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RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS WITH: Catherine Bishop

In this new author interview series, we're getting to know our authors a little better by throwing a few quick questions at them. First up to the plate is Catherine Bishop, author of Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ: Australia's 'Mission Girl' Annie Lock. Catherine takes us through what she's currently reading, the books she wishes she wrote, and the best piece of advice she's been given as an author.

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COVER REVEAL: Hometown Haunts, a YA horror anthology

If you've been following the blog for a while, you might remember that we've been busily working on Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA horror stories since October last year (how the time flies!). We're so pleased to announce today that the collection will be published on October 31! We're even more excited to be able to reveal the stunning cover, designed by Liz Nicholson with the illustration by Adelaide TAFE Arts student Jessie Oates. Read on to see the stunning…

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MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Jason Lake, Imprints Booksellers

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In our Meet the Bookseller series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers, starting with our own local community of Adelaide. If you’d like to nominate a bookshop or bookseller to be featured, please let us know in comments, or email maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au. Next up is Jason Lake, veteran bookseller and co-owner of the iconic Imprints Booksellers on Hindley Street. Read on to find out…

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MEET THE BOOKSELLER: Graham Yuile, Dymocks Adelaide

Every thriving reading community needs good bookshops, and good booksellers. In this new series, we introduce you to some of Australia’s most loved booksellers, starting with our own local community of Adelaide. If you’d like to nominate a bookshop or bookseller to be featured, please let us know in comments, or email maddy@wakefieldpress.com.au. First up, meet an Adelaide bookselling icon: Graham, the reigning book detective behind the Dymocks Adelaide special orders counter. Read on to…

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Wakefield Press acquires Roz Bellamy’s memoir about mental illness, queerness and Jewish identity

Wakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of world rights to Roz Bellamy’s Mood, a memoir exploring the intersections of mental illness, queerness, gender diversity and Jewish identity. Bellamy is the online editor at Archer magazine and has just completed the prestigious US literary publisher Tin House’s Summer Workshop, working on the manuscript for Mood. Last year, Mood was longlisted for the Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award. An earlier version was shortlisted for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize.  Read on…

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GUEST POST: The Homesless, by Stephen Orr

Stephen Orr has always been a supporter of the arts in Australia. His award-winning Time's Long Ruin was adapted into Innocence, an Australian opera, in 2013. In this special guest piece for the blog, Stephen laments the fate of Australian stories, and how we’re losing the battle to keep home-grown culture alive. Read on for his thoughts on the arts in Australia.

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GUEST POST: Down Beside the Sea with Deb and Ron Kandelaars

Victor Harbor: Down beside the sea is the fascinating story of how Victor Harbor came to be, told by the people who live and work in this breathtakingly beautiful coastal locale. Compiled by Deb and Ron Kandelaars, Victor Harbor represents years of research, memories and experiences from the people and places that make Victor Harbor what it is today. Earlier in the year, Deb and Ron delivered a wonderful talk to a captive audience, explaining the provenance…

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GUEST POST: Winnie Pelz AM responds to 'Elaine Haxton'

Arts legend Winnie Pelz, AM, artist, writer, arts administrator, and current affairs presenter, has written a wonderful response to Elaine Haxton: A colourful artist and life, Lorraine Penny McLoughlin's biography of the late Australian artist. Winnie has been kind enough to share her words with us, and has given permission for us to republish them here. Read more about Elaine Haxton in Poppy Nwosu's own response to the book here. Cover image: Mexican Fields, 1939 (detail)

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GUEST POST: Peggy Brock and too many Captain Cooks

As part of South Australia's History Festival this year, the David Roche Foundation House Museum displayed a special exhibition: Captain Cook and the Art of Memorabilia. Accompanying the exhibition was a special presentation by various speakers discussing Aboriginal accounts of Captain Cook. One of the speakers was Wakefield Press author and academic Peggy Brock (Colonialism and its Aftermath (editor), Yura and Udnyu). Peggy has kindly allowed us to reproduce her fascinating talk, 'Too Many Captain…

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