Fremantle Press books in running to win Western Australian Premier’s Book Award
Eight books representing nine writers have been shortlisted for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award. They are in the running to win a $15,000 prize from a total pool of $120,000.
Administered by the State Library of Western Australia, the Premier’s Book Awards support and promote authors, illustrators and publishers, while encouraging readers to engage with local stories.
Premier Roger Cook called the awards a platform for celebrating the creativity, talent and diversity of local writers and publishers. He said, ‘By investing in creative industries, my government is celebrating creativity as a force that strengthens communities and fosters a vibrant and creative economy.’
CEO of Fremantle Press Alex Allan said she loved seeing the variety of books chosen for this year’s shortlist. She said, ‘We have established authors like David Whish-Wilson and James Foley sitting alongside new writers Andrea Thompson and Andrew McDonald and important books about our history of medical apartheid alongside books that look playful, but which have an underlying message that is very serious. We’re incredibly proud of the authors and their creations.’
The Fremantle Press book shortlisted are:
Fiction
Non-Fiction
The Shameful Isles by David Price
Emerging Writer
Nock Loose by Patrick Marlborough
The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald
Children’s
Bigfoot vs Yeti by James Foley
Young Adult
A New World Rises: Tales of a LEGO® Future by Jackson Harvey & Alex Towler with Cristy Burne
The winners will be announced on 11 September. Readers can meet the shortlisted authors at Stories from Out West on 8 August.
