Books Upstairs
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Dublin's Oldest Independent Bookshop. Estd 1978. Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5 Café open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
17 D'Olier St,Dublin 2,Ireland
Joined September 2014
✨ Something Wilde this way comes ✨ Please join us at Books Upstairs on 23rd October for the launch of OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN, illustrated by Lauren O’Hara and with an original foreword by Colm Tóibín. @BooksUpstairs
#kidlit #kidsbooks
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Enda Wyley signing copies of her new collection ‘Sudden Light’ in Books Upstairs @BooksUpstairs
@endawyley
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We can't wait to celebrate Issue 13 with all these talented souls - seven brilliant contributors plus musical guest Sailhymn ✨️ Join us on 30 October at @BooksUpstairs to hear from them all. https://t.co/ry69qilJ9z
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Pre-order this stunning new edition of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children illustrated by the extraordinary Lauren O’Hara & you’ll be put in a draw to win one of fourteen beautiful signed prints of Lauren’s illustration drafts for the book 💖 https://t.co/JHv3QUiOPE
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🔥 My heart is singing with delight to share Hymn to All the Restless Girls!🐎Thanks @TheGalleryPress and special thanks to the 2025 @artscouncil_ie/ @ucddublin Writer in Residence programme! Join us for the Samhain launch @BooksUpstairs on 6 Nov. Bí linn⭐️ https://t.co/3nETKQTE9y
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We are open for business as usual. Thanks so much to everyone for checking in on us ❤️ So grateful for the kindness, THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️
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A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe.
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Can't wait to read alongside Lauren McNamara, @mollytwomey1 , Caroline Bracken and @rafaelmendes341 this Sunday at 2pm @BooksUpstairs . Following our reading, there's a reading from @ArlenHouse poets - make it a poetry day! Link to reserve a spot: https://t.co/rg40YaaBNP
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Next Sunday 5 October I'll be reading in @BooksUpstairs at 2pm alongside some fine poets, all welcome! https://t.co/VFC2xU7DrX
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Dublin's oldest independent bookshop
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Thanks @BooksUpstairs for hosting our lovely poetry reading yesterday. Great to read with @AnneTannam @noellelynskey and Patrick Chapman on a sunny Sunday, to a rapt crowd. Credit for the pic to the always stylish Jean O'Brien! @BloodaxeBooks @poetryireland
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Join us on Thursday, 9 October for the launch of What Remains @BooksUpstairs at 6:00 pm. With introductions from Catherine Barbour, and readings in Galician and English by award-winning Galician author Brais Lamela, and his translator Jacob Rogers.
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Wonderful book launch @BooksUpstairs yesterday evening for How I Came to Berlin, memoir by Belfast-born children's author-illustrator Elizabeth Shaw (1920-1992), who travelled to Berlin after the Second World War to help rebuild Germany.
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LAUNCH: Caragh Maxwell in conversation with Eoin McNamee. Head to Books Upstairs at 6.30pm on Wednesday 1st of October for an evening of conversation as Caragh discusses her remarkable debut novel. Register here: https://t.co/6c4N3eQApQ
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Congrats to Noelle Lynskey whose debut poetry collection *Featherweight* published in May has already gone into its second edition. Noelle reads in @booksupstairs next Sunday 21 September at 2pm with @katiedon5 @annetannam & Patrick Chapman. BUY: https://t.co/Pft2ovCUDC Huge
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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 https://t.co/54ARCgfTJq
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Colm Tóibín signing copies of SHIP IN FULL SAIL yesterday @BooksUpstairs In you go and grab one 😃
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A dream to read with these poets on October 5th! Thanks to @BooksUpstairs for hosting, and to @AndresPoveda for my fab photo! To sum up upcoming readings: Sep14-Cultivating Voices online reading Sep27-2-4 The Poetry Lounge, Waterford Gallery of Art Oct5-Books Upstairs, Dublin
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Next issue out this month. Looks good, reads even better. Available to order now from our website, launch on September 18th in @BooksUpstairs. Link & details in next tweet.
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We couldn't be prouder to be sharing anthology #9 – OUT THERE! Get ready for aliens and forest dwellers, red-tinted beaches and abandoned malls! You can pre-order on our website or join us for the launch + readings at @booksupstairs in Dublin, Sunday Sep 7 at 2pm. #ArtsIreland
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