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…
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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…
Two-Year “Tome Gnome”iversary & Fundraising for 2024!
Friends! If you’ve been following us since we launched the Tucson Tome Gnome in September 2021, then you know that September is the month when we celebrate our official anniversary (“tome gnome”iversary)! We are officially two years old! Tada!!! This also means we are “officially” kicking off our fundraising campaign to support our book-hiding and…
We Stand Against Book Bans
As we all know, book bans have been increasing at a rather horrifying rate in the United States. According to Pen America, “Books are under profound attack in the United States. They are disappearing from library shelves, being challenged in droves, being decreed off-limits by school boards, legislators, and prison authorities. And everywhere, it is…
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)…
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…
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…
Upcoming Event! #ThisIsTucson’s Tucson Together Market
Did you know that #ThisIsTucson is hosting its first-ever market this weekend? Tucson Together will take place on February 18, 2023, from 11am-4pm. The event is at 55 N. Fifth Ave., in the lot across from Hotel Congress. According to the event page, street parking is free on weekends. The closest garages are Centro Garage, located…
