Gutter Dalkey
@gutterdalkey.bsky.social
Dalkey branch of The Gutter Bookshop at 20 Railway Road (opp. Finnegan's). Local bookshop with books, gifts & stationery. Marta & May post randomly.
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16 years ago today we opened the doors to Dublin's newest bookshop.That @gutterbookshop.bsky.social continues to thrive today brings me so much joy. We created something that brought people together & celebrated books & reading. I feel like I added something good to the world & I'm so proud of that.
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
16 years ago today we opened the doors to Dublin's newest bookshop.That @gutterbookshop.bsky.social continues to thrive today brings me so much joy. We created something that brought people together & celebrated books & reading. I feel like I added something good to the world & I'm so proud of that.
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A real treat, and possibly my favourite Irish indie Nazi vampire comic of all time! A must for any discerning reader.
It’s Spooky season once again, so not better time to pump my WWII Vampire tale Nazferatu. It was once described by @seamas.bsky.social as “A lovely offering of Pulpy delights for you to sink your fascist-bashing teeth into”
It’s available to buy here
www.roguecomicsireland.com/roguestore/n...
It’s available to buy here
www.roguecomicsireland.com/roguestore/n...
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A real treat, and possibly my favourite Irish indie Nazi vampire comic of all time! A must for any discerning reader.
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It's sunday so I am finally reading the links I opened during the week. Or possibly last week. Anyway, this one is worth your time (should be a free link, it was for me at least). Katherine Rundell on reading for pleasure. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
There is a silver bullet for childhood happiness: a love of reading
Bestselling children’s author Katherine Rundell says to reverse the reading crisis we must let young people rediscover the enjoyment of books — whatever they may be
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October 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It's sunday so I am finally reading the links I opened during the week. Or possibly last week. Anyway, this one is worth your time (should be a free link, it was for me at least). Katherine Rundell on reading for pleasure. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
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Congratulations to Vidyan Ravinthiran, who has jointly won (with Karen Solie) the Forward Prize for Best Collection with Avidyā (Bloodaxe). Its brilliant final poem, "as a child", describes how an early speech impediment led him to be "a scrutineer of sound" with a love of "the avid void of English"
October 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Congratulations to Vidyan Ravinthiran, who has jointly won (with Karen Solie) the Forward Prize for Best Collection with Avidyā (Bloodaxe). Its brilliant final poem, "as a child", describes how an early speech impediment led him to be "a scrutineer of sound" with a love of "the avid void of English"
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Something rather exciting is coming in three short weeks – a beautiful collection of excerpts, poems, short stories, scenes from all the authors we’ve published in our first five years.
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Something rather exciting is coming in three short weeks – a beautiful collection of excerpts, poems, short stories, scenes from all the authors we’ve published in our first five years.
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
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Notes for Working Class Zine Makers (and why you should be one too) ✍️
If you've caught me at a zine fair lately you might have seen one of my new zines. Well now they're up on the online store - with cheaper copies available for working class people. #DIYzines
penfightdistro.com/shop/notes-f...
If you've caught me at a zine fair lately you might have seen one of my new zines. Well now they're up on the online store - with cheaper copies available for working class people. #DIYzines
penfightdistro.com/shop/notes-f...
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Notes for Working Class Zine Makers (and why you should be one too) ✍️
If you've caught me at a zine fair lately you might have seen one of my new zines. Well now they're up on the online store - with cheaper copies available for working class people. #DIYzines
penfightdistro.com/shop/notes-f...
If you've caught me at a zine fair lately you might have seen one of my new zines. Well now they're up on the online store - with cheaper copies available for working class people. #DIYzines
penfightdistro.com/shop/notes-f...
Halloween is just around the corner, with plenty of trick-or-treating to be done! Take a break from the cavities and come to the shop and check out our Halloween and Autumn reads! 👻🎃
#bookshop #autumnreads #halloweenreads #loveyourbookshop #bookshoplove #bookshopsofireland
#bookshop #autumnreads #halloweenreads #loveyourbookshop #bookshoplove #bookshopsofireland
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Halloween is just around the corner, with plenty of trick-or-treating to be done! Take a break from the cavities and come to the shop and check out our Halloween and Autumn reads! 👻🎃
#bookshop #autumnreads #halloweenreads #loveyourbookshop #bookshoplove #bookshopsofireland
#bookshop #autumnreads #halloweenreads #loveyourbookshop #bookshoplove #bookshopsofireland
Our booksellers aren't psychic, but one of them DOES play the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack on loop often enough that there is a non-zero chance of Korean tourists walking into the shop just as the Saja Boys start serenading customers.
("We like the music you're playing! Makes us feel at home." 😂🫰)
("We like the music you're playing! Makes us feel at home." 😂🫰)
September 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Our booksellers aren't psychic, but one of them DOES play the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack on loop often enough that there is a non-zero chance of Korean tourists walking into the shop just as the Saja Boys start serenading customers.
("We like the music you're playing! Makes us feel at home." 😂🫰)
("We like the music you're playing! Makes us feel at home." 😂🫰)
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
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In the bookshop this morning:
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
August 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the bookshop this morning:
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
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Fancy joining #TheGutterTeam?
We are hiring! 📚💚
• Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops
• 2-4 days a week
• 1-2 years bookselling experience essential
• email CV & cover letter to info@gutterbookshop.com by 24th August 2025.
#jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs
We are hiring! 📚💚
• Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops
• 2-4 days a week
• 1-2 years bookselling experience essential
• email CV & cover letter to info@gutterbookshop.com by 24th August 2025.
#jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs
August 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fancy joining #TheGutterTeam?
We are hiring! 📚💚
• Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops
• 2-4 days a week
• 1-2 years bookselling experience essential
• email CV & cover letter to info@gutterbookshop.com by 24th August 2025.
#jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs
We are hiring! 📚💚
• Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops
• 2-4 days a week
• 1-2 years bookselling experience essential
• email CV & cover letter to info@gutterbookshop.com by 24th August 2025.
#jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs
Few snaps from the shop today, such a lovely summer's day.
August 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Few snaps from the shop today, such a lovely summer's day.
Such a lovely day and only a tiny bit windy.
August 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Such a lovely day and only a tiny bit windy.
When Marta visits.
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When Marta visits.
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Private Eye hits the nail on the head
July 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Private Eye hits the nail on the head
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"But if someone pleads 'Never let me go,' they’re not only asking for the impossible; they must know, even as they make the request, that they’re asking for something beyond anyone’s gift." (via @literaryhub.bsky.social)
Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on Never Let Me Go, 20 Years Later
While I’d been busy writing my fourth and fifth novels, my study had mysteriously transformed itself around me into a kind of miniature indoor jungle. Everywhere were dusty mountains of scribbled-o…
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May 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"But if someone pleads 'Never let me go,' they’re not only asking for the impossible; they must know, even as they make the request, that they’re asking for something beyond anyone’s gift." (via @literaryhub.bsky.social)
Book club book of the month is @joannechocolat.bsky.social's "Vianne"! Prequel to "Chocolat" and a fantastic read that recaptures and enhances the aura of the first. Had to make a li'l shrine for it at the till, of course.
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Book club book of the month is @joannechocolat.bsky.social's "Vianne"! Prequel to "Chocolat" and a fantastic read that recaptures and enhances the aura of the first. Had to make a li'l shrine for it at the till, of course.
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5 mins before I had to run for a Dart & I got to congratulate @rurooie.bsky.social on her forthcoming #YA verse novel #shorelines w/ @littleislandbooks.bsky.social, give Marta @gutterbookshop.bsky.social a hug, & celebrate @erinfornoff.bsky.social 's new epic verse tale launching this evening! #busy
May 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
5 mins before I had to run for a Dart & I got to congratulate @rurooie.bsky.social on her forthcoming #YA verse novel #shorelines w/ @littleislandbooks.bsky.social, give Marta @gutterbookshop.bsky.social a hug, & celebrate @erinfornoff.bsky.social 's new epic verse tale launching this evening! #busy
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First through the door was SIGNED copies of "Vianne" the new book by the awesome
@joannechocolat.bsky.social .
This is a return to the world of Joanne's bestselling Chocolat!
I've already packed up all the pre-orders, but I have a few left.
ORDER HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
@joannechocolat.bsky.social .
This is a return to the world of Joanne's bestselling Chocolat!
I've already packed up all the pre-orders, but I have a few left.
ORDER HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
May 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
First through the door was SIGNED copies of "Vianne" the new book by the awesome
@joannechocolat.bsky.social .
This is a return to the world of Joanne's bestselling Chocolat!
I've already packed up all the pre-orders, but I have a few left.
ORDER HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
@joannechocolat.bsky.social .
This is a return to the world of Joanne's bestselling Chocolat!
I've already packed up all the pre-orders, but I have a few left.
ORDER HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
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🕵️♀️🔍 1 month to go! #ArabellaPepperBook by @ermurray.bsky.social (words) & Monika Pollak (pictures) is almost here! A nature-loving investigator, a missing pets mystery, and a pet crow named Blue—get ready for a wild adventure! 🌿🖤 youtu.be/yqouHG9jSoU
#ComingSoon #MiddleGradeReads #kidslit
#ComingSoon #MiddleGradeReads #kidslit
1 month to the publication of 'Arabella Pepper, The Wild Detective'
YouTube video by Natural World Publishing
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March 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🕵️♀️🔍 1 month to go! #ArabellaPepperBook by @ermurray.bsky.social (words) & Monika Pollak (pictures) is almost here! A nature-loving investigator, a missing pets mystery, and a pet crow named Blue—get ready for a wild adventure! 🌿🖤 youtu.be/yqouHG9jSoU
#ComingSoon #MiddleGradeReads #kidslit
#ComingSoon #MiddleGradeReads #kidslit
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Happy Ides of March to those who celebrate
March 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happy Ides of March to those who celebrate
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who, after reading Orbital, understands a story like this with greater empathy for the astronauts
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
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Crew launched to relieve stuck astronauts from ISS
NASA and SpaceX yesterday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that opens the door to bringing home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the...
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March 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I'm sure I'm not the only one who, after reading Orbital, understands a story like this with greater empathy for the astronauts
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
www.rte.ie/news/us/2025...
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The RTE Short Story Competition 2025 is now open for entries! Very glad to be a judge this year, alongside Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social and Tristan Rosenstock.
@rteradio1.bsky.social
@rteradio1.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The RTE Short Story Competition 2025 is now open for entries! Very glad to be a judge this year, alongside Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social and Tristan Rosenstock.
@rteradio1.bsky.social
@rteradio1.bsky.social
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Doodled some new box art in Tralee of Scotia, the Egyptian royal from Irish mythology who, while pregnant, fought in a battle and died just outside Tralee - her grave is said to be marked by a large stone in Scotia's Glen. Thanks @nonfaction.com for coordinating!
March 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Doodled some new box art in Tralee of Scotia, the Egyptian royal from Irish mythology who, while pregnant, fought in a battle and died just outside Tralee - her grave is said to be marked by a large stone in Scotia's Glen. Thanks @nonfaction.com for coordinating!