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The owner of the Wicklow children's bookshop Halfway Up the Stairs in Greystones has said it was “quite unbelievable” that her store was named the An Post Bookshop of the Year. But the shop also had other reasons to celebrate as two local authors – one of whom works at the store and the other a regular visitor – also emerged with awards.

The nominees for the overall prize were winners in their respective categories, the results of which were announced earlier this week.

It was a sterling display of homegrown literary talent at the An Post Irish Book Awards last night, which saw Paul Murray receive Eason's Novel of the Year 2...

Paul Murray claimed the prize for best novel at the An Post Irish Book Awards on Wednesday night, in a major boost for the Dublin author’s Booker Prize hopes this weekend.

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The children’s bookshop Halfway Up The Stairs, in Greystones, has announced details of two special in-store events that will be taking place to mark Irish Book Week 2023, which runs from October 14-21.

Cairn in partnership with Children’s Books Ireland, today announced the launch of the Building Communities reading guide, inspired by Cairn’s Seven Mills, the largest residential development in Ireland – a new town in Dublin 22 which, when complete, will be home to over 15,000 people. With the construction of Seven Mills underway, Cairn and Children’s

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