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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 3d

'Some nights an old story would be my element. Living in it, letting it live in me, I'd draw big waking and big dreaming from it.'

We are thrilled to finally have our hands on the new updated edition of DREAMTIME by John Moriarty. A classic in spiritual writing, Moriarty's groundbreaking first book

In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 4d

In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before. Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry (and me!)

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Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 4d

Featuring portraits of literary legends like Edna O'Brien, Marian Keyes and Seamus Heaney, Scribendi is an amazing celebration of Irish writing 🌟

Available to order from all good bookshops and launching this Thursday alongside the accompanying exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland 📚

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 4d

'A striking book ... Faces loom and pulse from the pages, some as if appearing in dreams ... All command the eye.' Rosita Boland, The Irish Times Magazine

Delighted to see a gorgeous feature in today's Irish Times Magazine on SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 by Steve Pyke 📸

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 6d

It's a gorgeous celebration of Irish literature, don't miss it 🔅

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 6d

and gathered them in Scribendi, available to pre-order now from all good bookshops, and direct from the Lilliput website.

The portraits will be on display as part of a major new exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland. The exhibition opens in one week and runs until November 2.

One of Ireland's most vibrant book festivals. DBF21 is on 8th - 15th November 2021

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 6d

SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 by Steve Pyke 📸

In this unprecedented visual record, Steve Pyke has taken over 100 portraits of Irish literary legends — from Seamus Heaney and Edna O’Brien to Anne Enright, Kevin Barry, and Louise Kennedy —

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 7d

-other amazing writers featured!

Get your tickets at www.dublinbookfestival.com 🌟

Dublin Book Festival

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Steve Pyke - Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writer 1985-2025 - The Lilliput Press

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 7d

We're delighted to have a few Lilliput authors included in this year's unreal line-up at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 🎉

Don't miss your chance to see STEVE PYKE, SHANE TIVENAN, MARY MORRISSY, KEITH DONALD and LIN ROSE CLARK, and check out the full programme to see all of the-

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 8d

📕Lots of new releases coming in October!
Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/

@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 9d

-tremendous book, and to officially open the Scribendi exhibition, on October 9!

The exhibition runs from October 9 - November 2 at Photo Museum Ireland. It's free entry, and all are welcome!

Pre-order here: www.lilliputpress.ie/products/scr...

Featuring over 100 captivating portraits of many of Ireland’s greatest contemporary writers, alongside conversations with each on their writing life, Scribendi is a landmark book of portraits of Irish...

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 9d

If you haven't read his books already, do yourself a favour and get literally any of them from your local bookshop. You won't regret it ✨️

Bringing portraits and personal reflections of writers together, Scribendi is a landmark celebration of Irish writing. We are very excited to launch this-

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 9d

'My only ambition as a writer is to strike at some truth about the voice within us all that can only be heard in the deepest silences.' Donal Ryan by Steve Pyke 📸

We are incredibly lucky to have THE Donal Ryan included in Scribendi, one of the most talented (and humble) writers in the country.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 12d

Fun day in the sun with Kevin Smith signing copies of his amazing novel INJURY TIME all over Dublin!

Signed copies are now available at:
📕 @booksupstairs.bsky.social
📘 Dubray Books Mary St
📗 Hodges Figgis

Big ups to the booksellers for their support ✨️

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 12d

My other half on book-signing tour for #InjuryTime @lilliputpress.bsky.social & delighted to make the washing-machine window @dubraybooks.bsky.social

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 14d

How well do you know Jane Eyre and its creator, Charlotte Brontë? Take our quiz to find out! | National Book Tokens

Martina Devlin's enthralling novel, Charlotte, re-envisions Charlotte Brontë's pivotal time in Ireland. From Mr Rochester's secret to the author’s pseudonym – how much do you know? We're delighted to ...

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Steve Pyke - Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writer 1985-2025 - The Lilliput Press

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 14d

-with Steve and Timothy O'Grady in conversation, so book now to avoid disappointment.

Make sure to catch the Scribendi exhibition which runs from October 9 - November 2 at Photo Museum Ireland 🎉

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Featuring over 100 captivating portraits of many of Ireland’s greatest contemporary writers, alongside conversations with each on their writing life, Scribendi is a landmark book of portraits of Irish...

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 14d

If you haven't read her latest novel, Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way, stop messing and get yourself a copy, it's a brilliant read ✨

Just over 2 weeks until Scribendi is officially launched into the world! There are limited tickets left for the Dublin Book Festival event-

The Story of Tayto - Bobby Aherne - Sitric Books | The Lilliput Press

The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 14d

'I wrote plays and stories as a child and performed them for any willing audience ... It was usually just my siblings, but it set something on fire in me.' Elaine Feeney by Steve Pyke 📸

We are delighted to have Elaine Feeney - writer, poet, Galway queen - included in Scribendi.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 16d

First sighting of Scribendi in the wild! A gorgeous, gorgeous book celebrating the last forty years of Irish writing ❤️

Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 16d

This book of portraits, just published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social, contains over 100 writers from the 1980s to the present. An extraordinary collection.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 16d

-by Bobby Aherne, available in all good bookshops and direct from our website ✨️

Book design by the brilliant Sarah McCoy Design ❤️

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From humble origins back to 1954, when Joe ‘Spud’ Murphy opened a small factory on O'Rahilly Parade in Dublin city, this is the definitive story of an Irish national icon – Tayto crisps – and how they...