One of the biggest pleasures of the SALA festival is hearing the keynote address from the featured artist. Last year it was Giles Bettison on the importance of art. This year, Catherine Truman spoke to a packed house about the joys of 'tadpoling', and how important a sense of adventure and a strong work ethic are as an artist – or, indeed, a scientist. Catherine's very kindly shared her speech with us here. We agree…
Continue readingOn April 17 we were excited to host the launch of Mike Ladd's new collection Invisible Mending right here at Wakefield Press. Rachael Mead had the honour of launching Mike's book. We recently hosted an exhibition of Rachael's photography alongside the launch of Cassie Flanagan Willanski's Here Where We Live, and it was a pleasure to have her back. If you weren't able to make it to the launch, don't worry we've got you covered. You can read…
Continue readingAnd what a weekend it was. People everywhere, delicious sausages (have I mentioned how much I like sausage sizzles?), bargains galore, author signings and readings – but the best part was all the people who came out to celebrate with us. We feel like we've met a little more of the neighbourhood now – and like we've been welcomed with open arms. Thanks so much, guys. It's so lovely getting to know you all. And…
Continue readingCome see the new digs! Eat a sausage! Buy some damn fine books – cheap! We've got heaps of authors coming along, too. And did I mention the sausages??
Continue readingThe SALA Festival is almost upon us, and we're celebrating art writers over at Wakefield! At the top of the particularly excellent list is the SALA Writing Art Literary Dinner, and you're all invited, just by the way -- Good food, good company, interesting conversation – can you go wrong? Oh, and about that food – let me show you a peek of the menu so you know what I'm talking about: AMIRITE??
Continue readingRise and shine kiddies, let this new (and short!) week begin ... To be perfectly honest, we're struggling to keep up with our authors over here -- There's Dino Hodge, on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams last night discussing Don Dunstan. Wonderful interview. Then there's Kate Strohm, who's again heading to Italy to present on sibling issues discussed in her book, Siblings: Brothers and Sisters of Children with Disability. She presented at workshops in…
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