I’m going to be off Twitter after today. I will keep this account live so that I can still be DM’d if you need something and can't reach me any other way, but won’t be using it otherwise.

I don't know why I wrote "so far", though. Surely now is when I get to retire? It would mean I couldn't then get the 2033 prize @mervatim promised me, but you can't have everything.

RT @SALTatChicago: We are delighted to introduce you to our ambitious new multi-year project to promote South Asian literature in English t…

Popping back on Twitter this morning after 18 months away. All seems totally fine and normal.

@Mat_at_Brookes Yep, all OK! Will see you on Fb, and hopefully also in the world soon.

@TomMorganJones "Or is it . . . au revoir?" "No, Perkins."

@robertsharp59 There: have a final one for old time’s sake.

@jonesgarethp What a treat! I can’t wait.

@charlesbeckett Thanks, Charles - too early to say that I can recommend it, but I confidently guessing that I will...

@Damian_Barr Such things I have to look forward to...

Hope to see many of you somewhere three-dimensional before too long. Currently making many travel plans (all over the U.K. in June, and beyond - Paris, Greece, etc. - as soon thereafter as seems responsible), in order to do just that. Keep well meantime.

@Joannechocolat (Have been meaning to escape for several months but wanted to get this translation diary finished first, so I could spread the word as it developed. But free, as of today!)

@AngelGurriaQ @CharcoPress Thanks, Ángel. So am I!

@MelanieJFlorenc @botsford_cla @MarinaSofia8 @bcltuea Thanks - yes, I haven't been able to get it working from here for some reason, but the site seems fine.

@PiersTorday @questingvole @HachetteKids ... the latest thrilling instalment by the award-winning author of "The Penultimate Wild" and "The Antepenultimate Wild" ...

@Prangman7 @garymichael02 It's a miracle no mainstream Anglophone publisher has picked this one up yet.

@sawadhussain @mlynxqualey Not public yet, but just messaged you details...