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Wakefield Press

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8352 4455

Address: 16 Rose Street 5031 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au

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24.01.2022 In this extract from their wonderful, lavish book TRAILBLAZERS: 100 INSPIRING SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WOMEN, Carolyn Collins and Roy Ecclestone profile Sia Furler, global star of music.

24.01.2022 Some nice viewing for this suddenly wintry Thursday a recording of the launch of Geoff Goodfellow's OUT OF COPLEY STREET, hosted by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and launched by professor Rick Sarre.

24.01.2022 Thanks once again, Suzie Keen and InDaily!

22.01.2022 Click below for our Wakefield Weekly, with its news, new releases, blog posts, reviews and more. We have fun with the Weekly, expertly compiled and edited by our Maddy Sexton, and enjoy keeping in touch with you. To receive the Weekly each Friday by email, sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/wakefieldpress/subscribe

21.01.2022 Shop open today (Sat) till 3 pm, Sunflowers, with 25% off across our full range! Air con on. 16 Rose Street, Mile End (Adelaide) ...

21.01.2022 Hot(blown) off the press! This gorgeous new book displays the fantastical world of TOM MOORE, Australia's most humorous and out-there glass artist. Tom Moore's 'Abundant Wonder' exhibition now showing at Adelaide's JamFactory. Get there if you can!

20.01.2022 Saturday 3 October, 10 am to 3 pm, we’ll have our little shop open with 30% off the range for those hours only! 16 Rose Street, Mile End (Adelaide). Give us a call in those hours if you can’t make it 83524455.

19.01.2022 PLEASE NOTE: Alex's event at Unley Library has now been postponed to the new year, date tba (like so many things). BOOKS ARRIVE, however, early in December!

19.01.2022 Christine Courtney, antiques dealer, bookseller, author, dancer and legend of the Port, takes us on an evocative wintry stroll . . .

18.01.2022 Excellent advice, saweekend magazine!

18.01.2022 Catch Geoff Goodfellow live at the Orchard Bookshop, Adelaide Central Market, this Friday evening (2 Oct), 6 pm, reading from his brilliant memoir OUT OF COPLEY STREET. Writing for The Adelaide Review, Royce Kurmelovs describes the enduring nature of Geoff's writing, born of his ability to capture people as they are, 'without fear or favour'. 'Few, if any, of the characters he presents are perfect people and that is arguably the point. All are constrained by their abilities, their resources, or their circumstances. Some, when given the opportunity, are noble. Others are not. A select few are cruel. Though this may be confronting, readers with a critical eye will recognise the question being asked of them: what made these people that way? The answer to this is implied: we did.'

18.01.2022 We’re up at beautiful Burra, showing our wares in Roger Boehm’s garden at Burra Districts Open Gardens - South Australia

17.01.2022 ALEX FRAYNE, ‘Rosella’. From his book ADELAIDE NOIR. Who knows where? Do watch out for Alex Frayne’s magnificent new book of South Australian landscapes. At the printer now, and coming late November, just in time for you know what.

16.01.2022 John Brack, 1955, ‘Solandra’. Reproduced in our book BLOOMS AND BRUSHSTROKES, by Penelope Curtin and Tansy Curtin who will be among the guest presenters later this month at the mighty Burra Districts Open Gardens - South Australia weekend.

15.01.2022 Port Adelaide Football Club (Port Power) fans have a lot to be excited about this season as the semi-final approaches this Friday ... and here’s one more big event to look forward to! With PORT ADELAIDE TO SHANGHAI, a new book (published 16 November 2020), Port fans can commemorate the club’s historic victory in taking Australia’s game international, playing three games in Shanghai, China. Port Power captain Tom Jonas says of the inaugural AFL game played for premiership poin...ts in China, that it ‘felt like one of the most important games I’d ever played’. This compelling inside story of Port’s push to take AFL to China is told by Andrew Hunter, who was general manager of China Engagement at the Club - with a foreword by Tom Jonas and an introduction by Michelangelo Rucci. The book will be published 16 November 2020, but you can register your interest and pre-order now. Just visit the link below or call 08 8352 4455. https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product.php?productid=1647

14.01.2022 Not going to Frankfurt, strolling Largs Jetty, closing Hometown Haunts, mirrors telling tales -- and more in our Wakefield Weekly . . .

13.01.2022 Like most South Australian organisations, we’ll be closed until 25 November. Hang in there, folks! We’ll be getting out orders, and creating new books, soon as we can get safely back in the saddle. Missing the work already!

12.01.2022 Oh dear, poor Henry Kendall! This is the summary of his life on the website of the Henry Kendall High School in Gosford NSW: Henry Kendall High School is named ...after a well-respected poet who lived in Gosford for a period of time. Henry was born in the Ulladulla district and as a young man enjoyed writing poems and songs. [ 1,320 more word ] http://anzlitlovers.com//where-shadows-have-fallen-the-de/

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12.01.2022 Good reading from Mandy Paul

09.01.2022 Join us - and Feminist Writers Festival director Nikki Anderson - tonight for the Zoom launch of Emma Ashmere’s wonderful short-story collection DREAMS THEY FORGOT, hosted by Feast Festival and Imprints. Nikki (pictured here, hiding behind Emma’s book!) will interview Emma and say a few words about the book. Register online at https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_RuE0HdVuRRSQIW-MnRfqsw.... 6pm Adelaide time (6.30pm AEST)

07.01.2022 Lovely podcast from SALIFE magazine. You can read more about Belinda Hannaford’s life and many careers in her extraodinary, witty, moving autobiography SOURCING THE SAUCE (includes recipes!). More on Belinda Hannaford’s book here: https://bit.ly/30ttDQp

07.01.2022 Now what's going on here, among the eggplants? The illustration is from a 15th-century manuscript. It's reproduced, along with many others, in our new enlarged, hardcover, colour edition of Barbara Santich's classic book THE ORIGINAL MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. Available now! https://bit.ly/3fe3dZa * The Original Mediterranean Cuisine Medieval recipes for today... Barbara Santich 'A book to be placed both on the history shelves and the kitchen table.' - Maggie Beer 'A fascinating and intelligent book on a riveting subject. It is packed with gems of information and provides delicious eating.' - Claudia Roden Robust, gutsy flavours, sophisticated and subtly spiced sauces, the tang of fresh herbs: this is the original Mediterranean cuisine. In Sicily you can still find a puree of broad beans essentially the same as eaten by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the same strips of candied zuccata that once would have been offered at a fifteenth-century banquet. The pan-Mediterranean dish of fried fish in a vinegary sauce goes back to the time of Apicius and the Roman Empire. In The Original Mediterranean Cuisine, you will discover intriguing delights such as ginger and almond sauce, lamb with quinces and Platina's herb salad. Acclaimed culinary historian Barbara Santich tells the story of authentic medieval Mediterranean food, and brings to the table recipes translated and adapted for modern kitchens from fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italian and Catalan manuscripts. Barbara Santich is Professor Emeritus in the History Department and a culinary historian who initiated post-graduate courses in food history and culture at the University of Adelaide. As a food writer, Barbara has contributed to numerous Australian newspapers and magazines as well as overseas publications, and is the author of multiple books, including the award-winning Bold Palates: Australia's gastronomic heritage.

06.01.2022 Exciting news this afternoon! We're delighted to officially announce the acquisition of world rights to critically acclaimed Adelaide author Allayne Webster's THAT THING I DID, which Wakefield Press will publish in March 2022. THAT THING I DID is a rollicking road trip with a serious core, exploring issues like the dark side of social media use, teen sexuality and consent, superficiality and authenticity, mental health and friendship. Find out more over on our blog: https://bit.ly/33eVYeI

06.01.2022 Burra cottage. Lovely town.

05.01.2022 Seafaring story and song, Port to China, new poetry, new books, news, reviews and more. Click below for this week's Weekly. And don't forget our WEB SALE: 25% our full range until midnight Sunday at wakefieldpress.com.au. And SHOP OPEN SATURDAY (11 am to 3 pm, 28 Nov) with same discount deal, here at 16 Rose Street, Mile End (Adelaide).

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04.01.2022 Wombats en famille, as encountered (or depicted) 220 years ago by French scientific explorers. Image reproduced in our book ART OF SCIENCE: Nicolas Baudin’s voyagers 1800 to 1804, eds Jean Fornasiero, Lindl Lawton and John West-Sooby. Nouvelle Hollande!

04.01.2022 25% off our full range today (Friday), Saturday and Sunday at our website www.wakefieldpress.com.au Stay cool!

04.01.2022 Five stars! A lovely review of Charlie Archbold's INDIGO OWL. Thanks Sue Mauger and Glam Adelaide! * "Charlie Archbold is an Australian teacher and author. Her debut young adult novel, Mallee Boys, was an Honour Book for Older Readers in the Children’s Book Council Awards. She lives in Adelaide with her family. Her new novel, Indigo Owl, is set in our future on the planet Galbraith.... "Earth has been destroyed by climate change and over population so private corporations have colonised new planets. The citizens of Galbraith have become used to following orders. Teenagers are sent to Institutes to become one of four members of society: Cardinals become the elite executives, usually chosen because of family connections, Solitaires have the ability to read moods and feelings (synaesthesia), Willows and Malachites are those who do the grunt work. Those who don’t follow the rules are given infringement notices. If you receive ten, you are sent to the barren Solar Fields for a tour of duty. Woman are unable to have children unless the government first gives permission and then only one. It is a grim life for many. "Indigo Owl is told through the eyes of three people: Dylan, whose father is one of the top executives and is greatly disappointed that his son wants to be a Solitaire; Scarlet, who is also going to become a Solitaire and has lived with her scientist dad since her mother disappeared, presumed dead; and Rumi, who is destined to be a Cardinal, although not connected to the elite, but brilliant with technology. "Each of them has a story to tell. They are stories of loss and they have within them the determination to make their world a better place for all. Scarlet wants to find out what happened to her geneticist mother, Dylan has lost an uncle and has a father who despises him, and Rumi, also suffering from the loss of someone, has discovered information about how the planet is run. Together they must fight for their lives and the future of Galbraith. "Indigo Owl is about the control of governments, citizens losing their ability to think for themselves, power, murder, family, loss and love. It keeps the reader on the edge of their seat from start to finish. It is believable and terrifying. The thought of losing the freedom we experience in our country becomes all too real and the reader wills Scarlet, Dylan and Rumi to succeed. "Indigo Owl is well written. The planet of Galbraith comes alive and we can feel the freezing cold of the planet and imagine living somewhere that has little sun and is totally barren. It may give the reader the impetus to do more to protect the planet we now live on. "For those who love a story with a touch of truth, like great characters with heart, and just enjoy a good yarn with a satisfying ending, this is a book to pick up." Reviewed by Sue Mauger Distributed by: Wakefield Press Released: September 2020 RRP: $24.95 "

04.01.2022 This week's Weekly . . . https://mailchi.mp/wakefieldpress/wakefield-weekly-1213796

03.01.2022 The Australian’s literary editor Stephen Romei has dedicated his books column this weekend to Geoff Goodfellow’s marvellous boyhood memoir OUT OF COPLEY STREET. The review is packed with quotable quotes, but one we’re especially chuffed by is: ‘It is a treat for readers of any age. It takes us back to an Australia that used to exist ... Anyone with a connection to that generation [50s and 60s Australia] will feel the nostalgic tug of this book ... I hope that younger readers,... too, will take something from this book. I know the world has changed but that’s no reason to forget how it once was.’ Might we be bold enough to suggest that OUT OF COPLEY STREET, set in the working-class neighbourhoods of Adelaide’s inner northern suburbs and surrounds, with glowing endorsements from Helen Garner, Tim Winton ... and now this rave review from Stephen Romei ... would be a perfect Christmas gift.

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03.01.2022 Spring time column from our Michael Bollen for InDaily. Up country and back again, in the present, past and hopeful future:

03.01.2022 Ok, so we are back in the saddle from Monday, dispatching orders, shop open, creating books (never stopped that one). Somewhat different mise-en-scéne, however, than in this 1970s Ivor Hele painting that is reproduced in our book IVOR HELE: THE PRODUCTIVE ARTIST, by John Neylon. (The beach does beckon, though, weather like this. The beach in the painting is magical Aldinga Beach, SA.)

02.01.2022 Thanks Paula Nagel and Channel 44

02.01.2022 SA LIVING ARTIST PUBLICATION - APPLICATIONS OPEN SOON! If you are an established visual artist looking to take the next step in your career, why not apply for ...the SA Living Artist Publication? Designed to explore an artist's current practice and be used as a strategic tool to launch artists' careers, the SA Living Artist Publication is a perfect opportunity for artists who have a major exhibition in the works for 2022. http://ow.ly/IbbH50CoJZV

02.01.2022 Congratulations PATRICIA SUMERLING! Patricia's book BERT EDWARDS: KING OF THE WEST END has won the Keain Medal awarded by the Historical Society of South Australia Inc to the "historical publication that is deemed by the Council to be the most significant in the previous calendar year". Albert Augustine Edwards, usually referred to as 'Bert', was one of Adelaide's most flamboyant characters. Reputedly the illegitimate son of Charles Cameron Kingston, premier of South Australi...Continue reading

01.01.2022 An excellent launching on Friday, with a distinguished crowd of real live humans present at our abode, for the two-volume Festchrift in honour of world-renowned ethnographer and linguist PETER SUTTON. The two books of essays are titled ‘Ethnographer and Contrarian’, edited by Julie Finlayson and Frances Morphy, and ‘More Than Mere Words’, edited by Paul Monaghan and Michael Walsh. We’re most proud and honoured!