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  • Self-professed ‘animal nerd’ Greg Taylor speaks to Holden Sheppard on the Fremantle Press Hungerford podcast

    Self-professed ‘animal nerd’ Greg Taylor speaks to Holden Sheppard on the Fremantle Press Hungerford podcast
    2026/10/14
    Hungerford shortlister, Greg Taylor says that he used his manuscript to share the ‘vulnerable voices that so often go unheard’. He and podcast host Holden Sheppard discuss biodiversity in Western Australia and Greg reads from his manuscript, telling the story of a trapdoor spider’s journey from birth and making the spider’s world feel ten-times its size. Tune in here or on your favourite podcast app to find out more. Show notes About Greg Greg is an ecologist specialising in the behavioural ecology of birds. While earning little to no money, he has variously stalked superb fairy-wrens at the foot of the […]
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    13 分
  • Hungerford shortlisted author Michal Stone discusses her verse novel Torch

    Hungerford shortlisted author Michal Stone discusses her verse novel Torch
    2026/10/09
    In this episode, Michal Stone talks about how her experiences working in mental health helped her create a strong foundation from which she created her verse novel Torch. Her and podcast host Holden Sheppard also discuss how Michal spent over a decade creating this novel, and how this experience is helping her approach her next book. Fremantle Press publisher Cate Sutherland said the verse novel about unrequited and fierce love and about growing up in a world that is far from perfect. Tune in here or on your favourite podcast app to find out more. Show notes About Michal Michal […]
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    12 分
  • 2026 Hungerford Award shortlister David Harris introduces ‘Moments in the Dust’

    2026 Hungerford Award shortlister David Harris introduces ‘Moments in the Dust’
    2026/09/29
    In this podcast, David Harris discusses his shortlisted manuscript that follows two best friends who leave Kalgoorlie to head into the far north of Western Australia to work on a cattle station, and says, ‘What it’s about is toxic friendship, generational trauma, survivorship, and the reasons why young men struggle to become men in truth.’ Fremantle Press Publisher Cate Sutherland said the judges loved the visceral evocation of country life and cattle-mustering. She said, ‘It is hot and dirty and a useful environmental to explore relationships between mates, and between a father and son in particular.’ Tune in here, or on […]
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    11 分
  • Meet Jessica Kennedy, whose work of narrative non-fiction is The Ridicule and Resurrection of Marija Gimbutas

    Meet Jessica Kennedy, whose work of narrative non-fiction is The Ridicule and Resurrection of Marija Gimbutas
    2026/09/21
    Hungerford shortlister Jessica Kennedy is one of four writers in the running to win a $15,000 cash prize, a publishing contract and a writing fellowship. In this podcast, Jessica tells host Holden Sheppard how a fascination with the thoughts and ideas of the formerly reviled archaeologist Marija Gimbutas led to writing her shortlisted manuscript. It’s a hopeful and fascinating story that tracks how DNA advances might change our thinking and our history. Fremantle Press Publisher Cate Sutherland said the book was like seating yourself at a kitchen table with a nice big pot of tea and being told a story by […]
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    12 分
  • Fiona Wilkes is live! Join her as she shares how queer joy can sit alongside queer tragedy

    Fiona Wilkes is live! Join her as she shares how queer joy can sit alongside queer tragedy
    2026/09/03
    Fiona Wilkes’s debut novel I Remember Everything was shortlisted for the 2024 Hungerford Award. Beginning in Bristol and moving to 1980s London, the novel follows Billie, a young queer woman, as she navigates the highs and lows of life, coming out, and finding her chosen family, only to lose them again during the AIDS epidemic. In the first episode of our author’s live series, publisher Georgia Richter interviews Fiona about the love story at the heart of her novel – not a romance but a story about the love between friends. Recorded live at Planet Books Mount Lawley. About Fiona Fiona […]
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    37 分
  • The art of ageing with wonder and humour with Brigid Lowry

    The art of ageing with wonder and humour with Brigid Lowry
    2026/02/02
    What if we could approaching ageing not with dread, but with curiosity and humour? Brigid Lowry’s insights into ageing gracefully and gratefully are a warm embrace for the soul. From navigating the quirks of creaking joints to pondering life’s mysteries, A Time of Living Graciously reminds us to approach life with humour and kindness. Ageing is unavoidable, so what if we could make it wonderful and interesting? In this episode, Brigid shares how we can embrace life’s ups and downs with a light heart, and yes, even approach death with honesty and grace. Show notes About Brigid Brigid Lowry was […]
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    13 分
  • Poetry, chronic illness, and the living wetlands of Eungedup: A conversation with Giles Watson

    Poetry, chronic illness, and the living wetlands of Eungedup: A conversation with Giles Watson
    2026/01/20
    Nestled between Albany and Denmark, the Eungedup wetlands teem with life. It is also the setting of author Giles Watson’s latest novel, Eungedup: A wetland summer diary. Part memoir, part poetry, Eungedup explores Giles’ journey to understanding his chronic illness as Eungedup awaits the coming of rain. In this episode, Giles dives deeper into the writing process and the wildlife that drew him to Eungedup, shares why poets should record the natural world, and reads poems from the book. Show notes About Giles Giles is a writer and teacher of English and Drama who lives in Albany/Kinjarling, WA. Born in England, […]
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    14 分
  • Four forces of nature, two languages, one story: Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes on Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና)

    Four forces of nature, two languages, one story: Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes on Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና)
    2026/01/19
    Winner of the 2024 Hungerford Award, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, joins the Fremantle Press podcast to talk about his award-winning manuscript, Trials of Hope (የተስፋ ፈተና). A unique blend of memoir and poetry, written in both English and Amharic, Trials of Hope tells the story of how Yirga grew up in Ethiopia before moving to Western Australia. Yirga reads poems from the book in both Amharic and English, and takes us deeper into the structure of the novel as mirrored by the four forces of nature, and he reflects on our relationship with place and the value of stories. Show notes […]
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    22 分