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We've been receiving many calls about our status today due to the flooding. Rest assured, we are NOT affected and are OPEN for business as usual. #Bantry #Bantryflooding

Huge vote of thanks from BantryBookshop to the marvelous folk of the emergency services here in Bantry - leaping into action to clear the flood waters in a thoroughly professional way. Back to business as usual Bantry Tidy Towns I Love Bantry

Absolutely delighted that we made the An Post Irish Book Awards #BookshopoftheYear longlist along with  Little Acorns Bookstore Books Upstairs Bridge Books Dromore Co Down 📚 Hodges Figgis #Hubb16 #LeafandBower Liber OMahonys Booksellers Tales for Tadpoles TheCompanyofBooks SecretBookshelf Thanks to all who voted!

Join us BantryBookshop on Friday October 25, from noon to 2pm when Cauvery Madhavan reads from her stunning new work celebrating the beauty of Beara and the magic of storytelling #TheInheritance #IrishBookWeek An Post Irish Book Awards HopeRoad #ILoveBantry

Huge congratulations to all the marvellous bookshops who made An Post Irish Book Awards #BookshopoftheYear shortlist -    Little Acorns Bookstore Bridge Books Dromore Co Down 📚 Liber OMahonys Booksellers Tales for Tadpoles TheCompanyofBooks & SecretBookshelf   2024 An Post Irish Book Award: anpostirishbookawards.ie

Thank you BantryBookshop for having #TheInheritance up front and center with a selection of fantastic reading! #IndieBookshops❤️

Stanley from BantryBookshop has been ordering all his favourite books - Niall Harbison and Rory Cellan-Jones are his top picks! He says it is all about the #happpinessofdogs 🐶!

A little encouragement never goes astray, but this is a right ol' boost. Thank you Donal.

A portrait of Jennifer Evans reading The Southern Star in her iconic grocery and sweet shop in Bantry earlier this year has been shortlisted for the AIB Portrait Prize of the Year. The image, by Cork-based photographer David Creedon, is currently on display at the National

Christmas in #Bantry on Sunday 8 December. Check out the New Street Christmas Market Day from 11 to 4pm with C103, Curious Keys Music School, BantryBusiness. No parking on New Street tonight please as spaces needed for market stalls 🎄🎅

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Bantry Bookshop wishes you a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Thank you for your support through the year, and we look forward to seeing in the bookshop in January! Kate, Marney, Cammy and Jenny. And Stanley, of course 🐾🐾

Tá Oíche na Gaoithe Móire ag teacht!   Red Weather Warning in place for Storm Éowyn so BantryBookshop will close all day Friday 24th January. See you all when we reopen on Saturday morning at 10am! From Stanley, and all the staff here, stay safe everyone!  #StormEowyn

Save the dates! WCLF will announce our programme on 3 April and our Festival Friends will be able to book their tickets that day. General booking opens on 10 April and we'll all be in Bantry from 11-18 July. Register for our e-newsletter for updates ❤️ linktr.ee/westcorklitera…

While online retail looms large, local bookshops know that the personal touch is their greatest strength. Read more on pages 3 and 4 of this week's Southern Star. The Southern Star is in shops, and online via our ePaper right now – Subscribe to our ePaper here:

📣 The wait is over. We are delighted to announce that the programme for this year's West Cork Literary Festival is now live. Friends Booking now open. General Booking at 10am on Thursday 10 April 👀 Explore the #WCLF2025 programme here: westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festi…

📣 WCLF 2025 Programme is Now On Sale. Book online or call the Festival office on +353 2752788 Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm. Join us this summer in Bantry 🌞🎟️💗📚🌞🎟️💗📚 #WCLF2025 westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festi…

Many thanks to Tom Climent. For the permission to use one of his paintings for the cover of Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession. Out in paperback 24th April. The Bookseller Chapters Bookstore Dublin WoodbineBooksIreland Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery BantryBookshop Dubray Hodges Figgis

Join us in Bantry Bookshop at noon on Friday April 18 when author Hanna Lutz reads from her compelling and poetic first novel Wild Boar.

COME WEST WITH ME – 2025. Whistle-Stop West Cork Reading Tour June 2025 Kicking off in: Ballincollig, Clonakilty, Bantry, Castletownbere. Full details announced next week. One or two other venues and dates to be confirmed.