So, Sally Hunter (née Foster) is about to swim in the Commonwealth Games, Kate Strohm's casually ambling all over the world, and Sally van Gent has so many author events coming up that we've been considering sending her a few cases of energy drinks to help her out! …
Continue readingReady for a bit of jealousy for your Monday morning? WP author Kate Strohm has sent word back from Italy, where she presented a one day seminar on the topic of siblings of children with disability in Assisi (looks terrible, right?). She says, With an audience of family members and professionals, the seminar was a lively and rewarding day. It is interesting that the issues are the same for families the world over. This particular event was so…
Continue readingThe SALA Festival is almost upon us, and we're celebrating art writers over at Wakefield! At the top of the particularly excellent list is the SALA Writing Art Literary Dinner, and you're all invited, just by the way -- Good food, good company, interesting conversation – can you go wrong? Oh, and about that food – let me show you a peek of the menu so you know what I'm talking about: AMIRITE??
Continue readingHi! My name is Simon Collinson and I’m Wakefield Press’s new ‘Geek in Residence’. Thanks to the generosity of the Australia Council, I’m here until the end of August to work on Wakefield’s ebook business. So what exactly are ebooks? Essentially, they’re a website in a box: a kind of text file which can be displayed on computers, tablets, phones, and dedicated ereader devices. Ebooks come in a few formats. The most widely used of…
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