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SUMMARY:John Blek
DESCRIPTION:John Blek once again proved why he remains one of Ireland’s most compelling folk songwriters\, delivering a performance that was honest\, funny\, moving\, and deeply memorable — Ian Mc Donnell (Mc Gig Music Magazine) on The Midnight Ache tour performance at Cleere’s Bar & Theatre\, Kilkenny  \nWe are excited to welcome Irish singer-songwriter John Blek to Pickering during the UK tour for his latest album\, The Midnight Ache\, which was released earlier this year. \nJohn is a fantastic musician and storyteller\, influenced by a varied mix of styles from the traditional folk of Ireland\, Britain and the US\, to alt. country\, to folk-informed pop. His music is emotionally resonant\, transporting the listener with his timeless voice\, fingerstyle guitar and stories often inspired by the many places he’s visited on tour. \nJohn’s music has been described as “always poetic\, always melodic\, always entertaining” (Julie Williams-Nash for Folk and Tumble Magazine on John’s 2023 album Until the Rivers Run Dry). His following album\, Cheer Up\, took him on a more introspective musical path\, revealing personal and poignant lyrical aspects of his character. The Midnight Ache continues in this direction\, with eleven soulful and gently resonant songs which are intimate and deeply human. \nBlek wears his vulnerabilities and anxieties openly\, just as he does his hopes and heart\, resulting in another sublime album that underscores his standing among the Irish greats — Mike Davies (KLOF Magazine) on The Midnight Ache \nJohn will play two sets\, including new music from The Midnight Ache alongside favourites from his impressive back-catalogue of nine solo albums. \nThe event will be held in our atmospheric upstairs events space\, surrounded by the building’s old oak beams. Drinks will be available at an informal bar before the show and during the interval. \nThe bookshop door and bar will be open from 7pm\, and the concert will start at 7.30pm. \nBeautiful\, lush without being cloying\, understated and at a tempo that sounds like effortless perfection. John Blek always delivers and on The Midnight Ache\, smooth but quietly explorative music coupled with his soulful voice is a winning combination — Marc Higgins (Fatea Magazine) \n  \nAbout the Musician\nBlek is an artist with a story to tell. With his timeless emotive voice and layered fingerstyle guitar you will be transported from scene to scene as his expansive songbook unfolds. \nJohn Blek is Cork City born and bred but is currently residing in north Co. Cork. His parents\, both of whom were primary school teachers\, had to bribe him to stay in school after his 16th birthday with the promise of a new guitar on the completion of his final exams. Such was John’s belief in his ability and chosen path in life that he was willing to forgo the more traditional education sought by his peers. This conviction carries through to his art. His music is written from such a personal place that it creates the sense that he grew up with these songs\, that they are in his blood – and in a way he did\, they are his thoughts\, his words\, his sounds and his stories. Though not all autobiographical\, like many of the great painters\, an element of the artist exists in every portrait. \nIt all began for him in the passenger seat of his father’s Hiace van. Parked in the driveway running the battery down listening to cassettes from Jim Croce\, Willy Nelson and The Beatles. These formative musical experiences unknowingly laid the foundation for John’s self lead musical education. Later the discovery of Bert Jansch\, Bob Dylan\, Nick Jones and Neil Young added more fuel to his fire. He began writing his own music at 15 for no other reason than that he found it frustrating and false trying to learn and imitate other musicians’ work. That was the start of his pursuit of his own unique voice. \nBlek has a love of music in the real sense\, he creates to create. At 38 he has a catalogue of music that would represent a life’s work for many musicians. He is a career musician\, and has dedicated his working life to developing his art. He began his solo career in 2014\, and over the last eleven years has created a reputation as a singer songwriter who is sure to leave a legacy of timeless music that will speak to generations. He has released 9 studio albums to date Cheer Up (2024)\, Until The Rivers Run Dry (2023)\, On Ether & Air (2021)\, Digressions #2 Grounded (2021)\, The Embers (2020)\, Thistle & Thorn (2019)\, Catharsis Vol.1 (2017)\, Cut the Light (2016)\, and Cutting Room Floor (2014) with his 10th coming in January 2026. He speaks about his craft as passionately as he performs and has a dedicated fan base\, meaning he has a well-worn path returning to play venues across Germany\, Belgium\, Holland\, Denmark and the UK as well playing to sold out venues in Ireland. \nIn an age when it would be easy to become disillusioned with the music industry John has remained steadfastly positive and unyieldingly independent and creative. Known for being one of Ireland’s hardest touring musicians the Cork based creative tours relentlessly in Europe and the UK as well as his native Ireland. His live show is thoughtful and entertaining\, littered with stories and showcasing his arresting vocals and intricate guitar playing. \nWhile Blek is a solo artist he regularly collaborates\, and indeed will write new music with collaborators in mind. As a result\, it never feels like another artist is merely gate crashing his music instead it works as a beautiful harmonious meeting of artists who understand each other. Recent collaborations include Cathy Davey and Colm Mac Con Iomaire who play on Until The Rivers Run Dry album. Kris Drever & Kit Downes who both join John on his album On Ether & Air\, Joan Shelley who embodies Laura\, one of the characters in Blek’s duet ‘The Body’ and fellow Corkonian Mick Flannery who duets with him on ‘Revived’ a single from the 2020 album The Embers. \n  \nThe Midnight Ache\nThe Midnight Ache is a staggeringly beautiful and perfectly formed piece of alternative folk with a lo-fi heart and touches of modest grandeur delivered by an artist with a voice that could break a heart in two and songs that could heal the most weary of souls. \nKnown for being one of Ireland’s most creative and independent artists\, John Blek brings us another beautiful record of 11 new songs. This time around John has taken his DIY spirit one step further. Not only did he self record and produce the majority of the album he went so far as to build the recording studio with his own bare hands. A labour of love but labour all the same. \nIn April 2024 Blek finished building his new creative home\, Bigger River Recording Co.\, and set about working on what would become The Midnight Ache. Echos of Sea Change era Beck and Sparklehorse give this record a lo-fi intimacy while the string arrangements balance the sound with an element of grandeur and sophistication. Home is very much at the heart of this new album\, it features vocal performances by John’s wife and even the cover is adorned with pressed flowers from their garden. Additional production and mixing was done by regular collaborator Brian Casey at Wavefield Recordings. \n“This album took me by surprise. I was slowly writing and using the songs to try to get to know the new studio space. Sonically feeling my way around and seeing what I could achieve when all of a sudden I realised I was looking at a new record.” \n  \nFind Out More\nFollow John on Facebook or Instagram \nRead more about John on his website \nExplore John’s music on Bandcamp or YouTube \n  \nTickets\n£12 from the bookshop counter or online from the Pickering Festival: Rooted Ticket Source page \n \nDirect link to the event booking page here
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/john-blek/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Pickering Festival: Rooted
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SUMMARY:C.J. Cooke
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to welcome internationally bestselling novelist and poet C.J. Cooke to Pickering Book Tree to discuss her new book which is published on 22nd October. \nThe House of Cursed Daughters is a new feminist historical fantasy from the author of nineteen published books including The Last Witch\, The Book of Witching\, A Haunting in the Arctic\, The Ghost Woods\, The Lighthouse Witches\, and The Nesting. \nCarolyn takes inspiration from real women she discovers in detailed historical research\, and her books have been critically acclaimed for their atmospheric use of time and place. Her previous historical fiction The Last Witch was praised as “a chilling\, atmospheric novel” by the Sunday Times and “a vivid and haunting portrait of a real-life heroine\, told in beautifully immersive prose” by Emilia Hart (author of The Sirens and Weyward). \nWe will chat with Carolyn about writing gothic suspense\, her research to sensitively recreate historical people and places\, and how she finds and develops compelling narratives while balancing truth and fiction through story. \nThe bookshop door will be open from 7pm and complementary drinks will be available until the event starts at 7.30pm. \nThe event is free to attend\, but booking is essential. Please contact the shop or use the form below to reserve your seats. \nWe hope to see you there! \n  \nAbout the Book\nEvil echoes down the centuries in a darkly compelling story that draws you in and keeps you totally transfixed. In three impeccably researched settings\, C.J. Cooke creates strong female characters who are utterly relatable\, even if they lived hundreds of years ago — Frances Quinn\, That Bonesetter Woman \nThree women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse…  \nIt began in fire…\nParis\, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the stake\, a dying knight curses her bloodline: love will destroy everything she holds dear. \nIt was forged in madness…\nBedlam\, 1865. Lois wakes in Bedlam Asylum with no memory of who she is – only a precious red stone and the growing certainty that something ancient is hunting her. \nCan it end before blood is spilled?\nPresent day. Artist Emma Harris arrives at a crumbling French château for her wedding and the exhibition of her life. But the walls remember everything\, and something has followed her here. \nSeven centuries of destruction. One woman left to fight. \nA powerful\, rage-filled novel of courage\, sisterhood and female power inspired by a real witchcraft trial … Blisteringly brilliant — Anna Mazzola\, The Book of Secrets\, on The Last Witch \n  \nAbout the Author\nC.J. Cooke is a poet and internationally bestselling Edgar and ITW nominated gothic novelist\, who has been published in 23 languages.  \nBorn in Belfast\, C.J. has a PhD in Literature and teaches creative writing. She has been selected as a Waterstones’ Book of the Month and BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/cj-cooke/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Historical Fiction,In Conversation With,Meet the Author,Psychological Thriller,Supernatural
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SUMMARY:Booker Prize Party 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Book Tree Booker Party is back for 2026! \nThe shortlist has been announced\, and now it’s time to delve into this especially varied Booker Prize list…  \n“Spanning a range of genres – from dystopian fiction to contemporary realism\, from campus satire to historical fiction – the shortlisted books explore what it means to be human in an ever-changing world and the communities and events that shape us. Both intimate and epic\, personal and political\, they provide meditations on familial bonds\, identity\, shame\, love\, loneliness\, survival and the  ultimate unknowability of others.” — The Booker Prize website (explore more here). \nThis year’s Booker Prize Party will be held on the evening of the winner announcement in our beautiful\, beamed event space. There will be plenty of time to browse the shelves while socialising with likeminded readers and the Book Tree team. What better way to spend an evening than with good friends\, good books and a glass of wine? \nThe ceremony in London will be live-streamed on the Booker Prize YouTube channel here.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/booker-party-2026/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Bookish Socialising,Fiction,Literary Fiction,Prize Shortlist Celebration
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SUMMARY:Oak Book Club: November 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a welcoming book club to discuss the current novel and choose the next month’s read. \nWe usually meet on the first Monday of each month for a relaxed conversation\, sharing our thoughts in the friendly atmosphere amongst the bookshelves. This month the meeting is postponed to Monday 16th November due to bookshop events in the previous two weeks. \nThe bookshop door will be open from 6.50pm for a 7pm start in our upstairs event space. \n  \nThis Month’s Book\nThe Artist by Lucy Steeds\nA furiously romantic\, sun-drenched mystery … The Artist will leave you yearning in every sense of the word — Yael van der Wouden\, author of The Safekeep \nThe Artist is a lush\, impressive debut; the writing is rich and sensuous\, especially in descriptions of food\, the landscape and the act of creation. Lucy Steeds is one to watch — Sunday Times\, Book of the Year \nDextrous and powerful … a hugely accomplished portrait of ambition and self-fulfilment — Guardian \nThe year’s most lauded debut novelist … A sultry\, headily perfumed portrait of monstrous male egos and oppressed overlooked women … The Artist uncovers its secrets by stealth — Telegraph \nEnthralling … the descriptions of the landscape\, the meals they eat and the art created are so rich and evocative it’s as if you’re there — Good Housekeeping \nPROVENCE\, 1920 \nEttie moves through the remote farmhouse\, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle’s artistic genius possible. \nJoseph\, an aspiring journalist\, has been invited to the house. He believes he’ll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter\, the great Edouard Tartuffe. \nBut everyone has their secrets. And\, under the cover of darkness\, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers. \nOver this sweltering summer\, everyone’s true colours will be revealed. \nBecause Ettie is ready to be seen.\nEven if it means setting her world on fire. \nAn intoxicating tale of creativity\, possession and freedom. An impressively assured debut which asks questions about all those who are painted over by history — Joanna Quinn\, author of The Whalebone Theatre \nI could not love this beautiful novel more … the final chapters left me with that delicious heart-bursting feeling\, full of hope and delight — Florence Knapp\, author of The Names \nGorgeous … Steeped in the heat and atmosphere of 1920s Provence\, this novel brims with intrigue\, hope and yearning — Elizabeth Macneal\, author of The Doll Factory and The Burial Plot \nPhenomenal … beautiful\, pacey historical fiction\, vividly realised. It drifts with the scent of summer\, the land lit up and throbbing\, the food piled high and richly painted\, the paint as thick and buttery as food. I wanted to eat it. Yes\, I even wanted to eat the paint. Read this book! — Seth Insua\, author of Human\, Animal
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/oak-club-november-2026/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Meet at the Book Tree,Oak Club
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SUMMARY:Oh\, Whistle…
DESCRIPTION:Two ghost stories by M R James\nPerformed by R M Lloyd Parry\nStorytelling at its finest… — The Stage \nAs the nights draw in\, join us for a chilling evening of classic ghost stories with Robert Lloyd Parry. \nThe quietly terrifying tales of M.R. James have become a pre-Christmas tradition\, reaching into timeless fears which do not need cinematic effects to unsettle. These are tales written to be told aloud\, by candlelight\, on long winter evenings. \nRobert will perform two perfectly paired stories\, taking us back to the Cambridge study of M.R. James whose friends gathered on evenings just like this to hear his haunting tales. At this event\, with the electric lights off\, we will bridge a time of more than a hundred years to hang on the very same words. \nThe event will be held in our atmospheric upstairs events space\, surrounded by the building’s old oak beams. Drinks will be available at an informal bar. \nThe bookshop door and bar will be open from 7pm\, and the performance will start at 7.30pm. \n  \nOh\, Whistle…\nLloyd Parry catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality — The Times \nM R James is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. He first performed his supernatural tales to friends at Christmas in King’s College\, Cambridge. Now Nunkie Theatre Company have brought two of these unforgettable spinechillers back to life. \nOh\, Whistle\, and I’ll Come to You\, My Lad – a tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast – is considered by many to be James’s masterpiece. It is beautifully complemented here by The Ash Tree\, a story of witchcraft and vengeance down the generations. \n  \nRobert Lloyd Parry\nOne of the country’s most idiosyncratic and underrated performers — Times Literary Supplement \nSince 2006 Robert Lloyd Parry has toured the planet retelling classic tales of horror\, fantasy and detection. \nThough the stories he tells are based on established\, classic texts\, he never reads straight from a book. Each performance or  livestreamed telling involves careful preparation\, editing and rehearsal. \nI’ve seen Lloyd Parry twice and he is absolutely\, utterly mesmerizing — The Washington Post \n  \nFind Out More\nRead more about Robert Lloyd Parry\, Nunkie Theatre and the M R James project on the Nunkie website \nWatch online stories and documentaries from Nunkie on YouTube\, or access supporter exclusive content via Patreon \nFollow Nunkie on Facebook or listen to a sample of Robert’s performances on Bandcamp \n  \nTickets\n£12 from the bookshop counter or online from the Pickering Festival: Rooted Ticket Source page \n \nDirect link to the event booking page here
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/oh-whistle/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
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SUMMARY:Winter Spirits 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the perfect combination on a Friday evening in December! \nSample delicious locally made spirits and learn about the botanicals that make them so special\, alongside relaxed festive book browsing in the cosy atmosphere of the Book Tree. \nSloemotion Distillery is a local business with sustainability and nature at the heart of what they do. We’re excited to partner with them again for another fantastic event in the bookshop. \nAs well as a bar serving cocktails\, there’ll be a pop-up shop so you’ll have the opportunity to buy a full bottle of your favourite\, including a tempting range of seasonal liqueurs. The bookshop will be open exclusively for those at the event so you can enjoy delving into the world of botanical spirits alongside relaxed book browsing in the cosy atmosphere of the Book Tree. \nBook clubs are very welcome to use this evening in the bookshop to meet. Just let us know if your group would like to do this and we’ll put out chairs for you. \nThe bookshop will be open from 7pm\, when the bar will also open. \nThe event is free to attend\, but please RSVP using the form below or by contacting the bookshop. While walk-ins on the night are very welcome\, space in the shop is limited and priority will be given to those who have booked in advance. \n  \nFrom Sloemotion Distillery:\nFounded in 2002\, Sloemotion Distillery is an artisan business creating great tasting spirits and liqueurs. We are based at Green Farm\, in the village of Barton-le-Willows\, just north of York and near to the market town of Malton\, Yorkshire’s food capital. \nThe business began almost by accident\, when a farming initiative to improve wildlife habitats resulted in an abundance of sloes. To Joff Curtoys\, an ecologist by training\, who had grown up drinking his father’s home-made Sloe Gin\, an idea began to take shape and Sloemotion was born. \nThe fields\, rich meadows\, woodlands and especially the tangled hedgerows in North Yorkshire provided the inspiration for the business and are still at the heart of every decision made. \nYou can read more about Sloemotion Distillery on their website.\nYou can also find them on Instagram and Facebook.
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/winter-spirits-2026/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Bookish Socialising,Food and Drink,Gin and Books,Late Night Bookshop
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SUMMARY:Hawthorn Book Club: December 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next Thursday book club! \nWe meet on the second Thursday of each month for a relaxed and friendly conversation about the current book. As our schedule has been pushed back due to author events and other clashes\, we’re skipping November and next meeting in December for a final book club of 2026. The usual schedule will resume in 2027! \nThe bookshop door will be open from 6.50pm for a 7pm start in our atmospheric upstairs space. \nOur book club meetings are free to attend\, and we offer a 10% discount on each month’s paperback choice. \n  \nThis Month’s Book\nVulture by Phoebe Greenwood\nA novel of honesty\, humour and sadness told with great verve — Fergal Keane\, author of The Madness \nA darkly funny\, heart-wrenching satire that tears through the guts of the war news industry \nCatch-22 on speed and set in the Middle East\, Vulture is a fast-paced satire of the war news industry and its moral blind spots\, and a tragi-comic coming-of-age novel. \nAn ambitious young journalist\, Sara is sent to cover a war from the Beach Hotel in Gaza\, a global hub with hotel staff catering tirelessly to the needs of the world’s media\, even as their own homes and family are under threat. Sara will stop at nothing to prove herself\, even if it means bringing disaster upon those around her.  \nBrave\, funny and beautifully written — Martin McDonagh\, writer and director \nMartha Gelhorn meets Martin Amis — Michael Hodges\, writer and journalist
URL:https://www.pickeringbooktree.co.uk/event/hawthorn-club-december-2026/
LOCATION:Pickering Book Tree\, 43a Market Place\, Pickering\, YO18 7AE
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Hawthorn Club,Meet at the Book Tree
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