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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”

We are very excited to announce two new poetry collections for 2015: Apology to the Moon by Jim Daniels and The Bone and the Body by Laura Kochman Both titles will be released at Lincoln Park’s annual LAVA Festival and will be available online beginning in late May. Follow us on Facebook for updates andContinue reading “New for 2015”

Due to the overwhelming number of submissions we receive each year, we have established a new email account specifically for manuscripts. Please send all submissions to submit.batcatpress@gmail.com. If you have already submitted a manuscript to our main email, batcatpress@gmail.com, don’t worry – you do NOT need to resubmit. All other correspondence should continue to beContinue reading “Submitting? Take note…”

Our 2014 titles are now available in our Square Market store! Title pages have also been updated: Poems in Which You Die by Sarah Carson When You’re Down by the River by Christopher Lowe Surviving by Davy Rothbart We also want to take a moment and say thanks to everyone who was able to attendContinue reading “2014 Titles Now Available”

2014 marks our 5th anniversary, and we’re starting off the year in a big way – by taking on three new projects, each in a different genre, all to be released in May of this year. Without further ado, our 2014 projects are: Poetry by Sarah Carson! Fiction by Christopher Lowe! Creative nonfiction by DavyContinue reading “2014 = Amazing.”

We are beyond thrilled that we will once again be a part of Handmade Arcade, Pittsburgh’s premiere arts and crafts fair, now in its tenth year. We will be holding it down at table 96, back by the food and drink area, so please come and visit us! We will have more than a hundredContinue reading “Event: Handmade Arcade – Dec. 7”