Bookgroup
Our Wednesday evening bookgroup meets to discuss Chalcot Crescent by Fay Weldon.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up. Discover new picture books - and some old friends, with occasional guest and 'mystery' storytellers...

Bookgroup
Our Thursday evening bookgroup meets to discuss Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortensonbook tbc.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up. Discover new picture books - and some old friends, with occasional guest and 'mystery' storytellers...

Guided Walk and Book Event
Pevsner's Architectural Walk around Abingdon
Back by popular demand! Ever walked around Abingdon and wished you'd been better informed about the history and architecture of its buildings? On Tuesday, July 26 there is a wonderful opportunity to do so (again) in the company of one of the country's finest architectural historians in a unique one-off event.

We are delighted that Dr Simon Bradley, series editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides, will lead an architectural walk around Abingdon - including rare access to two of its oldest buildings.

The walk will begin at Mostly Books at 6.30pm, where Dr Bradley will give a short introduction - and then we will set off down Stert Street to the Market Square. The walk will include a visit to the St Helen's Almshouses and includes a rare opportunity to view the Hall of the Long Alley Almshouse, erected in 1446. We will round off the evening in the Checker - one of the few surviving Abbey buildings, believed to date from the 13th century. Here there will be refreshments, a chance to ask questions and an opportunity to buy copies of the new 'Berkshire Edition' of the Pevsner Architectural Guide.

The guides of Nikolaus Pevsner have been described as "the greatest endeavour of popular architectural scholarship in the world". For the first time in nearly 40 years, a completely revised and comprehensive new edition of the 'Berkshire' Edition will be published. It follows Berkshire's historic boundaries, including the large area transferred to Oxfordshire in the 1970s (within which Abingdon sits). The variety of architecture is broad and remarkable; Pevsner described Berkshire as 'half home county, half West Country'.

We had such a large amount of interest - and a long waiting list - from the first walk we did on July 6, that we know interest will be high for this repeat event. Again, places are limited. Tickets priced at £10, include strawberries and cream, a glass of wine in the Checker at the end of the walk, and £7 off the price of the book on the evening (RRP is £35).

To reserve a place call in at the shop, phone 01235 525880 or email books@mostly-books.co.uk

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up.

Bookgroup
Our Wednesday morning bookgroup meets to discuss Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada.

BBC Oxford Afternoon Bookclub
Mark recommends another five top reads on BBC Oxford's Jo Thoenes afternoon show.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up. Discover new picture books - and some old friends, with occasional guest and 'mystery' storytellers...

Bookgroup
Our Wednesday evening bookgroup meets to discuss Nine Lives by William Dalrymple.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up.

Literary Dinner
Literary Dinner
with Sophie Hannah
On Tuesday Aug 10 we are delighted to welcome novelist and poet Sophie Hannah for a very special evening - our first Literary Dinner at Abingdon's historic King's Head and Bell.

Sophie is a diverse writer, best known for her high-quality psychological thrillers, such as Little Face and Hurting Distance. But she also writes poetry, short-stories, children's books - and has recently completed new translations of Tove Jansson's Moomin books.

Twice longlisted for the Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Sophie's fifth collection of poetry, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 TS Eliot Award, and in 2004 she won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets.

'This utterly gripping thriller should establish Hannah as one of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination.' The Times

We think the setting of a chat over dinner is a lovely way to meet a writer. The Kings Head and Bell, East St Helen's Street, recently re-opened after a sympathetic refurbishment. We will be dining in the historic room where Kings Charles 1 held meetings.

The ticket price includes champagne on arrival, a three course meal, plus a voucher for £6 off a purchase of any of Sophie Hannah’s books on the evening. Tickets cost £35 (£32 for Mostly Booklovers).

There are limited places available, so please call us soon if you would like to join us for what promises to be a very special evening. Email books@mostly-books.co.uk or phone 01235 525880.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up.

Storytime
Our regular storytime for Under 5s - no need to book, just turn up.

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