** We have temporarily removed the option to post online orders because we can’t guarantee orders will arrive before Christmas. If you would like items posted, please contact us directly on 045 482 777. **Read More

Due to the Level 5 restrictions currently in place until 1st December, we are currently operating a click-and-collect or postal service only.We are working to update our website to include as much of our stock as possible but you can still order books, stationery, cards, gift vouchers etc either through the Shop link above, by...Read More

We are currently open Monday to Friday, from 10am to 5pm. Only one person or group are allowed into the bookshop at a time. Browsing appointments may be made by phoning or emailing. Thank you for your patience!Read More

We are currently operating behind closed doors. You can order either through the website, by emailing woodbinebooks at gmail.com, or contacting us using our social media. You can also phone the bookshop and leave a message.We will reopen on 8th of June as part of Phase 2 of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.Read More

As per the latest Government directive, we are now CLOSED until further notice. We will be in touch with all customers who have open orders as soon as we are permitted to re-open. You can still order through the website but orders will not be processed until 12th April at the earliest.Stay safe and keep...Read More

In an effort to protect our staff and customers, Woodbine Books will be operating behind closed doors from Wednesday 18th March.We are working to update our website to include as much of our stock as possible but you can still order books, stationery, cards, gift vouchers etc either by phoning 045 482 777, emailing woodbinebooks@gmail.com...Read More

An evening of seasonal music, poetry, laughter and prose from the pens of Patrick Kavanagh, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Mary Oliver and Laurie Lee, with new work from Angela Keogh and John MacKenna and music penned by the Fleet Foxes, Jackson Brown, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell,Gretchen Peters and Shane Sullivan plus traditional Christmas songs. With...Read More

Renowned author, zoologist, ethnologist and painter Desmond Morris will launch his latest book, ‘Postures:  Body Language in Art’, in which he analyses a wide range of imagery, from prehistoric masks, Greek statues, Renaissance frescoes and old master paintings to folk and contemporary art.Read More

Following on from the success of last year’s Calendar, produced as part of the Kilcullen 700 celebrations, the Kilcullen Photography Club are launching a 2020 calendar.Read More

John MacKenna will launch ‘A Risky Business:  Growing Up In Kilcullen In The Fifties’ by Eithne Logan (formerly Brennan), a series of essays based on Eithne’s childhood in Kilcullen.Read More

Local artist Lesley Kelly will exhibit a collection of her ceramic pieces.Read More

Thursday, 10th October / 6pm / WOODBINE BOOKS, KILCULLENKilcullen Library and Woodbine Books present Patricia Gibney(045) 482 193 / kilcullenlib@kildarecoco.ieKilcullen Library in association with Woodbine Books is excited to present a special evening with Mullingar author, Patricia Gibney. Patricia is a successful crime novelist whose work includes the police procedurals; The Missing Ones and The...Read More

28th of September to Kilkenny for the Medieval Mile Walking Tour, inspired by Her Kind by Niamh Boyce.Read More

We are holding a coffee morning to help raise awareness of the local businesses we have on our doorstep. The focus of the first coffee morning will be on local businesses providing services to parents and children. Lynda from Sonny Bear will be here with some samples of her beautiful children’s clothing, along with Sleep...Read More

Join us for the launch of Pog, the new novel from the author of the bestselling children’s book Tin.David and Penny arrive in a strange new home in a forest. Other creatures live here – magical creatures – like Pog. He’s one of the First Folk, tasked with protecting the boundary between the worlds. But...Read More