A brightly coloured space that already has two large plush armchairs in place. Piles of books are stacked on semi-constructed shelving. Somewhat a work-in-progress... ready to be moulded further by those who use it!
Sé, the mastermind behind it all, calls out for local support: “I’m looking for your help! If you’ve got any books you’d like to donate and if you’re a Margate queer writer, self-published or zine maker, I would love to have your books and work in this space.”
“The space will open as something imperfect but organic and growing,” Sè says. “And I want it to be something people can feed into how it looks.”
The plans for the space are big... a reading garden out the back, a creative studio up the stairs, a shelf for locally made and independently published zines, and reading windows for people who are unable to navigate the basement stairs.
There are also hopes for reading groups, discussions and initiatives for people looking to access the library and archive to research points of interest for art, studies and the like.
Library hours are currently Thursday, Friday & Saturday... 11am-4pm