founder harry muir country of origin australia headquarters location adelaide distribution australia nonfiction topics various fiction genres many official website wakefieldpress.com.au wakefield press is an independent book publishing company in australia based in the adelaide suburb of mile end south australia . they publish an eclectic list diverse in subject tone and point with strong suits in true stories gastronomy history literature and gift books . contents 1 history 2 corporate publishing service 3 distribution 4 references 5 external links history edit wakefield has been under its present ownership since 1989 but there have been several different versions of the company since the 1940s . it was founded in 1942 by adelaide bookseller harry muir 1909 1991 owner of beck book company limited . his intention was to publish small historical monographs which he believed would otherwise go unread . the company s first publication was a checklist of ex libris literature published in australia . 1 the current director is michael bollen . against national and international publishing trends of outsourcing most areas of expertise wakefield press conducts all stages of the publishing process except printing under one roof . this includes editing design typesetting marketing publicity sales distribution and administration . wakefield press publishes around fifty new titles each year . their books often hit bestseller lists and win awards . ochre and rust by philip jones won the non fiction prize in the inaugural prime minister s literary awards . 2 corporate publishing service edit wakefield provides a comprehensive publishing service for government cultural institutions and corporate australia . their clients include adelaide festival centre trust carrick hill flinders university the jam factory leigh warren and dancers nexus multicultural arts centre parliament of south australia south australian museum state opera of south australia university of adelaide tandanya national aboriginal cultural institute botanic gardens of south australia nine network city of onkaparinga port adelaide football club royal agricultural & horticultural society of sa royal zoological society of sa south australian tourism commission wakefield press also have key ongoing partnerships with the australian association for the teaching of english the narungga aboriginal progress association the south australian living artists festival publishing ten sala monographs to date and a newly formed publishing partnership with the hawke research institute for sustainable societies at the university of south australia . distribution edit wakefield press supplies bookshops and other retailers across australia and new zealand through an in house distribution department . references edit austlit the australian literature resource wakefield press 1 poland louise 1 december 1999 . independent australian publishers and the acquisition of books . journal of australian studies . retrieved 2008 11 10 . external links edit wakefield press website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wakefield press & oldid 636397830 categories companies established in 1942book publishing companies of australiaculture of south australiacompanies based in adelaidehidden categories use dmy dates from august 2011use australian english from august 2011all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 december 2014 at 01 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view