The annual Tucson Festival of Books isn't for another six months, but we're dying to celebrate our love of reading.
To close out our Summer Reading Challenge with Why I Love Where I Live, we're hosting an informal bookish happy hour complete with author meet-and-greets, a bookish cocktail and a book scavenger hunt. Join us 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 at the MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento.
If our Summer Reading Challenge sounds a bit foreign to you, let me catch you up. In July, #ThisIsTucson and Why I Love Where I Live curated a reading list featuring 28 books — 25 for adults, three for kids — all written by local authors or discussing regional themes. It's our way of encouraging the community to read local and support independent bookstores.
Not only could you win prizes for the books you read (and you still can!), but we're inviting book lovers to celebrate their love of reading in person.
Tucson author Sarah T. Dubb’s debut novel, “Birding with Benefits,” has become one of the summer’s most surprising hits.
Here's what to expect at our bookish happy hour on Sept. 19:
📚 Book signings and meet-and-greets with four local authors: Kathleen Glasgow of "Girl In Pieces" and "The Agathas"; Jen DeLuca of "Well Met" and "Haunted Ever After"; Sarah T. Dubb of "Birding with Benefits"; and Carolyn Niethammer of "A Desert Feast" and "The Prickly Pear Cookbook."
📖 Tucson Tome Gnome, a book-loving group of friends, will hide 10 free books around the MSA Annex. All 10 of the books were featured on our Summer Reading Challenge!
🍹 Order any drink from Westbound's menu and ask for The Bookworm. Bartenders will garnish your drink with book-themed decor. 🐛 Westbound will be donating 10% of all bar and bottleshop sales to Make Way For Books all day Thursday.
🛍 Why I Love Where I Live will be offering 15% discounts in the whole store. Shop stickers, books, greeting cards, apparel and more Tucson-themed gear.
🌵 #ThisIsTucson will be giving away free stickers. We'll also have free goodies from the Pima County Public Library!
📕 Independent bookstore Mostly Books will be set up to sell books by Jen DeLuca and Sarah T. Dubb.
🎖 You'll have one last chance to enter our raffle to win tickets to local attractions and signed books. To enter, stop by the #ThisIsTucson table with a copy of a book you read from our reading list. E-books are fine!
See ya there! 📘
Visit Westbound and ask for The Bookworm for a bookish cocktail, beer or non-alcoholic drink.
