The Lilliput Press
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Ireland's leading independent publisher, founded in 1984. Our Stoneybatter bookshop is open 9.30am-5pm on weekdays. Proudly supported by The Arts Council.
A huge congrats to Donal Ryan on a really well deserved win - Heart, Be at Peace is a gorgeous book, a follow on to the equally gorgeous The Spinning Heart (originally published by Lilliput!) 📚
The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is Donal Ryan, for Heart, Be at Peace. "For its clarity. For its perfectly pitched voices. For its humanity and kindness." - Jim Crace, Chair of Judges Congratulations, Donal! 🎉 @PenguinUKBooks @doubledaybooks
The WCLF 2025 wrap up has just started but the 2026 reading pile is growing and ready to go #PerkOfTheJob #AmReading ❤️📚🤓
My latest music book round-up via @IrishTimesCultr (subscription required). Flick through books by:- @carrtogram @MerrionPress Dylan Jones Keith Donald @LilliputPress @deanvannguyen @WhiteRabbitBks #Budgie irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
Terrific memoir from a brilliant musician whom I was lucky to see play many times over the years. One couldn't know at the time just how much he was suffering for his art. Wishing Keith Donald the best of health and contentment. @LilliputPress
Talking Charlotte Bronte with @reetacbbc (right) and Helen Meller of #thebrontesociety @BradfordLitFest @BronteParsonage @LilliputPress
🎉 FREE EVENT 🎉 For anyone in Clare, don't miss out on your chance to see Shane Tivenan and Darragh McKeon in conversation! These two incredible writers will be chatting on Thursday, 10 July in the Salmon Bookshop - do come along for what will be a deadly night ✨
Submissions are now closed - thank you to everyone who submitted, we're excited to get reading and plan to get back to you as soon as possible. If you missed this window, don't worry, we'll be open again for submissions later in the year!
Polish those manuscripts! We're delighted to be opening our submissions window for the whole month of June. Send us your best literary fiction, non-fiction, history, memoir, essays or biography. For full guidelines on how to apply, go to lilliputpress.ie
🚨 Early bird tickets are LIVE! 🚨 Join us at #TradeDay2025 – the flagship conference for Irish publishing – now at the Hyatt Centric, Dublin 8. Featuring insights on backlist, indie challenges, AI, legacy, & the launch of our Publisher Awards 🏆 Book➡️ publishingireland.com/annual-irish-p…
Look who I ran into @HinterlandKells - take a bow Michael Harding. PS He’s a gentleman m, he bought my book #Charlotte @LilliputPress #writers #readers #kells #meath
Maire Comerford (29 June 1893 #Rathdrum #Wicklow-15 Dec 1982 #Dublin). 1916 Rising, dispatches for GPO. Gorey Sinn Féin. Supported IRA in Dublin in WOI & helped run Irish White Cross. Civil War; prison 3 months for gun possession. Wrote 'The First Dáil'. dib.ie/biography/come…