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Book launch: Jay Martin reveals debut fiction novel, Boom Town Snap

   May 8, 2025
   7.00pm—8.00pm
   Walyalup Civic Centre, Fremantle

Join Fremantle Press and the City of Fremantle for the Great Big Book Club to launch Boom Town Snap, the new novel by 2016 Hungerford Award winner, Jay Martin. Set in Canadian oilfields and Australian mining towns, the book explores themes of love, career, and sacrifice. Hear from Jay as she discusses the novel with […]

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Book launch: The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald is uncensored this April

   April 24, 2025
   6.00pm—7.00pm
   State Library of Western Australia

Come along to the launch of the hilarious and heart-warming The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald. Held at the State Library of Western Australia on Thursday 24 April, Andrew will be in-conversation with Australian-Italian writer and journalist Chenée Marrapodi. Go behind the scenes into the book’s creation and be transported to the […]

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Book Launch & Musical Celebration: Geraldine by Andrea Thompson debuts at the City of Melville this March

   March 27, 2025
   6.45pm—8.00pm
   AH Bracks Library and Creative Space

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 […]

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Perth Storyfest is happening at UWA this April and features a number of Fremantle Press authors

   April 6, 2025
   9.00am—6.00pm
   The University of Western Australia

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.

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Jay Martin is heading east to celebrate the release of her latest novel Boom Town Snap

   May 18, 2025
   3.00pm—4.30pm
   Better Read Than Dead

Jay Martin will be in conversation with author Ashley Kalagian Blunt on Sunday 18 May at Better Read Than Dead in Newtown, Sydney. Boom Town Snap follows Georgie, who leaves behind all she knows and loves in Australia to take on a high-stakes job in Canada. But she quickly learns how challenging it can be […]

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Things are about to get hairy: Bigfoot vs Yeti book launch

   March 15, 2025
   11.00am—1.00pm
   The Literature Centre

Get ready for a fun-filled celebration of imagination, rivalry and unexpected friendship! Join us on Saturday 15 March at The Literature Centre for the highly anticipated launch of Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story by James Foley. This dynamic event promises an unforgettable day of interactive activities, engaging readings and exciting opportunities to meet the creator behind […]

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 […]

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.

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Celebrate Library Lovers’ Day with gardening icon Sabrina Hahn at Success Library

   February 13, 2025
   6.00pm—8.00pm
   Success Library

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.

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Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist makes a glamorous debut at A Day in Carlton festival

   November 16, 2024
   3.15pm—5.00pm
   Cinema Nova, Carlton

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.

Join Michael Earp, editor of Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors, for an evening of engaging conversation about the writing and editing process, the evolution of YA fiction, and what’s on the horizon.

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Bring your book club to The Lane Bookshop and join Deborah Pike for an in-conversation event

   November 9, 2024
   6.00pm—8.00pm
   The Lane Bookshop

Deborah Pike will be discussing her latest novel The Players in conversation with local author Susan Midalia.

The Fogarty Literary Award

Writers in the Library – Brooke Dunnell

   October 12, 2024
   10.00am—12.00pm
   Mandurah Library

On Saturday 12 October author Brooke Dunnell will be at the Mandurah Library as part of the Mandurah Library Writers in the Library series that aims to bring together authors and readers to foster a love of reading and encourage creativity in the community.

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Anchors Away at Queenscliffe Literary Festival with editor of Avast! Michael Earp

   October 27, 2024
   11.30am—1.10pm
   Thirroul District Community Centre & Library

Get down to the Queenscliffe Literary Festival and visit Fremantle Press author and editor of Avast! Pirate Stories From Transgender Authors, Michael Earp.

On Wednesday 20 November, the City of Melville host cosy crime author Alexander Thorpe at Civic Square Library for an in-conversation event unveiling his latest novel, Death Holds the Key. In Death Leaves the Station, audiences were introduced to a nameless mendicant monk who helped solve a baffling crime in Western Australia’s outback. In Death Holds the […]