# Fremantle Press > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fremantle_Press > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fremantle_Press.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Press > Source revision: 1347462519 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Publisher based in Fremantle, Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox publisher | image = Fremantle Press logo.svg | parent = | status = | founded = 1976 | founder = [Fremantle Arts Centre](/source/Fremantle_Arts_Centre) | successor = | country = Australia | headquarters = [Fremantle](/source/Fremantle) | CEO = | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = [Book](/source/Book)s | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | url = {{official url}}}} '''Fremantle Press''' (formerly known as '''Fremantle Arts Centre Press''') is an independent publisher in [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). Fremantle Press was established by the [Fremantle Arts Centre](/source/Fremantle_Arts_Centre) in 1976. It focuses on publishing Western Australian writers and writing. It publishes works of fiction, literary prose and poetry, [social history](/source/social_history), [autobiography](/source/autobiography), biography, trade books in areas such as food and photography, children's [picture books](/source/picture_books) and fiction for young readers. ==History== The Fremantle Arts Centre Press was started in the mid-1970s when it published the first of its books which included a poetry anthology. The first author of a whole book was [Elizabeth Jolley](/source/Elizabeth_Jolley) who wrote ''Five Acre Virgin and other Stories''[http://www.lavanlegal.com.au/index.php/community-engagement/fremantle-press Fremantle Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223002059/http://www.lavanlegal.com.au/index.php/community-engagement/fremantle-press |date=23 February 2014 }}, Lavanlegal.com, accessed August 2013 which was one her first published works in 1976. Known initially for fiction works, the press had a substantial financial success with a non-fiction work about an Australian autobiography entitled ''[A Fortunate Life](/source/A_Fortunate_Life)'' written by an 85-year-old [Albert Facey](/source/Albert_Facey). This work was licensed to Penguin books and sold over 750,000 copies. The arrangement with Penguin grew to a permanent distribution deal with the publication of ''My Place'' by the Indigenous author [Sally Morgan](/source/Sally_Morgan_(artist)) in 1987. This was a national success and in 2000 when they published ''[Benang](/source/Benang)'', another award-winning novel by the indigenous author [Kim Scott](/source/Kim_Scott). The press celebrated its first ten years of publishing in 1986.{{Citation |title=Fremantle Arts Centre Press : tenth anniversary catalogue, 1986 |publication-date=1986 |publisher=The Press |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18789532 |access-date=1 November 2024}}{{Citation |author1=Newman, P. W. G. (Peter W. G.) |title=Fremantle Press |publication-date=1991 |publisher=[Murdoch University](/source/Murdoch_University) Institute for Science and Technology Policy |isbn=978-0-86905-195-5}} In the 1990s, the press was involved in publishing archival materials.{{Citation |author1=Gothard, J |title=Book reviews: Douglas E. Darbyshire, In time for Lunch, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle 1991, pp.108, $19.95 pb./Henry Richardson, A Pleasant Passage: The Journals of Henry Richardson, Surgeon-Superintendant aboard the convict ship Sultana, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle 1990, pp.211, including illustrations, $16.99 |publication-date=1992 |publisher=[University of Western Australia](/source/University_of_Western_Australia) Centre for Western Australian History |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/254179246 |access-date=1 November 2024}} The press changed its name to ''Fremantle Press'' in 2007.[http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/about/history History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726001932/http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/about/history |date=26 July 2013 }}, Fremantle Press, accessed 19 August 2013 In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the press had a dedicated series edited by William Grono called ''West Coast Writing''{{snd}}of books of short stories and poetry. It included works by [Nicholas Hasluck](/source/Nicholas_Hasluck), [Tom Hungerford](/source/Tom_Hungerford), Alan Alexander, [Andrew Burke](/source/Andrew_Burke_(poet)), Lee Knowles, Alec Choate, [Justina Williams](/source/Justina_Williams), Peter Cowan, Julie Lewis, and James Legasse.{{Citation |author1=Britton, David |title=The Press from the West: Fremantle Arts Centre Press |journal=Editions (Potts Point, NSW) |publication-date=1989 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=8-9 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/39114785 |access-date=1 November 2024}} The press published a poetry anthology of Western Australian works by Ryan and Kinsella in 2017.{{Citation |author1=Kinsella, John |author2=Ryan, Tracy |title=The Fremantle Press anthology of Western Australian poetry |publication-date=2017 |publisher=Fremantle Press |isbn=978-1-925162-20-2}} Subsequent published authors include Albert Facey, [Sally Morgan](/source/Sally_Morgan_(artist)), [Elizabeth Jolley](/source/Elizabeth_Jolley), [Tim Winton](/source/Tim_Winton), [Liz Byrski](/source/Liz_Byrski), Julia Lawrinson, [Kim Scott](/source/Kim_Scott), [John Kinsella](/source/John_Kinsella_(poet)), [John A. Long](/source/John_A._Long), [Tracy Ryan](/source/Tracy_Ryan_(writer)), [Richard Woldendorp](/source/Richard_Woldendorp), Frances Andrijich, Carolyn Polizzotto, Wayne Ashton, Anna Haebich, [Philip Salom](/source/Philip_Salom), [Eoin Cameron](/source/Eoin_Cameron), [Kate Lamont](/source/Kate_Lamont), Kate McCaffrey, Katherine Summers, [Simon Haynes](/source/Simon_Haynes), [Craig Silvey](/source/Craig_Silvey) and Stephen Kinnane. Since 1988, Fremantle Press has sponsored the [TAG Hungerford Award](/source/TAG_Hungerford_Award), a biennial award given to an unpublished writer for a work of adult fiction, narrative non-fiction or young adult fiction.{{Cite web |title=City of Fremantle Hungerford Award |url=https://fremantlepress.com.au/submissions/hungerford/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Fremantle Press |language=en-AU}} Fremantle Press established the [Fogarty Literary Award](/source/Fogarty_Literary_Award) in association with the Fogarty Foundation in December 2018. This biennial award is for an unpublished manuscript by a Western Australian writer aged 18 to 35 valued at $20,000. In addition, the winning author receives a publishing contract for their manuscript.{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-12-05 |title=$20k unpublished manuscript award launched for WA young writer |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/12/05/121031/20k-unpublished-manuscript-award-launched-for-wa-young-writers/ |access-date=2021-06-11 |website=[Books+Publishing](/source/Books%2BPublishing)|language=en-AU}} In June 2025, Fremantle Press and CircusWA jointly purchased the historic SEC Substation building on Fremantle's [Parry Street](/source/Parry_Street%2C_Fremantle) for use as the home for both organisations.{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Emma |date=24 June 2025 |title=Fremantle Press, CircusWA buy landmark first home with Fini, state support |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/fremantle-press-buys-landmark-first-home-with-fini-state-support-20250624-p5m9xn.html |access-date=14 September 2025 |website=[WAtoday](/source/WAtoday)|language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website}} {{Subject bar |auto=y |portal1=Western Australia |portal2=Literature |portal3=Business }} Category:Book publishing companies of Australia Category:Companies based in Perth, Western Australia Category:Publishing companies established in 1976 Category:Western Australian literature Category:1976 establishments in Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fremantle Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Press) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Press?action=history)). 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