It’s that time of year again, the holidays are around the corner and all the big retailers are getting ready for the busiest time of year. But we want to show some love to the smaller, local shops and independent makers who are also preparing for the gift-giving season to remind folk to shop local at this time of year.

We caught up with Simon Murphy, before the release of his first book, GOVANHILL. He gave us insight into how the project first developed and how he decided what photo would feature on the cover.

Black History Month returns with another year of events to celebrate the lives and achievements of Black people in Britain and highlight the injustice they continue to face through political and structural inequalities. So we listed all the local events surrounding Black History Month.

Every issue of Greater Govanhill, we have a poetry corner where a local bard shares some of their finest lines. On National Poetry Day, find your new favourite poet.

“Govanhill illustrates all that is wonderful about Scotland… We welcome diversity, we welcome inclusion” – local MSP Nicola Sturgeon speaking at this year’s carnival. It was another packed year for ‘Scotland premium international festival’ . Here are some of our highlights.

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, a new book based on experiences in the ‘worst refugee camp on Earth’ is to be published by Glasgow-based social enterprise publisher, Arkbound.

Vic Galloway has described new book, Retired Teenagers - The Story of a Glasgow Clubnight, as “a rip-roaring yarn that takes in the thrills, spills and belly-laughs of a certain era of Glasgow nightlife”. In it, DJ and former club promoter John McGonagle tells all about Glasgow’s iconic, Pin Up Nights.

Two years after their first in person event was planned (and then cancelled due the pandemic), Book Salon returned to Outwith Books in Govanhill. Journalist Anna Burnside interviewed Louise Welsh about her latest novel, The Second Cut

When her community project of handing out poems on the street became impossible due to the pandemic, Annie Muir decided to make a podcast aimed at complete beginners to poetry

The owner of Outwith Books, Natalie Whittle’s has written a book about the Fifteen Minute City, the idea of how having all amenities within a 15 min cycle or walk of your home benefits the economy, wellbeing and the climate.

Eve Livingstone’s Make Bosses Pay sets out a compelling argument in favour of trade union membership and offers a bold and exciting vision of how the movement can adapt to meet the challenges of the modern day.