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Dive deep into the history of Fremantle Press with this curated memoir bundle.
Start with A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey, the unforgettable memoir that helped put Fremantle Press on the publishing map through its moving account of resilience, courage and love.
Then continue the journey in Linda Martin’s A Tale of Two Publishing Houses, which explores the period around A Fortunate Life’s publication as well as the evolution of Fremantle Press, which ultimately led to Linda starting an independent publishing house of her own.
This bundle also includes a Fremantle Press supporter enamel pin and an A.B. Facey quote card.
A.B. Facey (d.1982)
A.B. Facey was born in 1894 and grew up on the Kalgoorlie goldfields and in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. His father died before he was two and he was deserted by his mother soon afterwards. He was looked after by his grandmother until he was eight years old, when he went out to work. […]
Linda Martin
Linda Martin is co-publisher and editor at Night Parrot Press. She has extensive publishing experience, having held positions of senior in-house editor at UWA Publishing, production manager at Fremantle Press and having worked as a freelance editor for publishing houses, including Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. She currently lectures in editing and publishing at Edith […]Explore more from our catalogue
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