Happy publication day to THE FOURTH WALL by Sorj Chalandon, translated by Cheney Crow 🎉 Appearing in English for the first time, The Fourth Wall follows George, a young French activist, who attempts to stage a performance of Jean Anouilh's Antigone in Beirut at the outbreak of the second

Four Night Seas by Niamh Mac Cabe: A quiet, subtle capturing of cultural identity without resort to cliche

‘These stories are so precise, the language so elegant, they read like they could’ve been written on the edge rather than the face of the pages.’ - Lucy Sweeney Byrne Hard to pick a single quote from this stunning review of FOUR NIGHT SEAS by @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social in this Irish Times review ✨

Woke up to this wonder in today's The Irish Times. ☘️🪄🏑 @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

‘Four Night Seas’ is an exceptional first book of short stories. Niamh Mac Cabe takes the reader deep into the textures and instabilities of memory, desire and loss, with well-judged humour and vivid depictions of landscape and character. Published today. @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Excited to receive this morning's bookpost: @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social's new collection Four Night Seas, of which I have read the first story and found it by turns cerebral, poetical, technological, elegiac, and also very funny. Out now from @lilliputpress.bsky.social

On 746 Books, I review Niamh MacCabe’s new short story collection, Four Night Seas, a work that is thematically inventive and plays with form and structure to striking and impressive effect. @lilliputpress.bsky.social @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social #readingirelandmonth26 746books.com/2026/03/14/f...

Happy launch day to FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe 🎉 🌊 🐕 Run to your local bookshop to pick up THE debut collection of the year from one of Ireland's most stunning writers (I mean, look at those endorsements!) or join us this evening from 5.30pm at the brilliant @libersligo.bsky.social

Debut collection of the year is launching TOMORROW - be there! 🌊🐕

Bean-spillage in today's Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Signed copies of THE LOCK-KEEPER’S WIFE by John MacKenna are now available across Dublin, and they would make a gorgeous gift for Mother’s Day if we do say so ourselves 💫 Signed copies are available from: 📘 @dubray-books.bsky.social Grafton St & Mary St 📕 @booksupstairs.bsky.social

Very much enjoyed writing an essay for this anthology.

The seminal account of a lost 1950's bohemian Dublin in a handsome new edition from @lilliputpress.bsky.social & a new introduction from Joseph O'Connor. Both melancholy and sharp, portraits of Behan, Kavanagh and Flann O'Brien . Dead as Doornails - Anthony Cronin. thebookshop.ie/anthony-cron...

The Lock-Keeper’s Wife by John MacKenna: Menopausal protagonist brought low by a lousy husband

Galway launch of A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2025 with Sarah Kenny of @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social

One Evening in Eden by John Moriarty 🌿 We are delighted to announce that One Evening in Eden is now available as an audiobook ✨️ Featuring over 13 hours of Moriarty in his own words, telling stories, discussing myths, philosophy and poetry, and featuring readings from Dr Martin Shaw,

Thanks, Books Ireland, and congratulations to all! FOUR NIGHT SEAS is launching 19th March in Liber Bookshop, Sligo at 17:30. I will be dressed in flowing robes and will be speaking in tongues for a portion of the launch. 🥕🧭

⭐There's been so much going on, we've almost forgotten to tell you! First up—curious what books are out this month? We've got you covered! ⭐ @lilliputpress.bsky.social @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social @merrionpress.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-books-fo...

Finished copies of FOUR NIGHT SEAS have landed and they are ✨️ STUNNING ✨️ Do not miss THE debut collection of the year from artist and writer Niamh Mac Cabe! Featuring everything from messy relationships to sinister forests to polar bears, we promise these stories are-

Congratulations to John MacKenna @lilliputpress.bsky.social on a wonderful and jam-packed launch in the gorgeous Athy Library @kildarelibrary.bsky.social

CTRL: ESSAYS ON VIDEO GAMES edited by DEAN FEE 🕹 Video games have been around for over sixty years and have formed a crucial part of many people's lives. This anthology explores video games as a cypher; how they offer insight into ourselves, shape our identities, introduce us to new worlds, provide

Pre-order today! "Featuring contributions from acclaimed and emerging writers, including John Patrick McHugh, Brenda Romero, Sheila Armstrong, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Rob Doyle, Roisin Kiberd & more, this anthology is an insightful, curious and raw exploration" www.lilliputpress.ie/products/ctr...

🌼From conversations around wellbeing to finding joy in the small moments, you can spend this International Women’s Day in the company of inspirational authors at Powerscourt Estate🌼 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/celebrate-in...

THE LOCK-KEEPER’S WIFE by John MacKenna is out NOW 🎉 In 1950s Ireland, Julie McDermot is released from the psychiatric institution her husband forced her into, returning to a narrow, lonely life along the canal. A chance encounter with a stranger offers Julie a fragile glimmer of hope-

Cover reveal for my new book, A Hosting, to be launched Tuesday, April 21 in Hodges Figgis. Designed for @lilliputpress by the brilliant Niall McCormack using the Louis le Brocquy print The Táin. Army Massing, 1969. Greatness by association.

What's that? You want to pre-order THE debut collection of the year? You want to read heart wrenching and beautiful stories about decaying relationships, sinister forests, with plenty of dogs (and one polar bear) from one of Ireland's best writers? Guess what - you can!

What a line-up! Celebrate this International Women’s Day with Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social in the stunning Powerscourt Estate in Co. Wicklow. Oona Frawley and Julia Kelly will be in conversation with Edel Coffey, discussing their writing 🌟

Great to see the Brontes’ Irish dimension explored in this well-researched piece in yesterday’s Sunday Times.

Weekend reading and it is very good @lilliputpress.bsky.social

So thrilled to be part of this. You can pre-order CTRL: Essays on Video Games by @lilliputpress.bsky.social right now! www.lilliputpress.ie/products/ctr... #gamedev #ireland #irish #videogames

Some gorgeous reviews for The Lock-Keeper's Wife from over the last week ✨️ We're so excited for readers to get their hands on John MacKenna's latest novel, which lands in bookshops on February 19 🌟 www.lilliputpress.ie/products/the...

‘Four Night Seas’ is an exceptional first book of short stories. Niamh Mac Cabe takes the reader deep into the textures and instabilities of memory, desire and loss, with well-judged humour and vivid depictions of landscape and character. Published @lilliputpress.bsky.social March.

Talking about the Brontes here on RTÉ’s Arena arts show with Dr Sophie Franklin of UCD. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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...