This year’s #ReadingAfrica Week has sort of turned into #ReadingAfrica Month. That’s due to a few factors. One, we’re a small team and each year gets bigger and bigger, and we sometime can’t keep up. Two, life gets in the way, and things you’d hoped would be done by one date, gets shifted to another. … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica 2023: The Wrap-up
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#ReadingAfrica 2023: Borders
Since we had an unofficial theme of borders this year, we asked writers to share some of their thoughts about borders, displacement, migration, and art. It’s no small task to write a short statement about something so huge, but they were up to the task. We sprinkled a few of those statements throughout our posts, … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica 2023: Borders
#ReadingAfrica 2023: Southern Skies
To say that Catalyst founder, Jessica Powers, is familiar with southern Africa would be the understatement of the year. Through her studies, fellowships, and frequent visits, she’s not only developed a love for the region—particularly South Africa— she’s created a second home there. A home complete with family, friends, and memories. The love of this … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica 2023: Southern Skies
#ReadingAfrica 2023: Go Westward
Today we focus on West Africa. We begin with a short statement from Aba Amissah Asibon, a Ghanaian writer and an SSDA Inkubator Fellow whose work will be appearing in our forthcoming release, Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa. Storytelling is a constant reminder that borders are merely arbitrary constructs meant to perpetuate separation and … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica 2023: Go Westward
#ReadingAfrica 2023: Centering the Reading
Today is all about Central Africa! We begin with a lovely thought from Sola Njoku. Sola, a Nigerian writer, is one of the contributors to our forthcoming release, Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa. They say Africa’s internal borders are the straightest you will find on a continental map. Apportioned in a beeline manner in … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica 2023: Centering the Reading
#ReadingAfrica 2023: Looking East
As we mentioned in our post yesterday, we’ve divided each day of this week into regions. Today, we’ll be looking at east Africa. We’ll start this post with a short response on the question of borders from author Caroline Kurtz. We’re proud to publish two of Caroline’s memoirs— A Road Called Down on Both Sides … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica 2023: Looking East
#ReadingAfrica Week 2023
Welcome to our favorite time of the year— #ReadingAfrica Week! Each year, during the first full week of December, we celebrate the richness and diversity of African literature all across social media, all week long. We started #ReadingAfrica Week in 2017, and each year we ask book-lovers of all kinds to use the hashtags #ReadingAfrica or … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica Week 2023
Catalyst South Africa: Q&A with SarahBelle Selig & Izak de Vries
While our authors make us special, without SarahBelle Selig and Izak de Vries as part of our team, Catalyst Press would be missing a huge part of its heart and soul. While our U.S. team members keep things humming a world away, these two have made us a truly international company. Whether through their connections … Continue reading Catalyst South Africa: Q&A with SarahBelle Selig & Izak de Vries
Captive: New Short Fiction from Africa
A #ReadingAfrica Wrap-up
First things first: whew! This year’s event was a huge one. We had three live panels, two written round-tables, two guest posts, a playlist, and one pre-recorded panel. We had a week-long #ReadingAfrica challenge, announced a new book, had two booklists on Bookshop.org (including one that was featured on the site’s front page) and even … Continue reading A #ReadingAfrica Wrap-up