Tim Minchin has called The Players ambitious and moving, Bem Le Hunte says it is enticing, and Melinda Harvey says it is funny and wise. But long before she found herself garnering praise, Deborah Pike was dreaming of a cast of characters whose passion and rivalry would bind them across time and continents.

Events

Croydon Library to host author Michael Earp in conversation for Transgender Awareness Week

   November 13, 2024
   6.00pm—8.00pm
   Croydon Library

In honour of Transgender Awareness Week, author Michael Earp will be joining Croydon Library to share their journey as a writer. The discussion will focus on the significance of trans voices in storytelling and their role as co-editor of Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors.

The Victorian Pride Centre will celebrate the launch of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist, featuring a diverse group of queer authors, a third of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, who contributed to the anthology. This will panel will feature editor Angela Savage, and authors Christos Tsoilkas, Dmetri Kakmi, Jes Layton, and Miriam Sved.

Events

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.

‌Published in association with THEATRE 180, Courage Be My Friend by Jenny Davis OAM is the story of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, who was the only survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre during World War II. Returning for it’s second theatrical run, the theatre production that inspired the book is called 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke.

Events

Celebrated Award Winners to feature at the Australian Short Story Festival this November

   November 22November 24, 2024
   Notre Dame Fremantle

The Australian Short Story Festival has landed in Fremantle for its eighth year, celebrating the artistry of short stories. Among the lineup includes three Fogarty Literary Award winners – Katherine Allum (2023), Brooke Dunnell (2021) and Rebecca Higgie (2019) – and City of Fremantle Hungerford Award winner Holden Sheppard (2018).

Ages 0–2

Join the CBCA-winning author Kelly Canby at the State Library of Western Australia Young Readers Day Out

   November 17, 2024
   10.30am—12.30pm
   State Library of Western Australia

Award-winning author and illustrator Kelly Canby will be the lively host and MC for the Young Readers Day Out, presented by The Society of Children’s Book Writers and held at the State Library of Western Australia on 17 November.

Events

We’re launching Sabrina Hahn’s How to Do It in the Garden on Friday 29 November

   November 29, 2024
   6.00pm—7.15pm
   Fremantle Arts Centre

Fremantle Press is excited to announce the launch of How to Do It in the Garden – a practical guide full of expert advice for all plant lovers – by renowned horticulturalist and celebrity gardener Sabrina Hahn.

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.

Events

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.

Events

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.

Events

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.

Events

Cosy crime author Alexander Thorpe unveils his latest novel, Death Holds the Key, at AH Bracks Library

   November 20, 2024
   6.45pm—8.00pm
   AH Bracks Library + Creative Space

On Wednesday 20 November, the City of Melville host cosy crime author Alexander Thorpe at AH Bracks Library + Creative Space 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 […]

Musician and award-winning crime author Dave Warner is heading west this October to perform at the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award ceremony, hosted at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Thursday 24 October. Dave will also tour the Perth metropolitan area to celebrate the release of his new novel When It Rains.

Events

Queer Futures: An Author Talk with Em Readman

   November 28, 2024
   5.30pm—7.00pm
   City of Vincent Library

Be a part of a special comminity event at City of Vincent Library as part of their Pride month celebration where everyone is welcome. Author Em Readman will lead the conversation and discuss the importance of queer community that they found in the 2023 queer anthology An Unexpected Party, a collection of futuristic, science-fiction, paranormal and speculative […]

We invite all transgender and gender diverse storytellers and readers to join us for Trans Stories Matter: a publishing industry panel discussion about transgender stories and representation. Hosted by editor and founder of Get YA Words Out, Seth Malacari (he/they), guests will include Nat Latter (they/them) from Rabble Books & Games and Fremantle Press publishers Georgia Richter […]

Events

Immersive writing with Joanna Morrison

   October 29November 12, 2022
   Open Book, Mosman Park

Calling all storytellers! Join Joanna Morrison at the Open Book for a three-part creative writing course to unlock your creativity, hone your skills, and workshop your own short story in a fun and constructive environment.

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Tim Richards on Heading South

   July 13, 2023
   2.00pm—3.00pm
   Mooroolbark Library, Victoria

Come along to hear travel writer Tim Richards talk about his 7000 kilometre rail journey around Australia, from the tropics to the desert and big cities to ghost towns, and his book, Heading South.

Events

The Next Big Thing: Known Unknowns Edition

   April 11, 2022
   6.30pm—12.00am
   The Moat, Melbourne

The Wheeler Centre are hosting The Next Big Thing: Known Unknowns Edition on Monday 11 April, and you’re invited. Join five incredible emerging and debut writers, including Zena Cumpston one of the contributors of Unlimited Futures, as they take you to uncanny planes of uncertainty and unfixed possibility. If you like the sound of any of […]

Events

An evening with Karen Herbert

   February 7, 2022
   6.30pm—9.30pm
   Open Book, Mosman Park

Join debut author Karen Herbert in the Open Book courtyard for an evening in conversation with Jo Morrison, as they discuss Karen’s novel, The River Mouth. Enjoy a drink and nibbles on arrival, doors open from 6.30 pm with the talk commencing at 7 pm.

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Rafeif Ismail on Unlimited Futures

   April 6, 2022
   10.00am—11.30am
   City of Vincent Library

Join editor Rafeif Ismail at the City of Vincent Library to hear about Unlimited Futures, an anthology of speculative, visionary fiction from 21 emerging and established First Nations and Black writers which reflects visionary pasts, hopeful futures and the invisible ties between First Nations people and People of Colour. This event is free to attend, […]

Events

The Business of Being a Writer 2022

   February 25, 2022
   4.00pm—8.00pm
   Fremantle Arts Centre

Get the professional insights you need to truly succeed as an author at The Business of Being a Writer Seminar 2022 presented as part of Perth Festival. If you’ve ever thought about being a writer, then look no further than this four part seminar series to answer all your questions. Georgia Richter, author of How […]

Fremantle Press Event

2021 Fremantle Press Great Big Book Launch

   October 21, 2021
   6.00pm—8.00pm
   Fremantle Arts Centre

Join us at Fremantle Arts Centre for an evening beneath the Milky Way celebrating the superstars of local literature as we launch 19 new books and commemorate 45 years of publishing. Hosted by Deb Fitzpatrick and Yuot A. Alaak, the night will feature talented local authors and artists Alex Forrest, Aśka, Cristy Burne, David Allan-Petale, […]