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Its Happening...Stay F#cking Calm

Nevermind Penney's ( No disrespect to people who love it, no judgement here) I'm more excited that Libraries and Bookshops get to reopen thier doors again.
I won't get to visit them because I'm still housebound at present due to chronic illness but I am absolutely thrilled they get to re-open and my family will be able to pop in for me so I can continue to support them at a distance. 
Is a town really complete without a bookshop.

 Throughout the pandemic I've tried to support irish book shops as much as possible by buying from them online. Secret Book & Record, Dubray, Kenny's, Vibes & Scribes have all had the pleasure of my business this year. Smaller operations didn't have the advantage of a website for online orders that the larger booksellers all have, which made things tricky especially when your introverted so I'm hoping to support my local independent bookshop more now that it's back up and running. 

If your in Drogheda please pop in to Academy Books In Southgate Shopping Centre. They had only been open 11 months when the closures started happening. Irene and all her staff are so helpful and kind and you can even grab a coffee while your there. This is in no way a sponsored post I just really want to see all our independent book shops thriving again. 

I want that for all book shops if I'm honest but it's always good to support the little guy because they are usually the ones who really appreciate every customer and every order they receive.
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