Category: Awards

Fremantle Press is celebrating 50 years of independent publishing with a brand-new home and a place on the Australian Book Industry Awards shortlist. The ABIA Small Publisher of the Year Award recognises publishers whose program demonstrates excellence, thereby contributing to the overall success of the industry. Fremantle Press CEO Alex Allan said the shortlisting was […]

Palyku creator Professor Helen Milroy has two books on the ASLA DANZ (Diversity in Austrlia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award longlist: her picture book The Boab Tree and her chapter book Sunny & Shadow.   Children’s publisher Cate Sutherland said the books provided a First Nations perspective on the special connection to the place we call home and what happens when that gets severed. She said, ‘Both of Helen’s books are […]

Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder by Tim Winton with Cindy Lane has been shortlisted for the Eve Pownell Award in this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards.  Fremantle Press CEO Alex Allan commissioned Ningaloo from four-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award and bestselling author, Tim Winton, who is well known for his environmental activism in the […]

Join the award-winning author of Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና), Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, for an enlightening workshop designed to encourage you to think carefully, critically and creatively about decolonial writing. The workshop will explore the false beliefs that infuse stories from the colony, tropes to avoid and insights for writers to consider while writing on […]

Bigfoot vs Yeti by James Foley, Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder by Tim Winton with Cindy Lane and Say Goodnight by Renae Hayward and Rebecca Mills have been named Notable books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Children’s publisher Cate Sutherland […]

Following the 12 February launch and announcement of the Forrest Foundation Travel Fellowship, Prema Arasu is continuing to share Vampire Squid with readers. Their next author talk is at Boundless Books on 9 March at 6.30 pm. Join them for a cosy evening in Leederville, with drinks and nibbles served. Copies of Vampire Squid will […]

What role can storytelling play in protecting human rights? Join Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes for the launch of his debut memoir, Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና). Winner of the 2024 Hungerford Award, Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና) is a profound and groundbreaking memoir that weaves together stories of heritage and heartache. The launch takes place on […]

Prema Arasu, author of new poetry collection Vampire Squid, is the inaugural recipient of a new travel fund aimed at giving debut Western Australian writers the opportunity to promote their work outside the state. The sponsorship, funded by the Forrest Research Foundation, supports the work of one new or emerging Western Australian writer each year, […]

The Hungerford Award is celebrating 35 years of unearthing Western Australian stories and championing new literary voices. Sponsors Fremantle Press, City of Fremantle and Centre for Stories are looking for the next great storyteller seeking a big break – with $15,000 cash, a publishing contract, and a writing fellowship up for grabs. The biennial Hungerford […]

Winner of the 2024 Hungerford Award, Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና)is a groundbreaking bilingual memoir that challenges how we think about belonging and language. Author Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes weaves together poetry and prose, Amharic and English, to create a deeply moving account of Ethiopian heritage and displacement. In this interview, Yirga discusses the craft behind […]

Join us for the launch of Vampire Squid by Prema Arasu! Full of wry wit and ironic scrutiny, Vampire Squid explores the ocean’s dark depths, a place where observing the unknown can reveal unexpected truths about ourselves. Prema will be in conversation with Catherine Noske. This debut poetry collection launches Thursday 12 February at 6.00 […]

During their postdoctoral fellowship at the UWA-Minderoo Deep-Sea Research Centre, author Prema Arasu explored the deep sea through the perspectives of scientists who each relate to it differently – be they oceanographer, geoscientist, taxonomist, marine biologist, geneticist or the creative writer–observer. In this interview, Prema dives deeper into the work, and puts the scientists who […]

The Stan television series based on Holden Sheppard’s book Invisible Boys has been nominated for two Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) Awards – for Best Miniseries and Best Editing in Television for episode 9. Filmed in Perth and Geraldton, Invisible Boys is an emotional tale of individuality and belonging. Written for the screen by a […]

Australia’s independent booksellers have nominated Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder by Tim Winton and Cindy Lane as one of their favourite children’s books of 2026. Leanne Kadaraneu, Head of Books at Leading Edge Retail, said she was thrilled to reveal the longlist, which was chosen by the professionals whose recommendations guided readers every day, ‘This year’s longlist […]

Bigfoot vs Yeti by James Foley has been shortlisted for the 2025 Children’s Peace Literature Award. This biennial prize is awarded to Australian authors for children’s books that encourage peaceful resolution of conflict or promote peace at the global, local or interpersonal level. Administered by Psychologists for Peace (SA), over 100 books were judged by […]

Calling all LGBTQIA+ youth aged 16–25! Join Fogarty Literary Award winner Francis Raven for a relaxed evening at AH Bracks Library + Creative Space on 18 November from 6.00–8.00 pm. Francis will be in-conversation, chatting all things books: the ones we love, the ones that reflect us and the ones we wish already existed. Bring […]

Is there a better match than book chats and crafts? Join local authors and hobby craftswomen Emily Paull and Deb Jordan, who will be crocheting while chatting about their new books, including The Distance Between Dreams. Bring along your own craft project to work on while listening. Whether it’s crochet, knitting, stitching, embroidery or something […]

Fremantle Press congratulates Ebony Froome and Leanne Zilm who have won a Whitley Award in the category of Children’s Cultural Zoology for Djinang Bonar: Seeing Seasons. Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder illustrator Cindy Lane was also recognised, taking out best illustrator. Ebony said Djinang Bonar was the first publication of its kind because of the way […]

Chemutai Glasheen, Marcella Polain and Richard Rossiter are the 2026 Hungerford Award judges. Alongside Fremantle Press publishers Georgia Richter and Cate Sutherland, they will be responsible for choosing who will win the $15,000 prize money from the City of Fremantle, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press, and a Centre for Stories Fellowship. The biennial Hungerford Award is […]

Em Readman, an emerging writer and contributor to An Unexpected Party: Queer YA Speculative Fiction, has been longlisted for the prestigious 2025 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, selected from a competitive field of 775 entries. The recognition marks a significant milestone: Readman credits the confidence gained from contributing their short story in An Unexpected Party […]

One Wrong Turn by Chenée Marrapodi has been shortlisted for a West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award in the middle grade category. The West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award is a children’s choice book award that is open to all students up to Year 12 in WA across the categories of Picture Books, Younger Readers, […]

Cutler has garnered its second shortlisting in as many weeks. The first book in Whish-Wilson’s undercover series has been named in the Crime Fiction category of the 2025 Danger Awards. To be announced on 13 September, the winner will receive $1,000 prize money, a Danger Award Trophy and will be invited to speak at the […]

Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady, Dianne Wolfer’s account of one of Western Australia’s most inspirational women, is shortlisted for the 2025 Young People’s History Prize. Described by the judging panel as a ‘powerful and engaging demonstration of how biography can build historical awareness in young people’, the book was praised for its sound historical research […]

A Leaf Called Greaf by Kelly Canby has been shortlisted for a Prime Minister’s Literary Award. To be announced on 29 September, should Kelly win her category she’ll receive a $100,000 tax-free cash prize.