Bookmans River Celebrates First Anniversary with Paper! (River Store Only)
Bookmans River Celebrates First Anniversary with a Paper Sale (River Store Only) We invite our community to join in celebrating the first anniversary of the Bookmans River location on Saturday, Nov. 16! Families and book lovers alike can enjoy exclusive in-store promotions, interactive activities and…
Bring Home The Banned This September!
Did you know that 2024 has been another banner year for banning and challenging books in schools and libraries? Whether the challenges come about because of racism, sexuality, or gender identity, what is always at the forefront of these book banning attempts is censorship. Banned…
Get and Give with Summer Reads 2024!
Do you know what’s better than reading a great book? Getting a great book for free! This summer, Bookmans is helping you stock up on all the books you can handle – and help you pay it forward too with Bookmans Summer Reads! From…
Poefest: Arizona Student Writing Competition 2024
Sixteen years ago, PoeFest opened with just six audience members. By the third night it was packed and they knew they had something special. PoeFest has been a labor of love for more than a decade now helping to turn this little Edgar Allan Poe…
Bookmans January 2024 Happenings
Welcome to 2024! What will you plan to do in the new year? Learn something new? Read more? Watch more movies? Find a new hobby? Write a book? Start a band? Whatever your new years brings, we hope you’ll find yourself here. Flagstaff (1520…
Grab Some Books and Win Big!
Do you love books? We sure do, and we want to reward you for your love of reading. This summer brings us two celebrations of reading: Paperback Book Day and Book Lovers Day! These two days are your chance to enter to win a $100…
College Students Get Rewarded at Bookmans!
College is a time to discover who you are and what you love, and Bookmans is here for it! Whether you’re adapting to a new city or state, easing into classwork, or busy finding the best ways to add some fun into your hectic schedule,…
Update: Bookmans River Arrives with a Grand Opening Celebration!
Our brand-new Tucson store, located at 4841 N. Stone Ave is ready to go, and we are so excited to bring the greenest and most energy efficient Bookmans store that we have ever built. While our Northwest and Midtown locations have closed, we’ve brought along…
Drag Story Hour is BACK in July!
As promised, Drag Story Hour is BACK in Tucson! Bookmans and Drag Story Hour are hosting a Story Hour event on Sunday afternoon, July 16th in Tucson! We are so grateful that we are able to bring back one of the most popular childhood literacy…
Summer Kid’s Events Keep It Cool!
Bookmans Summer Kid’s events are back! Every summer, Bookmans offers a variety of activities to keep kids of all ages going throughout the long hot days. We have invited some of the coolest of the cool to pull together weekly engaging and educational activities. This…
Bookmans’ Drag Story Hour Event Postponed
I am heartbroken to announce that Bookmans has been forced to postpone and relocate our March 25th Drag Story Hour event from our Northwest location at Ina and Thornydale. Our intention was to host a children’s literacy event in a way that is inclusive of…
Bookmans Regarding Drag Story Hour Event Postponement, Press Release: March 20, 2023
For Immediate Release_ Bookmans’ Drag Story Hour Event Update, March 2023
Free Summer Kids Events are Back at Bookmans Tucson!
Every year, Bookmans does something special to help kids have some awesome summertime fun. There is plenty of time for children to play video games and hit the pool. Bookmans wants to add another level of fun to their summer schedule with our free Summer…
Literacy Abounds with ThanksgivingBACK!
Bookmans has long been a supporter of literacy, and you can help us meet our book donation goals with ThanksgivingBACK! You’ve heard it before – reading is fundamental. That means that literacy is an essential skill that children can build on from early childhood. Literacy…
Student Art Contest
Do you have a flair for the creative? Are you interested in learning more about 3D animation? Bookmans Phoenix, Mesa and Flagstaff are partnering with RJ Animation to bring you exactly that! Students in grades 6-12 are invited to enter our Student Art Contest! One…
Are You with the Banned Books?
Did you know that 2022 has been a banner year for banning and challenging books in schools and libraries? Whether the challenges come about because of racism, sexuality, or gender identity, what is always at the forefront of these book banning attempts is censorship. Banned…
Bookmans Celebrates Tolkien Week 2022!
Calling all J.R.R. Tolkien lovers! “Tolkien Week is observed as the calendar week containing September 22, which is always observed as Hobbit Day. Both celebrations began in 1978. Hobbit Day in particular, and Tolkien Week as well, have gained some measure of legal dignity through…
Ready, Set, Roll… into MaricopaCon
You’ll kick yourself for missing this one! MaricopaCon is Arizona’s first Kickstarted gaming convention. This family-friendly convention boasts three straight days of board games, miniature games, RPG events, card games, and paint-and-take. With its origins in the local gaming community, MaricopaCon brings together the best…
National Dog and Cat Days!
There are two very important days that absolutely must be celebrated in August – National Dog Day and International Cat Day! What is Bookmans doing to celebrate everyone’s favorite fur friends? We’re giving away free recipe cards for homemade dog and cat treats on their…
College Students Get Rewarded at Bookmans!
College is a time to discover who you are and what you love, and Bookmans is here for it! Whether you’re adapting to a new city or state, easing into classwork, or busy finding the best ways to add some fun into your hectic schedule,…