Tombolo Books welcomes local author Andrea Rinard to the bookstore for a celebration of her debut flash fiction collection, Murmurations! Rinard will be joined in conversation by Jenn Gilgan. In the twenty-six short stories within Murmurations, Andrea Rinard introduces an eclectic array of women attempting to claim their own space and to find meaning in […]
You all know how much Tombolo LOVES a book club! What's the only thing that can make a book club better? A book Club with an award-winning author! Tombolo Books is thrilled to host the ultimate book club meet-up for Lisa Unger fans! Join the internationally bestselling author of twenty novels for an intimate deep-dive […]
"With admirable honesty and empathy, Thomas Hallock's essays and poems guide us on what is revealed as a necessary search for contentment--its languages, philosophies, and made kinships. And we travel with him on a sometimes-rocky path, but one that is always loving, always tender." - Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. […]
A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Cara Fitzpatrick shows how conservatives have pushed for a revolution in public education—one that threatens the existence of the traditional public school. The Death of Public School presents the compelling history of the fiercest battle in the history of American education—one that already has changed the future of public schooling. "The […]
A 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 […]
Tombolo 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 […]
In 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 […]
Tombolo 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 […]
Tombolo 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 […]
David 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 […]
From 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 […]
Set 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 […]
A 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 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 […]
Calling 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 […]
A 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 […]
- - - > 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 […]
There 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 […]
Ginny 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 […]
From 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 […]
