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| Apr ’22 |
| 30 |
| 12:00 pm |
Yet again, Chicagoland proves itself to be the dream destination for book lovers and readers of all ages! Quimby’s joins more than two dozen independent bookstores in the greater Chicago area — from Lake Forest to Beverly, and Naperville to the Loop — in collaborating on a third annual Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl, which encourages book lovers to indulge in bookstore tourism by visiting 10 or more stores in a single day.
The annual challenge is being held again on Independent Bookstore Day (IBD), which is a one-day national party celebrating indie book stores on the last Saturday in April. Each store creates its own unique events—including guest authors, special kids’ story times, readings, contests, giveaways, and special sales.
How to Participate…
Take photos at each participating independent bookstore you visit on Independent Bookstore Day. Share your photos on social media with the hashtag #ChiLoveBooks
• Visit TEN stores in one day and get 10% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
• Visit FIFTEEN stores in one day and get 15% off at all participating bookstores for an ENTIRE YEAR!
On your last bookstore visit share your bookstore photos to verify your visits.
Readers are encouraged to post a snapshot of themselves and their Independent Bookstore Day haul on social media with the hashtag #ChiLoveBooks
Fore more info, see chilovebooks.com.
| Apr ’22 |
| 26 |
| 7:30 pm |
Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition
7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, April 26 on Zoom
Free!
Shall we compare zines to a summer’s day? April is National Poetry Month, which is the perfect time for us to celebrate zines and chapbooks focused on verse. Whether the poetry in your collection is serious, humorous, rhyming, or free verse — get out your favorite chapbooks! And if you self-publish your own poetry, we would love for you to read from your work, too.
Grab the poetry zines that make your heart sing, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Poetry Zines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, April 26!
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, April 25 (the event before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 26.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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Zines
Stapled Spine #10 $5
NXOEED #2 $5
Sharp Needles Mutilate Your Lips by Luke Ipsum $5
Loving Stranger by TJ Walker $15
Comics & Minis
Bubbles #13 Independent Fanzine About Comics and Manga edited by Brian Baynes $8
Crickets #7 by Sammy Harkham $12
Paul Byerly’s 55th Birthday in a Comic Book by His Daughter $5
Skyline Issue #1 by Chris Resnick $7
Car Fire by Teddie Bernard $8
Midwest Gothic by Margo DeVaughn $15
Barrage by Nicolas Nade $5
Prison by Liva Kandevica $7
Beast by Danielle Chenette $8
Sixty Five Bugs by Dean Sudarsky $5
Musical Pretext for Gestural Adventure by Pia Melissa Laroche $8
Graphic Novels
Mr. Colostomy by Matthew Thurber (D+Q) $24.95
Walk Me to the Corner by Anneli Furmark (Drawn & Quarterly) $29.95
Music Books
Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century by Larry Jaffee $20
Japanthem: Counter-Cultural Experiences, Cross-Cultural Remixes by Jillian Marshall $16
Essay & Humor & Memoir
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby $28
Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito $17.99
Sicker in the Head by Judd Apatow $28.99
Sexxxy
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross $30
Magazines
Broken Pencil #94 $7.95
Tape Op #148 $5.99
Kinfolk #43 $18
Mojo #340 $11.99
Harpers Magazine april $7.99
Breathe #44 $13.99
Wire #456 $12.50
Aperture #246 $24.95
Chap Books & Lit Journals
Overtime Hour 61 Soft Places by Michael Snyder (Blue Cubicle Press) $2
The Paris Review #239 $20
Other Stuff
Office Supply-like goodness by Tuesday Bassen: Kickin’ Ass & Takin’ Notes $17.95, Two-Faced Pencils: 10 Graphite & Red Bicolored Pencils $14.95, Bad Dogs Bad Girls Erasers $12.95
