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Druid Theatre: Fifty Years - Patrick Lonergan - The Lilliput Press This fully-illustrated and authorised history marks 50 years of Ireland’s most ground-breaking and successful theatre company.

- of international acclaim such as Cillian Murphy.

Out 13 November, and available to pre-order now, we're so excited to share this one with the world! 🎉

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- Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen and Mick Lally made this bold idea a reality.

That reality has since become an international success story of extraordinary dimensions, bringing the work of Irish playwrights to audiences globally and forming a launching pad for actors-

Druid began as a bold idea: to create Ireland’s first professional theatre company outside of Dublin. There were few resources with which to build a theatre company in the West of Ireland in 1975, but through sheer dedication, and with the support of the Galway community, founders-

DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by PATRICK LONERGAN 🎭

We are delighted to be publishing this fully-illustrated and authorised history of the iconic institution that is Druid Theatre, written by Patrick Lonergan with a foreword from Fintan O'Toole.

The front cover of the book featuring a production photo from Waiting for Godot

Cover Reveal! 🤩

We're very excited to reveal the cover of Druid Theatre: Fifty Years

This new book is an illustrated and authorised history of Druid's first fifty years by Professor @pflonergan.bsky.social

Published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social, the book features a foreword by Fintan O'Toole

The Scribendi exhibition is officially open to the public until November 2 - do not miss it! Thank you to everyone who attended the exhibition opening and Dublin Book Festival event yesterday, it was a really special day 🎉

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📘 Dubray Books Grafton St & Mary St
📗 @booksupstairs.bsky.social (signed copies of 'I Could Read The Sky' available too!)
📙 @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
📕 Photo Museum Ireland
📚 Winding Stair Bookshop

A huge thank you to the booksellers we met for welcoming us, you're all legends ✊️

So much fun visiting bookshops around Dublin today with the incredible Steve Pyke, signing copies of his amazing new book SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 ✨️

Signed copies of Scribendi are available from:

Steve's Pyke's Scribendi: Portraits of Irish Writers 1985-2025 launches at Photo Museum Ireland tonight. It features over 100 portraits, inc. Naoise Dolan (who we're thinking of), Edna O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Iris Murdoch, John McGahern @lilliputpress.bsky.social www.lilliputpress.ie/products/scr...

A huge thank you to Marta, Leon, Iman, Princess and all the booksellers we met for their support! ✨️

-(and an October recommended read at Dubray!) so don't miss out. Get yourself or someone you love a signed copy from:
📘Dubray Grafton St
📗@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
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📚@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social

'With a marvellous cast of characters and even an ending that nods at James Joyce's 'The Dead', it's hard to know what more could be asked of this winning piece of work.' - Pat Carthy, Sunday Independent

INJURY TIME by Kevin Smith is out NOW! It's a brilliant novel-

The Lilliput Press The Lilliput Press is Ireland’s leading independent publisher, producing fiction, non-fiction poetry and illustrated books of national and international acclaim, with the proud support of the Arts Cou...

-is a meditation on the stories and myths that exist all around us, and the peace we can find in dreaming 🌿

'Moriarty is an amazing storyteller and a tremendous thinker.' - Martin Shaw, RTÉ Radio One

Dreamtime is out now in all good bookshops, and available to order via www.lilliputpress.ie 📚

'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 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

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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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 📚

'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 📸

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

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.

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 —

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

-other amazing writers featured!

Get your tickets at www.dublinbookfestival.com 🌟

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-

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

-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...

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-

'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.

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 ✨️

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

-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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