Ever dreamed of owning a bookstore? How about one a stone’s throw from the beach? When Francesca Wilkins realised the British seaside town of Margate didn’t have a bookshop selling new titles, she realised it was the perfect place to realise her lifelong ambition and launch her own.
Listen in for the behind-the-scenes story and the secret, in a nutshell, to running a successful bookshop.
Book recommendations
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
- The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
- Chasing the Sun by Linda Geddes
- Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Notes
You can browse The Margate Bookshop here. Francesca has also launched a new monthly subscription service.
When you buy books from bookshop.org you are supporting local bookshops, and supporting us.
