Margate Bookshop Bookclub

28th January 2026

Fort Road Hotel Bar

Discussing Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy at Fort Road Hotel Bar

6.30pm

A suspenseful story of a storm, a stranger and a whole mess of secrets on a tiny weatherbeaten island, the novel explores the extreme lengths people are prepared to go to protect their loved ones. When the Salt family, caretakers and sole inhabitants of the remote isle of Shearwater, find a mysterious woman washed up on the beach, they take her in while she regains her strength. As the Salts begin to realise the woman, Rowan, is not who she claims to be, she too comes to suspect that they're hiding something...

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 hosting the meet-ups in their basement bar with a delicious selection of drinks and snacks.

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