BOOKS at ONE

02/06/2026

It was so great to welcome these authors to Books at One during May! 🌸

1. Anne Chambers with her latest book Living Lives: A Biographer’s Journey
2. Westport Children’s author Anne Printer with her picture books Ollen the Oak Tree and Higgle the Holly Tree
3. Caroline Preston with her bestselling novel This Tumult
4. Haulie Grady with his vivid new memoir I Wonder If I Had Turned Right

Thank you to each author for taking the time to travel West and sign these wonderful reads! ✍️📚

01/06/2026

01/06/2026

A huge thanks to Anto OBrien for launching his book ‘The Mayo Mandalas’ in our bookshop on Saturday night.
To Tricia Hudson for an incredibly, articulate and insightful introduction speech.
And to the huge crowd of supporters we were delighted with the buzz of the evening. We had a great time chatting books with many of you.
This book which includes stunning photos of the mandalas created by Anthony, in their Mayo landscape. It also includes some beautiful poetry documenting the “soul” journey the mandalas represent.
More copies in stock (we almost sold out on the night!).

26/05/2026

Anthony OBrien will be at BooksAtOne this Saturday 30th of May at 7.30pm for the launch of his new book 'The Mayo Mandalas’, with Trish Husdson as a speaker.
This book is a meditation on the journey through grief and love. It contains poems and pictures of the mandalas he has been drawing for years on beaches around Louisburgh.

Everyone is welcome ! 😊 Wine and refreshments will be served. 🍷

23/05/2026

Gliff by Ali Smith is this year's winner of the Dublin Literary Award.

“See what a simple line, a visible mark of the utmost simplicity and cheapness, can do to a populace? She said. I watched the crowd sway like foliage in sea round submerged rock face.”

An important read in today’s distorted political climate, Gliff treads the red line between reality and dystopia carefully. With themes of technology and loyalty, Gliff carries an air of youthful hope and curiosity that guarantees all will be well.

23/05/2026

23/05/2026

On June 6th, join us for a fun and free morning of imagination and creativity with local artist and forest school leader Shane Furlong.
This event is in collaboration with and part of Cruinniú na nÓg !

Shane will first take the children for an outdoor exploration which will lead into a fun storytelling and drama workshop led by Mary-Lou.
Bígí linn !

Places are limited. Please sign up 🌿🌼🌸

20/05/2026

International Booker Prize Winner 2026 ✨🎉
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ translated by Lin King

The first Mandarin Chinese translation to win the Prize! Explores themes of colonialism, class and love as two women make their way across Japanese controlled Taiwan on a culinary tour during the 1930’s. A powerful love story now brought to English readers.

👉 Swipe to see the other five shortlisted books and find your next great read! 📚

19/05/2026

Another delivery today with great new books !

gives us a poignant account of her journey on Beara Breifne Way, while provides us with a fiction in Ireland in 1657 after Cromwell's invasion.

In "the things we never said" offers us a new insight in people interior life.

and are back with a new book "our deadly summer", an explosive cocktail of friendship and murder !

After "our song", a new love story by , "love scene".