Championing local stories

In 2026 Fremantle Press will celebrate 50 years of being a powerhouse in Australian independent publishing. The Press has published more than 1000 unique titles for two million readers and launched the careers of over 700 writers and artists, many who have become household names. Our titles have been translated into foreign languages, become audio books and ebooks, been adapted for stage productions, feature films and television series.

The Fremantle Press Champions of Literature believe in the importance of encouraging new and emerging Western Australian writers, and in publishing our uniquely Western Australian stories.

Your annual investment of $1000 or more in Fremantle Press, as a Champion of Literature, will help us continue to develop new writers and build a reading culture in Western Australia.

Each year one of our books is specially selected as the “Champions Book of the Year” with the Champions of Literature acknowledged in the imprint page.

We are looking for stories which will connect readers to this unique place, to our history and our current challenges, but most of all we are looking for great reads to be shared with friends and family and to provoke ideas and discussion.

The Champions of Literature are an integral part of the Fremantle Press writing and reading community and receive invitations to book launches, author events and other news.