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Mount Florida Books

An independent bookshop on Cathcart Road in Mount Florida, opened in 2021, with book clubs and author evenings through the year.

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Welcome

Every neighbourhood deserves a bookshop like Mount Florida Books, a green-fronted shop on Cathcart Road that opened in 2021 after the people of the South Side helped to crowdfund it.

Inside you'll find a carefully chosen mix of novels and novellas, graphic novels, essays and life writing, history and science, with plenty for children and teenagers too, and a corner of notebooks, cards, candles and gifts for anyone you're buying for. It's a busy little hub as well as a shop, with a writing group, a fiction book club, a reading circle and evenings with authors in conversation through the year, so have a look at what's on before you visit. It's a few minutes' walk from Hampden Park, so it makes a good stop before a match or a concert, and there are cafés on the same street. The shop is open every day, from 11am on weekdays and Sundays and from 10am on Saturdays.

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Before you go

Book clubs, a writing group and author evenings through the year; see the shop's site for what is on.

Where
1069 Cathcart Road, Mount Florida, Glasgow G42 9AF.
Open
Monday to Friday 11am to 5.30pm, Saturday 10am to 5.30pm, Sunday 11am to 4pm.
Access
A step-free entrance, by Google's record.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
11am–5.30pm
Tuesday
11am–5.30pm
Wednesday
11am–5.30pm
Thursday
11am–5.30pm
Friday
11am–5.30pm
Saturday
10am–5.30pm
Sunday
11am–4pm

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Where it is

On Cathcart Road in Mount Florida, a few minutes' walk from Hampden Park.

Close byMount Florida, Battlefield and Langside.
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  3. The Real Wan's orange front on Clincart Road at night, its red doors open and lanterns lit in the windows.The Real WanA small restaurant on Clincart Road in Mount Florida cooking the spicy food of Guiyang in south-west China, from dumplings to noodles and rice.Under a mile 1 min by road
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  6. The navy shopfront with a pink door and an olive tree.28 LangsideA homeware and lifestyle shop on Langside Place, named for its address, with soaps, textiles, ceramics and books from independent makers.Under a mile 2 min by road
  7. The main stand at Hampden Park with the Scotland crest, blue and patterned cladding.Hampden Park StadiumScotland's national football stadium in Mount Florida, the world's largest venue when it opened in 1903, with the Scottish Football Museum and the oldest national trophy in the world.Under a mile 3 min by road
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