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Injury Time by Kevin Smith - The Lilliput Press In this sharp-eyed comedy of memories, middle age and long-buried mistakes, a privileged entrepreneur feels the chill winds of post-Brexit change in a society struggling to account for its past.

-a genuine exploration of aging, masculinity, and the slow erosion of certainty.

Out this September, Injury Time is available to pre-order from the Lilliput website now 📚

Cover design by the incredible @jackflag.bsky.social ✨️

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INJURY TIME by KEVIN SMITH 🍷

We are beyond excited to be publishing the latest novel from award-winning writer Kevin Smith!

Injury Time is a poignant, acerbic look at a man out of sync with the world around him. By turns hilarious and incisive, Smith manages to blend satire with-

A writer attuned to a fracturing world—To Avenge a Dead Glacier - Books Ireland To Avenge A Dead Glacier by Shane Tivenan is a sensitive exploration of human psychology.

'Perhaps we are indeed too late, he seems to say—but look closely, listen carefully to what remains.'

Maya Kulukundis reviews To Avenge a Dead Glacier, by Shane Tivenan @lilliputpress.bsky.social
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☀️ SUMMER SALE ☀️

Looking for your next summer read? Look no further 😎

We're offering 10% off all Lilliput titles on our website - just use the code LILLIPUTSUMMER at checkout to get your discount! The offer ends on August 1, so get in while you can ✨

Pick up a copy of Keith's absorbing and affecting memoir in your local bookshop or library today! 🎷

'Music courses through the book ... a distinctive history of Ireland's fledgling music industry.' - Tony Clayton-Lea, The Irish Times

Delighted to see MUSIC AND MAYHEM by Keith Donald reviewed alongside a few other incredible music books 🎶

Teal cover with black and white island photo (an etching by Norman Ackroyd is my guess).

Might squeeze in one more book before my holiday ends. News of the World by Andrew McNeillie, visionary editor of the sublime Archipelago journal. About his stint in the news business as a young man before packing it in to go live on Inishmore. Published by the mighty @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Swift Blaze of Fire - Lin Rose Clark - The Lilliput Press This book explores the complex life of Robert "Bob" Hilliard, a renowned International Brigadista and maverick figure in Irish history, as his granddaughter, Lin Rose Clark, uncovers his legacy of lov...

Read it online or in print, and then do yourself a favour and grab a copy of Lin's incredible historical biography about her grandfather Robert Hilliard, one of Irish history's greatest enigmas!

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An elegant, elegiac book which delicately sets Hilliard's unusual life and death within the context of the tumultuous upheavals of Irish history and the rise of fascism.'

An amazing review for SWIFT BLAZE OF FIRE by Lin Rose Clark in this month's Literary Review ✨

That is, until he wakes on his 50th birthday to an unexpected solicitor's letter and a shocking allegation that could blow his world apart. Blending satire with a genuine exploration of aging, masculinity and the slow erosion of certainty, this sharp-eyed and tragic comedy is out this September!

Proofs, proofs, proofs!

We're delighted to have ARCs of INJURY TIME, the latest novel from Kevin Smith 🎉

Businessman Fenton Conville has it all sewn up, coasting through life with his mates and his money in a sleepy Northern Irish village.

The best books for summer 2025: our critics’ top picks Sarah Moss, Joseph O’Connor, Wendy Erskine, John Banville, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and other authors and reviewers choose their top reads for the holidays

I was delighted to see This Interim Time in the @irishtimes.com's 'best books for summer 2025': www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...? Thank you @martindoyle.bsky.social & @jesstraynor.bsky.social 🙏🙏
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🎉 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! 📚

Thank you so much to all of the bookshops and readers - so grateful for your support! 🙏🙏 🥰

For anyone in Belfast this evening, don't miss the one and only Keith Donald in action - he'll be performing in No Alibis from 6PM! 🎷

This Interim Time is a stunning book, and it has been incredible to see the love and support for it from readers and bookshops - thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy already ✨️

If you're looking for your next favourite read, This Interim Time is available in all good bookshops now! 📚

It's been just over a month since we launched THIS INTERIM TIME by @oonaf.bsky.social, so it feels like a good time to share some of the lovely things reviewers have said about it 🧡💛

Liadan Ní Chuinn, Every One Still Here @stingingfly.bsky.social & @grantabooks.bsky.social Dave Tynan, We Used to Dance Here @grantabooks.bsky.social Shane Tivenan, To Avenge a Dead Glacier @lilliputpress.bsky.social

3 really strong first short story collections from Irish writers pub. this year:
Liadan Ní Chuinn, Every One Still Here @stingingfly.bsky.social & @grantabooks.bsky.social
Dave Tynan, We Used to Dance Here @grantabooks.bsky.social
Shane Tivenan, To Avenge a Dead Glacier @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Hope you enjoy, Rónán! 🫶

Two book covers. Turquoise colour with black and white etchings of islands by Norman Ackroyd.

Book post from @lilliputpress.bsky.social Two collections of personal writing from Andrew McNeillie, poet and editor of the excellent Archipelago journal of island writing: News of the World and An Aran Keening.

Reading James Joyce's Ulysses for Bloomsday (and new fiction galore) - ABC listen A guide to James Joyce from Irish writer Mary Morrissy, ahead of Bloomsday (16 June); New Zealand writer Becky Manawatu continues to explore howls of pain and compassion in her second novel, Kataraina...

Listen to this brilliant interview with Mary Morrissy about #PenelopeUnbound and Bloomsday on The Bookshelf on ABC Australia:

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Just under a month left to enter this year’s Hubert Butler Essay Prize. See details on the title and how to enter here: www.hubertbutleressayprize.com

This Interim Time by Oona Frawley: Moving essays by the daughter of Irish actors in New York Rooted in the writer’s own experience, this collection offers the intriguing viewpoint of a person neither truly here nor there

So pleased to see a lovely review of This Interim Time in Saturday's @irishtimes.com (by the brilliant writer @jesstraynor.bsky.social no less). 🙏 🙏

@lilliputpress.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @maynoothenglish.bsky.social
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There will be a Q&A and book signing on both nights too! Both events are free - tickets for the Belfast gig are available via this link: ticketsource.co.uk/no-alibis-bo...

🎷KEITH DONALD LIVE🎷

Don't miss your chance to see Moving Hearts legend and author of MUSIC AND MAYHEM, Keith Donald, in action 🎶

Join us in Galway in Charlie Byrnes and Belfast in no Alibis for two nights of music, prose and storytelling from an Irish music icon!

Please do leave reviews for our books anywhere and everywhere - on Goodreads, Storygraph or even on the Lilliput site! The support makes a huge difference to both publishers and authors ✨️

We LOVE seeing reader reviews for our books - here are a few recent ones we particularly enjoyed! 🌟

KINSHIP, THE LONELY VOICE and DEAD AS DOORNAILS are all available on the Lilliput website, or from your fave bookshop 📚

This year’s essay title is: “‘Men must endure / Their going hence, even as their coming hither’ – King Lear. Have we no more active rights over life, birth and death?” See www.hubertbutleressayprize.com for T&Cs. Closing date 4/7/25. 1st prize 1500€.