WAKEFIELD PRESS www.wakefieldpress.com.au Michael Bollen | michael@wakefieldpress.com.au
Wakefield Press is a South Australian publishing house, celebrating 30 years. We publish approximately 30 titles plus reprints per year, and have a dedicated award-winning YA Fiction list, which includes Mallee Boys (CBCA Honour Book in 2018) and Making Friends with Alice Dyson (shortlisted for 2019 Readings YA Book Prize).
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS: AN OLIVIA GRACE MYSTERY
ROAD TRIPPING WITH PEARL NASH
Lisa Walker
Poppy Nwosu
Quick-quipping ex-teen-PI Olivia goes undercover in Byron Bay to solve the mystery of a missing friend, with a stash of disguises, a nose for trouble … and her irresistible ex-boss on the case. Veronica Mars meets Elmore Leonard in this madcap sunshine noir.
Pearl Nash is on a road-trip to middle of nowhere, to save a dying friendship, when she’s landed with her too-charming nemesis as travelling companion, an AWOL nana and a series of obstacles. A gorgeous rom-com about friendship, family, love, loss.
• G enre entertainment with serious themes, including timely messages about coercive control and women’s empowerment.
• P oppy Nwosu’s debut Making Friends with Alice Dyson is published in America by Walker Books US.
• W ith its snappy dialogue, pop-culture references and spot-on satire, this is seriously entertaining.
• F eatures a hate-to-love romance with crackling chemistry and sparkling banter.
• B yron Bay is a hub of international influencers, wellness culture and Hollywood celebrities — the perfect setting for escapist fun.
RELEASE DATE: 08/2021 ISBN: 9781743058442 RRP (AUD): $24.95 FORMAT: PB, 250pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Young Adult
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• S tunning setting of coastal desert Australia. • T hemes include friendship and letting go, being your authentic self, discrimination and race, grief, and connection to place.
RELEASE DATE: 09/2021 ISBN: 9781743058435 RRP (AUD): $24.95 FORMAT: PB, 260pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Young Adult, Fiction
