Happy 47th book giveaway! We celebrated midsummer by hiding 30 copies of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline. This gnome loved this book SO MUCH. This witchy, queer, feminist read gives off feelings of fall, and honestly? It’s just what we need in the middle of the heat of the summer! If you’re new here and didn’t…
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VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
Before we share info about this month’s book, we’re excited to announce that this month’s “Community Kindness Sponsor” (which helps offset the cost of the extra 15 books we hide after scavenger hunt weekend every month – the “random act of kindness” books!) is Tommy Tronsdal/Canyon Fence Co.!!! Do you know someone who might be…
46th Tome Giveaway
Happy 46th book giveaway! We celebrated Pride Month (June) by hiding 30 copies of I Make Envy On Your Disco by Eric Schnall. This gnome loved this book SO MUCH. It will transport you straight to Berlin in the mid-aughts. If you’re looking for a queer-friendly tale of found family and friendship set in a…
45th Tome Giveaway
Happy 45th book giveaway! I wanted to celebrate May with an alliterative book-hiding adventure (memoirs at murals in May), and I hid 30 copies of Poets Square by Courtney Gustafson. This gnome loved this book SO MUCH. You can read more about why we selected this book here. If you’re new here and didn’t get…
44th Tome Giveaway (just a little delayed!)
Happy 44th book giveaway (which we, uh, did on April 13 – – – we’re only a few weeks delayed in sharing this recap, LOL). To celebrate National Poetry Month, we hid 30 copies of Promises of Gold by José Olivarez. This book was the perfect read for April – it’s a beautiful volume of…
43rd Tome Giveaway, Book Club, and Arizona Gives Day!
Happy 43rd book giveaway! To celebrate Women’s History Month, we hid 30 copies of My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez last weekend. This book was the perfect read for March – we were so excited to celebrate a strong woman who spent her childhood in Tucson and has written a compelling memoir…
Hiding all the books (and congratulations are in order!)
Friends: Last weekend, we had a blast hiding some books in partnership with our friends at the Tucson Spotlight! We hid 4 copies of each of the following 3 books to help build some hype up for the Tucson Festival of Books (all three of these authors will be joining us at the festival, so…
So many book hiding events!
Friends: Last weekend, we had a blast hiding some books at #ThisIsTucson’s Tucson Together Market! We also hosted a table, sold some merch, ate some tasty food, and spoke with so many amazing bookish people (many of you might be reading this now – – – welcome to our blog, and thank you for signing…
42nd Tome Giveaway, a fundraising update, and MORE upcoming events!
Ok, to start, we are so excited to announce that this week, we met (and exceeded!!!) our $10K fundraising goal for 2025! We wouldn’t be here without the generosity of all of you, and one of our incredibly kind, long-time supporters (hi Max McCauslin!) made an amazing contribution this week that launched us over the…
41st Tome Giveaway – and another book-hiding weekend!
Before we jump into sharing an update on last weekend’s first book-hiding adventure of the new year, we’re here to remind you that we’re currently raising money to fund book-hiding this year – and we need your help! Once we hit our $10K goal, anyone who donated $100 or more to the fundraiser will be…
Tucson Tome Gnome 