Wild & Woolley

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Book publisher Wild & Woolley was founded in 1974 by Michael Wilding and Pat Woolley.

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^[1] The editor of this influential 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 for the publishing company:

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