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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 8h

It just keeps on getting better! Páraic Kerrigan’s Pop Culchie panel has Carla Geary, Janet Takuz & David Moran, all from The Traitors Ireland, with pop culture obsessive & novelist Vicki Notaro moderating. A conversation about the TV moments that bring Ireland together! 1/2

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 10h

Reading is inexpensive entertainment. Buying every book that catches your eye is a slightly different economic model, but the underlying principle remains sound ... at least that is what I keep telling myself 😊

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 13h

We’re breaking the shop again. Yes, there are still bits from the last round to finish, but we found far more space than expected behind the counter, under the stairs & couldn’t leave it alone. What’s going in? A surprise! Please bear with us for a while - it will be worth it! 🔨📚

Inside Chapters Bookstore during refurbishment. Two workers stand beside partly assembled black shelving beneath the staircase, with a ladder, tools and building materials on the floor. Tables of books remain in the foreground.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 16h

Contentious opinion ... what do we think? Is it revisiting an old friend, conducting further research or wasting time that could be spent on reading something new?

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 21h

Louise Kennedy came in to sign Stations & I missed her because of family commitments. Possibly for the best: I’d have embarrassed myself fawning. Thank you, Louise. I wrote a long read about this extraordinary book, but my clearest thought remains: read it. Signed copies are in store.

Outside Chapters: Louise Kennedy stands on the pavement outside Chapters Bookstore, holding two copies of Stations. She wears glasses and a dark jumper. The shop’s glass frontage and green Bookshop of the Year 2025 signs are behind her.

Inside Chapters: Louise Kennedy holds two copies of Stations inside Chapters. She stands beside display tables, with shelves of books and the large CHAPTERS BOOKSTORE sign on the stone wall behind her.

Louise Kennedy sits at a table signing an open copy of Stations. Stacks of the novel cover the table, and a man stands beside her preparing more copies.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tilda Swinton has taken charge of some of the weekend trades! This 1990s American film tie-in of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando is now in Secondhand, alongside Penguin Moderns, Paul Lynch’s Grace and a wonderfully mixed stack of recent favourites. She insisted on standing at the front!

A 1990s American film tie-in edition of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, with Tilda Swinton on the cover, stands in front of a stack of weekend trades. Visible behind it are Penguin Moderns, Paul Lynch’s Grace, Daisy Jones & The Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and other secondhand books.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cooking in a Bedsitter has arrived in Secondhand. Is that a mouse hanging on the cover? 🐭 Inside: a lovingly handwritten recipe involving beans, chilli, “thickish brown gravy” and fruit added at the end. We cherish the note. We have some questions about dinner.

A handwritten recipe on a torn sheet of lined paper found inside the book. It begins by simmering red beans, then adds onion, chilli powder, mushrooms and meat. The beans are stirred into “thickish brown gravy”, with fruit added near the end.

Worn black paperback cover of Katharine Whitehorn’s Cooking in a Bedsitter. A candle stands beside a row of hooks holding a cup, food, a knife and a small furry object that looks rather like a mouse.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cait and Baba are in Secondhand, complete with youthful hopes, complicated men & the epilogue. This Penguin copy of Edna O’Brien’s Country Girls trilogy has a beautifully worn cover, it is, as it should be, well read. If you haven't met them yet, introduce youself!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Harrison Gardner called in and signed copies of Heat, Shelter, Water, Food - a practical guide to making your home more resilient, from heat and water to storms and power cuts. Signed copies are instore & online now. Thanks to Harrison and publisher Gill Books!

Harrison Gardner stands outside Chapters Bookstore on Parnell Street holding a copy of Heat, Shelter, Water, Food.

Harrison Gardner smiles towards the camera while signing copies of his book Pen Counter on Chapters

Harrison Gardner signs an open copy of Heat, Shelter, Water, Food, with stacks of the book beside him.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“I cannot live without books.” Thomas Jefferson said it first, but generations of readers have continued to demonstrate it by carrying three books on every two-day holiday .... Out of interest ... do you have a book in your bag or pocket at the moment? Exactly!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On St Jerome's Day, Patron Saint of Translators: 8 poets translated from Catalan, Italian, Turkish and Hebrew. Published in Dublin by Poetry Ireland & the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in 1998 in a beautiful & thoughtful collaboration.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wed 30th Sept at 6.30pm: Randa Abdel-Fattah is in conversation with Fintan Drury - books, Palestine, writing & the questions books ask of us. Randa is a novelist & academic whose work has given us a great deal to think about. This is a free event & we’d love to see you there.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Colleen Hoover is HUGE in Secondhand at the moment, just as Verity heads for cinemas! If you’ve been meaning to see what all the fuss is about, you have options! If you are already a fan, but have gaps on your shelves, we may be able to help! 📚

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're being spoilt with limited editions today: Heated Rivalry has arrived too! Black and gold cover, gilded edges and a Shane and Ilya sunset illustration inside. We’ve opened it an entirely professional number of times. Instore and online now! 🏒

Front cover: A hand holds the limited edition of Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry against a white brick wall. The black cover has large gold lettering, embossed hockey imagery and a Chapters €19.99 price sticker.

Inside illustration: The book is opened to reveal a full-colour illustration of Shane and Ilya sitting close together beside the water at sunset, their hands touching. The inside jacket flap carries the book’s description.

Gilded edges: Side view of Heated Rivalry held against a white brick wall, showing its reflective gold page edges beside the black and gold cover.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They arrived. They actually arrived! Our copies of Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros are here & just look at them! The silvery cover, the illustrated endpapers, the dragons inside. We’ve spent an entirely reasonable amount of time opening one to show each other the pictures.

A display of Onyx Storm: Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros in Chapters Bookstore. Silver hardbacks are stacked across a round table, with one copy standing upright to show its illustrated cover.

An open copy of Threshing Day shows a full-colour illustration spread. Dragons of different colours gather on either side of a narrow path through a mountainous landscape.

A page inside Threshing Day features a full-colour illustration of a green dragon perched on a rocky ledge beneath a blue sky.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Twelve poets walk into a bookshop... unfortunately, I can’t remember the punchline because I stopped to read Seamus Heaney. Come for Heaney, Walcott, Sassoon and Rupi Kaur. Stay to see who else is on the Secondhand shelves ... there seems to be a great need for poetry right now

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Eris Loves #DeadTeenagerMovie 🎃📚👻 @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

KATHARINE WHITEHORN!!!!!!!!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Eva Pau arrived in Ireland at just one month old & grew up playing in the aisles of her family’s Asia Market in Dublin - now she has written her first cookbook, with 80 approachable recipes from across Asia. Preorder & you could win a hamper of Eva’s favourite Asian snacks and drinks!

Bright red promotional graphic for Eva Pau’s Asian Cookbook. The book cover, featuring Eva holding a bowl and chopsticks, is surrounded by colourful packets, bowls and cans of Asian snacks and drinks. Gold text reads: “Preorder & win a hamper of Eva’s favourite Asian snacks & drinks.”

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Donncha O’Callaghan came in with copies of Disaster Dad: Animal Antics, the 3rd in his gloriously chaotic children’s series! It follows Dad, Finn & Emma on a class trip. We are pleased to report the visit went more smoothly than Disaster Dad’s school trip to the wildlife park!

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Erik Champion @erikmc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Twelve poets walk into a bookshop...there was no seating left so everyone had to stanza...

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Six Alice Hoffmans in Secondhand: The Rules of Magic, The River King, The World That We Knew, The Dovekeepers, The Marriage of Opposites & Seventh Heaven. Family curses, old secrets & several centuries’ worth of trouble. Choosing one may be difficult. Very difficult.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Who’s ready to return to Basgiath?! Rebecca Yarros’s Threshing Day launches 29th September with thirteen Empyrean stories! The deluxe first edition includes sixteen illustrations by Joe Requeza & has silver-gilded edges! WE HAVE LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE TO PREORDER!! Don

Black-and-white preorder graphic with sketched storm clouds and stars. The headline reads ‘Dragon Riders We Need Your Attention!’ beside the cover of Rebecca Yarros’s Threshing Day. Text below gives the 29th September release date and says ‘Deluxe first edition • Preorder at Chapters • While stock lasts.'

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Patrick Ness came in & signed a stack of books - we are trying to behave normally about it! Ness is one of that small but vital cadre of writers that gets & keeps boys reading through the difficult period when they are easily lost - a vital weapon!

Patrick Ness stands beneath the Chapters Bookstore sign holding Piper at the Gates of Dusk. A second photo shows signed Patrick Ness books on display, including Monsters of Men, The Knife of Never Letting Go and Piper at the Gates of Dusk.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A little Secondhand reshuffle 👀 BookTok bays are extended, a 'Featured on Our Socials' section is now beside the Trade In Desk, which is in a new spot, back left (near the lift); there are also bays of rare, more unusual books there. Have a good shufty next time you are in ... there is treasure!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Alan Nolan came in to sign Lights, Camera, Mayhem! and gave us great photos too! The author of the Molly Malone & Bram Stoker mysteries takes us to a film club in 1937 Dublin for his latest adventure & now we have SIGNED copies instore & online! @alnolan.bsky.social

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We have a First Edition of A Home at the End of the World, published in 1990 by Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. Tucked inside is Victoria White’s Irish Times interview with him from around its Irish publication - now on the shelves with the interview still there 💙

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Signed copies of Not the Perfect Victim by Nikita Hand are instore now. Her memoir tells the story of her life, her fight for justice and what came after. Published by Hachette Books Ireland.

A display of Nikita Hand’s Not the Perfect Victim in Chapters, with a standing copy above a stack of books carrying signed-copy stickers.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Colin Graham called in to sign copies of Sensation & it is getting a great response! Rooted in his childhood in 1980s Belfast, these personal essays explore family, faith, class, literature, the Troubles, memory & the experiences that make us who we are. @pva-books.bsky.social

Colin Graham stands beneath the Chapters Bookstore sign holding a signed copy of his new book, Sensation. He wears glasses, a navy jacket and light trousers. Tables of books and tall black bookshelves are visible behind him.

Colin Graham signing copies of his new book, Sensation. He wears glasses, a navy jacket and light trousers. Tables of books and tall black bookshelves are visible behind him.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Signed copies of Not the Perfect Victim by Nikita Hand are instore now. Her memoir tells the story of her life, her fight for justice and what came after. Published by Hachette Books Ireland.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These are gorgeous - I am struggling show them to you! Folio Society editions in Secondhand as well as Asa Briggs’s A Victorian Trilogy, Nicholas and Alexandra, Catherine the Great & Gibbon’s 8-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Search “folio” at chaptersbookstore.com.

A shelf of richly bound Folio Society editions in Chapters Secondhand. Visible titles include Asa Briggs’s three-volume A Victorian Trilogy in burgundy and gold, Robert K. Massie’s Nicholas and Alexandra in a blue slipcase, Catherine the Great in red and Edward Gibbon’s eight-volume The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in a large red slipcase.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Plans tonight? Frank Hopkins launches 'A Motley Crew: True Tales of Ireland’s Criminal Past' at Chapters at 6.30pm, with Lorcan Collins as guest speaker - Irish history, criminal characters & what promises to be a great conversation - free ticket on Eventbrite, or just pop in, we have more chairs!

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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