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Literary Twitterati: from support for Fighting Words to disapproval of wallpaper

Our weekly round-up of recent literary happenings on Twitter. Follow Sarah Gilmartin on Twitter at @pandapolitics

Thu Apr 3 2014 - 10:20

Follow Sarah Gilmartin on Twitter at @pandapolitics

Harper Collins Announce an All Star Irish Line Up in Support of Roddy Doyle's Fighting Words - #BeyondtheStars - http://t.co/xD8nZoQJ0F

To kick off National Poetry Month, here's a fantastic short story by Paul Theroux: "Poetry Lessons." http://t.co/plcgseZdmh

We have just heard that there are portraits of Irish Writers on show at Gallery No. 6 on Anne Street..http://t.co/pVIXKKl4R5

Ted Hughes making a Waste Land joke to T.S. Eliot, 1959. (Bet every letter to Eliot in April had the same P.S.) pic.twitter.com/WCDhbUmQmC

Surgical tips for writing: http://t.co/PtQRx8sEY3

Those of you who've been claiming you haven't read The Luminaries because it's so heavy... the paperback is out today! #noexcuses

Wow! Amazing book deal for Irish debut author Jax Miller - also well done to @inkwellHQ @simontrewin ! http://t.co/Fs5kRv939c

Oscar Wilde's last words were"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go." http://t.co/Ks3pi6mtq0

THE ACCIDENT, by Chris Pavone: if you like real nail-biters, this is the best one so far this year.

I was told not to operate machinery today. But here I am, on a computer.