Literary Twitterati: Hugo Hamilton in Katie Taylor's gloves

Our round up of literary happenings on twitter this week

Thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/Waterstones">@Waterstones</a> for asking me to choose my favourite historical novels. Read the list here: <a href="http://t.co/W7RgRH8y7N">http://t.co/W7RgRH8y7N</a>

Donal Ryan, Eimear McBride, Frank McGuinness & Colm Tóibín <a href="https://twitter.com/Writersweek">@Writersweek</a> -congrats to EMcB for winning Prize <a href="http://t.co/oEQDnwoLx7">pic.twitter.com/oEQDnwoLx7</a>

"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be." Maya Angelou - who was utterly amazing.

Photograph: Thinkstock
Photograph: Thinkstock

Hugo Hamilton wearing Katie Taylor's boxing glove in John b Keane's pub. Festivals, eh?! <a href="http://t.co/OHUEakBo7g">pic.twitter.com/OHUEakBo7g</a>

<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FF&amp;src=hash">#FF</a> the best of Irish <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23writing&amp;src=hash">#writing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DreadfulP">@DreadfulP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDublinReview">@TheDublinReview</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/stingingfly">@stingingfly</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gorse_journal">@gorse_journal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/themothmagazine">@themothmagazine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBohemyth">@TheBohemyth</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSouthCircula">@TheSouthCircula</a>

The <a href="https://twitter.com/penguinusa">@penguinusa</a> Centennial Edition of James Joyce's "Dubliners" that I designed & illustrated: <a href="http://t.co/mEphrWQQO8">http://t.co/mEphrWQQO8</a> <a href="http://t.co/65lYASPKjI">pic.twitter.com/65lYASPKjI</a>

My review of Geoff Dyer's Another Great Day at Sea <a href="http://t.co/Jb3EcohEB9">http://t.co/Jb3EcohEB9</a>

Really Useful Links for Writers: Leaving Cert Essay Writing <a href="http://t.co/Pnif5x4DVA">http://t.co/Pnif5x4DVA</a>

Judy Blume talks sense about book banning in the US - Parents worry too much about what children read <a href="http://t.co/3157Fd8Ds2">http://t.co/3157Fd8Ds2</a>

Delighted for Sara Baume. Winning a big prize, early on, makes a huge difference to a writer's life. Full news here: <a href="http://t.co/6tGlWJpaXy">http://t.co/6tGlWJpaXy</a>

Sarah Gilmartin is on twitter @PandaPolitics