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

Fiction

The Midnight Timetable

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo

Shy Trans Banshee

The Proof of My Innocence

Cursed Daughters

Will There Ever Be Another You

What We Can Know

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

No Friend to This House

House of Day, House of Night

The Two Roberts

Picture Imperfect

Good and Evil and Other Stories

The Expansion Project

TonyInterruptor

Browse Fiction

Non-Fiction

Death of an Ordinary Man

A Short History of Queer Parenting

Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave

The Hidden Seasons

The Republic of Parenthood

The Position of Spoons

England: A Natural History

Didion & Babitz

Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs

The City and the World

Meditations for Mortals

Browse Non-Fiction

Upcoming Events

BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER

Our next Bookclub pick is Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman! We meet every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar
PISSING WOMEN WITH SOPHY RICKETT | THURSDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER

Visual artist Sophy Rickett celebrates the zingy new edition of her landmark photobook Pissing Women, which features essays by St. Vincent and Eileen Myles
CRAFTLAND WITH JAMES FOX | THURSDAY, 2 OCTOBER

Writer, art historian and broadcaster James Fox discusses his new book Craftland, a chronicle of Britain's lost arts and vanishing trades, and the people keeping them alive

Art, Photography & Music

Life in Progress

Feeding the Monster

Utterly Lazy and Inattentive

The Haunted Wood

Lessons for Young Artists

The Creative Act

Uncommon People

It Used to be Witches

A Thousand Threads

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!