Hi Folks. We hate that we have to talk about this (and “celebrate” it every year), but Banned Books Week is coming up, October 5-11, 2025. Every year, highlighting this issue becomes increasingly important, as book banning continues to rise. The theme this year is “Censorship Is So 1984 — Read for Your Rights.” If…
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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…
Happy (Almost) New Year, and a Year-End Ask
Can you all believe that 2024 is almost over? 2025 is coming quickly, and we are feeling hopeful (but also realistic…) about what the new year might bring. After the election in November, we published this post, reaffirming that we are here, we aren’t planning on going anywhere, and we will continue to support and…
2024 Fundraising Update!
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…
“In the Lives of Puppets” by TJ Klune
***Before we dive into our post about this weekend’s exciting two-year anniversary hidden book, we wanted to share a reminder that we are fundraising for book-hiding and book-sharing in 2024! If you can help us, we would be so grateful for your support and donations! (and if you’ve already donated, thank you so much for…
Recap: Fundraising Event with Mostly Books
In case you missed the announcements leading up to the event last week (LOL), in celebration of the Tome Gnome’s 1-year anniversary, Mostly Books donated a portion of every purchase made on Saturday, September 24 to our 2023 fundraising campaign! So what happened? Drum roll, please… Friends: you showed up, bought a TON of books…
Tucson Tome Gnome 