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Dec
19
2019

Top 35 Books in 35 Years!

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It’s time for the final blog post of Lilliput’s Top 35 books in 35 Years! What are your favourite Lilliput books? As we wave goodbye to 2019, let’s celebrate our staff favourite Lilliput fiction books!   1. Portobello Notebook by Adrian Kenny We love the cosy feel of this little gem of a book! This collection of stories is set in Portobello, on the edge of Dublin city centre, just inside the canal. The stories reflect on characters on the edge of life, personalities that do not quite fit in: Michael, the country boy who drowns himself; Harry, the old Jewish dealer living alone; Liam, the crude but jovial emigrant returning to Ireland for a…

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Dec
18
2019

Top 35 Books in 35 Years! 

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Are you getting into the festive spirit? Lilliput is as festive as can be! What better way to kick-start that festive feeling than kicking back and looking at today’s favourite 5 reads, all with a festive feel! 1. Skelligs Haul by Michael Kirby Skelligs Haul is a generous compilation of Michael Kirby’s prose and poetry, appealing for his simple, elegant style, his knowledge of unique local lore, and his inimitable observations. Kirby, a man who spent nearly every day of his ninety-nine years on the beautiful Iveragh peninsula, apart from a brief period in the United States, knew better than most that survival demanded persistence, passion, civility and good humour. A segment of this book…

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Dec
17
2019

Top 35 Books in 35 Years!

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Need to clear away those Tuesday morning blues? Have a look at 5 more of our favourite rainy day poetry reads. Curl up with a cup of tea and get cosy with some Lilliput poetry!   1. Ethna MacCarty Poetry by Ethna MacCarthy Ethna MacCarthy Poetry is one of Lilliput’s newest titles. This collection, published here for the first time, unearths an exceptionally rich and intriguing body of work by a remarkable woman who was ahead of her time. MacCarthy played an important and creative part of a cosmopolitan and free-thinking post-Independence Dublin. Her poetry contains exposed lunar and death-haunted landscapes, tales of multifaceted women, and subversive ideas around femininity. 2. Cats And Their Poets…

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