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The City of Fremantle has given its support for the next six years for the prestigious T.A.G. Hungerford Award alongside existing partners writingWA, The West Australian and Fremantle Press. As the naming sponsor, the City will provide the winning writer’s cash prize of $12,000 and will play a major role in hosting Fremantle events associated […]

Whisky Charlie Foxtrot by Western Australian author Annabel Smith will be published in North America early next year.

Newly minted Fremantle Press author Nandi Chinna has won the Tom Collins Prize for Poetry for her poem ‘Cut and Paste Lake’. Chinna said she was very pleased to have won the award.

The Press is currently seeking new Western Australian photographers with existing portfolios of work on a variety of subjects.

The latest news from the Fremantle Press Sales, Rights and Distribution Manager, Clive Newman

WA author Dianne Touchell’s debut novel is heading to Germany.

Crime novelist Alan Carter is getting warmer after signing deals that will see his Cato Kwong series published in Europe.

Fremantle Press illustrators are again set to shine at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in March 2014. Drawings from Light Horse Boy will feature in the Australian Publishers Association exhibition Hello! from Australia while The Last Viking and Dreamers will feature in the exhibition’s book showcase.

Whisky Charlie Foxtrot by Annabel Smith was shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA) today.

Getting Warmer author Alan Carter is in Shanghai researching his third novel in the Cato Kwong Series. Here are his top literary spots for the criminally inclined.

Children’s author Dianne Wolfer was delighted to receive the 2013 Louise Schofield Award for Services to the Western Australian branch of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).

Susan Swingler is the step-daughter of one of Australia’s most revered writers – Elizabeth Jolley. Abandoned by her father Leonard at the age of four, Susan had no contact with the Jolley family until they found and reclaimed her at the age of twenty-one. Why they were kept apart is the subject of her startling […]

New Zealand–based author Tracy Farr lists the must-see destinations for visiting literature lovers.

Award-winning local artist Brian Simmonds is launching his new book, Rottnest Island, with an exhibition of his works at Elements Art Gallery in Dalkeith on Friday 4 October at 6:30pm.

New York City is a sightseeing wonderland for literature lovers. Fremantle Press authors Alice Nelson and Natasha Lester both researched novels there. Here are their favourite places for authors and book lovers to visit when in the Big Apple.

Fremantle Press Media and Promotions manager Claire Miller recently returned from a journey to the Tiwi Islands with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The visit left her feeling inspired after seeing the power of the ILF’s work.

Congratulations to WA poet John Kinsella who won the Prime Minister’s Award for poetry last night.

Writerly camaraderie, charming views and well-prepared French audiences: Goldie Goldbloom, author of The Paperbark Shoe and You Lose These + Other Stories, writes about her time in Lyon, France, at the extraordinary International Forum on the Novel.

Cate Sutherland, Children’s Publisher and Claire Miller, Media and Promotions Manager at Fremantle Press have recently launched The Classroom Express – an e-newsletter and online hub that specialises in education news and resources.

Dianne Wolfer represented Australia at the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) conference in Bali where she presented a paper on ‘Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature’ before heading to the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) for the Singapore launch of Light Horse Boy.

Ten Tiny Things author Meg McKinlay was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature, just one day after winning a Crystal Kite award.

Ten Tiny Things by Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers became the second Fremantle Press book in consecutive years to win an international Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Member Choice Award today.

Fremantle Press author Jacqueline Wright was left ‘gobsmacked’ for the second time in a fortnight today after being longlisted for the 2013 Dobbie Literary Award. This comes just days after scoring a gong on the Miles Franklin longlist.

WA author Dianne Touchell is celebrating today after her debut novel Creepy & Maud made the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s prestigious shortlist.