Bookselling Ireland represents booksellers in Ireland as in run by a committee of booksellers, chaired by John Keane of Eason, and backed by the BA. The Bookselling Ireland Committee, which meets six times a year, is the force behind Irish Book Week, which launched in 2018, the Irish Book Trade Conference, as well as World Book Day and Independent Bookshop Week in Ireland. Bookselling Ireland has a strong political and economic lobbying function, representing the interests of Irish booksellers to TDs and to the Dáil Bookselling Ireland Committee Dawn Behan, Woodbine Books Caitríona Bennett, Argosy Cian Byrne, Maynooth University Bookshop Hon Secretary Glenn Cunningham Vilar, Eason Dervilla Evans, Ennis Bookshop Janet Hawkins, Blessington Bookstore Bob Johnston, The Gutter Bookshop John Keane, Easons Chair - JKeane@easons.com Frank Kelly, Book Nest, Gerard McGinn, Eason, Belfast Heidi Murphy, WH Smith Vice Chair Aoife Roantree, Dubrary Hon Treasurer Jenny Sharif, Bowe Communications Alan Staton, BA UK Meryl Halls, BA UK To view the Irish Benefits Booklet, please click below: If you would like to get involved with the BA Bookselling Ireland committee please contact the Chair, John Keane or Alan Staton To view the BA's Manifesto for Bookselling in Ireland, please click here. To view the Jim Power Report on the Economic Impact of Bookselling in Ireland click here To view our infographic of the conribution Irish bookselling makes to the Irish economy, please click here For further details for Bookselling Ireland, contact alan.staton@booksellers.org.uk