Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1

Also frequently used by bewildered, but supportive partners watching their loved one vacillate between two different covers of the same book … the more experienced don’t stand up the first time the words “I’ll get this one” are spoken! 😂

I’ve woken up grumpy … sorry … 😳

The Write Stuff at Chapters Bookshop.
Steve O'Toole, Tony St Ledger, Sean Walsh & Jane Gorman ( who I regretfully neglected to photograph ) entertained & provoked tonight, with a backdrop of the street theatre on Moore St & Parnell St.
Mighty stuff.

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Over 30 an appointment is a good idea as it saves you having to wait - but given you are wandering around a bookshop, I am not sure that is too much of a hardship!

If you would like to book, you can DM me with your name & number and Secondhand will give you a call!

One of the finest opening lines in contemporary literature.

'Leonard was raised by his mother alone with cheerfully concealed difficulty, his father having died tragically during childbirth.'

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Calling all gamers, Liverpool fans & business heads … this is a huge one!! Peter Moores will be Chapters for 2 hours only on Sunday 12th October … get your ticket early & questions ready!

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Andrew Porter: Heart on My Sleeve [2025] hardback Andrew Porter: Heart on My Sleeve [2025] hardback | Andrew Porter lost his mother to breast cancer at the age of 12, spent much ofhis teens suffering with his mental health and overcame his issues by ...

Oh no!! Let me find it!

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If you love books, community, and doing something a bit different (ideally while holding a tote bag and quoting Auden), our events are now up on Eventbrite!

There are more to come - but tickets are already vanishing like first editions at a car boot sale! 📚

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This is still up on the website - if you missed the original post! Preorder HEART ON MY SLEEVE for your chance to WIN an Ireland v South Africa match worn jersey from the 2022 Autumn International Series SIGNED by Andrew.

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Sometimes we are so lucky and we get sent some beautiful things before they are released - case in point Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, illustrated by Lauren O’Hara and it’s simply beautiful! Preorder is live on our website! @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

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Sooooo true!

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Happy 90th Penguin Books!
Thank you for the orange spines that lined my shelves before I knew what I liked - and for making the world’s best writing fit in a coat pocket.
You made reading feel like both rebellion and refuge.

This!!! Listen to @ciaraioch.bsky.social - this is what the world needs!

I scour the internet for literary wisdom on your behalf. No need to thank me.

The Longlist is here! No Irish unfortunately- but incredible books nonetheless!

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Please and thank you. #writinglife #booksky #writingcommunity @sylviahubbard1.bsky.social and @lisasell.bsky.social thanks for the reminder.

Totally agree. third spaces are essential, more than ever before, to counter the ‘atomisation’ of our communities. We need more than the pub. Third spaces foster human connection, meaning, help to re-create a sense of belonging. An alternative to online life and busy modern work-life imbalances

Perfectly put!

Poem, black text on a white background -poem reads as: Title - YOU'RE SO PRETTY (struck out, replaced with) UNRULY Look at you, you savage woman. You, hair untamed, hands calloused woman. You, go-ahead-and-pull-me-down woman. You, I'll just rise again, and again, and again. Look at your thick (struck out & replaced with) full belly that keeps you moving. Look at your flawed (struck out & replaced with) real skin that tells your story. Look at the love in your thighs, the way they kiss each other. Look at the fire in your eyes, with their Medusa-stone power. Turn around, look at the art you left in your wake. The collection of beasts that stood in your way. Monuments to the trouble you've made. L.E. Bowman

Have never read this or come across the poet before, but wow!

Instagram ad for a Cork-based vasectomy clinic advertising €100 off for any Kerryman this week, followed by "We have to stop them somehow" #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm

Meanwhile, in Cork

I was going to say “one for a certain age” - but I was definitely not the target market & I recognised this!

Can't let the first anniversary of Edna O'Brien's death pass without this classic quote for The Paris Review Art of Fiction interview.

I think that in that respect the shop is the same - except we have more comfortable chairs! Bookshops as third spaces that foster community, conversation, belonging & also escape á la Ray Oldenburg are still so necessary.

I think that sounds like a good education!

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Please do support your local bookshops. They are esential for independent publishers and have been the patron saints of my writing career through their word-of-mouth support.

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I am going to steal that!!

It is the conversations & recommendations it has stolen. The unusual book that doesn’t match an algorithm, but that you know if you put it in the hands of the right reader will change something, & the people who come in for a chat or to see friendly faces - we longed for connection during Covid.