It’s Saturday, December 2, and this gnome is getting excited about the two fun events that we have planned for this weekend! If you’re reading this Saturday afternoon, it’s not too late to join us tonight at the Reveille Men’s Chorus premiere of their winter show, Seasons Screenings! We will be hiding a few books…
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Sharing Book Joy: How to Help on Giving Tuesday!
Friends and supporters – I know this post (and the email that our subscribers get about this post!) will probably get lost in the onslaught of Giving Tuesday donation requests that everyone undoubtedly is receiving (ha, I know my inbox was full of donation requests this morning!), but I hope that perhaps a few of…
Twenty-Seventh Tome Giveaway
Happy Thanksgiving, happy long weekend (for those who get to enjoy a day or two off from work), and happy weekend of escapist reading, for those who celebrate 🙂 During this twenty-seventh book giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding 30 copies of Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty all over Tucson! This month’s…
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
About the book, from Tin House: “Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it means to be Penobscot in the twenty-first century and what it means to live, to survive, and to persevere after tragedy. In twelve striking, luminescent stories, author Morgan Talty—with searing humor, abiding…
2024 Fundraising Update!
Friends & Supporters – We’re about halfway through the timeline for our 2024 Fundraising Campaign (we’re trying to wrap up by December 31… but we’ll see how things unfold!), and we wanted to take a moment to pause and send HUGE thanks to those of you who’ve already donated for helping the Tucson Tome Gnome…
Twenty-Sixth Tome Giveaway
Can you believe we just completed our twenty-sixth tome giveaway/book-hiding day? It’s hard to believe, but time flies when you’re having fun! During this twenty-sixth (!!!) book giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding 30 copies of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, all over…
Guest Post: Literature in Translation with Elisabeth Jaquette
Friends and fellow book lovers! The Tome Gnome has something very exciting to share with you today. Below is a guest post written by Elisabeth (Lissie) Jaquette, the Executive Director of The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). The Tome Gnome is SO LUCKY to partner with ALTA on this month’s book-hiding leading up to their…
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
***Before we dive into our post about this weekend’s book-hiding extravaganza in partnership with The American Literary Translators Association, we wanted to share a reminder that we are fundraising for book-hiding and book-sharing in 2024! If you can help us, we would be so grateful for your support and donations! (and if you’ve already donated,…
Recap: Stroke & Brain Injury Support Group Book Hiding!
Friends! It you missed seeing our roundup reel on Instagram earlier this week, then you may not know that last Thursday, September 28, New York Times best-selling author (and Tucson Tome Gnome founding board member!) TJ Klune joined us in Tucson for a presentation and book-hiding event with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital’s Stroke and Brain Injury…
Banned Books Week 2023
If you’ve somehow missed the news, today (October 1!) marks the official start of Banned Books Week here in the United States. If you’ve been following the Tome Gnome (either here or on social media) for any period of time, then you know that we support the freedom to read and stand against book censorship…
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