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From 9-3 tomorrow, BatCat Press will be at a fall festival held by and at our home, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School. We’ll be inside Alumni Hall, selling pins, shirts, and marbled journals of various sizes. If you can make it, come visit us! If not, we’ve got plenty more events coming up thisContinue reading “Event Tomorrow!”

If you follow us on Twitter and Facebook (if you don’t, check out new widgets on the left of the main page!), you’ve seen that we’re running a drawing for a free, customized journal made by the members of the BatCat Press staff. To enter, all you have to do is answer a few questionsContinue reading “Want a Customized Journal?”

This past Saturday, a few members of the BatCat Staff headed over to downtown Beaver, PA, for the first Beaver County Bookfest! Even though it was a bit rainy, we had a great time showing off our stuff and helping kids (and adults) make their own custom buttons. Take a look at our booth! TheContinue reading “Beaver County Bookfest”

We’re just a couple weeks into our year and we’re off to a great start! With new staff members (group picture to come) and a new submission system, Submittable, we’re in good shape to have an amazing year. But our most exciting change is our new space! We moved! Not far; we’re still on theContinue reading “New Year, New Space!”

What a fantastic year with such a fantastic staff! I can’t believe my first year with this press is coming to a close; it’s very bittersweet. Just like every year before, we spent the 2014 portion getting ready for 2015. This meant reading through hundreds of manuscripts, and making buttons and books to be soldContinue reading “2015 Year End Wrap-Up”

During our time at AWP, not only did we sell out of our first edition of Poems in Which You Die by Sarah Carson, but we also debuted a paperback second edition! In making the new design (second from the right, next to its predecessor) we decided to carry a lot of the original ideasContinue reading “Poems in Which You Die, Take 2”

A few days ago, on May 20th, BatCat held its annual release party! We were so lucky to have both of this year’s authors there to read from their new books. This means these new books are now for sale on our Square Market store! Getting these books (which first came to us with many,Continue reading “New Books Available + Behind the Scenes!”

A few weekends ago, BatCat Press attended AWP for the sixth year in a row, but for the first year with students! Sarah and I, Olivia, represented the press in Minneapolis in an effort to spread our name and sell some books! I know I can speak for Sarah when I say that we hadContinue reading “AWP 2015”

by Allison Dushack & Kat Ree, Staff We are back and better than ever! We have some new students on our team this year, including some returning students! Last year was a huge success with Your Attraction to Sharp Machines by Matthew Mahaney (more info on a second run coming soon) and broadsides featuring theContinue reading “We’re Back!”

Does “Merch Update” sound hip enough? It turns out that we have this giant green bag choc-full* of beautiful, slimming, “obsidian black” BatCat t-shirts.  They’re perfect for any situation.  Going on a hot date? BatCat t-shirt.  Going on a safari? BatCat t-shirt.  Geocaching?  BatCat t-shirt.  Hula hooping?  BatCat t-shirt.  The possibilities are endless. They’re sellingContinue reading “Merch Update!”