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

Fiction

The Emperor of Gladness

Evenings and Weekends

Your Love is Not Good

The Night Alphabet

On the Calculation of Volume I

There Are Rivers in the Sky

The Ministry of Time

The Gentleman From Peru

Nova Scotia House

Manny and the Baby

Browse Fiction

Non-Fiction

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

The Rising Down

A Body Made of Glass

How to Win an Information War

The Garden Against Time

Men Explain Things To Me

A History of Women In 101 Objects

Browse Non-Fiction

Upcoming Events

NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE WITH CHARLIE PORTER | THURSDAY, 8 MAY

Author, journalist and curator Charlie Porter discusses his debut work of fiction, Nova Scotia House, a story of queer love, loss and liberation. He'll be in conversation with Ryan J. Smith
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY

Our next book is Clean by Alia Trabucco Zeran. The Bookshop Bookclub meets every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar
CHILDREN OF RADIUM WITH JOE DUNTHORNE | THURSDAY, 22 MAY

Author Joe Dunthorne discusses his new book Children of Radium, a family memoir of convenient lies and unsayable truths

Art, Photography & Music

Where We Come From

The Secret Painter

Volcanic Tongue

The Promised Party

Uncommon People

Bodies of Sound

The Position of Spoons

If Nick Drake Came to My House

The Vast Extent

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!