An independent bookshop in Pickering, North Yorkshire.
Pickering, England
Joined September 2021
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Just a few tickets left for tomorrow’s Author Evening with @matson_taylor_
We’re so excited to host Matson for this event! Evie is a delight to read — funny, moving and memorable.
Tickets: pickeringbooktree.co.uk/even…
#pickeringnorthyorkshire #northyorkshire #ryedale
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SO looking forward to @SparkesAli visiting Yorkshire! @pickabooktree @Waterstones
Still room for a few Primary School visits in her Feb 9-11! So far Ryedale schoolkids will enjoy Amazing Ali: @YorkLitFest @CityofYork @BBCYork #ChildrensBooks #dogsarelove
The first book we’re reading for #thebooktreereadalong is Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford @humbird_fuil
We’re reading this for the book featuring a forest category of #pickabookbingo and the online book group will be live next week here pickeringbooktree.co.uk/read…
We’ve created a relaxed reading challenge for 2023 #pickabookbingo
There are 25 prompts and you can choose your own books to complete lines/the whole card, or join #thebooktreereadalong for as many of the books as you want!
More here pickeringbooktree.co.uk/book…
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We're delighted to announce a new children's book by @SparkesAli called #MySisterIsADog will be released next month! Ali will visit Yorkshire: @pickabooktree Thurs 9 Feb 6.30pm, & @Waterstones York Sat 11 Feb 12pm. Join us! MSIAD features brave, clever Willow, a #Labradoodle
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.@YorkLitFest Thurs 23 March Workshop: Primary school teachers, illustrators, authors of children’s books. Pass this on too! The Mount School, York from 5pm to about 6.30pm (ignore “6pm” end time pls; so much to discuss and share!). forms.office.com/e/PT3vjfmEN… or QR code on poster
A slightly late Happy New Year to all who see this!
To celebrate the start of 2023 we made 5 lists of 5 book recommendations (with links to a longer list for each). If you’re looking for your next read, this could be a good place to start.
pickeringbooktree.co.uk/ring…
We love spending all day surrounded by books…
And for the next two Sundays, we’ll be in the shop for an extra day ❤️📚
We’re open 11-3 tomorrow — the shop is warm and full of books!
Plus an exciting new delivery of art materials arrived today, photos to follow 😆
Great to be at the @PickeringJunior School Christmas Fair earlier this evening with some big boxes of books!
As of Tuesday this week we’ve moved on to a second round of jars for our Books for School Libraries campaign!
Since Saturday 26th November customers have dropped all of our 307 marbles into the festive jars.
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We emptied the jars to reuse. The count so far for each school (as of Tuesday morning) is:
🎄 @PickeringInfant
106 marbles = £106 in books
✨ @PickeringJunior
107 marbles = £107 in books
❄️ St Joseph’s School
96 marbles = £96 in books
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Our next author event is sure to be an uplifting one with @GOlsonWriter — tickets are free but going fast!
More info and booking page here: pickeringbooktree.co.uk/even…
Glass of wine or cordial and cosy bookshop atmosphere also included 😊
#Pickering #NorthYorkshire #bookshop
Tickets for Q&A with James Herriot’s children, Jim Wight and Rosie Page, are already 3/4 booked!
Bring along your questions and hear charming insight into the real James Herriot, Alf Wight. Glass of wine + cosy bookshop atmosphere also included.
pickeringbooktree.co.uk/even…
Looking for a fun half term event for 8-12 year olds?
We have a few spaces left for Thursday’s workshop and readings with author and illustrator Dawn Treacher!
Tickets are free and can be booked in the shop or pickeringbooktree.co.uk/even…
Booking essential as places are limited.
Pre-launch event at Pickering Book Tree on Thursday 27th October 10.30 - 11.30. There will be readings from the book and children will make mechanical creatures to take home!
Tickets can be booked here - pickeringbooktree.co.uk/even…
Pandemonium of Parrots, by Dawn Treacher, is a steampunk adventure with mechanical animals, a sheltered boy, a streetwise girl, and a Pirate. Released upon the world on Halloween!
Pre-launch festivities throughout half-term.
ALT Image shows the cover of Pandemonium of Parrots, a steampunk adventure with mechanical animals, a sheltered boy, a streetwise girl, and a Pirate. The blurb: This Halloween, there’s a new Parrot in town! And a Pirate. And a few more parrots, actually. And a Monkey. And a boy, Otto. And a girl called Florence. And a massive mechanical Octopus! Okay, there’s a lot going on. IT’S PANDEMONIUM! Quote: “A tale of mystery, friendship, and adventure, set in a beautifully drawn world full of marvellous mechanical creations.” – Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake
Story Time Saturday will now be a weekly event! Between 10.30 and 11.30 we’ll read picture books in the children’s area of the shop. No need to pre-book, just turn up and find a comfy seat (grown-up sized chairs also available) 😊
The best sort of competition:
✔️ Easy to enter
✔️ The prize is books
This one has the chance to win books for life! @bookshop_org_UK are offering someone a voucher to spend £300 on books every year.
Sign up to their newsletter here to enter: woobox.com/nftffr
Good luck!
