The Fremantle Press Podcast

Fremantle Press is a proudly independent Australian publishing company celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2026. Perhaps you're a lover of literature or just love book chat of any kind; perhaps you're an aspiring author or ...more

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February 05, 2020 00:49:22
Poet Bron Bateman on writing, memory and the female body

Poet Bron Bateman on writing, memory and the female body

Bron Bateman says she makes sense of the world through writing. She is an observer of her own life, absorbing every experience with all...

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December 02, 2019 00:36:25
From the Hungerford award to an epic new novel, Madelaine Dickie chats to Holden Sheppard about writing, the Kimberley and Indigenous affairs on the Fremantle Press podcast

From the Hungerford award to an epic new novel, Madelaine Dickie chats to Holden Sheppard about writing, the Kimberley and Indigenous affairs on the Fremantle Press podcast

Madelaine Dickie’s gripping new novel Red Can Origami explores the tensions between a Japanese uranium mining company and a Native Title group in regional...

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October 31, 2019 00:39:00
Rebecca Higgie talks to children's fantasy writer HM Waugh and about world building, NaNoWriMo and balancing kids and creativity

Rebecca Higgie talks to children's fantasy writer HM Waugh and about world building, NaNoWriMo and balancing kids and creativity

In this packed episode HM Waugh and Rebecca Higgie discuss The Lost Stone of SkyCity. Waugh shares her top tips on world building and...

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October 31, 2019 00:45:36
Holden Sheppard talks to David Whish-Wilson about his hard-hitting new crime novel True West and what it says about our right-wing past and our political present

Holden Sheppard talks to David Whish-Wilson about his hard-hitting new crime novel True West and what it says about our right-wing past and our political present

David Whish-Wilson says seeing the rise of populism and nationalist right-wing movements around the world made him want to reflect on Australia's long history...

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October 17, 2019 00:59:46
Sexuality, masculinity and mental health: Holden Sheppard bares all in the latest episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast.

Sexuality, masculinity and mental health: Holden Sheppard bares all in the latest episode of the Fremantle Press Podcast.

Fogarty Literary Award winner Rebecca Higgie joins Holden Sheppard at the mic for this month’s episode of the Fremantle Press podcast. Holden talks about...

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September 02, 2019 00:25:08
Holden Sheppard talks to Steve Hawke about his new novel Out of Time

Holden Sheppard talks to Steve Hawke about his new novel Out of Time

Out of Time by Steve Hawke is a powerful, sometimes confronting novel and an exploration of aging and what a diagnosis, or a feared...

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