26 September 2025 @ 6.30pm @booksupstairs.bsky.social - Launch of The Hare's Corner @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social Tickets here... www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

On Thurs 2nd Oct, 6.30pm, Fintan Drury & Justine McCarthy will discuss Catastrophe: Nabka II. This urgent book offers an insightful & moving analysis of the decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people. Admission free | Booking essential ➡️ booksupstairs.ie/all-events/catastrophe-event/ 🇵🇸

We are delighted to present the Dublin launch of Sugartown by Caragh Maxwell, who will be in conversation with Eoin McNamee for the occasion, at 6.30pm on Wednesday 1st of October. Booking essential booksupstairs.ie/all-events/sugartown-launch/

Join Bullaun Press as we launch our next title in translation, What Remains by Brais Lamela, translated by Jacob Rogers, in Cork and Dublin next month.

Colm Tóibín @booksupstairs.bsky.social signing SHIP IN FULL SAIL: Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. Grab a copy while the signed ones last! @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

Booklaunch in @booksupstairs.bsky.social on 17 September. All welcome.

📣 We’re recruiting! • Bookseller/Barista position available • 3-5 days a week • Bookshop experience essential • Email CVs and cover emails to [email protected] by 15th August

Join us to celebrate the launch of Rose Keating’s debut short story collection, ODDBODY. Rose will be in conversation with author Cathy Sweeney, starting at 6.30pm tomorrow! Register here : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-oddbody/ @rosekeating.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

⭐️ Books at One have announced the 21 Irish bookshops who will receive up to €5000 to bring community ideas to life ⭐️ @booksupstairs.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social @booksatonedublin.bsky.social @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/bookshops-wi...

I even popped in to @booksupstairs.bsky.social to let them know in person... Congratulations to everyone, I can't wait to see their projects come to fruition 😎 (This needs to be labelled #AD even though there is nothing in my contract that says I have to do this, I'm just chuffed for the shops!)

You might remember a while ago I was an ambassador for the Books At One Community Fund project. Today, they announced the 21 recipients, all brilliant independent bookshops around the country, each recieving up to €5,000 for the projects in their shops they wanted to get off the ground/make better.

Thank you Wendy Erskine for this lovely shout out! 🥰

Sarah Moss will be in conversation with Enda Wyley next Thursday 🔥Taking bookings now : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/sarah-moss-at-books-upstairs/ @picadorbooks.bsky.social

Sarah Moss will be in conversation with Enda Wyley next Thursday 🔥Taking bookings now : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/sarah-moss-at-books-upstairs/ @picadorbooks.bsky.social

A few spots left for this evening’s event with Grainne O’ Hare discussing her brilliant and hilarious novel with Niamh Donnelly - book your free admission ticket here: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/thirst-trap/ @spacedolphin93.bsky.social @niamhdonnelly.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came out to @booksupstairs.bsky.social on this warm Sunday afternoon. A joy to read with @robmclennan.bsky.social @eireannmor.bsky.social & @christinemcnair.bsky.social. My thanks also to @poetryireland.bsky.social for partnering on the event.

We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are very glad to host this event: Looking at Women Looking at War: a War and Justice Diary, by Victoria Amelina. @booksupstairs.bsky.social Books Upstairs, Dublin, 29 July, 6pm. booksupstairs.ie/events/

This Sunday 13 July @booksupstairs.bsky.social I’ll be reading w/ @eireannmor.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social & @christinemcnair.bsky.social. A pleasure to put this special reading together, gratefully supported by @poetryireland.bsky.social. Come! yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com/2025/07/tran...

I can't believe people turned up. Again. And on a swelteringly hot day too... Writehawks 4 at @booksupstairs.bsky.social was from the top drawer with fine choices (in order in the first picture from the top down) from @urchinette.bsky.social, @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, and @prasifcat.bsky.social.

Poetry Ireland is excited to announce the Transatlantic Poetry Salon! A special event of readings from Éireann Lorsung, Christodoulos Makris, Rob Mclennan & Christine McNair. 📆July 13th @ 14:00 in Books Upstairs, 17 D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/tra...

I’ll be reading with @eireannmor.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social & @christinemcnair.bsky.social. Sunday 13 July 2pm @booksupstairs.bsky.social. Free admission.

A big thank you to @booksupstairs.bsky.social for having David Brennan in to sign copies of his latest novel, SPIT. #epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors #books #bookrecommendations #bookcommunity #bookshops #Dublin

No surprise that @booksupstairs.bsky.social was jammers for @griffski.bsky.social launch of Eat The Ones You Love 💚

Thanks so much to everyone who came to hear @itosha.bsky.social & @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social launch their new collections with Anne Tannam on Sunday @arlenhouse.bsky.social @salmonpoetry.bsky.social

Double poetry launch ! 2pm tomorrow with poetry from Afric McGlinchy, @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social & Anne Tannam: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-mcglinchey-morgan/

Come along to the launch of Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker by Gráinne Hurley, w/ guest speaker Kathleen MacMahon. The event takes place in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 11th June at 6.30pm. booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l... @booksupstairs.bsky.social #dublinevents

Looking forward to reading my newest poetry purchase @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social @arlenhouse.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin launch 14:00 Sunday next, 1st June at Books Upstairs. Congratulations Luke!

Congratulations to the brilliant @elainefeeney.bsky.social on the launch of her new novel Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way @booksupstairs.bsky.social Great conversation between Elaine and Louisa about this powerful novel.

Writehawks 4!!!!!! I'll be talking to @urchinette.bsky.social, @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, and @prasifcat.bsky.social at @booksupstairs.bsky.social about books they love. Tickets are free but usually go in a flash. Go!!!!! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/w...

Two of the brightest forces in the book world @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and @booksupstairs.bsky.social combine on 18 June for the launch of Wendy's excellent new novel The Benefactors. @jackielynam.bsky.social - let me know if you're around for this? booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

🔥 WRITEHAWKS at Books Upstairs 🔥 Thurs 19 June @rickoshea.bsky.social with another wonderful panel of writers: @urchinette.bsky.social @mrkocnnll.bsky.social & @prasifcat.bsky.social to wax lyrical about some of their favourite books, booking essential : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/writehawks4/

Then the six events I've curated for the UCD Festival. Then I'm doing four interviews at the Dalkey Book Festival. About to announce Writehawks 4 too at @booksupstairs.bsky.social. We'll see if I survive... Please break out the world's smallest violin.

Join us for an Intermezzo Paperback Party! ♟️💙♟️ Whether you’re a devoted Sally Rooney reader or just discovering Intermezzo for the first time, come pour a glass, pull up a chair and join the conversation! Book here: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/intermezzo-paperback-party/ @faberbooks.bsky.social

Double launch! | 6.30pm today | Ground floor | All are welcome to celebrate with readings & refreshments ⭐️ @arlenhouse.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social

I'll be reading my poem 'Gutted' at the launch of Washing Windows V @booksupstairs.bsky.social tonight. It's the last anthology in @arlenhouse.bsky.social series which celebrates poetry by Irish women & I'm honoured to have my work included in 4 of the 5 collections🙏 booksupstairs.ie/product/wash...

Dublin launch! 9th May! #Menagerie, my new poetry collection is launching tomorrow. 9th May: @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City, 6.30pm Joint launch for *Menagerie* & *Washing Windows V* both from #ArlenHouse Celebrating Arlen House at 50

With only a week to go until the launch of This Interim Time by @oonaf.bsky.social, we thought we'd share some of the wonderful things people have been saying about it 🧡💛 Come celebrate with us on Tuesday May 13 at @booksupstairs.bsky.social where we will be joined by guest speaker Emilie Pine 🎉

We absolutely love John Patrick McHugh’s novel FUN AND GAMES and are so excited to talk to him about it this Thursday, 8 May. Nab yourself one of the last few seats, quick smart! ➡️ booksupstairs.ie/all-events/jpmchugh/

Huge thanks to @megcathwrites.bsky.social, @grainneobrien.bsky.social & Siobhán Parkinson for a wonderful evening of conversation ❤️ As much a celebration of the verse novel as a discussion of beautiful new work from these rising stars in children’s literature ✨ @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

The Vintage Collector’s Classics Table Quiz on Tuesday 27 May 💜🖤❤️💚🩷 Lots of prizes to be won & different ticket options - check it out: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/quiz/

Delighted to speak to Bobby Kerr & fellow booksellers about the industry today & how much we have to offer 💥 @newstalkfm.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6oEAMs5CBI5dgiS1YOdzpG?si=QAieowEiT0-oBqDEUcvQww

Join @megcathwrites.bsky.social and @grainneobrien.bsky.social in conversation with Siobhàn Parkinson at @booksupstairs.bsky.social next week to celebrate #PoetryDayIreland. Tickets are free but booking is required: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

John Patrick McHugh’s debut novel publishes next week and he will be here to discuss it on Thursday 8th May at 6.30pm. Booking essential ⚡️ booksupstairs.ie/all-events/jpmchugh/ @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

"... if it siphons customers off from face-to-face sales in physical bookshops by offering low or no carriage charges, bookshops will close in huge numbers" @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

This month’s @cinemabookclub.bsky.social choice is STARSHIP TROOPERS! Get 10% off the book with the coupon code CINEMABOOKCLUB10 & then 10% off your cinema ticket @lighthousecinema.bsky.social 😌 Details here: booksupstairs.ie/page-to-screen/

Join us on Poetry Day to hear verse novelists @megcathwrites.bsky.social & @grainneobrien.bsky.social in conversation with former @laureatenanog.bsky.social Siobhán Parkinson. 💟 Book here: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/littleislandauthors/ @poetryireland.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

A gorgeous sunny evening for a gorgeous new journal. Fallow has been launched! ☀️ Thanks so much to Ian Maleney & @maijasofia.bsky.social As well as the fantastic contributors who read - @evagriff.bsky.social, Chris Beausang & Ellen Dillon 💕 In stock now ☀️ @fallowmedia.bsky.social

New literary journal launching here today 💫 @fallowmedia.bsky.social All are welcome to join us for refreshments and readings in the café at 6pm. ☀️

Launch event for issue 01 this Thursday in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin. 6pm, wine, readings from Chris Beausang, Eva Griffin, and Ellen Dillon. Free entry, all welcome.