Poefest: Arizona Student Writing Competition 2026
Eighteen 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…
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…
Poefest: Arizona Student Writing Competition 2022
PoeFest is celebrating its 14th year commemorating the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and you can be a part of it all at multiple locations throughout Phoenix, Arizona this October. PoeFest has been a labor of love for a decade. When PoeFest first opened, it…
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…
PoeFest: Student Writing Competition 2020
PoeFest is celebrating its 12th year commemorating the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and you can be a part of it all at multiple locations throughout Phoenix, Arizona this October. PoeFest has been a labor of love for a decade. When PoeFest first opened, it…
Fall in Love with Bookmans!
The fall weather is finally starting to creep in. With the days getting shorter and the nights cooling down, there’s no better time than autumn to fall in love with Bookmans all over again. We are all about celebrating the fall and that includes spooky…
Poetry + Community + Tucson Humanities Festival
Bookmans not only has fun, free, family events at each of our stores, but we also aim to bring communities together. For the month of October, we’re teaming up with the College of Humanities, the UA Poetry Center, as well as other community partners during…
#ThisIsTucson’s Summer Reading Challenge (for Grown-Ups)
This guest blog has been written by Johanna Willett, #ThisIsTucson Reporter (Twitter @johannawillett) Once again, #ThisIsTucson is challenging you to read local with our second Summer Reading Challenge for Grown-Ups. And we are SO EXCITED. Why should kids get to have all the fun?…
Palmer and Gaiman Dazzle in Tucson
Dear Tucson, you may not realize it yet but you recently became infinitely cooler. I’m not making a cheeky comment about the temperature. I’m referring to the man they call Jack Palmer. You may or may not know who Amanda Palmer is, but her Dad…
Jimmy Santiago Baca’s Martín & Meditations on the South Valley
When I picked up Jimmy Santiago Baca’s semi-autobiographical, two-volume “novel in verse” poetry collection Martín & Meditations on the South Valley, I knew little about the acclaimed poet’s backstory. I did not know, for example, that like his narrator, Martín, Baca was abandoned by his…
Creative Ways to Beat the Heat This Summer
Summer just began and the heat… Let’s just say it is not holding back. We’re in for more hot days than we’d like to admit. It’s enough to make you want to stay indoors with the A/C cranked up until that grueling sun goes down….
Nostalgic Books From My Childhood
There are books from my childhood that still give me a warm feeling inside when I think about them. I remember being so excited about reading them again and again. They weren’t complex really at all, they were simple books, but there was something about…
Celebrate All Things Art at Bookmans this March
When creativity strikes, Bookmans is the place to capture inspiration! March is “All Things Art” month, the perfect time for getting out of the house and discovering what creative hijinks abound at Bookmans. Whether you prefer crafty projects, performing arts, music, drama or writing, we…
Bookmans Recommends: The Poetry of Bill Shields
Written by Flavio, Bookmans Ina Customer Service Supervisor I seek literature that burns a hole in the core of my soul to inspire my writing. Anything that gives me that shiver up my spine is worth a read. Through my journey into the world of…
An Ode to Local Talent at Bookmans Grant
Before Shel Silverstein went on to create of the most notable and widely loved children’s books, he did illustrations for Playboy. He also wrote A Boy Named Sue, the classic performed by Johnny Cash. Anne Sexton, who was known to be both stunning and brilliant,…