Margate Bookshop Bookclub

29th April 2026

Fort Road Hotel Bar

Discussing She Who Remains by Rene Karabash at Fort Road Hotel Bar in Margate

6.30pm - 9pm

An atmospheric modern fable of revelations, regrets and roads not taken from Bulgarian author Karabash and translator Izidora Angel, the International Booker-longlisted She Who Remains begins perched high in the Albanian Alps, as a woman named Bekija flees an arranged marriage by taking a vow of chastity.

As a ‘sworn virgin’, living freely with a new name, Bekija chooses to live as a man; an act of liberation that creates shockwaves for their family and for their lover. Years later, while Bekija - now Matija - looks back on their life with a visiting reporter, painful secrets from the past start to surface, and they reflect on all that might have been...

The Bookclub is open to all and there’s no requirement to read every book and turn up to every meeting, come whenever you fancy!

The wonderful Fort Road Hotel will be hosting meet-ups in their basement bar with a delicious selection of drinks and snacks.

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