We’re pleased to announce the winner of the April WWWC: Cheryl Williss! Cheryl’s response to the prompt ‘I started a joke’ is a light-hearted tale of misfortune in an elevator. In Cheryl’s winning story, ‘Going Up’, a young woman rushing to a job interview runs into a strange roadblock.

This is the second time that Cheryl has won the WWWC – read her first winning entry, responding to the prompt ‘moving around’, here.

Cheryl has generously opted to donate her $250 voucher to the Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group, which is incredibly generous of her.

Read Cheryl’s winning entry below.

We’re pleased to announce the winner of the March WWWC: Kristin Murdock! Kristin’s response to the prompt ‘hands up’ is a haunting and sad story about the way that trauma affects us. In Kristin’s winning story, ‘The Broken Pedal’, a mother haunted by her past behaves strangely in the present.

Read Kristin’s winning entry below.

In March, we celebrated the launch of Andrew Roff’s debut short-story collection, The Teeth of a Slow Machine. Launched by Patrick Allington at the fantastic Wheatsheaf Hotel, the event was a roaring success, and a great way to welcome Andrew’s dreamlike collection into the world.

We’re pleased now to be able to share Andrew’s launch speech from the event. It’s a wonderful insight into what Andrew has put into his collection, and it also shows just how many moving parts were required to bring The Teeth of a Slow Machine to life.

Read on for Andrew’s wonderfully funny and interesting speech.

At Wakefield Press, we love the feeling of having new books arrive in the warehouse after months (sometimes years) of hard work by our dedicated book team. We’re almost as excited as our fantastic authors!

Two of our most recent new releases have some particularly excited (and clever) authors. Allayne Webster and Andrew Roff have each created wonderful videos in honour of their new books.

Watch them below, and get to know our authors and their books a little better.

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Tim Reeves’ The Death of Dr Duncan is the first account in 50 years to examine in detail Dr Duncan the man, his killing and its investigation, and the gay law reform it precipitated. In this guest post, Tim describes a chance finding which shed new light on Dr Duncan’s personality.

Read on below.

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Author Stephen Orr’s recent relocation to Albury has reignited a fascination with, and connection to, Australia artist Russell Drysdale. In this guest post, Stephen writes about Albury, about Drysdale, and their connection to Stephen’s novel Incredible Floridas.

Read on below.

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We’re thrilled to be able to announce the winner of the very first Wakefield Weekly Writing Competition: Cheryl Williss. Cheryl’s response to the prompt ‘Moving Around’ has it all: astronauts, spirits, and a healthy dose of nostalgia for Adelaide in the late 60s.

Read Cheryl’s winning entry below.

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In our author interview series RAPID FIRE, we’re getting to know our authors a little better by throwing a few quick questions at them. Next up to the plate is Wendy Scarfe, author of One Bright Morning.

Set in Darwin in 1941, against the backdrop of war and the eventual bombing of Darwin, One Bright Morning is a story of love, hope, and finding peace in relationships.

Read on to discover what books Wendy considers the greatest influence on her work, as well as the classic novel she wishes she’d written.

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