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Mother's Day podcast: Crime writing 101 with Dave Warner (the writer and musician, not the cricketer)

May 1, 2019

Spoiler alert! Listening to this podcast will endow you with the ‘very mild superpower’* of being able to pick who the murderer is in on-screen crime dramas. In this episode, Holden Sheppard speaks to crime writer Dave Warner about his new book River of Salt and Dave spills the beans on his fool-proof method of how to know ‘whodunnit’.

The Fremantle Press podcast takes you beyond books to discuss different formats for storytellers and their stories

May 1, 2019

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

ANZAC Day podcast: Anne-Louise Willoughby and Australia's first female war artist Nora Heysen

April 3, 2019

In this episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast, Holden Sheppard speaks to Anne-Louise Willoughby about her biography of Australia’s first official female war artist and first female Archibald Prize winner, Nora Heysen: A Portrait.

Writer Jess Gately on why entering the Fogarty Literary Award is the best thing you can do this year

March 30, 2019

Are you a young writer looking to enhance your career and win a nice pot of prize money in the process? Look no further. WA-based writer and editor Jess Gately explains what entering the Fogarty Literary Award could do for you.

So you want to be an author? Our Fremantle Press staff give you the inside story at an upcoming events

March 29, 2019

This month you can catch fiction and narrative non-fiction publisher Georgia Richter and marketing and communications manager Claire Miller at an event at AH Bracks Library in Melville called ‘So, you want to be an author?’.

The Fremantle Press podcast gets to grips with what all authors need to know about marketing, social media and PR

March 29, 2019

Have you ever wondered what you could be doing right now to build your author profile? Even if you’re an unpublished author working on your first manuscript, setting aside some time to work on your promotion will always hold you in good stead throughout your career.

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.