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Catalyst Press: Indie publishers of books by African writers and illustrators. Hosts of #ReadingAfrica Week each December. Visit us at www.catalystpress.org
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Check out this delightful review of Lee Sander's Under the Light of Fireflies in Foreword Reviews. "A boy learns to accept the unpredictability of life and finds his own sense of self in the transformative novel Under the Light of Fireflies." www.forewordreviews.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Meet two of our favorite Noahs this January in two books for kids who think they are grownups and/or grownups who think they are kids. Preorder Under the Light of Fireflies www.catalystpress.org/.../coming-s.... from Flare and The Enumerations from Catalyst www.catalystpress.org/enumerations 📚📖❤️‍🩹
Meet two of our favorite Noahs this January in two great books for kids who think they are grownups and/or grownups who think they are kids. Preorder your copies of Under the Light of Fireflies https://www.catalystpress.org/.../coming-soon-under-the... from Flare and The Enumerations from Catalyst https://www.catalystpress.org/enumerations 📚📖❤️‍🩹
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Another provocative substack from our founder JL Powers. Is there a market for cute? The Market for Cute open.substack.com/pub/themothe...
The Market for Cute
Do readers want “wholesome” children’s books?
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January 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"Cooking Bacon with Propane" A story from the world of The Little Ambulance War of Winchester County.
from Flare Books Author I.M. Aiken, a.co/d/idsrpsc. Get the audio book read by the author!
January 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The Power of Saying Yes as a Forward-Thinking Writer.
A substack from our publisher JL Powers: "where I'll say all the things I want to say, openly and honestly, as a writer, editor, and publisher."
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The People Yes
The Forward-Thinking Writer
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January 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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A new review from Ann Angel on Maverick Independent Book Reviews! "World-building and friendships lend drama to this young adult fantasy novel." Adam Tideborne and the Greatsword of War by Joshua Stevens-Shachar.
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December 26, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Happy Holidays to All!
December 26, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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New Horror Review by Betsy Lepchitz on Maverick Independent Book Reviews "A foray into dark powers: a review of literary horror novel Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue, or Cold Medicine and a Liar by James Tyler Toothma
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A foray into dark powers: a review of literary horror novel Three Sixes and a Forked Tongue
...an ambitious horror novel that explores witchcraft, violence, and poverty in rural West Virginia in the early 1970s.
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December 12, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Congratulations to Donica Merhazion--whose book is forthcoming from Catalyst Press-- on the publication of her article with Sally Ratemo in The International Educator today!
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December 11, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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Another #ReadingAfrica Week 2024 listicle
7 of the best Non-Fiction Books about Africa. www.maverickindependentreview.com/post/7-of-th...
7 of the best Non-Fiction Books about Africa, #readingAfrica
In today's #readingAfrica listicle, we turned to a couple of experts to ask for recommendations of non-fiction books about Africa that are accessible to non-academics, in addition to our own recommendations. Many people who live outside of the continent are unfamiliar with most of the history and culture of Africa. Hopefully, these books will help! The following recommendations were made by Wendy Urban-Mead, PhD, a professor of African history and education at Bard. David Olusoga, The World's Wa
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December 7, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Sozaboy by the late Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Novel in Broken English (1985)
You can read it free on Internet Archive! archive.org/details/soza... or order from Amazon www.amazon.com/Sozaboy-Ken-...
#ReadingAfrica --L. Herrera, Publicity Catalyst
December 7, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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LoveAfricaPress loveafricapress.com celebrates all things African in romantic fiction.
They are a digital-first publisher utilising ground-breaking technology platforms like Okadabooks to bring love stories written by Africans to African readers. #ReadingAfrica Week 2024
African Authors | Love Africa Press
Love Africa Press is a Africa publisher that celebrates all things African in genre fiction.We publish African books including romance novels.
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December 6, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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Reviews for #ReadingAfrica Week worldkidlit.org/.../reviews-... from World Kid Lit. Our Wanjiku, Child of Mine is included! Thank you 🙂
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Reviews: Reading Africa Week 2024
This week we celebrate the start of Reading Africa Week with reviews from Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Kenya. by Johanna McCalmont Young Adult The Djinn’s Apple Written by Djamila MoraniTranslate…
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December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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DISRUPTION: Short Fiction from Africa
​This genre-spanning anthology explores the many ways that we grow, adapt, and survive in the face of our ever-changing global realities.

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December 5, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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Outside the Lines by Ameera Patel. A journey through the underbelly of Johannesburg, South Africa and the intimacy of family drama scattered across racial, religious, and class divisions. #ReadingAfrica Week 2024. www.catalystpress.org/outside-the-...
December 5, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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#ReadingAfrica is pleased to share news of the Island Prize! Unpublished authors who were born in and a citizen of an African country, are eligible. Submissions open Jan 1, 2025 and close Feb 16, 2025, so get ready now if you are interested! More details here:
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December 5, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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"There is an ongoing cultural commentary which a whole nation & diaspora community can resonate with through song that speaks more loudly than a politician who may purport to tell the truth" Visit @literaryhub.bsky.social to read our #ReadingAfrica African music roundtable lithub.com/listening-to...
Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music
I subscribe to far too many newsletters. Most remain unopened. But for some reason, I decided to open one from David Byrne (probably because Mali was in the subject line, and it is #ReadingAfrica W…
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December 5, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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A new listicle from Catalyst's Jessica Powers on Maverick Independent Reviews in honor of #readingAfrica Week 2024. www.maverickindependentreview.com/post/a-few-s...
A Few Stunning Children’s Books by African Authors, #ReadingAfrica Listicle
A few children's books by African authors that are widely available and definitely worth investigating, for all ages.
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December 4, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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We're live right now on IG! Come join us (@catalystpress) for a great discussion as part of our #ReadingAfrica Week celebration! @threeroomspress.bsky.social
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Join us on instagram @catalystpress today December 4 for a #ReadingAfrica IG live event on coming-of-age fiction with authors Ebele Chizea and Onke Mazibuko Co-hosted with @threeroomspress.bsky.social and co-moderated by Catalyst's Jessica Powers!
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December 4, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Join us on instagram @catalystpress today December 4 for a #ReadingAfrica IG live event on coming-of-age fiction with authors Ebele Chizea and Onke Mazibuko Co-hosted with @threeroomspress.bsky.social and co-moderated by Catalyst's Jessica Powers!
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December 4, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Join us on December 4 for a live #ReadingAfrica event with authors Ebele Chizea (Aquarian Dawn @threeroomspress.bsky.social) and Catalyst author, Onke Mazibuko. Moderated by Catalyst founder, Jessica Powers, the pair will discuss coming-of-age stories for young readers
Image of an illustrated open book with the text #ReadingAfrica. Text below reads: "Catalyst Press and Three Rooms Press present authors Ebele Chizea (Aquarian Dawn, Three Rooms Press) and Onke Mazibuko (The Second Verse, Catalyst Press) discuss coming-of-age fiction as part of this year’s #ReadingAfrica Week celebration." Event is December 4, 2024 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern, 9pm South Africa on Instagram Live. Image of Onke Mazibuko, a smiling Black man in a sport coat and a book cover of his book, THE SECOND VERSE. Text below reads "Onke Mazibuko is a psychologist who has worked in different settings including private practice, corporate, non-government organisations, tertiary institutions and schools. Currently he is in his final year of a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Pretoria. He is also a Mawazo African Writers Institute Fellow. His debut novel, The Second Verse, was published by Penguin Random House in South Africa and longlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards and won in the Youth Literature category of the South African Literary Awards." Image of Ebele Chizea, a smiling Black woman in white headwrap, along with the cover image of her book, Aquarian Dawn. Text below reads "Ebele Chizea was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States at age sixteen. Since graduating with honors in 2004 from Thiel Colege in Greenville, PA, she has published fiction, poetry, and essays in various publications including The African, The Sentinel, The Nigerian Punch, Sahara Reporter, as well as her own online publication, Drumtide Magazine. Aquarian Dawn is her debut novel."
November 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Happy #ReadingAfrica Week! WWB Campus is helping you take this tradition into the classroom with 10 stories & poems from throughout the continent—from Tunisia to Tanzania—alongside multimedia teaching tools. https://buff.ly/3Z8dxsY
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The banner for Reading Africa week 2024 with the text “10 Stories and Poems for Reading Africa Week. Award-winning novel excerpts from Algeria and Tanzania. Poetry and rap from Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa, and Mozambique. Graphic fiction and comics from Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa. Translations from Arabic, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, and Kaaps.”
December 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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#ReadingAfrica Week 2024! Order Shaka Rising (2019) today!
"A worthy introduction that offers a young Anglophone audience entry into a legend of Africa without the annoyance of overtranslation and with refreshingly three-dimensional characters." --Kirkus
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#ReadingAfrica Week 2024! Order Shaka Rising (2019) today! This retelling of the Shaka legend explores the rise to power of a shrewd young prince who must consolidate a new kingdom through warfare, mediation, and political alliances to defend his people against the expanding slave trade. "A worthy introduction that offers a young Anglophone audience entry into a legend of Africa without the annoyance of overtranslation and with refreshingly three-dimensional characters." --Kirkus
December 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Reading Africa Sale:
Use READINGAFRICA24
at checkout for 20% off titles on Gumroad and Indiepubs through Dec 31st
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#ReadingAfrica Week 2024
Reading Africa Sale: Use READINGAFRICA24 at checkout for 20% off titles on Gumroad and Indiepubs through Dec 31st https://www.catalystpress.org/ catalystpress.gumroad.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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This week we’re celebrating the start of Reading Africa Week with reviews from Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Kenya! #africa #readingafrica #kidlit
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Reviews: Reading Africa Week 2024
by Johanna McCalmont This week we celebrate the start of Reading Africa Week with reviews from Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and Kenya. Young Adult The Djinn’s Apple Written by Djamila MoraniTranslate…
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December 2, 2024 at 10:32 AM