Read Between the Bars

10/03/2026

Read between the Bars needs your help:

Since we started in 2007, Read Between the Bars (RBtB) has relied on the generosity of volunteers in the community to have space for our library. In that time, we have sent over 20,000 books to nearly 6,000 people in AZ prisons to provide entertainment, educational opportunities, and community connection. But, to keep up with this important work, we need a more permanent place for our library that is not connected to an individual volunteer’s home.

For the cost of two coffees a month, you can become a RBtB G.E.M. 💎

G.E.M. stands for Give Every Month. You contribution will help secure the funds needed to find and pay for for a permanent space for the library of RBtB!

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B3UK7EDNVPCDS

10/03/2026

Since we started in 2007, Read Between the Bars (RBtB) has relied on the generosity of volunteers in the community to have space for our library. In that time, we have sent over 20,000 books to nearly 6,000 people in AZ prisons to provide entertainment, educational opportunities, and community connection. But, to keep up with this important work, we need a more permanent place for our library that is not connected to an individual volunteer’s home.

For the cost of two coffees a month, you can become a RBtB G.E.M. 💎

G.E.M. stands for Give Every Month. You contribution will help secure the funds needed to find and pay for for a permanent space for the library of RBtB!

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B3UK7EDNVPCDS

09/13/2026

The Poetry Center has reopened their Saturday hours! Which of course means the parking is FREE!!
Saturdays are a great time to drop off your book donations!

08/14/2026

FANTASY (Dragons! Sorcerers! Fairies!)

SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE (Vampires! Ghosts! Magic!)

We have some new favorites in our most frequently requested book list and our shelves have become depleted!

Ready to donate some of your summer reads?
The University of Arizona Poetry Center is open and ready to accept your donations!

07/21/2026

Good news!!
The Poetry Center has reopened after it's summer break.
We look froward to your book donations!

GOOD NEWS - the Poetry Center is open and ready to for you to bring your book donations for RBtB!
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Late Breaking announcement!

I just learned this morning that the Poetry Center will be closed for a summer break starting tomorrow morning!

They will reopen on Tuesday, July 21st, so please hold on to your book donations until then!

07/02/2026

GOOD NEWS - the Poetry Center is open and ready to for you to bring your book donations for RBtB!
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Late Breaking announcement!

I just learned this morning that the Poetry Center will be closed for a summer break starting tomorrow morning!

They will reopen on Tuesday, July 21st, so please hold on to your book donations until then!

06/09/2026

For the of you wanting to drop off books at our donation bin, be aware that the Poetry Center has moved to their Summer hours!

05/29/2026

We find all sorts of bookmarks in our donated books - recipes, wedding invites, postcards, movie schedules, airplane boarding passes, candy wrappers - if it's flat, it gets used.

Newspaper clippings aren't as common anymore, but they still show up. This one from nearly 70 years ago is notable.

02/03/2026

Come see us at the Peace Fair!

02/02/2026