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After an immediate sell-out success last year, the Festival of Fiction is back with an even bigger program: two enormous days, two theatres and 70 authors. We’re excited that Fremantle Press authors Alan Carter, Karen Herbert, Emily Paull, Chemutai Glasheen, Brooke Dunnell, Henry Farnan, Jo Taylor, David Allan-Petale, Dave Warner, Chenée Marrapodi, Holden Sheppard, Deb […]

On Sunday 27 July, Stories from the West will celebrate the authors shortlisted for the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards, and it’s a perfect way to get familiar the shortlisted books. There will be three panels taking place at the State Library of WA: Bringing Your Book to the World with Khin Myint, Emily […]

Chickensaurus is the fourth children’s graphic novel in the S.Tinker Inc. series and available now! The series follows the world’s foremost inventor under twelve, Sally Tinker, as she navigates through some sticky situations with her friends and baby brother by her side. The Escape the Hedge Maze activity sheet is a great resource for improving […]

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Two Fremantle Press titles, Say Hello by Renae Hayward and Rebecca Mills and Into the Blue by Cristy Burne, are shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award. This is the second year running that Renae Hayward and Rebecca Mills have been shortlisted. Artist Rebecca Mills said she was happy to hear […]

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 […]

Writers in the Library is the City of Mandurah’s regular series where readers can enjoy author talks, book signings and morning tea. We’re thrilled that two Fremantle Press authors will be joining the series in July: Emily Paull, author of the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award shortlisted The Distance Between Dreams, will be speaking on 5 […]

Hark! Hath we the event for you! Join author Patrick Marlborough for the launch of their outrageous and funny new novel, Nock Loose. Shortlisted for the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award, Nock Loose is Game of Thrones meets Wake in Fright meets Kill Bill meets The Simpsons. The launch takes place at the Buffalo Club Fremantle […]

Bring the family to this special NAIDOC event with Jayden Boundry and Tyrown Waigana, the creators of Boodja Barna. On Sunday 13 July at AH Bracks Library, celebrate culture and connection to Country with plenty of stories and illustrations about our native land animals. You might even learn a few new Noongar words! The event […]

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 […]

Love exists in many forms, and in her new collection of poetry, Love Like This Isn’t Harmless, Bron Bateman writes about the wide variety of love she’s experienced, from self-love to erotic to familial, and even harmful. In this article, publisher Georgia Richter asks Bron about her writing process and what goes into creating poetry […]

Shortlisted for the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award, Nock Loose is Patrick Marlborough’s screwball comedy revenge thriller, centred on a small Australian town that takes its annual medieval festival very seriously. In this interview, Patrick tells us how their novel – and chaotic characters – became into existence. Where did the idea of Agincourt come from? […]

Whether you are searching through handwritten scraps or rediscovering travel journals, compiling a collection of poems can be a difficult but inspiring activity. In this behind-the-scenes interview, poet and performer Andrew Sutherland takes us through how Act Cute, his latest poetry collection with Fremantle Press, came to life. Can you tell me about the notion […]

Fremantle Press is pleased to unveil our First Nations Classics series. Starting with Benang: From the Heart by Kim Scott, the Press has now added new editions of My Place by Sally Morgan and Kayang & Me by Kim Scott and Hazel Brown – all designed by First Nations artist Jenna Lee. Jenna Lee is […]

Join Perth poet, editor, playwright and educator Bron Bateman for the launch of her latest poetry collection, Love Like This Isn’t Harmless. Fellow WA poet Nadia Rhook will be launching the collection and the event will also feature readings from Es Foong, Jennifer Compton, Angela Costi and Simone Spittle. From intimate portrayals of family dynamics […]

Celebrate the release of Act Cute by Andrew Sutherland in Melbourne! Act Cute is the second collection by the award-winning Queer Poz (PLHIV) writer and performance-maker. In it, Andrew addresses the gap between memory and the present, and asks how to perform a coherent self amidst the forces of nostalgia, institutional entanglements and reckonings, and […]

Join Fremantle Press and 2023 Fogarty Literary Award shortlister Emily Paull (The Distance Between Dreams) at Bassendean Library on Thursday 26 June! She’ll be in conversation with romance writer Rachael Johns (The Bad Bridesmaid, The Other Bridget) about their creative processes, writing journeys and emotionally engaging novels. You’re in for an evening of warmth, wit […]

Don’t miss Andrew Sutherland’s visit to Boorloo/Perth to launch their new poetry collection, Act Cute. Held at Rabble bookshop on Thursday 10 July, Andrew will be joined by Rashida Murphy, as well as writers Casey Mulder, Prema Arasu and Marziya Mohammedali, who will also be reading. Act Cute is the second poetry collection from Andrew, […]

It’s nearly time for the 2025 Emerging Writers Festival! The program launch will take place on 7 August at 6:30 pm (AEST) at The Wheeler Centre. Not in Naarm/Melbourne? No problem! The launch will be streamed nationally online, so you can join in the literary fun from home. The program promises to burst with cross-disciplinary […]

This year’s Bookaburras program will be launched with help from author Renae Hayward, the Hon Klasey Hirst MLC, Member for Western Australia, Tania Lawrence MP, Tanya Richardson, Mayor of Swan and mascot Dewy Dex! The event takes place at Moorditj Noongar KindiLink in Middle Swan on Monday 9 June. Now in its third year, the […]

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 […]

In Glimmers in the Sea Glass Chuckie Raven shares the stories of Sarah and Owen, two queer characters existing two decades apart. In this podcast the Fogarty Shortlister tells Katherine Allum how they wrote two novels then wove them into one – discovering some important lessons about their writing in the process. Tune in here […]

When she heard she’d been shortlisted regional writer Serena Moss said she’d been inspired to enter after seeing another ‘Gero’ writer, Holden Sheppard (also from Geraldton), build a writing career. The comparison is apt because this Waggrakine resident gives an equally unapologetic take on small town Australia: from the burn-outs to the booze and from […]

Could you imagine being stuck underground in a dark, flooded mine? Well, this was the reality for one Bonnie Vale miner in 1907. Trapped! is a true story by Julia Lawrinson, told entirely in verse and through the eyes of the trapped miner’s son, Joe. In this activity based on the book, have students think […]

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In this latest board book from the dynamic author-illustrator duo of Jayden Boundry and Tyrown Waigana, Boodja Barna, is a fully illustrated guide to Aussie animals. Have students test their knowledge of the Noongar names for land creatures in our free teaching activity. Fill in the blanks and colour in the gorgeous native animals. Don’t […]

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