It’s the best time of year – time for Independent Bookstore Day! This year, IBD will be held on April 24 and Bookmans is thrilled to be an official Independent Bookstore Day location. We’re filling our shelves with the always-exclusive IBD merchandise and celebrating how awesome it is to be an independent bookstore in our communities!

Bookmans East is even holding a month-long #Bookshelfie contest where you can win a custom bookshelf courtesy of Cactus Cloud Arts and Bookmans!

Bookmans Northwest is celebrating with community partners and local authors! We’re teaming up with The National Parks Store in Oro Valley, Treasures for Teachers, and the Southern Arizona Youth and Families Council. Donate your trade to Treasures for Teachers. Sign up on the Bookmans Instagram and Facebook pages (links to come) for our Independent Bookstore Day giveaway bags full of goodies from Bookmans and our partners! Teachers can sign up for our Project Educate program and pick up a coupon for 30% of your next purchase good thru Teacher Appreciation Week Monday, May 3rd-Friday, May 7th.

 

 

 

 

 

8:30AM-11AM Pick up your Summer Survival Kit courtesy of the Southern Arizona Youth and Families Council

 

 

 

 

 

9AM Bookmans Northwest Store opens Independent Bookstore Day begins!

9AM-12PM Local Author Fair Authors TBD

If you are a local author interested in having a table please email northwestevents@bookmans.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About John Anthony Chihak Soltero:

John Anthony Chihak Soltero is a Tucson native who has been a comic book fan and reader since Junior High School. John began creating characters as a freshman at Tucson High School. He would ultimately create his two longest-lasting characters in Nash and Agnew during his senior year while taking animation.

John’s very first comic book, Youth in Asia issue 1, was self-published in 2006. It would be 11 years until the Bubba Patrol saw print. Since that time, the Bubba Patrol has been the main focus of this creator. The fourth and fifth issues, ending the first story arc of the Bubba Patrol will arrive in late 2021.

The Bubba Patrol is an all-ages comedy adventure, featuring John’s dogs as superheroes. But their greatest assets aren’t their powers. It’s their heart and the reality that they’re powered by hope.

About Thomas Wiewandt:

FOSSILS INSIDE OUT brings fossils, paleoecology, and the fossil industry to life in a beautiful and easy-to-understand format suitable for young adults and older, scientists and non-scientists. This “coffee-table” book is packed with information connecting the past, present, and future of life on Earth.  It also reaches beyond the basics by covering historical perspectives on fossil collecting, laws that can confuse anyone, new imaging technologies, the art of fossil preparation, and how to spot a fake. Most of the imagery (90%) has been selected from the author’s personal photographic archive, supplemented by exceptional artwork from outside sources. Paleontologists, collectors, dealers, museums, and artists worldwide have generously helped to make this book possible.

FOSSILS INSIDE OUT is our spin-off from THE SOUTHWEST INSIDE OUT: An Illustrated Guide to the Land and Its History, now in 4th Edition (2014, Wiewandt & Wilks). THE SOUTHWEST INSIDE OUT has sold over 35,000 copies and earned three top publishing honors––a Gold Benjamin Franklin Award; a Gold Independent Publishers Award, and the 2003 Best Book Award across all genres from the Arizona Book Publishing Association. It also won an iParenting Media Award, recognition for the best of the best in children’s media (for ages 12+). 

Stemming from a passion for science and art (MS in Zoology, University of Arizona; PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University), Thomas Wiewandt has forged a career in natural history media and owns Wild Horizons Publishing. He lives in Tucson, home of the world’s largest Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Showcase. For 34 years, Tom has been photographing many of the finest fossils found in remote corners of the globe, the foundation for this book. 

Bookmans Northwest is committed to visitor safety and is following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines regarding COVID-19. All in-person attendees at Bookmans Northwest over the age of five will be required to wear masks, and social distancing will be enforced. The number of people allowed in the store and event space will be regulated, so attendees may be asked to wait outside on a shaded patio before entry. 

Bookmans Northwest is committed to visitor safety and is following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines regarding COVID-19. All in-person attendees at Bookmans Northwest over the age of five will be required to wear masks, and social distancing will be enforced. The number of people allowed in the store and event space will be regulated, so attendees may be asked to wait outside on a shaded patio before entry.

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS!

About Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day is managed by the American Booksellers Association and held the last Saturday of April. Learn more at www.indiebookstoreday.com.