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Joshua Kemp is longlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award for his novel In the Shadow of Burringurrah, an Australian gothic story. Here, he talks about what inspired him to write it, male and female relationships, and why novel writing is his true love.

Belinda Hermawan sits down with Marketing and Communications Manager Claire Miller to talk about her collection of short stories S to Z, which is longlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award for writers aged 18 to 35.

With the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award announcement just over the horizon, it’s time to introduce our longlisters. In the latest podcast, Alex Dook talks to Marketing and Communications Manager Claire Miller about his manuscript No Answer, his penchant for randomly emailing authors who sometimes answer back, and his partner in crime writing – Rufus the […]

Ben is longlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award for his collection of contemporary short stories, Home Invasion. He’s the founder of the Bunbury Writers Hub and the Bunbury Writers Group.

Spoiler alert! Listening to this podcast will endow you with the ‘very mild superpower’* of being able to pick who the murderer is in on-screen crime dramas. In this episode, Holden Sheppard speaks to crime writer Dave Warner about his new book River of Salt and Dave spills the beans on his fool-proof method of […]

Hello and welcome to another must-listen episode of the Fremantle Press podcast for all authors, whether just starting out, emerging or established.

Yeah, we know you’re getting bombarded with Mother’s Day gift ideas, but stick with us, because we’ve got something that will knock your mum’s socks off. Forgo the flowers and ignore the alcohol, and instead combine a gift that keeps on giving (a book, of course) with a memorable Mother’s Day date experience.

Ten Western Australian writers are longlisted and in the running for one of Australia’s newest and richest literary awards for young writers.

This will be a bit of a breathless post! I’m taking a big gulp of air between the Fremantle Press Annual General Meeting (AGM), Easter and my flight to the Sydney Writers’ Festival for some intense pitching sessions with visiting international publishers later this week.

Fremantle Press author and new mum Fiona Burrows explains how she came up with the idea of her new picture book Violet and Nothing, and why it’s never too early to encourage children to be creative.

Fremantle Press author Kathryn Lefroy doesn’t just write about alpacas, she loves everything to do with them. Her new children’s book Alex and the Alpacas Save the World sees these adorable creatures take centrestage, and why not when they’re this cute to look at.

Fremantle Press is delighted to have Lata Periakarpan interning with us for the next few months. A video whiz, writer extraordinaire and all-round creative soul, here she tells us a bit about herself.

Fremantle Press publisher Cate Sutherland will host a panel featuring Yuot Alaak, Rafeif Ismail and Scott-Patrick Mitchell as they discuss diversity in all its forms, from race and gender to sexuality and class.

Women of a Certain Age, Fremantle Press’s much-loved anthology of writing by older women, has been awarded a silver medal in the Nautilus Book Awards 2018, a silver in the IPPYs and has been named a finalist in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

To the Lighthouse by Cristy Burne and Dungzilla by James Foley have been shortlisted for the 2019 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA).

Dave Warner’s latest crime novel River of Salt comes complete with its own music, and you can listen to it right now.

In this episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast, Holden Sheppard speaks to Anne-Louise Willoughby about her biography of Australia’s first official female war artist and first female Archibald Prize winner, Nora Heysen: A Portrait.

Anne-Louise Willoughby and Amanda Curtin are joining forces to present a discussion on two of Australia’s most renowned female painters, Nora Heysen and Kathleen O’Connor.

A book exploring the art and the residents of towns along the new self-drive PUBLIC Silo Trail sees author Dianne Wolfer inside a book, for once, rather than writing one.

Are you a young writer looking to enhance your career and win a nice pot of prize money in the process? Look no further. WA-based writer and editor Jess Gately explains what entering the Fogarty Literary Award could do for you.

Have you ever wondered what you could be doing right now to build your author profile? Even if you’re an unpublished author working on your first manuscript, setting aside some time to work on your promotion will always hold you in good stead throughout your career.

Submissions for the inaugural Fogarty Literary Award are now open. One of Australia’s richest literary awards for young writers, the Fogarty Literary Award is a biennial prize awarded to an unpublished manuscript by a Western Australian author aged between 18 and 35 for a work of fiction, narrative non-fiction or young adult fiction. The winner […]

Teach Australia’s colonial history through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy embroiled in one of the greatest criminal underworlds in the Gold Rush era. Or start a discussion around grief and loss in young people with a beautifully written literary novel.

Anne-Louise Willoughby is the author of Nora Heysen: A Portrait. She gave a presentation on Nora Heysen in Melbourne on Sunday 10 March as part of NGV Australia’s launch of its new major exhibition Hans and Nora Heysen Two Generations of Australian Art.