About the book, from Penguin Random House: “In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with…
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May 13: Recap of ALL the things!
Y’all, yesterday was a BUSY day! As those of you who follow us on social media know, we had planned to hide a few books at the spring premiere of the Reveille Men’s Chorus show “Heroes, Sheroes, Theyroes” (and we did!). But, before I get to that, we actually started our book hiding day earlier…
Recap: Solutions-Focused Book Event (and an upcoming book club!)
So, it might go without saying… but this gnome had an amazing time at our Solutions-Focused Book & Beer pairing/hiding event on Thursday, May 4th, at Borderlands Brewing Company! May the fourth be with you… on building community solutions! 🙂 This event was hosted in partnership with Caitlin Schmidt, solutions journalist with the Arizona Daily…
Solutions-Focused Book & Beer Pairing/Hiding Event!
Are you a reader who cares about building a vibrant and equitable community in Southern Arizona? Do you like to enjoy local beer (and tacos)? If so, this event is for you! The Tucson Tome Gnome is teaming up with local solutions journalist Caitlin Schmidt and Borderlands Brewing Company to host a solutions-focused book and…
20th Tome Giveaway
Wowza! Happy National Poetry Month! During this twentieth Tome Giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding tomes all over Tucson. I hid 30 copies of Someday the Plan of a Town by Todd Boss throughout the day – including 10 copies along downtown Tucson’s Haiku Hike! We also had a guest tome gnome for part…
“Someday the Plan of a Town” by Todd Boss
About the book, from W.W. Norton: “In 2018, reeling from marital, parental, and societal losses, acclaimed poet Todd Boss risked everything to be at one with the world. Boss sold his belongings and began to circle the globe in a series of consecutive housesits. He alternately inhabited thatched-roof farmhouses, hillside estates, urban apartments, and lush gardens…
Nineteenth Tome Giveaway
Wowza! During this nineteenth Tome Giveaway, I had a FABULOUS day hiding tomes all over Tucson. I hid 30 copies of Out There by Kate Folk throughout the day – all at women-owned, run, designed, decorated, founded, and painted locations. Friends, I’m still surprised that this is the first time I’ve hidden a short story…
“Out There” by Kate Folk
About the book, from Penguin Random House: “With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain…
Big Read Tucson: Book Hiding Recap, March 4-5, 2023
Wowza! During this special Tome Giveaway in collaboration with Big Read: Tucson, I spent an amazing two days hiding tomes all over the Tucson Festival of Books! Over the course of the two days (March 4 & 5), I hid 30 copies of Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz. Some of the photos from last…
Big Read Tucson – Hiding Tomes!
Friends! Did you know that the University of Arizona was selected for 2022-2023 to host an NEA Big Read for the Tucson community? Big Read: Tucson is a three-month-long series of multi-site public literary events in Spring 2023, centered around a book of poetry: Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem (2020). NEA’s Big Read program is meant to spark a love of reading and…
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