Standing room only at this mornings reading - with Matt Padwick introduced by Siobhan Burke.

Great crowd for Lisa Harding reading from her novel 'Harvesting' and being Interviewed by E.R Murray in the bookshop this morning. #westcorkliteraryfestival #ermurray #harvesting #lisaharding

The West Cork Literary Festival is just around the corner and there is a great line up across the entire festival - be sure to get hold of a brochure if you have not already got one. :) Each morning at 11am there is a free reading at Bantry Bookshop and everyone is welcome to attend. Here are the authors who will be reading from their books.....

5th/6th year Colaiste books now in store. Drop in your list and we can order/prepare it for you and bear the September rush. ☺️

It's Independent Bookshop Week! Congratulations to all three winners of the Independant Bookshop Week 2017 Book Award! 🎉🎉🎉 Adult Category Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Faber & Faber) Children's Category A Poem for Every Night of the Year, edited by Allie Esiri (Macmillan Children's Books) Picture Book Category Tidy by Emily Gravett (Macmillan Children's Books)

So excited to have these on my reading list radar for the long weekend - so many fabulous authors and reads available at the moment. Hope you all have a happy bank holiday weekend :)

Happy Easter to all our customers - may you have a wonderful Easter weekend. :)

Some great Easter reads in stock now. :)

Happy Women's Day! :)

It is lovely seeing all the eager young readers coming in with their free book token. Don't forget there are plenty of online competitions to get involved with too.....

'Cookbook as Farce' by Mark Boyden is now in stock - it offers 'a great whimsical glimpse inside an obscure and unremarkable West Cork country kitchen which has never knowingly charged for a meal. The book will not change your life.... in fact; it will redouble your determination to keep it just the way it is.' priced at €12.50 and selling fast.