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The life of beloved children’s author Julia Lawrinson is stranger than fiction – and she draws on all her power as a storyteller to turn a life of intense headlines into a wild, marvellous tale. In the penultimate episode, memoirist Julia Lawrinson discusses the notion of rootlessness by taking a look at her peripatetic childhood […]

From the high country of Victoria to the desert sand of Egypt, from the waters off Gallipoli to the battlefields of France, The Last Light Horse is the extraordinary story of Sandy, the only returning warhorse. ‘The idea for this book was sparked over ten years ago when I was researching Light Horse Boy,’ says […]

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.

Get ready to celebrate a Kylie Minogue Christmas in the most unique and festive way imaginable! Books at the Brewery is back for its annual Christmas Extravaganza – this year with a glittering, Kylie-inspired twist. Hosted by Northern Books, this highly anticipated event will feature a star-studded panel of contributors from the Music Anthology of […]

Book clubbers, this one’s for you! Join local crime authors Josh Kemp and Alexander Thorpe for an engaging and interactive evening as they explore the intriguing connections between their two unique new books Jasper Cliff and Death Holds the Key – both set in the dramatic outback of Western Australia.

Meet new friends with little Boab in The Boab Tree. This free video features Helen Milroy, author and illustrator of The Boab Tree, reading a story of friendship, resilience, and the Stolen Generation. Little Boab is lost and far, far from home. Surrounded by tall, unfriendly trees, he feels all alone. But the friendship of […]

Chenée’s love of words is rivalled only by her love of dance. Combining the two, Breaking Pointe is her second novel. In this video, author Chenée Marrapodi walks us through the latest instalment in the ballerina series. Teaching activities and teaching notes are also available.

Barking Gecko Arts will stage a theatre production of James Foley’s iconic and award-winning book Stellarphant. Artistic Director Sam Longley will bring the book to life in a season currently scheduled for January 2026. Announced at the launch of House, the picture book and theatre production by Dan Giovannoni and Charlotte Lane, CEO of Fremantle […]

Paul Kelly, Nick Cave and now… Kylie Minogue! In Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist, edited by Angela Savage and Kirsten Krauth, 24 Australian authors write their take on a Kylie song, covering genres of crime, memoir, speculative fiction, poetry and science fiction. In this article, Angela and Kirsten share their experiences behind curating the latest […]

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 was garnering praise, Deborah Pike was dreaming of a cast of characters whose passion and rivalry would bind them across time and continents.

Hosted by the Australian Society of Authors, this panel discusses cultivating a writing community. Featured on the panel is Michael Earp, editor and curator of the anthology Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors.

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.

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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.

‌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.

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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.

I Am the Mau and other stories by acclaimed debut author Chemutai Glasheen is one of five Australian books on The White Ravens: A Selection of International Children’s and Youth Literature books for 2024. Selected by the International Youth Library‘s children’s literature experts, they represent literary and pictorial excellence with a particular focus on books […]

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes has won the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for የተስፋ ፈተና / Trials of Hope. Written in English and Amharic poetry and prose, this fascinating autobiographic work shares Yirga’s journey from boy shepherd in Ethiopia to human rights academic at Curtin University. Yirga is a writer, researcher and poet from Lalibela, […]

Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes is one of four writers shortlisted for the 2024 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award and in the running to win a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a writing fellowship at the Centre for Stories. We asked Yirga to tell us more about […]

In this fascinating podcast Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes talks about ‘Teret Teret’ – the ceremonial phrase for introducing stories in Ethiopian culture – and the importance of poetry to the act of storytelling itself. Yirga says, ‘I like to write about the sacred places, holy people and beautiful stories from my country. This for me is […]

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.

Nedingar: Ancestors, a dual-language picture book in Noongar and English by Isobel Bevis and Leanne Zilm, has won the Karajia Award by the Wilderness Society of Australia. Isobel Bevis – a Wilman, Ballardong Noongar writer who was born and raised in Collie in the south-west of Western Australia – said she was thrilled a book about […]

In this podcast Fiona Wilkes, who, unusually, doesn’t have a writing mentor, isn’t doing a creative writing degree and isn’t a member of a writing group, talks about how she wanted to challenge depictions of queer stories. Fiona says, ‘Honestly, part of the drive to write this novel was a dissatisfaction at the way queer […]