Chapters Bookstore

A new chapter for Chapters ... Words like institution, gem, foremost, important, stalwart are words constantly bandied around, but with no real sense of weight or gravitas. After 40 years in business as an independent bookseller, with a hugely extensive, eclectic range of new and secondhand books, Chapters announced in October that we would be closing our doors in Parnell Street, January 31st, 2022. The response to this news was both shocking and gratifying; people contacted us from around the world to express their affection for the store and disappointment that we would be going, customers queued down the street to load shopping trollies with treasures that they found on our shelves and tables. As always, Ireland likes to buck a trend and contrary to widespread opinion, we as a nation still love books and bookshops ... so as breaking up is hard to do, Chapters will reopen on Friday 11th March. Willie Kinsella, founder, mentor and secret bibliophile really does want to retire ...