The Reading Room Bookshop

The Reading Room Bookshop "When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any left over, I buy food"
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Conversations on Books is back!This will be our eighth event and we have had lively and engaging discussions. This time ...
08/08/2026

Conversations on Books is back!

This will be our eighth event and we have had lively and engaging discussions.

This time though, we are doing something a little different...we want to know about your favourite books and authors.

Do you have:
1. A favourite living author?
2. A favourite classic?
3. An author you think the world should know about?

You tell us yours and we will tell you ours.

A favourites session.

Thanks as always to Mustard Design - Vanessa O'G for her amazing design talent and to The Dock 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ for hosting.

Tickets from The Dock.

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live" Joan Didion.
06/08/2026

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live" Joan Didion.


Big thanks to for dropping into the shop today and signing copies of her autobiography, Life, Work, Everything.
01/08/2026

Big thanks to for dropping into the shop today and signing copies of her autobiography, Life, Work, Everything.

A real pleasure to attend this event yesterday Boyle Arts Festival Thoughtful reflections shared on what it is to be a w...
25/07/2026

A real pleasure to attend this event yesterday Boyle Arts Festival
Thoughtful reflections shared on what it is to be a writer and the process of writing.

The Dock and me, The Reading Room Bookshop, are delighted to present the national launch of John McGahern: A Writing Lif...
18/07/2026

The Dock and me, The Reading Room Bookshop, are delighted to present the national launch of John McGahern: A Writing Life by Frank Shovlin.

October 9th. 8pm. The Dock.

John McGahern is widely considered one of Ireland's most important prose writers. The biography traces the experiences and relationships that shaped McGahern's writing and places his work in a wider Irish and international context.

Frank Shovlin will be on conversation with writer and broadcaster Sinead Gleeson.

Booking essential.
Tickets The Dock 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Find a shady spot and get hot and bothered with some crime... new titles, new books, new worlds to inhabit.
16/07/2026

Find a shady spot and get hot and bothered with some crime... new titles, new books, new worlds to inhabit.

Thanks Aoife Argosy Books for the pre publication copy of Stations - coming September 2026. And thank you Louise Kennedy...
14/07/2026

Thanks Aoife Argosy Books for the pre publication copy of Stations - coming September 2026. And thank you Louise Kennedy for breaking my heart with relatable, recognisable characters and relationships. A muscle memory of youth was masterfully evoked.



Heatwave alert!PS: reading helps 😉
10/07/2026

Heatwave alert!

PS: reading helps 😉

Remembering John John McGahern was arguably one of the most important Irish novelist of the 20th Century.To mark the 20t...
07/07/2026

Remembering John

John McGahern was arguably one of the most important Irish novelist of the 20th Century.

To mark the 20th anniversary of his death, Father Liam Kelly and historian Dr. Brendan Scott will discuss his work and enduring legacy.

This is a free event.

Thanks Jason Corcoran and his brilliant publicist/son, Farid, for calling in this morning.
04/07/2026

Thanks Jason Corcoran and his brilliant publicist/son, Farid, for calling in this morning.

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