Molly Schmidt introduces Salt River Road

Introducing an exciting new voice in Australian fiction: Molly Schmidt, winner of the 2022 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. Salt River Road is a compelling coming-of-age novel about grief and healing set in a small town in the 1970s.

Watch this video to learn more about Molly’s story and the work she did with supervisors Dr Brett D’Arcy, Miles Franklin winner Kim Scott, and Goreng and Menang Noongar Elder Uncle Lester Coyne to bring Salt River Road to life.