‘Bookshops are so much more than places you can buy the latest bestseller. They’re community hubs and cultural venues, supporting Ireland’s writers and publishers and contributing massively to the Irish literary tradition’
Well said BooksellingIreland
#ChooseBookshops #SupportLocal

My book #TheTainted launched 3 weeks after the 1st Covid lockdown. Indie bookshops in Ireland posted my books (and many thousands of others) to readers right through that terrible year, going well beyond the call of duty. I, for one, will NEVER forget that! Government needs to

🎉 We’re delighted to announce that Caleb Azumah Nelson Caleb Azumah Nelson
is the winner of the 2024 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his novel Small Worlds.

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Independent Bookshop of the Year 2024: Winner Book-ish 📚 is in a Remote Welsh Town timeout.com/uk/news/its-of…

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Another reason to #ChooseBookshops 💛

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📢📢📢 We are open to entries!! We're absolutely delighted to welcome back the stellar Alice Lutyens, literary agent at Curtis Brown Books as our CaledoniaNovelAward 2025 judge 🌟🌟🌟! Meet Alice here 👇- do send us your stories!! #writingcommunity #amwriting

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This is my fav trend rn. I wanna dance battle with them all.

Proud day as we've been recognised as the Most Reputable Organisation over the last 15 years at today's Ireland RepTrak® 2024 report launch. This recognition is a testament to how our team set out to improve the lives of people and their communities across Ireland everyday.

The winner of the Annual Farmgate National Poetry Award has been announced as Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, for The Map of the World.

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It's Wednesday afternoon and so officially nearly the weekend... and A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is Stephen Moran

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Greener by Gráinne Murphy shares the changing dynamics of adult friendships and asks whether old friends can ever let us become new people.

Discover our Fiction Book of the Month at your local bookshop.

#IndieBookoftheMonth
Legend Times

Reader reviews of #ThisIsMySea out now in paperback 💙

“Independent bookshops are crucial to books and writers. Their support helps new books to find readers and extends the life of a book beyond that initial publication day flurry.' - Gráinne Murphy

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Legend Times

A fine example of how indie bookshops have deep roots in our literary culture – well done Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery

'One of the first donations was €1,000 from Kennys bookshop in Galway. “It was so touching. The note was ‘We’ll always have your back’.”

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Loved this to pieces Gráinne Murphy And your prose is just lovely.

HOLD BACK THE NIGHT BY JESSICA MOOR BLOG TOUR #HOLDBACKTHENIGHT @JESSICAMMOOR @ZAFFREBOOKS @TR4CYF3NT0N #BOOKREVIEW

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Greener by Gráinne Murphy shares the changing dynamics of adult friendships and asks whether old friends can ever let us become new people.

Discover our Fiction Book of the Month at your local bookshop.

#IndieBookoftheMonth
Legend Times

“Independent bookshops are crucial to books and writers. Their support helps new books to find readers and extends the life of a book beyond that initial publication day flurry.' - Gráinne Murphy

#IndieBookoftheMonth
Legend Times