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An Post Bookshop of the Year 2026 Shortlist

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The ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year’ category is designed to acknowledge the significant role played by independent bookshops and local branches of bookshop chains in helping their local communities to find and savour the titles of their choice. 

Previous winners include Kennys Bookshop and Art Gallery, Galway in 2021, Bridge Street Books, Wicklow in 2022, Halfway Up The Stairs, Greystones, Wicklow in 2023, Bridge Books, Donore in 2024, Chapter’s Bookstore, Dublin in 2025.

The shortlist of six bookshops around Ireland for 2026 are: 

  • Book Centre, Waterford - Maeve Byrne
  • Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Galway - Vinny Browne
  • Woodbine, Kilcullen - Dawn Behan
  • O'Mahony's, Limerick - Clare O'Mahony
  • Tales for Tadpoles, Bray - Caroline Sullivan
  • Bridge Books Dromore - Lesley Price

The overall winner of ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year 2026’ will be announced at awards ceremony in the Convention Centre, Dublin on Tuesday, December 1st.






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