A Report on Catalan Language Publishing

This article provides a descriptive account of the state of contemporary Catalan language publishing. Utilizing a broad array of resources, including scholarly, media and official literature as well as interviews with bookstore owners, librarians and publishers it examines how a once-censored minority language has become central to a thriving regional publishing industry. As a result of both popular and state support, the Catalan reading public’s exposure to and consumption of Catalan print material is growing. The study acknowledges the diversity, complexity and profundity of the Catalan voice while showing how central the publishing industry has become to its expression.