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Barking Gecko Arts will stage a theatre production of James Foley’s iconic and award-winning book Stellarphant. Artistic Director Sam Longley will bring the book to life in a season currently scheduled for January 2026. Announced at the launch of House, the picture book and theatre production by Dan Giovannoni and Charlotte Lane, CEO of Fremantle […]

Paul Kelly, Nick Cave and now… Kylie Minogue! In Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist, edited by Angela Savage and Kirsten Krauth, 24 Australian authors write their take on a Kylie song, covering genres of crime, memoir, speculative fiction, poetry and science fiction. In this article, Angela and Kirsten share their experiences behind curating the latest […]

Tim Minchin has called The Players ambitious and moving, Bem Le Hunte says it is enticing, and Melinda Harvey says it is funny and wise. But long before she found herself garnering praise, Deborah Pike was dreaming of a cast of characters whose passion and rivalry would bind them across time and continents.

Hosted by the Australian Society of Authors, this panel discusses cultivating a writing community. Featured on the panel is Michael Earp, editor and curator of the anthology Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors.

In honour of Transgender Awareness Week, author Michael Earp will be joining Croydon Library to share their journey as a writer. The discussion will focus on the significance of trans voices in storytelling and their role as co-editor of Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors.

The Victorian Pride Centre will celebrate the launch of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist, featuring a diverse group of queer authors, a third of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, who contributed to the anthology. This will panel will feature editor Angela Savage, and authors Christos Tsoilkas, Dmetri Kakmi, Jes Layton, and Miriam Sved.

Join editors and curators Angela Savage and Kirsten Krauth for a special launch of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist! This supersized event features fourteen of the anthology’s contributing authors, including Christos Tsiolkas, Lucy Treloar and Nicholas Gadd.

‌Published in association with THEATRE 180, Courage Be My Friend by Jenny Davis OAM is the story of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, who was the only survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre during World War II. Returning for it’s second theatrical run, the theatre production that inspired the book is called 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke.

The Australian Short Story Festival has landed in Fremantle for its eighth year, celebrating the artistry of short stories. Among the lineup includes three Fogarty Literary Award winners – Katherine Allum (2023), Brooke Dunnell (2021) and Rebecca Higgie (2019) – and City of Fremantle Hungerford Award winner Holden Sheppard (2018).

Award-winning author and illustrator Kelly Canby will be the lively host and MC for the Young Readers Day Out, presented by The Society of Children’s Book Writers and held at the State Library of Western Australia on 17 November.

I Am the Mau and other stories by acclaimed debut author Chemutai Glasheen is one of five Australian books on The White Ravens: A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature books for 2024. Selected by the International Youth Library‘s children’s literature experts, they represent literary and pictorial excellence with a particular focus on books […]

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes has won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for የተስፋ ፈተና / Trials of Hope. Written in English and Amharic poetry and prose, this fascinating autobiographic work shares Yirga’s journey from boy shepherd in Ethiopia to human rights academic at Curtin University. Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, […]

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes is one of four writers shortlisted for the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award and in the running to win a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a writing fellowship at the Centre for Stories. We asked Yirga to tell us more about […]

In this fascinating podcast Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes talks about ‘Teret Teret’ – the ceremonial phrase for introducing stories in Ethiopian culture – and the importance of poetry to the act of storytelling itself. Yirga says, ‘I like to write about the sacred places, holy people and beautiful stories from my country. This for me is […]

Fremantle Press is excited to announce the launch of How to Do It in the Garden – a practical guide full of expert advice for all plant lovers – by renowned horticulturalist and celebrity gardener Sabrina Hahn.

Nedingar: Ancestors, a dual-language picture book in Noongar and English by Isobel Bevis and Leanne Zilm, has won the Karajia Award by the Wilderness Society of Australia. Isobel Bevis – a Wilman, Ballardong Noongar writer who was born and raised in Collie in the south-west of Western Australia – said she was thrilled a book about […]

In this podcast Fiona Wilkes, who, unusually, doesn’t have a writing mentor, isn’t doing a creative writing degree and isn’t a member of a writing group, talks about how she wanted to challenge depictions of queer stories. Fiona says, ‘Honestly, part of the drive to write this novel was a dissatisfaction at the way queer […]

Year 6 student Julian Henningsgaard won the Phillip Pendal Young Heritage Award for his essay Words From the Past, which shares the serendipitous connection between T.A.G. Hungerford and the MillPoint Caffé Bookshop. We are delighted to publish the essay for you to enjoy, too.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Environment Award for Children’s Literature, the Wilderness Society has partnered with The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne to host an exhibition of select illustrations from books shortlisted for the award over the past three decades – including works by much-loved author-illustrators Alison Lester, Sami Bayly, Oliver Jeffers, Renee Treml […]

Jodie Tes is one of four writers shortlisted for the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award and in the running to win a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a writing fellowship at the Centre for Stories. This is the second time the Hilton-based author has […]

Howard McKenzie-Murray says his main character was inspired by a road trip, Huckleberry Finn and his own sister. He says, ‘Far From Wonderful is somewhere between a coming-of-age and a journey-home story set in Perth and narrated by 21-year-old med student Maud Tarkington. Maud brings you with her through a 24-hour period spanning her 21st birthday and her […]

Kathryn Lefroy might be a fantasy writer for children, but there’s nothing fantastical about her connection to Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy. Her great-great-great-great-great uncle was Jane Austen’s inspiration for Mr Darcy, one of world’s most lusted after characters – both on the page and on screen.  Given the iconic literary connection, teamed with the fact that she […]

Crime writer Alan Carter‘s latest release, Prize Catch, was inspired by living in close proximity to Tasmania’s controversial salmon farms. In this article, Alan dives deeper into how the landscape around him inspires his best-selling crime novels. How much does the place where you live inspire you when coming up with crime ideas? From the […]

Dave Warner‘s Broome detective Dan Clement is back in When It Rains, investigating crime as plentiful as wet season rain. In this article, Dave takes us behind the scenes of his award-winning crime writing procedure. What is it like to work with a protagonist over a number of books? Do you think about Clement between […]