"Creative DNA, restless nature, hands-on attitude. Bairro dos Livros is a sexy company."

Aurora Pedro Pinto, LIVRARIA LELLO

"Bairro dos Livros has been a part of the FuturePlaces family since its roots. A team of excellent professionals that have always moved every mountain (both the possible and impossible ones) with complete courtesy, dedication and availability.”

Heitor Alvelos, FuturePlaces

“Bairro dos Livros boosts our small clients’ meals to magical moments, carrying the children to the land of dreams, inspiring awe, laughter and wholesomeness.”

Susana Santos, Gertal

“Female entrepreneurs and ambassadors, northerners and European, creative and bold, responsible and practical. All labels that the CCDR-N associates with the company Bairro dos Livros.”

Vítor Devesa, CCDR-N

“Bairro dos Livros was the first of the few projects connected to the book and literary sector (thus far) that UPTEC welcomed. It’s a project that we are deeply proud of, not just for the way they took advantage of and completed the incubation process, but, above all, for the various accomplishments that have been achieved since they graduated. (…) Bairro dos Livros (…) has proven to be a solid and sustainable entity, capable of growth and adjustment without losing faithfulness to their core values.”

Fátima São Simão, UPTEC

To work with Minês and Catarina is a real pleasure, both professionally and personally. They make a wonderful team and they are deeply professional in organising and delivering their projects. They produce impressive results because they care so much about their audiences, their clients, their partners and the creativity at the centre of their work. For Catarina and Minês, Bairro dos Livros is clearly more than just a job or an enterprise; it's their passion, mission and vocation. That's why working with them is both professionally satisfying and personally rewarding.

David Parrish, specialist creative and digital industries keynote speaker, author