Wakefield Press is an independent publishing company based in the Adelaide suburb of Mile End, South Australia.

The company's first publication was A Checklist of Ex-Libris Literature Published in Australia, owing to Muir's interest in bookplates.

[8] As proprietor of the monthly cultural magazine the Adelaide Review, Christopher Pearson bought the name of the Wakefield Press from the South Australian government and operated the company from 1986 to 1988.

[2] Many of Wakefield's books have achieved Australian bestseller status, including The Vanished Land, by Richard Zachariah,[19] The Home of the Blizzard, by Sir Douglas Mawson,[20][2] One Magic Square, by Lolo Houbein,[21] Behind the Veil, by Lydia Laube,[22][2] and Your Brick Oven, by Russell Jeavons.

Wakefield Press have partnerships with a number of cultural and educational institutions in South Australia, and relationships with overseas publishers which market their titles.