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Day 5 - A book that is set across different worlds

"Housewife with a half-life" by Alison Wells
April 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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For day 14 of #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with a protagonist under 18 - the booksellers in Dubray Books Rathmines chose these titles

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For day 14 of #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with a protagonist under 18 - the booksellers in Dubray Books Rathmines chose these titles - Under the Hawthorn Sky by Marita Conlon-McKenna Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal Wonder by Emma Donoghue Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan Matched Ip by Jenny Ireland Jess Gets Her Wings by Lucy Kennedy & Philip Cullen Foster by Claire Keegan #youngprotagonist #RIWC25 #ReadIrishWomen #booksellerrecommends #bookpost Day 14 #RIWC25 a book with a protagonist under 18
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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The prompt for Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 is a book of fantasy, mythology or science fiction

These are the books we picked at Dubray Books Rathmines & we could have easily doubled this number!

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Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 is a book of fantasy, mythology or science fiction These are the books we picked @dubraybooks Rathmines, and we could have easily doubled this number! The Salmon of Knowledge by Eithne Massey & Ellen Kane The World between the Rain by Susan Cahill The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna Lawless By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran Sword of Sun by Sinéad O'Hart Irish Myths and Legends by Lady Augusta Gregory The Morrigan by Kim Curran The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long The above titles are displayed together, sitting in a round table in the bookshop.
April 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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My own picks for day 11 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 a book to do with fashion or beauty

Disobedient Bodies by Emma Dabiri - the audiobook is fabulous & funny

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Murder à la Mode by Patricia Moyes - smart, fashion-based mystery pub. In 1963

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Disobedient Bodies by Emma Dabiri is smart, fascinating & full of wicked Dublin wit; it talks about beauty standards, racial identity & being a young wan getting ready with your mates for a night out. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook, which is read by the author. Murder à la Mode by Patricia Moyes is a mystery with a fashion magazine as its setting. The author worked for London Vogue, so her background really shines through. Probably only available from your library or as an ebook as it was first published in 1963. Day 11 #RIWC25 A book to do with fashion/beauty
April 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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My own choices for Day 14 - a book with a protagonist under 18 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25

Foster by Claire Keegan

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The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

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My own choices for Day 14 - a book with a protagonist under 18 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 Foster by Claire Keegan Spare prose with not a word out of place - close to a perfect novella & The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Sumptuous, sensuous and tension-packed as a teenage bride questions her husbands motives in 16th century Tuscany Day 14 - a book with a protagonist under 18 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25
April 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Day 19 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - an anthology

These are the titles we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines are

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Day 19 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - an anthology The titles we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines are Wild Wonders: an anthology of short nature stories for children edited by Aga Grandowicz The Long Gaze Back edited by Sinéad Gleeson Washing Windows III edited by AlanHayes & Nuala O'Connor Dublin, Written in Our Hearts edited by Declan Meade Wired Our Own Way: an anthology of Irish Autistic Voices edited by Niamh Garvey Sunday Miscellany edited by Sarah Binchy Mamaí Gé Take Six: Six Irish Women's Writers edited by Tanya Farrelly #RIWC25 #anthology #bookpost #booksky Day 19 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - an anthology
April 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Day 6 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - poetry or a play as chosen by the booksellers in Dubray Books Rathmines
The books chosen in Dubray Books Rathmines for day 6 #RIWC25 - poetry or a play Na Trí Mhuicín by Áine ní Ghlinn & Paddy Donnelly Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan The Poison Glen by Annemarie ní Chuirreáin Raised Among Vultures by Molly Twomey To Star the Dark by Doireann Ní Ghríofa An Triail by Mairéad Ní Ghrada Washing Windows IV: Irish Women Write Poetry The Long Weekend by Rita Ann Higgins Day 6 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book of poetry or a play
April 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Day 17 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book set in your locality

The titles we picked Dubray Books Rathmines are lliared below - some are local to the shop in Rathmines, some to areas we come from or live in.

What book would you choose?

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Day 17 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book set in your locality The titles we picked @dubraybooks Rathmines are lliared below - some are local to the shop.in Rathmines, some to areas we come from or live in. What book would you choose? From the Grand Canal to the Dodder: Illustrious Lives by Beatrice Doran Tapas by Lily Ramirez-Foran The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard Charlotte by Martina Devlin My Little Album of Dublin by Juliette Saumande & Tarsila Krüse Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire? by Una Woods The Birthday Weekend by Zoe Miller Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan #locality #RIWC25 Day 17 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book set in your locality
April 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Day 23 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book by an author who writes for different audiences.
This prompt aims to show the range & versatility of Irish women writers - these are what we picked in Dubray Books Rathmines.

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Day 23 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book by an author who writes for different audiences I came up with this prompt because I wanted to showcase the range & versatility of Irish women writers - these are the books we best fit @dubraybooks Rathmines. By Doireann Ní Ghríofa - To Star the Dark (poetry) & A Ghost in the Throat (memoir) By Caroline O'Donoghue - All Our Hidden Gifts (YA fantasy) & The Rachel Incident (contemporary fiction) By Sam Blake - The Killing Sense (thriller) & Something Terrible Happened Last Night (YA thriller) By Maggie O'Farrell - I am. I am, I am (memoir) & The Marriage Portrait (historical fiction) By Emilie Pine - Ruth & Pen (contemporary fiction) & Notes to Self (memoir) By Kit de Waal - The Best of Everything (contemporary fiction) & Without Warning and Only Sometimes (memoir) By Sheena Wilkinson - Hope Against Hope (teen fiction) & Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau (historical fiction) Happy reading! 📚 Day 23 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book by an author who writes for different audiences I came up with this prompt because I wanted to showcase the range & versatility of Irish women writers - these are the books we thought best fit in Dubray Books Rathmines.
April 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book with different modes of transport
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These are the titles we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines

What books did you choo-choo-choose?

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Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book with different modes of transport These are the titles we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines Nesting by Róisín O'Donnell Paris Express by Emma Donoghue No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff Ireland in Numbers by Jackie McCann & Dermot Flynn Míp by Maire Zepf & Paddy Donnelly Full Tilt: Ireland to India on a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë What books did you choo-choo-choose? #RIWC25 #transport #ReadIrishWomen #booksellerrecommends #bookpost #booksky Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book with different modes of transport
April 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Day 20 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book with a figure lost to history; these are the books we thought of @dubraybooks Rathmines

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Day 20 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book with a figure lost to history; these are the books we thought of @dubraybooks Rathmines. A Quiet Tide by Marianne Lee Bold, Brilliant and Bad by Marian Broderick Giant by Judith McQuoid The Weather Girls by Sarah Webb Bad Bridget by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick Finding Mangan by Bridget Hourican Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue Grace O'Malley by Anne Chambers Also, Happy Easter to everyone - may your day be full of sweetness & joy! #RIWC25 #losthistory #hiddenfigures #booksellerrecommends #booksky #bookpost Day 20 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book with a figure lost to history; these are the books we thought of @dubraybooks Rathmines.
April 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Day 7 - A book you keep in the kitchen

Has me stumped. There is no book by an Irish woman in my kitchen. Except @chennessybooks.bsky.social's latest "In The Movie Of Her Life" is at the moment, because it's my current read.
April 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Day 11 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 & the prompt is a book that deals with fashion or beauty

Our booksellers in Dubray Books Rathmines chose these titles

There are contemporary fiction titles, mystery, practical guides, cultural commentary and young adult.

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Day 11 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 & the prompt is a book that deals with fashion or beauty Our booksellers @dubraybooks Rathmines chose these titles - Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen Don't Touch my Hair by Emma Dabiri Death in Heels by Kitty Murphy Ravelling by Estelle Birdy Braids Take a Day by Zainab Boladale The Wardrobe Department by Elaine Garvey The Garment Goddess by Laura de Barra Day 11 #RIWC25 A book that deals with fashion or beauty
April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book set across different worlds
The titles we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines were by -
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Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book set across different worlds These are the books we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines - Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy Resonance by Celine Kiernan Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan Songs for Ghosts by Clara Kumagai Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey Pablo and Splash by Sheena Dempsey This is the title that our bookseller Molly chose for a book set across different worlds - Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan (A woman with dark hair & glasses wearing a russet coloured cardigan stands in a bookshop holding a copy of Long Live Evil
April 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Day 29 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book about faithfulness or Betrayal- these are the books we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines

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Day 29 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book about faithfulness or Betrayal- these are the books we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines. The Close by Jane Casey The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle Grown Ups by Marian Keyes The Shark and the Scar by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald Eve in Ireland: Controlling and Silencing Irish Women 1922-1972 by Ailish McFadden The State of Dark by Judith Mok What Walks These Halls by Amy Clarkin A Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O'Donoghue An Triail by Mairéad Ní Ghrada #faithfulness #Betrayal #RIWC25 #ReadIrishWomen Day 29 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book about faithfulness or Betrayal- these are the books we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines.
April 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The Hunter by Tana French
April 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with LGBTQ+ themes

These are the books we picked in Dubray Books Rathmines for this prompt - guess which one our bookseller Mae chose!

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Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with LGBTQ+ themes These are the books we picked @dubraybooks Rathmines for this prompt Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoilcoin Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue The Brightest Star by Meg Grehan 🏳️‍🌈 👭👬🏳️‍⚧️ 💜🩷🩵 #lgbtq #lgbtqbooks #irishpride #irishwomenwriters #ReadIrishWomen #lesbianvisibilityday #booksellerrecommends #bookpost #booksky Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with LGBTQ+ themes 🏳️‍🌈 👭👬🏳️‍⚧️ 💜🩷🩵 #lgbtq #lgbtqbooks #irishpride #irishwomenwriters #ReadIrishWomen #lesbianvisibilityday #booksellerrecommends #bookpost #booksky Day 26 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with LGBTQ+ themes These are the books we picked @dubraybooks Rathmines for this prompt - this is the one our bookseller Mae chose! The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
April 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Day 28 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book that features friendship.

These are the books we picked in Dubray Books Rathmines - Aoife was interested in one in particular...

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Day 28 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book that features friendship. These are the books we picked Dubray Books Rathmines The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal Friends Forever by Mary Murphy The Bridge to Always by Lynda Marron Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy The Friendship Fairies go to Paris by Lucy Kennedy & Philip Cullen Sisters of the Moon by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Bad Panda for Sale! by Sheena Dempsey & Swapna Haddow Comrades: A Lifetime of Friendships by Rosita Boland #friendship #RIWC25 #booksellerrecommends #bookpost #booksky Day 28 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book that features friendship. Our bookseller Aoife was interested in one in particular...The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal Day 28 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book that features friendship
April 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book set in a creative space
In Dubray Books Rathmines, our booksellers chose a mix of contemporary & historical fiction, art & craft books, history & children's fiction.
My wish is that you enjoy picking as much as we did!
The books chosen are: The Garment Goddess by Laura de Barra Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson The Wardrobe Department by Elaine Garvey Dublin in Sketches and Stories by Róisín Curé Rembrandt's Promise by Barbara Leahy Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland by Dr Christina Wade The Lonely Book by Meg Grehan handiwork by Sara Baume Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 prompt is a book set in a creative space
April 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Ruth chose Tapas by Anna Cabrera & Vanessa Murphy of @lastapasdelola for day 7 of #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book you keep in the kitchen
The other titles picked by booksellers at Dubray Books Rathmines are shown...💙📚
A young bookseller holds a cookbook, standing beside a table if books you keep in your kitchen. Ruth chose Tapas by Anna Cabrera & Vanessa Murphy of @lastapasdelola The other titles picked by booksellers in Dubray Books Rathmines are - Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons by Diana Henry Everything is Mnásome by Kunak McGann Tacos by Lily Ramirez-Foran of @picadomexican Larder by Orla McAndrew Clever Batch by Susan Jane White The Home Sommelier by Brigid O'Hora Step into Nature by Rachel McKenna A delicious bunch! Day 7 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 is A book you keep in the kitchen
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Day 10 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 and the prompt is a book to do with the sea
Our picks Dubray Books Rathmines are shown below

They are a mix of children's books ( in both English & Irish), historical & contemporary fiction, memoir & natural history.

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Books to do with the sea Our picks Dubray Books Rathmines are - Fuaimeanna na Farraige by Tatyana Feeney, Anna Jordan & Risteard Mac Liam Puifín Beag agus an Dorchadas by Erika McGann, Gerry Daly & Muireann ní Chiobhain Where Are You, Puffling? by Erika McGann & Gerry Daly Pirates of Darksea by Catherine Doyle Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor Wild Swimming in Ireland by Maureen McCoy & Paul McCambridge The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife by June O'Sullivan Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire Limitless by Nuala Moore Rathlin: A Wild Life by Ruby Free Day 10 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book to do with the sea
April 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Day 21 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with maps, illustrations or photographs

These are the titles we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines

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Day 21 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with maps, illustrations or photographs What we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines are - Gods and Monsters by Ellen Ryan & Shona Shirley Macdonald Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan & Karen Vaughan Dublin in Sketches and Stories by Róisín Curé Step into Nature: A Chronicle of Irish Nature through the Year by Rachel McKenna Ireland in Numbers by Jackie McCann & Dermot Flynn Rita agus an Dineasár by Máire Zepf & Mr Ando #RIWC25 #maps #photos #illustrations #bookpost Day 21 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 - a book with maps, illustrations or photographs These are the titles we chose in Dubray Books Rathmines
April 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My own choices for Day 6 - a book of poetry or a play - for #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 💙📚

Raised Among Vultures by Molly Twomey
Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr
Solo by Gráinne O'Brien
Menagerie by Nuala O'Connor

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My own choices for Day 6 - a book of poetry or a play - for #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 are a bit complicated. These are two of the books I haven't had the chance to read yet, as they are on my #tbr pile Raised Among Vultures by Molly Twomey Portia Coughlan by Marina Carr They are sitting on a wooden chair face up My own choices for Day 6 - a book of poetry or a play - for #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 Here is a book I haven't had the chance to read, as it is just published & my order hasn't arrived yet Solo by Gráinne O'Brien - a YA verse novel The colour of the cover is corsl, and a drawing of a white recorder frames the top & the bottom of the frame. A young woman with red hair, blue jeans & a green jumper dangles from the upper part of the instrument My own choice for Day 6 - a book of poetry or a play - for #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25 Haven't had the chance to read this book yet, as it is just published & my order hasn't arrived yet, but I'm really looking forward to it Menagerie by Nuala O'Connor - a book of her poetry The cover is bursting with vivid foliage, unusual animals & the figures of two women - it is very beautiful
April 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Day 1 - A Book About A Fresh Start:
"The Girl Who Came Home" by Hazel Gaynor
April 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Day 6 - A book of poetry, or a play.

"Girl on an Altar" by Marina Carr.
April 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM