Catherine Robertson took over the ownership of alison’s bookshop from Ian Nicholson on May 27th. Please call in and meet her!
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New Booktime! The September/October edition is available in store now — drop in to collect your copy or read it online. See something you like? If it’s not in stock we can order it in, or you can buy online at Bookshop.org.
“The perfect book for a summer like 2026, the reader empathises with the characters’ struggle under a remorseless sun”.
Read our review of The Artist by Lucy Steeds in the September 2026 edition of Tewkesbury Direct.
A Court of Thorns and Roses: Next releases available for pre-order
Books .... & more Books!
The next instalments in Sarah J. Maas's epic series are scheduled for release, and are now available to pre-order. Pre-orders of "A Court of Splintered Harmony" will be available for...
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“Four siblings have lived their entire lives in the shadow of Vic, their famous artist father…”.
Read our review of The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce in The Local Answer.
The new 4th edition of Bookshop Tours of Britain by Louise Boland is now available.
This is a slow travel guide to Britain, navigating bookshop to bookshop. Visit beaches, castles, coal mines, whisky distilleries, stately homes and the houses of some of Britain’s best-loved historic writers — plus a host of fantastic bookshops. You can find us on pages 123-124!
Also available the new edition of Bradt’s Slow Travel Guide to the Cotswolds.
We are open 9am to 4.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday.
We have lots of good reading suggestions, from our New Arrivals to our Read & Recommended.
We have a broad selection of jigsaws in stock with a choice of designs in 500, 1000 or 2000 pieces. Click here to see some!
Our Shop
You can browse through these pages to see many of our wonderful stock items — updated daily to keep up with new arrivals! — but there are so many more...
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Contact & Collect
Order books, cards, jigsaws or any other item we stock, without having to come into the shop in person!
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Our Story
Long ago in 1999 a bookshop called alison’s opened on the High Street of the pretty and historic market town of Tewkesbury.
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