The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939–2000 is a landmark anthology of new and archival writing on the Adelaide art scene across six decades. Margot Osborne, primary author, commissioning editor and fearless project leader speaks with Wakefield Press’s fearless leader Michael Bollen about Adelaide’s art scene – its past, present, and future.

Weighing in at 740 pages, and 2.88 kg, this landmark tome ‘could be considered Adelaide contemporary art’s Rosetta Stone’, says John Neylon of InReview.

Read Michael and Margot’s discussion below.

Blood on the Typewriter, Robbie Brechin’s ‘spiky, gossipy, loving and richly insightful’ biography of iconic wine writer and eccentric Philip ‘Whitey’ White, laid bare a life lived large.

Son of an Old Testament manic street preacher, Philip left home and dove headlong into bohemia when he was 17, and was in Paul Kelly’s first band, The Debutantes, among other adventures.

In this guest post, Robbie and Philip reignite their partnership, reminiscing on Philip’s life and health, and closing old wounds.

This week’s poetry spotlight celebrates the latest collections (yes, that plural is intentional, there’s two!) from the delightful duo Ken Bolton and Peter Bakowski. Waldo’s Game and On Luck Street will be officially launched into the world on November 4 (Adelaide) and November 8 (Melbourne).

This week, Wakefield’s talented typesetter Jesse Pollard tells us about The Inkwell, a community of writers who support each other throughout the publishing process, and also produce a monthly anthology called The Inkwell presents.

We’re pleased to announce the winner of the July WWWC: Shreya Nidumolu! Responding to the prompt ‘temperance’, Shreya’s story, ‘The Anger Lives Within Me’, follows an unnamed narrator held captive in a small room, with only a cruel governess for company.

Read her winning entry in full below.

We’re pleased to announce the winner of the June WWWC: Paige Johnstone! Responding to the prompt ‘looking in and looking out’, Paige’s story is a haunting dip in and out of the past.

Read her winning entry in full below.