Friends: We’ve been struggling to think about what to write, what to post, what to say. This has been an atrocious week for so many of us – especially for our most vulnerable friends and neighbors. We’re exhausted, not sleeping well, and feeling too many emotions. Although the urge to hermit has been strong, we’ve…
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Banned Books Week 2024
If you’ve somehow missed the news, tomorrow (September 22!) 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 and banning….
Three Year Tome Gnome-iversary!
Friends! If you missed the news, this month we are celebrating our three-year tome gnome-iversary and kicking off our FOURTH year of hiding and sharing books with our local Tucson community. As part of the celebration, we launched our anniversary celebrations by hiding 30 copies of TJ Klune’s newest book (Somewhere Beyond the Sea) this…
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…
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…
Thank you, Downtown Tucson Partnership’s Social Justice Committee!
We’re only in the second month of 2024 (hello, February!), and the good news keeps coming! We’re excited to announce that we’ve been awarded an $800 “Downtown Tucson For Everyone” grant through the Downtown Tucson Partnership’s Social Justice Committee! This program awards grants to events and programs presented in Downtown Tucson that demonstrate a commitment…
Submissions Open NOW: Visual Poetry of Tucson Zine!
Friends! We have an exciting announcement 🙂 The rumors are true: we’re collaborating with Amanda Meeks (of Oustpokin’ & Bookish) and the UA Poetry Center on creating a “Visual Poetry of Tucson” zine! Here are some basic details (and some links to learn more!) Have you ever written a poem using images instead of text?…
Thank you, Vantage West Credit Union: February Book-Hiding Sponsor!
As many of you know, we have been working hard to raise $10K to keep the book-sharing momentum going in 2024! We’ve had some great success (thanks to nearly 70!!! of you who’ve donated through our PayPal fundraising campaign – and offline through outright gifts), but we still have a ways to go. That distance…
Happy New Year from the Tome Gnome!
Before 2023 comes to a close and we welcome 2024, we wanted to take a few minutes on this chilly (but absolutely gorgeous) Tucson morning to thank all of you for supporting us and our work to spread book joy in 2023. We had a BLAST of a year. Here’s a little rundown of what…
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