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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 £4 which includes a glass of wine.

CLASSIC BOOK CLUB: Maurice – E.M.Forster

Wednesday 11th March from 7:30pm

Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in society. Modest and generally conformist, he nevertheless finds himself increasingly attracted to his own sex. Through Clive, whom he encounters at Cambridge, and through Alec, the gamekeeper on Clive’s country estate, Maurice gradually experiences a profound emotional and sexual awakening.

A tale of passion, bravery and defiance, this intensely personal novel was completed in 1914 but remained unpublished until after Forster’s death in 1970. Compellingly honest and beautifully written, it offers a powerful condemnation of the repressive attitudes of British society, and is at once a moving love story and an intimate tale of one man’s erotic and political self-discovery. In his introduction, David Leavitt explores the significance of the novel in relation to Forster’s own life and as a founding work of modern gay literature.

The discussion will be led by Elizabeth Griffiths

 

BOOK CLUB: Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens

Wednesday 1st April  from 7:30pm

For years, rumors of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say.

Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life – until the unthinkable happens.

The discussion will be led by Jane Owen and Tim O’Kelly

 

 

Welcome to our events page. Below is a list of our current programme – please contact us for more information or if you would like to hold an event in the shop.

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MAH-JONG at One Tree Books

Tuesday afternoons from 2:30pm

Mah-Jong expert Sheila Lucas is running a 4 week course from February 25th on a Tuesday afternoon for up to 12 people. Sessions cost £10 and are suitable for beginners and intermediate players. For more details please ask in the shop or contact Sheila directly: sheilalucasme@icloud.com

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Wednesday 26th February , 6pm – Olivia Fane

Book launch: Why Sex Doesn’t matter

Olivia Fane addresses the politics, the obsessions, the misconceptions of one of the most important aspects of human existence. Is Sex Natural? Is Sex Dirty? Is Sex Loving? Is Sex about Beauty? Is Sex Political? This is a necessary and controversial book in these confused, self-obsessed, sex-obsessed and gender-fluid times, so come and join us for a glass of wine to find out more!

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Thursday 5th March, 6pm – Roger Morgan-Grenville

Book launch: Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey

Join us for a glass of wine and meet apiculturist and author Roger Morgan-Grenville, who after a chance meeting in the pub decided to take up beekeeping with his friend Duncan. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage to create a colony of beehives, finishing two years later with more honey than anyone knows what to do with. 

Pre-order your copy here: http://onetreebooks.com/liquid-gold-pre-order-page/

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Date to be confirmed: Martin Muncaster

Book Launch: The Voice, The Face

Martin will be here to launch his memoir The Voice, The Face – a fascinating account of his life and career, as the first presenter on South Today through presenting such TV shows as Songs of Praise and working extensively on Radio 4.

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