GUEST POST: Down Beside the Sea with Deb and Ron Kandelaars

Victor Harbor: Down beside the sea is the fascinating story of how Victor Harbor came to be, told by the people who live and work in this breathtakingly beautiful coastal locale. Compiled by Deb and Ron Kandelaars, Victor Harbor represents years of research, memories and experiences from the people and places that make Victor Harbor what it is today. Earlier in the year, Deb and Ron delivered a wonderful talk to a captive audience, explaining the provenance…

POETRY SPOTLIGHT: 'Marta Saulnier' by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton

Our spotlight shines on a new poetry collection by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton, Nearly Lunch. Fresh off the press, Nearly Lunch is another collaboration from these two poets, after their previous Elsewhere Variations (also published by Wakefield Press), which is a companion volume.

GUEST POST: Winnie Pelz AM responds to 'Elaine Haxton'

Arts legend Winnie Pelz, AM, artist, writer, arts administrator, and current affairs presenter, has written a wonderful response to Elaine Haxton: A colourful artist and life, Lorraine Penny McLoughlin's biography of the late Australian artist. Winnie has been kind enough to share her words with us, and has given permission for us to republish them here. Read more about Elaine Haxton in Poppy Nwosu's own response to the book here. Cover image: Mexican Fields, 1939 (detail)

GUEST POST: Peggy Brock and too many Captain Cooks

As part of South Australia's History Festival this year, the David Roche Foundation House Museum displayed a special exhibition: Captain Cook and the Art of Memorabilia. Accompanying the exhibition was a special presentation by various speakers discussing Aboriginal accounts of Captain Cook. One of the speakers was Wakefield Press author and academic Peggy Brock (Colonialism and its Aftermath (editor), Yura and Udnyu). Peggy has kindly allowed us to reproduce her fascinating talk, 'Too Many Captain…

Wakefield Press acquires Edwina Preston's novel of art, motherhood and 'selfishness'

Wakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of Edwina Preston’s novel of women artists struggling to make their mark in 1960s bohemian Melbourne, provisionally titled Veda Grey, via agent Jenny Darling. Publication is projected for May 2022. Read more about this exciting new acquisition below!

Launching BECOMING A BIRD by Stephanie Radok

Our brand-new event series, the Saturday Soirees, continued in March with the launching by Kay Lawrence of Stephanie Radok's Becoming a Bird: Untold stories about art. Our laneway was once again filled with eager punters and supporters of Stephanie's collection of meditative stories. And, as a special treat, our bookshop was also graced with a small collection of Stephanie's Spend More Time Listening to Birds Suite. One of the etchings from the collection features as the cover for this…

Launching THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX by Cath Kenneally

At the first of our new afternoon event series, Saturday Soirees, the Wakefield Press laneway was filled with merry makers for the launch of The Southern Oscillation Index by Cath Kenneally. Launched by Linda Barwick, Emeritus Professor of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and Emceed by Wakefield Press' fearless leader Michael Bollen, the launch was a wonderful way to start the series. Find out about future editions of the Saturday Soirees series by subscribing to our newsletter here. We…

Wakefield Press acquires award-winning Adelaide author Andrew Roff’s debut collection

Wakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of world rights to the debut collection by Adelaide author Andrew Roff, winner of last year’s Peter Carey Short Story Award, via agent Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Publication of the collection, provisionally titled Third Heaven, is projected for 2022.

CELEBRATE ART: Elaine Haxton, a colourful artist and life

This week, we are celebrating the extraordinary life of artist Elaine Haxton, with a new book Elaine Haxton: A colourful artist and life by Lorraine Penny McLoughlin. This gorgeous art book showcases the range and quality of Elaine Haxton's work, asserting her rightful place as a significant twentieth century Australian artist.

POETRY SPOTLIGHT: 'Copley Street' by Geoff Goodfellow

This week's spotlight shines on a new poetry collection by Geoff Goodfellow, Preparing for Business. Award-winning poet Geoff Goodfellow is back with another vivid, affecting, laconically dark-witted collection that pulls no punches as it masterfully chronicles Australian life. As always, Geoff delivers a series of brilliantly captured portraits of working-class life, from the street scenes of formerly industrial Port Adelaide and his home suburb of Semaphore, with its heightened blend of affluence and poverty, to…

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