Independent bookshop in the heart of the Old Town, a stone’s throw from the sea

Fiction

Tell Me Everything

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

Vanishing World

The Heart in Winter

The Book of Guilt

Friends and Lovers

BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB PICK: All Fours

The Emperor of Gladness

Evenings and Weekends

Browse Fiction

Non-Fiction

The Secret Public

I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

No Straight Road Takes You There

Is a River Alive?

Enchanted Ground

The Underground Sea

Dysphoria Mundi

What the Wild Sea Can Be

My Good Bright Wolf

Story of a Murder

Hidden Portraits

Browse Non-Fiction

Upcoming Events

WHAT THE WILD SEA CAN BE WITH HELEN SCALES | SUNDAY, 8 JUNE

Marine biologist Helen Scales discusses her new book What the Wild Sea Can Be, a bracing yet hopeful exploration of the future of the world's ocean, with photographer and filmmaker Rebecca Douglas
IT USED TO BE WITCHES WITH RYAN GILBEY | THURSDAY, 12 JUNE

Film critic Ryan Gilbey discusses his new book It Used to be Witches, a treasure-hunt through queer cinema past and present, in conversation with Ryan J. Smith
DEEP HOUSE WITH JEREMY ATHERTON LIN | THURSDAY, 19 JUNE

Essayist Jeremy Atherton Lin discusses his new book Deep House, a hybrid of queer cultural history and radically intimate memoir, in conversation with Margate-based writer Mendez
SALTWATER MANSIONS WITH DAVID WHITEHOUSE | THURSDAY, 19 JUNE

David Whitehouse discusses his new book Saltwater Mansions, which unravels the strange case of a missing Margate woman and other untold stories
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 25 JUNE

Our next book is All Fours by Miranda July. The Bookshop Bookclub meets every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar

Art, Photography & Music

It Used to be Witches

A Thousand Threads

Where We Come From

The Secret Painter

Volcanic Tongue

The Promised Party

Uncommon People

Browse Art, Photography & Music

Shop Gifts & Cards

Margate & Seaside

All the Devils are Here

The Shell Spotter’s Guide

Lost to the Sea

What to Look For by the Shore

An Opinionated Guide to Margate

Illustrated Tales of Kent

The Draw of the Sea

The Seaweed Collector's Handbook

Shell Life on the Seashore

England's South Coast

The Book of Tides

What a Shell Can Tell

Seaside-themed highlights

Free Books for Schools

Free Books for Schools

Thanks to our customers The Margate Bookshop has raised over £5000 to buy books for local primary schools!