Gutter Dalkey

Gutter Dalkey turned 12 today! 💚📚
What started as a pop-up (that never popped-down) evolved into the most gorgeous haven for bookworms.

Thank you to all of you beauts who have supported us through it all accepting grumpy recommendations, sulky replies, and reluctant smiles (and that's only Marta).

I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...

Tomorrow is today! Open for your Sunday browsing

Nine books arranged on a wooden table. Titles are: jitterbug, who will you save, futures edge, descendant machine, stars and bones, light chaser, embers of war, fleet of knives, light of impossible stars.

Flat lay time! Here are nine of my most recent books. I think they look amazing together. How many have you read?

It's that time of year where the Christmas shopping madness starts. Unsure what to get your child? Check out the books on our Santa list!🎄🎅

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft The author of The Employees goes back to 17th-century Denmark for an intensely poetic portrait of everyday sorcery and female solidarity

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft

Books for 7 year olds Books for 7 year olds - favourites chosen by children including titles by Jeff Kinney, Dav Pilkey, Roald Dahl, Francesca Simon & Humza Arshad

Favourite books for 7 year olds, chosen by children. Including titles by Jeff Kinney, Tom Fletcher, Harriet Muncaster, Dav Pilkey, Roald Dahl, Adam Blade, Martin Handford, Dermot O'Leary & Francesca Simon schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-fa... #teachersofx #kidlit

Comics, Manga and Reading Many years ago, I had someone tell me I’d never be published because ‘everything I read was crap’. Every time they saw me with a fantasy book, or with something happy and simple, they’d tell me that i...

Latest newsletter, and on a subject dear to my heart.

#Comics, #Manga and how to get kids reading.

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Photo from 2009 of the empty shop unit showing white walls, a pillar and slate floor.

Photo of the empty shop unit from 2009 showing the outside and entrance. It looks very grey and very empty.

Photo of the open bookshop full of books, cards and colour. There's people browsing books and lots of light

Photo of outside of the shop. The street is sunny and colourful with people walking past. Someone has just left the bookshop. You can see things in the windows and a glimpse of the Gutter sign.

16 years ago today we opened the doors to Dublin's newest bookshop.That @gutterbookshop.bsky.social continues to thrive today brings me so much joy. We created something that brought people together & celebrated books & reading. I feel like I added something good to the world & I'm so proud of that.

A real treat, and possibly my favourite Irish indie Nazi vampire comic of all time! A must for any discerning reader.

There is a silver bullet for childhood happiness: a love of reading Bestselling children’s author Katherine Rundell says to reverse the reading crisis we must let young people rediscover the enjoyment of books — whatever they may be

It's sunday so I am finally reading the links I opened during the week. Or possibly last week. Anyway, this one is worth your time (should be a free link, it was for me at least). Katherine Rundell on reading for pleasure. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...

As a child By Vidyan Ravinthiran because my voice was not the right voice and could not be understood I stood before the mirror — a murky glassen word this mouth can’t shape right to this day — and was made to watch my teeth and lips being imprecise. So this is why I come across a Southron and not from Yorkshire, or Sri Lankan; but I’ll complain no more about this clarified and potent tongue for when the moustached gent at US Customs asked me in his hapless twang are you a terrorist, my borrowed posh it sure abashed that poor colonial; and it was of course what my child-face perceived or could not in the glass which made of me a scrutineer of sound, a listener for and into every glitch in the aathma, the script, the avid void of English.

Congratulations to Vidyan Ravinthiran, who has jointly won (with Karen Solie) the Forward Prize for Best Collection with Avidyā (Bloodaxe). Its brilliant final poem, "as a child", describes how an early speech impediment led him to be "a scrutineer of sound" with a love of "the avid void of English"

Something rather exciting is coming in three short weeks – a beautiful collection of excerpts, poems, short stories, scenes from all the authors we’ve published in our first five years.

📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.

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#beautifulbooks #booksky

a hand holding copies of the same zine in different coloured paper. it reads: notes for working class zine makers (and why you should be one)

Notes for Working Class Zine Makers (and why you should be one too) ✍️

If you've caught me at a zine fair lately you might have seen one of my new zines. Well now they're up on the online store - with cheaper copies available for working class people. #DIYzines

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Halloween is just around the corner, with plenty of trick-or-treating to be done! Take a break from the cavities and come to the shop and check out our Halloween and Autumn reads! 👻🎃

#bookshop #autumnreads #halloweenreads #loveyourbookshop #bookshoplove #bookshopsofireland

Our booksellers aren't psychic, but one of them DOES play the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack on loop often enough that there is a non-zero chance of Korean tourists walking into the shop just as the Saja Boys start serenading customers.

("We like the music you're playing! Makes us feel at home." 😂🫰)

In the bookshop this morning:

PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”

CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *

CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”

Fancy joining #TheGutterTeam?
We are hiring! 📚💚
• Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops
• 2-4 days a week
• 1-2 years bookselling experience essential
• email CV & cover letter to info@gutterbookshop.com by 24th August 2025.

#jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs

Few snaps from the shop today, such a lovely summer's day.

Such a lovely day and only a tiny bit windy.

*splutters* dear lord

When Marta visits.

Private Eye hits the nail on the head

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on Never Let Me Go, 20 Years Later While I’d been busy writing my fourth and fifth novels, my study had mysteriously transformed itself around me into a kind of miniature indoor jungle. Everywhere were dusty mountains of scribbled-o…

"But if someone pleads 'Never let me go,' they’re not only asking for the impossible; they must know, even as they make the request, that they’re asking for something beyond anyone’s gift." (via @literaryhub.bsky.social‬)

Book club book of the month is @joannechocolat.bsky.social's "Vianne"! Prequel to "Chocolat" and a fantastic read that recaptures and enhances the aura of the first. Had to make a li'l shrine for it at the till, of course.

Selfie of Bob with YA writer Ruth Ennis & Marta Gutterbookshop.

Photo of Erin Fornoff holding her new epic verse tale We Are An Archipelago in the festival bookshop.

5 mins before I had to run for a Dart & I got to congratulate @rurooie.bsky.social on her forthcoming #YA verse novel #shorelines w/ @littleislandbooks.bsky.social, give Marta @gutterbookshop.bsky.social a hug, & celebrate @erinfornoff.bsky.social 's new epic verse tale launching this evening! #busy

Front cover of Joanne's book

signature inside the book, by Joanne Harris

First through the door was SIGNED copies of "Vianne" the new book by the awesome
@joannechocolat.bsky.social .

This is a return to the world of Joanne's bestselling Chocolat!

I've already packed up all the pre-orders, but I have a few left.

ORDER HERE.

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Shall we see you this weekend? Shall we tempt you with new reads? Shall we lovingly smile and pat your dog?
Oh yes, we so shall!
#Dalkey #Books

1 month to the publication of 'Arabella Pepper, The Wild Detective' YouTube video by Natural World Publishing

🕵️‍♀️🔍 1 month to go! #ArabellaPepperBook by @ermurray.bsky.social (words) & Monika Pollak (pictures) is almost here! A nature-loving investigator, a missing pets mystery, and a pet crow named Blue—get ready for a wild adventure! 🌿🖤 youtu.be/yqouHG9jSoU

#ComingSoon #MiddleGradeReads #kidslit