The Fremantle Press Podcast

Events marketing assistant Tiffany Ko speaks to Amanda Curtin about her new book Kathleen O'Connor of Paris. Amanda Curtin followed her subject to France, the UK and New Zealand in order to bring to light the significance of this mostly forgotten Western Australian female artist.

Marcella Polain talks to Holden Sheppard about Driving into the Sun, the book inspired by her childhood that took her ten years to write. Holden quizzes Marcella, who also works as a creative writing teacher at Edith Cowan University, about her top tips for aspiring writers embarking on their first books.   Music: Letter to a Daughter of St George, from the Meat Lunch E.P: Songs from Floaters. Wri...

2016 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford winner Jay Martin takes us behind diplomatic doors and into the Australian Embassy deep in the heart of Europe. Christmas, she says, will never be the same.

One Geordie to another, Jen Bowden chats to Alan Carter about his latest crime novel Heaven Sent.

Alan Fyfe is one of six writers shortlisted for the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award. In this podcast he talks to Claire Miller about his manuscript 'Floaters'. Recorded at Radio Fremantle.

Julie Sprigg is one of six writers shortlisted for the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award. In this podcast she speaks to Claire Miller about her manuscript 'Chewing Porridge'. Recorded at Radio Fremantle.

Holden Sheppard is one six writers shortlisted for the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award. In this podcast he speaks to Claire Miller about his manuscript 'Invisible Boys'. Recorded at Radio Fremantle.

Zoe Deleuil is one of six writers shortlisted for the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award. In this podcast she talks to Claire Miller about her manuscript 'She Came to Stay'. Recorded at Radio Fremantle.

Steve Hawke talks about his new book The Valley. This stunning novel sweeps across four generations of one family, who have lived hidden away, deep in a secret valley in the Kimberley. When young Broome schoolboy Dancer visits his estranged relatives to escape an angry gang of bikies, he finds himself tangled in the enigma of his missing mother Milly. Along the way, he discovers the story of his I...

Trish Versteegen is one of six writers shortlisted for the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award. In this podcast she talks to Fremantle Press about her manuscript 'The Seventh Sister'. Recorded at Radio Fremantle.

From scheme water, pipelines and a countryside in the grip of drought – the water in Tracy Ryan's new collection is a many-sided metaphor. In this podcast she talks to Kellie Eighteen, an English and Cultural Studies student at Edith Cowan University, whose home on the semirural outskirts of Perth gave her many points of commonality with the award-winning Western Australian poet. The podcast featu...

In The Art of Persuasion, twenty-five-year-old Hazel is reading the classics, starting with 'A' and Jane Austen when she meets an irresistible older man on the train. When they are partnered on a political campaign, Hazel's attraction to him deepens and things start to get complicated. Western Australian short story writer and novelist Susan Midalia chats to Jess Gately about writing comedy and wr...

As a young man, Harvey Beam got the hell out of his hometown, confirming his suspicions that you can successfully run away from your problems. Carrie Cox, author of Afternoons with Harvey Beam, speaks to Albany ABC’s Saturday morning presenter, Katie McAllister, about love, death, family life and losing your baggage—literally and figuratively—in Fremantle Press’ first podcast.