESDAY might I add…
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🎉You are invited to a magical evening of readings and author panels as Stryvling Press prepares for the release of our 8th anthology 📖 Come along to the Albert Halls on June 4th to celebrate the talented team behind this year’s title! Tickets linked in bio/replies ✨ #booklaunch
Join us for 'Crossroads' Book Launch:

June 4th
5.00-7.00pm.

Albert Halls, Stirling

For a night of readings and author q&a’s.

Dress code:
Come in green or on theme! (So anything mystical, magical or mythical!)
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
What a bonnie wee book 😍
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Disgusted and devastated by this news. My heart goes out to all the trans women effected by this.
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
So excited to see this project come to life! 🥺
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Feeling unreasonably enraged at the clocks going forward tonight and losing an hour’s sleep. The concept of time does nothing but serve me anguish. Or maybe I’m just sleep deprived…
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I really enjoy Dishsoap’s specificity in their submission suggestions! As a neurodivergent writer, I personally find this makes the submissions process feel less daunting and more like a fun creative prompt to follow. A very open and informative approach! 👏
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 27/03/2025
New poetry from Fady Joudah speaks against complacency and genocide. Read “Truth Is Never Finished” on our site now:
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Truth Is Never Finished | Fady Joudah
They came back for the map, but the map laughed them off: Who bombs hospitals to inherit the earth?
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Last day of our meet the team posts- say hello to our Business and Administration team! A terrific team of two making sure our books are available for sale and working towards ensuring the future success of the press. Check out this thread to get to know them!📚💙 #Booksky #Admin #Business
Meet the Team: Business and Administration
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The battle of trying to lose yourself in a book to distract from your noisy neighbours, while struggling to concentrate on the book because you have noisy neighbours 😬
Image features a book held open with the backdrop of a lamp and some wall art of a collage and a drawing of Medusa
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Oh look it’s me! (I say with feigned surprise, as if I wasn’t the one who posted this 🤣)
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Day 4 of our meet the team posts and it's time to introduce our dedicated Design and Layout team! Check out this thread to get to know them 💙📚 #Booksky #Publisher #Design #Art
Meet the team: Design and Layout
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Day 3 of our meet the team posts!📚💙 Get to know our persistently-great production team! #Booksky #Production #Meettheteam
Meet the Team: Production
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Day 2 of our meet the team posts! Check out this thread to get to know our excellent Editorial team 📚💙 They are tasked with the job of finetuning the content that will go into our next title. #Booksky #Books #Editor #Editorial
Meet the Team: Editorial
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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
We're very excited to be bringing you a disability pride issue! Keep those submissions coming in! www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit
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SUBMIT | Utopia Science Fiction Magazine
Utopia Science Fiction is open to submissions. We pay our authors for accepted stories, provide feedback. We are looking for fiction, art, poetry. Send us optimistic science fiction, hard science fict...
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods. Source: NYT
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Dustin @notthatdusty.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
They say banned, I say required reading. #books #booksky #bannedbooks @booksamillion.bsky.social
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Absolutely adore this.
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day from the team at Stryvling Press! We'd love to know some of your favourite feminist reads!📚💙#InternationalWomensDay #Womenwhowrite #Booksky #WomensDay
Image features the text "International Women's Day 2025" and is accompanied by nine book covers, listed below:
- A Room of One's Own-Virginia Woolf
- Gender Trouble, Judith Butler
- Sister, Outsider-Audre Lorde
- Invisible Women-Caroline Criado Perez
-The Heart of a Woman-Maya Angelou
-Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982-Cho Nam-Joo
-The Second Sex- Simone de Beauvoir
-Girl, Woman, Other- Bernadine Evaristo
-The Edible Woman, Margaret Atwood
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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
For International Women's Day, I’ve written about some of my favourite books by WOMEN WRITERS IN TRANSLATION across the world. Featuring books by Natalia Ginzburg, Mariana Enriquez, Yūko Tsushima, Tove Ditlevsen & many more. Enjoy! #IWD2025 #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/w...
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Favourite Books by Women Writers in Translation – for International Women’s Day (8th March)
Celebrated annually on 8th March, International Women’s Day (IWD) marks the achievements of women across all aspects of life – social, economic, cultural, and political – while also advocating for …
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
In between emails, errands and work, my nose is stuck in some YA horror 🖤
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flarelitmag.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Author Spotlight #8: M. S Marquart and her poem, "Love Letter to My ME/CFS, Long Covid Body." Read it here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/love… . . . #litmags #authorspotlight #poetry #chronicillnessawareness
Pink heart background: Author Spotlight "Love Letter to My Me/CFS, Long Covid Body" by M. S. Marquart, Poetry
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
What a bonnie book! 📚💙 #BookSky
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Throwback to a snowy day in 2019- right around the time we published our second anthology! ❄️ Circling the Point is all about frustration, focus, and fortitude- fickle mistresses brought to life by 13 brilliant writers. Available in both paperback and eBook. 📚✨ #BookSky #IndieAuthors
Image features the book "Circling the Point" held over snowy ground. Image has been reposted from Instagram.
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is immensely upsetting to see.
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We're feeling nostalgic over here at Stryvling press! 📚💙 In 2018, Inklings was published. 16 incredible authors- a variety of themes across poetry and short fiction—there’s something for everyone. Looking for your next read? Find the Inklings eBook for just 99p on our site! (Link in bio) #throwback
Image features the book "Inklings" in front of a tree with pink flowers. (Image has been reposted from Stryvling's Instagram.)
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Stryvling Press @stryvlingpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
How we're feeling over at Stryvling press now that we're on Bluesky and have another platform to chat about books on 😆 -------------------------------------------------------------- #publishing #books #BookSky #poetry #shortstories #flashfiction #authors #DragRace #booknerd #booklover #writing
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a woman says so excited to be here with her hands up
Alt: Michelle Visage (Drag Race) says "so excited to be here" with her hands up to her face.
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Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this. www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...
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AI and copyright - blog - Chris Haughton - AI and copyright
The blog of designer and author Chris Haughton. Chris was listed in Time magazine's DESIGN 100 for his fair trade design work for PEOPLE TREE.
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Webvixen @webvixen.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Book bans aren’t about protecting kids—they’re about controlling minds. Read freely, think critically, and fight censorship. #booksky
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Basil Wright @kobanya.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
First up, the Sensitivity Consultant Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/92T7cw1 2/7
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Dr. Kate Ringland @kateringland.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Accessibility is essential for thriving online communities! Here are 10 actionable tips to make your digital spaces more inclusive and welcoming. From alt text to fostering an inclusive culture, small changes can make a big impact. #Accessibility #Inclusion www.kateringland.com/10-essential...
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10 Essential Tips for Accessibility and Inclusion in Online Communities
Accessibility is essential for thriving online communities! Check out these 10 actionable tips to make your digital spaces more inclusive and welcoming for all. From alt text to fostering an inclusive...
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Make plans to attend "Making Accessibility Accessible" webinar Tuesday 1/28 at 4p EST, hosted by our Equity, Justice, Inclusion & Belonging Committee. Panelists will consider publication production, workplace accessibility & advocacy, & author relationships. Register here: bit.ly/4jbPIcS
AUPresses Webinar in dark letters, with white AUPresses logoform, on a golden background
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate from me and the doggo! Can you tell we missed each other? #dog #christmas
Image shows Chloe in festive pjs being kissed/licked by the childhood dog she now only sees once a year.
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Essay handed in. Last shift before Christmas done. Now think I’ll share my top reads of this year before the festivities commence!
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Can’t tell who the original creator of this illustration is so credit where credits due but still wanted to share.
Image features a range of challenged/bans books on a shelf with the writing below reading ‘I’m with the banned’.
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Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Last week a survey demonstrated that UK children's books were becoming less diverse; today we learn that the same is true of the industry itself. www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...
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Publishers Association report reveals 'disappointing drop' in ethnic minority representation within industry
A report by the Publishers Association (PA) has revealed that "ethnic minority" representation fell by 2% in 2024, with a decline in the numbers of Asian and British Asian staff.
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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 02/12/2024
Starter Pack for independent bookshops some of who also run lots of local events go.bsky.app/DopYboe
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CLPE @theclpe.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
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404 Ink @404ink.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Wonky books are back! We sell books that get returned to us by retailers such as Amazon, which have become dented, torn and/or dirty, as well as some spectacular misprints, all at over 50% off. It means we're not pulping and our authors aren't missing out on royalties. www.404ink.com/wonky-books
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Wonky Books — 404 Ink
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Chloe Richardson @clrichardson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Come February, you won’t hear from me for 24 hours as I read this book from cover to cover.
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