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Felis Catus Press Traditionally publishing finest poetry from Nigeria

📚 COVER REVEAL 📚We are delighted to unveil the covers of our forthcoming chapbooksby Ókólí Stephen  🔥  Opeyemi 🔥 Ridwan ...
21/06/2026

📚 COVER REVEAL 📚

We are delighted to unveil the covers of our forthcoming chapbooks

by Ókólí Stephen 🔥 Opeyemi 🔥 Ridwan Àdísá Fasasi 🔥

We're honoured to accompany these poets on this stage of their literary journey

& can't wait to bring their books into your hands

Cheers 🥂

Read Ridwan Àdísá Fasasi's with Cara Waterfall - Poet, Storyteller & Mentor. It's an insightful discussion with thoughtf...
08/06/2026

Read Ridwan Àdísá Fasasi's with Cara Waterfall - Poet, Storyteller & Mentor. It's an insightful discussion with thoughtful reflections on poetry and resilience.

Ridwan's chapbook is forthcoming from our Press

Watch out!

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our new authors 🎉 🎊Congratulations 🎉 to our new authors at Felis Catus Press 🔥 FELIS CATUS PRE...
10/04/2026

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our new authors 🎉 🎊

Congratulations 🎉
to our new authors at Felis Catus Press 🔥

FELIS CATUS PRESS is delighted to offer publication of the following manuscripts:

The Road is a Body by Ókólí Stephen ();

Holocaust by Henry Opeyemi (); and

The Psalmic Field by Ridwan Fasasi ().

These manuscripts tell stories, narrate events and describe emotions, so clearly that it feels like we experience with them.

“The Road is a Body is an enjoyable collection that takes a bold mastery of language. The metaphors are effective as much as the tales are curtailed and poetic. This is one of the few times a narrative "esque" set of poetry doesn't go too prosaic in the equipment of narration.”

“Holocaust stays true to the ambience of its titling, telling gory tales of the Nigerian current situation of insecurity, in equally gory composition of diction. The work looks to the self and the way it copes with grief and personal (and national) hurt.”

“The Psalmic Field truly brings readers to a plain field of understanding the appearance of love in grief and vice versa. It compels us to see similarities to nature, how we can break and bend, grow and glow. The poems in this collection are also really very aware of the self, questioning the self and trying to understand it.”

We can't wait to share these wonders with you...

Cheers 🥂

Felis Catus Press
(publishing finest poetry from Nigeria)

Many poets have poems. Few know how to shape them into a chapbook.Join Pamilerin Jacob as he guides you through the craf...
01/04/2026

Many poets have poems. Few know how to shape them into a chapbook.

Join Pamilerin Jacob as he guides you through the craft of intentional poetry compilation.

📅 April 18, 2026
⏰ 3PM
🔗 X SPACE

Find link in the comment box.

CHEERS 🥂

Congratulations to OKITI LITERARY for the release of their ISSUE 2.Cheers to our author, Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi , on his...
31/03/2026

Congratulations to OKITI LITERARY for the release of their ISSUE 2.

Cheers to our author, Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi , on his feature in the issue.

Go read him and other awesome poets.

Adamu Yahuza has 2 poems in the issue.

Link in comment...

Cheers 🥂

We've got enough entries,but we feel a voice is still out there that'd turn things around.It could be yours.Send that ch...
11/03/2026

We've got enough entries,
but we feel a voice is still out there that'd turn things around.

It could be yours.

Send that chapbook manuscript to [email protected]

You now have till MARCH 22 to do that.

Visit feliscatuspress.weebly.com/submit for guidelines.

CHEERS 🥂

1️⃣ Read it to a friend. Let a friend read it to you: hearing someone else read it aloud can reveal unintended rhythms o...
13/02/2026

1️⃣ Read it to a friend. Let a friend read it to you: hearing someone else read it aloud can reveal unintended rhythms or emphasis.

2️⃣ Highlight all the verbs. Weak verbs flatten a poem. Replace “was” and “had” with something sharper where possible.

3️⃣ Trim the opening. Many poems start too early. See if the real beginning is a few lines down.

4️⃣ Cut the summary lines. If you’ve already shown an emotion or event, you don’t need to explain it. Trust the image.

5️⃣ Test the poem in different fonts or layouts. A visual shift can make you notice things you overlooked.

6️⃣ Replace clichés with lived details. If you find a phrase you’ve seen a hundred times, replace it with something drawn from your own experience.

7️⃣ Check the ending for echo and connection. The last line should resonate with something earlier in the poem— even subtly— to feel complete. Gbenga Adesina calls this “Layering.”

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