Book Review: CTRL: Essays On Video Games - An Affecting Anthology For Anyone Who Grew Up On Games.

Book Review: CTRL: Essays On Video Games - An Affecting Anthology For Anyone Who Grew Up On Games

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Not the Nintendo Life review 🔥 Amazing to see CTRL: Essays on Video Games edited by Dean Fee given such a brilliant and considered review in @nintendolife.com 🎮 A huge thank you to Gavin Lane for the review 👾

New blog post and a short review of @lilliputpress.bsky.social excellent collection of video game essays - tantobieinternettattler.blogspot.com/2026/08/ctrl...

CTRL - Essays on Video Games - edited by Dean Fee - Book Review

It's been a while, but work's been more than a tad hectic the last couple of months, and I've had little spare time. Fortunately, the bus tr...

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"Ooh!" God, I make myself laugh sometimes... Thank you @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social for my early copy of #GloriousMonsters - a novel about Mary Shelley, Amelia Curran & the Romantic circle in Italy, 1819. Due Oct 2026 from @lilliputpress.bsky.social - preorder now! #NewFiction #NewIrishFiction

Proof, personally delivered by Martina! Charlotte made me feel clever and curious: she gave me context, then trusted me to find the meaning. Edith opened another world. I know nothing of Glorious Monsters. I can’t wait. Thank you! @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Delicious book post from the pen of the brilliant Sue Rainsford this morning. Coming soon from @lilliputpress.bsky.social (There’s a Poe element to the novel, hence the raven theme).

The West Cork Literary Festival starts tomorrow and it is jam packed with stunning events ✨️ There is so much to see (this year's programme is unreal!), but make sure to catch Mary Morrissy in conversation with Danielle McLaughlin and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on July 12-

🌟 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🌟 We are officially open for submissions for the whole month of July, and we want to read your work! Send us your best literary fiction and nonfiction, especially if it has an Irish focus ✨️ For full guidelines on how to submit, go to www.lilliputpress.ie 📚

ITSA ME in pixel-perfect form!! CTRL: Essays on Video Games @lilliputpress.bsky.social is out now and available in all good bookshops. Don't miss out on this wonderful anthology and get your copy today (esp so they can turn more of the writers into pixels!) Art by @bluewit.bsky.social

Meet some of our CTRL players! 🕹 Editor Dean Fee and contributors Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Anna Loughran and Roisin Kiberd have been lovingly transformed into sprites by the powers of @bluewit.bsky.social (an incredible artist, give her a follow!) - look how happy they all are! 👾

Lovely to see Maggie O'Farrell chose Seán Farrell's #FrogsForWatchdogs (New Island Books) as her favourite read of 2025 @lilliputpress.bsky.social #Books www.her.ie/books/maggie...

Maggie O'Farrell shares her recommended reads

Last week, we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with legendary author Maggie O'Farrell to discuss her new release Land.

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My article in the Irish Independent 🪶 @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.independent.ie/lifestyle/we...

We named the magpie, fed him strips of raw meat, baby cereal, hard-boiled egg - three weeks later, he began to fly

Age-old superstitions make magpies unloved, but when this author began rescuing them, they quickly became part of the family

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🔥Niamh MacCabe talks about ambiguity, animals, and what she’d like to do with her cookbooks in the latest episode of Burning Books🔥 @lilliputpress.bsky.social @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/niamhmaccabe...

Niamh MacCabe on Burning Books - Books Ireland

Niamh MacCabe tells Ruth McKee which books she would save if her house was on fire.

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My chat with editor Ruth McKee, Books Ireland, wherein I admit my aversion to cookbooks @ruthmckee.bsky.social @booksireland.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/891285...

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Niamh MacCabe tells Ruth McKee which books she would save if her house was on fire.

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📕We're delighted to present The Introduction to Martin Doyle's collection of interviews with Irish writers, A Hosting 📕 @lilliputpress.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/introduction...

Martin Doyle on the nuance, variety & depth of Irish writing - Books Ireland

One of the reasons for the remarkable success of contemporary Irish literature is its diversity of theme and approach.

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I'm delighted to announce that the audiobook of Habitat is out now! It's narrated beautifully by Edoardo Ballerini. I hope you enjoy listening to it. xC #Habitat #audiobook #edoardoballerini #catrionashine #oslo #thelilliputpress @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.audible.co.uk/pd/Habitat-A...

I very much enjoyed Four Night Seas by @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social, pub. @lilliputpress.bsky.social The stories locate our bewilderment with where we are and what is expected of us; the memories and images that replay as we seek to justify our actions. Achieved through imaginative form and language.

RTÉ's New Irish Writing selection: Excerpt from 'Sky An Iris', a story from my collection Four Night Seas 🫏🐎 @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

New Irish Writing: Four Night Seas by Niamh McCabe

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Delighted to see a gorgeous review for CTRL: Essays on Video Games, edited by Dean Fee, in the Irish Times over the weekend 🎮 ‘Smart, melancholic and philosophically alert, CTRL understands that video games have become central imaginative environments through which contemporary experience-

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the incredible launch of Somewhere by Jessamine O’Connor at Liber Bookshop 🐦‍⬛🎉 Massive thanks to Elske Rahill for launching the book, and to the amazing team at Liber for hosting us ✨ Somewhere is out now! Get your copy of this stunning debut today 🐦‍⬛✨

A very happy publication day to SOMEWHERE by Jessamine O'Connor 🎉 Swipe to see some of the lovely things people have been saying about this stunning debut, and then run to your local bookshop to get a copy for yourself 🐦

Events this week ✨️ We have the latest memoir from renowned architect John Tuomey, new editions of John Broderick's novels, and a gorgeous debut from the brilliant Jessamine O'Connor all coming this week 🥰 All welcome - we promise a good, literary time 📚

We had a brilliant night launching CTRL: Essays on Video Games, put together and edited by the maestro and legendary gamer guy Dean Fee 👾 Love to the contributors who read on the night, love to the contributors who were in the crowd, and love to the contributors who weren’t able to be there -

"To a notable degree, every one of the essays focuses on how games can act as a cypher for recovery or trauma processing." Jessica Anne Rose reviews CTRL: Essays on Video Games, ed. Dean Fee @lilliputpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/born-from-im...

Born from imagination—CTRL: Essays on Video Games - Books Ireland

To Play is to Process—CTRL: Essays on Video Games, ed. Dean Fee (The Lilliput Press).

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A little sneak peek at some of the brilliant pieces in CTRL: Essays on Video Games, edited by Dean Fee 👾🎮 Catch Dean and Lisa McInerney on RTÉ Arena tomorrow evening talking video games, writing and everything in between, and join us on Thursday at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for the launch-

A gorgeous sunny day spent visiting bookshops with the one and only Martin Doyle to sign copies of his new book A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2026 ✍️ Signed copies of A Hosting are now available from: 📗 Easons Stephen’s Green 📘 Dubray Books Grafton Street

I have my battered and much loved copy, wonderful to see the excellent @lilliputpress.bsky.social bringing back The Unexpurgated Code for #jpdonleavy100 a fitting way to celebrate the centenary of his birth👌A brilliantly funny, and insightful book 📚

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We are so delighted to be bringing J.P. Donleavy's masterfully written satire THE UNEXPURGATED CODE back into print, in honour of Donleavy's 100th birthday 🎉 Described by The New York Times as 'possibly the funniest book ever written', Donleavy's guide to-

We are so delighted to be bringing J.P. Donleavy's masterfully written satire THE UNEXPURGATED CODE back into print, in honour of Donleavy's 100th birthday 🎉 Described by The New York Times as 'possibly the funniest book ever written', Donleavy's guide to-

What a ball celebrating @martindoyle.bsky.social and his new book A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2026 in Galway and Dublin over the last week ✨ A huge thank you to the incredible teams at @kennysbookshop.bsky.social and @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social for their hard work, support and-

Enjoyed @lilliputpress.bsky.social great launch for @irishtimes.com Books Editor @martindoyle.bsky.social latest book #AHosting Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2026, @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social . Martin has supported so many Irish writers over the years. I’m honoured & delighted to be included.😊