Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social
Ireland’s biggest independent bookstore - new, secondhand & bargain books - where you find what you didn’t know you were looking for!
A Post Bookshop of the Year!
A Post Bookshop of the Year!
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Bookshop Of The Year 2025 Chapters Bookstore Dublin
It is 5 a.m. and I am sitting at the kitchen table, my jacket and bow tie abandoned somewhere in the hall, far too wired to sleep. A few hours ago, at the An Post Irish Book Awards, Chapters was named...
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The last 3.5 yrs a small, stubborn team has been rebuilding an independent bookshop, powered by tea, spreadsheets & a slightly excessive love of books.
We’re now officially An Post Bookshop of the Year & our MD, Mick Finucane, has written a 5 a.m. blog about it
chaptersbookstore.com/blogs/news/b...
We’re now officially An Post Bookshop of the Year & our MD, Mick Finucane, has written a 5 a.m. blog about it
chaptersbookstore.com/blogs/news/b...
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Here’s some more of my favourite books from 2025: Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession, The Party by Tessa Hadley, Onr Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes, Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, The Dream-Pedlars by Mark Dowsher, My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss, and Love Sex & Frankenstein by Caroline Lea.
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Here’s some more of my favourite books from 2025: Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession, The Party by Tessa Hadley, Onr Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes, Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, The Dream-Pedlars by Mark Dowsher, My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss, and Love Sex & Frankenstein by Caroline Lea.
From all of us here, we wish you & yours a joyful, prosperous, healthy 2026 ✨✨✨
January 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
From all of us here, we wish you & yours a joyful, prosperous, healthy 2026 ✨✨✨
I didn’t know that it had so many verses!
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I didn’t know that it had so many verses!
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Time to put away my Christmas books - needless to say I was completely spoilt!
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Time to put away my Christmas books - needless to say I was completely spoilt!
I read this early in the year & saved just for now!
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I read this early in the year & saved just for now!
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One bag of books successfully transferred to @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social - if you're looking for 10 year old books on SQL or R then you are in luck!
December 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One bag of books successfully transferred to @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social - if you're looking for 10 year old books on SQL or R then you are in luck!
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Aw thank you! Its available from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social if you want the paperback:
chaptersbookstore.com/products/cha...
(Pls ignore the 1-star review there - it’s by my mother’s 80yo neighbour who thought 1 star was the highest rating! 😳)
You can also get it on Kindle.
chaptersbookstore.com/products/cha...
(Pls ignore the 1-star review there - it’s by my mother’s 80yo neighbour who thought 1 star was the highest rating! 😳)
You can also get it on Kindle.
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory | Maeve McGettigan has never met a commitment she didn’t run from… until she landed a job as Dublin''s least prepared robot babysitter.One minute Maeve’s coasting through her boring marke...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Aw thank you! Its available from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social if you want the paperback:
chaptersbookstore.com/products/cha...
(Pls ignore the 1-star review there - it’s by my mother’s 80yo neighbour who thought 1 star was the highest rating! 😳)
You can also get it on Kindle.
chaptersbookstore.com/products/cha...
(Pls ignore the 1-star review there - it’s by my mother’s 80yo neighbour who thought 1 star was the highest rating! 😳)
You can also get it on Kindle.
Hope you all having a peaceful & relaxed day, however you spend it
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I am about to explode from Maltesers 😊
❤️🎄❤️
I am about to explode from Maltesers 😊
December 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hope you all having a peaceful & relaxed day, however you spend it
❤️🎄❤️
I am about to explode from Maltesers 😊
❤️🎄❤️
I am about to explode from Maltesers 😊
Poem of the day … it made me smile!
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Poem of the day … it made me smile!
This is a beauty found by David & his team in Secondhand!
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is a beauty found by David & his team in Secondhand!
First Editions of Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ & ‘Rose Maddox’ in Secondhand today!
December 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
First Editions of Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ & ‘Rose Maddox’ in Secondhand today!
A signed copy of Nick Harkaways'
'The Gone-Away World' is in Secondhand!
'The Gone-Away World' is in Secondhand!
December 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A signed copy of Nick Harkaways'
'The Gone-Away World' is in Secondhand!
'The Gone-Away World' is in Secondhand!
Winter Solstice today … the shortest day, or longest night … depending on what tout are looking for.
The Laughing Heart - Bukowski
The Laughing Heart - Bukowski
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Winter Solstice today … the shortest day, or longest night … depending on what tout are looking for.
The Laughing Heart - Bukowski
The Laughing Heart - Bukowski
A beautiful poetry box set of four of Seamus Heaney’s collections have arrived in Secondhand - on the shelves now!
Included:
- Death of a naturalist
- Door into the Dark
- Wintering Out
- North
Included:
- Death of a naturalist
- Door into the Dark
- Wintering Out
- North
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A beautiful poetry box set of four of Seamus Heaney’s collections have arrived in Secondhand - on the shelves now!
Included:
- Death of a naturalist
- Door into the Dark
- Wintering Out
- North
Included:
- Death of a naturalist
- Door into the Dark
- Wintering Out
- North
Signed copies!! ✍️📚
Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children by Nicole Louie is part memoir, part a chorus of candid conversations with 14 women around the world, exploring what a full life can look like outside the script of motherhood.
Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children by Nicole Louie is part memoir, part a chorus of candid conversations with 14 women around the world, exploring what a full life can look like outside the script of motherhood.
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Signed copies!! ✍️📚
Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children by Nicole Louie is part memoir, part a chorus of candid conversations with 14 women around the world, exploring what a full life can look like outside the script of motherhood.
Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children by Nicole Louie is part memoir, part a chorus of candid conversations with 14 women around the world, exploring what a full life can look like outside the script of motherhood.
Not just in stock: SIGNED copies of Hector Ó hEochagáin’s Irish language books are here ! 🎄📚 An Irish Word a Day + The Irish Words You Should Know
Last day for Click & Collect for l Christmas until the 23rd 🎅
December 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Not just in stock: SIGNED copies of Hector Ó hEochagáin’s Irish language books are here ! 🎄📚 An Irish Word a Day + The Irish Words You Should Know
Last day for Click & Collect for l Christmas until the 23rd 🎅
Louise Glück for the day that is in it.
December 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Louise Glück for the day that is in it.
Opening hours for the next two weeks!!
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Opening hours for the next two weeks!!
Some housekeeping! Poor Postie is swamped at the moment!
December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Some housekeeping! Poor Postie is swamped at the moment!
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Many years ago, when I was working at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social an older gentleman came in and asked "where's the milk?"
Me: we don't have any.
Him: what kind of bookshop doesn't sell milk?
Me: ...the normal kind. All the kinds.
Him: Ah for fucksake. *leaves*
Me: we don't have any.
Him: what kind of bookshop doesn't sell milk?
Me: ...the normal kind. All the kinds.
Him: Ah for fucksake. *leaves*
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Many years ago, when I was working at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social an older gentleman came in and asked "where's the milk?"
Me: we don't have any.
Him: what kind of bookshop doesn't sell milk?
Me: ...the normal kind. All the kinds.
Him: Ah for fucksake. *leaves*
Me: we don't have any.
Him: what kind of bookshop doesn't sell milk?
Me: ...the normal kind. All the kinds.
Him: Ah for fucksake. *leaves*
This surprised me & I agree … I’m okay
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This surprised me & I agree … I’m okay
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Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers.
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
1: 'Where's Dad?'
2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
If you’re looking for a novel that is beautifully written and emotionally exacting, Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell deserves your attention. Quietly devastating. Signed copies now instore & online ❤️🩹
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If you’re looking for a novel that is beautifully written and emotionally exacting, Nesting by Roisin O’Donnell deserves your attention. Quietly devastating. Signed copies now instore & online ❤️🩹
More ✍️joy!
Children’s author Eilish Fisher signed copies of Fia and the Last Snow Deer (a lyrical prehistoric quest, great for ~9–12yr readers) & The Waters and the Wild (novel in verse about family, hope & grief)
These are beautiful, ‘keep forever’ children’s books 💕
Children’s author Eilish Fisher signed copies of Fia and the Last Snow Deer (a lyrical prehistoric quest, great for ~9–12yr readers) & The Waters and the Wild (novel in verse about family, hope & grief)
These are beautiful, ‘keep forever’ children’s books 💕
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
More ✍️joy!
Children’s author Eilish Fisher signed copies of Fia and the Last Snow Deer (a lyrical prehistoric quest, great for ~9–12yr readers) & The Waters and the Wild (novel in verse about family, hope & grief)
These are beautiful, ‘keep forever’ children’s books 💕
Children’s author Eilish Fisher signed copies of Fia and the Last Snow Deer (a lyrical prehistoric quest, great for ~9–12yr readers) & The Waters and the Wild (novel in verse about family, hope & grief)
These are beautiful, ‘keep forever’ children’s books 💕