Literary twitterati: spinsters and Sigmund Freud's library

Our weekly round-up of tweets from the book world.

Wed Nov 05 2014 - 12:00

A pioneer of key-frame animation, “Gertie the Dinosaur” turns one hundred: http://t.co/l42E4eL66N pic.twitter.com/IcKAA8qPZT
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) November 5, 2014

Ann Patchett responds to that crucial missing comma in the @nytimes: pic.twitter.com/rANMTux8cz
— Sinéad Gleeson (@sineadgleeson) November 4, 2014

"Time spent with books is never wasted." - Sigmund Freud*

Sigmund Freud's private library* pic.twitter.com/ObawR1sCyz
— Literature & Books (@Lit_Books) November 4, 2014

After the Builders, a November poem from my debut collection, launching Fri 14 Nov http://t.co/T4EHco6ixH pic.twitter.com/X8uWM9SAfW
— Angela T. Carr (@adreamingskin) November 4, 2014

“Whose Dream Are You?” - a new blog post by Sean O’Reilly on the challenges of representing reality in fiction http://t.co/3Oz2PhElF7
— The Stinging Fly (@stingingfly) November 3, 2014

Spinsters! (my cartoon for Saturday's @guardianreview) pic.twitter.com/DjWIKj5LWc
— Tom Gauld (@tomgauld) November 3, 2014

I took The Defence by @SSCav out to dinner in NYC. A cheap date and a good read: pic.twitter.com/Mz74kRryky
— Stuart Neville #TheHouseOfAshes (@stuartneville) November 3, 2014

Reading, drinking honey flavoured beer and eating the youngest's #Halloween haul. Who sez I can't celebrate #BGEIBA nom in style?
— Sinéad Crowley The Belladonna Maze (@SCrowleyAuthor) October 31, 2014

The A. M Heath literary agency Irish Children’s Prize is looking for a new standout Irish voice in children’s fiction http://t.co/fPLbOZmiZ2
— writing.ie (@writing_ie) October 30, 2014