One of the best things about working for a publishing house is getting to see an author's face when they see the first boxful of books: ... So much joy, right? And this is a guy who survived a shark attack! It's a fascinating story, and you can read all about it in his book, available here, or see the man himself at the book launch:
Continue readingLisa Fabry's two great passions in life – food and yoga – led her to the 'divine vegan' concept, a way of combining practical food choices with ethical, moral and spiritual awareness. Born in London, Lisa now lives in Adelaide. She has worked as a film and television producer, writer, editor, barista, chef, and yoga teacher. In between times, she home educated her two daughters, and ran a vegan, organic cafe. You can visit Lisa…
Continue readingDecorations for the 2013 Christmas Book Fair are looking mighty fine, if we do say so ourselves. We've got pretty pinwheels for the kids: Some amazing quote boards (wise words, JW Eagan, wise words indeed): And these bad boys have been working on their fierce faces: Aren't they adorable? All thanks to the creative genius of Liz Nicholson! Only two and half weeks to go!
Continue readingCountdown is on. The pricing gun has been unholstered. We've been working out our book-moving muscles and taking crowd control drills in the office carpark. Put it in your diaries. Tattoo it on your foreheads: Only three weeks to go!!
Continue readingIn 1974 Bruce and Kristin Munday bought a farm in the Adelaide Hills where they raised sheep, cattle and three children, and planted many trees. When the kids left home Bruce established his own business as a communications consultant in natural resource management and discovered how much he enjoyed sharing stories with people living on the land – particularly those who love the land and want to conserve it. Those Dry-Stone Walls documents the beauty of South Australia's dry-stone walls, many…
Continue readingAnother day, another profile of one of Wakefield Press's amazing authors! Valerie Volk is a former secondary teacher, tertiary lecturer, and director of an international education program. She has won awards for poetry and short fiction and has published widely in journals, anthologies and magazines. Her first book, In Due Season, won the Omega Writers CALEB Poetry Prize in 2010, and there have been enthusiastic reviews of both her verse novel A Promise of Peaches and her sardonic modern versions of Grimms’ Tales,…
Continue readingHere's something fun for your Thursday reading pleasure: The Huffington Post has put together a list of 11 untranslatable words from other cultures. With such gems as culaccino (Italian), the mark left on a table by a cold glass, or komorebi (Japanese), the effect of sunlight filtering through trees, this list was made for poets! May we suggest looking over the article, then settling in with a copy of Miriel Lenore's In the Garden to capture that komorebi feeling? In other news,…
Continue readingWhat involves Press* Food & Wine, Penny's Hill Vineyard, the incredible Barbara Santich and a bunch of new and exciting stories? The launch of Dining Alone next week, that's what! Come along and get your weekend started early with a glass of good wine and a book with bundles of talent.
Continue readingJude Aquilina's poetry and short stories have been published in newspapers, anthologies and literary journals in Australia and abroad. Jude has been a guest speaker at numerous writers' festivals, including Adelaide Writers' Week, Canberra Spring Poetry Festival and Penola Arts Festival. She has published two collections of her own poetry: Knifing the Ice (Friendly Street Poets/Wakefield Press 2000) and On a Moon Spiced Night (Wakefield Press 2004). She has also published one coauthored collection, WomanSpeak (Wakefield Press, 2009), co-written with Louise Nicholas,…
Continue readingSharon Kernot worked as a community support worker in a child protection agency in the northern suburbs of Adelaide for eleven years. She has a masters in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide and a PhD from Flinders University. Underground Road is Sharon Kernot’s first novel. It was shortlisted in the Unpublished Manuscript category of the Adelaide Festival Awards in 2010. Sharon is also the author of a collection of short stories, In the Shadows of the Garden, and one of poetry, Washday Pockets.…
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