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The Fremantle Press board is proud to announce that Tonya McCusker is the inaugural Fremantle Press patron. The businesswoman and former ballerina, who heads up the McCusker Charitable Foundation alongside her husband the Honourable Malcolm McCusker AC CVO QC, commenced her official duties this month.

Fremantle Press illustrator and internationally renowned street artist Kyle Hughes-Odgers has finished his largest public artwork to date.

‘Border Crossing’, a poem by Fremantle Press poet Caitlin Maling, has been shortlisted for the 2014 Newcastle Poetry Prize.

Being excited to contribute to the place you call home is what Kyle Hughes-Odgers’ art is all about. And it’s never too young to start in your own classroom! By helping students to discover their unique talents and their passions, we can support their involvement in the community and their ability to contribute.

Light Horse Boy by Albany author Dianne Wolfer and Perth illustrator Brian Simmonds was named a Children’s Book Council of Australia 2014 Honour Book today.

High school teacher and celebrated author Kate McCaffrey is best known for her award-winning YA novels Destroying Avalon, In Ecstasy and Beautiful Monster. Her latest book for teens is Crashing Down.

In an announcement made by the State Librarian Margaret Allen this morning six Fremantle Press books were shortlisted for a 2014 WA Premier’s Book Award.

Josh is as brave as a Viking warrior. And not much can scare a Viking. But when the two littlest Vikings go beserk, Josh, Grandpa and Viking World are in for a rocky ride. Here’s a sneak peek at the sequel to The Last Viking.

We’re about to celebrate the release of The Last Viking Returns in September 2014. Why not try one of these fun activities?

Watch Kyle Hughes-Odgers at work on his new book On a Small Island.

With lots of kids attending the launch of The Last Viking Returns on 10 September 2014 I decided to get creative. Book launches can be notoriously dull, especially when author and illustrator speeches consist mostly of thanking everyone who gave birth to them or helped create the book or once said something kind about them […]

  Before their most recent collaboration, award-winning creators Norman Jorgensen and James Foley released a fun picture book about a little boy who outwits local bullies by channelling his inner Viking. The Last Viking was its name and Knut was its hero. Find out where all that pillaging began by listening to this reading of […]

West Australian teachers may already know Jen from the serialisation of Mystery at Riddle Gully in the Ed! Section of The West Australian. Her latest book Riddle Gully Runaway can be read as a follow-up to Mystery at Riddle Gully or as a stand-alone book.

Mentors and teachers can have a profound effect on our careers. In this article we hear from three authors who are working with new and emerging writers in Perth. Natasha Lester (If I should lose you), Iris Lavell (Elsewhere in Success) and Deb Fitzpatrick (The Break) are all published authors who’ve been mentoring writing colleagues.

Great choux pastry is easier than you think. The author of Et Voila! shows you how.

PR Coordinator Verity Gorman started at Fremantle Press as an intern in 2011 and quickly became an essential part of the marketing team. On the cusp of her graduation from Curtin University, she’ll soon be off to the very green pastures of Albany and a job at GWN7. We wish her success in all her […]

Annie Boyd’s Koombana Days received a commendation in the 2014 Margaret Medcalf Award held at the State Library of Western Australia on Wednesday 18 June.

Proceeds from the sale of The Miners has raised $135,000 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Copies of the book were auctioned off by Atlas Iron Chairman and Western Australian of the Year, David Flanagan, with the most expensive copy fetching $60,000. The Miners was a Fremantle Press consultancy project for Atlas Iron that pays tribute […]

Ray Glickman will return to his previous stomping ground to launch his debut novel Reality at Readings St Kilda on Thursday 3 July. The former Executive Manager for the City of St Kilda said the council loomed large in his portrayal of the central character’s working life.

Vale to a beautiful man with a huge intellect and a social conscience to match. Niall, your contribution to the good side has been deeply felt and always appreciated. We are all diminished by the books you won’t get to write. But the ripples will go on. With love, and condolences to Sam and family, […]

Cybersafety, digital citizenship, digital literacy … most of us have heard these terms, but what do they really mean in practice? Jeremy Blackman and Sandra Craig work with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation, a national charity protecting children from violence and creating behavioural change in the community to address bullying and cyberbullying.

Albany author and fisherwoman Sarah Drummond was having lunch with her current boss, a landscaper, when she got the call to say she was longlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award.

Albany-based author Dianne Wolfer was shortlisted twice today for the 2014 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Awards.

Fremantle Press author Tracy Farr is celebrating today after her debut novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt was longlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award.