Fremantle Press launches podcast aimed at writers

Fremantle Press publisher Georgia Richter has launched a new podcast series ‘aimed at making the Australian publishing industry more accessible to new writers’.

Richter, who co-wrote How to Be an Author: The business of being a writer in Australia with Deborah Hunn, said the new podcast is based on the idea that if writers could understand more about some of the key roles in the publishing industry, they’d be better placed to make the most of opportunities or create their own.

‘Fremantle Press has had a particular focus on new and emerging writers since its establishment 44 years ago. We thought it would be beneficial to take the kinds of conversations we have every day with our writers and share them with a broader audience,’ said Richter.

Guests include Hunn, book designer Nada Backovic, Good Reading Magazine editor Rowena Morcom, Readings children’s and YA specialist Leanne Hall, Penguin Random House account managers Gavin Burbidge and Jane Parkhill, and The Literature Centre director Lesley Reece.

‘There are also tips from writers Amanda Curtin, Meg McKinlay, Holden Sheppard, Brendan Ritchie, Sasha Wasley and Anne-Louise Willoughby, and a regular editorial quiz from the Comma Chameleon, aka editor Armelle Davies,’ said Fremantle Press.

The first episode, featuring Backovic and McKinlay, is available now. For more information see the Fremantle Press website.

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