Lovely to have David Gillick drop by @ChaptersBooks to sign copies of The Race - a story of resilience, purpose and pace, from the always-inspiring Gill Books 🏃‍♂️📚 Signed copies in store now!

A lovely thing about Dublin is you can just bump into talented writers unexpectedly. A lunchtime delight to meet Tanya Farrelly in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social and pick up a copy of her new book, The Marionette and the Maestro.

It’s getting busy!!

Ok, I have 20oz of Barry’s’ Gold blend in my now … I can face Monday - honest 😳😂

We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing! A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO! Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien! @kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026

Mirror by Rita Dove 🤍 #poetry #sunday #poetrysky #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

this whole article is absolutely gorgeous. pure poetry all the way through.

We have some tickets for this tomorrow - if you would like to go, drop me a DM! I went to the last one & it very powerful & thought provoking.

Pulling this out from the camera roll for the day that is in it!

There's a Pat Ingoldsby book launch tomorrow night in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social . It is for the collection that Vivienne Baillie crowd funded. I'm just looking forward to being in a room full of people who loved him and his work again . Tickets on eventbrite.

Nearly there now. Any last donations to @samaritans.bsky.social

Books may well be the only true magic. Alice Hoffman (Halloween week - I’m indulging in AH audio books as I work!)

It feels like autumn as opposed to a grey, wet, miserable day.

NEW EPISODE. I am completely in awe of what Michael Steen has created with his traditional song calendar. We learn about the hated landlord Lord Leitrim whose funeral at St Michan's turned to chaos, John Twiss and more... podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/l...

While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells ~Edgar Allan Poe

These are beautiful ❤️

Folks watching House of Guinness on Netflix might want to pick this one up. You know, so you can secretly sit on the couch while the gang binge the show with you and then hit them the Da Facts ™️

📚We were delighted to welcome Arthur Edward Guinness to Chapters today! He stopped by to sign copies of Guinness: A Family Succession - a fascinating, warm, and richly told history of one of Ireland’s most iconic families. ☘️💚 Available online & instore whilst stocks last!

I know I have shared before - but the sky is grey, the air is damp & this “season of mellow fruitfulness” isn’t delivering yet - so a reminder from Kate Baer…

Surprise Signing! Keith O’Loughlin will be in today - Fri 24th Oct at 1.30pm signing Eddie Jordan: Full Throttle - the perfect personalised gift for any motorsport fan! 🏎️📚 Can’t make it in? Order online & DM us your order number + who you’d like it signed for & we’ll arrange for you.

Today's #IrishBookWeek prompt is: Share a book set in Northern Ireland📚☘ The fragmentary nature of the Evangelical Protestant community in the early '90s might not be an obvious backdrop for a gripping novel but The Raptures was pitch-perfect, absolutely adored it.

Surprise Signing! Author Keith O’Loughlin will be in store Friday 24th October at 1.30pm signing Eddie Jordan: Full Throttle - the perfect personalised gift for any motorsport fan! 🏎️📚 Can’t make it in? Order online & DM us your order number + who you’d like it signed for & we’ll arrange it for you.

Felicity Hayes-McCoy popped by with ‘Once A Year’ and I couldn’t resist! This one’s going straight to the fireside TBR pile. A perfect treat-yourself read! 📚 🛋️ 🔥@fhayesmccoy.bsky.social

Signed copies of ‘Heap Earth Upon It’ by Chloe Michelle Howarth are here. The author was lovely. The book is lethal. It will not last long on our shelves!

Afternoon re-share for my fellow pub nerds.

‘Moving On’ was a gorgeous read! Wore its craft lightly & left me with a warm glow.

Jackie McCarthy O’Brien popped in to sign ‘We Made It, Kid!’ We can confirm: books were signed, laughs were had, and our shelves are now extra fabulous 💫

How cool! Joseph Brady and Paul Ferguson signing their book ‘Ireland: Mapping the Island’ - @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social & @sheilaoflanagan.bsky.social we were only talking about the joy of map books last night!

Lovely to see #IrelandAMVMTV and the fabulous @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social chaptersbooks supporting #IrishBookWeek My lovely pal and fellow author @sheilawriter.bsky.social is Book week ambassador and is on now 😊📚✍️

Thinking about starting a service for all you people who hate talking on the phone or making appointments where I do it for you for a small fee. All my past exec assistant and Gen X discernible traits could finally be put to use.

I remember going to San Francisco for the first time during my MFA days in Spokane back in the early 90s. Stayed in very cheap hotel in Chinatown (with a dirty magazine in the bedside drawer instead of a Gideon bible) just so I could visit City Lights on a daily basis. Those were good times.

Great news! Thrilled to be shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year for The Killing Sense, & totally delighted for Kieran Marsh, shortlisted for Short Story of the Year! Kieran is in our writers group Writers Ink & a fabulous writer - you can vote for us both www.irishbookawards.ie/vote 🙏🙏❤️

Joseph O’Connor, Leo Varadkar and Andrew Porter among shortlist for An Post Irish Book Awards www.independent.ie/irish-news/j...

Shortlist unveiled for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Lovely to welcome David McCullagh to Chapter today! His new book ‘From Crown to Harp’ is a sharp, insightful exploration of Ireland’s journey to independence. For the history buffs in your life - signed copies available now instore & online!

A big cheer for Bloomsbury Books for adding more titles to their dyslexia-friendly list. Accessibility in reading matters - small changes, big impact. 📚 📚📚🎉🎉🎉

Devastating setback for my book buying ban after a trip to @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Heart Sutra by Yan Lianke, translated from Chinese by Carlos Rojas (not mad about the cover), Self-Portraits by Osamu Dazai, translated from Japanese by Ralph McCarthy.

Dive into These Divided Isles by Philip Stephens - award-winning journalist & long-time political commentator for the Financial Times. His book offers a powerful, insightful journey through the complex history of Britain & Ireland & how that past shapes our future.

This is tomorrow! Please join us for a glass of wine & a chat - I am supposed to be asking the questions, but really I am going to listen! Two incredibly interesting, intelligent, witty women with lots to say - what could be better?!

One of those books that isn’t easy to categorise but everyone should read! Musings & thoughts & conversation starters - the wonder of other people’s minds & especially Carl Kinsella’s! At Least It looks Good From Space is instore & signed!

Delighted to have had the opportunity to interview Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse for the forthcoming issue of the excellent @tolkajournal.bsky.social

Monday morning poem - this blew me away - Anne Stevenson

My kids haven't read my books but watched the Leonard & Hungry Paul TV series with us last night. I was touched by their interest & support. I told them that when they're older it might seem childish to them to devote time to writing songs, drawing pictures, making stories, but to remember all this.

Found this fascinating, and tis the season for Harry Price!

We have some free tickets available for this tomorrow afternoon - please DM if interested asap!

A day for very cool signings! Sam Thompson’s Wolfstongue is now even better as it has a gold sticker!! This is a modern classic - a really beautiful story, superbly written & illustrated - one to keep ❤️

Who is coming down to join us tonight - the doors will be open - you are all welcome & we kick off at 7!🎉🎉 RuthAnne will be joined by 2FM’s Tracy Clifford for what will be a pretty amazing conversation & signing 🎶📚🎶❤️

Tonight!! Please come down & join us from 7pm! This will be a very special experience 🎶📚🎶❤️

Good morning from Belfast and what an absolutely brilliant night at the screening. Many thanks to @ronanhession.bsky.social , team at Subotica and commissioning supremos Eddie and Mary from @bbcnireland.bsky.social and of course Julia Roberts.

I think it's fair to say this early reader didn't quite hit the mark when they tried to recreate this double-tailed mermaid, the device of 16th century Venetian printer, Giovanni Varisco. From our 1569 edition of Bernardo Gamucci's 'Le Antichita' della citta'.