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I feel very fortunate to have had her come into the shop a few times, a gentle soul and always a pleasure to talk to. Solas na bhFlaitheas dá h-anam uasal.

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Spring is (more or less) here this weekend (we hope) and it's time again for our quarterly BIG SALE! Over 6500 books, hardbacks and paperbacks, fiction and non fiction, reduced to ONLY 50c per book this weekend. Free shipping applies when you spend €20 or more on books. thebookshop.ie/spring-sale/

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'There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in'. Ominous winter sky viewed from Inch beach, West Kerry, Ireland.

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Sending love and thanks on #IrelandReadsDay to all the brilliant #booksellers (and #librarians) whose lives inspired my recent #Finfarran novel #TheBooksellersGift, and whose energy, hard work and charm are bringing it to readers. xx 💞 #Spéirgorm #booksky #Irish #writing @gaiabanks.bsky.social

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Library. By Alvy Carragher. This hits me where a poem should:)

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Great Interview with Tom Lyons on @clairebyrne.bsky.social this morning on his new book Aer Dogs, due 3rd March. The origins of @ryanairofficial.bsky.social and much more....

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Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize ( an impressive feat for an Irish publisher) - from @bullaunpress.bsky.social, There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem and translated by @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social & Karen Fleetwood. thebookshop.ie/gaelle-belem...

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Arrived today are two forthcoming children's books from @theobrienpress.bsky.social - The Case of the Secret Signal by Brian Gallagher & The Doomsday Club , the debut from @kmoranwrites.bsky.social !

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I've started to collect cultural treasures in preparation for the looming end of the Internet

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Newly restocked & forthcoming history titles from @ucdpress.bsky.social - Inside Rural Ireland @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social , A Tract for our Times, The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social & the forthcoming Mary MacSwiney from Leanne Lane. Quality! thebookshop.ie/brands/ucd-p...

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Many thanks to Tara @faberbooks.bsky.social for sending me these wonderful news editions of the Samuel Beckett trilogy with new forewords by Colm Tóibín (Molloy), Claire-Louise Bennett (Malone Dies) and Eimear McBride (The Unnameable). Out in mid March.

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More WIP. Just passed the halfway point on my 48 pager now. This is not letting up! 🙂

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Coming from @lilliputpress.bsky.social is the incredible story of Robert Hilliard - Swift Blaze of Fire. Hilliard was many things in his life - & a Brigadista who died fighting fascism in Jarama during the Spanish Civil War. I'm looking forward to this one. #nopasaran thebookshop.ie/lin-rose-cla...

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What's wrong babe, you've hardly opened your copy of Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism ...

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Exciting post today. Three months to go… linktr.ee/gavreilly to preorder!

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I know folks are in denial about it, but covers sell books, and folks telling you covers don’t matter don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.

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Pan and Fontana paperbacks. Mysteriously, Gay Lord Robert was renamed in later editions ad plain old Lord Robert.

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The subject of a forthcoming two part BBC documentary 'Those Who Want Me Dead' on 3-4 March - based on Brendan Hughes and journalist Douglas Dalby's book Up Like a Bird - a frank and honest autiobiography from the former IRA member. thebookshop.ie/brendan-hugh...

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Delighted to see these fine new editions of the City Girl Trilogy from @patriciascanlan.bsky.social coming from New Island in March, just before the release of book 4 in the series! We've all 3 together in matching covers for only €30 including delivery within Ireland. thebookshop.ie/patricia-sca...

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I’m SO delighted to have signed a contract today with my lovely #NewIslandBooks colleagues Mariel & Des, to publish the Irish editions of #CityGirl #CityWoman & #CityLives. I’ve worked on #OpenDoor with New Island for many years -Edwin Higel is a superb publisher, and I’m VERY excited and happy.

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A fave love poem by Mícheál McCann x 💌

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I know Valentine's is not everyone's thing. Good if it is, no problem if it's not. We'd recommend a book either way.

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- Pick one social media thing and put your energy there - Nearly every issue with a book can be fixed in editing, except not writing it - Saying yes to a lot of things at the start of your career can be great, but it is also an instinct you will have to learn to control

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I had never heard of Gino Sarfatti until I saw this book ( he was a renowned midcentury Italian designer - especially of lighting ) but these are spectacular. Always strikes me how much the best of 20th century industrial design is particularly ageless.

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Great review and article in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social on Friday on Irish Nurses in the NHS - www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... - just published by Irish Academic Press. Copies available now at thebookshop.ie/louise-ryan-...

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We would love to create a starter pack of bookstores in Europe people can visit on their travels. Please recommend your favourites and we will get it going.

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If that thing happens where you try to turn on a modern TV and it appears not to respond, so you press the power button again but it started to come on before you did so then it turns off again deep breath then you should get to take the next day off work

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Coming this May , the fifth book from the very talented @leonaforde1.bsky.social - Milly McCarthy's Wild Atlantic Antics . This series has been hugely successful, proving that Irish published series can stand with the best of international 'middle grade' fiction. thebookshop.ie/leona-forde-...

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Great news for @bullaunpress.bsky.social !

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