Earlier this month, a huge crowd gathered in the back garden of the Wheatsheaf Hotel as Nicholas Jose launched Steve Brock‘s latest poetry collection, Out of Season. The event featured a musical performance by Simone Brock and Brooke Chapman, and a reading by Steve.

We’re pleased to be able to share Nicholas’s launching speech – read on.

South Australia’s History Festival, held annually in May, features a wide variety of events – author talks, workshops, guided tours – shining a light on the state’s rich history. History Hit Parade is one of these upcoming events, featuring Keith Conlon and Steve Davis (of the Adelaide Show Podcast) discussing ten original songs written by Steve about South Australian life.

Wakefield Press will make an appearance at both sessions, selling a selection of our favourite South Australian history titles.

In this special guest post, Steve tell us the story behind History Hit Parade.

Earlier in the month, author Stephen Orr shared an extract from his forthcoming novel, The Night Parrots, to his Substack audience. We’re pleased to be able to share this sneak peek into the pages, along with an introduction by Stephen.

The Night Parrots will release on 15 May, but is available to pre-order here.

We have a special guest poetry writer this week: year 10 work experience student Tegan Reinschidmt-Ryan! Tegan has chosen to shine our poetry spotlight on ‘What the Creek Said’ by Mike Ladd, from his latest collection Now–Then: New and selected poems.