About the book, from Penguin Random House: “In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with…
TODAY – National Television Debut Saturday, May 20, 2023
We have more exciting news, friends! This week we heard from the producer at the TODAY show that the piece they created about the Tome Gnome has been picked up to air on the LIVE NATIONAL TV BROADCAST of the TODAY Show (Weekend Edition). It will be included as part of the show tomorrow (Saturday)…
May 13: Recap of ALL the things!
Y’all, yesterday was a BUSY day! As those of you who follow us on social media know, we had planned to hide a few books at the spring premiere of the Reveille Men’s Chorus show “Heroes, Sheroes, Theyroes” (and we did!). But, before I get to that, we actually started our book hiding day earlier…
Recap: Solutions-Focused Book Event (and an upcoming book club!)
So, it might go without saying… but this gnome had an amazing time at our Solutions-Focused Book & Beer pairing/hiding event on Thursday, May 4th, at Borderlands Brewing Company! May the fourth be with you… on building community solutions! 🙂 This event was hosted in partnership with Caitlin Schmidt, solutions journalist with the Arizona Daily…
TODAY Show – It happened!
WOW. This has been an amazing week. Honestly, we still can’t believe it, but the TODAY Show segment aired on Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Hoda Kotb’s streaming show, “The Morning Boost.” We are so happy with how this turned out – and couldn’t be more excited to share our book-joy with all of you….
TODAY – Streaming on “The Boost” Tomorrow Morning (May 4)!
Friends… If there was ever a good Wowza Wednesday post, this might be it. So… do you remember that back in March, we kept talking about how special our March book hiding of OUT THERE by Kate Folk was? Well, not only did we hide a phenomenal book (which itself is special!), but we also…
Solutions-Focused Book & Beer Pairing/Hiding Event!
Are you a reader who cares about building a vibrant and equitable community in Southern Arizona? Do you like to enjoy local beer (and tacos)? If so, this event is for you! The Tucson Tome Gnome is teaming up with local solutions journalist Caitlin Schmidt and Borderlands Brewing Company to host a solutions-focused book and…
20th Tome Giveaway
Wowza! Happy National Poetry Month! During this twentieth Tome Giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding tomes all over Tucson. I hid 30 copies of Someday the Plan of a Town by Todd Boss throughout the day – including 10 copies along downtown Tucson’s Haiku Hike! We also had a guest tome gnome for part…
“Someday the Plan of a Town” by Todd Boss
About the book, from W.W. Norton: “In 2018, reeling from marital, parental, and societal losses, acclaimed poet Todd Boss risked everything to be at one with the world. Boss sold his belongings and began to circle the globe in a series of consecutive housesits. He alternately inhabited thatched-roof farmhouses, hillside estates, urban apartments, and lush gardens…
The Gnome is Officially Official!
Friends! The Tome Gnome has some BIG NEWS! On March 16th, 2023, we received notification from the IRS that our application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status was approved! This means that the gnome is now “officially official” in the eyes of the US Government 🙂 We have been working on pulling this together for almost a…
Tucson Tome Gnome 