@catalyst_press

Indie publishers of books by African writers & about Africa. Creators of #ReadingAfrica Week each Dec. We're at that other place too: @catalystpress.bsky.social

 El Paso, TX and South Africa
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What is an African border, really, and what does it do to the people who cross it? 🌍 Join us November 3rd for our written panel, Movement Within: Intra-African Mobilities, featured on Writing Africa. Join the journey. Read the conversation with us. #ReadingAfrica
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How does translation carry stories across linguistic and cultural borders? Join us Thursday, November 5th for Language As Movement, a live #ReadingAfrica panel on what it means to move stories between languages. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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In many African literary traditions, the line between the seen and the unseen is fluid, not fixed. Join us Monday, November 2nd, for The Ghostly and the Real, a #ReadingAfrica written panel on LitHub featuring Karina M. Szczurek, Dilman Dila, Faraaz Mahomed, and Sven Axelrad.
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Announcing the lineup for our Nov. 7 live Zoom poetry sit-in! Register to be part of our amazing audience:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… ♥🚨🎤 #ReadingAfrica
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Salt in the Snow by @Sahra_Noor is featured in Electric Literature's "15 Small Press Titles You Should Be Reading This Fall" by Wendy J Fox, who calls it "riveting." Thank you, Wendy! electricliterature.com/15-sm…

15 Small Press Titles You Should Be Reading This Fall - Electric Literature

Autumn is best enjoyed with a warm drink and a hot new indie title

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Catalyst Press@catalyst_pressOct 9
The perfect blend of horror and science fiction: Quantum Nightmares is a must-read for the month of October 🕷🕸👽 Get your copy here: catalystpress.org/all-conten… #quantumnightmares #octoberreads #spookyreads #horror #sciencefiction
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Dear Friends: You are invited to our Live Zoom Poetry Sit-In with 25 African Poets! (Poets To Be Revealed soon!) Saturday Nov 7 4PM to 7PM SAST 7AM-10AM MST Please register here to attend as part of our wonderful audience: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… ♥🫶🔥💯
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In today's blog post, @LOtsiulah examines what it means when a story speaks more than one language. Read on to discover what happens when stories are allowed to travel through several Kenyan languages. africanbookscollective.com/w…
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Wole Talabi@WTalabiOct 16
One more cover reveal! Here is the very cool UK cover for my novel THE FIST OF MEMORY which comes out in just 2 weeks! Its great to see these characters that have lived in my head for so long finally illustrated and real and making their way to your bookshelves as we speak.
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ugo@gushingtorrentsOct 15
Two days since OSENGWA’s cross-continental curatorial lab held between Lagos and Hull. In the Presence of Water was a way to test what new thinking could emerge if installations of moving image work were left unresolved, changing shape from day to day, from place to place.
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In our latest Q&A, Becky Cerling Powers, author of Wherever I Go, chats about how her book invites children to experience spirituality by meeting them where they are. ✝️🤍 Read the full article here: catalystpress.org/blog-posts… Get your copy: catalystpress.org/all-conten… #catalystpress
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This Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're highlighting Asphalt Surfer by Jeffrey P. Armstrong—a coming-of-age novel that challenges stereotypes and celebrates the importance of listening, learning, and respecting Indigenous perspectives. Grab your copy here: catalystpress.org/all-conten…
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Lily Gardner shares her picks for five of the most memorable women in crime fiction, ahead of the release of her upcoming thriller, Stony Point. 🌲❄️ Read her picks on Crimespree here: crimespreemag.com/mostly-goo… Preorder a copy of Stony Point here: catalystpress.org/all-conten…

Mostly Good and Very Bad: Five Memorable Women in Crime Fiction

I chose these female characters for their agency. No man pushes them around. No man hems them in with their expectation of feminine behavior. And I noticed these five stories are all stand-alone no…

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Calling all African Poets! Please email [email protected] or message us to sign up to read/recite/perform your poems in our 3-hour live Zoom on Saturday, Nov, 7, 2026 on the last day of #ReadingAfrica 2026.
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In this week's @thecontinent_, on Donica Merhazion's wonderful Born at the End of the World, published by @catalyst_press. The author's note at the end of the book is moving 🖤 Download the full issue at thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/… #Eritrea #Ethiopia
Two-page review in The Continent.

ALT Two-page review in The Continent.

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The perfect blend of horror and science fiction: Quantum Nightmares is a must-read for the month of October 🕷🕸👽 Get your copy here: catalystpress.org/all-conten… #quantumnightmares #octoberreads #spookyreads #horror #sciencefiction
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BRITTLE PAPER@brittlepaperOct 8
Calling African poets! Submissions are open for the $1,500 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, for poets without a full-length collection. Send exactly ten poems, each 40 lines or fewer, via Submittable by November 1! 👨🏾‍💻👩🏻‍💻 brittlepaper.com/2026/10/sub…

Submissions Open for the $1,500 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry | Submit by November 1

The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) is now accepting entries for the 2027 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry, an annual award of $1,500 for a set of ten poems by an African poet who has not yet...

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Capturing the Burning Details: How Verse Can Help A Poetry Workshop with Jane Kurtz Author of over 40 children’s books, including Oh, Give Me A Home, an almost true memoir in verse. catalystpress.org/event-deta…
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Read our latest Q&A with Bill McCamley, author of Right My Dudes... Now What?, where he explores modern masculinity, empathy, and building stronger communities. Read the full Q&A here: catalystpress.org/blog-posts… Get your copy: catalystpress.org/all-conten… #catalystpress
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Calling all book clubs! 📚 #ReadingAfrica is coming Nov. 2-7, and your club is invited! Swipe for 5 ways to join in✨ Tag your book club below, or send this to the friend who runs yours. 👇 #ReadingAfrica #AfricanLiterature #BookClubs
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