obsessive blogger | Books Upstairs, College Green
Books Upstairs is celebrating it’s thirtieth year this year. Still housed on College Green in Dublin the shop has become synonymous with the humanities. Owned and run by Maurice Earls (of DRB fame) Books Upstairs holds a long running tradition of knowledgeable, loyal and long-serving (suffering?) staff.
The shop itself is a favourite to most of Dublin’s writers – poets, novelists and playwrights alike all grace the creaky boards regularly. Though not top of my list, Books Upstairs is often best for poetry and literary fiction – both Irish and international – and it remains true to it’s aim of selling good books at good prices.
If anything, I would like to see the shop invigorated with new, younger customers. Located directly opposite the front entrance to Trinity College I always expect it to be laden with undergraduates cradling copies of Milton – an expectation I have never witnessed…
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Is it bad that I’ve never actually been in there?
Sounds like a nice enough place too! I’m vaguely reminded of the creaky floor boards in the old Chapters… God I miss them.
‘Tis a great place – not quite as ‘gloves off and get your hands dirty’ as Chapters was but worth always worth a visit.
I’m afraid I have no pithy one word summary for this one.
speechless?
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