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Hi, my name’s Alexa! I’m a junior and I’ve been on the BatCat staff for almost two years now. My interests on BatCat Press are mostly centered around running our social media accounts and writing blog posts for our website. I’m known in BatCat for always having our business card on hand and always beingContinue reading “AWP 2018!”

Have you ever been curious about who makes the handbound books BatCat Press produces?  This spring, we’ll be introducing you to our new staff members that work year-round on creating our beautiful journals and publications! We hope you enjoy! NAME: Torie Wolfe AGE: 17 FAVORITE BOOK: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote FAVORITE GENRE TO READ: HistoricalContinue reading “Meet the Staff – Torie!”

Have you ever been curious about who makes the handbound books BatCat Press produces?  This year, we’ll be introducing you to our four new staff members that work year-round on creating our beautiful journals and publications! We hope you enjoy! Cecil Starr is a junior at LPPACS who joined BatCat Press this year! NAME: CecilContinue reading “Meet the Staff-Cecil”

BatCat Press – Semester One Update It’s 2018 and BatCat is looking forward to another eventful spring. But first, we want to take a minute to review our fall semester. We’ve done so many things, new and old, it’s hard to keep track of it all! One thing is for sure, though: both returning andContinue reading “Semester One Update, Fall 2017”

In just a few weeks, Batcat Press will be attending Handmade Arcade for the 7th year in a row! Handmade Arcade is the largest independent craft fair held in Pittsburgh PA, and will be taking place on Saturday, December 2nd at the David L. Lawrence Convention center. It also happens to be one of ourContinue reading “More than a Vendor: Handmade Arcade, 2017”

The start of a new BatCat year is always an exciting and hectic time. We’ve been busy teaching our five new members different bookbinding techniques as well as handling loads of submissions. A lot has changed in BatCat; perhaps the biggest news is that we have a new working space! BatCat has moved to aContinue reading “BatCat’s New Space!”

This week, on May 24 & 25, the staff of BatCat Press will be releasing our new publications at the 11th annual LAVA (Literary and Visual Arts) Festival, hosted by the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School! The two day festival gives students a chance to show off what they’ve been working on this year,Continue reading “New Books This Week!”

If you follow us on Instagram, you’ve probably seen a lot of pictures of our favorite new toy: the letterpress. We bought it over the summer and drove it all the way from New Jersey to the western side of Pennsylvania, and it’s been a dream come true for us on BatCat Press. So muchContinue reading “Our New Printing Press!”

We are happy to announce two new titles acquired for 2017. Without further ado: Swamp Frank by Francesco Grisanzio and Parakeet by Jason Olsen! These mind-meltingly awesome poetry collections will officially debut at the annual LAVA Festival at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in May, and will be available for purchase online on June 1,Continue reading “New in 2017!”

BatCat’s first semester of the 2016-2017 school year is almost over! With four new staff members and six returning, three markets done, AWP upcoming, manuscripts picked, and several dozens of books made, the year is off to a great start. Nova, one of the new staff members, said about this semester, “I really like theContinue reading “Semester One Update”