more than just a bookshop!

Radical, independent, locally-owned bookshop and community hub. Events space, crafts room, reading room, and lots of resources. Everyone is welcome!

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Here are some new paperback releases I am excited about! ✨📚 ✨ 🥊 Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel - exploring the intimacies of physical competition, the story of eight teen girls in a boxing competition, filled with joy and violence ✨🎨 Biography of
This Sunday, overlapping with our monthly LGBT social space, there will be an opportunity to engage with migrant solidarity in the form of letter writing. Join us for tea, conversation, and action! ✉️ ✨❤️
ReactiveAshley on Twitter has written an excellent guide in opting out of having our data shared with Cass. You can find the link in our bio to the entire article and the email templates (which include templates for parents and guardians writing on
Happy weekend! ☀️🌱🌼 We have some new nature themed board books for you and your families to enjoy as we embrace the spring season! Come on down to #Folkestone 💚 🌊 ✨
2024 April events at the The Folkestone Bookshop! Our tickets are close to sold out for our Transgressive Horror and Screen Deep events, so don't miss out. Links in our bios and our website. 📚
We have given our kids graphic novel section some much needed love! Thanks to all the children during this half-term who gave us some excellent recommendations to add to our shelves. (Don't worry adults, you can find the adult section on the flipsi
What do we have on some of our tables at the moment 👀 What themes would you like to see on our table displays?