BOOK LAUNCH: Manual of the Practice, Procedure and Usage of the South Australian House of Assembly

Manual of the Practice, Procedure and Usage of the South Australian House of Assembly


Manual of the Practice, Procedure and Usage of the South Australian House of Assembly is the definitive work on procedure in the Parliament of South Australia’s House of Assembly. This hefty tome, edited by Rick Crump with assistance from David Pegram and Joshua Forkert, is an important update to the previous edition.

At the launch in early June, editor Rick Crump spoke to the importance of the Manual. We are pleased to be able to share his speech in full below.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Mike Ladd wins the April WWWC!

We’re pleased to announce the winner of the April WWWC: Mike Ladd. Mike’s response to the prompt ‘turning a corner’ is short in length, but not on emotion. An impossible sighting makes Mike question reality and confront his grief.

Read his winning entry, ‘Not Turning a Corner’ below. This is Mike’s third WWWC win – find his winning response to ‘glimmer of light’ here, and ‘funny thing happened the other day’ here.

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Launching Stephanie Radok’s UNDER THE BED

Last week, Stephanie Radok’s Under the Bed was launched at the State Library of South Australia by Melinda Rankin, Director of Fabrik Arts + Heritage in Lobethal. Attendees were surrounded by etchings from Stephanie’s exhibition, Inside a Book, showing until Wednesday 30 April 2025.

We’re pleased now to be able to share Melinda’s thoughtful launch speech, which celebrates Stephanie’s knack for finding the beauty in the mundane.

Read Melinda’s speech in full below.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Susan Hobson and Kristin Murdock win the March WWWC!

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the March WWWC: Susan Hobson and Kristin Murdock. We couldn’t decide between their entries, so this March 2025’s WWWC is a jointly awarded prize. Read Susan’s entry below, and find Kristin’s here.

Susan’s ‘Festival Madness’ is an immersive ride through the waves of a crowded festival.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Kristin Murdock and Susan Hobson win the March WWWC!

blue banner with white and yellow text reading: Wakefield Weekly Writing Competition. Winner Announcement: Festival Madness

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the March WWWC: Kristin Murdock and Susan Hobson. We couldn’t decide between their entries, so this month’s is a jointly awarded prize. Read Kristin’s entry below, and find Susan’s here.

Kristin’s ‘Revenge Takes the Cake’ is a rollicking poem about baking, competition, and sabotage.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Wakefield Press Acquires Lyn Dickens’s Salt Upon the Water

banner image announcing Wakefield Press's acquisition of debut author Lyn Dickens's award-winning novel SALT UPON THE WATER

Wakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of ANZ rights to Salt Upon the Water by Lyn Dickens, winner of the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards Unpublished Manuscript Award. Lyn is represented by Alexandra Christie of Curtis Brown Australia.

Find out more about this exciting new novel below.

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GUEST POST: Dr David Faber on Harry Hodgetts: The flawed broker behind Don Bradman’s move to Adelaide by John Davis

From ‘Big Shot’ to ‘Swindler’, racier newspapers gloated when Harry Hodgetts was convicted of fraud and false pretences in September 1945. But how did things go so wrong for Hodgetts?

In Harry Hodgetts: The flawed broker behind Don Bradman’s move to Adelaide, John Davis writes the complex story of this hard-working, gifted social climber, his fall into bankruptcy and a prison cell, and the scandal that haunted Bradman’s reputation.

In this special guest post, Dr David Faber of Flinders University provides his reflections on this riveting biography.

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