motor is a print publication dedicated to dance and writing about dance.


motor explores the choreographic potentiality of writing about dance and gives dance a space of critical endurance in print. Seeing dance as an undervalued and under-accessed art form, motor opens dance up to wider audiences through experimental and inter-disciplinary engagements. 

Founding editors:
Isabelle Bucklow
Hannah Woods

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EMC Libros (Buenos Aires)

AUSTRALIA
Sonnu Books (Castlemaine)

BELGIUM
Tique (Antwerp)

CANADA
Read Books (Vancouver)


DENMARK
SUPeR (Copenhagen)


FRANCE

Acapulco by CAPC (Bordeaux)

Books On The Move (Bordeaux)

Librairie Mollat (Bordeaux)

7L (Paris)

After 8 Books (Paris)

Delpire & Co (Paris)

Fondation Cartier (Paris)

Galerie du Jeu de Paume (Paris)

Galleria Continua (Paris)

Le Monte-en-l’Air (Paris)

Librairie Sans Titre (Paris)

Yvon Lambert (Paris)


GERMANY
Buchhandlung Moritzplatz (Berlin)

Do You Read Me?! (Berlin)

DASH Press (Frankfurt)


ITALY
Modo Infoshop (Bologna)

Frab’s Magazines & More (Forlì)

Reading Room (Milan)

Edicola 518 (Perugia)

Bruno (Venice)


JAPAN
READAN DEAT (Hiroshima)


NETHERLANDS

Athenaeum Boekhandel (Amsterdam)

Framer Framed (Amsterdam)

Boekhandel Hijman Ongerijmd (Arnhem)

Stichting Limestone Books (Maastricht)

KIOSK Rotterdam (Rotterdam)

Broese Boekverkopers (Utrecht)

Utrechtse Boekenbar (Utrecht)


PORTUGAL

Well Read Books (Lisbon)


ROMANIA
PUNCH (Bucharest)


SPAIN

Chandal (Barcelona)

News & Coffee (Barcelona / Madrid / Valencia)


SWEDEN

Nord Books (Stockholm)


UNITED KINGDOM

Magalleria (Bath)

Bookbag (Exeter)

Boom Saloon (Edinburgh)

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Good Press (Glasgow)

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Dead Ink Books (Liverpool)

BOOKS Peckham (London)

Claire de Rouen (London)

ICA (London)

Koenig Books Serpentine Gallery (London)

Koenig Books Whitechapel Gallery (London)

magCulture (London)

Presse Books / Forma (London)

Reference Point (London)

Shreeji News (London)

South London Gallery (London)

TACO! (London)

tenderbooks (London)

Van Gogh House (London)

UNITOM (Manchester)

NewBridge Books (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Rare Mags (Stockport)


USA
Lucian Books and Wine (Atlanta, GA)

First Light Books (Austin, TX)

Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY)

Wexner Center for the Arts Bookshop (Columbus, OH)

Now Now (Des Moines, Iowa)

Ooga Booga (Los Angeles, CA)

Skylight Books (Los Angeles, CA)

Hauser & Wirth (New York, NY)

Printed Matter (New York, NY)

Bart’s Books (Ojai, CA)

Chess Club (Portland, OR)

Heath Ceramics (Sausalito, CA)

Politics & Prose (Washington, DC)

motor is a print publication dedicated to dance and writing about dance.


motor explores the choreographic potentiality of writing about dance and gives dance a space of critical endurance in print. Seeing dance as an undervalued and under-accessed art form, motor opens dance up to wider audiences through experimental and inter-disciplinary engagements. 

Founding editors:
Isabelle Bucklow
Hannah Woods

↓ stockists ↓

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA


BELGIUM

CANADA


DENMARK


FRANCE












GERMANY



ITALY






JAPAN


NETHERLANDS







PORTUGAL

ROMANIA


SPAIN


SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM
























USA









ARGENTINA
EMC Libros (Buenos Aires)

AUSTRALIA
Sonnu Books (Castlemaine)


BELGIUM
Tique (Antwerp)


CANADA
Read Books (Vancouver)


DENMARK
SUPeR (Copenhagen)


FRANCE

Acapulco by CAPC (Bordeaux)

Books On The Move (Bordeaux)

Librairie Mollat (Bordeaux)

7L (Paris)

After 8 Books (Paris)

Delpire & Co (Paris)

Fondation Cartier (Paris)

Galerie du Jeu de Paume (Paris)

Galleria Continua (Paris)

Le Monte-en-l’Air (Paris)

Librairie Sans Titre (Paris)

Yvon Lambert (Paris)


GERMANY
Buchhandlung Moritzplatz (Berlin)

Do You Read Me?! (Berlin)

DASH Press (Frankfurt)


ITALY
Modo Infoshop (Bologna)

Frab’s Magazines & More (Forlì)

Reading Room (Milan)

Edicola 518 (Perugia)

Bruno (Venice)


JAPAN
READAN DEAT (Hiroshima)


NETHERLANDS

Athenaeum Boekhandel (Amsterdam)

Framer Framed (Amsterdam)

Boekhandel Hijman Ongerijmd (Arnhem)

Stichting Limestone Books (Maastricht)

KIOSK Rotterdam (Rotterdam)

Broese Boekverkopers (Utrecht)

Utrechtse Boekenbar (Utrecht)


PORTUGAL

Well Read Books (Lisbon)


ROMANIA
PUNCH (Bucharest)


SPAIN

Chandal (Barcelona)

News & Coffee (Barcelona / Madrid / Valencia)


SWEDEN

Nord Books (Stockholm)


UNITED KINGDOM

Magalleria (Bath)

Bookbag (Exeter)

Boom Saloon (Edinburgh)

Burning House Books (Glasgow)

Good Press (Glasgow)

Ripe Mags (Glasgow)

Village Books (Leeds, Manchester)

Dead Ink Books (Liverpool)

BOOKS Peckham (London)

Claire de Rouen (London)

ICA (London)

Koenig Books Serpentine Gallery (London)

Koenig Books Whitechapel Gallery (London)

magCulture (London)

Presse Books / Forma (London)

Reference Point (London)

Shreeji News (London)

South London Gallery (London)

TACO! (London)

tenderbooks (London)

Van Gogh House (London)

UNITOM (Manchester)

NewBridge Books (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Rare Mags (Stockport)


USA
Lucian Books and Wine (Atlanta, GA)

First Light Books (Austin, TX)

Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY)

Wexner Center for the Arts Bookshop (Columbus, OH)

Now Now (Des Moines, Iowa)

Ooga Booga (Los Angeles, CA)

Skylight Books (Los Angeles, CA)

Hauser & Wirth (New York, NY)

Printed Matter (New York, NY)

Bart’s Books (Ojai, CA)

Chess Club (Portland, OR)

Heath Ceramics (Sausalito, CA)

Politics & Prose (Washington, DC)

↑ back to top ↑

for international wholesale
enquiries contact idea books

for international wholesale enquiries contact idea books

ARGENTINA
EMC Libros (Buenos Aires)

AUSTRALIA
Sonnu Books (Castlemaine)

BELGIUM
Tique (Antwerp)

CANADA
Read Books (Vancouver)


DENMARK
SUPeR (Copenhagen)


FRANCE

Acapulco by CAPC (Bordeaux)

Books On The Move (Bordeaux)

Librairie Mollat (Bordeaux)

7L (Paris)

After 8 Books (Paris)

Delpire & Co (Paris)

Fondation Cartier (Paris)

Galerie du Jeu de Paume (Paris)

Galleria Continua (Paris)

Le Monte-en-l’Air (Paris)

Librairie Sans Titre (Paris)

Yvon Lambert (Paris)


GERMANY
Buchhandlung Moritzplatz (Berlin)

Do You Read Me?! (Berlin)

DASH Press (Frankfurt)


ITALY
Modo Infoshop (Bologna)

Frab’s Magazines & More (Forlì)

Reading Room (Milan)

Edicola 518 (Perugia)

Bruno (Venice)


JAPAN
READAN DEAT (Hiroshima)


NETHERLANDS

Athenaeum Boekhandel (Amsterdam)

Framer Framed (Amsterdam)

Boekhandel Hijman Ongerijmd (Arnhem)

Stichting Limestone Books (Maastricht)

KIOSK Rotterdam (Rotterdam)

Broese Boekverkopers (Utrecht)

Utrechtse Boekenbar (Utrecht)


PORTUGAL

Well Read Books (Lisbon)


ROMANIA
PUNCH (Bucharest)


SPAIN

Chandal (Barcelona)

News & Coffee (Barcelona / Madrid / Valencia)


SWEDEN

Nord Books (Stockholm)


UNITED KINGDOM

Magalleria (Bath)

Bookbag (Exeter)

Boom Saloon (Edinburgh)

Burning House Books (Glasgow)

Good Press (Glasgow)

Ripe Mags (Glasgow)

Village Books (Leeds, Manchester)

Dead Ink Books (Liverpool)

BOOKS Peckham (London)

Claire de Rouen (London)

ICA (London)

Koenig Books Serpentine Gallery (London)

Koenig Books Whitechapel Gallery (London)

magCulture (London)

Presse Books / Forma (London)

Reference Point (London)

Shreeji News (London)

South London Gallery (London)

TACO! (London)

tenderbooks (London)

Van Gogh House (London)

UNITOM (Manchester)

NewBridge Books (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Rare Mags (Stockport)


USA
Lucian Books and Wine (Atlanta, GA)

First Light Books (Austin, TX)

Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY)

Wexner Center for the Arts Bookshop (Columbus, OH)

Now Now (Des Moines, Iowa)

Ooga Booga (Los Angeles, CA)

Skylight Books (Los Angeles, CA)

Hauser & Wirth (New York, NY)

Printed Matter (New York, NY)

Bart’s Books (Ojai, CA)

Chess Club (Portland, OR)

Heath Ceramics (Sausalito, CA)

Politics & Prose (Washington, DC)