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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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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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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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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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 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
ALT Two-page review in The Continent.
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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…
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Help us celebrate 10 years of #ReadingAfrica with a live poetry sit-in via zoom. Contact [email protected] if you would like to read/perform/recite a poem. And stay tuned for details on how to watch.
Sat, Nov. 7, 2026.
4pm-7pm SAST/7am-10:00am MST
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#ReadingAfrica Week is in November, but we're kicking things off early with a panel this Saturday: The Weight We Carry: Writing Parents, Inheritance and Memory. 🌍✍️
🗓️ TIME: Oct 3rd, 8:00-9:30am MDT
💻 FORMAT: Zoom — open to the public
Link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… 💛
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🔊If you're in Nairobi, here's an event worth attending.🔊
@shebahirst will be in conversation with @AdhiamboKE , @AnganaKeith and @FrankNjugi on Literary Influences and Inheritances: Writing Across Generations
Register to attend: eventbrite.com/e/literary-in…
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July is #DisabilityPrideMonth—browse our list for indie literature to read in celebration! We're featuring @Milkweed_Books, @BainbridgePress, @RedHenPress, @catalyst_press, @halfmysticpress, and more indie publishers: clmp.org/news/a-reading-list…
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Find @SundressPub, @catalyst_press, @open_letter, @RegalHouse1, @GnashingTeethPu, and more indie presses in our roundup of the latest books out from CLMP members: clmp.org/news/books-launchin…
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“When we listen, talk and connect, we replace confrontation with cooperation, and tension with trust.”
– On Wednesday’s International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations, @antonioguterres reflects on the power of dialogue to address global challenges. un.org/en/observances/intern…
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Hugh Masekela performing "Stimela" live in Zimbabwe, 1987.
A song about the coal trains that carried migrant workers to and from South Africa's gold mines, performed by a man exiled from his own country for 30 years.
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A word to my fellow journalists and book reviewers to warn them about irresponsibly calling out suspected AI usage. Because it just might not be AI at all. And then we will have maligned the reputation of writers and their publishers. mikenicol.substack.com/p/i-w…
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I'm gonna have to use a lot of exclamation points in this post. Because: New Patrick deWitt! New Robert Kolker! New @jorringer !
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Read a young adult novel from @catalyst_press this #APAHeritageMonth!
Elli Que Vu’s WATER ALL AROUND tells the story of ten-year-old Linh, who is “separated from her mother during an attempt to escape Vietnam in 1979” with her father and brother. catalystpress.org/all-conten…
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@HewittSTrib with @StarTribune previews @Sahra_Noor's Salt in the Snow, a memoir that models bravery, determination, love, and sticking up for one's self and the most vulnerable in society.
startribune.com/sahra-noor-m…
Preorder this classic now.
with @jlpowers
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Mike Nicol's latest, Falls the Shadow is now available internationally thanks to @catalyst_press My review of his long overdue new police procedural is up on my blog and on @CriFiLover westwordsreviews.wordpress.c… and crimefictionlover.com/2026/0…
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An entire state reading @Nnedi Okorafor! High school students across Wisconsin engage with African speculative fiction, present their projects on DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, and meet THE author. This is the work! ✊🏾👏🏾✨@UWMadison
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New indie crime fiction round up on @aspectsofcrime
aspectsofcrime.com/indie-cri……
@McInRob @TonyFisherLive AR Goldsmith, @HumphreysCC David Penny
@AllisonandBusby @AspectsHistory @CrimeCymru @catalyst_press
