POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘For The Fallen Women’ by Annette Marner
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AUTHOR FEATURE: Wendy Scarfe revisits the past
It has been more than half a century since Wendy Scarfe and her husband Allan lived and worked for three years in an Indian village during the 1960s. Now Wendy is looking back to a time in her life that impacted her profoundly.
How to Work from Home: Annette Marner’s tips
Welcome to the week, and to a new blog series here at Wakefield Press! Introducing How to Work From Home: Authors talk about how they stay productive.
Like many others, we’ve recently begun the transition from office work to working from home. It’s a strange transition to make, and we need some help. We’ve interviewed a collection of our favourite authors to get their best tips, tricks and truths about working from home.
Next in the series is Annette Marner, is an award-winning poet, novelist, fine art nature photographer and ABC radio broadcaster from South Australia’s Southern Flinders Ranges. In 2018, she won the Arts South Australia Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award at the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature for A New Name for the Colour Blue. Her first book, Women with Their Faces on Fire, won the Unpublished Manuscript Award for Poetry for Friendly Street/Wakefield Press and was on the reading list at Flinders University.
Annette is also an established fine art nature photographer, and has had her work featured in group and solo exhibitions, as well as having her images published internationally.
POETRY & EVENT SPOTLIGHT: ‘i am the sea’ by Ali Whitelock
It’s time for our Poem of the Week post! And yes, I’m featuring the wonderful Ali Whitelock AGAIN in this poetry series, but there is a very good reason for that (aside from the fact that I just really love her work)!
CELEBRATE ART: Blooms and Brushstrokes
To bring some blooms into your home and brighten up your week, here is a look inside the colourful pages of Blooms and Brushstrokes: A floral history of Australian art!
How to Work from Home: Poppy Nwosu’s tips
Welcome to the week, and to a new blog series here at Wakefield Press! Introducing How to Work From Home: Authors talk about how they stay productive.
Like many others, we’ve recently begun the transition from office work to working from home. It’s a strange transition to make, and we need some help. We’ve interviewed a collection of our favourite authors to get their best tips, tricks and truths about working from home.
Next in the series is Poppy Nwosu, an Australian YA author. Her debut novel, Making Friends with Alice Dyson, was shortlisted for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award, and for the 2019 Readings Young Adult Book Prize. It will be published by Walker US in 2020. Poppy’s latest novel, Taking Down Evelyn Tait, is a story about family, friends and embracing who you are. Even if that person is kind of weird.
POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘First Memory’ by Miriel Lenore
Once again, it’s time for our Poem of the Week! Today we’re focusing on memories of childhood. Our feature is a poem taken from the collection Smoke by Miriel Lenore, called ‘First Memory’.
AUTHOR FEATURE: Catch Tilly’s anti-bullying focus
Friday 20 March marked National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA). With everything else going on in the world at the moment, it passed by with a whisper rather than a bang. Yet, prior to the current pandemic situation, bullying was in the headlines and at the centre of debate. It was also the initial drive for author Catch Tilly when she first began writing her young adult fiction novel, Otherwise Known as Pig.
How to Work from Home: Lisa Walker’s Tips
Welcome to the week, and to a new blog series here at Wakefield Press! Introducing How to Work From Home: Authors talk about how they stay productive.
Like many others, we’ve recently begun the transition from office work to working from home. It’s a strange transition to make, and we need some help. We’ve interviewed a collection of our favourite authors to get their best tips, tricks and truths about working from home.
Next in the series is Lisa Walker, whose body-positive detective romp, The Girl with the Gold Bikini, features a hearty appreciation for the glitz and glamour of the Gold Coast. Lisa writes novels for adults and young adults, and has written an ABC Radio National play. She has worked in environmental communication and as a wilderness guide, and recently spent six months in a Kmart tent in outback Australia.
POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘Frost’ by Kate Llewellyn
