There is a seemingly endless number of feeds and folks to follow on Twitter, but if you're interested in engaging, entertaining tweets that will keep you updated on all things literary, begin with these.
1. Literary fiction and nonfiction publisher Alfred A. Knopf @AAKnopf
2. Indie publisher Algonquin Books @AlgonquinBooks
3. Mother memoirist and author extraordinaire Ayelet Waldman @ayeletw
4. The New Yorker's book blog @bookbench
5. Novelist Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead
6. Novelist, memoirist, and essayist Dani Shapiro @danijshapiro
7. Columnist for the New York Times books section Dwight Garner @DwightGarner
8. Multiplatform literary publisher Electric Literature @ElectricLit
9. Novelist and Brooklyn bookseller Emma Straub @emmastraub
10. Novelist and publishing news writer Andrew Shaffer @EvilWylie
11. Literary publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux @FSG_Books
12. Mediabistro's book blog @GalleyCat
13. Minneapolis-based indie publisher Graywolf Press @graywolfpress
14. London-based newspaper the Guardian's book section @GuardianBooks
15. Music and book writer David Gutowski @largeheartedboy
16. Senior writer and cofounder of Salon.com Laura Miller @magiciansbook
17. All-around funny guy and novelist Mat Johnson @mat_johnson
18. NYC indie bookseller McNally Jackson @mcnallyjackson
19. The New York Times books section @nytimesbooks
20. Literary magazine the Paris Review @parisreview
21. Publisher of Poetry and nonprofit organization the Poetry Foundation @PoetryFound
22. Nonprofit organization the Academy of American Poets @POETSorg
23. Publishers Marketplace's daily e-newsletter PublishersLunch @PublishersLunch
24. Editor, writer, and reader Radhika Jones @radhikajones
25. Writer and events coordinator for McNally Jackson Michele Filgate @readandbreathe
26. Previous publisher of Soft Skull Press, current founder of publishing platform Cursor Richard Nash @R_Nash
27. Tin House editor Rob Spillman @robspill
28. The Orchid Thief author and New Yorker columnist Susan Orlean @susanorlean
29. Publishers Marketplace's news editor Sarah Weinman @sarahw
30. Book trade e-newsletter Shelf Awareness @ShelfAwareness
31. Shelf Awareness editor and inventor of #fridayreads Bethanne Patrick @thebookmaven
32. Online books, art, and culture magazine the Millions @The_Millions
33. Online culture magazine the Rumpus @The_Rumpus
While you're at it, don't miss ours: @poetswritersinc.
Comments
RiverVox replied on Permalink
Number 34
I'm pleased to see that you included Ayelet Waldman but you seem to have left out Neil Gaiman who tweets as @neilhimself. Not only is he a master at twitter, but he always includes recommendations of other authors and promotes book events.
redweather replied on Permalink
Please add our new book blog
Please add our new book blog at www.redweatherreview.com to the list. We post frequently and cover new fiction and nonfiction, particularly overlooked books. We also do interviews and other features on authors.