Vale: Fremantle Impressions writer and local legend Ron Davidson
Fremantle Press extends its sympathies to Dianne and the family and friends of Ron Davidson, who passed away on Saturday 10 October 2020.
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Shortlisted for the Hungerford Award, Sharron Booth's manuscript explores generations of family secrets, some of which she shares with us on the Fremantle Press podcast
Sharron’s manuscript, The Silence of Water, is one of three unpublished manuscripts in the running to win the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. If she wins, she’ll secure herself a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle.
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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
Maria Papas’s manuscript, I Belong to the Lake, is one of three unpublished manuscripts in the running to win the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. If she wins, she’ll secure herself a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle.
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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
Joanna Morrison’s manuscript, Still Dark, is shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. If she wins, she’ll secure herself a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $15,000 cash prize from the City of Fremantle.
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An interview with Joanna Morrison, shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award
Jo Morrison began her writing career as a journalist, first in Perth and then in Fremantle. She soon realised she wanted to write fiction instead of news, although she contends that in some ways the two forms are not that different. While journalism is by definition factual, setting it well apart from fiction, both forms aim to tell engaging stories, and both are propelled by curiosity – about the world, and about the human condition.
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An interview with Sharron Booth, shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award
Sharron Booth was born in Yorkshire and emigrated with her family to Western Australia in the 1970s. Her fiction and creative non-fiction have been published in The Australian, Southerly, LiNQ and other journals, and broadcast on ABC Radio.
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An interview with Maria Papas, shortlisted for the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award
Maria Papas’s stories and essays have appeared in a number of Australian and international journals including Griffith Review, Axon, The Letters Page, The West Australian, SBS online and Review of Australian Fiction. In 2011 her play Arbour Day won the Maj Monologues competition.
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New-release crime promotion
This October we’ve got a thrilling crime promotion for you to sink your teeth into. We’ve teamed up with local WA booksellers to give you not one, but two crime books when you shop our new-release crime titles! Visit any of the following participating stores this month and purchase one of our new crime titles – Death Leaves the Station by Alexander Thorpe, Doom Creek by Alan Carter, Over My Dead Body by Dave Warner and Shore Leave by David Whish-Wilson – and you will receive a free copy of one of our selected Fremantle Press crime titles.
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Summer is coming and when you're not lazing on the beach you can laze on the lounge: Brian Simmonds shares his new coffee-table creation
For many Australians, the beach is the place where summer weekends begin and end, where meditative winter walks provide sanctuary from the hustle and bustle, and where families, friends and lovers gather to picnic, watch the sunset or walk the dog.
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From happy bowels to healthy dogs and cats: in October there's an event to suit everyone
From the Fogarty Award to the Hungerford Award and from the doggie bowl to the toilet bowl, it might be October already but there are still plenty of chances for you to join us at a bookish celebration in person or online.
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