THE FOURTH WALL by Sorj Chalandon, translated by Cheney Crow 🎭 Set across Paris and Beirut in 1982, at the onset of the second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, George - a young French activist - works to stage a performance of Jean Anoulih's Antigone in an attempt to-

We are beyond delighted to announce that we are publishing the latest books from two amazing writers - Martin Doyle and Sue Rainsford! 🎉 A HOSTING: INTERVIEWS WITH IRISH WRITERS 1991-2025 by Martin Doyle is a collection of interviews with the best Irish writers, and a culmination of-

Wudja look at this!! Very proud to be published by The Lilliput Press, and am in love with my book's beautiful cover ❤️‍🔥

FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social! Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.

A lovely recommendation for Charlotte by @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social spotted in @dubray-books.bsky.social 🌟

Excited to sign again with @lilliputpress.bsky.social for my next novel Glorious Monsters. Features Mary Shelley of Frankenstein fame, set in 1819 … and Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley are also characters. Out Sep 2026. Here’s me with Antony Farrell of Lilliput #books #histfic

A gorgeous visit this morning from @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social to sign the contract for her NEW NOVEL coming this autumn 💫 We can’t say too much just yet but fans of Mary Shelley (and Martina’s previous books CHARLOTTE AND EDITH) are in for a treat ✨

DEAD AS DOORNAILS goes very nicely with this (also from @lilliputpress.bsky.social) www.lilliputpress.ie/products/rem...

Anthony Cronin's acerbic memoir of 1950s literary Dublin 'Dead As Doornails' @lilliputpress.bsky.social. Superb, melancholy portraits of Brendan Behan, Flann O'Brien & Patrick Kavanagh, & from his London years Julian Maclaren-Ross, Robert MacBryde & Robert Colquhoun. New intro by Joseph O'Connor.

DEAD AS DOORNAILS by Anthony Cronin, with an introduction by Joseph O'Connor 🍺 We are delighted to be bringing out a new edition of Anthony Cronin's masterpiece memoir, recounting a post-war literary Dublin, living alongside the likes of Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh and Flann O'Brien.

Thank you, Lilliput! Awesome to see the Proofs, even more awesome to read blurbs about your own work 🩻🪞

Yes, t'is I! With a collection coming out in March, courtesy the wonderful @lilliputpress.bsky.social 🌞🎠

It's proof season at Lilliput! FOUR NIGHT SEAS is the debut collection from writer and artist Niamh Mac Cabe 🌊 Set across liminal landscapes, this collection of fourteen stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe feature characters navigating emotional and existential thresholds –

‘Both illuminating and wise … The work of a great writer with a deep concern for humanity.’ Eoghan Smith, The Irish Examiner Delighted to see ESCAPE FROM THE ANTHILL by the singular Hubert Butler reviewed in the Examiner over the weekend 💫 Butler is Ireland’s answer to George Orwell, and his -

Following on from my post about Irish novels coming in 2026, here's a list of short story collections and nonfiction that I'm looking forward to this year. 746books.com/2026/01/09/i...

Today on 746 Books I'm looking forward to all the great fiction coming in 2026 from Irish authors! 746books.com/2026/01/08/i...

'One of the most evocative and beautifully written books I have read in a long time.' Marita Conlon-McKenna We are delighted to reveal the cover for THE LOCK-KEEPER'S WIFE by JOHN MACKENNA 🌟 In rural mid-century Ireland, Julie McDermot lives an isolated life by the canal docks with her unloving-

Current bedside book, from @lilliputpress.bsky.social.

A beautiful production from Steve Pyke and @lilliputpress.bsky.social Scribendi is a collection of portraits of Irish Writers with their reflections on creativity and belief in their work. As Pyke puts it, it is a gesture of acknowledgment and gratitude, and is a lovely companion on a bookshelf.

If you're still looking for the perfect book to settle down with over Christmas, or if you want to impress the reader in your life with a thoughtful gift, here are a few brilliant recommendations ❄️

A little bit of inspiration for anyone still looking for the perfect gift for the reader in their life 🎄 A huge thank you to Sarah Caden, Liadán Hynes, Jon Richards, Donal Fallon, Hilary A White and everyone who has been recommending our books this holiday season-

Honoured to see a few of our books included alongside some stellar gift recommendations courtesy of the Irish Times Christmas Magazine🎄 Delight the bookish person in your life by getting any of these titles from your local bookshop, or treat yourself to some cosy Christmas reading (you deserve it!)

A v fun morning spent visiting bookshops with the one and only Paddy Kirk, signing copies of THE DUBLIN COFFEE GUIDE ☕️ ✨️ Get your signed copy from: 📙 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social 📘 Dubray Grafton St and Mary St 📗 Easons O'Connell St and Stephen's Green 📕 @booksupstairs.bsky.social

Stuck for what to get the non-fiction reader in your life this Christmas? Let us help! 🎄 Take a peek at some of our fave non-fiction reads from the last year - whether you're a history buff, a memoir lover or just appreciate a good book, we've got something for you ❄️

Our #BooksoftheYear special includes work by @charlottewood.bsky.social Kevin Curran @lilliputpress.bsky.social @fflurdafydd.bsky.social @drkkennedy.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Liadan Ní Chuinn @stingingfly.bsky.social & @poetrybuspress.bsky.social thelonelycrowd.org/2025/12/06/b...

From @lilliputpress.bsky.social , just in the door, the official history of Galway's iconic (yes) @druidtheatre.bsky.social by Patrick Lonergan. A fine book, beautifully illustrated. thebookshop.ie/patrick-lone...

✨️ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ✨️ Get those manuscripts ready - we are opening for submissions in December! Send us your best literary fiction, non-fiction, history, essays, memoir or biography, especially if it has an Irish focus. For full guidelines on how to submit, go to www.lilliputpress.ie 📚

❄️ Winter Opening Hours ❄️ Our Stoneybatter bookshop will be open for all your gift buying needs every weekday AND weekend from now until Christmas 🎄 We have books, tote bags and postcards aplenty, so pop in Mon-Fri 9-5, or Sat-Sun 9.30-5, to find that perfect gift for the bookworm in your life 🎁

or pick up a copy at the #DublinSmallPressFair today, 10-4. nice and dry in the Pearse Street Library!

Want to treat the booklover in your life to the perfect Christmas gift? 🎄🎁 Take a look at our fiction titles! Whether you're a fan of novels, short story collections, or fiction in translation, we have a little bit of something for everyone at Lilliput ✨️

'There hasn't been [a coffee guide] I've found, where someone has visited each of the places, experienced it for themselves and taken all the shots. I found that personal side of the book very nice, and I hope others take that away from reading it.' - Paddy Kirk speaking with Pat McCarry ☕️

We are so delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair later this month ✨️ Come along to Pearse Street Library on November 28 and 29 to say hi, browse our wares and celebrate all of the amazing indie publishers, literary magazines, writers, zines and-

Steve Pyke's pictures of Irish writers in @theguardian.com, featuring @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, Edna O'Brien, me, @lucycaldwell.bsky.social, Glenn Patterson, Joseph O'Connor, @felispeaks.bsky.social, Colin Barrett, @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & Iris Murdoch. www.theguardian.com/books/galler...

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.

🎄 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! www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

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 📚

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 🌟

⭐️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! 🔽🔽🔽 booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/ @newislandbooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @daleneireann.bsky.social

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

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?

NEW: Jade Bailey Brock reviews A Hut at the Edge of the Village stingingfly.org/review/a-hut... 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

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

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 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

'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,

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

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.

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