Wakefield Press For all flyers and complete stocklist visit www.wakefieldpress.com.au For all price and availability queries visit www.titlepage.com New Releases May 2009 Wakefield Press The Villa Diana Travels in post-war Italy ALAN MOOREHEAD PB 224 PP 129 x 198 ISBN 9781862548459 AU$24.95 NZ$29.90 Travel Biography Wakefield Press May 2009 Above Florence, in one of the oldest inhabited parts of Italy, stood the historic 15th century home, Travel classic Villa Diana. In 1948, respected war correspondent Alan Moorehead moved into the villa, which had survived World War Two despite being occupied by the troops of seven different armies. In Villa Diana, back in print

9 781862 548459 Moorhead describes with wit and affection the daily dramas he encountered, surrounded as always by the extreme physical beauty of the region. ‘Alan Moorehead’s book is still highly readable … anecdotes of contemporary life that are somehow able to shake hands unselfconsciously with history and to relive a rich past sit alongside Moorehead’s affectionate memories of the warm-hearted life that makes Italy so well loved by outsiders.’ – The Tablet, UK Related title: The Colossus of Maroussi Light and life JANE HYLTON PB 112 PP 285 x 215 FULL COL T/OUT ISBN 9781862548404 AU$39.95 NZ$49.90 Art/Biography Wakefield Press April 2009 Nora Heysen grew up at The Cedars near the Hills town of Hahndorf, and was deeply influenced by her father, Hans Heysen. Nora Heysen: Light and life explores a notable career spanning seven National decades, during which the artist painted some of Australia’s most outstanding self-portraits, became 9 781862 548404 the country’s first female war artist, and was the first woman to win the prestigious . exhibition tour Curator and author Jane Hylton has written extensively on and has curated numerous exhibitions. In 2000 she left the position of Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South from April ‘09 Australia to become a freelance consultant. • Author based in • National tour of Adelaide, Geelong, Sydney, Armidale and Mt Gambier, from April 2009–May 2010 Adelaide: Nature of a City The ecology of a dynamic city from 1836 to 2036 EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER B. DANIELS AND CATHERINE J. TAIT, FOREWORD BY HB 616 PP 297 x 210 ISBN 9780975811511 AU$79.95 NZ$99.00 Australian History/Ecology Wakefield Press March 2009 Urban environments are complex, dynamic, rapidly changing systems controlled by man. Despite living in cities for more than 4,000 years, we know very little about how cities function as ecological entities. Newly reduced! With contributions by over 80 South Australian experts from a range of disciplines, Adelaide: Nature

9 780975 811511 of a City tracks the changes to the biological communities, to plants and animals, and to the structure and nature of the built environment of the city of Adelaide from its inception in 1836 to the present day, and predicts the future through to 2036. • Foreword by 2007 Australian of the Year and best selling author, Tim Flannery • Authors based in South Australia • Author Chris Daniels writes for The Advertiser, and has regular sessions on ABC radio WomanSpeak JUDE AQUILINA AND LOUISE NICHOLAS, ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICK ATKINSON PB 112 PP 210 x 140 B&W ILLUS ISBN 9781862548473 AU$19.95 NZ$24.90 Poetry Wakefield Press May 2009 Sometimes rude, never crude, WomanSpeak explores topics where the great men of literature never Mother’s Day dared venture. Written in collaboration by renowned female South Australian poets, Jude Aquilina and Louise Nicholas, the poems in this collection are both humorous and reflective, covering a range release! of topics including women’s health, body image and fashion. Performed at women’s workshops, SA Cervical Screenings and other medical conferences nationally, the poetry gives an insight into the 9 781862 548473 rituals and unique experiences of women. ‘They have made an art form of attending lectures about health issues and then re-interpreting them in a popular format.’ – Associate Professor Margaret Davy AM • Authors live in Adelaide Related titles: Knifing the Ice, On a Moon Spiced Night Catch Fire Friendly Street Poets 33 EDITED BY AIDAN COLEMAN AND JULIET A. PAINE PB 128 PP 210 x 140 ISBN 9781862548428 AU$22.95 NZ$24.90 Fresh new Poetry Wakefield Press Available Now Friendly Street What other book offers fire, snow and apes, seedy moths and hens with a penchant for Mozart; bees and babes and babies (occasionally edible), steroids, speed and lycra, ESL and the CIA and a lone poems black-clad figure called Chainsaw? There’s home economics, microeconomics and astrophysics, the most

9 781862 548428 affirming haiku ever written and an idea for our national flag that will make even photocopying a patriotic activity. Ninety-eight South Australian poems that scream or whinge or exalt or whisper: ‘YOU ARE HERE’. Wakefield Press Hans Heysen Into the Light JANE HYLTON AND JOHN NEYLON PB 88 PP 285 x 215 80 COL ILLUS T/OUT ISBN 9781862546578 AU$39.95 NZ$45.00 Art/Biography Wakefield Press Reprint May 2009 Hans Heysen: Into the Light is the fourth book in a series featuring artists represented in the collection New of Carrick Hill, Adelaide. Hans Heysen is one of Australia’s greatest landscape painters and best-known reprint! artists. His work is collected in galleries and museums throughout the world. Hans Heysen: Into the Light is a study of the artist’s watercolours, an aspect of his oeuvre much loved by the general public, scholars and fellow artists. This book discusses the progress of his career through his watercolours and also explores his watercolour technique. It includes a short biography of the artist. • Authors based in South Australia Robert Hannaford Natural eye JOHN NEYLON PB 104 PP 285 x 215 4-COL T/OUT ISBN 9781862547773 AU$$39.95 NZ$49.90 Art/History Wakefield Press Robert Hannaford is one of Australia’s foremost portrait artists, but this is only one aspect of his work. Robert Hannaford: Natural Eye, the first book to be published on this acclaimed artist, reveals a richer, fuller story: of an artist who deliberately places representation over abstraction, producing art that celebrates the visual world in all its variety while interrogating its place in the human imagination. Bestseller! Hannaford has been a finalist in every Archibald Prize exhibition since 1991, and winner of the Archibald People’s Choice Prize on three occasions. His subjects include Dame Joan Sutherland, Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Edward Woodwards, Hon. , Jean Blackburn, Hon. , Sir Gerard Brennen, Professor Rolf Prince and . The productive artist JANE HYLTON PB 80 PP 285 x 210 60 COL ILLUS ISBN 9781862544901 AU$39.95 NZ$49.90 Art/Biography Wakefield Press Reprint May 2009 Ivor Hele was an artist of extraordinary discipline and power. He was also enormously prolific and completed more commissioned works than any other artist in the history of Australian art. His front-line New responses to war, sketched and painted for the Australian War Memorial, the portraits that won him the Archibald prize an astonishing five times during the 1950s, his exuberant nudes and his magnificent reprint! landscapes of that rugged coastline south of Adelaide – where he lived as a recluse – combine to make up a prodigious body of work. This book focuses on the non-war art in an attempt to offer a wider view of the man, his exceptional ability and his rigorous discipline. John Dowie A life in the round EDITED BY TRACEY LOCK-WEIR HB 88 PP 285 x 215 Leather Bound Signed Ltd Edition 40 COLOUR, 20 B&W PHOTOS ISBN 9781862545502 AU$100.00 NZ$130.00 (firm sale 25% retail discount) Biography/Art PB 88 PP 285 x 215 40 COLOUR, 20 B&W PHOTOS ISBN 9781862545441 AU$35.00 NZ$45.00 John Dowie: A Life in the Round celebrates eight decades of artistic achievement by a great Australian sculptor, painter and writer. Creator of such popular and significant public sculptures as the Three Rivers fountain in Victoria Square, Alice in Rymill Park, the Victor Richardson gates at and the Sir Ross Smith Memorial at Adelaide Airport, John Dowie’s art will already be familiar to many. Tracey Lock-Weir charts Dowie’s progress over the years and her informative essay is illuminated by John Dowie’s own warm, humorous writings. The book features a full colour gallery of Dowie’s best and most-loved works. William Dobell Portraits in context JANE HYLTON PB 64 PP 285 x 215 ISBN 9781862546028 AU$39.95 NZ$45.00 Art/Art History Wakefield Press Controversy reigned in 1944 after William Dobell’s Portrait of an artist (Joshua Smith) was awarded the Archibald Prize. William Dobell: Portraits in context describes the curious history of Dobell’s famous painting, including the fire that nearly destroyed it and its remarkable restoration; and showcases, in context, numerous other early works by this great, enigmatic artist. Mother’s Day Titles Mother’s Day Titles Being Mummy The Blue Ribbon Cookbook ANNE-MARIE TAPLIN Recipes, stories and tips from prizewinning Jacketed HB 100 PP 180 x 130 ILLUS FULL country show cooks COL T/OUT ISBN 9781862547476 AU$16.95 LIZ HARFULL HB 184 PP 230 x 190 FULL COL T/OUT NZ$22.00 Parenting/Gift Wakefield Press ISBN 9781862547926 AU$39.95 NZ$59.90 Becoming a mother can be a profound and Cooking Wakefield Press transformative experience for a woman. 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