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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much to everyone for checking in on us ❤️ So grateful for the kindness, THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️

Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 2d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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Sonya Gildea @sonyagildea.bsky.social · 9d

Full house @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week for launch of THE HARE'S CORNER @newislandbooks.bsky.social in partnerships w/@burrenbeotrust.bsky.social, with poetry by @janeclarke.bsky.social, prose Catherine Cleary & illustrations Jane Carkill.

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 9d

Wonderful launch for The Hare's Corner on Friday evening. It was a celebration of the book but more importantly everyone who is looking after Irish nature.
Thanks @newislandbooks.bsky.social @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social Jane Carkill Catherine Cleary

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 26d

26 September 2025 @ 6.30pm @booksupstairs.bsky.social - Launch of The Hare's Corner @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social Tickets here...
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BOOK LAUNCH: The Hare's Corner

Celebrate the launch of The Hare's Corner: Making Space for Nature by Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary, illustrated by Jane Carkill

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 23d

On Thurs 2nd Oct, 6.30pm, Fintan Drury & Justine McCarthy will discuss Catastrophe: Nabka II. This urgent book offers an insightful & moving analysis of the decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people. Admission free | Booking essential ➡️ booksupstairs.ie/all-events/catastrophe-event/ 🇵🇸

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 23d

We are delighted to present the Dublin launch of Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell, who will be in conversation with Eoin McNamee for the occasion, at 6.30pm on Wednesday 1st of October. Booking essential booksupstairs.ie/all-events/sugartown-launch/

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Bullaun Press @bullaunpress.bsky.social · 28d

Join Bullaun Press as we launch our next title in translation, What Remains by Brais Lamela, translated by Jacob Rogers, in Cork and Dublin next month.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Colm Tóibín @booksupstairs.bsky.social signing SHIP IN FULL SAIL: Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. Grab a copy while the signed ones last! @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

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Fergal Lenehan @fergallenehan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Booklaunch in @booksupstairs.bsky.social on 17 September.
All welcome.

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Aug 29

Amazing Rónán! 🤩

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Aug 8

📣 We’re recruiting!
• Bookseller/Barista position available
• 3-5 days a week
• Bookshop experience essential
• Email CVs and cover emails to [email protected] by 15th August

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Aug 5

Join us to celebrate the launch of Rose Keating’s debut short story collection, ODDBODY. Rose will be in conversation with author Cathy Sweeney, starting at 6.30pm tomorrow! Register here : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-oddbody/

@rosekeating.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · Jul 23

⭐️ Books at One have announced the 21 Irish bookshops who will receive up to €5000 to bring community ideas to life ⭐️

@booksupstairs.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social @booksatonedublin.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
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Bookshops win grants to bring community ideas to life - Books Ireland

Books at One announce the 21 Irish Bookstores who will receive up to €5000 to bring community ideas to life.

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · Jul 23

I even popped in to @booksupstairs.bsky.social to let them know in person...

Congratulations to everyone, I can't wait to see their projects come to fruition 😎

(This needs to be labelled #AD even though there is nothing in my contract that says I have to do this, I'm just chuffed for the shops!)

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · Jul 23

You might remember a while ago I was an ambassador for the Books At One Community Fund project. Today, they announced the 21 recipients, all brilliant independent bookshops around the country, each recieving up to €5,000 for the projects in their shops they wanted to get off the ground/make better.

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you Wendy Erskine for this lovely shout out! 🥰

National Book Tokens @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social · Jul 23

We 💛 bookshops: a treasure trove for discovery and excitement...

We’re delighted to have author @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social join us to share what makes bookshops magical for her 📖✨

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#ChooseBookshops ☕📚

A yellow background with a text box. A photo in the top right hand corner features author Wendy Erskine. Text reads: "There are certain shops that, when I enter them, make me excited. Bookshops are top of the list. There's such possibility that I am going to encounter something wonderful! I love seeing the little handwritten staff picks, hearing the music that someone has chosen to have playing, looking at tables or shelves with books that have been chosen with care by someone with their own particular sensibility. It seems unfair to single out any one place but I love Books Upstairs in Dublin. It feels like a treasure trove and then upstairs there is a beautiful little café where you can start your reading. Blissful."

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Sarah Moss will be in conversation with Enda Wyley next Thursday 🔥Taking bookings now : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/sarah-moss-at-books-upstairs/
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Sarah Moss at Books Upstairs | Books Upstairs

We are delighted to present an evening with Sarah Moss to discuss her new novel Ripeness in conversation with Enda Wyley on Thursday 24th July at 6.30pm. From 1960s Italy to present-day Ireland, Ripen...

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Sarah Moss will be in conversation with Enda Wyley next Thursday 🔥Taking bookings now : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/sarah-moss-at-books-upstairs/
@picadorbooks.bsky.social

Sarah Moss at Books Upstairs | Books Upstairs

We are delighted to present an evening with Sarah Moss to discuss her new novel Ripeness in conversation with Enda Wyley on Thursday 24th July at 6.30pm. From 1960s Italy to present-day Ireland, Ripen...

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · Jul 16

A few spots left for this evening’s event with Grainne O’ Hare discussing her brilliant and hilarious novel with Niamh Donnelly - book your free admission ticket here: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/thirst-trap/

@spacedolphin93.bsky.social @niamhdonnelly.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

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Christodoulos Makris @cmakris.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks to everyone who came out to @booksupstairs.bsky.social on this warm Sunday afternoon. A joy to read with @robmclennan.bsky.social @eireannmor.bsky.social & @christinemcnair.bsky.social. My thanks also to @poetryireland.bsky.social for partnering on the event.

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jul 13

A packed house for our Books Upstairs reading in Dublin today! Éireann Lorsung, Christodoulos Makris, Christine and myself, // @christinemcnair.bsky.social @cmakris.bsky.social @eireannmor.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social · Jul 7

We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are very glad to host this event:
Looking at Women Looking at War: a War and Justice Diary, by Victoria Amelina.
@booksupstairs.bsky.social Books Upstairs, Dublin, 29 July, 6pm.
booksupstairs.ie/events/

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Christodoulos Makris @cmakris.bsky.social · Jul 8

This Sunday 13 July @booksupstairs.bsky.social I’ll be reading w/ @eireannmor.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social & @christinemcnair.bsky.social. A pleasure to put this special reading together, gratefully supported by @poetryireland.bsky.social. Come! yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com/2025/07/tran...

Transatlantic Poetry Salon at Books Upstairs, Dublin

It's a great pleasure to announce this very special reading at Books Upstairs , Dublin's oldest independent bookshop, taking place on Sunday...

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · Jun 20

I can't believe people turned up.

Again.

And on a swelteringly hot day too...

Writehawks 4 at @booksupstairs.bsky.social was from the top drawer with fine choices (in order in the first picture from the top down) from @urchinette.bsky.social, @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, and @prasifcat.bsky.social.

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