Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1

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They are total superstars! I don’t know how they manage!!

I have just sent the image to David & Émilie and asked them to look out for it!

It is so lovely!

Aaaah!😍

‘The Clash of Distant Thunder’ by Alfred Marin, Mayflower UK Pb, 1974 edition of 1969 novel. Cover photo shows torso of a woman holding a semi auto pistol. Her blue (denim?) dress is unbuttoned low, displaying cleavage and a star star Of David necklace.

‘The Mole’ by David Sherman from 1977. Hamlyn Paperbacks 1979 UK edition. Illustration less Design & fonts mimics 1970s Pan editions of John LeCarre novels. Strap line at bottom corner specifically like a book as being ‘in the tradition of John LeCarre.’

‘Other Peoples Money’ by Palm Springs restauranteur Arthur Lyons, a Jacob Asch PI novel Published by Mysterious Press paperback circa 1989.

3 mass market paperback scores from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social ‘The Clash Of Distant Thunder’,Alfred Marin, pen name of SF writer AC Coppel. ‘The Mole’ by Dan Sherman trying every design trick in the book to pass itself off as 70s LeCarre. And a US Mysterious Press copy of a Jacob Asch PI novel.

The covers are just sooo good!

As for Audio books, @libro.fm is excellent and you can choose a brick and mortor store to support, which for me is @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social where I order physical copies from.

I switched to ebooks cos I am a speed reader & don't have a house big enough, for all I read.

Sorry! 😂

Something very lovely happened in our Science Fiction & Fantasy section the other week… 🥹💍✨

CONGRATULATIONS MAEVE & ADAM!!

Wishing you many years of happiness, adventure and shared stories – may your life together be even more magical than the books you browse 💫📚❤️

Oh that is really lovely!

I have just looked her up!

She has been poet-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music for 25 years - but I can’t see any of her other work.

Yes - it must be odd.

A poem by Ruth Lepson - black on a white page: Ruth Lepson The Day of Our Divorce Hearing you treated me to lunch, a spaghetti place. We had never been so kind to each other. When you said I'm still a slob we laughed. After lunch we stood in the parking lot. You said, You have the last word but I said, No, I'm tired of being the one who sums things up. You get the last word. But you couldn't think of one. So off you went to our silver car, I to our red one. It's three years later. And even that's just a story now. Lately I don't feel as if I lived with you. But I remember our kindness that day, when it no longer mattered.

Sorry - I have arthritis in my thumbs & limit characters when using a phone instead of a keyboard - but yes, I should be more conscious 💕

Yes, but we often forget it.

Do you know much of her other work? I have seen this come up a few times on social media and I saved it on my phone, but I haven’t come across her anywhere else.

Isn’t it a killer?

Came across this again by Ruth Lepson … must look for more of her work.

Ruth Frances Long was in Chapters today signing The Book of Silver & even signed some of her beloved backlist while she was here. Magic on the page, magic in the shop. Signed copies while they last! ✨

Brendan Fanning dropped into Chapters today to sign Touching Distance — his brilliant deep dive into Ireland’s journey from 90s chaos to World Cup contenders. If you love Irish rugby, history, or a good honest reckoning, the signed copies are here waiting.

Looking forward to seeing!

From David - more gems from Secondhand that you might not have thought of or been looking for & suddenly, as they are free, they could pop in your basket as part of the 3 for 2 with no pain at all!

That is exciting!! I am so behind on Irish writers this year as I have been catching up on the world, but the week between Christmas & New Year I am going to wallow in Irish fiction & poetry!

I know!! I am talking sternly to myself that books have to to be left for customers … 😢😂

Talking of pretty … this isn’t just gorgeous … it is also signed!

So so pretty … I think this might need to come home with me and I am going to get massive brownie points for a Christmas present!

Gentle reminder!

‘Points don’t define potential – work ethic and passion do’ Rickwang Tientcheu says he drifted through the Covid years of second level before building up his own app for students, Edu Éire

In today's @irishtimes.com this man told me how, having 'drifted' for years in school, with the help of the Ballymun Initiative to Third Level Education (BITE) he is now studying in DCU and is launching an app to help other students.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Mmm … can’t remember them … 😂😂

Still have a box of Children’s Christmas books that come out with the decorations … interesting to watch how comforting they are to the big ones home from their exciting lives.

Secondhand has a window of children’s books at the moment!