Category: Rights

Award-winning author Alan Carter is lifting the lid on the Tasmanian salmon industry in his new novel Prize Catch. In October, Alan will be discussing his latest action thriller set in Tasmania. Prize Catch is set against the backdrop of environmental degradation by salmon farms. Carter said, ‘You can’t live in Southern Tasmania’s Channel country and fail […]

Kathryn Lefroy and Paper Bird Children’s Books & Art will launch The Secret of the Stone at a special family-friendly event on Saturday 21 September at 10.30 am. The Secret of the Stone is a heartwarming and humorous contemporary story full of intrigue, mystery and a hint of the supernatural. Written in her signature high-energy, cinematic and action-packed […]

Award-winning author Alan Carter heads to Fremantle for an exclusive book club event previewing his crime novel Prize Catch at the Strange Editions Book Club. This event offers a meet-and-greet with the author, and an opportunity to hear about his latest book, as well as some of other familiar favourites, such as the Cato Kwong series. Alan says his […]

When launching A Wreck of Seabirds by Karleah Olson and Jasper Cliff by Josh Kemp, Annie Fogarty AM took the opportunity to announce a substantial uplift in funding for the State’s premier young writer’s award. Inaugurated in 2019, the Fogarty Literary Award for young Western Australian writers quickly established itself as a major supporter of […]

Josh Kemp, author of Australian gothic fiction, will be touring his latest novel, Jasper Cliff, at a WA library near you. Josh says he is attracted to writing Gothic fiction as a mode of storytelling that explores the legacy and trauma of colonisation. ‘Australian Gothic is an incredibly diverse mode of fiction that emerged during the […]

Launched this month, Karleah Olson’s A Wreck of Seabirds was shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award. It was described by the judges as a tightly written, atmospheric novel that captured the depths of human emotion. In this interview she tells us more about her journey to publication. Why did you choose a coastal setting for […]

Josh Kemp’s debut novel Banjawarn won the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award and the 2022 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction. In his new thriller, Jasper Cliff, which was shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award, he deliberately leaned in to the spookier side of Australian gothic, imbuing his narrative with disturbing insights into the […]

Fremantle Press are proud to launch the new novel Cutler by David Whish-Wilson.

Josh Kemp’s debut novel, Banjawarn, won the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award, the 2022 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction and the Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Best Emerging Writer. His sophomore novel, Jasper Cliff, was shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award for best WA writer under 35. Now this talented young writer is […]

Publishing industry game changers Michael Earp and Seth Malacari will appear at the Emerging Writers Festival, which takes place at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne this September. The pair have each been responsible for discovering and nurturing new LGBTQIA+ talent and pushing the boundaries of storytelling. Seth Malacari, co-publisher, editor and curator of the queer […]

Poet Nandi Chinna and Nyikina Elder Professor Anne Poelina will appear at a poetry reading event at Mundaring Arts Centre on Saturday 14 September, and will be reading from their new poetry collaboration Tossed Up by the Beak of a Cormorant. Nandi says every sentient being, like the Martuwarra River at the centre of the poetry collection, has something to […]

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 […]

Bring your children to Subiaco Library on the morning of Saturday 14 September at 10.00 am for a morning filled with live readings, sensory activities and crafting with author Renae Hayward and illustrator Rebecca Mills as we launch Say Hello.

Three Fremantle Press crime writers are set to reveal brand new novels at this September’s BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, taking place at the State Library of New South Wales. BAD audiences will be the first to get a taste of Cutler by David Whish-Wilson, Prize Catch by Alan Carter and When it Rains by […]

Meet Rebecca Higgie, winner of the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award for her debut novel The History of Mischief, as she hosts an online workshop to help you hone the craft of writing.

The Ghost of Gracie Flynn author Joanna Morrison will host an immersive writing workshop at AH Bracks Library + Creative Space on Sunday 8 September. She will be working with you to explore form and structure, stakes, how characterisation and curiosity relate to narrative tension, what to look for when editing your own work, and […]

The Players by Deborah Pike takes us into the lives of a group of university students as they fall in and out of friendship and love. In this dramatic coming-of-age story, bonds formed during an intense summer of rehearsals will be tested across decades. The book and author will feature on the Libby Book Club on 18 September […]

If you’ve ever wanted to listen to this iconic novel – the first by an Indigenous author to win the Miles Franklin Literary Award – you now can, thanks to Wavesound. From one of Australia’s most revered storytellers, Benang sheds light on the ongoing struggle for cultural preservation and is an epic and beautiful story […]

Holding a published copy of One Wrong Turn in my hands was a dream come true. I never entertained the idea of there being a sequel and the fact that it now exists is largely thanks to the enthusiasm of Australia’s dance community and of course, the wonderful team at Fremantle Press! Dance has been […]

Say Hooray by Renae Hayward and Rebecca Mills has been identified as one of the best Australian books to help children get the most literate start in life. Judged by a panel of Certified Practising Speech Pathologists with specific knowledge and skill in children’s language and literature development, the Speech Pathology Book of the Year […]

Nedingar: Ancestors, a bilingual picture book by Isobel Bevis and Leanne Zilm, has been shortlisted for the Karajia Award by the Wilderness Society of Australia. Launched in 2022, the Karajia Award for Children’s Literature celebrates the First Nations authors illustrators who create children’s books that honour a connection to Country and tell stories exploring land, […]

The 2024 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced this evening at the State Library of Western Australia, with debut novelist Michael Thomas winning in the emerging writers’ category worth $15,000. In his speech Michael said he was extremely proud to win an award for a book that was based on his forebears. Michael said, […]

Children’s publisher Cate Sutherland said she loves working with Kelly Canby. Cate said, ‘Kelly’s work is nuanced and always evolving. She deals with sophisticated human emotions with subtlety and empathy, simplifying them so that young readers can understand themselves and others.’ Tell us about your latest book and why you wrote it. My latest book […]

Join New York Times-bestselling author Natasha Lester on 24 July at 6.00 pm as she discusses the captivating new edition of If I Should Lose You with fellow author Emily Paull.