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The Fremantle Press Podcast

Perhaps you’re a lover of Aussie literature or just love book chat of any kind; perhaps you’re an aspiring author or illustrator; or perhaps you’re someone who hopes one day to work in publishing. If you fit any of these descriptions, this is a podcast you may want to subscribe to.

Where can you listen? On your favourite podcast apps such as Apple iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify or SoundCloud, or use the players provided below.

Want to know more about what’s in store? Read our blog post introducing the Fremantle Press Podcast.

Joanna Morrison talks about her supernatural crime thriller, Still Dark, one of three manuscripts in the running to win the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award

October 9, 2020

Shortlisted for the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, Maria Papas shares her manuscript about what it is like to bear witness as a sibling battles a serious and frightening illness

October 9, 2020

From hopping vampires to rice ball blasters, Shirley Marr chats to Rebecca Higgie about her new adventure for middle readers

September 30, 2020

In this special City of Fremantle Hungerford Award podcast, Jay Martin and Julie Sprigg get to grips with writing narrative non-fiction

Publisher Cate Sutherland sits down with self-publishing gurus to bust myths and share tips on creating a successful book

In the latest Fremantle Press Podcast, host Rebecca Higgie invites historical fiction aficionados Dianne Wolfer and Elaine Forrestal to talk about the effects of war on young people and the harsh realities of gold fever in the unforgiving climate of Coolgardie

This week in Love to Read Local we talk to Westerly Magazine editors Catherine Noske and Josephine Taylor about their own novels, the writing they love and the good, the bad and the brilliant parts of their day jobs as literary editors

In this podcast, Holden Sheppard takes us through a day in the life of a bookseller and a bestselling author

In this very special episode of Love to Read Local Radio with Fremantle Press, Yuot A. Alaak shares his refugee experience and talks about the importance of sharing real and nuanced African stories with Rebecca Higgie

Susan Midalia, Donna Mazza, Emily Paull and Bindy Pritchard talk turning points and the long and short of fiction writing on this week’s episode of Love to Read Local Radio with Fremantle Press

In Love to Read Local Radio with Fremantle Press, authors Helen Milroy and Brenton E. McKenna tell Madelaine Dickie stories are for everyone and are fundamental to our existence

If you’ve ever wondered how a picture book gets from the head of the creator into the hands of our children, this is the podcast episode for you

Susan Midalia and Laurie Steed discuss their latest novels, Western Australian books to watch and the very special art of mentoring

In her introduction to a new podcast featuring Craig Silvey and Alan Carter, CEO Jane Fraser says connectivity is the greatest strength we have

There are lots of myths and misconceptions about the editor–author relationship: in this podcast Jon Doust and Georgia Richter take you under the covers of their decade-long collaboration on Jon’s trilogy One Boy’s Journey to Man

Superstar children’s book writers Julia Lawrinson and A.J. Betts join the Fremantle Press podcast to share their new books and their top tips for successful author gigs

Poet Bron Bateman on writing, memory and the female body

February 11, 2020

From the Hungerford award to an epic new novel, Madelaine Dickie chats to Holden Sheppard about writing, the Kimberley and Indigenous affairs on the Fremantle Press podcast

December 3, 2019

Rebecca Higgie talks to children’s fantasy writer HM Waugh about world-building, NaNoWriMo and balancing kids and creativity

October 31, 2019

Holden Sheppard talks to David Whish-Wilson about his hard-hitting new crime novel True West and what it says about our right-wing past and political present

October 31, 2019

Sexuality, masculinity and mental health: Holden Sheppard bares all in the latest episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast

October 18, 2019

Did you know that Australian convicts helped create the San Francisco we know today? Novelist David Whish-Wilson talks about his latest book The Coves.

October 11, 2019

Novelist Steve Hawke tells the story of his latest book Out of Time to Holden Sheppard in this episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast

September 3, 2019

Nandi Chinna writes of a room, lit by fluorescent lights, where a team of scientists freeze the tissue of endangered plants for future generations