MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Kate Treloar and Nick Patrick, Orchard Bookshop

Posted on 8 November 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our Meet the Bookseller series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers.
If you’d like to nominate a bookshop or bookseller to be featured, please let us know in comments, or email maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au.

This week, meet Kate Treloar and Nick Patrick, co-owners of Orchard Bookshop in the Adelaide Central Markets. Formerly known as Adelaide’s Pop-up Bookshop, Kate and Nick are old hands at the bookselling trade, with 13 years under their belts.

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TRAVEL FOR TWO: Car-tastrophe in Paris, part one

Posted on 5 November 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

With overseas travel now something of a dream, Roger has decided to revisit some of their destinations in writing. This week, Roger and Judy battle a rattling Renault, left-handed driving, and apathetic mechanics.

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TRAVEL FOR TWO: A Tale of Stupidity in Four Acts

Posted on 29 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

With overseas travel now something of a dream, Roger has decided to revisit some of their destinations in writing. This week, Roger and Judy encounter difficulties leaving Nice, leading to a tale of stupidity in four acts.

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MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Becky Lucas, Shakespeare’s Bookshop

Posted on 26 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our Meet the Bookseller series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers.

This week, meet Becky Lucas, co-owner of Shakespeare’s Bookshop in Blackwood. Many thanks to Wakefield Press’ own Elizabeth Hutchins, who suggested that we feature Shakespeare’s Bookshop.

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TRAVEL FOR TWO: A Place for Well-Heeled Mountain Goats

Posted on 22 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Richard Zubrinich's Travel Tales

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

With overseas travel now something of a dream, Roger has decided to revisit some of their destinations in writing. This week, Roger and Judy attempt to climb their way through Monaco.

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TRAVEL FOR TWO: Damn with Faint Praise for Nice

Posted on 15 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Richard Zubrinich's Travel Tales

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

With overseas travel now something of a dream, Roger has decided to revisit some of their destinations in writing. This week, Roger and Judy traipse through Nice.

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MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Angela Crocombe, Readings Kids

Posted on 11 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our Meet the Bookseller series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers. If you’d like to nominate a bookshop or bookseller to be featured, please let us know in comments, or email maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au.

This week, meet Angela Crocombe, Senior Buyer at Readings Kids in Carlton, Victoria. Read on to find out what her favourite part about being a bookseller is, and to see her struggle to answer what her favourite recent read is.

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TRAVEL FOR TWO: Darlowko, the gift that kept on taking

Posted on 8 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

With overseas travel now something of a dream, Roger has decided to revisit some of their destinations in writing.

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MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Alice Teasedale, Big Quince Book Nook

Posted on 6 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our Meet the Bookseller series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers, starting with our local community of Adelaide. If you’d like to nominate a bookshop or bookseller to be featured, please let us know in comments, or email maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au.

This week, meet Alice Teasedale, owner of Kangaroo Island-based Big Quince Print and its carefully curated shop, the Book Nook. Alice tells us what it’s like to run a print, copy and signwriting shop alongside a bookshop – phew!

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GUEST POST: Barbara Hanrahan and the art of unease

Posted on 1 October 2021 by Maddy Sexton

Barbara Hanrahan was one of Australia’s most distinctive artists. Characterised by playfully complex narratives that draw on both personal experience and fantasy, her works are fearlessly direct and unashamedly decorative.

In a special guest piece for the blog, Dr Judith Thomas writes about the iconic artist’s knack for creating unease in her artwork.

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MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Kate Treloar and Nick Patrick, Orchard Bookshop

TRAVEL FOR TWO: Car-tastrophe in Paris, part one

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

TRAVEL FOR TWO: A Tale of Stupidity in Four Acts

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Becky Lucas, Shakespeare’s Bookshop

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our Meet the Bookseller series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers.

TRAVEL FOR TWO: A Place for Well-Heeled Mountain Goats

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

TRAVEL FOR TWO: Damn with Faint Praise for Nice

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Angela Crocombe, Readings Kids

TRAVEL FOR TWO: Darlowko, the gift that kept on taking

Roger Zubrinich and Judy Peters like to travel. A lot. Prior to the pandemic, the couple would escape the Australian winter and head to Europe for the summer, traipsing through countries via a hire car.

MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Alice Teasedale, Big Quince Book Nook

GUEST POST: Barbara Hanrahan and the art of unease

Barbara Hanrahan was one of Australia’s most distinctive artists. Characterised by playfully complex narratives that draw on both personal experience and fantasy, her works are fearlessly direct and unashamedly decorative.