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Fremantle Press author Jacqueline Wright is celebrating today after her novel Red Dirt Talking was longlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Fremantle Press is sorry to announce that Emma Ciccotosto passed away last week. Sales, Distribution and Foreign Rights Manager Clive Newman remembers her fondly.

Ten Tiny Things illustrator Kyle Hughes-Odgers gives us the lowdown on his commission to paint an artwork for Jamie Oliver’s new Perth restaurant.

Subiaco resident Robert Edeson is the winner of the 2012 T.A.G. Hungerford Award for his unpublished manuscript, The Weaver Fish.

Foreign Rights Manager Clive Newman spent the lead-up to Chinese New Year at Taiwan’s Taipei International Book Exhibition.

Jake book series illustrator Chris Nixon placed second in the Breakthrough Illustrators Contest run by Richard Solomon Artists Representative, one of the biggest illustration agencies in the world.

Foreign Rights Manager Clive Newman is about to jet off to Taiwan’s Taipei International Book Exhibition to meet with Asian publishers, distributors and agents. We caught him on the hop for a foreign rights round-up.

Children will enjoy creating their very own How Frogmouth Found Her Home drawings, delighting in the bush creatures and colourful parade of Australian fauna.

Caterpillar and Butterfly is an Indigenous picture book with vibrant colour and delightfully alliterative text. Read the story in class. Using the colouring-in sheet, encourage students to create their very own colourful butterflies.

Classified variously as young adult, ‘new adult’ and adult, Whisky Charlie Foxtrot is a great read for senior secondary students. In this post, we invite you to listen to author Annabel Smith as she reads from the novel. A student activity and comprehensive teaching notes are available below.

Chris Nixon is the illustrator of the internationally renowned Jake series and Crocodile Cake but he’s so much more than that. He’s building a CV that includes public art, video direction and commercial illustration. Here are some notes about how he approaches each project and a video of Chris at work.

The final cover is in! Catch the first glimpse of The Last Viking Returns by Norman Jorgensen, in this amazing time lapse video by illustrator James Foley.

Based on the book Light Horse Boy by Dianne Wolfer, and using historical sources and Brian Simmonds’ evocative charcoal images, this is the story of Jim and his experience of the first world war.

This book trailer was created for Fremantle Press by students at Curtin University.

Harmless might be an interesting resource to consider when exploring the cross-curriculum priority: Asia and Australia’s relationship with Asia. The free book club notes include an author interview and discussion questions. Or try this teaching activity for Year 10.

Indigenous artist and author Sally Morgan is one of 16 artists participating in A Child is Born, an exhibition to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation at the Wesley Uniting Church in Perth this December.

Naama Amram says; ‘I’m an editor. Mainly, I work with authors to develop content, and I guide finished manuscripts through the production process.’

Cathy Szabo is the Customer Service Manager at Fremantle Press. She is responsible for invoicing, administration support, ebook uploads, website updates and much more she doesn’t think is worth mentioning.

Georgia Richter is the Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-fiction Publisher who prefers to edit many of her own books.

Cate Sutherland is the Children’s Publisher. She refers to her job as ‘taking care of all children’s books for babies through to young adults’.

Popular columnist, ABC broadcaster and landscape gardener Sabrina Hahn said no plants generate more questions than citrus.

Claire Miller is the Marketing and Communications Manager at Fremantle Press. She is a builder’s daughter and helps construct IKEA book cases as required.

Books by Fremantle Press poet Tracy Ryan, author Michelle Gillespie and illustrator Sonia Martinez were amongst the eight winners announced at the 2011 Western Australian Premier’s Awards on Monday 17 September.

Meet Fremantle Press starting from the top with CEO and Non-fiction Publisher Jane Fraser.