Happy 61st book giveaway! We had an amazing time celebrating our FIVE-YEAR anniversary by hiding 30 copies each of We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune and Take Me With You by Steven Rowley last weekend! Also, welcome to October! We got a little hint of cooler weather this week… and we’re here for it….
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Five-Year Tome Gnomiversary (and Fundraising for 2027!)
This month, September 2026, marks the FIVE-YEAR (!!!) Anniversary of the Tucson Tome Gnome. Launched as a pandemic community-building (but social-distancing-appropriate) idea, we are so happy to still be here, still sharing books with all of you. Over the past years, we’ve shared over 3,000 free books throughout Tucson (and surrounding areas), participated in countless…
60th Tome Giveaway
Happy 60th book giveaway! We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth a few weekends ago! It was (still) insanely hot, but we got through it and you all showed up! Now that we’re nearly to the end of September, let’s all keep our fingers crossed that cool(er)…
59th Tome Giveaway
Happy 59th book giveaway! We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman this past weekend! And you all SHOWED UP. It was a bookish scavenger hunt for the ages. All of you brought your A-game – – – and MONGO IS APPALLED at how quickly you found these…
58th Tome Giveaway
Happy 58th book giveaway! We had an amazing time (vicariously!) hiding 30 copies of Woodworking by Emily St. James this past weekend. Why do I say “vicariously?” Well, volunteers from our June Community Kindness Sponsors (The Tucson Spotlight and the Book Chisme Book Club) offered to help us hide all the books. Huge gratitude to…
57th Tome Giveaway
Happy 57th book giveaway! We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of An Oral History of Atlantis by Ed Park last Sunday. And we even got a surprise monsoon later in the afternoon (fingers crossed that all the books were found before the rain started – we were not prepared for rain this early…
56th Tome Giveaway
Happy 56th book giveaway! We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo last Sunday. If you are “poetry curious” but not yet ready to completely dive in, then this book is for you! It’s largely structured as short memoirs/reflections interspersed with poems – the perfect book for celebrating National…
Book Event: Saturday, April 11 @ Stacks!
Friends! If you haven’t yet seen the news on our social media channels, one of the gnomes (Emily) will be moderating a book chat with local Tucson author Morgan Day at Stacks Book Club this Saturday, April 11, at 6:30pm. Her debut novel is The Oldest Bitch Alive. You can learn more about the event…
55th Tome Giveaway
Happy 55th book giveaway! We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda (translated by Julia Sanches and Heather Cleary) last Sunday. If you enjoy gritty books about empowered women (and you appreciate exploring works in translation from our southern neighbor!), then this read is for you! 🙂…
Collaboration: Building a Bookish Community with Humane Borders!
Collaboration alert! The Tucson Tome Gnome is partnering with our friends at Humane Borders over the next few weeks on two bookish events! First up (and coming tomorrow, October 26!), we are partnering with Humane Borders on an immigration and border-themed bookish scavenger hunt! Tomorrow we’ll be hiding 16 books all over Tucson — two…
