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Meet Me at the Intersection will be launched at the Wheeler Centre on Tuesday 11 September. Edited by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Rebecca Lim, the book is an anthology of young adult writing that brings together a diverse range of short fiction, memoir and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability.
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Alan Carter has won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime for his latest novel Marlborough Man. A sizeable crowd joined Alan in the atrium of The Piano in Christchurch on Saturday night for readings from each of the shortlisted writers before Denise Mina made the announcement. Kept secret right up to the opening of the envelope, winners weren’t tipped off beforehand about the results.
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Earlier this year, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts acquired the stage rights to The Hope Fault by Tracy Farr. With the ink barely dry on the contract, or so it seems to me, I had the pleasure and privilege of being at the very first workshop for the stage adaptation by Andrew Hale.
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Fremantle Press author Amanda Curtin will launch her book, Kathleen O’Connor of Paris, at the opening of a new exhibition of the artist’s works at Fremantle Arts Centre.
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Friday 21 September marks the International Day of Peace, and at Fremantle Press we’re celebrating by offering 10% off selected titles on our website.
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Indigenous Literacy Day is in its twelfth year, with events across the entire country taking place on Wednesday 5 September. This year, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is hoping to raise more than $300,000 to provide over 30,000 books to remote Indigenous communities nation wide.
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Reading has a reputation for being a solitary pursuit, but it’s also a great conversation starter and book clubs are a fun way to socialise and connect with like-minded people. This International Youth Day, we’re challenging the youth of Australia to start their own YA book clubs, gather some friends or make some new ones and discover some fantastic Australian books.
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As an author with a new manuscript, you may occasionally have the opportunity to pitch your work to a prospective publisher. The chance to do so should be regarded as a bonus opportunity, particularly if a publisher does not ordinarily receive unsolicited material. In this article, Fremantle Press publisher Georgia Richter puts the pitch in context and shares her top tips for doing it right.
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The City of Fremantle has enhanced its reputation as a major supporter of the arts by renewing its sponsorship of one of WA’s most prestigious literary awards.
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Debut author and illustrator Ian Mutch will brighten up the walls of the State Library of Western Australia this October with an exhibition of artwork from his picture book More and More and More.
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