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

Fiction

Nova Scotia House

Sisters in Yellow

Look What You Made Me Do

Women Without Men

Taiwan Travelogue

Death and the Gardener

Show Don't Tell

The Barbecue at No.9

Three Days in June

Browse Fiction

Non-Fiction

Lifeboat at the End of the World

Hidden Portraits

We Are Not Numbers

Is a River Alive?

Half-Bads in White Regalia

Careless People

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Things in Nature Merely Grow

A World Appears

The Eyes of Gaza

Escape From Capitalism

Browse Non-Fiction

Upcoming Events

CALIFORNIA GOLD WITH JODIE CHAPMAN | THURSDAY, 2 APRIL

Kent-based author Jodie Chapman discusses her dazzling new novel California Gold, a transatlantic tale of desire, dreams and dysfunctional families
GERTRUDE STEIN: AN AFTERLIFE WITH FRANCESCA WADE | THURSDAY, 9 APRIL

Author Francesca Wade discusses her new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, a biography and a 'literary detective story' as radical as its subject
BOYHOOD WITH DAVID KEENAN | THURSDAY, 16 APRIL

Cult author David Keenan discusses his visionary new novel Boyhood, a joyful and magical ode to youth, to dreams and to the great city of Glasgow
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL

Our next Bookclub pick is She Who Remains by Rene Karabash! We meet every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar.

Art, Photography & Music

One Hundred Lyrics and a Poem

Even the Good Girls Will Cry

Light and Thread

Volcanic Tongue

William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love

Strange Things Are Happening

How to Live an Artful Life

Bread of Angels

A Complicated Woman

The Word for World

The Future of Truth

The Secret Painter

Life in Progress

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!