The Best of Times Bookshop & Cafe

26/09/2026

A great shame if this amazing house is allowed to fall further into ruin.

Save and restore Margate’s Tudor House and Museum

05/09/2026

https://share.google/1AKBUWlU4qG19ZOvN - do come if you’re free. It’ll be a great night.

By Jessica Taggart Rose From wolves in Northern Europe to bison and beavers in Kent and wildflower meadows in Broadstairs, rewilding has its successes and its saboteurs. Best of Times bookshop in B…

28/08/2026

Sketched the shopfront - should I colour it?

26/08/2026

Just two weeks until the wonderful Zoe Gilbert and Adam Weymouth come to talk about Rewilding and bringing nature back to our environs. Tickets are selling fast: click the event link below.

12/08/2026

We now have lots of signed first edition hardbacks in-store, as well as a good selection of classic hardback fantasy.

02/08/2026

I think you’d have to say Liz Bentley - "Confessions of a Wounded Healer" at the shop last night was a resounding success. A sell-out in fact. Confessions, comedy, and punk ukulele!

27/07/2026

Tickets are still available for our first ever event on Sat Aug 1st at 7pm - the hilarious and revealing "Confessions of a Wounded Healer" by comedian / psychotherapist Liz Bentley, who will also be signing copies of her revealing memoir. Tickets: https://www.bestoftimesbooks.com/events