Author: Adam Matthews

Celebrate the launch of Geraldine by Andrea Thompson in a very special event will take place at AH Bracks Library and Creative Space on Thursday 27 March. Geraldine is an uplifting read that resonates with the music and culture of the 60s, 70s, and the Australian music scene of the 80s and beyond. Andrea’s passion for […]

Celebrate the launch of The Distance Between Dreams, the new historical fiction novel by Emily Paull, shortlisted for the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award. This special event will take place at AH Bracks Library and Creative Space on Thursday 3 April, where Emily will be in conversation with fellow historical fiction writer, Michael Burrows. Together, they will […]

On Sunday 6 April, join Fremantle Press writers Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Seth Malacari, Rafeif Ismail and Andrew Sutherland for a one-day festival that highlights the voices of the inclusive writing community here in Boorloo (Perth). Organised by The Writers’ Collective, this special festival event aims to take the first steps towards greater equity in the […]

On Monday 10 March, join the editor of Women of A Certain Courage, Bron Bateman, at Subiaco Library for a panel discussion with three of the book’s contributing authors: Annamaria Weldon, Shannon Meyerkort, and Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon. Together, these courageous writers will have you reflecting on your own moments of courage, and what courage means to […]

On 6 March, don’t miss your chance to hear from Luke Kerridge in a special event about the journey behind House at Belmont Library.

Holden Sheppard, bestselling author of Invisible Boys, is hitting the road to celebrate the release of the book’s TV tie-in edition. This new edition coincides with the premiere of Invisible Boys, now a Stan Original series. Holden will be appearing at three major events across the country throughout February, offering fans the chance to hear […]

Alan Carter‘s latest novel, Prize Catch, draws inspiration from his proximity to Tasmania’s controversial salmon farms. In this edition of the Libby Book Club, taking place on Wednesday 19 February at 7.30 pm AWST, Alan takes a deep dive into the gritty underbelly of the salmon fishing industry. Known for capturing the pulse of current […]

On Thursday 30 January at 11.00 am, bestselling author Dianne Wolfer and the illustrative genius of Karen Blair join forces for a Storytime event featuring Granny Grommet and Me, a lovely story about the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren.

This free event taking place at City of Perth Library hosts Isobel Bevis for a Storytime event on Thursday 23 January at 11.00 am. This Storytime event will feature Nedingar: Ancestors, a dual-language picture book by Isobel Bevis and Leanne Zilm, that won the 2024 Wilderness Society’s Karajia Award.

The Trans Book Festival is set to take place at the Wheeler Centre this February, featuring an exciting line-up of authors including Fremantle Press authors Alison Evans, Michael Earp, Seth Malacari and Kris Kneen, alongside other prominent voices from the trans and LGBTQIA+ communities. It promises to be an unforgettable celebration for both the literary […]

This annual adult literature event, hosted by the City of Mandurah Library & Heritage Services, will be held at Seashells Mandurah from 16–18 January. It promises an exciting weekend filled with literary discussions and events.

by Alessia Carbonaro As clichéd as it may sound, I believe that some stories find their way to us at exactly the right moment. For me, Salt River Road was one of those stories. Drawn by its cover and title, I first picked it up from the New Releases shelf of my local library in […]

Get ready to step out of the garden and into the library as celebrity gardener Sabrina Hahn visits Success Library to celebrate Library Lovers’ Day!

Award-winning author, musician and screenwriter Dave Warner is taking his latest novel, When It Rains, on tour around the East Coast this autumn. The newest instalment in his acclaimed Dan Clement series, When It Rains, begins with a hand tied to a post in the crocodile-infested waters of Broome, Western Australia. Dave Warner shared, ‘With […]

Join us as we launch Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady, the inspirational story of Robin Miller, a pioneering nurse and pilot who flew life-saving polio vaccines to remote communities across Western Australia in the 1960s.

Join David Whish-Wilson and his gripping new thriller, Cutler, at one of these special evening of conversation with Australian crime writer Michael Trant. Get a sneak peek into the world of two fantastic Australian crime writers.

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.

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 […]

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.

David Whish-Wilson, Alan Carter and Dave Warner premiered their latest crime novels as part of an online panel hosted by Cheryl Akle from Better Reading on Thursday 12 September. When It Rains begins with a hand tied to a post in the crocodile-infested waters of Broome, Western Australia. Dave Warner said, ‘With my crime novels … […]

Nedingar: Ancestors by Isobel Bevis and Leanne Zilm has been recognised for a third time in this year’s awards season. The dual language picture book has already been shortlisted for an Environment Award by the Wilderness Society and has been made a CBCA Notable Book. Now it is in the running for Speech Pathology Australia’s […]

City of Fremantle Hungerford Award winner Molly Schmidt is in the running for The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize for her coming-of age-novel Salt River Road.  Now in its tenth year, and the only award run by an independent Melbourne bookshop, the Readings Prize supports new and outstanding Australian voices with the winners receiving a $5,000 […]

Australia’s most coveted prize for children’s literature has gone to Fremantle Press author Kelly Canby for her 2023 picture book Timeless. The CBCA Picture Book of the Year rewards outstanding books of the genre in which the creators achieve both artistic and literary unity. Children’s publisher at Fremantle Press, Cate Sutherland, said every one of Kelly’s […]

Artists Kelly Canby, Rebecca Mills and Nada Backovic have all been honoured in the inaugural Whitsundays Literary Heart Awards. Their book cover designs for A Leaf Called Greaf (Kelly Canby), Courage Be My Friend (Rebecca Mills), I am the Mau (Rebecca Mills), and The Skeleton House (Nada Backovic) are longlisted for the Best Published Book […]