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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60622
quimbys.com |
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Ths sign that Quimby's employee Echo recently designed for us that hangs outside our front door really drives the point home that every day is Small Business Saturday when you run an independent bookstore. Or it's Small Business Thursday or Small Business Monday. Any way you slice it, we're here, we're small, and we're local. More than once every holiday, we hear people say when they come up to the register to pay, "You know, I came here to buy stuff for other people but I'm ending up just buying things for myself." So we'll add to that list that we're also thrilled to be a place of temptation.
Can't make it in? We have a few things for sale in our webstore. Want something we don't have on our website but you still want to support us? Order something from our bookshop.org site. By supporting us, you're helping independence thrive!
A helpful note! Are you in the U.S. and hoping to get your mail order by Dec 24th and shopping from our webstore? Please place your order by Dec 12th.
Scroll down for announcements, info about in-store events, new stuff, and more. |
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A New Quimby's Black and White Book Spine Sticker!
Chicago-based artist Casey Gartlan (featured here), who runs Witchmxm, made this great black and white Quimby's sticker to help us celebrate 33 years, this being the year of our lord 2024, and we opened in 1991. (More about the significance of 33 and Quimby's here, btw). This beautiful sticker is die-cut, and would be perfect on your thermos (water resistant, baby!), but would also be a fine addition to any Trapper Keeper, filing cabinet or even a forehead. Get it here at the store in person or here on our website. Only $6!
Why is there a spine you ask? If there's 33 vertebrae in the human spine (33, geddit?!), and if Quimby's is the supportive backbone of the zine community in Chicago, and if zines have a spine (saddle stitched, glued or sewn), WHY NOT HAVE A STICKER THAT REFLECTS THAT? We love it so much and think you will too. |
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2024 Holiday Hours & A Special Tuesday! |
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Quimby's will be closed Dec 25th and Jan 1st. And guess what? We'll be open on one Tuesday! 12/24 from noon to 6. We figured you'd want that day to shop, even though we're normally closed on that day of the week. See ya then! |
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Helpful Consignment Check-In Clarification!
Our consignors rule! They make awesome zines and comics, lug (or send) them over here, and then they get excited to see their stuff on the shelves. And we're excited to put their work in people's paws. Of course, our consignors wanna know how and when to check in on their stuff.
So! The long and short of it: you can check in 4 months from the date we itemized your last payout for you. See here for more info!
(cute consignor image by @fraulein_echo!) |
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More info about Quimby's free events on our event calendar here. On occasion we livestream our in-store events to Instagram. |
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Offsite: Zine Club Chicago on Marz: How to Survive a Chicago Winter Zinemaking Hangout at Life on Marz Community Club 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown 7 – 9 p.m. Thursday, December 5, 2024 Free!
In December, Zine Club Chicago will be easing into the frosty season with a free zinemaking hangout in collaboration with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club! Y'all are invited to help create a group zine on the theme How to Survive a Chicago Winter.
Zine Club Chicago will provide all the zinemaking supplies! Just bring your creativity. Life on Marz Community Club, our favorite locally owned taproom and café space, offers awesome alcoholic, CBD, and non-alcoholic beverages from Marz Brewery and more, plus some very fun snacks, for purchase. The taproom also will be holding a DJ Night after our event wraps up at 9 p.m., and we encourage y'all to stick around for some chill jams, too!
For more info: event link at quimbys.com + Facebook event invite + @zineclubchicago on the socials + lifeonmarz.club |
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Tarot Readings by Echo noon - 4 p.m. Saturday, December 14th
Don't miss an afternoon of tarot readings by Echo! She'll be here to read your cards on Sat, Dec 14th, noon to 4pm! Echo has been reading tarot cards for many years. She uses tarot as a mind-opening tool, a method for helping us see more, a path illuminator. Find her on the internet at @fraulein_echo + echothehuman.com.
Find event link at quimbys.com for more info. |
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Zine Club Chicago Online: All Wrapped Up Zinemaking Workshop with Liz Mason 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday, December 19, 2024 Online! On Zoom, RSVP info below Free!
Zine Club Chicago is putting a bow on 2024 with their annual December online zinemaking workshop led by our own Liz Mason! We'll be creating mini zines that celebrate our personal highlights of this year.
Grab your zinemaking supplies*, BYOH(ot)C(hocolate), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: All Wrapped Up Zinemaking Workshop with Liz Mason at 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday, December 19, 2024.
** 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 5 p.m. CT Wednesday, Dec. 18 (the day before our event). We'll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT on Thursday, Dec. 19.
Liz Mason is a founding member of Zine Club Chicago. She publishes, among other things, Caboose, which won First Runner-Up in the Best Zine Category in the Chicago Reader's 2023 poll. Her work has been in places like Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, The Zine Yearbook and the back of her friend's toilets. She's worked at Quimby's Bookstore since 2001 in a state of perpetual arrested development. Find her at LizMasonIsAwesome.com + @caboosezine at all the places.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby's Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the monthly flyers, created the logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we've discussed at our events.
* You'll need a few sheets of 8.5x11" paper, a pair of scissors, whichever implements you prefer for writing/drawing/etc., and your creativity! If you've never made a mini zine before, here's a quick video tutorial (and we can provide any assistance you need at the event, too): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiUzo41dh5Q
For more info: @zineclubchicago + event link at quimbys.com + Facebook event link |
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Wicker Park Indie Bookstore League Sticker $3.99 |
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New zines from Fluke Publishing, $5 each: Tiger and Donuts #1 + Martha #2 Art and Words to Look Upon and Think About 999 Stories About Dying by Dan Gleason $3 Loneliness of the Electric Menorah by Aaron Cometbus (originally Cometbus #51) (PM Press) $12.95 New zines from Jam: Paper Garden #2 $6, Calcium Ornament $7, Lefty Life Forms $2, Gourd Town $2 Vault of Slack #5 by Xenofact $8 Librarian Against AI or I Think You Should Leave by Violet B. Fox $5 Behind the Screams: Interviews from All Corners of the Chicago Alternative Music Scene by Eleanor Coughlin $5 A Document of a Chicago Music Community: The Second One by Braeden Long $10 Life of Work issues #3 & #4 by David LaBounty $3 each Zines by Hamish Ironside: Saudade issues #6-#8 $5 each, Tacky Tiger #2 The World's Only Sparks Zine $5 Creepy Ephemera by Donna Ramone $3 each: American Christmas – A Pack of Lies, Letters to Santa, The Christmas Gavle Goat KerBloom #170 $2 Plus more zines from Catmothcrow, John Dishwasher, Larry Wolf and more! …and zine stickers $1.99 each: Ask Me About My Long Arm Stapler, This Is Going In My Perzine, I'd Rather Be at a Zine Fest |
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Slow Leak #4 by Johnny Sampson $15 I Am Okay by Sarah Becan $10 (Travel) Ghouls – Bonus Supplementary Issue #4.44 by Josh Simmons $2 Comics by Conor Stechschulte: Crepuscular #1 $12, ORD-CDG-ORD $7 Dead Time Data by Andy Leuenberger issues $5 & #6 $10 each limbs by Tori Holder $7 Desert Rats #2 by Nick Bunch (Reptile House) $10 Belly Full of Heart by Madeline Mouse (Silver Sprocket) $9.99 Mason #0 by Louis Petersen $3.99 |
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Demons: Rise and Grind by Hyena Hell (Silver Sprocket) $14.99 Maple Terrace by Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized) $24.95 The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic by Alan Moore, Steve Moore & more $49.99 |
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Propagandopolis: A Century of Propaganda From Around the World by Bradley Davies & friends (Fuel) $32.95 STOP Looking At My Tiny Town: An Arcane Bullshit catastrophe $18 Elements: Chaos, Order and the Five Elemental Forces by Stephen Ellcock $35 Krampus Greeting Cards Box Set 3 (Last Gasp) $24.95 The British Invasion! by Herve Bourhis $34.99 Sketched Out: Artistic Sketchbooks and Journals Unveiled edited by Victionary $45 Songscapes: Stunning Graphics and Visuals in the Music Scene by Victionary $49.95 |
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Politics & Revolution Books |
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To Rob a Bank Is an Honor by Lucio Urtubia (AK Press) $22 Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2025 edited by Andy Lee Roth & Mickey Huff, illustrated by Anson Stevens-Bollen $19.95 |
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Mastering the Art of Ritual Magick by Frater Barrabbas $39.95 Appendix N, revised and expanded edition: Weird Tales From the Roots of Dungeons & Dragons edited by Peter Bebergal (Strange Attractor Press) $22.95 How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later by Philip K. Dick (Isolarii) $17.95 Haunted World: 101 Ghostly Places and Encounters by Theresa Cheung $17.99 Beyond Esoteric: Escaping Prison Planet (2nd Edition) by Brad Olsen $22.95 Cocktails from the Crypt: Terrifying Yet Delicious Concoctions Inspired by Your Favorite Horror Films by Jonathan Dehaan & Kimberley Elizabeth $23.99 Killer Cocktails: Dangerous Drinks Inspired by History's Most Nefarious Criminals by Holly Frey & Maria Trimarchi $29.00 Time Expansion Experiences: The Psychology of Time Perception and the Illusion of Linear Time by Steve Taylor $21.95 Stories of the Occult: Supernatural Happenings and Strange Tales from Around the World by Jamie King $11.99 Born with a Tail: The Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey, Founder of the Church of Satan by Doug Brod $31 RedHanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick by Suruthi Bala & Hannah Maguire $18.99 The Little Book of Cults: A Pocket Guide to the World's Most Notorious Cults by Jamie King $10.99 Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders by Cara Giaimo, Joshua Foer & more. $40 Plus! A bounty from Underworld Amusements: Sorceries and Scandals of Satan by Henry M. Tichenor $15.95 Infernalia by Michael Rose $16.95 Critique of Anarchist Communism by Ken Knudson $6.95 Hotcha! Three Vintage Booklets on Scandalous Broads and Sinful Sweethearts $14.95 Occult Technology of Power by the Transcriber $8.88 Anarchist Ephemera by Peter Lamborn Wilson $8 …and more! |
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How to Fuck Like a Girl: Essays by Vera Blossom $17.95 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business by Roxane Gay $19.99 The Absence of Myth: Writings on Surrealism by Georges Bataille $24.95 American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond by Jeremy Dauber $32 Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture and the Magic That Makes It Work by Jesse David Fox $20 Poor Artists: A Quest Into the Art World by Gabrielle De La Puente and Zarina Muhammad (aka the White Pube) $24.99 |
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Music from Elsewhere: Haunting Tunes from the Afterlife, Alien Worlds and Occult Realms by Doug Skinner (Strange Attractor Press) $22.95 The Other Side of Reason by Andrew Schmidt (Hozac Books) $27.99 High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul by Marcus J. Moore $29.99 New 33 1/3 books, $14.95 each: Kate Bush's Hounds of Love by Leah Kardos & Modest Mouse's The Moon & Antarctica by Zachary Petit Ever Fallen in Love: The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes by Pete Shelley with Louie Shelley $16.99 MC5: An Oral Biography of Rock's Most Revolutionary Band by Brad Tolinski, Jaan Uhelszki & Ben Edmonds $30 |
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This Is Your Bike on Plants Fantastical Feminist Stories of Bicycling, Gardens, and Growth edited by Elly Blue $13.95 Nosferatu Unbound edited by Steven Paulsen Christopher Sequeira $14.99 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (British Library Tales of the Weird Series) $16.99 Daughters of the Nile by Zahra Barri (Unbound) $18 The City and Its Uncertain Walls: A Novel by Haruki Murakami $35 |
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The Essential Dr. Faith: Using Science to Boost Your Brain, Body, Intimacy, and Boundaries by Faith G. Harper (Microcosm Publishing) $28.95 Cooking with Magic Mushrooms: The Psilocybin Cookbook by David Connell (Microcosm Publishing) $19.95 A People's Guide to Houseplants: Thrifty, Sustainable Ways to Fill Your Home with Plants by Cara Brezina (Microcosm Publishing) $14.95 |
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Tape Op #164 $5.99 Hellebore #12 Samhain 2024 – A Summoning of Ancient Terrors $17 County Highway vol 2 #3 Nov Dec 2024 $8.50 Apartamento #34 $35 |
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Chap Books & Lit Journals |
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Moss Piglet November 2024 Patterns $15 Midnight Mind #7 $12 Poetry by Amaranta Isyemille Lara Ramos: Tripas an Odyssey in Haiku $22, Holydaze Again $5 Overtime Hour 69 Vitality by Dylan Bach (Blue Cubicle Press) $2 |
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Liked books you saw above but you don't see links to buy 'em? Or want stuff we don't carry but you want us to be the store that supplies it to you? Want something shipped since you're not in town? Order from our online Bookshop.org site and have your guilty pleasures that we don't carry shipped directly to you! Also check out our curated lists over there. We get a commission when you select Quimby's as the store, so you're supporting us! Just make sure the Quimby's logo is in the upper left corner. Thanks, friends! |
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Check OutOur Sister Store Chicago Comics! |
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You know we have a sister store a couple miles northeast of us, right? Chicago Comics at 3244 N. Clark St. They sell comics, graphic novels and more. See ChicagoComics.com and their Ebay store for more info. |
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In New York? Go to Quimby's Bookstore NYC! |
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Want to receive a press release every time we announce an event? E-mail us at info@quimbys.com and we'll add you to the contacts list! |
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