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Deep-fakes, misinformation and untrustworthy leaders … Diving deep into the world’s problems might sound depressing, but to award-winning crime author Alan Carter there’s hope in reading about it. In this interview, Alan takes us through the creation of his latest novel, Last Bastion, and how crime novelists play an important part in our developing world. […]

Fremantle Press is seeking voice actors for its exciting new audiobook pilot. The audiobook pilot will focus on accessibility in education, and making local stories and Australia’s rich cultural heritage available to more listeners. Fremantle Press has announced the first three books will be junior to middle readers, with a further three titles to be […]

Greg Taylor has won the 35th Hungerford Award for Wildlife in the Open Eucalyptus Forests. Written from the viewpoint of 24 species – none of which are human – this collection of narrative non-fiction essays is an invitation to see the world from a different perspective. After growing up in Miami and living in San […]

Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder by Tim Winton with Cindy Lane has garnered a Whitley Commendation Award for Children’s Conservation Awareness. This is the second year in a row that Cindy Lane has received this honour for her illustrations. Cindy Lane said she was grateful to have been part of the team bringing Tim Winton’s words […]

Books in the Brewery’s ever-popular Crime with Wine series returns on Thursday 19 November with a stellar line-up of crime authors. Nadine Browne (Gone Guru) joins Petronella McGovern and Louise Wolhuter to discuss their new books and all things crime: favourite detectives, inspiration for their novels, writing insights, and the best way to murder somebody […]

Spend a Sunday morning this Pride Month delving into queer historical writing with Fiona Wilkes. LGBTQIA+ history does not run parallel to straight history. At every point, queer lives and stories intersect and intertwine with the mainstream. So why is the queer community so often absent from the history books?  Fiona Wilkes is a queer […]

Join Barry Nicholls (Second Innings) for an introductory session on writing memoir. Getting started is the hardest part, and this workshop will help you identify your through line (the element that binds the story together), have a go at writing family history and learn how to incorporate your through line into your story. Ahead of […]

Join author Madelaine Dickie (Troppo, Some People Want to Shoot Me) for an author talk with Pen and Possibility in Denmark. She will be talking about: Madelaine Dickie loves to write, loves to surf and loves fishing with her hundred-pound handline. Over the last 14 years, she’s wandered and worked in Jakarta, Broome, Wyndham, Tokyo, […]

Bernice Barry has won the richest individual prize in Australia for her novel The Names of a Hare. Awarded by the Historical Novel Society of Australasia, in partnership with the ARA Group, to novels where the majority of the story is set more than 50 years ago, the Historical Novel Prize recognises Australian and New […]

Join award-winning illustrator Karen Blair for a storytime of Little Blue, Where Are You? Following the bestselling The Midnight Chew, Little Blue Where Are You? is a waggly tale created with one of Australia’s most beloved First Nations writers, Sally Morgan. Skippy Gillespie is taking himself for a walk in the park – but he […]

Hungerford shortlister, Greg Taylor says that he used his manuscript to share the ‘vulnerable voices that so often go unheard’. He and podcast host Holden Sheppard discuss biodiversity in Western Australia and Greg reads from his manuscript, telling the story of a trapdoor spider’s journey from birth and making the spider’s world feel ten-times its […]

7 October 2026 Tim Scott has joined Fremantle Press as the Audio Production Assistant. Located at Fremantle Press’s first permanent home, the SEC Substation at 10 Parry Street, Tim will play a pivotal role in the development of an exciting audiobook pilot and a new series of Fremantle Press podcasts. Alex Allan, CEO of Fremantle […]

The Wilderness Society has awarded Tim Winton and Cindy Lane their highest honour – the Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Tim Winton won the inaugural Award back in 1994 and, thirty-two years later, has come full circle winning it a second time for the picture book Ningaloo. Tim pointed out that he had been writing […]

The long-running, annual Australian Short Story Festival takes place 27–29 November at various locations across Fremantle. A number ofl Fremantle Press authors join the line-up this year, including David Allan-Petale, Sharron Booth, Michael Burrows, Zoe Deleuil, Jon Doust, Brooke Dunnell, Donna Mazza, Susan Midalia, Joanna Morrison, Karleah Olson, Reneé Pettitt-Schipp, Deborah Pike, Holden Sheppard and […]

In this episode, Michal Stone talks about how her experiences working in mental health helped her create a strong foundation from which she created her verse novel Torch. Her and podcast host Holden Sheppard also discuss how Michal spent over a decade creating this novel, and how this experience is helping her approach her next […]

Four Western Australian writers are shortlisted for the Hungerford Award. This year, 128 manuscripts were received, the largest number in the Award’s 35-year history. Speaking on behalf of Fremantle Press, Publisher Georgia Richter said this just proved how vital it was to have an award exclusively for Western Australian writers. Georgia said, ‘It is a […]

Bernice Barry is still in the running for the richest individual prize in the region for her novel The Names of a Hare. Awarded by the Historical Novel Society of Australasia, in partnership with the ARA Group, to novels where the majority of the story is set more than 50 years ago. The Historical Novel […]

The immensely popular Festival of Fiction returns for 2026 and we’re thrilled to have several Fremantle Press authors attending. Running over two days, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026, the festival will feature two theatres: one for Readers and one for Writers. Tickets have unfortunately sold out, but you can join the waitlist here: […]

Award-winning, bestselling crime writer Alan Carter is taking his latest crime novel, Last Bastion, on the road. Below is where you can catch him talking about the book, plus chat to him and get your own signed copy. 3 November Join Alan Carter and Jo Dixon at the Afterword Cafe for the launch of Last […]

Noongar Boodja Waangkan: Noongar First Words is for those interested in learning about the vibrant, living First Nations language and culture of the Noongar people. Created by Wadjak Balardong Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji author Jayden Boundry, and Wardandi Noongar and Ait Koedhal illustrator Tyrown Waigana, it is an illustrated book of first Noongar words.

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'Noongar Walken'

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In Amazing Astro Animals, author–illustrator James Foley tells the true stories of the animals who went to space, including dogs, monkeys, earthworms, even jellyfish. To celebrate the book’s blend of science and storytelling, we’ve created a free classroom activity that invites students to choose their favourite astro animal and turn its journey into a comic […]

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'Create your own amazing comic'

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We all have stories to tell and experiences we would like to share. Inspired by Sally Morgan’s My Place for Younger Readers, this classroom activity invites students to interview someone about their life, memories and experiences. By recording and preserving these personal stories, students will explore how oral histories help us understand the past and […]

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'Oral history activity'

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It’s a big world for a little duckling! In Little Blue, Where Are You? by Sally Morgan and Karen Blair, Skippy Gillespie is taking himself for a walk in the park – but he is not alone! Rocky Road Jack has followed him, and that nasty cat now has his eyes firmly on a tiny […]

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'Help Little Blue get home'

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What began with the surreal image of a dead whale swimming between Perth skyscrapers grew into Rebecca Higgie’s sweeping exploration of love, memory, climate crisis and the stories we tell about the dead. We spoke to Rebecca about the six-year journey behind The Book of the After, the real-world urgency shaping its imagined futures, and […]