Happy 33rd book giveaway! To celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, last weekend I hid 30 copies of Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers – a book featuring one of our favorite main characters, Vera Wong! Vera is a Chinese-American immigrant who runs a tea shop and gets herself ALL up in everyone’s business after she finds…
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Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
About the book, from Penguin Random House: “Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing…
Podcasts and Radio Shows – Oh My!
Hi friends. It’s been a while since we’ve shared an update about things OTHER than our monthly books hiding, so we thought it was time to catch you up on some exciting activities that have been going on! First, we recorded a lovely podcast with the fabulous ladies (Liz & Holly) from Speaking LITerally towards…
Thirty-Second Tome Giveaway
Happy 32nd book giveaway! To celebrate National Poetry Month, we partnered on a few exciting things! First, I collaborated with the UA Poetry Center to help sponsor the creation of a visual poetry of Tucson zine – Seeing Sun Spots. This gorgeous zine was designed and printed by the amazingly talented Amanda Meeks of Oustpokin’…
The Border Simulator: Poems by Gabriel Dozal, Translated by Natasha Tiniacos
About the book, from Penguin Random House: “In Gabriel Dozal’s debut collection, the U.S.-Mexico border is redefined as a place of invention; crossing it becomes a matter of simulation. The poems accompany Primitivo, who attempts to cross the border, an imaginary boundary that becomes more real and challenging as his journey progresses; and his sister, Primitiva,…
Thirty-First Tome Giveaway!
Happy 31st book giveaway! To celebrate Women’s History Month, we decided it would be fun to use this opportunity to celebrate TWO amazing women: the author of this book (Michiko Aoyama) and the translator (Alison Watts). We love international literature and are so grateful to the amazing translators who ensure that we (those of us…
What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts
About the book, from HarperCollins: “What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother tries to…
WOWZA! 2024 Fundraising Goal Met!
Tome Gnome Friends and Supporters – We have exciting news! We received $800 in additional “offline” (outside of PayPal) donations this weekend, which means we have now met – and slightly exceeded! – our fundraising goal for 2024. YAY! We are so excited that we can keep hiding books throughout ALL of 2024 🙂 These…
Fundraising Gift Winners! Upcoming Events! All the things! OH MY!
It’s been a while since we’ve shared a general update, so here we are! Read on for information on the folks who won our recent fundraising gift bundles, an update on when we’ll select winners for our final two gifted book sets (signed special editions from TJ Klune!), and learn about a few fun events…
Thirtieth Tome Giveaway!
Folks, we’ve hit a milestone – our 30th book giveaway! To celebrate the month of love, we took a slightly different approach and hid a thematically heavy book, but it’s one that focuses on some really important topics of self-acceptance (and, in many ways, self-love), moments for reflection, and the importance and power of storytelling….
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