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GWENGOLDIE GOLDBLOOMFiction · 9781925164251 (PB) · B+ format · 395 pp · RRP $29.99 · February 2017

In 1903, the artist Gwen John travels from London to France with her companion Dorelia. Surviving on their wits and Gwen’s raw talent, the young women walk from Calais to Paris seeking out the great painter and sculptor Auguste Rodin.

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THE HOPE FAULTTRACY FARRFiction · 9781925164404 (PB) · B+ format · 340 pp · RRP $29.99 · March 2017

Iris’s family – her ex-husband with his new wife and baby; her son, and her best friend’s daughter – gather to pack up their holiday house. They are there for one last time, one last weekend, and one last party – but in the course of this weekend, their connections will be affirmed, and their frailties and secrets revealed – to the reader at least, if not to each other. The Hope Fault is a novel about extended family: about steps and exes and fairy godmothers; about parents and partners who are missing, and the people who replace them.

BORDER CROSSINGCAITLIN MALINGPoetry · 9781925164367 (PB) · 203 x 133 mm · 108 pp · RRP $24.99

Caitlin Maling’s second volume, Border Crossing, continues to showcase the development of an exciting new voice in Australian poetry. Maling’s poems consider what it is to be an Australian in America, where the conflicting voices and identities of home and abroad jostle against and seek their definitions from each other.

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THE FREMANTLE PRESS ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POETRYEDITORS JOHN KINSELLA AND TRACY RYANPoetry · 9781925162202 (PB) · 203 x 133 mm · 376 pp · RRP $34.99

The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry is a comprehensive survey of the state’s poets from the 19th century to today. Featuring work from 134 poets, and including the work of many WA Indigenous poets, this watershed anthology brings together the poems that have contributed to and defined the ways that Western Australians see themselves.

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‘startling and beautiful; a powerful tribute to a great painter’ Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife

‘a ravishing achievement, a dazzling work of art in its own right’ Dominic Smith, author of the New York Times bestseller The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

‘brilliantly captures both the prickly detail and the slow geological shifts of family life.’ Anna Smaill

‘This intricately stitched story, with its exquisite patterns and refrains, casts a spell over the reader.’ Myfanwy Jones

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‘a paean to the integrity and sagacity of the human imagination, and of poetry itself.’ Peter Minter

‘Poems about travelling the idiosyncratic countryside of America are pointed, human and fresh. Maling’s borders – those that mark the wonder and complexity of geography, mind and body – are always open to allow us through.’ Caroline Caddy

SALES AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOOD BOOK SUPPLIERS AND FREMANTLE PRESSTRADE ORDERS PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA & NZ

MEDIA CONTACT & AUTHOR BOOKINGS CLAIRE MILLERT: 08 9430 6331 • M: 0419 837 841 • E: cmiller@fremantlepress.com.au

Fremantle Press is supported by the State Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts and the Australian Government through the Australia Council.

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MARLBOROUGH MANALAN CARTERFiction · 9781925164534 (PB) · C format · 312 pp · RRP $29.99 · June 2017

Nick Chester is working as a sergeant for the Havelock police in the Marlborough Sound, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. If the river isn’t flooded and the land hasn’t slipped, it’s paradise. Unless you are also hiding from a ruthless man with a grudge, in which case, remote beauty has its own kind of danger.

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STEPPING OFFTHOMAS M. WILSONNon-Fiction · 9781925164329 (PB) · 198 x 128 mm · B format · 292 pp · RRP $29.99 · February 2017

Stepping Off is a book for locals and travellers alike. It is the story of the south-western corner of Western Australia: an environmental history, a social history, an invitation to reconnect with the land – and in doing so, to reconnect with ourselves.

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LOOKING UPSALLY MURPHYJunior fiction, ages 6–10 · 9781925164572 (PB) · B format · 72 pp · RRP $14.99 · May 2017

Pete is hoping – desperately hoping – for a telescope. There’s nothing he wants more for his birthday. But when a mysterious card arrives in the mail, what Pete wants is turned upside down. Sally Murphy is an award-winning author best known for Pearl Verses the World and Toppling.

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE CRISTY BURNEJunior fiction, ages 6–10 · 9781925164619 (PB) · 96 pp · RRP $14.99 · June 2017

Isaac arrives on Rottnest Island hoping for an awesome holiday adventure and with Emmy daring him on, Isaac’s life gets more and more exciting. But when things go horribly wrong on their secret midnight adventure, they both wonder whether this time they’ve gone too far …

PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR‘Two young girls being brave and clever without a hint of pink or glitter on the cover? Hooray!’ The Age

‘This rollicking ride is totally deserving of The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award’ The West Australian

‘a fast-paced, compulsive read that appeals to a wide audience’ The Guardian

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As I grew up, it became apparent to me that I didn’t really understand the natural environment of the place where I was born. I found myself wishing that my parents had given me a book that revealed to me my homeland beyond the suburbs and the city. Thomas M. Wilson

Acclaimed authors and illustrators Sally Morgan, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina celebrate individuality and joyous self-esteem, and the interconnectedness of people and animals, in lyrical language and sumptuous colour.

PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR‘This book taught me so much about acceptance and seeing things from both sides of every situation. A thought-provoking and moving book.’ Buzzwords

‘A warmly written glimpse of a loving family overcoming regular separations.’ Books + Publishing Junior

BENANGKIM SCOTTFiction · 9781925164442 (HB) · 178 x 128 mm 500 pp · RRP $29.99 · March 2017

In the year 2000, Kim Scott became the first Indigenous Australian to win the Miles Franklin Literary Award with his novel Benang. This special edition hardback will be a treasure for those who know the book and a treat for new readers.