Wild & Woolley

Wild & Woolley is an Australian book publisher founded in 1974 by Michael Wilding and Pat Woolley. The first books published by the firm were "Zimmer's Essay" (Adamson & Hanford) and "Wrappings" by Vicki Viidikas.Fact|date=February 2007

Authors published by the firm include Robert Adamson, Glenn A. Baker, Faith Bandler, Ron Cobb, Fred Cress, Antigone Kefala, Rudi Krausmann, Bruce Petty, Pi O, and Vicki Viidikas. The firm also acted as Australian distributors for various foreign publishers including Black Sparrow Press, City Lights Books, New Directions, and Pluto Press.

Wild & Woolley made their office and warehouse available at no charge for the launch of the Makar Press's "The New Australian Poetry" ["The New Australian Poetry", edited by John Tranter, Makar Press 1979] The editor of this anthology, John Tranter, recalls that when poet and academic Andrew Taylor took the stage to make the official launch (having stepped in at the last moment due to the illness of Bob Brissenden) that as the crowd quietened down John Forbes yelled out "‘Cultural Lackey!’."

Important dates

* 1974 first books: Zimmer's Essay (Adamson & Hanford) and Wrappings (Vicki Viidikas).Fact|date=February 2007
* 1979 Michael resigned his directorship to free up more time for his own writing.Fact|date=February 2007
* 1980 fire destroyed equipment and stocks.Fact|date=February 2007
* 1981 moved to old factory in Glebe, New South Wales.Fact|date=February 2007
* 1983 published first four titles from Women's Redress Press including Welou, My Brother by Faith Bandler.Fact|date=February 2007
* 1991 the first publisher in the world to print books on a photocopier.Fact|date=February 2007
* 2003 3 million books later, sold photocopier, binder, and factory. Moved to Watsons Bay.Fact|date=February 2007

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.wildandwoolley.com.au/ Wild and Woolley website]
* [http://www.austlit.com/a/duggan/d3poetry-wars.html Extract] from Laurie Duggan's diary describing launch of "The New Australian Poetry"