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

Fiction

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

Wandering Stars

Inspector Imanishi Investigates

The Premonition

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh

May You Have Delicious Meals

Browse Fiction

Non-Fiction

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

A Training School for Elephants

Revolutionary Acts

The City of Today is a Dying Thing

Browse Non-Fiction

Upcoming Events

EXTERMINATE/REGENERATE WITH JOHN HIGGS | THURSDAY, 24 APRIL

John Higgs tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Doctor Who in his new book Exterminate/Regenerate, a time-travelling tale of change, mystery and imagination
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 30 APRIL

Our next book is Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa. The Bookshop Bookclub meets every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar
SLAGS WITH EMMA JANE UNSWORTH | THURSDAY, 1 MAY

Author Emma Jane Unsworth (Adults, Animals) talks up her brilliantly feral new novel Slags, a frank and funny evocation of friendship, sisterly bonds and teenage dreams, in conversation with fellow writer Hannah Begbie
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

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

I Thought I Heard You Speak

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!