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Fremantle Press authors Cristy Burne and James Foley make the shortlist for a prize decided by young readers

April 4, 2019

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

A new writing prize for under 35s provides a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation

March 25, 2019

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of Australia’s richest literary awards for young writers, the Fogarty Literary Award is a biennial prize awarded to an unpublished manuscript by a Western Australian author aged between 18 and 35 for a work of fiction, narrative non-fiction or young adult fiction.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 receives a cash prize of $20,000 and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press.

Fremantle Press and the Fogarty Foundation open $20,000 prize for young Western Australian writers

March 13, 2019

On your marks, get set, submit! The Fogarty Literary Award is now open for submissions.

Women of a Certain Age anthology is a finalist in Foreword INDIES Book of the Year

March 13, 2019

Women of a Certain Age, edited by Jodie Moffat, Maria Scoda and Susan Laura Sullivan is one of eight books in the running to win the USA’s Foreword INDIES Book of the Year for Women’s Studies.

Fremantle Press and an all-star line-up of guests get to grips with what authors should know before applying for grants, residencies and awards

March 13, 2019

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

Inspire the young people in your life with Fremantle Press's top 12 writing competitions courtesy of creative writing teacher Deb Fitzpatrick

March 12, 2019

New year, new opportunities, and 2019 has plenty to offer when it comes to writing competitions for children and young adults.

Fremantle Press has double success with two books making the 2019 CBCA Notables list

March 6, 2019

Fremantle Press authors Kelly Canby and Dianne Wolfer have both seen their 2018 books heralded as Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Books.

A bumper year for Hungerford shortlisters as Fremantle Press snaps up two new authors

February 12, 2019

Fremantle Press has snapped up not one but two more debut books from the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award shortlist. Julie Sprigg and Yuot A. Alaak join winner Holden Sheppard on the Fremantle Press publishing program with books scheduled for release in 2020.

Hungerford winner and author of Invisible Boys, Holden Sheppard, is the new host of the Fremantle Press podcast series

February 8, 2019

Is plot really the uncool cousin no-one wants to associate with? Should aspiring writers abstain from sex in favour of taking a large dictionary to bed? And how do you transform the experience of grief into the positive act of creation? As host of the 2019 Fremantle Press podcast series, Holden Sheppard gets to grips with all these questions and more.

Fremantle Press crime novelists land on their feet with longlisting for world's most valuable literary prize

November 22, 2018

Award-winning crime writers Alan Carter and Dave Warner are in the running to win the 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award, worth 100,000 euros. The pair join 12 other Australian authors and 129 international authors on the prize’s longlist.