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Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
Category: Shopping Books, Mags, Music and Video Bookstores Bookstores [Edit]
211, rue Bernard OuestMontréal, QC H2T 2K5
(514) 279-2221
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
11 reviews for Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
9 reviews in English
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Review from Rodger S.
2/15/2012
This is a great bookstore. The selection of fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels is fantastic. And the staff is happy to help with suggestions if asked. I was looking for books and graphic novels by authors from Montreal and the woman working at the store that evening could not have been more helpful. I will definitely go back to this store the next time I am in Montreal.
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Review from Colleen R.
10/15/2011
I've never seen a bookstore with so many darn good-looking books. The storefront is well curated and definitely worth the trip, even for a traveler staying downtown.
My only regret is traveling with a small suitcase -- so tiny that my only purchase could be the equally tiny "Scenes from an Impending Marriage" by Adrian Tomine. -
Review from Lisa K.
11/22/2011
Pretty wide variety of graphic novels as well as some shorter comics and a few "traditional" (non-graphic?) novels. While I was happy to see books by many artists I know I like, I would have appreciated some more written recommendations throughout the store to highlight lesser known writers (ie, if you like X, you'll like Y).
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Review from Risa D.
10/10/2011
Another super community oriented creative bright light on Bernard full of the best and most beautiful books - not just the weep-worthy graphic novels published by Drawn and Quarterly, but novels and books of poetry and non-fiction as well. I just found an impeccable new copy of Anne Carson's Nox at Drawn and Quarterly and was thrilled to see that the price they were charging was the same as the "American" price listed on the back i.e.; not the "Canadian" price which is $10 more for no reason. Drawn and Quarterly hosts heartwarming events all year - readings, book launches, and creative talks. Definitely a lovely place to spend some time and buy (your soul!) some gifts.
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Review from Luke A.
Toronto, ON
9/13/2008
First of all, I love the name: if you're going to go with a pun, it had better be a good one, and "Drawn and Quarterly" is perfect for a comics publisher. But the material they put out is truly and consistently top-notch contemporary indie stuff: Seth, Chester Brown, Kevin Huizenga, et al.
Maybe what I respect most about Drawn and Quarterly is that they're uniquely Canadian, without seeming like they do "Can-con" just to fill some quota. Read something like Seth's "Clyde Fans"--a surprisingly compelling story about fan salesmen in southern Ontario--and you'll see what I mean. Everything I've read from Drawn and Quarterly is authentic and unusual. -
Review from Gaelan D.
Toronto, ON
8/16/2010
Missed my bus after getting some bagels from St. Viateurs'; looking across the stop, I noticed D&Q (the Bernard location), which was most auspicious as I'd been planning on figuring out where it was already.
Like all awesome bookstores, the place was brimming with books I absolutely adore and books I had no previous knowledge of but just sang to me as I flipped through them.
I assume that their focus is on graphic novels, perhaps art and art periodicals, but I found some awesome cookbooks, as well as books on general ergonomic and visual design.
The staff was pretty chill and awesome, really friendly as I made my purchases, as well as writing down whatever cool music was playing as I was in the store.
If I lived in the city, I'd regularly come back to see what exciting new things float through their rotation. -
Review from Ai M.
4/14/2009
D&Q still takes electronic submissions for their anthology as well as the new talent forum (Drawn & Quarterly Showcase). I love that they published Chris Ware. I'm also a fan of Optic Nerve and Yoshihiro Tatsumi's retrospective volumes. Their focus on individual authors/books is admirable. They used to have a local graphic novel workshop a few years ago.
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Review from evan b.
5/18/2009
this is actually referring to drawn & quarterly the bookstore around the corner on 211 bernard west.
if you like to read anything from auster to kundera to random funny biographies of big foot, and favor the graphic novel styles found in persopolis and ghost world, i have some bad news for you.
you won't be able to leave drawn & quarterly without spending at least 40 dollars and that is only if you have a lot of discipline. it's not that the books are overpriced, it's just they have everything an avid reader could want.
small, inviting, and unlike a lot of independent bookstores i've frequented, not stocked with arrogant people behind the counter.
the only complaint is that they close so freaking early. a bookstore closing at five in a city where they're often the only thing open after ten on a school night is almost unacceptable. but i'll forgive them. i'm magnanimous like that. -
Review from Anthony K.
Montréal, QC
5/9/2011
Drawn & Quarterly opened as a sort of outlet for the publications of its parent publishing house, as well as many of their confrères and consoeurs in the independent comics business. It could have just been a mere specialty bookstore, and the literary landscape of Montreal would still have been much better off. But it quickly became so much more--a truly dynamic presence in Montreal's book scene (book launches! readings! workshops!) and a beacon in the realm of Anglo book distribution in Quebec. So not only do you get a truly supreme selection of comics and graphic novels, but you also get kids' books, DIY books, cookbooks, art books, locally produced poster art, and a small, but extremely well-chosen, collection of fiction and belles lettres. Throw in some friendly, knowledgeable staff and some good taste in music, and it all adds up to the best all-around Montreal bookstore experience since Ficciones on Duluth (r.i.p.).
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