TENANTS WITH VICKY SPRATT | THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
What ever happened to the great British dream of ‘safe and secure housing for all’? Join us in conversation with Vicky Spratt, whose sobering book Tenants provides context to the nation's housing crisis and shares stories from those living on its front line
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Our next Bookclub pick is Shy by Max Porter! We meet every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
SUNKEN LANDS WITH GARETH E. REES | THURSDAY, 28 MARCH 2024
What can our submerged past tell us about our present and imminent future? Gareth E. Rees’s beguiling new book, Sunken Lands, may have the answer
ENCHANTMENT WITH KATHERINE MAY | TUESDAY, 5 MARCH 2024
The internationally bestselling author of Wintering discusses her beautiful new book, Enchantment
ALICE OSEMAN: HEARTSTOPPER VOL 5 BOOK SIGNING | SATURDAY, 17 FEBRURARY 2024
Meet Alice Oseman, the creator of the #1 bestselling Heartstopper series, and celebrate the release of Heartstopper Volume 5
PITY WITH ANDREW MCMILLAN | FRIDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 2024
Award-winning poet and professor of creative writing Andrew McMillan discusses his hotly anticipated debut novel, Pity
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2024
Our next Bookclub pick is The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
UNDERWORLDS WITH STEPHEN ELLCOCK | THURSDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2023
Come follow image alchemist Stephen Ellcock as he lights the way through his cavernous new book Underworlds, which drills down into subterranean realms, real and imagined
WOMEN AT THE EDGE: WITH ELINOR CLEGHORN & KATHRYN BROMWICH | THURSDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2023
Dr Elinor Cleghorn and Kathryn Bromwich discuss how and why our patriarchal society has failed women - from the misdiagnosis of chronic illness to the social othering of single women
THE LIFE & LIES OF CHARLES DICKENS WITH HELENA KELLY | THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Dr Helena Kelly presents a radical retelling of Charles Dickens' life story based on newly accessible archives, revealing a jarring alternative legacy of secret relatives, plagiarism, and dishonesty
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is Sheep’s Clothing by Celia Dale! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is The Vegetarian by Han Kang! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
REBECCA MAY JOHNSON: SMALL FIRES |
THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023
Food writer and ardent home cook Rebecca May Johnson discusses Small Fires, her radical, red hot kitchen-epic-come-memoir, as part of its UK paperback tour
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
DO YOUR OWN THING - WITH RICHARD PHOENIX+ SPECIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE |
THURSDAY, 3 AUGUST 2023
Artist and musician Richard Phoenix discusses Do Your Own Thing, his new book honouring underground arts and culture, with Robert Diament
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 26 JULY 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is The Perfect Golden Circle by Benjamin Myers! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
THE NATURE OF NARRATIVE - WITH FREYA BROMLEY & KATHRYN SCANLAN |
FRIDAY, 30 JUNE 2023
Acclaimed writers Freya Bromley (The Tidal Year) and Kathryn Scanlan (Kick the Latch / The Dominant Animal) discuss their work, their craft and the art of storytelling
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 28 JUNE 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
OCTAVIA BRIGHT: THIS RAGGED GRACE | THURSDAY, 8 JUNE 2023
Join writer and Literary Friction podcast co-host Octavia Bright as she blesses her bold and beautiful new memoir of addiction, loss, recovery and renewal, This Ragged Grace, which is set partly in Margate
DAISY BUCHANAN: LIMELIGHT – IN CONVERSATION WITH DOLLY ALDERTON | THURSDAY, 1 JUNE 2023
Author Daisy Buchanan presents her iridescent new novel Limelight, a story of sexuality, sisterhood, and self-esteem, in a special release-day interview with fellow writer Dolly Alderton
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is The Way the Day Breaks by David Roberts! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
COSMIC MISCHIEF: WITH STEPHEN ELLCOCK & ZOE GILBERT | THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
Stephen Ellcock and Zoe Gilbert bring us along on a wayward dance through the hidden history of English mischief-making. The pair talk all things folkloric, and together seek meaning amid cosmic chaos
THE SLEEP WATCHER - MARGATE LAUNCH | POSTPONED, NEW DATE TCB
Come celebrate the publication of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's beguiling and compelling new novel, The Sleep Watcher. She will be in conversation with Eli Goldstone, journalist and author of Strange Heart Beating
SUSTAINABILITY IN THANET | THURSDAY, 27 APRIL 2023
To celebrate the launch of Georgina Wilson-Powell's new book 365 Ways to Save the Planet, we have invited her and two local experts to discuss sustainability in Thanet
ROSEWATER MARGATE LAUNCH | MONDAY, 24 APRIL 2023
Come celebrate the publication of Liv Little’s debut novel, Rosewater. Liv will be in conversation with Ruby Rare to discuss this moving ode to queer love and friendship.
DENAI MOORE: PLENTIFUL | THURSDAY, 20 APRIL 2023
Come celebrate the launch of Denai Moore’s Vegan Jamaican cookbook. Soulful, modern and expressive, the book celebrates her roots whilst breaking from many of the taboos that surround Jamaican food
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
NANCY CAMPBELL: THUNDERSTONE | THURSDAY, 6 APRIL 2023
Nancy Campbell reads from and discusses her beautifully poetic, raw and intimate new book, Thunderstone – a true story of losing one home and discovering another
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 29 MARCH 2023
Our next Bookclub pick is I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH CAMBODIA | THURSDAY, 16 MARCH 2023
Dee Peyok discusses her funny, tragic and moving history of Cambodia's lost golden age of pop, Away From Beloved Lover
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2023
The Margate Bookshop’s very own book club launches this February! We’ll be meeting every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar - click the link for details.
EMILY HENSON: CREATE | THURSDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2022
Emily Henson discusses her new book, which champions creativity before consumption, sustainability, reinvention and how to create a home that is truly unique
ENGLAND ON FIRE | THURSDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2022
As the nights draw in and the days grow stranger, join us on a visual journey through Albion's psychic landscape, guided by Stephen Ellcock and Howard Cunnell
