Launching BECOMING A BIRD by Stephanie Radok

Our brand-new event series, the Saturday Soirees, continued in March with the launching by Kay Lawrence of Stephanie Radok's Becoming a Bird: Untold stories about art. Our laneway was once again filled with eager punters and supporters of Stephanie's collection of meditative stories. And, as a special treat, our bookshop was also graced with a small collection of Stephanie's Spend More Time Listening to Birds Suite. One of the etchings from the collection features as the cover for this…

CELEBRATE ART: Elaine Haxton, a colourful artist and life

This week, we are celebrating the extraordinary life of artist Elaine Haxton, with a new book Elaine Haxton: A colourful artist and life by Lorraine Penny McLoughlin. This gorgeous art book showcases the range and quality of Elaine Haxton's work, asserting her rightful place as a significant twentieth century Australian artist.

CELEBRATE ART: Ivor Hele, the productive artist

This week, discover the work of Ivor Hele, an artist of extraordinary discipline and power. He was enormously prolific and completed more commissioned works than any other artist in the history of Australian art. Ivor Hele: The productive artist by Jane Hylton, curator and author, is a beautiful portrait of an artist, focusing on his life, his work, and his legacy.

CELEBRATE ART: Tom Moore: Abundant wonder

The glass figures contained within the new book Tom Moore are sometimes sweet, occasionally unsettling, always surreal. To flip through these pages is to sink into dreams, imagination and childhood. Adelaide glass artist Tom Moore's work is truly a delight for the eyes and heart. Tom Moore is one of Australia's leading glass artists. Over his career he has carved out a singular voice within Australian glass art making. His engaging, sophisticated and technically challenging…

CELEBRATE ART: Adelaide Noir by Alex Frayne

Discover a different side of a familiar city, with this beautiful (and beautifully sinister) photography art book by photographer Alex Frayne. Adelaide Noir explores the city of churches like you've never seen it before, reshaping the way South Australians see their state. Alex's images of factories, playgrounds and shopping centres give voice to his darkly comic vision, seeking beauty in the mundane, and art wherever it may be found.

CELEBRATE ART: Kirsten Coelho by Wendy Walker

Discover beauty in simplicity, with our stunning new art book on Adelaide ceramicist Kirsten Coelho. With text written by author, art critic, editor and occasional curator Wendy Walker, this beautiful book traces the evolution of Coelho's textured practice, in which an ever-expanding framework of art historical, literary and cinematic references has driven a succession of formal shifts - a shaping of changes.

CELEBRATE ART: Dogs in Australian Art by Steven Miller

Flip through the pages of this beautiful art book with a twist. Dogs in Australian Art by Steven Miller looks at Australian art through the lens of dog painting, showcasing over 150 masterworks that illustrate the deep bond between Australians and their best friends.

CELEBRATE ART: Annabelle Collett

Take a sneak peek inside this gorgeous book on artist Annabelle Collett by Kathie Muir, which is as bright, bold, and beautiful as Collett herself.

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!

The art of Nicholas Folland

Over the last two weeks we've been sharing summaries of and extracts from some Wakefield Press gems, in blog posts put together by work experience student Maddy. (And yes, we briefly had two Maddys in the office! Never enough Maddys, we say.) This is the last post of the series. Nicholas Folland follows the life and work of the well-known artist. This book displays Folland's passion for jewels and other miscellaneous translucent glassware, and how artfully he works…