Rob Doyle’s latest collection, This is the Ritual, is published by The Lilliput Press and is available in all good bookshops now. We asked him about his writing.    Q. 1.  What do you start with?  Do you have the seed of an idea in place when you begin to write?  Do you have a much more general notion of what the story might be or is the story more or less clear in your mind from the beginning? A.      I never have any kind of plan, plot or characters when I first start writing a piece of fiction. What I do have, very often, is a place. I’ll start writing to summon up the atmosphere…

Dear Readers, Welcome to the Lilliput blog! Allow us to introduce you to our new website, the online home for all our books. It’s your one-stop shop for really good Irish books (and must-have tote bags). So it’s a lot like our old website, but with improved features and prettier! Here at the blog, we’ll keep you up to date on all the titles available at our online bookshop where you can now search all our titles by category. Looking for a book about the 1916 Rising? Select “Irish History” from the drop-down list.  Want to know what we here at the Press are reading these days? Click on “Staff Pick.” You can also easily sort…