Celebrating the phenomenal contribution that bookshops make to Irish culture and the economy, Irish Book Week is back!

The annual week-long celebration, which launched in 2018, is an innovative partnership between Bookselling Ireland and Publishing Ireland.

On Twitter, Irish authors and book lovers are marking the occasion with the hashtag #IrishBookWeek.

Liz Nugent has urgent people to "Quick, buy a load of books for  the love of God, in case they close the bookshops for #levelnineandthreequarters".

It’s Irish Book Week. Quick, buy a load of books for the love of God, in case they close the bookshops for #levelnineandthreequarters #IrishBookWeek #fiction #history #diy #selfimprovement #biograohy #childrensbooks #photography #poetry #essays #whateveryourehavingyourself #read pic.twitter.com/UZc8yyi51U

— Liz Nugent (@lizzienugent) October 19, 2020

Cian from The Maynooth Bookshop, "a second-generation independent bookseller", has taken over the popular @ireland Twitter account – and "will be talking about bookselling, bookshops, and all things books."

Hi, I’m Cian @MaynoothBooks. I’m a second-generation independent bookseller. My family have 3 shops @MaynoothBooks, @MUBookshop and @CampusBooks. I will be talking about bookselling, bookshops, and all things books. Happy #IrishBookWeek! pic.twitter.com/SEUGQLT1oh

— Ireland / Laura (@ireland) October 19, 2020

Irish-Bangladeshi Writer Adiba Jaigirdar has shared "a thread of books by Irish POC you should pick up".

Since it's #IrishBookWeek, here's a thread of books by Irish POC you should pick up!

— Adiba Jaigirdar (on hiatus) (@adiba_j) October 18, 2020

To mark the occasion, we'll also be revisiting some classic Hot Press interviews with Irish authors across the week!