Join us in conversation with Naomi Kelsey to hear about her gripping new historical fiction novel, Pale Mistress, an innovative and compelling reimagining of Othello from the point of view of Bianca, giving voice to this mysterious and maligned character.
Our next Monday book club is on 3rd August when we’ll discuss winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. “The year's breakout novel no one saw coming” (Wall Street Journal) was a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick and a Times Book of the Year, who praised it as “a warm, funny gem of a novel”.
We’re delighted to welcome “the voice of fairy tales” Daria Kulesh to the Book Tree. Daria is a spellbinding folk singer-songwriter with Russian and Ingush roots whose music has been described as “haunting and enigmatic” by The Times and “intensely personal and immensely resonant… incredibly moving” by TwickFolk.
Our next Thursday book club is on 13th August when we’ll discuss The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick of the Summer and Sunday Times Bestseller. The Times said that “Laura Shepherd-Robinson takes delight in pulling the rug out from under her readers' feet . . . in this cleverly structured and consistently enjoyable novel”.
