Catalyst Press
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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
Joined February 2017
For a lively debate, visit our blog https://t.co/e3UMdeVdzh.
@jlpowers probes pastors Malcolm Himschoot and Aaron Scott on their books, liberation theology, debt, faith, understandings of justice, institutions, and other pressing matters.
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Please help us make history with Operation Legacy and Other Stories, a collection that brings together three amazing true stories of African resistance and achievement: fighting for abolition, struggling against colonialism! https://t.co/gXtzQvoube With @jlpowers
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Don’t miss brand-new books out from @SlantBooks, @FLPress, @Dalkey_Archive, @catalyst_press, @fifthwheelpress & more indie publishers this month!
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Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books forthcoming in December 2025 from CLMP members. Bite More Smash More Red Ogre Review |...
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Our imprints Flare Books and Flare Kids began with two titles in 2024 and fifteen in 2025, and you can find them all in our list on Bookshop at 20% off! https://t.co/aUlJ0C7Ppl A big thank you to all our Flare authors. You have made 2024 and 2025 amazing! WIth @jlpowers
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Please help us make history! We are fighting hard for Operation Legacy and Other Stories, a collection that brings together for the first time in comic form, three amazing true stories of African resistance and achievement. https://t.co/t3MOzp0C8f With @jlpowers
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#ReadingAfrica 2025: Fifty Africa Interest Picture Books and YA Graphic Novels available on Bookshop, which supports Independent bookstores. At the moments, all books on Bookshop are 20% off, so check out our whole shop! https://t.co/xfBmEatbk2 with @jlpowers
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Lagos' first street art festival has turned the city into an 'open-air gallery'. Although Lagos is known for its vibrant arts scene, nightlife and creativity, street art is relatively unknown. https://t.co/lW23QZxcg1
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Say that again.
I will be impressed when they get all the Almajiri kids into schools, give them a quality education, security, good food and clean clothes. Money in the hands of a few means nothing if the greater society is suffering.
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Possibly the first and best thing any African writer living now in the continent can do for themselves is to try as best as possible to keep the rot and murk from incapacitating the zeal to create and be. It’s hella tough, but it’s what must be done.
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Young Writers Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission: An Interview with NoViolet Bulawayo
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NoViolet Bulawayo’s short story, “Hitting Budapest,” won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, and last month it won the Best of Caine award, in celebration of the initiative’s 25th annivers…
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A Q&A with Dr. Bosman from the Otto Foundation South Africa by Patricia Spencer! Read it on our blog: https://t.co/iTZV0dCHBi
#ReadingAfrica With @jlpowers
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“we all have reasons for moving. i move to keep things whole.”
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In honor of the 9th Anniversary of #ReadingAfrica , Ashawnta Jackson has created the #ReadingAfrica 2025 Guide, which includes excerpts from 11 Catalyst Press books, some of which are graphic novels! Get it here: https://t.co/zqxs52mN3x With @jlpowers
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"Catalyst authors in conversation: reflections for #ReadingAfrica Week." with Catalyst authors Bridget Krone, Donica Merhazion, Faraaz Mahomed, Hannes Barnard, @MikeNicol, Sahra Noor, Tsitsi Mapepa, and Samantha Keller.
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Kolam, a Tamil word meaning form or beauty, is a traditional art form where intricate patterns are drawn on the ground using rice flour. In this collection Fourie Botha weaves together poems on many seemingly unrelated themes. #ReadingAfrica
https://t.co/Eqq99NOE7z With @jlpowers
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Our final live panel for #ReadingAfrica is happening tomorrow, Sat Dec 13. There is still time to register! Peer behind the scenes with several amazing African bookseller in our live panel set for the final day of #ReadingAfrica 2025. https://t.co/JSz89wCF4v With @jlpowers
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @Gyamfi_PhD on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP: https://t.co/xh2eRoifKS
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If you were woken up and asked what the best African essay/essays you read this year was, what would it be?
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Namibia's finest are honored at the 2025 @doeklitmag Doek Literary Awards! Jeremy Tiboth, Filemon Iiyambo, Jedidja Kakuva, and Luigi Arnat take top prizes across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Congratulations to all four winners! 📚 🏆 https://t.co/BznBU3GOC8
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Good morning! In my latest publication, we found that @norsaac and @SongtabaNGO are redefining gender advocacy in Ghana. Publication Number 8 for 2025 ✔️ You can download it here: https://t.co/CCHydvXE5a Article link: https://t.co/pBkZYyhIEf
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