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!
Something we have been thinking about & just trying out … Irish authors in translation … so to start … the MIGHTY LIZ NUGENT!🔪📚
A selection of: Chinese, Czech, Estonian, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish & Swedish
A selection of: Chinese, Czech, Estonian, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish & Swedish
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Something we have been thinking about & just trying out … Irish authors in translation … so to start … the MIGHTY LIZ NUGENT!🔪📚
A selection of: Chinese, Czech, Estonian, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish & Swedish
A selection of: Chinese, Czech, Estonian, German, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish & Swedish
I have spent ALL of 2026 to date with one bug or another, feeling miserable & tired 😢
So on what is supposed to be the most miserable day of the year I have decided, in my contrary way, to be determinedly upbeat!
Sarah J. Maas in Secondhand!
So on what is supposed to be the most miserable day of the year I have decided, in my contrary way, to be determinedly upbeat!
Sarah J. Maas in Secondhand!
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I have spent ALL of 2026 to date with one bug or another, feeling miserable & tired 😢
So on what is supposed to be the most miserable day of the year I have decided, in my contrary way, to be determinedly upbeat!
Sarah J. Maas in Secondhand!
So on what is supposed to be the most miserable day of the year I have decided, in my contrary way, to be determinedly upbeat!
Sarah J. Maas in Secondhand!
Back in - signed copies of Tanya Farrelly’s fantastic ‘The Marionette and the Maestro’ - a glittering, gothic short story collection full of murder, trickery, magic and transformation. Instore & online! @arlenhouse.bsky.social #IrishLit #ShortStories
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Back in - signed copies of Tanya Farrelly’s fantastic ‘The Marionette and the Maestro’ - a glittering, gothic short story collection full of murder, trickery, magic and transformation. Instore & online! @arlenhouse.bsky.social #IrishLit #ShortStories
It is almost the weekend!
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 AM
It is almost the weekend!
I didn’t know any of these authors and now I am quite invested!!
These have just arrived into Secondhand!
These have just arrived into Secondhand!
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I didn’t know any of these authors and now I am quite invested!!
These have just arrived into Secondhand!
These have just arrived into Secondhand!
From David in Secondhand - rarely in & go very quickly - Vols 1 & 2 of the Collected Plays of Brian Friel - remember 20% off in the sale!
January 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM
From David in Secondhand - rarely in & go very quickly - Vols 1 & 2 of the Collected Plays of Brian Friel - remember 20% off in the sale!
As we have all enjoyed Christmas & are officially off today, our Sale will kick in tomorrow!
January 1, 2026 at 1:27 PM
As we have all enjoyed Christmas & are officially off today, our Sale will kick in tomorrow!
Have just seen this, I think for the first time -
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Have just seen this, I think for the first time -
Zoélie has been busy in Secondhand finding treasure for you!
Marzahn, Mon Amour signed by both author & translator - winner of the prestigious 2023 Dublin Literary Award - a major international prize celebrating translated fiction!
Marzahn, Mon Amour signed by both author & translator - winner of the prestigious 2023 Dublin Literary Award - a major international prize celebrating translated fiction!
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Zoélie has been busy in Secondhand finding treasure for you!
Marzahn, Mon Amour signed by both author & translator - winner of the prestigious 2023 Dublin Literary Award - a major international prize celebrating translated fiction!
Marzahn, Mon Amour signed by both author & translator - winner of the prestigious 2023 Dublin Literary Award - a major international prize celebrating translated fiction!
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!
These are replacing books that I had given away with the words “you have to read this” - but now find I really want again!
Mary McCarthy I had years ago as an orange Penguin & didn’t realise it had been reissued or that Colm Tóibín had written a fantastic intro!
Mary McCarthy I had years ago as an orange Penguin & didn’t realise it had been reissued or that Colm Tóibín had written a fantastic intro!
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
These are replacing books that I had given away with the words “you have to read this” - but now find I really want again!
Mary McCarthy I had years ago as an orange Penguin & didn’t realise it had been reissued or that Colm Tóibín had written a fantastic intro!
Mary McCarthy I had years ago as an orange Penguin & didn’t realise it had been reissued or that Colm Tóibín had written a fantastic intro!
This is a family book - they can argue who gets it after I die (there are already claims to some of my shelves!).
Like the Puddenhead Wilson quote about a comfortable home & a cat, I couldn’t claim to have decent shelves without this beautiful addition!!
Like the Puddenhead Wilson quote about a comfortable home & a cat, I couldn’t claim to have decent shelves without this beautiful addition!!
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is a family book - they can argue who gets it after I die (there are already claims to some of my shelves!).
Like the Puddenhead Wilson quote about a comfortable home & a cat, I couldn’t claim to have decent shelves without this beautiful addition!!
Like the Puddenhead Wilson quote about a comfortable home & a cat, I couldn’t claim to have decent shelves without this beautiful addition!!
Not a writer - but this is the second year of me reading The Irish Writer’s Handbook - the essays are superb & the editing & balance wonderful - it opens my eyes to other parts of the world of books ❤️
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Not a writer - but this is the second year of me reading The Irish Writer’s Handbook - the essays are superb & the editing & balance wonderful - it opens my eyes to other parts of the world of books ❤️
Time to put my Christmas books away & thanks to David & his team I have some beautiful gems!!
The Folio clothbound collection of The Brontës is especially gorgeous - I hate to replace books I have, it feels like cheating, but strangely I didn’t have any of them so I am all good!
The Folio clothbound collection of The Brontës is especially gorgeous - I hate to replace books I have, it feels like cheating, but strangely I didn’t have any of them so I am all good!
December 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Time to put my Christmas books away & thanks to David & his team I have some beautiful gems!!
The Folio clothbound collection of The Brontës is especially gorgeous - I hate to replace books I have, it feels like cheating, but strangely I didn’t have any of them so I am all good!
The Folio clothbound collection of The Brontës is especially gorgeous - I hate to replace books I have, it feels like cheating, but strangely I didn’t have any of them so I am all good!
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!
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 😊
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
Some quotes from when I read it originally - I found it very interesting., as someone who had the luxury to chose or reject motherhood.
December 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Some quotes from when I read it originally - I found it very interesting., as someone who had the luxury to chose or reject motherhood.
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