My bookshop crawl

Colm Kavanagh

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I audit balance sheets Monday to Friday and paperbacks on my lunch hour, so this is the running list of Dublin bookshops where I actually hand over cash. No chains that don't deserve the shelf space, no notes app recommendations from randomers — just the ones I keep going back to, rain or shine, Leinster win or loss.

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My bookshop crawl — 4 items
Name	Comment	Shop	Address	City
1Hodges Figgis	The granddaddy of Dublin bookshops, mentioned in Ulysses no less. I come in for one book and leave like I've just lost a scrum for possession — down four more than planned.	Hodges Figgis	56-58 Dawson Street	Dublin
2Books Upstairs	Small, steep stairs, massive poetry section. Good spot to hide from the office for twenty minutes and call it a 'client call'.	Books Upstairs	17 D'Olier Street	Dublin
3The Winding Stair	Books downstairs, restaurant upstairs, river right outside. If my P&L looked this well balanced I'd frame it.	The Winding Stair	40 Lower Ormond Quay	Dublin
4Ulysses Rare Books	First editions that cost more than my monthly rent. I just look, like window-shopping for a Ferrari, except the Ferrari is a first edition Joyce.	Ulysses Rare Books	10 Duke Street	Dublin