St. Pete’s Tombolo Books celebrates fifth anniversary with Saturday market in the courtyard

Former CL contributor L.L. Kirchner also pops up to show off a new crime novel, ‘Vegas Girls.’

by Ray Roa December 11, 2024July 21, 2025

Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: c/o Tombolo Books

Bookstores are worth celebrating year round, but one in particular should take a lot of the cake this weekend.

A community-focused bookstore if there ever was one, St. Petersburg’s Tombolo Books has become the go-to space for Florida authors to show off their new works and connect with readers. As Creative Loafing Tampa Bay correspondent and bookworm Chelsea Zukowski pointed out, “It’s got very artsy St. Pete vibes, and locals love it for that.”

Former CL contributor L.L. Kirchner pops up at the shop this weekend to show off a new crime novel, “Vegas Girls,” while Tombolo stages a holiday market in the courtyard.

There’s no cover for the Tombolo Turns Five! Holiday Night Market in the Courtyard happening Saturday, Dec. 14. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

This article appears in Dec 5-11, 2024.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief... More by Ray Roa