Category: Announcements

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 […]

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes is scheduled to appear at national and international writers festivals this year thanks to a new travel fellowship supported by the Barton Family Foundation. CEO of Fremantle Press Alex Allan said the fellowship would give festival organisers the freedom to take risks on unknown debut Western Australian authors. She said, ‘Our festivals […]

Thank you for your support and engagement during this very exciting and extremely busy time. Our new address is: 1/10 Parry Street Fremantle. Our phone number is: 08 9430 6331. We no longer have a Post Office Box – all deliveries will now come to our main office address. Please join us at our Open […]

Fremantle Press is joining forces with UWA Publishing to host a 2026 Open Book Intern. The Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship is a paid internship designed to foster cultural diversity in Australian book publishing. It aims to provide a well-rounded introduction to the industry and create practical and sustainable pathways towards long-term careers for aspiring […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fremantle Press is set to celebrate in its new building 50 years of sharing important Western Australian stories. The organisation is moving ahead with confidence after securing a Lotterywest grant worth $722,226 for the fit-out of the historic SEC Substation at 10 Parry Street, Fremantle. This grant takes the Press to within half a million dollars of its total fundraising goal.  Fremantle Press Chair Clair Medhurst said she was elated […]

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 […]

Fremantle Press is pleased to announce that Dr Libby Jackson-Barrett and Ben Paganoni have joined our board, bringing the total number of members to nine. This is a strategic decision designed to consolidate and diversify the already strong leadership team in readiness for the Press’s 50th anniversary.  Chair Clair Medhurst said the pair have joined […]

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 […]

Fremantle Press congratulates Kelly Canby and Gerard McCann, winners of a WA Premier’s Book Award. Kelly Canby’s A Leaf Called Greaf won Children’s Book of the Year and Gerard McCann’s Anatomy of a Secret won Non-Fiction Book of the Year. The winners of the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced this evening at […]

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.

Fremantle Press and CircusWA are excited to announce the purchase of the historic SEC Substation at 10 Parry Street, Fremantle. The move will secure a much-needed permanent home for each organisation, while preserving and activating an underutilised heritage building in the soon-to-be reinvigorated East End of the port city. This ambitious plan is made possible […]

Eleven books representing 13 writers are in the running for a Western Australian Premier’s Book Award worth $15,000. With four new categories offering WA authors more opportunities to shine, the Awards recognise and support the State’s literary talent and creative output. CEO of Fremantle Press Alex Allan said she was excited to see the changes […]

Chuckie Raven won the 2025 Fogarty Literary Award at the Western Australian Government House Ballroom on Tuesday 3 June. Raven receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $1,500 writing fellowship from Centre for Stories for their winning manuscript Glimmers in the Sea Glass. Raven described […]

Author Renae Hayward will visit three kindergartens for the regional celebration of the 2025 Books for Little Bookaburras program this week. Starting at Beachlands KindiLink, on Wednesday 28 May, Renae will hand out mini-libraries to the students before running an interactive storytime session. Renae said she was looking forward to meeting the children in person. She […]

720 ABC Radio Perth will be crackling with big themes and lively conversations when it welcomes readers to its East Perth studios for the Big Day of Books on Saturday 28 June. WA’s favourite radio presenters Jo Trilling, Gary Adshead, Hilary Smale, Carrie Cox, Ali Colvin and Claire Nichols will chat to some of the […]

Four writers are set to take centre stage at the Government House Ballroom this June when we announce the 2025 Fogarty Literary Award winner. They are in the running to receive a cash prize of $20,000 from the Fogarty Foundation, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $1500 writing fellowship from Centre for Stories. […]

A Leaf Called Greaf by Kelly Canby and A Wreck of Seabirds by Karleah Olson are shortlisted for a CBCA Book of the Year Award. Eagerly awaited by creators and children’s literature ambassadors alike, the annual CBCA Book of the Year Awards recognises some of Australia’s most creative people, boosting their capacity to devote time […]

Magnetic Stories has optioned two Fremantle Press fan favourites for television: Alan Carter’s Cato Kwong series and his New Zealand-based Nick Chester series. Carter said it was a nice start to a year which will culminate in the publication of his third Nick Chester book Franz Josef in October. Carter said, ‘Both series have acquired […]

On your marks, get set, submit! Western Australian writers aged 18–35 are invited to submit their unpublished work of fiction, narrative non-fiction, young adult fiction or verse novel to be in the running to win $20,000, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a fellowship with the Centre for Stories. Entries close Friday 18 April […]

Congratulations to WA author Holden Sheppard who has received the $50,000 Minderoo Artist Fund Award. The Minderoo Artist Fund Award is presented to the artist who best leveraged their time in the Minderoo Foundation Artist Fund program to innovate, collaborate and broaden their practice, while making meaningful contributions to the sector. Nicola Forrest AO presented […]

It’s time to get your young readers voting for their favourite book! Fremantle Press was delighted to see our favourite ballet book One Wrong Turn by Chenée Marrapodi in the running for The West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award. The author said, ‘One Wrong Turn was my debut novel and it has a really special […]