Hi everyone! Thanks so much for joining us this week for our fifth annual #ReadingAfrica Week, our annual celebration of African literature. In lieu of a literary news blog this week, we decided to give you a #ReadingAfrica recap, to share all of the fun activities we hosted this week in one place. From virtual … Continue reading This Week in Literary News: The #ReadingAfrica Recap Edition
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#ReadingAfrica for the Young Reader
We were so excited co-host a panel on children’s literature with World Kid Lit! If you missed this incredibly fun and thoughtful conversation, you can watch a recording here. When the panel ended, our amazing moderator, Bunmi, asked the group to share their favorite #ReadingAfrica books for young readers. You could, of course, watch the … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica for the Young Reader
#ReadingAfrica Music Edition
This year, we’re excited to add a musical portion to our celebration with the addition of this very excellent playlist curated by Amanda Khiri. While hearing the music might be the best way to understand it, it’s certainly not the only way. For those of you who want to take your musical explorations a little … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica Music Edition
#ReadingAfrica Week Comics Panel
We love comics and graphic novel here at Catalyst! One of our earliest releases was Shaka Rising, a graphic novel exploring the life of a legendary Zulu king. We followed that up with a sequel—King Shaka—and a historical graphic novel in translation, Madame Livingstone. 2022 brings another, this time a graphic history, All RIse. That’s … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica Week Comics Panel
#ReadingAfrica: An Annual Celebration of African Literature
“This place called Africa. You think you know it. You have learned about it in school. You have come across stories about it in the media. Perhaps, you have visited the place or better still live there and so you feel that you really know it. It is not until you pick up a book … Continue reading #ReadingAfrica: An Annual Celebration of African Literature
Author Q&A with Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa Authors
We are so excited to be the North American publisher for Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa. This thought-provoking anthology is the latest collection from Short Story Day Africa, a non-profit established to develop and share the diversity of Africa’s voices through publishing and writing workshops. And though we usually do author Q&As for our … Continue reading Author Q&A with Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa Authors
All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa
The History of Man
THE HISTORY OF MAN
Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa
Why We’re #ReadingAfrica
We’re wrapping up another #ReadingAfrica Week (you can read all of our posts celebrating this year’s event here), and this might have been the best one yet! We love celebrating these books and these authors every day, but it means so much to take a few special days to really let the world know how … Continue reading Why We’re #ReadingAfrica