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Wakefield Press We love good stories and publish beautiful books. Established 1989 ... and still telling tales! We are based in Adelaide, sunny South Australia.

Wakefield Press is a leading independent Australian publishing house. Visit our bookshop at 16 Rose Street, Mile End SA 5031. To view our complete catalogue online, visit www.wakefieldpress.com.au

Terrific review of Natalie Harkin’s “significant book, equally beautiful and brutal”, Apron-Sorrow/ Sovereign-Tea. Thank...
30/08/2025

Terrific review of Natalie Harkin’s “significant book, equally beautiful and brutal”, Apron-Sorrow/ Sovereign-Tea. Thanks to HeatherTaylor-Johnson and InReview!

A new book by Natalie Harkin presents stories from First Nations women and girls bound by more than 50 years of institutionalised indentured domestic service.

HOT OFF THE PRESS ––Troy Hunter's second of the Gus series, Gus and the Burning Stones, is freshly launched and availabl...
28/08/2025

HOT OFF THE PRESS ––

Troy Hunter's second of the Gus series, Gus and the Burning Stones, is freshly launched and available for purchase!

It's been over six months since amateur sleuth Gus Green solved his first real-life case, and started investigating his past. When he receives an anonymous message telling him that his missing birth mother Jane can be found at the mysterious 'Circle', an off-grid community based around an ancient stone circle, he knows he has to find out more.

At The Circle, Gus and his friends Shell and Kane's investigation seems over before it starts: none of the strange people living there know Jane - or so they say. But when a brutal storm traps the friends at the community, and a dead body is discovered, they quickly realise that there's a new case to solve. A murderer walks among them, and everyone has a motive.

The trio find themselves in a race against time to unmask the killer before they become targets themselves. But why were they lured here? What is the power of the stone circle? And how on earth does all of this connect to Jane?

Our friends at Frankie Magazine have two copies of Katharine Po***ck's second novel STARRY EYED to give away! Head over ...
25/08/2025

Our friends at Frankie Magazine have two copies of Katharine Po***ck's second novel STARRY EYED to give away! Head over to their win page to enter your details and go into the running.

‘Starry Eyed’ by Katharine Po***ck is a hoot of a read.

"Inside My Food reads like time spent in the kitchen with a generous mentor. It captures the spark that turned an Adelai...
16/08/2025

"Inside My Food reads like time spent in the kitchen with a generous mentor. It captures the spark that turned an Adelaide chef into a national figure, and it does so in Cheong’s unmistakable voice. The result is a book that invites you to cook, to read and to think about why certain plates stay with you long after the last bite." A lovely review/story by Mikyla Gilbert for Glam Adelaide.

South Australian culinary icon Cheong Liew shares the stories, flavours and creative vision behind 100 remarkable dishes in his new book Inside My Food.

Join us for the IAF Literary Dinner's August meeting, featuring guest speaker Andrew Roff. Andrew will discuss his darin...
15/08/2025

Join us for the IAF Literary Dinner's August meeting, featuring guest speaker Andrew Roff.

Andrew will discuss his daringly speculative new novel, Here Are My Demands, a story about fighting on in the face of resistance, and the unprecedented hazards of a world our children have already started to inhabit.

Info:
> Tuesday, 19 August - 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm
> Osmond Terrace Function Centre, Norwood Hotel, 97 The Parade, Norwood
Tickets are $40 for members, and $45 for non-members.

Head to our Events page via our website to purchase tickets!

Here Are My Demands is available for purchase in store and online now.

10/08/2025

Here’s one for all you Vickers Vimy and Long Flight Home fans! Tonight’s popular segment on 7NEWS Adelaide is all about our boys’ pioneering flight from England to Australia in 1919. Thanks to Michael Smyth for being kind to me in the interview. See it at 6pm.

LovelyMargot Osborne  review of Sue Kneebone's exhibition at Adelaide Central School of Art, including this on " the exc...
07/08/2025

LovelyMargot Osborne review of Sue Kneebone's exhibition at Adelaide Central School of Art, including this on " the excellent SALA monograph book, 'Sue Kneebone: Unnatural Causes', just released by Wakefield Press. With illuminating essays by Elle Freak, Andrew Purvis and James Tylor, and an interview with the artist by Nicole Clift, the monograph is essential reading for those who respond to the wonder and intrigue generated by Kneebone’s art".

In her exhibition The Last Tide Waiter, SALA feature artist Sue Kneebone assembles a procession of flotsam and jetsam that explores the destructive legacies of Empire – and her own family history.

Click the pic for the latest Wakefield Weekly!
04/08/2025

Click the pic for the latest Wakefield Weekly!

A roundup of the past week at Wakefield Press, including events, blog updates, news and reviews.

Congratulations, Troy Hunter!
04/08/2025

Congratulations, Troy Hunter!

Hot off the Press! RADIANCE IN PAIN AND RESILIENCEThe global reverberation of Palestinian historical traumaDr SAMAH JABR...
03/08/2025

Hot off the Press!

RADIANCE IN PAIN AND RESILIENCE
The global reverberation of Palestinian historical trauma
Dr SAMAH JABR
Foreword by Gabor Mate MD

https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product/radiance-in-pain-and-resilience/

'Radiance in Pain and Resilience pulses with the raw truth of Dr Jabr's frontline work. Her words are a rallying cry for Palestinian liberation.' - Dr Jennifer Mullan, Decolonizing Therapy

'A revolutionary contribution that will transform global mental health and psychiatry. This tour de force is a must read for all global mental health workers, as well as the global social justice community.' - Dr Jess Ghannam, Palestinian-American psychologist and professor

'Dr Samah Jabr, a leading Palestinian mental health professional, is an irreplaceable scholar in times of fascism and genocide. This book is a must read for all.' - Dr Tarek Younis, The Muslim, State and Mind: Psychology in times of Islamophobia

"I thought this was one of the greatest acts of cultural vandalism I’d ever seen," Stephen Orr writes in this musing and...
31/07/2025

"I thought this was one of the greatest acts of cultural vandalism I’d ever seen," Stephen Orr writes in this musing and provocative piece.

I was recently in the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide, where I once hand-wrote several novels, when I noticed five trolleys full of books with a sign saying “Free”. I checked the books and noticed they were mainly novels, essay collections, plays, criticism, biography. I noticed...

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Established 1989 ... and still telling tales! In 2019, we’ll be celebrating 30 years of indie publishing here at Wakefield Press. Many thanks to everyone for their support over the years - here’s to 30 (or 60, or 90) more! Wakefield Press is a leading independent Australian publishing house. We are based in Adelaide, sunny South Australia. Visit our bookshop at 16 Rose Street, Mile End SA 5031. To view our complete catalogue online, visit www.wakefieldpress.com.au