Welcome

****UPDATE*****

After the Lavant Street fire on Thursday 3rd July, we are now very pleased to announce that we have a new premises in Petersfield at 33 Chapel Street. We are now working very hard to get our shop up and running as soon as possible and will share all our updates on here. We are still able to take orders and enquiries online and over the phone so please get in touch and we will get books to you as soon as we can. Books can also be ordered from our page on Bookshop.org Thank you to everyone who has sent us messages of support – we are so grateful to you all.

One Tree Books is an award-winning independent bookshop established by Tim O’Kelly in 1994 situated in the market town of Petersfield in the heart of the South Downs. As you would expect, we are passionate about all things literary and if you can’t find something to tempt you from our extensive selection in the shop, we can order in just about anything. Come and browse our shelves, and then relax with a coffee from Ginger’s café to complete your visit – we look forward to welcoming you!

Bookshop Opening Hours

9:00 – 5pm Monday to Saturday
Closed on Sundays

Cafe – Ginger’s Catering

9:00 – 4pm Monday to Saturday
Closed on Sundays

Listen to Tim and Suzie Wilde talking all things books on Petersfield’s very own Shine Radio!

https://shineradio.uk/talkingbooks

Click on the image below for Tim’s top bestselling books this week – and visit our Bestsellers page to buy them from Bookshop.org

View our Top Ten on Instagram here

Book Club

CLASSIC BOOK CLUB:

So Long, See You Tomorrow – William Maxwell

Wednesday 23rd July – 7:15 for :7:30pm

This meeting will now take place in Madeleine’s Kitchen on Lavant Street – we are so grateful to Antonia, Kathryn and their team for making this happen.

In the quiet farmlands of Illinois, two lonely teenagers – bound by the burden of their rural lives – forge a delicate friendship. But when jealousy ignites between their farming families, it leads to unthinkable tragedy, and severs their bond forever. Fifty years later, haunted by the past, the narrator seeks to piece together those harrowing events and find redemption for a lifetime of regret.

BOOK CLUB:

Shy Creatures – Clare Chambers

Wednesday 17th September – 7:15 for :7:30pm

***Venue to be confirmed***

Croydon, 1964. Art therapist Helen Hansford is working in a psychiatric hospital, where she has been having passionate but precarious affair with her married colleague, the charismatic Dr Gil Rudden.

Helen’s structured life is upended when William Tapping – a silent, thirty-seven-year-old man with a beard down to his waist – arrives at the hospital. As Helen helps William express himself through art, she becomes increasingly entangled in his mysterious past.

Everyone is welcome – either let us know beforehand or just turn up on the night. If you would like to be added to the emailing list just go to our contacts page and put your details in with ‘Book Club’ in the Subject line. Our book club meetings cost £5 which includes a glass of wine.

Events

Ginger’s Café

A vegetarian and plant-based friendly catering company, with a seating area at the back of the shop and takeaway service from the front.

Breakfast is served from 9 - 11.30am, and lunch between 11am - 2:30pm. Menu includes sandwiches and toasties, soup of the day, a selection of quiches, frittatas and salad and locally baked cakes. Our speciality coffee is Luna blend from a local roasting company - Moon Roast Coffee in Alresford.

We try our best to use products and suppliers that are at least one of the golden 4: Organic; Local; Reduced plastic; Reduced carbon imprint.

Book Doctor

An appointment with our book doctor makes a great gift - for a birthday or a wedding, or just to treat yourself or a friend. Our personal service begins with a consultation usually lasting 30 minutes or so which includes coffee and a welcome pack, discussing your reading tastes and getting an idea of what you love most about books. We then send out a monthly book choice to any address in the UK (other destinations available on request).

Prices start at £75 for 6 months, or £150 for 12 months.

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