Wakefield Press and Love Your Bookshop Day

Love Your Bookshop Day is all about celebrating what makes local bookshops so great (and so important)! Here at Wakefield Press, we're celebrating by opening our shop on Saturday 10 August, but the celebration is about more than just one day. As our fearless leader, Michael Bollen, considers the daunting 'For Official Use Only' headers that have plagued his inbox as late, he also ponders his own official use as a publisher. In Diary of a Publisher, a brilliant…

The smell of freshly brewed Wakefield Press

To be honest, the Wakefield offices are pretty damn quirky. Firstly, there's the decor, which a recent visitor described as 'Mad Men-esque'. So true! I'm not quite Peggy Olson, and if you try to smoke inside we'll bludgeon you with books, but the vibe in here is Mad Men to a tee. Secondly, there's the layout, which can be a little confusing to any first-time visitor – especially if you stumble into the warehouse and…

The results are in!

The Macquarie's pick for Word of the Year 2013 is: Infovore noun a person who craves information, especially one who takes advantage of their ready access to it on digital devices. The people's choice goes to onesie, which I'm not even going to give a definition for here - y'all know what a onesie is by now, right? For the full listings, you can see the Macquarie page here, and glory in such gorgeous words as churnalism,…