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Fremantle Press is on a roll this year with foreign rights sales for Western Australian authors in Poland, North America, France, Germany, Korea, China, Romania and a worldwide sale in the Arabic language.

Illustrator Moira Court got a double dose of good news when she learnt that her artwork for the picture book My Superhero would be acquired by the State Library of WA in the same week she was shortlisted for the Black Swan Prize for Heritage.

In The House of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley Susan Swingler, author and step-daughter of Elizabeth Jolley, reveals the ‘everything’ that her step-mother once stated, ‘should not be told’. In this interview Susan tells us a little about her book and what audiences can expect from her Australian appearances.

It has been a glittering awards season for Fremantle Press. Norman Jorgensen and James Foley, the creative team behind The Last Viking, have made it to the shortlist of five awards – the most recent being a Children’s Book Council of Australia Award and an Aurealis Award for Science Fiction (alongside The Waterboys by Peter […]

Fremantle Press and Australian literature lost a champion and great friend with the passing of Professor Bruce Bennett on 14 April. Bruce was a founding member of the Fremantle Press board and passionate supporter of our program from its inception.

Composers Anne Boyd and Elena Kats-Chernin are amongst those who will help launch Women of Note: The Rise of Australian Women Composers on International Women’s Day 2012.

Fremantle Press sends its condolences to the family and friends of Alice Smith. Alice was the co-author of Under a Bilari Tree I Born; a moving autobiographical story of her life as an Aboriginal woman living on stations in and around the West Pilbara.

Maylands resident Norman Jorgensen has been shortlisted for a Western Australian Young Readers’ Book Award (WAYRBA) for his second book in a row.

Q&A with Deb Fitzpatrick GR Magazine

Prime Cut by crime writer Alan Carter has won theBest First Fiction category of the 2011 Ned Kelly Awards.

Prime Cut by crime writer Alan Carter has been shortlisted for Best First Fiction in the 2011 Ned Kelly Awards.

Get to know a little more about Tracy Ryan.

Fremantle Press author Goldie Goldbloom has picked up another award in the United States for her first novel The Paperbark Shoe (known in the States as Toads’ Museum of Freaks and Wonders).

Children’s author Louise Schofield has died after a long battle with cancer. A former senior journalist with The Australian, Louise was the author of ten books including Zoo Room and Secrets in the Tingle Forest.

Renee Schipp is the co-curator of of Thonglines – an art installation to be launched at Voicebox on Monday 4 July. In this interview she describes the ‘Thonglines’ project and her work with mainstream students and refugees on Christmas Island.

T.A.G. (Thomas Arthur Guy) Hungerford died in his sleep this morning at the age of 96 with family by his side. Tom was the author of Fremantle Press books Wong Chu and the Queen’s Letterbox and other stories, Stories from the Suburban Road, Knockabout with a Slouch Hat, Red Rover All Over and his collected […]

Get to know a little more about Goldie Goldbloom.

Ezekiel Kwaymullina said My Country was inspired by his Nana and Gran, who passed on their love of country to him. The book has become a family affair with Ezekiel’s mother, internationally acclaimed artist Sally Morgan, creating the illustrations.

Debut author Zoe Thurner discusses Dress Rehearsal her novel for young adults …

Fremantle Press titles joined the world stage at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this March with four titles on exhibition and a book in the internationally prestigious White Ravens list.

A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey turns 30 on Anzac Day 2011. First published by Fremantle Press and now licensed to Penguin, the bestselling memoir was pulled from the submissions pile by Fremantle Press Commissioning Editor Wendy Jenkins. In this article Wendy remembers what it was like to find a classic Australian story.

Congratulations to Ambelin Kwaymullina, Deb Fitzpatrick, Elaine Forrestal and Moira Court whose books made the 2011 Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable book list.

Under Corporate Skies by Martin Brueckner and Dyann Ross made the national shortlist for the Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize worth $30,000.

Fremantle Press would like to thank Kiri Falls, Australia Council Emerging Arts Professional, for her hard work during the past two years.