Latest books
- How to Tell When We Will Die£19.99
- Poor Artists£15.99
- Wrong Norma£14.99
- The Position of Spoons£20.00
- A Finger in the Fishes Mouth£14.99
- Bodies of Sound£14.99
- Minor Detail£12.99
Jot at Altogether Otherwise:
Throughout January and February
Wednesdays 11-6
Saturdays 11-5
Altogether Otherwise, NOMA
Events
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Extended Family Poetry Pop-In: Saturday 25th January, 11-2
Drop-in cut-up poetry fun for all reading ages. Writing poetry with glue sticks and craft scissors. -
Writing Workshop with Tom Conaghan from Scratch Books, Tuesday 4th Feb, 6-8
Finding Inspiration, a writing workshop with Tom Conaghan (Scratch Books) Tuesday 4th February, 6-8pm Where and how do we find inspiration when we... -
Author Event with Glen James Brown: Saturday 8th of February, 2-3pm
Meet acclaimed Manchester based author Glen James Brown, who will be reading from his latest book, Mother Naked (Peninsula 2024), as well as be in ...
Postcards | Greeting Cards
- Greeting Card | Hamster£2.00
- Greeting Card | Dog£2.00
- Greeting Card | Bundle£7.00
- Postcard | Fox£1.00
- Postcard | Dog£1.00
- Postcard | Bundle£2.80
Posterzines: In Store Now
Jot Journal
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Jot Newsletter #1 October 24
Earlier this year, I picked up a book in The Whitworth Shop, with the instantly soothing title of ‘A Simpler Life’. Glancing over its table of cont... -
Reading by Series: Wind, Water, Women
Laura Mansfield wind I like to read in series. I often get stuck more or less unwittingly on a particular theme or type of writing before notic... -
Profundity Interrupted: giving poetry one more chance with Ben Lerner's The Lights, Granta Poetry, 2023
Swen Steinhäuser I am reading Ben Lerner’s The Lights (Granta Poetry, 2023). Poetry isn’t usually my thing. Or at least it wasn’t until recently.... -
Funny and at the same time sad: reading Natalia Ginzburg
Swen Steinhäuser I have been reading three books by the Italian writer Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991). Ginzburg was already on my radar when I came a...
About Jot
We launched jot bookshop & journal to lovingly assemble and sell shifting collections of books through our online shop and at various pop-up locations in central and south Manchester.
Beyond a shop, jot facilitates and fosters the coming together of a community of readers and writers in our locality and beyond.