Congratulations to Carol Lefevre!

Wakefield Press is thrilled to announce that Carol Lefevre's Quiet City: Walking through West Terrace Cemetery has been shortlisted in the Non-Fiction category of the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for literature. Winners in each category will be announced on Saturday 3 March in 2018 during Writers' Week. Visit the Arts SA website to see the other shortlisted titles, and for more information on SA Writers' Week. About Quiet City: I do not think that I believe…

Bush Mechanics: From Yuendumu to the World

Below is an extract from the new release Bush Mechanics: From Yuendumu to the World, edited by Mandy Paul and Michaelangelo Bolognese. The book explores the wildly popular TV series of the same name that aired on the ABC from 2001 - 2002, and goes behind the scenes showing readers the highs and lows of life in the remote Australian outback. Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders are warned that this extract and video may contain the names,…

Stephen Orr: Incredible Floridas

Wakefield Press had the great honour of launching bestselling author Stephen Orr's latest novel, Incredible Floridas, at the beautiful Carclew centre in November. Launched by John Neylon, the evening featured a performance from SINGular Production's upcoming musical Innocence, based on Stephen Orr's novel Time's Long Ruin. Below is the wonderfully researched speech made by John Neylon on the night: 'Why do novelists write about artists and the world of art? It’s a fair question…