New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

We’ll Never Have Paris #20 1023 True Stories by Andria Alefhi $10

Pigs Coloring Book by Bart Laube $2

Once Upon a Future In a Deadly Wasteland: A Biologist Meets a Poet Through a Small Gap In a Wall by Sarah Newman $3.50

Brief History of Sidewalks $2.50

Half Letter Press zines by Marc Fischer: Survival Success $6 & Provisional Costumes $7

Bernadette by Dave Hankins $1

Revolutionary Insecticide by Junko Okada and Em Keenan $10

Porch Beers #5 Radically and Unapologetically Queer by Elliott Stewart – various issues

Many Gods, No Masters by Elliott Stewart $5

Locals Only #1 Win 23 Covering Heavy Chicago Music by Nikki Roberts $8

Comics & Minis

North American Health Care by Anna Vo $6

Pearls #2 by Sara Fetherolf and Joshua Boehm $8

Crow Funeral by Joshua Boehm $5

Nut #1 & 2 by Brandon John $5 each

Cloven by Joseph McColgan $13

Junction Box edited by James Tonra $24

Graphic Novels

Night Terror by John Kenn Mortensen (Fantagraphics) $29.99

Music Books

Art of Noise: Destruction of Music by Futuristic Machines by Luigi Russolo and Balilla Pratella and F.T. Marinetti (Deicide Press) $15.95

Politics & Revolution Books

Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney $24.99

Essays

Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung $29.99

Fiction

Veniss Underground by Jeff Vandermeer $19

Haunted Junk Drawer: 13 Tales of Objects and Strange Occurrences by Eric Bartholomew $12

DIY Books

Trauma X Holding Space Radically by Vo Vo $24.99

Lit Journals, Chap Books & Poetry

Moss Piglet April 2023 $12

From Your Heart to My Hand by Ava Butera $6

Flaws Poetic Advocacy for the Vulnerable by Anja Wuolu $14.99

HyperTouch by Em $5

Blank Books

One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book Blank Journal by Dana Tanamachi $16.95

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Spring Window Display Has Sprung

 

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Check out our new window display!

Independent Bookstore Day Indie Bookstore Crawl – Saturday, April 29, 2023

Apr ’23
29
12:00 pm

Stop at Quimby’s during the annual Indie Bookstore Crawl (IBD) on Saturday, April 29th, the one-day national party celebrating Chicagoland indie bookstores. Use the map at ChiLoveBooks.com to learn about how to participate and plan your itinerary.

Quimby’s Offsite: Chicago Zine Fest, May 19th + 20th

May ’23
19
7:00 pm

Chicago Zine Fest 2023 is back in person! Quimby’s is proud to be a sponsor for Chicago’s annual celebration of independent publishers in the Chicago area and beyond. This two-day festival includes an online panel discussion and youth reading on Friday, May 19th and an in-person exhibition day featuring 100+ exhibitors and interactive workshops on Saturday, May 20th.

Friday May 19: two online events starting at 7pm: CZF YouTube channel:  youtube.com/c/chicagozinefest

Online Zinester Panel Discussion: “Quaranzines: How Zine Culture Has Survived and Thrived Since 2020” featuring Julia Arredondo, Oscar Arriola, Brian Baynes, Anna Jo Beck, Jonas Cannon, CHema Skandal, Billy Smith, and Liz Yerby. Moderated by Quimby’s own Cynthia E. Hanifin. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Library.
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Online Zinester Reading featuring members of the Illustration Student Group at Columbia College.

Saturday May 20: Zine Exhibition Day
11:00 am-6:00 pm
Plumbers Union Hall (1340 W Washington Blvd) in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Come visit the Quimby’s table!

And join us the day after CZF here at Quimby’s: Zine Club Chicago informal hang on Sunday, May 21st from noon-2pm at Quimby’s. Info about that here.

For more info see chicagozinefest.org.

Poster art by Andrea Bell.