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 Maria Dickenson, Chair Dawn Behan, Woodbine Books Vice Chair Aoife Roantree, The Book Centre Officer Tomás Kenny, Kennys Officer Cian Byrne, Maynooth University Bookshop Officer Caitríona Bennett, Argosy Officer John Breen, Waterstones, Cork Tim Clarke, Waterstones, Cork Jenni Doherty, Little Acorns Bookstore Dervilla Evans, Ennis Bookshop Mick Finucane, Chapters Bookstore, Dublin Trish Hennessy, Halfway up the Stairs Lynda Laffan, Eason Gráinne Ní Mhuilneoir, An Siopa Leabhar Stephen O’Mahony, O’Mahony’s Aoife Ridgway, Dubray Antonia Daly, Antonia’s Bookshop, Trim June O’Flynn, Philip’s, Mallow Louisa Earls, Books Upstairs, Dublin Peter Dooley, schoolofficesupplies.ie (Co-opted) To view the Irish Benefits Booklet, please click below: If you would like to get involved with the BA Bookselling Ireland committee please contact the Chair, Dawn Behan or Alan Staton 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 For further details for Bookselling Ireland, contact a[email protected] For information about Bookselling Ireland events, visit our Events website.