Reset – A Margate Bookie Zine – Issue 2
Here we go again…
As we in the UK re-enter lockdown and continue to face a difficult situation, Margate Bookie is trying our very best to support and stay connected with our community and the literary world.
Learn to produce online events with Margate Bookie
Margate Bookie invites young people from across Thanet to join them as young producers for a series of online literature events to launch early in 2021. Working with leaders in their fields, young people aged 18-30 will have the opportunity to create, develop, and produce events by young people, for young people and contribute overall […]
Emily Midorikawa – female friendships and secret sisterhood
On Thursday 15 October at 7.30pm Margate Bookie hosted Samantha Ellis, author of How to be a Heroine, in conversation with Emily Midorikawa. Emily Midorikawa is the author of A Secret Sisterhood: The hidden friendships of Austen, Brontё, Eliot, and Woolf (co-written with Emma Claire Sweeney). Emily’s writing has appeared in the likes of the […]
Take part and watch it grow – the Interactive Map of Margate!
A Different LENS is emotional cartography. We’re working with artists and community to bring the map to life. The map entries engage with authors who became blind or visually impaired during their lifetime. It makes connections with Margate through the contributions of artists and community members from East Kent Mencap. Maps are somehow shy. But […]
Something different – the Interactive Map of Margate launches tomorrow!
A Different LENS is an interactive map, produced by Elspeth Penfold through the artist group Thread and Word. The map uses locative media and can be accessed through a URL on a phone or computer. All you need is the link. Immerse yourself in Milton, poet’s corner, psychogeography, Newgate Gap, James Thurber and personal responses […]
Catching up with Film Fest judge Sylvie Bolioli
We’re super excited to be running the Bookie Film Fest, a two week online event that features some of the best films from up and coming writers, producers, and directors. We thought it was worth checking in with some of the judges, as our line up of Dan Dalton, Dale Shaw, Kate Williamson (Margate Film Festival), Sylvie […]
A chat with Film Fest judge Dale Shaw
We’re super excited to be running the Bookie Film Fest, a two week online event that features some of the best films from up and coming writers, producers, and directors. We thought it was worth checking in with some of the judges, as our line up of Dan Dalton, Dale Shaw, Kate Williamson (Margate Film Festival), Sylvie […]
A chat with winner of the Bookie Slam 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A chat with Jocelyn Mosman, winner of the Bookie Slam 2020 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Long term lovers of the Margate Bookie know that the Bookie Slam is one of our annual highlights. In fact, more than annual, we have toured it around other Kent festivals, and it has always gone down a treat. This year poetry […]
The Great Indoors ‘zine
Let us welcome you all into The Great Indoors. While staying indoors can be challenging for most of us, we realise that sometimes there are things that we can do from the confines of our homes, while we are staying safe and saving lives. Creativity and expression is key. In this zine, curated by Justin […]
Write On! Extra: Sharing stories of experience, strength and hope by and for real people in this time of crisis
During this Covid-19 crisis, it has never been more important to have a safe space to share stories. Write On! the quarterly print magazine and online forum, published by Pen to Print[1], has created one, extending its online reach while making this spring’s issue, featuring Luan Goldie and sponsored by Penguin, available on pentoprint.org from […]