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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 9h

This is wonderful!

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ClodaghO @iamagnat.bsky.social · 10h

The wonder of bookshops. Thinking of you, @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 10h

It’s Bookshop Day so here’s a poem in celebration of all those amazing bookshops out there.

Never Judge a Bookshop by its Cover

It may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that.
There may be books in the window, on the tables and shelves,
but really, it’s a travel agent selling all-immersive holidays,
weekend breaks, first-class tickets to other worlds,

with a low carbon footprint. It’s a pharmacy as well,
dispensing medicines, pick-me-ups, balms: if symptoms persist,
please consult your local bookseller; it’s a tailor’s, offering
a made-to-measure service to achieve the perfect fit;

and a hardware store, with a range of empowering tools
to fix you up, recharge your batteries, switch on lightbulbs.
Its walls are lined with treasure as precious as any jeweller’s,
and twice as bright. Spines shine gold, silver, sapphire, emerald;

there are diamonds amongst them. It’s a garden centre,
a place where ideas get planted and a thousand stories bloom,
and a greengrocer, selling fresh, locally-sourced produce,
as vital as your five-a-day and more readily consumed.

It’s a multiscreen cinema. Peek behind the curtain
of each jacket and you’ll find a movie waiting silently to begin.
A stationer’s supplying notepads, reams of paper,
with the words conveniently filled in

to save you both the time and bother. A wholefood store
and a fast-food joint. A cosy haven from the cold.
A friendly, family restaurant: Today’s special will revive
a flagging spirit and restore a lagging soul.

It’s a tourist information centre equipped with maps
and helpful guides to steer us on our way.
A busy square in which a whole town gathers
or just a place to hold the world at bay

for a few untroubled stolen minutes. It’s itself,
and yet it’s something larger, a universe so vast
you could spend ten thousand lifetimes there –
it may call itself a bookshop, but don’t be fooled by that.

Brian Bilston

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 9h

Love this 💕

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Fiftywords @fiftywords.bsky.social · 9h

As it’s #BookshopDay here’s a revised version of my poem on the Dublin bookshop Chapters @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social

Not nostalgia, but something deeper dwells in the hush north of the river, where rain beads on the glass
and the traffic hum softens to murmur. Inside, the warmth of old paper rises,
the city left dripping at the mat.
A floorboard sighs, someone pauses over a spine
creased by a dozen owners. Secondhand searchers lean like tired archivists, labels hand-scrawled,
dust honest.
The scent, not one note, but a chord: dried glue, foxed paper,
oak oil, damp wool, the perfume of stories handled often. the smell of Dublin in winter: wet umbrellas, slow afternoons,
and pages turned without haste.
Each book, a collapsed star of thought, its weight felt, not seen, gathers the room into orbit,
binding the brittle with the infinite. Chapters is not a chain, but a conversation in low tones, tourists, students, pensioners
tracing titles once read,
a man humming to a book of poems
Here, the air listens. Spines tilt like philosophers
mid-thought, some lean toward one another
as if remembering
that knowing is never solitary. You move slowly, not out of reverence
but recognition, that every arrangement here
is unrepeatable. A fragile conjunction of stories and silence, of meanings misplaced
and perfectly found.
And you, a reader not yet chosen, wander this quiet constellation north of the river, where the next touch might be the one
that listens back.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 1d

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event is unfortunately postponed 😢😢

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 1d

Tickets are free on Eventbrite but I am trying to get a better idea of numbers - so can you please register & we will pick one ticket number out of the hat & they will win a signed book & goody bag!

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An afternoon with Peter Moore: From Liverpool Streets to Global Success

An afternoon of conversation and chat with Peter Moore for the launch of his new book GAME CHANGER, Playing To Win, Xbox, EA & Liverpool FC

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 1d

I’m originally from Liverpool & know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about football! However I am very excited about Sunday as I get to hear Scouse accents! When happy I like to share the love - like & share this post before Noon 12.10.25 & I will put your name in a hat to win a goody bag!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 1d

He is a busy man!

Oh you are most welcome! We had a great time!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 1d

Such a shame.

I cleared the podium and the signing table - someone must have picked it up with their own book 😢

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 2d

Did you leave it in the store do you think?

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 2d

THAT is what I need!

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 3d

Most of the admin staff in my department are history graduates.
Did they get a job in history? Clearly not. So what was the value? It makes them really interesting people who are fun to work with.

Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 4d

They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 2d

There would be something seriously worrying if you didn’t go exploring!!

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 2d

A wonderful book launch for @3castlesburning.bsky.social’s The Dublin Pub at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social - a great way to support your local indie bookshop and local indie beer.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 3d

We have a fantastically busy week ahead -please join us when you can - events are free & you can just come down - but Eventbrite helps us plan for seats & drinks! If you need a seat to be kept for you - please let me know!

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Superstars at Chapters Dublin: A Week of Legends, Stories, and Songs

Superstars at Chapters Dublin: A Week of Legends, Stories, and Songs Once upon a time, if you wanted to see cultural giants up close, you tuned into The Late Late Show. You sat at home, waiting for th...

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 3d

From The Night Birds to Buffy to Bram Stoker Awards - Christopher Golden has done it all!

Don’t miss his first ever Irish Q&A at Chapters this Saturday, 6.30pm.
A rare chance to meet one of horror’s great storytellers & ask him anything … if you are brave enough! 👻🧛👻

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 4d

It can! 💕💕

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 4d

They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 5d

This is going to be a fun night!!

Chat, songs & books … what more could you ask for?!

🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 5d

Last chance to book your ticket and come get your signed copy of Dublin Pub a social and cultural history. Click the link. It’s free and gratis to attend and gonna be deadly. And it’s in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social! Cmom
#Speirgorm

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🎃👻David 👻🎃 @rebelalliance77.bsky.social · 5d

Last chance to book your ticket and come get your signed copy of Dublin Pub a social and cultural history. Click the link. It’s free and gratis to attend and gonna be deadly. And it’s in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social! Cmom
#Speirgorm

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 5d

Poetry - the answer to almost everything!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 5d

I’m tired & I don’t want to be grumpy … so I am searching for lovely thoughts I have saved in my phone … I have lots of Mary Oliver, sarcastic memes (must do better) & this …

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 7d

It is difficult for us to- so can’t imagine how difficult it is for a single buyer.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 7d