A small shop with
a long memory
We opened The Margin in a former print works because a room that once made books felt like the right place to keep them alive.
The people who write the notes
Rae Sundqvist
Will not stop talking about translated literature. Ask about the staff shelf.
Sam Okeke
Runs Poetry at Dusk. Believes every poem is shorter than your commute.
Theo Marsh
Has a sixth sense for first editions and a weakness for marginalia.
How we shelve
Read before recommended
Nothing reaches the front table until a bookseller has read it and written the shelf-talker by hand.
Used & rare, fairly priced
Second-hand books are meant to be read again — not locked in a cabinet. We price for readers.
A room to stay in
The reading room is free, always. Bring your own book if you like; the coffee is on us after noon.
Stop by and say hello
14 Hawkstone Lane, by the old print works. Open Tuesday to Sunday.
Find us & subscribe →Host a reading, run a workshop
Our back room seats twenty-five and comes with lamplight, a small PA, and as much coffee as a literary evening requires. We host launches, workshops, and the occasional very civilised argument about endings.
fig. 4 — the back room