Bookselling Ireland represents booksellers in Ireland as in run by a committee of booksellers, chaired by Dawn Behan of Woodbine Books, 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 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 Cian Byrne, Maynooth University Bookshop Officer Tomás Kenny, Kenny's Vice Chair Dawn Behan, Woodbine Books Officer Maria Dickenson, Officer Aoife Roantree, The Book Centre Officer Caitríona Bennett, Argosy Tim Clarke, Waterstones Cork Jenni Doherty, Little Acorns Bookstore Dervilla Evans, Ennis Bookshop Mick Finucane, Chapters Bookstore Trish Hennessy, Halfway up the Stairs Lynda Laffan, Eason Gráinne Ní Mhuilneoir, An Siopa Leabhar Stephen O’Mahony, O’Mahony’s Brid Enright, Tertulia Antonia Daly, Antonia’s Bookshop June O’Flynn, Philip’s Louisa Earls, Books Upstairs Peter Dooley, schoolofficesupplies.ie (Co-opted) To view the Irish Benefits Booklet, please click below: Resources: - Join the Bookselling Ireland Facebook Group (for Bookselling Ireland members) - Bookselling Ireland: Manifesto from the Booksellers Association - Bookselling Ireland Infographic - X and Facebook - Bookselling Ireland Infographic - Instagram - Bookselling Ireland Infographic - Instagram Stories - Jim Power Report on the Economic Impact of Bookselling in Ireland If you would like to get involved with the Bookselling Ireland committee please contact Miriam Robinson. For information about Bookselling Ireland events, visit our Events website.