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If I Were the Moon: Author Storytime and Sing-along with Jesse Terry
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaA sweet and endearing picture book that celebrates the magical, enduring bond between caregiver and child! Tombolo Books welcomes award-winning musician and author Jesse Terry to the bookstore for a kid's storytime and sing-along! Jesse will read his book If I Were the Moon, adapted from one of his favorite and most requested songs which […]
Dwell Time: A Conversation with Rosa Lowinger @ Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaTombolo welcomes Rosa Lowinger to the bookstore to share more of her stunning debut memoir that is a moving portrait of a Cuban Jewish family’s intergenerational trauma, and a story about repair and healing that will forever change how you see the objects and places we cherish and how we manage damage and loss.Rosa Lowinger's […]
Mickey and the Teamsters: A Conversation with Mike Schneider @ Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaIn Mickey and the Teamsters, Mike Schneider pulls the veil back on the most "magical place on Earth." Schneider offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the hidden struggles that surround Disney World, which employs the largest single-site workforce in the United States. Tombolo Books welcomes Schneider to the bookstore for a conversation about the […]
Lizard People: A Conversation with Ryan Rivas @ Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaTombolo Books welcomes back Florida author Ryan Rivas to the bookstore to celebrate his "darkly comic and deeply strange novella" Lizard People. Rivas and Shane Hinton, author of Pinkies and editor of We Can't Help It If We're From Florida, will be in conversation! All his life, the unnamed narrator of Lizard People has believed […]
Through the Groves: An Evening with Anne Hull
The Poynter Institute 801 3rd Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesTombolo Books in partnership with The Poynter Institute welcomes award-winning journalist Anne Hull back to her home state to celebrate her stunning coming-of-age memoir, Through the Groves. Anne Hull's Through the Groves, captures it all—the smells and sounds of a disappearing way of life, the secret rituals and rhythms of a doomed family, the casual […]
🐊 G A T O R C O U N T R Y: True Crime, Nature Writing and Epic Storytelling with Author Rebecca Renner
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaDavid Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters. Rebecca Renner's Gator Country is the twisting true story of the impossible choices individuals must make to stay afloat in this world, and she will join local […]
Into the Bright Sunshine: A Conversation with Samuel G. Freedman @ Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaFrom one of the country's most distinguished journalists, a revisionist and riveting look at the American politician whom history has judged a loser, yet who played a key part in the greatest social movement of the 20th century. In Into the Bright Sunshine, Samuel G. Freedman examines Hurbert Humphrey's early political career, when his efforts […]
Tombolo Presents: Dressing the Saints, An Evening with Aracelis González Asendorf
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaSet in the lushness of Cuba and Florida, and spanning decades, the stories in Dressing the Saints chronicle lives left behind and new ones forged with struggle, melancholy, and hope. Tombolo Books welcomes local author Aracelis González Asendorf to the bookstore for a celebration of her latest story collection, Dressing the Saints. Asendorf will be […]
One Wrong Word: An Evening with Hank Phillippi Ryan
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaA heart-racing new psychological thriller from USA Today bestselling and multiple award-winning author, Hank Phillippi Ryan. In ONE WRONG WORD, savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward finds herself at the center of a scandalous affair. Ryan weaves a story of gossip, lies, and rumors where words can hurt you but they can also kill! Join […]
In Search of the Beloved Community: A Conversation with Raymond Arsenault
Allendale United Methodist Church 3901 Haines Road, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIn this first book-length biography of John Lewis, Raymond Arsenault traces Lewis’s upbringing in rural Alabama, his activism as a Freedom Rider and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his championing of voting rights and anti-poverty initiatives, and his decades of service as the “conscience of Congress.” Join local historian and author Dr. Raymond […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop at Tombolo Books with Sylvia Whitman
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaCalling all aspiring, young writers! Local author Sylvia Whitman joins us at the bookstore for a writing workshop where she will talk about how she developed the characters in her latest middle grade novel, If You Meet the Devil, Don't Shake Hands! This workshop is perfect for kiddos ages 9+, and we encourage everyone attending […]
The New Couple in 5B: New Book Launch Event with Lisa Unger
Coastal Creative 2201 1st Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this unputdownable thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six. No one keeps us on our toes and flipping pages late into the night quite like Lisa Unger! NYT bestselling, local author and friend of the bookstore is back with […]
Say Hello To My Little Friend: An Evening with Jennine Capó Crucet
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, Florida- - - > Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his mother’s murky legacy—a story steeped in Miami’s marvelous and sinister magic. Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome Miami author, Jennine Capó Crucet to the bookstore to celebrate her latest novel Say Hello […]
Florida Man: Poems, Revisited with Tyler Gillespie at Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaThere is much more to the "Florida Man" meme than a punchline! Local poet Tyler Gillespie's innovative collection FLORIDA MAN: POEMS, strips away the accepted myths of his home state and its inhabitants in poems centered on Florida’s history and culture. Now in this second, extended edition of his collection, FLORIDA MAN: POEMS, REVISITED, Gillespie […]
One Last Breath: A Conversation with Ginny Myers Sain
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaGinny Myers Sain, the New York Times bestselling author of Dark & Shallow Lies, delivers another chilling supernatural thriller filled with murder, romance, and a decades long mystery that haunts a small Florida town. And Sain will be at Tombolo Books to tell us more about her latest edge-of-your-seat YA novel, ONE LAST BREATH! With […]
Death Valley: An Evening with Melissa Broder at Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaFrom the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief and a “magical tale of survival” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In Melissa Broder’s astonishingly profound new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her.What the motel provides, however, is not […]
Discovering Hidden Worlds through Comics: an Evening with G. Neri @ Tombolo Books!
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaG. Neri, the Eisner finalist and Coretta Scott King honoring-winning author of YUMMY and CONCRETE COWBOY, likes to go where few dare, whether it’s the mean streets of Chicago’s Southside or the end of the world in Antarctica. He uses comics to tell compelling stories for young people, and his latest graphic novel, SAFE PASSAGE […]
The Mango Tree: An Evening with Annabelle Tometich @ Tombolo Books
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaWhen journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June morning, she isn’t expecting a collect call from an inmate at the Lee County Jail. And when she accepts, she certainly isn’t prepared to hear her mother’s voice on the other end of the line. So begins The Mango Tree, a poignant and deceptively entertaining […]
Tombolo Books Presents SHE’S NOT SORRY: An Evening with Mary Kubica
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaNew York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple, Mary Kubica, is back with a new pulse-pounding thriller! Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at the hospital one day, a […]
Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services with Dr. Jessica Pryce
Tombolo Books 2153 1st Ave S., St. Petersburg, FloridaJoining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families. Let us know we will see you there! Please RSVP HERE! Dr. Jessica Pryce knows […]