WA author shortlisted for Ned Kelly

Fremantle Press has been recognised on the Ned Kelly Awards shortlist for the third year in a row. Burn Patterns by Como author Ron Elliott is in the running for a 2017 Best First Fiction prize in Australia’s most prestigious crime writing award.

Treasuring Kim Scott

Benang by Kim Scott is the latest Fremantle Press Treasure. It was the first book by an Indigenous writer to win the Miles Franklin Literary Award and, after nearly two decades, its continued relevance, its scope, language and largeness of spirit shows why it won our most prestigious prize, and why Scott went on to win it again.

Kim Scott says: ‘Telling Harley’s story felt very important at the time. I wanted to tentatively map a path of recovery from some of the damage of our shared history – the rationalisation of colonisation, the deaths and loss and the reductionist discourses about identity.'

War Widows' Guild commemorates 70 years supporting and advocating for war widows

In this guest post, Many Hearts, One Voice author Melinda Tognini shares the importance of remembering the women widowed by war and the achievements that transformed grief into activism.

Learning Polish by Jay Martin

Jay Martin is one of five shortlisted contenders for the 2016 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award to be announced at Fremantle Arts Centre on Wednesday 2 November. Here is an extract from her shortlisted manuscript called Learning Polish.

Win an evening with Liz Byrski

Fremantle Press, Better Reading and the Esplanade Rydges Hotel Fremantle are offering one lucky couple the chance to spend a deliciously bookish evening with author Liz Byrski. Brought to you as part of the Fremantle Press 40 Year Anniversary Celebrations and worth over $1,000, the prize includes three signed Liz Byrski books, and bed and breakfast in a Parkview room at the Esplanade Rydges Hotel Fremantle, as well as supper and inspiring conversation with one of Australia’s best-loved authors.

Local authors in the running for $12,000 literature prize

Congratulations to the five contenders for the 2016 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award. Catherine Gillard, Jay Martin, Jodie Tes, Tineke Van der Eecken and David Thomas Henry Wright are in the running for $12,000 in prize money and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press.

New Western Australian book club

Westbooks and the State Library of Western Australia are joining forces to host a new book club focusing on Western Australian authors and stories. We’re excited to announce that Walpole-based author Sarah Drummond will be in Perth for the first session to discuss her latest book, The Sound.

Podcast: A chapter in Jim Richards's life

What do you do when you are a young man in the 1990s, fresh out of the army, with a geology degree, and an abiding lust for gold? You go looking for a gold rush!

Boy from the suburbs shortlisted for a Ned Kelly

Before It Breaks by Dave Warner was today shortlisted for a 2016 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction. Run by the Australian Crime Writers Association, the award is this country’s oldest and most prestigious prize honouring crime writing. This was the second year in a row that Fremantle Press books have made the shortlist.

The Great Big Book Club Tour Presents: Troppo by Madelaine Dickie

Join Fremantle Press for the launch of Troppo by Madelaine Dickie, winner of the 2014 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award.