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Ireland's leading independent publisher, founded in 1984. Proudly supported by The Arts Council. Our Stoneybatter bookshop is open 9.30am-5pm on weekdays.
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We were honoured to be mentioned in this fantastic article @rte.ie about the upcoming inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair alongside so many wonderful independent Irish publishers, including @lilliputpress.bsky.social, @skeinpress.bsky.social, @machapress.bsky.social, and so many more.
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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🎄 Snowflakes and Songs: Christmas Family Fun Day at Collins Barracks!
🗓️ Sun, 30 Nov | 🕒 13:30–16:00
🎨 Crafting with Róisín de Buitléar
🎶 Carols by Glória LGBT+ Choir
🍽️ Tour: History of Food & Drink
✨ ISL interpreted activities
🎁 Free & family-friendly!
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November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you're looking for some early Christmas inspiration, look no further! 🎄😎

Take a peek at our most recent gift books and get a headstart on your Christmas list with Lilliput - we have something for everyone!

Books are available from our website or from any good bookshop 📚
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Over the moon that 'Francis Bacon's Nanny' has been shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 🎉 Delighted to be included on such an amazing list 🌟
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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⭐️Our lists of new releases for November are out! ⭐️
Check out this month's new titles in our fully searchable data base First Flush—or look back to see what you've missed!
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Beyond delighted that Francis Bacon's Nanny by Maylis Besserie, translated by Clíona Ní Ríordáin, has been longlisted for the 2025 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation ✨

The judges said of the 2025 longlist:

“This year, as every year, the longlist for this award showcases the extraordinary range
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We are so excited to be launching THE DUBLIN COFFEE GUIDE by PADDY KIRK as part of the Dublin Book Festival on Thursday, November 6 ✨

Fancy an espresso tasting and hearing about Dublin's thriving coffee scene from the man behind the sensational DubStreetCafe?
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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NEW: Jade Bailey Brock reviews A Hut at the Edge of the Village

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A newly-reissued anthology of excerpts from the work of Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty, edited by writer & storyteller Martin Shaw, and published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social in April 2025
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Today we had a little catch-up with author of Swift Blaze of Fire, Lin Rose Clark. Read it ➡️ bit.ly/47zXNmP @lilliputpress.bsky.social and catch Lin talking about her book at our Festival Hub on Sunday 9 November
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks this October for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours #CollinsBarracks #DublinEvents #FamilyFun #BramStokerFestival #OpenHouseDublin
Full lineup at
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October 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
'No more singular body of characters will ever rub shoulders again at any given time, or a city more uniquely bizarre than literary Dublin will ever be seen.'

Fifty years on, 'Remembering How We Stood' by John Ryan still stands as one of the greatest accounts of post-war,
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Author @oonaf.bsky.social's This Interim Time (@lilliputpress.bsky.social) is a poignant meditation on memory, family, and the brief windows of life we share with those we love.

This #IrishBookWeek, Oona joins us to share some of her favourite books about grief.

Read now: buff.ly/1wwAtgh
October 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Much grá this Seachtain na Leabhar Éireannach to the bookshops and booksellers around the country ✨️

Booksellers are the unsung heroes of the Irish book industry, and we are endlessly grateful for the support bookshops have shown Lilliput and other Irish publishers this year.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The perfect blend: coffee and a good book ☕ 📖

We're giving away a copy of The Dublin Coffee Guide (@lilliputpress.bsky.social), along with a French press and coffee from Bailies Coffee Roasters in Belfast – the perfect treat to enjoy with your new #IrishBookWeek reads.

Enter now: buff.ly/BSnNzUb
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
THE DUBLIN COFFEE GUIDE by PADDY KIRK ☕️

From the man behind the Instagram sensation @dubstreetcafe comes a history and celebration of Dublin's thriving coffee culture.
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by PATRICK LONERGAN 🎭

We are delighted to be publishing this fully-illustrated and authorised history of the iconic institution that is Druid Theatre, written by Patrick Lonergan with a foreword from Fintan O'Toole.
October 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Cover Reveal! 🤩

We're very excited to reveal the cover of Druid Theatre: Fifty Years

This new book is an illustrated and authorised history of Druid's first fifty years by Professor @pflonergan.bsky.social

Published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social, the book features a foreword by Fintan O'Toole
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So much fun visiting bookshops around Dublin today with the incredible Steve Pyke, signing copies of his amazing new book SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 ✨️

Signed copies of Scribendi are available from:
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Steve's Pyke's Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writers 1985-2025 launches at Photo Museum Ireland tonight. It features over 100 portraits, inc. Naoise Dolan (who we're thinking of), Edna O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Iris Murdoch, John McGahern @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.lilliputpress.ie/products/scr...
October 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
'With a marvellous cast of characters and even an ending that nods at James Joyce's 'The Dead', it's hard to know what more could be asked of this winning piece of work.' - Pat Carthy, Sunday Independent

INJURY TIME by Kevin Smith is out NOW! It's a brilliant novel-
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
'Some nights an old story would be my element. Living in it, letting it live in me, I'd draw big waking and big dreaming from it.'

We are thrilled to finally have our hands on the new updated edition of DREAMTIME by John Moriarty. A classic in spiritual writing, Moriarty's groundbreaking first book
October 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before. Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry (and me!)

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In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before
Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry
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October 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
'A striking book ... Faces loom and pulse from the pages, some as if appearing in dreams ... All command the eye.' Rosita Boland, The Irish Times Magazine

Delighted to see a gorgeous feature in today's Irish Times Magazine on SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 by Steve Pyke 📸
October 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 by Steve Pyke 📸

In this unprecedented visual record, Steve Pyke has taken over 100 portraits of Irish literary legends — from Seamus Heaney and Edna O’Brien to Anne Enright, Kevin Barry, and Louise Kennedy —
October 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We're delighted to have a few Lilliput authors included in this year's unreal line-up at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 🎉

Don't miss your chance to see STEVE PYKE, SHANE TIVENAN, MARY MORRISSY, KEITH DONALD and LIN ROSE CLARK, and check out the full programme to see all of the-
October 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM