Category Is Books is a fiercely independent queer bookshop in the southside of Glasgow.

Started by wusband and wusband team, Charlotte (they/them) and Fionn Duffy-Scott (they/them), we hope to create a space for the LGBTQIA+ community to learn about, be inspired by and share in our love of queer history, culture, writing and storytelling.

As two genderqueer dykes that grew up under Section 28, it wasn’t until later in life that we started to explore our own queer history and culture in more depth – discovering in the process an expansive world of books, magazines, comics, zines, films and art, created by or with the LGBTQIA+ community that give us nothing short of LIFE!

We were delighted to find a shopfront just round the corner from our home in Govanhill and spent a summer DIY-ing it up ourselves. The doors opened in September 2018.

We stock new and second-hand queer books, magazines, graphic novels, zines and (lots of) badges! If there is something you would like to order specifically please give us a call – we do both collections in store or home delivery.

For further information, you can pop into the shop, read our FAQs, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.