The Fremantle Press Podcast

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May 03, 2020 00:48:50
Sara Foster chats to fellow crime writer Alexander Thorpe about how life as an editor prepared and failed her for life as an author on this episode of Love to Read Local Radio with Fremantle Press

Sara Foster chats to fellow crime writer Alexander Thorpe about how life as an editor prepared and failed her for life as an author on this episode of Love to Read Local Radio with Fremantle Press

Sara Foster and Alexander Thorpe have never met, but this podcast feels like the meeting of kindred spirits. From the classic mysteries of Agatha...

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May 01, 2020 00:54:24
If you've ever wondered how a picture book gets from the head of the creator into the hands of our children, this is the podcast episode for you

If you've ever wondered how a picture book gets from the head of the creator into the hands of our children, this is the podcast episode for you

Lots of people want to write picture books. Fremantle Press receives almost 600 picture book submissions a year, and we only publish up to...

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April 30, 2020 00:40:09
This week in Love to Read Local we talk to Westerly Magazine editors Catherine Noske and Josephine Taylor about their own novels, the writing they love and the good, the bad and the brilliant parts of their day jobs as literary editors

This week in Love to Read Local we talk to Westerly Magazine editors Catherine Noske and Josephine Taylor about their own novels, the writing they love and the good, the bad and the brilliant parts of their day jobs as literary editors

Just days before COVID-19 sent us all home, Josephine Taylor and Catherine Noske jumped into the studio with Fremantle Press for an episode of...

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April 14, 2020 00:48:08
Susan Midalia and Laurie Steed discuss their latest novels, Western Australian books to watch and the very special art of mentoring with Emma Young

Susan Midalia and Laurie Steed discuss their latest novels, Western Australian books to watch and the very special art of mentoring with Emma Young

In this special Love to Read Local edition of the Fremantle Press podcast, novelist, journalist and Fogarty Literary Award shortlister, Emma Young, interviews her...

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April 08, 2020 00:49:28
Live from the Business of Being a Writer: bestselling authors Craig Silvey and Alan Carter join the Fremantle Press podcast to talk about the fine print of author contracts

Live from the Business of Being a Writer: bestselling authors Craig Silvey and Alan Carter join the Fremantle Press podcast to talk about the fine print of author contracts

Our Business of Being a Writer seminar, which involved 300 new and emerging authors gathering in a room without air conditioning, feels like two...

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March 31, 2020 00:41:34
There are lots of myths and misconceptions about the editor-author relationship: in this podcast Jon Doust and Georgia Richter take you under the covers of their decade-long collaboration on Jon's trilogy One Boy's Journey to Man

There are lots of myths and misconceptions about the editor-author relationship: in this podcast Jon Doust and Georgia Richter take you under the covers of their decade-long collaboration on Jon's trilogy One Boy's Journey to Man

Jon Doust's debut book for adults, Boy on a Wire, was Publisher Georgia Richter's first editorial job for Fremantle Press. In this episode, Georgia...

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