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Books At One Community Fund 2025 to support independent Limerick bookstore
Quay Books in Limerick City was successful following a national call for submissions to deliver interesting and innovative community initiatives.
Quay Books in Limerick City is to receive a grant as part of €100,000 fund to bring Community Ideas to life
A local independent Limerick bookstore has secured a grant of up to €5,000 as part of the Books At One Community Fund 2025. Quay Books in Limerick City was successful following a national call for submissions to deliver interesting and innovative community initiatives.
The announcement of the store came as Books At One today announced that 21 stores across the country would receive funding as part of the Books At One Community Prize Fund. Each winning independent Irish bookstore will receive a grant of up to €5,000 to deliver a unique community engagement initiative that reimagines how bookshops can serve as creative and social hubs across Ireland.
The Books At One Community Fund, supported by The One Foundation, was launched to support independent bookshop owners in helping bring creative ways to connect with their local communities, where they may not have had the resource or finance to do previously.
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Whether through inclusive cultural events, youth workshops, or storytelling festivals, the initiative will assist independent bookstores to bring innovative ideas to life which will benefit their local communities.
Following the announcement, Pat McMahon of Quay Books wrote on Insatgram saying, “We love books, stories. We like free, open, passionate universes, and those who dare to live in them. That is why we run a small bookstore near Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick, where we try to make different books and other ideas possible.
“Through a series of events over the coming months, we will implement this philosophy and make it a reality. We will host events and activities which emerge organically, with lots of room for spontaneity and creativity.
“A bookstore is shelter, oxygen, a caress, knowledge, joy, surprise, a conversation, discovery, someone once said. That is very true. In the coming months, through our programme, you will hear from people for whom a book is oxygen or a caress. We are excited to bring this initiative to life through a host of community-driven ideas and events. It would not be possible for us to do this without the generous funding from the #BooksAtOneCommunityFund.”
Quay Books joins 20 other bookshops to receive the grant, which enables supports bookstore owners to create “interesting ways their store could be used for community engagement”.
“Books At One are delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 Community Fund. This fund was developed to support independent bookstore owners in creating new and interesting ways their store could be used for community engagement, creating more welcoming spaces that reflect the voices in their local towns. We believe the power of a bookshop goes far beyond bookshelves and look forward to seeing how these ideas come to life across the country” said Eoghan Stack, Chairperson of The One Foundation.
The winning ideas will be brought to life over the coming months, across towns and cities with events and activities that put people and stories at the heart of community life.
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