A moving middle-grade mystery about a boy dealing with long-repressed memories of his father as he learns about his Mexican and Haitian heritage while spying on a mysterious stranger during the first weeks of COVID lockdown. Tombolo Books welcomes FL author Phillippe Diederich to the bookstore to celebrate his middle grade novel Lalo Lespérance Never […]
Here in the Dark, the first collection from award-winning author Meagan Lucas, is a gritty genre blending wallop of short stories, set mostly in Southern Appalachia, that explore the female experience of lawlessness. Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Meagan Lucas to the bookstore for an evening celebrating her debut short story collection! Lucas […]
Tombolo Books in partnership with St. Petersburg Poet Laureate, Gloria Muñoz is thrilled to welcome Anne Barngrover to the bookstore for the September reading in our 2023 monthly poetry series! Barngrover will read from her stunning new poetry collection, EVERWHEN, an anxious, verdant poetry collection that is preoccupied with a chthonic era—when the secrets of […]
A steel town daughter’s search for truth and beauty in Birmingham, Alabama Beginning at the center, with her family’s 1947 arrival to a housing project near the color line, within earshot of what would become known as Dynamite Hill, Julie Buckner Armstrong works her way over time and across the map in her latest book […]
Join us at the bookstore for an exciting evening with local author Mark E. Leib for his novel Image Breaker, a story about a man's journey to to reexamine a life he once held dear in order live a life that deeply, truly matters! Tristan Wishnasky seems to have it all: a successful career as […]
Tombolo Books is thrilled to partner with The Battleground for an exciting workshop combining Manga and Poetry!! Begin creating your own manga, comic or graphic novel together with The Battleground youth program! During this workshop, we will facilitate the beginning stage of your process by helping you create a main character and a poem/verse for that […]
Tombolo Books is thrilled to partner with The Battleground for an exciting workshop combining Manga and Poetry!! Begin creating your own manga, comic or graphic novel together with The Battleground youth program! During this workshop, we will facilitate the beginning stage of your process by helping you create a main character and a poem/verse for […]
Join us for a conversation with two authors who examine the treasure that is the "Florida Dream:" Renowned historian Gary R. Mormino in his historical account of the Dream revealed in the 2000's in Dreams of a New Century: Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida's Turning Point (University Press of Florida, 2022) and best-selling children's author […]
Haitian American author Micki Berthelot Morency’s empowering debut novel, The Island Sisters, is filled with rich island culture, the human cost of abuse, and the unbreakable bond of friendship. Tombolo Books is trilled to welcome local author, Micki Berthelot Morency to the bookstore to launch her debut novel, The Island Sisters. Morency pulls from her […]
Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lane DeGregory to the bookstore to discuss her acclaimed anthology, The Girl in the Window And Other True Tales. Part anthology and part craft guide, The Girl in the Window And Other True Tales offers something for readers and writers alike. Lane DeGregory loves true stories, […]
Tombolo Books is happy to welcome Dr. Sandra Braham to the bookstore to share more about her incredible memoir, An Angel for Detroit. Dr. Braham shares her powerful and intimate journey through sobering obstacles, familial struggles and poverty that set the stage for her childhood. While deeply emotional, An Angle for Detroit is an uplifting […]
Tombolo Books is honored to welcome Dr. Marcia E. Herman-Giddens to the bookstore to share her debut memoir, Unloose My Heart: Reckoning with the Twisted Roots of My Southern Family Tree, with our readers. Unloose My Heart is a deeply personal memoir that unearths a family history of racism, slaveholding, and trauma as well as […]
Brunch with Valérie Perrin Hybrid Event Sunday Apr 30 2023 10:00am - 11:00am Tombolo Books is extending our Indie Bookstore Day celebrations with an exciting hybrid event featuring an author our whole staff can't stop talking about!! International bestselling author of FRESH WATER FOR FLOWERS and THREE, Valérie Perrin, will join us virtually for a […]
This humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother's journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a lesbian in her late 30s. Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome local author Jillian Abby to the bookstore to share more about her memoir, Perfectly Queer! Perfectly Queer takes the reader on Jillian Abby's poignant […]
Roy Peter Clark has been called "America's writing coach." He has earned that title from more than 40 years of work, encouraging writers of all ages, from elementary school children to Pulitzer Prize-winning authors. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Roy has spread his influence as a contributing writer to the Tampa Bay Times, offering […]
Tombolo Books and the City of Writers Poetry Festival invite you to celebrate the launch of Miesha Brundridge's latest poetry collection, Embers and Scars! Miesha's second collection confronts social norms while carefully considering love, challenges, personal truth, and what it means to be a Black woman in America. Miesha will be joined by Jake-ann Jones, […]
Tombolo Books and the City of Writers Poetry Festival invite you to kickoff National Poetry Month in Tombolo's Courtyard with award-winning author Ross Gay! We can think of no better way to start April and National Poetry Month than with a reading and conversation with poet and essayist Ross Gay! Ross Gay is interested in […]
A debut, interlinked collection of stories exploring the primal nature of women’s grief—offering insight into the profound experience of loss and the absurd ways in which we seek control in an unruly world. Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome author Erin Slaughter to the bookstore for a conversation about her debut story collection, A Manual […]
In House Of Our Queer, activist and organizer, Bex Mui M. Ed., takes readers on a winding path through her spiritual journey. Raised Catholic— with Buddhist influences from her father and his family— Bex shares the complexities that arise from being queer in religious spaces and shares her journey back to her spiritual roots after […]
Join us in our courtyard to celebrate the re-release of local author and friend of the bookstore Sheree L. Greer's short story collection Once and Future Lovers: Tenth Anniversary Edition! Featuring all the incredible, provocative stories included in the first edition, Once and Future Lovers grapples with the courage it takes to love once while […]
