A young woman in a red sweater holding a book in front of a book display

Exterior shot of Chapters bookstore Dublin

A copy of Gail Honeyman’s novel Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine in paperback

No. 6 in my whistlestop tour of indie bookstores is @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Dublin where Princess picked Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely fine as a favourite book she likes to recommend #indiebooksellers #saintsandwarriors

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Hot Girl Summer, for the girls who are no longer girls, no longer physically hot thanks to HRT, but still capable of buying Susan Sontag, Mother Mary Comes to Me, pink cocktails and tarot with deeply impressive conviction.

Well-read women are always hot.
That is just science.

Shane Smith’s Loaf Tin Bakes is in Chapters now & actually signed!

Proof that sometimes the answer is not reinvention, but a loaf tin, a decent recipe and the confidence to believe you too could become a person with excellent cake!

Ellen Coyne called in to sign Dirty Dancing, for readers who like their non-fiction sharp, revealing and full of the kind of chaos that makes you say, "Surely not!" every three pages!

I am both surprised & not surprised but also shocked – Irish dancing commands such dedication & massive commitment.

You are all obviously spring cleaning & decluttering like mad, as all our 'big' trade-in appointments are full until 8th May! You can still bring walk-ins of upto 15 books & online is available & vastly expanded too!

Amy Daws came in & signed books, which tells us one thing: American romance writers now know that Chapters customers like banter, spice and mountain men - your reputation has gone international!

Last on the List, Next in Line, Honeymoon Phase & Seven Year Itch now instore & online!

We will be open as usual at 9am Friday until 7pm!

Ink drawing on cream background of a cat head peeping around a wall with the typed text 'Curious French Cat' below

Curious French Cat, 1956 by
Sylvia Plath, US poet #Womensart

Happy Belated Birthday to the Boyz!

In fairness, I would be a day late remembering your birthday if you were a real life friend too.

Sarah Maria Griffin, acclaimed author of Eat the Ones You Love, returns with STRANGE IS THE LIGHT! 🎲

A childhood game of wild imagination takes a frightening turn in this dark, strange, moving tale of intense friendship, tangled secrets and betrayal…

Coming 8th September! 👁️

@griffski.bsky.social

Drombeg Stone Circle under a clear sky. The circle is made up of a series of large stones set upright on a grassy knoll overlooking fields and the distant Atlantic

In today's edition of our Monument Monday newsletter, we take a trip to the stunning coast of West Cork to visit one of Ireland's most famous prehistoric monuments – Drombeg Stone Circle.

#Ireland #DiscoverIreland #WestCork #WildAtlanticWay #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm

Black‑and‑white historical photograph of a person wearing a buttoned coat, shown from the chest up against a plain backdrop. A handwritten identification board is held across the chest with the text “7386 Jno Devoy.” Printed text beneath the image reads, “The Greatest of all the Fenians.”

John Devoy of Clan na Gael arranged the whaling ship Catalpa to rescue Fenian prisoners from Western Australia.
18–19 April 2026 marks the 150th anniversary.
The Catalpa flag will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks for 2 days only.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Romantasy readers really never do anything by halves!

Katabasis 1st edition - Broken Binding
Iron Flame 1st edition - Red Tower Books
Onyx Storm - American Red Tower Books 1st edition, not sold in Europe

All hidden behind desk in Secondhand & online ...

Extreme filmmaking. An artistic genius, there is a strong feeling that his obsession with authenticity led to exploitation of those who worked with him. He was maniacal in the belief that the art came first.

Good point.

Superb!

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This is my justification for spending the day reading … I am saving civilisation.

That is actually a really good point! A reason why apparently we turn more to it in fraught times - it follows conventions & there is resolution.

Also worth pondering why the UK loves cosy crime & we want dark & potentially gruesome …

I have wondered about that … 😳😂

You all read an alarming amount of crime fiction.
What does it say about you?
Nothing we’re qualified to print!

Anyway, we’ve expanded the Bargain Crime section. New tables on the floor now & all books there are €2.99 & still part of the Crime Club Card.

Ask for a card to collect stamps!

And once you’ve finished with the golf blood feuds, there’s still the small matter of obsession, collapse, brilliance, nostalgia & the world’s least relaxing leisure activity.

Tiger, Tiger
On Learning Golf
So Help Me Golf
A Farewell to the Fairways

Golf: deeply unwell, beautifully dressed.
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Golf’s current era has everything:
money, betrayal, PR spin, defectors, moral handwringing, and men insisting they are being very dignified about all this.

On the floor now:
Rory
LIV and Let Die
Phil
Golf Wars

The golf civil war shelf. Enjoy responsibly.
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You are all obviously spring cleaning & decluttering like mad, as all our 'big' trade-in appointments are full until 8th May! You can still bring walk-ins of upto 15 books & online is available & vastly expanded too!

I want these shoes!! Can I steal your image please for other platforms? Will credit of course.

SIGNED copies of Whatever Happened to Madeleine Stone? by Louise O'Neill are live on the floor, front of shop, OWN table! A Y2K mystery, twin child stars & 20 years of secrets - I have been reliably informed it is her best yet!
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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe is also in now! The New Yorker journalist and author of Say Nothing is back with a compulsive true-crime investigation into a mysterious death in a gilded city. Totally nnmissable. #LondonFalling #Nonfiction

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New in today 📚 Everything That Is Beautiful by Louise Nealon is on the floor at Chapters & absolutely gorgeous. From the award-winning author of Snowflake, I know from DMs there has been lots of anticipation ... well here it is!
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Tonight June O'Sullivan in conversation with Jackie Lynam about The Sky Is Not Enough, a debut novel about the Limerick woman who flew solo from Cape Town to London in 1928 & still managed to get written out of history.

Come and be furious about it with us, then buy the book! 6.30pm All welcome!