Literary twitterati: from staring at lakes to wastelands

...in other news, have you read Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding? I started last night and I LOVE!

"Pointlessly banal, attempts to milk applause from dimwits." Borges wasn't a big fan of Citizen Kane: :http://t.co/DNsrb4GQie

Pleasingly, the builders upstairs are listening to 'Stay' by Shakespears Sister, and singing their little hearts out.

Here is that great comment from FT amazon piece. http://t.co/Ifi93GC2xa pic.twitter.com/fDK2ufEFv2

Amazon's new publishing guru, @eoinpurcell had this to say in 2010Things Publishers Fear: # 1Amazon http://t.co/6hMiElPTeU via @eoinpurcell

In memory of Robin Williams, a look at Lillian Ross's 1993 Profile of the actor and his second wife http://t.co/Ze3H2jKCLB #RIPRobinWilliams

Think too many people limit writing advice to 'read lots'. Yes. But also: look at art, go to a film, see a circus, break your heart.

There's a Maeve Brennan item (discussion, interview with Eamon Morrissey & tour of Maeve's New York) on @BookShowRTE: http://t.co/pqelgwX6m4

Rave @guardian review for @Dead_Centre Lippy at @traversetheatre – solving the riddle of a group suicide http://t.co/ipWobBHv4z

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot read by Eileen Atkins & Jeremy Irons. Listen: http://t.co/xJUhFeawgb pic.twitter.com/I7WZ0V1FRL