An Post Bookshop of the Year 2025

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 and Halfway Up The Stairs, Greystones, Wicklow in 2023 and Bridge Books, Donore 2024.
The shortlist of six bookshops around Ireland for 2025 are:
- Antonia's Bookstore, Trim, Co. Meath
- Chapter's Bookstore, Dublin 1
- Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Co.Galway
- The Company of Books, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
- Liber Bookshop, Sligo Town
- The Maynooth Bookshop, Co.Kildare
The overall winner of ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year 2025’ was Chapters Bookstore in Dublin.