Poefest: Arizona Student Writing Competition 2021
PoeFest 2021 is celebrating its 13th year commemorating the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and you can be a part of it all. PoeFest has been a labor of love for a decade. When PoeFest first opened, it did so to just six audience members….
The Women of Bookmans
March is National Women’s History Month, but Bookmans celebrates the impressive and awesome women in our lives all year round! I want to highlight some of the female employees that I work with each day at the Bookmans East Tucson store. These women really make…
Why I Read to My Dog
We all know a dog is (wo)man’s best friend. While most dogs aren’t performing the ancient tasks we bred them to do anymore, they’ve found new ways to love us unconditionally. Your dog is always there if you need help pre-rinsing the dishes, he doesn’t…
Bookmans Interviews: Author Gene Luen Yang!
OMG, you guys! Bookmans had the HUGE privilege of speaking with the fantastic author and illustrator Gene Luen Yang this week. We cannot express how much this interview has been a tremendous boon for Bookmans. We had TWO Bookmans marketing team members talk to Mr….
Let’s Talk About Dr. Seuss
Hello all and to all hello. Let’s talk about a certain Mr. Doctor fellow. We all know him well and of this I’m sure, we all know him as the great, great grandfather of children’s literature. You’ve guessed it, you’ve guessed it right, you’re the…
Discovering Contemporary African American Artists
Contemporary art is the art of today. It represents a diverse range of experiences and ideas, utilizing new types of media, even shaking the art world as we know it. It also reflects modern society, offering the viewers a chance to look back at themselves…
Totally Bingeable T.V. and Me
Like the typical Bookmans customer and employee, I spend a lot of my free time reading books, playing video games (catch me twice a week online with our sponsored streamers What What Media Group), listening to music, and above all things, binge-watching all the TV…
Bookish Resolutions: 2021
Maybe you planned to ring in the New Year with advancing your cooking skills to the next level, spending more time playing your favorite video games, watching more movies, or perhaps your ‘To Be Read’ list has gotten a little out of hand. Whatever your…
MLK Day Interactive Event
This year Bookmans stores are celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with displays in each of our stores. As one of the leaders of the civil rights movement, Dr. King’s impact continues to affect the movements of today. As racial…
Lovecraft Monster or Middle Earth Character?
Want more quizzes from Bookmans? Try this How Well Do You Remember Beetlejuice quiz!
5 Resolutions for Book Lovers
This upcoming year, you can use your time tackling the latest diet trends and detox. Or you make resolutions that are easy and fun. Make book-related resolutions! Here are some ideas on how to manage that bookish list of to-dos and resolutions. They may make…
We’ve Got Your Favorite Things Covered
What are your favorite things? Everyone has some favorite things that they love to collect, share, and decorate their lives with. The holidays are all about giving others something incredibly special, and that includes yourself as well. If you’re a fan of books, music, movies,…
NaNoWriMo Through a Pandemic
Can you believe it is already November? You know what that means. It’s NaNoWriMo time! NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it is an annual writing marathon that runs throughout November. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000-word novel in 30…
Spread Kindness with ThanksgivingBACK Books!
Bookmans has long been a supporter of literacy, and you can be too 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 helps children develop necessary groundwork…
Bookmans Recommends: A Twilight Renaissance
Do you have a book, a hobby, a musician, or a movie that you would call your “guilty pleasure”? Are you nervous to openly admit your like of something due to fear of backlash? Buckle up, friends. Today I am telling you all about my…
The Joy of Working in a Bookstore
Independent Bookstore Day is here and it’s got me all nostalgic. Four years ago, I got a job working as a cashier at Bookmans. Now, after years under my belt, I can say that there are a lot of things I never would’ve discovered without…
IBD: Independent Bookstore Day, the Bookmans Way!
Independent Bookstore Day, IBD for short, is hands-down our favorite day of the year. Not only does Bookmans get to celebrate being a local bookstore, but we also get to stock all that exclusive Independent Bookstore Day merchandise. And that means we also get some…
Entertainment Recommendations: Midtown Edition
Want entertainment recommendations? Great! At Bookmans, we pride ourselves on being extremely knowledgeable when it comes to all things pop culture and media. Even despite the strange time we are living in, we’re still devouring as much music, movies, video games, comics, books, and television…
