Once Upon a Time
There was a bookshop in the beautiful Market Town of Pickering, North Yorkshire…
Nestled in the heart of the Market Place, the old building with an upstairs space framed by original oak beams is the perfect place to discover your next read in a calm and welcoming environment.
Community is important to us, and we host regular events in the warm and atmospheric upstairs space. Having a positive impact both locally and globally —in our small way — is at the heart of what we do!


Coming Up Next
Events
Events
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Pete Morton
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringJoin us for an enthralling evening with singer-songwriter and entertainer Pete Morton, who fRoots Magazine rank as “amongst the best that the British roots music scene has produced in living memory” and whose music has been praised as “not only original, but a revelation” by The Guardian. With his trademark fun-loving and approachable style, Pete will share with us his popular and highly entertaining show, The Ghost of a Sailor's talking blues — an unruly mix of singing together, storytelling and comedy which transports the audience through history.
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Gay Marris
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringJoin us for the much anticipated return of crime writer Gay Marris to discuss her new novel, The Beasts of the Black Loch. This richly imagined mystery set in remote Scotland is infused with Gay’s knowledge of the natural world from her career as a research scientist, and takes us on a twisty investigation (unofficially) led by animal behavioural expert Dr Ava Dickens following a death accepted by most as accidental — but Ava knows this explanation doesn’t add up.
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Ryedale Festival: Pre-Concert Conversation with Edward Dusinberre
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringRyedale Festival’s 2026 programme launches with the world-renowned Takács Quartet performing in St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church. This pre-concert conversation in the Book Tree is an exciting opportunity to hear from multi-award winning first violinist of the Quartet, Edward Dusinberre, who will discuss his writing and his music-making with interviewer Katy Hamilton.
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Ava Glass
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringJoin us in conversation with Ava Glass, author of perfectly paced thrillers who has been dubbed “The new Queen of Spy Fiction” by The Guardian and whose earlier book The Traitors “Delivers everything fans of spy fiction could want: an absorbing plot, shadowy characters, page-gripping tension” according to The Washington Post, who chose it as a Book of the Year. Ava’s latest book, The Hiding Season, is an unputdownable novel that explores the collateral damage of an FBI operation gone wrong.
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Anne Gair
Pickering Book Tree 43a Market Place, PickeringAnne Gair is singer-songwriter, guitarist and dulcimer player from Scotland who is a rising star on the folk scene with “a voice that just soothes your soul” (Rambling Folk). Anna Foster (BBC Radio) has described Anne’s music as “beautiful storytelling and gorgeous melodies” and her voice as “stunning … very Joni Mitchell-esque”. She has toured widely throughout the UK and abroad both as a solo artist and with her ensemble, The Anne Gair Band.
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43a Market Place
Pickering
North Yorkshire
YO18 7AE
enquiries@pickeringbooktree.co.uk
01751 469715
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SUMMER OPENING HOURS
| Monday | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| Tuesday | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| Wednesday | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| Thursday | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| Friday | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| Saturday | 10.00 – 16.00 |
| Sunday | 10.30 – 15.30 |
