UK finalists of the #TwitterFiction Festival revealed on National Book Day

Four UK finalists are set to join the line-up of those who will tweet their stories in English, Spanish and Italian as part of the Twitter Fiction Festival.Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Twitter, over 50 will showcase their work through Twitter including the London based Tom Mitchell (@tommycm), Katie Kahn (@Katy_Kahn), and Tom Avery (@TeamAvery), as well as Oxford’s Lynne Shepherd (@Lynn_Shepherd).Other finalists include David Javerbaum (@TheTweetofGod), who will tweet an entirely new book of the Bible, the Book of Bieb. It will relay the saga of the rise and fall of Justin Bieber, the younger brother of Jesus.The Twitter Fiction festival is taking place between 12 and 16 March, and will see the finalists, as well as celebrated authors, tell new stories through Twitter.

Our showcase has Twitter users from 11 countries, tweeting in 3 languages. They're all taking fiction to a new level http://t.co/l3tmoDnOKe

— Fiction Festival (@TWfictionfest) March 6, 2014