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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Twenty-Sixth Tome Giveaway
Can you believe we just completed our twenty-sixth tome giveaway/book-hiding day? It’s hard to believe, but time flies when you’re having fun! During this twenty-sixth (!!!) book giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding 30 copies of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, all over…
Guest Post: Literature in Translation with Elisabeth Jaquette
Friends and fellow book lovers! The Tome Gnome has something very exciting to share with you today. Below is a guest post written by Elisabeth (Lissie) Jaquette, the Executive Director of The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). The Tome Gnome is SO LUCKY to partner with ALTA on this month’s book-hiding leading up to their…
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
***Before we dive into our post about this weekend’s book-hiding extravaganza in partnership with The American Literary Translators Association, 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,…
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…
Recap: Solutions Focused Community Book Club
Hi folks! Emily here. It’s another lovely Saturday in Tucson. I’m sitting at my desk reflecting on the beautiful energy and thoughtful conversations we participated in last week during our third Solutions-Focused Community Book Club. It perhaps goes without saying, but if you joined us for book club last Wednesday, then you know it was…
Twenty-Fifth Tome Giveaway
***Before we dive into our post recapping last weekend’s exciting two-year anniversary book hiding, 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…
“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…
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…
Tucson Tome Gnome 