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- [Tim's Blog](https://www.onetreebooks.com/blog/)
- [Spies](https://www.onetreebooks.com/53304-2/) - The modern spy thriller can be said to date from 1963. In that year John Le Carre’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold was published to great acclaim. It was a world away from the glamorous Ian Fleming creation James Bond or Len Deighton’s Harry Palmer from The Ipcress File. The key differences
- [Lockdown Reading Pt.1](https://www.onetreebooks.com/lockdown-reading-pt-1/) - So much time – so many books to read. Did you read those books that you bought ages ago and then thought better of? Or maybe those Christmas presents that you never got around to? How about those Classics that you always meant to read but they were just too long or too uninspiring…. Did
- [Tim's Book Review of 2019](https://www.onetreebooks.com/tims-book-review-of-2019/) - BOOKS OF 2019 Themes of the year: 1. Nature writing Wilding - Isabella Tree 2. The Law The Secret Barrister - Anonymous 3. Quiz Books O/S Quiz book The British Library quiz book 4. Spies The Spy and the Traitor - Ben Macintyre A Foreign Country - Charles Cumming Secret Service - Tom Bradby White
- [Posh Bingo](https://www.onetreebooks.com/posh-bingo/) - The Booker was famously derided by Julian Barnes as “posh bingo”. His beef (until he won it of course) was that the prize had become a lottery. The vagaries of the judging panel, the personality clashes, the cryptic comments made by the Chair, all these had made picking a logical winner all but impossible. Which
- [Parliamentary Review](https://www.onetreebooks.com/parliamentary-review/) - One of the unexpected things about bookselling is the number of people who spend a lot of money getting their book published. In theory if your book is good enough to be in print someone will pay you money to do so. There are however a number of unscrupulous people who are ready to fleece
- [Tim's Best Books of 2018](https://www.onetreebooks.com/tims-best-books-of-2018/) - BOOKS OF 2018 Themes of the year 1.First World War Where they Kill Captains - Douglas Butler The General - CS Forrester The Dust that Falls from Dreams - Louis de Bernieres So Much Life Left Over - Louis de Bernieres 2.Medical This is Going to Hurt - Adam Kay 3.Spy Biography The Spy and
- [Books of the Year](https://www.onetreebooks.com/books-of-the-year/) - Books of the year is a fairly loose description of a talk I gave recently. At the bottom of this piece is a list of the titles and as you can see they are a fairly idiosyncratic bunch. I start with some winners of the major prizes, although as this also includes a couple of
- [January resolutions](https://www.onetreebooks.com/january-resolutions/) - It is coming to that time of year when the earnest declarations of New Year resolutions start to fade. For most people it is the intention to eat and drink less and exercise more that hits the buffers but for the bookish it may be the desire to read more and spend less time looking
- [When an author dies..](https://www.onetreebooks.com/when-an-author-dies/) - When an author dies, publishers are quick to republish their backlist – with no one to promote their books this may be the last chance to get their writer to the attention of potential readers. For the book buyer it is a reminder about that author you always meant to read but never quite got
- [World Book Day 2016](https://www.onetreebooks.com/world-book-day-2016/) - Recent pictures in the press of World Book Day in schools have majored on pupils dressed up as book characters for obvious reasons – children wearing funny colourful outfits make for good photographs. The reality in a lot of schools is quite different who see it as an opportunity to focus on the written word
- [Off Work Pt.2](https://www.onetreebooks.com/off-work-pt-2/) - Historical fiction varies just as widely in quality as any other genre. It swings from the brilliance of Hilary Mantel or Patrick O’Brian to the most banal of romances. At their best they offer a view into another world but even the straightforward ones give a glimpse into the past. Devil is the first in
- [Off Work Part 1..](https://www.onetreebooks.com/off-work-part-1/) - Being off work is a great excuse to catch up with the reading. Unfortunately hospital is not a brilliant place for concentrating on serious fiction but it is a good test for thrillers – can they distract and entertain? The new Lee Child, Make Me, is some way off his best. Jack Reacher is as
- [Trends](https://www.onetreebooks.com/trends/) - A journalist rang the other day to ask what everybody was reading this summer. There are always trends going on in publishing but because of the time lag between writing and the finished copy arriving in bookshops, an avalanche of copycats arrive just too late to sell in the quantities the optimistic publisher desires. There
- [Baileys](https://www.onetreebooks.com/baileys/) - The Baileys Women’s prize for Fiction is one of those strange beasts – a competition open to only half the population. With good cause, it might be argued, as recent research has shown that the Booker prize - that pre-eminent and most prestigious of awards - has produced an overwhelming number of male authors on
- [Making Lists](https://www.onetreebooks.com/making-lists/) - Making lists is always fun. I recently gave myself the challenge of picking one book from each of the last twenty-one years for a special person’s birthday. It meant a highly pleasurable trawl through bookshelves and a less entertaining search of endless websites. I wanted to include some meaty non-fiction - Long Walk to Freedom,
- [Ian McEwan](https://www.onetreebooks.com/ian-mcewan/) - The wonderfully divisive Ian McEwan was back in the literary press this week with the release in paperback of The Children Act. He is one of the most popular serious novelists writing today and a new title is certain to receive the lead review and be followed by a flurry of interviews and profiles. But
- [The Petersfield Book](https://www.onetreebooks.com/the-petersfield-book/) - A book launch is always fun but it is particularly special when the book is exceptional. A Celebration of Petersfield is a real labour of love and like a lot of successes has many fathers, but particular mention should go to the design work of Neil Pafford. The book is not a history but a
- [Carluccio comes to visit](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-eleven/) - Antonio Carluccio came to One Tree this week. Most authors who come for signings are given a table and chair in the middle of the shop and orderly queues are formed. Antonio does things his way. Fuelled by strong cups of coffee he sat in the sunshine in front of the shop at a table
- [Noreen Riols](https://www.onetreebooks.com/noreen-riols/) - It is often the case that artists of one kind or another are not very nice people. The obsessional devotion they give to their art and that they in return sometimes receive from their fans often comes with poor behaviour particularly away from the public gaze. Artists of the written word are no exception, although
- [World Book Day](https://www.onetreebooks.com/world-book-day/) - It seems to have become an integral part of World Book Day in Primary schools for all children to come dressed as their favourite book character. This sometimes leads to some odd costumes, particularly this year when a boy came in to one school dressed as Christian Grey (from 50 Shades) in a suit with
- [Bubbling Under](https://www.onetreebooks.com/bubbling-under/) - It is a sign of a special book when weeks after publication it appears at the top of the bestseller list. Once the fanfare of publicity has died down and the newspaper reviews have been carefully recycled it is the reader who must carry on the publicity and so Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healy
- [Book Prizes](https://www.onetreebooks.com/book-prizes/) - Is there such a thing as a good book – or are all judgements totally subjective? This is the perennial cry whenever Book Prizes are discussed and a recent discussion at Portsmouth University was no exception. I was on a panel with Truda Spruyt from The Book PR people Colman Getty who promote the Booker
- [Author presentations](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-fourteen/) - Random House delivered an author packed presentation of big autumn books to booksellers this week. Ian McEwen’s The Children Act sounds like it will be terrific (due September), Simon Schama returns with volume two of his History of the Jews and Rose Tremain has a new collection of short stories coming out in August. Howard
- [Decline of the ebook?](https://www.onetreebooks.com/decline-of-the-ebook/) - Wednesday night saw a good turnout for the One Tree Book club. We were discussing Life after Life by the wonderful Kate Atkinson.. Strong views were expressed both for and against but a strong majority relished its unique structure. My summary was “joyful, moving, perceptive, funny.” Interesting figures out from the Publishers Association this week
- [All the fun of the fair](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-six/) - Publishers set out their wares at the annual London Book Fair this week. In a vast warehouse in Earl’s Court thousands of people jostle past the brightly lit stands of the industry giants, with frosty receptionists barring the way to those without appointments. In the dimmer recesses are tiny one-person outfits displaying East European classics
- [1186 Pages](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-seven/) - The death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez has led the literary news this week. There have been a host of tributes from the great and clever so just one thought more - his ability to convey the brightness of life despite the vagaries of translation was amazing. On holiday this week in sunny Cornwall, so lots
- [World Book Night](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-eight/) - World book Night Wednesday was World Book Night, which saw hundreds of thousands of books being given away by volunteers all over the country. One Tree Books acts as a picking up point for the registered givers to collect their chosen title. Our involvement does sound rather like turkeys supporting Christmas but there are good
- [YA Fiction](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-ten/) - There was an excellent launch for Chris Radamnn’s new novel The Crack at Lord Wandsworth College this week. Chris is the Head of English and he arranged for a panel with a couple of six formers (Grace and Sophia) and his literary agent and editor (both Juliets) to answer questions from me with an audience
- [Conversation topics](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-twelve/) - Opinion was divided at my recent book club over the merits of The Haunting of Hill House. The book, by Shirley Jackson, and written in the 50s, does precisely what it says in the title. An inspiration for Stephen King and others and a big hit at the time, it is well worth a read.
- [Creaking Masts](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-thirteen/) - Always a sucker for creaking mast sagas, I was unable to resist Under Enemy Colours by Sean Thomas Russell. Set, as this genre is, in the Napoleonic wars Russell follows in the distinguished footsteps of CS Forrester and Patrick O’Brian and manages to recreate that peculiar world with colour, excitement and great panache. By way
- [New books for September](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-fifteen/) - In the dogdays of August not a lot seems to happen in the book world as in the rest of the country. Various themes rumble along quietly, unhappiness over the paucity of women on the Booker longlist, Amazon threatening publishers, and The Fault in Our Stars maintaining its grip at the top of the bestseller
- [Contenders for the Booker](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-sixteen/) - The Booker longlist has thrown up the usual range of novels from unknowns to the usual suspects. Having previously just allowed UK and Commonwealth authors in, this year, for the first time, it includes titles written from the whole of the English speaking world ie including the USA. There are four Americans, six Brits, one
- [Book club reading](https://www.onetreebooks.com/book-club-reading/) - It is always interesting and worthwhile reading books one wouldn’t usually read. People talk blithely about bad writing when what they usually mean they didn’t “get” the book. Some people like a book with a fast pace others prefer a more leisurely stroll. Some like detailed discussion of military hardware and some joycean descriptions of
- [Summer reads](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-nineteen/) - One of the big summer books this year has been The Lemon Grove by Helen Walsh. Described by the Guardian as proving that literary fiction and erotica need not be mutually exclusive and by one reviewer as 50 shades of lemon. It is the story of 40 something Jenn and dull academic husband Gregg on
- [Post-apocalyptic knowhow](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-five/) - Listeners to the Today programme this week will have heard Lewis Dartnell talking about his new book The Knowledge which is not a book for trainee London Taxi drivers, but about a world post –apocalypse, subtitled How to Rebuild our World from Scratch. How do you grow food, generate power, prepare medicines or get metal
- [Science and delusions](https://www.onetreebooks.com/article-four/) - The eminent scientist and controversial author Rupert Sheldrake came to Petersfield this week. It was the annual Eckersley lecture at Bedales and he held the large audience spellbound. His subject (and the name of his latest book) was The Science Delusion in which he aims to show that modern science is based on dogma not
- [Golden Egg, This Boy and others..](https://www.onetreebooks.com/leons-golden-egg-and-others/) - Instead of blowing the pension pot on that Lamborghini why not treat yourself to some new books. As spring makes its first tentative steps there are some tempting new titles coming out. Donna Leon’s Golden Egg (£8.99)is the 22nd Commisario Brunetti novel. Often underrated she is a multiple crime dagger winner and is our bestselling
- [Books of the Film](https://www.onetreebooks.com/books-film/) - We currently have plenty of ‘books of the film’ on display at the front of the shop. Interestingly all bar one are nonfiction. The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin is the story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens. Directed by Ralph Fiennes it has already picked up some good reviews. Other films include The Railway
- [New website, new blog](https://www.onetreebooks.com/new-website-new-blog/) - New website, new blog – It has been a busy week at OTB with WBD (enough acronyms already) World Book Day (and OTB is One Tree Books….) This year we had a class form Froxfield Primary School in the shop, learning about books and bookshops and very well behaved they were too. I went to Lord
- [Fresh Start](https://www.onetreebooks.com/fresh-start/) - 2014 saw the debuts of a number of authors who are going to be making big names for themselves. The biggest non-fiction title for us was H is For Hawk. I say non-fiction because it is a book that is difficult to be more specific about. It is part memoir, and part reflection on the

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- [Welcome](https://www.onetreebooks.com/) - 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,
- [Bestsellers](https://www.onetreebooks.com/recommended-reads/) - 1. Seascraper – Benjamin Wood 2. Proms Guide 2026 3. The Names – Florence Knapp 4. Clown Town - Mick Herron 5. The Predicament – William Boyd 6. Three Days in June – Anne Tyler 7. Good Faith – Angela Tilby 8. One Small Step - Paul Sinton-Hewitt 9. Intelligence – Robert Newman 10. Enough
- [Events](https://www.onetreebooks.com/events/) - Welcome to our events page. Featured below is our current programme – please contact us for more information or if you would like to hold an event in the shop. Our book events are free entry unless specified, there is usually a short author talk and a glass of wine, and an opportunity to buy
- [Book Club](https://www.onetreebooks.com/book-club/) - BOOK CLUB: The Homemade God Wednesday 8th April - 7:15 for 7:30pm Goose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is
- [Previous Book Club Titles 2020 onwards](https://www.onetreebooks.com/book-club/previous-book-club-titles-2020/) - January 2026 - Orlando November 2025 - There Are Rivers in the Sky October 2025 - The Mayor of Casterbridge September 2025 - Shy Creatures July 2025 - So Long, See You Tomorrow June 2025 - Clear May 2025 - The Bridge of San Luis Rey April 2025 - James April 2025 - Mansfield Park
- [Petersfield Writers Group](https://www.onetreebooks.com/petersfield-writers-group/) - One Tree Writers has moved to a new location While the bookshop in Lavant Street is unavailable to us, we have moved to The Townhouse, 28 High Street, Petersfield. We will be meeting upstairs between 2.15 and 4.30. New writers are welcome to join us there. Do you write? Have you always wanted to write?
- [Book Doctor](https://www.onetreebooks.com/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
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- [Thursday 7th November, 6 - 7:30pm](https://www.onetreebooks.com/thursday-7th-november/) - Little Bird and the Sky That Got Bigger When Little Bird's beloved mum dies suddenly, she finds herself grounded by sadness. Life loses all meaning as she struggles yo get by without her. But slowly Little Bird learns to live again as she comes to understand that her mum will be with her always through
- [Pre-Orders](https://www.onetreebooks.com/pre-orders/) - Beautiful Indie exclusives available to pre-order The Hotel Avocado Bob Mortimer 29.08.24 Henry V Dan Jones 12.09.24 There and Back Michael Palin 26.09.24
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- [One Tree Books Privacy Policy](https://www.onetreebooks.com/one-tree-books-privacy-policy/) - ONE TREE BOOKS PRIVACY POLICY This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you. What information do we collect about you? We collect information about you when you place an order, whether in the shop, over the phone or via the website. This information is in the form of name,
- [Signed Copies](https://www.onetreebooks.com/signed-copies/) - All the titles below are currently in stock....
- [Previous Book Club Titles 2010 - 2020](https://www.onetreebooks.com/book-club/previous-book-club-titles-2020/previous-book-club-titles-2010-2018/) - December 2019 - Precious Bane November 2019 - Love is Blind September 2019 - The Silence of the Girls September 2019 - The Chrysalids July 2019 - Washington Black June 2019 - Mrs Dalloway April 2019 - The Librarian March 2019 - Love in the Time of Cholera January 2019 - Home Fire December 2018
- [Sheet Music](https://www.onetreebooks.com/sheet-music/) - We have a wide range of sheet music on the first floor and can order just about anything that we don’t already have in stock. Fill in your details together with as much description of the music you require as possible on our contact form, and we will track it down for you.
- [Ginger's Café](https://www.onetreebooks.com/gingers-cafe/) - 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
- [About](https://www.onetreebooks.com/about/) - Meet The Team Some of us have worked here for decades... some a little less, but we all share a love of books, reading, and great coffee. Tim O'Kelly Owner Sally Jay Manager Anna O'Kelly Bookselling team/Games buyer Suzanne Andersen Bookselling Team/Cards & Stationery
- [Previous Book Club Titles 2000 - 2010](https://www.onetreebooks.com/book-club/previous-book-club-titles-2020/previous-book-club-titles-2010-2018/previous-book-club-titles/) - March 2010 - The Other Hand January 2010 - Home October 2009 - The Secret Scripture July 2009 - The Clothes On Their Backs April 2009 - White Tiger January 2009 - Netherland October 2008 - Road Home July 2008 - Notes From an Exhibition April 2008 - The Book Thief January 2008 - Amongst
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- [Wednesday 22nd April, 6:30pm: Revd Dr Angela Tilby in conversation with Tim](https://www.onetreebooks.com/product/wednesday-22nd-april-630pm-revd-dr-angela-tilby-in-conversation-with-tim/) - Reverend Angela Tilby is a British Anglican priest, author and former producer. She began her career working as a producer within the BBC's Religious Department. She was then ordained in the Church of England and was a parish priest in the Diocese of Ely alongside working at Westcott House, a theological college in Cambridge, and as a lecturer with the Cambridge Theological Federation. She moved to Oxford where she was a Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (2011–2016). In retirement, she is canon emeritus of Christ Church Cathedral, and a chaplain and honorary canon at Portsmouth Cathedral. She will be in conversation with Tim about her new book, Good Faith. Tickets:
- [Wednesday 15th April, 6:30pm: Isabelle Broom in conversation with Katie Marsh](https://www.onetreebooks.com/product/isabelle-broom-in-conversation-with-katie-marsh/) - Isabelle Broom discusses her new novel The House of Hidden Letters with local author Katie Marsh. Isabelle (Izzy) Broom is the award-winning author of 13 novels, including My Map Of You, One Thousand Stars and You, and The House of Hidden Letters. Former Book Reviews Editor Isabelle began her writing career after winning a short story competition in 2014 – and has not looked back since. She now lives in Suffolk, where she shares a home with family, dogs, and enough books to fill several libraries. Katie Marsh is a writer of romantic and crime fiction. Her debut novel, ‘My Everything’, was a World Book Night Pick and her novels are translated into twelve languages. Tickets £5
- [Girls Who Dare - A Wall of Death Anthology](https://www.onetreebooks.com/product/girls-who-dare-a-wall-of-death-anthology/) - This latest anthology from author Alan Mercer has 101 stories of extraordinary women and girl riders on the legendary Wall of Death. Often with lions and lionesses for passengers, they rode on one, two, three and four wheels in daring acts that preceded and then led to the vertical wall of death. 536 of the riders recorded worldwide are women, and this book celebrates their contribution to the art of riding and driving on the perpendicular walls. The foreword is written by Karmila Purba from Indonesia who is touring the UK for the second time with the Ken Fox troupe, and there are contributions from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, and Vietnam.
- [Wednesday 25th March, 6:30pm: Adrian Wooldridge in conversation with Thomas Harding](https://www.onetreebooks.com/product/adrian-wooldridge-in-conversation-with-thomas-harding/) - Adrian Wooldridge will be discussing his new publication Centrists of the World Unite! with Thomas Harding. Adrian Wooldridge is the global business columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former writer at the Economist, he is author of The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World. Thomas Harding is a non-fiction author, journalist and documentary maker. He holds joint British, American and German citizenship and his books include The House by the Lake, Hanns and Rudolf and The Maverick. Tickets £5
- [The Restless Coast](https://www.onetreebooks.com/product/the-restless-coast/) - The island of Britain has over 10,000 miles of coastline, steeped in history and constantly shifting, changing, adapting and providing. The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it, during which the author travels its length to discover its challenges and opportunities, and to talk to the people trying to protect it. At once delightful travelogue and passionate defence, The Restless Coast shines a powerful spotlight into the thin line that surrounds us, and defines our status as islanders. Overarching the journey is the extraordinary natural history of the coastline, together with the story of how man has imprinted himself on its very geology and shape for countless centuries. At once informative, angry and funny, The Restless Coast is a very personal love letter to our island edge. Postage and packing is free.

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