The thing about SA is that we like a good time. (The Festival State, is what our number plates used to read, until someone thought that we were giving too much away.) We like to party, we like to think, and we like to debate. We also like wine. Wakefield Press have released many wine titles that have gone on to become classics over the years. Trott's View is the McLaren Vale book, and the book…
Continue readingWe get a lot of junk mail sent to the reception email. It's the downside to a public email address: on the one hand it's great that everyone can get in touch, on the other hand there are only so many search engine optimisation emails that a girl can handle. Recently, however, I've noticed a change in tenor in our spam. A - fairly drastic, I have to say - change in tack. It started…
Continue readingThe cost of implementing an ERP system is easily eclipsed by the ROI of a more efficient, fully optimized business environment. How is ERP different? ERP is a method of organizing and managing systems of information. Most businesses have a web-based or networked IT infrastructure (or both). ERP was developed as a way of using existing information systems to organize and manage existing information. ERP consists of two main components: the management system and the…
Continue readingCheck out number three on the Readings Bookshop bestsellers list!!: That's our very own Chequered Lives, which has been selling like hot potatoes since its launches (in SA and Victoria) last month. Find out what all the fuss is about here!
Continue readingLove letters. There's an art to them. Some are loud and boasting, some are quiet and private. Some, like the love letter we found graffittied on the side of our building this morning, just brighten everyone's day. Hey right back at you. You've made an office full of Wakefieldians smile this morning.
Continue readingOh dear LORD what a crazy few days it's been! Adelaide Writers' Week kicked off on Saturday, with sessions including big names such as Booker Prize-winner Eleanor Catton, superstar newbie Hannah Kent and Wakefield Press's very own Philip Jones (yes, you can get the book here!). Meanwhile, Charlotte did an amazing job putting together a day of food, wine and beautiful locations for the Visiting International Publishers program. We visited SA's gorgeous McLaren Vale wine region,…
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