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

Fiction

What We Can Know

The End of Everything

A Real Piece of Work

The Silver Book

A Mask the Colour of the Sky

We Pretty Pieces of Flesh

TonyInterruptor

The Expansion Project

Shy Trans Banshee

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness

Life Cycle of a Moth

The Emperor of Gladness

Borderline Fiction

The Midnight Train

I Want You to Be Happy

The Things We Never Say

The Impossible Fortune

Browse Fiction

Non-Fiction

Mother Mary Comes to Me

The Butterfly Season

The Queer Bookshelf

The Book of Mysteries

The Book of Birds

The Serviceberry

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal

The Fire in the Mountain

Browse Non-Fiction

Upcoming Events

STONE LANDS WITH FIONA ROBERTSON | THURSDAY, 11 JUNE

Author Fiona Robertson discusses her megalithic new memoir Stone Lands, a personal journey of grief, magic and memory through Britain's ancient places
ALL GROWN UP WITH DAISY BUCHANAN | THURSDAY, 18 JUNE

Margate legend Daisy Buchanan discusses her hilarious and heartfelt new novel All Grown Up, a fun family saga and 21st century twist on Little Women.
A REAL PIECE OF WORK WITH FREYA BROMLEY | THURSDAY, 25 JUNE

The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley discusses her sparkling debut novel A Real Piece of Work, a nuanced study of grief, secrets and storytelling within one fractured family.
BOOKSHOP BOOKCLUB | WEDNESDAY, 24 JUNE

Our next Bookclub pick is Cooking in the Wrong Century by Teresa Präauer! We meet every last Wednesday of the month at Fort Road Bar.

Art, Photography & Music

The Polyester Book of (Bad) Taste

My Cantopop Nights

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea

It Used to be Witches

No Time to Spare

It's Only Forever

The Power of 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

Tracey Emin: A Second Life

Strange Things Are Happening

How to Live an Artful Life

Browse Art, Photography & Music

Shop Gifts & Cards

Margate & Seaside

A Brief History of the Coast in 100 Objects

To the Sea by Train

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

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!