The president of the United States is in Ireland this weekend

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS by JONATHAN SWIFT 🛶 Coming October 28th, we are delighted to be publishing a special Lilliput edition of the iconic Gulliver’s Travels, one of the most influential books ever written by an Irish author, in celebration of 300 years since its original 1726 publication 💫

A very happy publication day to the audiobook of THE UNEXPURGATED CODE narrated by none other than Simon Callow 🎉 Caleb and Kyle Audiobooks have produced the very first audio edition of Donleavy's wildly comic classic, and it is brilliant. We guarantee some out-loud snorting at the very least!

🤠 Looking forward to this event at the Dublin Book Festival, where I'll be chatting with John O'Donnell and Niall McMonagle about the Short Story form #dbf26 @lilliputpress.bsky.social dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-ar...

The Art of the Short Story - Dublin Book Festival

Hear authors Niamh Mac Cabe and John O'Donnell discussing their short story collections at Dublin Book Festival 2026

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Delighted to receive a proof of Sue's latest, very much enjoyed her first two

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FROM OUT MY HEART By SUE RAINSFORD 🫀 When Phyllipa, a scholar chasing the lingering pulse of Edgar Allan Poe, hears of Lana, a woman living in an isolated community, who claims to be visited by the spirit of Poe's child bride Virginia Clemm, she travels to the remote village to meet her.

Really looking forward to a good chat with my old pal Sara Baume and Stephen Reid of @lilliputpress.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social in a few weeks’ time. Thanks to @literatureireland.bsky.social for hosting. Please do come and join us. www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Literature Ireland and the National Library of Ireland present Translating a Nation, an In Conversation series.

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FROM OUT MY HEART By SUE RAINSFORD 🫀 When Phyllipa, a scholar chasing the lingering pulse of Edgar Allan Poe, hears of Lana, a woman living in an isolated community, who claims to be visited by the spirit of Poe's child bride Virginia Clemm, she travels to the remote village to meet her.

X+Y=K by Ciaran Carson ⏳️ We are delighted to be publishing this genre-bending novel by the late, legendary Ciaran Carson. Moving between Belfast and London, X+Y=K traces the fractured consciousness of Kilpatrick, a man haunted by migraine visions, as he navigates a porous world.

The Pilgrimage is the Hodges Figgis fiction book of the month 🎉 Banned on its release, The Pilgrimage is, as Colm Tóibín writes in his introduction, an exploration of religiosity and sexuality that is ‘fearless and frank and sometimes comic’.

4 outstanding recent Irish short story collections: Liadan Ní Chuinn, Every One Still Here @stingingfly.bsky.social @grantabooks.bsky.social Dave Tynan, We Used to Dance Here @grantabooks.bsky.social Niamh Mac Cabe, Four Night Seas Shane Tivenan, To Avenge a Dead Glacier @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Glorious Monsters by Martina Devlin 💫 Rome, 1819. Into the sun-struck streets of the Eternal City arrive the Shelleys: brilliant, volatile, and dangerously entangled. When Irish artist Amelia Curran encounters Mary Shelley, her mercurial husband Percy, and Mary's dazzling stepsister-

A small and literal handful of some brilliant novels that we have been lucky enough to publish this year 🔥 SOMEWHERE is the spectacular and kaleidoscopic debut from Jessamine O’Connor, which follows Clodagh as she tries to piece the shards of her life back together while struggling-

A really lovely book exploring a woman’s grief. Absolutely gorgeous descriptions of nature and of finding joy in small things. Ends with a real sense of hope and happiness too. Can’t find the author on Bluesky but published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social #booksky #speirgorm

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

Works of cart

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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.