CALLING ALL TAMPA BAY LIGHTENING FANS/STANS Join us at Tombolo Books for a moving story of family, loss, love, and hope from Dave Mishkin, the voice of the Tampa Bay Lightning! Mishkin gives us a tender, big-hearted debut with his novel Blind Squirrel! Join us in-person to welcome Dave Mishkin to the bookstore to celebrate […]
Tombolo Books welcomes poet and professor Ariel Francisco to the bookstore to read from his latest poetry collection, All the Places We Love Have Been Left in Ruins! In his fourth collection of poems, Francisco mourns a Miami already ruined by climate change and development, and meditates on the future ruins of a city reclaimed […]
This dazzling YA cli-fi written in prose and verse will speak to any reader struggling with the state of our world and how to understand their place in it. We are kicking off 2025 in the best way with the book launch celebration of Gloria Muñoz's debut YA novel, This is the Year! Muñoz and […]
Tombolo Books and The Woodson African American Musuem of Florida invite you to celebrate a never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. Please […]
See you at the bookstore! Debut author Amy Buchanan gives readers a sexy contemporary romance about second chances at life and love, bursting with humor and a touch of angst! Tombolo Books welcomes Florida author Amy Buchanan to celebrate the release of her debut romance, Let's Call a Truce. Buchanan and local author Alicia Thompson […]
📣 Calling all creative kiddos! 📣 Zip, zap, and zoom through space with Hugo and his best friend Dino on their adventure to find the best mom present ever in Super Magic Boy: I Am A Space Tiger! Tombolo Books welcomes local author and illustrator of the Super Magic Boy graphic novel series, Jarod Roselló, […]
Tombolo Books welcomes award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual, Edgar Gomez, to the bookstore to celebrate his new book, Alligator Tears! A darkly comic memoir-in-essays, Alligator Tears explores the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State. Gomez will be in conversation with local author Tyler Gillespie! In […]
Tombolo Books is honored to welcome Dr. Basha P. Jordan, JR. to the bookstore for a celebration of his book The Legacy of Elder Jordan, SR. which honors the life of his late grandfather. Dr. Jordan will be in conversation with Gwendolyn Reese, the President of the African American Heritage Association of St. Petersburg. Join […]
Tombolo Books welcomes back our friend Craig Pittman to celebrate the launch of his new essay collection, Welcome to Florida! Pittman and fellow local author Paul Wilborn will be in conversation to chat about what makes Florida "The Most Interesting State." Welcome to Florida is both a love letter to and hilarious deep dive into […]
Join Tombolo Books as we welcome two University Press of Flordia authors for an evening celebrating Florida nature and wildlife! Authors Andrew Furman and Christopher F. Meindl will be here to share more about their work and books: Of Slash Pines and Manatees by Furman and Florida Springs by Meindl. In Florida Springs, Meindl brings […]
Tombolo Books welcomes debut author Jack Lohmann to the bookstore to celebrate his book, White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-in Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World! Lohmann will discuss the specific impacts phosphate mining has on Central Florida and Tampa Bay. More About White Light “There would be no life without […]
The Killer Author Club is on tour and coming to Tombolo Books! We are thrilled to welcome Kimberly Belle, Heather Gudenkauf, and Kaira Rouda to the bookstore to chat with our readers about books and all things crime and killing—of the fictional kind. On tour, the Killers will use a format similar to their bi-monthly […]
Tombolo Books is excited to welcome back local author Ginny Myers Sain to celebrate her latest YA thriller When the Bones Sing. Myers Sain will be in converation with fellow local YA author Maria Ingrande Mora. In When the Bones Sing, Myers Sain gives readers a southern gothic supernatural thriller about a teen girl in […]
This is no April Fools' Day prank, but we will definitely be discussing some clowns! Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling Florida author Kristen Arnett back to the bookstore to celebrate the release of her latest novel, Stop Me If You've Heard This One! Arnett will be joined in converation by […]
Tombolo Books welcomes Florida poet Yael Valencia Aldana to the bookstore for a National Poetry Month event for her award-winning collection Black Mestiza. Valencia Aldana will be in conversation with fellow Florida author Annabelle Tometich! In Black Mestiza, Yael Valencia Aldana reckons with her identity as a Caribbean Afro-Latinx/e woman with Indigenous, Black, and white […]
Join us in the courtyard for a National Poetry Month Celebration in partnership with the City of Writers Poetry Festival & St. Pete Poet Laureate Gloria Muñoz! Local poets and artists Camilo Loaiza Bonilla, Keifer Calkins, Eleanor Eichenbaum, Tyler Gillespie, and Tenea D. Johnson will be leading collaborative poetry activities that will encourage attendees to […]
Tombolo Books welcomes Florida author and founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music, Mark Mustian, to the bookstore to celebrate the release of his new historical fiction novel, Boy With Wings! Mustian will be in conversation with local author Paul Wiborn! More about Boy With Wings What does it mean to […]
Tombolo Books welcomes poet Connie Mae Oliver to the bookstore for a celebration of her poetry collection, dormilona, during National Poetry Month! Oliver will be in conversation with St. Petersburg's Poet Laureate Gloria Muñoz. dormilona is a bilingual book of poetry exploring dream states, distance, and the rituals of sleep. In this collection, the fluidity […]
Join us at the bookstore on Saturday, April 26th to celebrate INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY 2025! We will be open our regular hours, 10am - 5:30pm, with fun IBD happenings until 4pm both in the bookstore and out in our courtyard! Special Indie Bookstore Day merch will be available all day while supplies last! This year […]
Join Tombolo Books for a live reading of the online poetry series “The Climate of Us: Poems Between the Land and Sea” featuring local poets living in Florida! This series […]
