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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Get and Give with Summer Reads 2023!
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…
Cheers to Independent Bookstore Day 2022!
April is one of the BEST months of the year. Why? Independent Bookstore Day, of course! Independent Bookstore Day (IBD) is a favorite day of the year for all book lovers and all indie booksellers too. Bookmans and our employees get to celebrate being a…
Bookmans Celebrates Will Eisner Week!
“Will Eisner Week is held every March celebrating comics, graphic novel literacy, free speech, and the legacy of Will Eisner. Will Eisner Week is one of our favorite celebration weeks of the year. Not only does it allow us to spotlight some of our favorite…
We’ll See You at the Tucson Festival of Books!
The Tucson Festival of Books is almost here, and it is truly one of the most incredible events in the country! The Tucson Festival of Books, or TFOB for short, is the third-largest literary festival in the U.S. The TFOB 2023 event includes more than…
NaNoWriMo Happens at Bookmans!
Each and every November, Bookmans welcomes the community to share, research, read, and of course, write during National Novel Writing Month. If you are a writer, would-be, or well-versed in the craft, look no further than your local Bookmans store to help you achieve your…
Bookmans Employee’s Best Reality Fantasies!
Do you ever find yourself watching your favorite Saturday morning cartoons and think DAMN! If Vegeta weren’t so evil he would be pretty badass!? Yeah, he’s a terrible Saiyin, just saying… But you have to admit he’s an incredible warrior, not to mention at times…
Which Fictional School Do You Want to Attend?
It’s back-to-school season and, amidst bemoaning the end of summer, we can’t help but think how much more fun school would be at one of these fictional institutions of learning. Life-threatening? Who cares? At least you won’t be falling asleep on your desk. We couldn’t…
If You Give a Child a Book – You Could Win!
Bookmans Phoenix and Bookmans Mesa are excited to team up with ABC15, CW61, and the Scripps Foundation to give an extra special THANK YOU to all those who donated to the If You Give a Child a Book campaign! If You Give a Child a…
Back to School Books Bookmans Wants!
Which books do kids need for school this year? Check the list below and see which back-to-school titles Bookmans is keeping an eye out for! Bring in one of these books as a part of your trade deal and you’ll get a 10% boost on…
July is National Hemp Month
Every year in July, National Hemp Month celebrates one of the world’s most versatile and usable plants- Hemp. Needless to say, its popularity is indeed growing. For many years laws that have been put into place banning cannabis have also included Hemp, even though it…