102:: the title was reprinted twice in a few weeks. Under the stewardship of founders Peter O'Connell and Seán O’Keeffe, the press initially published only non-fiction titles, many by significant figures in the worlds of politics, journalism and the arts. O'Connell left the company in 2009; following his departure, the press was significantly reorganised, and the focus of the publishing programme was shifted, with more emphasis being placed on fiction and, to a lesser extent, poetry, alongside non-fiction.
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offices to include a bookstore that offered
Liberties Press books and other sundries. The press was instrumental in the pop-up bookshops that were run in Dublin city centre in 2014 (South William Street) and 2015 (Drury Street). The dozen participating publishers divided the costs of running each
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