The Horse and the Girl

We love hearing from Madeleine. As the founding Editor of Write On! magazine, published by Pen to Print, she’s always got great things to chat about. And when that chat is about her new books, we can’t wait to hear more. We caught up with her to talk about her latest poetry collection, The Horse […]

Outsiders Welcome with Elise Valmorbida

Elise Valmorbida

We love having Elise Valmorbida at our lit fests, as she always brings something new and dynamic to the festival. The Outsiders Welcome creative writing workshop we had at our June Bookie was no exception. Margate Bookie chats with her about The Happy Writing Book and her event with us.           […]

The Breakup Monologues with Rosie Wilby

The Breakup Monologues front cover

The fantastic comedian and author Rosie Wilby took us into our Friday evening at the June Bookie. We catch up with her as she shares more about her latest book The Breakup Monologues and how her event went. What’s The Breakup Monologues all about? The Breakup Monologues is my second book and follows many years of research into […]

The Story is Everything launch with Andreas Loizou

The Story is Everything book cover

We loved the launch of Margate Bookie founder and CEO’s new book, The Story is Everything at our June lit fest. Read on for our chat with Andreas Loizou about his book writing journey and what went on at his event.               What’s The Story is Everything all about? […]

Life as a Debut Author with Chloe Timms

Front cover for Chloe Timm's book, The Seawomen, a blue background with an island appearing like a mermaid.

We’ve loved having Chloe Timms appearing at our events for years, and have thoroughly enjoyed watching her develop and grow as a writer and speaker. Now, we’re so proud to have seen her take centre stage in her own event at Margate Bookie. We catch up for a chat with Chloe about her chat with […]

Seaside Stories with Zoe Gilbert

Zoe Gilbert

As we have a chill moment from our Margate Bookie June litfest, we catch up with Zoe Gilbert to chat about her Seaside Stories event.   What’s Seaside Stories all about? It’s about finding inspiration for new stories in old ones –specifically saltwater folk tales. Everyone finds their own meanings in folk tales and folklore, and that’s true of […]

Careering with Daisy Buchanan

Careering front cover

In the wake of our fabulous June lit fest, Margate Bookie has been chatting to Daisy Buchanan about her amazing new novel and her amazing event.   What’s Careering all about? Careering is a comedy about what happens when you do a job you love, but you’re starting to realise it’s never going to love you back. Imogen, the eternal […]

14 Anthology Launch with Richard Skinner

14 Anthology front cover

We’re checking in with Richard Skinner after his brilliant 14 Anthology Launch at the June Margate Bookie to find out who took part and what happened at this amazing reading event. What’s the 14 Anthology all about? 14 magazine is an annual poetry magazine devoted to poems of fourteen lines only and is published by […]

The A-Z of business storytelling

We’re looking forward to the release of Andreas Loizou’s new book, The Story is Everything.  An in-depth guide to mastering creative communication for business, it’s sure to be a must-read for all. On the run-up to his big day, we’ve been sharing Andreas’ A – Z of Business Storytelling on social media. For those of […]

The Story is Everything

Andreas Loizou's forthcoming book, The Story is Everything: Mastering Creative Communication for Business.

At Margate Bookie, we love telling you about new books that share our love of literature and storytelling. It’s also great when a member of Team Bookie brings a new publication out. And this month, we’re cheering on the release of our Founder and friend, Andreas Loizou.