West Wicklow Bookstore In The Running For Children’s Bookseller Of The Year 2019 UK And Ireland

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 14:25

By Hugh O'Farrell Walsh

The Blessington Bookstore is the only bookshop in Ireland to feature in the shortlist, competing against eight other book shops in the UK.

The winner will be announced at British Book Awards gala in Grosvenor House, London on May 13th

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