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Children's writer Elaine Forrestal shares her top five favourite nuggety facts about what it was like to live through the Coolgardie Gold Rush

June 1, 2020

Goldfields Girl by Elaine Forrestal is a historical novel for middle readers featuring real-life nineteenth-century teenager Clara Saunders. In this blog post, Elaine takes us into the exciting, dusty, fly-ridden world of a gold rush.

Author Elaine Forrestal shares her top tips for how to make the most of 'disappearing down the rabbit hole of research' when writing historical fiction

May 2, 2020

I’m Elaine Forrestal and Goldfields Girl is my latest historical fiction for students, teachers and history buffs of any age. My fiction, in various genres, has been published since 1983. This is my third historical fiction novel. In this blog post I will share my top tips for using your local, state or national library to do research.

From Morse code to periscopes, Fremantle Press's free WWI kit has plenty of activities to do at home with your kids this Anzac Day

April 16, 2020

Anzac Day marks the anniversary of Australia’s first major military action, and is also a national day of remembrance that commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

Helen Milroy, author of Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories and Backyard Birds, is joined by Honey the brush tail on YouTube

April 2, 2020

Helen Milroy, and her friend Honey the brush tail possum, have a special message for everyone spending extra time at home this week. They say that the best way to enjoy your time is to read some books about native Australian animals.

School visits might be off the calendar but that doesn’t mean our authors are inaccessible: nine ways to touch base

April 1, 2020

Classes might be homeward bound, and book launches may be cancelled, but booksellers, publishers and writers will keep on keeping on. Here are eight happenings, or potential happenings, coming to a virtual world near you. If you know of any others you’d like us to share – please keep us informed!

Fun stuff for you and your book-loving kids to get stuck into while you're all at home

March 31, 2020

Whether they are in the classroom, the virtual classroom or just hanging out at home, there are plenty of free and fun activities to keep the youngest members of our community engaged.

HM Waugh's The Lost Stone of SkyCity is in the running for an Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

March 27, 2020

The Lost Stone of SkyCity has been shortlisted in the 2019 Aurealis Awards for speculative fiction. The awards, which accept novels, novellas, anthologies, graphic novels and short stories, are given for works of outstanding literary merit and originality that make a significant contribution to the genre of speculative fiction.

Get your hands on stickers, bookmarks, colouring sheets and activities in the last freebie frenzy of 2019

November 1, 2019

It’s the last freebie frenzy of the year and we’ve got lots of amazing classroom resources and activities for you to get your hands on.

The race is on for one school to win $500 worth of Fremantle Press books by being creative in their classrooms, with some awesome entries already in the bag

August 28, 2019

This year’s Creative Classrooms competition is well underway, with some super entries coming into the office from schools across WA.

James Foley has cleaned himself up and now he finally has a date, thanks to the Classroom Express

August 27, 2019

James Foley, Fremantle Press author, illustrator and employee of Sally Tinker, has scrubbed up and nabbed himself an event at Christ Church Grammar Primary School in Claremont.