BEHIND THE BOOKS: Fred Guilhaus on Road Rage

In this edition of Behind the Books, Fred Guilhaus answers all of our burning questions about his new novel, Road Rage. Close friends cycle to escape the pressures of big city living. A vehicle cuts them down from behind, causing serious injury. Is this road rage, car versus bike? Or is it a copycat terrorist attack? Road Rage challenges notions of 'them and us', right and wrong. In the revelations of each life's journey, Fred Guilhaus…

POETRY SPOTLIGHT: 'This Body' by Annette Marner

This week's poetry spotlight shines once again on Annette Marner's Women With Their Faces on Fire, a collection which draws on the beauty of nature to explore the experiences of women. 'In this book you will find a passionate involvement with the land, images of love and friendship, and anger against injustice. These poems chill and delight.' – Miriel Lenore

GUEST POST: A glimpse of Largs Jetty on a COVID-19 day

In a guest piece for the Wakefield Press blog, author and bookseller Christine Courtney casts her eye over the Largs Jetty. A snapshot of an iconic beach captured in the pandemic's peak in Adelaide, Christine captures in writing the nature of the beach: completely unfazed by the worries of humans, always changing, always the same.

BEHIND THE BOOKS: Jesse Pollard on Typesetting

In a very special edition of Behind the Books, apprentice typesetter Jesse Pollard writes about one of his very first typesetting experiences here at Wakefield Press. He also tries to answer a particularly difficult question: what exactly is typesetting?

SNEAK PEEK: 'Red Sea' by Emma Ashmere

Emma Ashmere's recently released collection of short stories, Dreams They Forgot, is an exploration of illusion, deception, and quiet acts of rebellion. Undercut with longing and unbelonging, absurdity and tragedy, thwarted plans and fortuitous serendipity, each story offers glimpses into the dreams, limitations, gains and losses of fragmented families, loners and lovers, survivors and misfits, as they piece together a place for themselves in the imperfect mosaic of the natural and unnatural world. Read on for…

THE BOYS FROM ST FRANCIS: An interview with Harold Thomas

In 1945, Anglican priest Father Percy Smith brought six boys from their Northern Territory home to an Adelaide beach suburb. There, they became the first boys of St Francis, a place that would house 50 such boys over 11 years. Some were sent, with the blessing of their mothers, to gain an education. Others were members of the Stolen Generations. In their interviews with Ashley Mallett, many of these men recall Father Smith's kindness…

New Non-Fiction for 2021: Endo Days by Libby Trainor Parker

We're delighted to officially announce the acquisition of world rights to Libby Trainor Parker's debut book, with the working title of Endo Days: Life, Love and Laughs with Endometriosis, which Wakefield Press will publish in 2021. One in ten people in Australia are living with endometriosis and countless others are supporting them, caring for them, championing various treatments and being impacted by this incurable condition. Endo Days is a look at the stories of those within the endo community, as told to journalist and…

BEHIND THE BOOK: Anne Black on George Isaacs

In a new series on the Wakefield Press blog, we've asked authors to write about the background, inspiration, research and work that goes into writing a book. This week features Anne Black, author of Pendragon: The life of George Isaacs, Colonial wordsmith. Anne writes about her first encounter with little-known literary icon George Isaacs, and the death certificate that sparked an obsession and a biography.

New YA: Introducing Sara Haghdoosti and Sunburnt Veils

We're delighted to officially announce the acquisition of ANZ and UK rights to Sara Haghdoosti's YA debut novel, Sunburnt Veils, a 'love story with a hijabi twist', which Wakefield Press will publish in March 2021. Sunburnt Veils is a smart, funny, character-based exploration of Islamophobia through a heroine who's the kind of girl who reads at parties, but pushes herself to take a visible stand after a fellow student calls in a bomb threat on her first day of…

Book Launch: The First Wave

Gillian Dooley is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, South Australia. Gillian is also a journal editor and the author of books and articles on literary subjects from Jane Austen to J.M. Coetzee. In this guest post she writes about the launch of The First Wave: Exploring early coastal contact history in Australia, and the book's importance in our understanding of Australian history. On 20 June, The First Wave: Exploring Early Coastal Contact History in Australia,…

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