One of Ireland’s leading independent publishing houses, the Lilliput Press publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and illustrated books of national and international acclaim from our unique office and bookshop in the heart of Dublin.

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New Author Spotlight

Catriona Shine

Catriona Shine's stunning debut novel Habitat has set readers and critics alight with it's uncanny, inventive and unique story of an apartment building in Oslo which begins to fragment around its inhabitants in unsettling and inexplicable ways.

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New Author Spotlight

Estelle Birdy

Set in Dublin's Liberties, Estelle Birdy’s explosively original debut Ravelling channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, where they balance their hopes with the harsh realities of their present. Hurtling between friendships, feuds, drug-deals, family and brushes with the law, this is modern Dublin as never before portrayed.

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Classic Author Spotlight

John Broderick

The novelist John Broderick was born in Connaught Street, Athlone in 1924. Among his 12 published novels, his best known is The Pilgrimage (1961). His bestseller, An Apology for Roses (1973), sold 30,000 copies in the first week of its publication in 1973.

 He died in Bath, England where he had lived for eight years. Following his death, he bequeathed his estate to the Arts Council of Ireland for ‘the benefit and enhancement of the Arts in Athlone’.

 His writer in residency series, supported by this fund and based in Athlone, is run in partnership with Westmeath County Council. This 2024 publication of The Waking of Willie Ryan, celebrating the centenary of John Broderick's birth, has been funded through the John Broderick Bequest.

Portrait of John Broderick by Harry Kernoff

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