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Next month, BatCat Press will be hosting an adult bookbinding class. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to make your own sketchbook or journal, now is your chance! BatCat members will be teaching participants how to create their own traditional hardcover sketchbook or journal.  You will be sewing your own pages, picking your own endContinue reading “Saturday, March 12: Weekend Bookbinding Class!”

The BatCat staff went into the storeroom Wednesday morning and discovered something very exciting! We’ve been on the hunt for a new paper cutter for a while now; ours has served us well since 2009, but said service has worn down the blade (which is too hard to get to for us to repair onContinue reading “Our New Paper Cutter”

We’re proud to share the news that Kevin Haworth, author of Far Out All My Life and director of Carlow University’s MFA program, recently earned a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)! You can read a news article on his achievement here, or the official press release from Carlow University, here. If youContinue reading “Congratulations, Kevin!”

This past weekend we had the honor of being included in I Made It! for the Holidays at Nova Place in Pittsburgh. We had a great time selling our wares, not to mention chatting with customers and other vendors – maybe you were there! If you missed out, it’s not too late to get inContinue reading “Holiday Markets”

Thanks to all who took the time to take our survey and submit to our raffle! We’ve drawn the winner, and we’ll be emailing and working with them to create their customized journal! If you want a journal of your own, we have some events coming up, such as I Made It! For the Holidays,Continue reading “Survey Closed!”

This past weekend, a few members of the BatCat staff went down to Maryland for the 9th Annual Western Maryland Independent Lit Festival, also known as the Indie Lit Fest. The weekend-long event featured panels, roundtables, and a bookfair, the last of which we were a part of! It was a fantastic experience for us; thereContinue reading “Frostburg”

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”