Halfway up the Stairs
@halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
Award-winning Children’s Bookshop, Greystones, Co Wicklow, Ireland
www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
Mon - Sat 10-5:30. Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays
www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
Mon - Sat 10-5:30. Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays
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As a children’s bookseller I spent quite some time every week explaining two things - why visual literacy is important and why comic books are ‘real’ books.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As a children’s bookseller I spent quite some time every week explaining two things - why visual literacy is important and why comic books are ‘real’ books.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
We are excited to reveal a new collection to our #GiftOfBooks range - our Christmas classics collection presented in a beautiful gift box. There are a few options to choose from, starting from €50 for 4 beautiful Christmas books! See more information here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/Firs...
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We are excited to reveal a new collection to our #GiftOfBooks range - our Christmas classics collection presented in a beautiful gift box. There are a few options to choose from, starting from €50 for 4 beautiful Christmas books! See more information here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/Firs...
It’s Ladies’ Night in Greystones this Thursday night! We’ll be open in the evening from 6-8:30pm. We’ll have 10% off our books, toys and gifts as well as a €5 Lucky Dip! Everyone who shops with us on the night will be entered into a draw to win this lovely Christmas gift box!
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It’s Ladies’ Night in Greystones this Thursday night! We’ll be open in the evening from 6-8:30pm. We’ll have 10% off our books, toys and gifts as well as a €5 Lucky Dip! Everyone who shops with us on the night will be entered into a draw to win this lovely Christmas gift box!
Thank you so much @conorpope.bsky.social & @irishtimes.com for including us in this brilliant list of the best 100 Irish website for Christmas- we really appreciate it! You can checkout our website at halfwayupthestairs.ie or visit us in store in Greystones!
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank you so much @conorpope.bsky.social & @irishtimes.com for including us in this brilliant list of the best 100 Irish website for Christmas- we really appreciate it! You can checkout our website at halfwayupthestairs.ie or visit us in store in Greystones!
Join us for our annual Books of the Year Online event on Monday 24th November. Check out the fab line up of authors we’ll be talking to below! And we will be giving out a 10% discount code on the night! Book your free ticket here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/2411...
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join us for our annual Books of the Year Online event on Monday 24th November. Check out the fab line up of authors we’ll be talking to below! And we will be giving out a 10% discount code on the night! Book your free ticket here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/2411...
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
We are delighted to reveal the cover of our good friend Paddy Donnelly’s new book, The Upside-Down Lighthouse, publishing in March 2026 - the latest in the Meara & Grandad series.
You can order a signed dedicated copy here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
You can order a signed dedicated copy here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We are delighted to reveal the cover of our good friend Paddy Donnelly’s new book, The Upside-Down Lighthouse, publishing in March 2026 - the latest in the Meara & Grandad series.
You can order a signed dedicated copy here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
You can order a signed dedicated copy here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...
@theobrienpress.bsky.social
Delighted to reveal the cover of War, the latest graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin & Giovanni Rigano! This timely and thoughtful graphic novel for children of all ages publishes August 2026. Available to preorder here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781... Published by Hodder Books.
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Delighted to reveal the cover of War, the latest graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin & Giovanni Rigano! This timely and thoughtful graphic novel for children of all ages publishes August 2026. Available to preorder here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781... Published by Hodder Books.
Just finished The Lone Husky by Hannah Gold - this is a wonderful adventure full of heart - I’d highly recommend it. Stunning illustrations by Levi Pinfold add to the atmosphere. I am determined to visit the Arctic some day! Available in store and online halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9780...
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just finished The Lone Husky by Hannah Gold - this is a wonderful adventure full of heart - I’d highly recommend it. Stunning illustrations by Levi Pinfold add to the atmosphere. I am determined to visit the Arctic some day! Available in store and online halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9780...
@eilishfisher.bsky.social just popped in to sign copies of Fia and the Last Deer (now out in a beautiful paperback edition!) and also the The Waters and the Wild! Available in store and online at www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@eilishfisher.bsky.social just popped in to sign copies of Fia and the Last Deer (now out in a beautiful paperback edition!) and also the The Waters and the Wild! Available in store and online at www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
This record player from @myirishbooks.ie will make a great gift! Choose from 36 tracks with extras available to purchase. Available in store and online halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/5392...
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This record player from @myirishbooks.ie will make a great gift! Choose from 36 tracks with extras available to purchase. Available in store and online halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/5392...
We are running our Lucky Dip right through midterm! So pop in this week to choose a surprise book for only €5, or order online here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/Luck...
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We are running our Lucky Dip right through midterm! So pop in this week to choose a surprise book for only €5, or order online here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/Luck...
Loved having @sineadohart.bsky.social and @unawoods.bsky.social visit us for lots of Ellora fun yesterday!
Delighted to have joined @unawoods.bsky.social at @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social yesterday for some banshee shenanigans!
If you haven't voted for us in the Children's Book of the Year (Junior) Category over at @irishbookawards.bsky.social, whaddya waiting for?
www.irishbookawards.ie
If you haven't voted for us in the Children's Book of the Year (Junior) Category over at @irishbookawards.bsky.social, whaddya waiting for?
www.irishbookawards.ie
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Loved having @sineadohart.bsky.social and @unawoods.bsky.social visit us for lots of Ellora fun yesterday!
A lovely evening celebrating six years with the team - old and new!
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @amandadunne.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @amandadunne.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A lovely evening celebrating six years with the team - old and new!
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @amandadunne.bsky.social
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @amandadunne.bsky.social
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We 💛 bookshops: special and magical places...
As the #IrishBookWeek festivities continue, we’re delighted to have author Paddy Donnelly join us to share what makes bookshops feel brilliant for him 📖✨
#ChooseBookshops @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social 📚
As the #IrishBookWeek festivities continue, we’re delighted to have author Paddy Donnelly join us to share what makes bookshops feel brilliant for him 📖✨
#ChooseBookshops @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social 📚
October 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Join us to celebrate #IrishBookWeek and our 6th birthday on Saturday- we’ll have lots of brilliant promotions on throughout the day, as well as an author event at 3pm with Sinéad O’Hart and Úna Woods!
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join us to celebrate #IrishBookWeek and our 6th birthday on Saturday- we’ll have lots of brilliant promotions on throughout the day, as well as an author event at 3pm with Sinéad O’Hart and Úna Woods!
Thanks so much to Natasha Mac a’Bhaird for calling in to sign copies of her books, The Tower Ghost and her latest, The Vanished Girl, yesterday! We love this mystery series set in a boarding school in Donegal!
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thanks so much to Natasha Mac a’Bhaird for calling in to sign copies of her books, The Tower Ghost and her latest, The Vanished Girl, yesterday! We love this mystery series set in a boarding school in Donegal!
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‘The idea of home has evolved for me—it’s not so much about looking back, but looking forward’
📗Catch Dagogo Hart at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Friday 07th November📗
@rurooie.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/dagogo-hart/
📗Catch Dagogo Hart at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Friday 07th November📗
@rurooie.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/dagogo-hart/
'For me, home is a bridge'—Dagogo Hart - Books Ireland
Ruth Ennis talks to Dagogo Hart about his first book for children, Lantern Smoke (Gill Books).
booksirelandmagazine.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
‘The idea of home has evolved for me—it’s not so much about looking back, but looking forward’
📗Catch Dagogo Hart at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Friday 07th November📗
@rurooie.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/dagogo-hart/
📗Catch Dagogo Hart at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Friday 07th November📗
@rurooie.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/dagogo-hart/
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Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
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The Irish Invented Halloween, so Where are Our Stories?
From Pookas to Pagan Gods, Spirits to Selkies, Irish children’s books bring spooky season back to its roots
Article by Ellen Ryan
discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/the-irish-in...
Image by Úna Woods from Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?
From Pookas to Pagan Gods, Spirits to Selkies, Irish children’s books bring spooky season back to its roots
Article by Ellen Ryan
discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/the-irish-in...
Image by Úna Woods from Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?
October 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Irish Invented Halloween, so Where are Our Stories?
From Pookas to Pagan Gods, Spirits to Selkies, Irish children’s books bring spooky season back to its roots
Article by Ellen Ryan
discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/the-irish-in...
Image by Úna Woods from Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?
From Pookas to Pagan Gods, Spirits to Selkies, Irish children’s books bring spooky season back to its roots
Article by Ellen Ryan
discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/the-irish-in...
Image by Úna Woods from Have You Seen the Dublin Vampire?
1/ We can’t wait to welcome our good friends @sineadohart.bsky.social & @unawoods.bsky.social this coming Sat at 3pm! They will read and draw front their brilliant new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee. You can order a copy to be signed here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1/ We can’t wait to welcome our good friends @sineadohart.bsky.social & @unawoods.bsky.social this coming Sat at 3pm! They will read and draw front their brilliant new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee. You can order a copy to be signed here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...
Our Legends of Irish Children’s Literature family event is this Saturday in The Whale Theatre!
Come to see Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren and Don Conroy, talking to our Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde!
Tickets available here: whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Come to see Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren and Don Conroy, talking to our Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde!
Tickets available here: whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Our Legends of Irish Children’s Literature family event is this Saturday in The Whale Theatre!
Come to see Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren and Don Conroy, talking to our Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde!
Tickets available here: whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Come to see Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren and Don Conroy, talking to our Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde!
Tickets available here: whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Thanks so much for @amyclarkinwrites for dropping in today to sign copies of all three books from her What Walks These Halls series! Order the latest, Where the Shadows Hide, here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781... @theobrienpress
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thanks so much for @amyclarkinwrites for dropping in today to sign copies of all three books from her What Walks These Halls series! Order the latest, Where the Shadows Hide, here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781... @theobrienpress
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We are delighted to have Chris Judge @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social today fir an Evil Duck event. Signed copies available in store!
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are delighted to have Chris Judge @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social today fir an Evil Duck event. Signed copies available in store!
We are delighted to have Chris Judge @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social today fir an Evil Duck event. Signed copies available in store!
October 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM