Manchester – Shopping – Books – Shopping – Gifts & Cards
Now, you’re all about Art, Design, Fashion, Advertising, and Cinema. You are after cool magazines, unique comic strips, and clever useful books. As you walk in the busy Oldham St in the iconic Northern Quarter, you are ready to take a plunge into the depths of this small and funky bookstore, to emerge imbued with all sorts of creative ideas.
This may sound very personal, but this is exactly how I feel every time I visit MAGMA. The first few times I was literally glued to the shelves with Fashion magazines, browsing through the Italian Vogue. During my next visits I flicked through the Gaiman&McKean’s Sandman comic strips and contemplated buying a book of film-making. I bought presents for my friends there, but my life-changing buys at MAGMA were Paul Arden’s best-sellers. And they also sell great postcards and gifts.
Enough to say, this is the place to go if you are after new food for thought and eye. The fact that it is located in a short walk from the quaint Nexus Art Cafe or the trendy Teacup makes MAGMA all the more appealing. You bought your books or magazines, why wait till you get home, to have a read? The very thought seems very bohemian to me..
