Catalog Bookshop

Name: Catalog Bookshop
Address: Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7DU

Sarah-Clare Conlon, Literature Editor Last Updated 15 December 2021

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Catalog Bookshop

Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7DU

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Tuesday10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday10:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday10:00am - 6:00pm
Friday10:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday11:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday11:00am - 4:00pm

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Bookshop on a bike, selling independent magazines and books covering the alphabet from art to travel, plus greeting cards, stationery and more… “Striving to maintain the relationship between people and the printed word.” Find Peter and his Christiania cargo bike around All Saints Park, a hop, skip and a bunnyhop from Manchester Poetry Library. A more permanent outlet in the form of a container may well be incoming… watch this space (or keep an eye out on the Literature Guide)!

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