The Fremantle Press Podcast

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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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March 12, 2020 00:52:51
Superstar children's book writers Julia Lawrinson and AJ Betts join the Fremantle Press podcast to share their new books and their top tips for successful author gigs

Superstar children's book writers Julia Lawrinson and AJ Betts join the Fremantle Press podcast to share their new books and their top tips for successful author gigs

In this episode we're chatting to Maddie in the Middle author Julia Lawrinson about the complexities of female friendships. We ask her whether it's...

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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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