#ReadingAfrica Week

Catalyst Press started Reading Africa Week in 2017 as an annual celebration of African literature. Each year, during the first full week of December, we ask book-lovers of all kinds to use the hashtags #ReadingAfrica or #ReadingAfricaWeek across social media on posts that spotlight African literature of all eras, genres, and format.

 

We started this campaign to bring attention to writers who are doing diverse and genre-spanning work from every corner of the African continent. And because we’re an indie publisher, we really wanted to spotlight all of the great things our colleagues in the indie publishing world are doing to bring these voices to more readers. Each year, as more of our book-loving community—teachers, authors, librarians, booksellers, literary magazines—join in, the celebration has only gotten more expansive and exciting.

 

Each year, we find ourselves overwhelmed by the support of readers and publishers from around the globe, each eager to celebrate African literature. Africa is a place with incalculable stories to tell, and our goal each year is to prioritize African voices, spark conversation, and to resist the flattening of a place with limitless possibilities.

 

If you'll be participating this year, whether it's social media posts, sales, events, articles, book lists, or whatever your imagination can create, let us know! Contact Ashawnta at publicity@catalystpress.org to share how you’ll be #ReadingAfrica this year.

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