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CELEBRATE ART: Elaine Haxton, a colourful artist and life

This week, we are celebrating the extraordinary life of artist Elaine Haxton, with a new book Elaine Haxton: A colourful artist and life by Lorraine Penny McLoughlin. This gorgeous art book showcases the range and quality of Elaine Haxton's work, asserting her rightful place as a significant twentieth century Australian artist.

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CELEBRATE ART: Ivor Hele, the productive artist

This week, discover the work of Ivor Hele, an artist of extraordinary discipline and power. He was enormously prolific and completed more commissioned works than any other artist in the history of Australian art. Ivor Hele: The productive artist by Jane Hylton, curator and author, is a beautiful portrait of an artist, focusing on his life, his work, and his legacy.

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CELEBRATE ART: Tom Moore: Abundant wonder

The glass figures contained within the new book Tom Moore are sometimes sweet, occasionally unsettling, always surreal. To flip through these pages is to sink into dreams, imagination and childhood. Adelaide glass artist Tom Moore's work is truly a delight for the eyes and heart. Tom Moore is one of Australia's leading glass artists. Over his career he has carved out a singular voice within Australian glass art making. His engaging, sophisticated and technically challenging…

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CELEBRATE ART: Adelaide Noir by Alex Frayne

Discover a different side of a familiar city, with this beautiful (and beautifully sinister) photography art book by photographer Alex Frayne. Adelaide Noir explores the city of churches like you've never seen it before, reshaping the way South Australians see their state. Alex's images of factories, playgrounds and shopping centres give voice to his darkly comic vision, seeking beauty in the mundane, and art wherever it may be found.

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Holden in a flood

Don Loffler must be one of our most prolific authors at Wakefield Press, and he's one of our most popular, too! His books on the early Holdens and their history have been read and reread, printed and reprinted, with the sixth in the series released late last year. With each book there's a flood of interest and new material for Don to work with – he's got several more books in the pipeline. Below we have…

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An ode to Myponga Beach

In our September newsletter, we ran a giveaway for Ivor Hele and asked entrants to tell us about their favourite holiday destination. We just had to share this amazing response sprinkled with historic family photos from our prize winner, Meg. A place where I have spent many wonderful holidays is Myponga Beach on the Fleurieu Peninsula. It’s a beautiful blend of rural ‘Southern Mount Lofty’ landscapes along with a crescent bay which can be so…

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