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Sarah Kenny describes running the bookshop her grandparents founded and the challenges they faced in 2020 by Sarah Kenny, Marketing Manager for Kennys Bookshop in Galway.
Browsers at Kennys
IF THERE IS a positive story to come from the Covid-19 crisis, it is that people are reading more books and shopping locally. Books have proven to be a great way to help people through the crisis and have provided solace, escapism and a way to pass the extra hours at home.
I work in Kennys Bookshop in Galway, and for us, bookselling during the pandemic has been as exciting as it has challenging. From the first days, the demand for books hugely increased and there has been a welcome eagerness from customers to support Irish and independent businesses at such a time...
The shift to online
We hosted several author events online, including an interview with Doireann ní Ghríofa on her 2020 bestseller and our book of the year, ‘A Ghost in the Throat’, and a conversation between Tomás Kenny and Sebastian Barry which provided people with an uplifting hour of time-out.
It has also been a fabulous year for publishing in Ireland which has made our job much easier. There is constant excitement here in the bookshop on seeing new books being delivered...
They are finding ways to survive against the might of Amazon and provide
a better, and crucially, different service. Their originality and
knowledge are part of what makes bookshops so unique and universally
loved.
Source: thejournal.ie
