An Extract from Quiet City

The following extract is taken from "Unhappy Women" in Quiet City by Carol Lefevre. Quiet City explores the extraordinary and unusual lives of the people now resting beneath the tombstones of West Terrace Cemetery. The illustration accompanying this extract is by Anthony Nocera. The launch will be taking place at West Terrace Cemetery on May 15 at 2pm. Carol will be leading a tour of the cemetery and taking us to some of her favourite grave sites. Unhappy Women Of all the unhappy women in…

Invisible Mending launch

On 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…

Dining Alone: Stories from the table for one

What involves Press* Food & Wine, Penny's Hill Vineyard, the incredible Barbara Santich and a bunch of new and exciting stories? The launch of Dining Alone next week, that's what! Come along and get your weekend started early with a glass of good wine and a book with bundles of talent.

The Heaven I Swallowed launches

I know, I know, we've been bad and have neglected this little blog for some time. But we have a good excuse, promise! Recently we launched our new title, The Heaven I Swallowed by Rachel Hennessy. Read all about the launch below, then head over here to purchase a copy yourself!