2017 fremantle press backlist catalogue · crocodile cake palo morgan with illustrations by chris...

2017FREMANTLE PRESS

Backlist Catalogue

GIFT BOOKS

AUSTRALIA’S WESTRICHARD WOLDENDORPArt & Photography • 9781922089304 (HB) 240 x 260 mm • 144 pp • RRP $45.00This updated edition of Richard’s most impressive – and sought after – hardcover photographic book showcases the beauty and drama of the vast Western Australian landscape.

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PERTHFRANCES ANDRIJICHArt & Photography • 9781925162752 (HB)240 x 255 mm • 144 pp • RRP $45.00The extraordinary photographs of Frances Andrijich have featured in magazines around the world, but her heart lies in Western Australia. Shooting intuitively and incisively, Andrijich captures Perth and its people like no one else.

RAINFOREST COUNTRYSTANLEY BREEDEN & KAISA BREEDENArt & Photography • 9781921888601 (HB)295 x 255 mm • 240 pp • RRP $39.99 In Rainforest Country Kaisa and Stanley Breeden bring their photographic innovation and vision to Queensland’s tropical rainforest – with striking results.

FIREWOOD BANKSIAPHILIPPA NIKULINSKYArt & Nature • 9781922089816 (HB) 220 x 220 mm • 56 pp • RRP $35.00A dazzling and wondrous celebration of Banksia menziesii (Firewood or Menzies’ Banksia) by one of Australia’s best botanical artists.

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DUSTDANIEL CRAIGArt & Photography • 9781925162585 (HB) 240 x 260 mm • 128 pp • RRP $39.99Photographer Daniel Craig captures the personalities of Western Australia’s north – the hardworking men and women of the outback – and the excitement of the muster. This snapshot of life on a cattle station depicts the harsh beauty of the Pilbara in images of dusty light, denim, leather and grit.

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BHUTAN HEARTLANDROBERT VAN KOESVELD & LIBBY LLOYDArt & Photography • 9781921361746 (HB) 280 x 230 mm • 210 pp • RRP $59.95This stunning photographic journey goes straight to the heart of Bhutan – a Buddhist country on the cusp of opening its doors to the West.

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FROM COAST TO COUNTRYJENNY DELMAGE & NEIL DELMAGE House & Garden • 9781921696534 (HB) 250 x 250 mm • 144 pp • RRP $49.95In this book the Delmages take us on a magical journey from coast to country, revealing some of their most spectacular landscape designs.

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OUT OF THE BLUE RICHARD WOLDENDORPArt & Photography • 9781922089519 (HB) 340 x 270 mm • 256 pp • RRP $49.99 Through striking photographs Out of the Blue explores Australia’s natural history and how the continent evolved.

HOMEMADEANNA GARECooking • 9781921696664 (HB) 280 x 225 mm • 192 pp • RRP $39.99 The first and the best cookbook by Anna Gare featuring simple dishes that come straight from her family dinners, lunches and impromptu feasts with friends.

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JUNIOR FICTIONAT MY DOOR DEB FITZPATRICKFiction for young readers • 9781925162707 (PB) 198 x 128 mm • 96 pp • RRP $14.99Deliveries usually come in a van. Deliveries are often heavy boxes or oddly shaped padded bags. Deliveries do not come late on a school night. They don’t come in a speeding car. And they don’t cry.

BELLA AND THE WANDERING HOUSE MEG MCKINLAYFiction for young readers • 9781925162301 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 80 pp • RRP $12.99It was the same as every other day – out the door, down the path, into the car, off to school. But when Bella stepped off the veranda, she stopped. She looked back at the house. And a shiver prickled her skin.

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DARCY MOON AND THE DEEP-FRIED FROGS CATHERINE CARVELL WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHAEL SCOTT PARKINSONFiction for young readers • 9781922089717 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 128 pp • RRP $14.99Darcy Moon is an ordinary girl with ordinary problems. But when a freaked-out frog asks for help, it’s up to Darcy to fix the food chain, save the swamp and prove that money can’t buy everything. This slimy adventure story is an enjoyable romp with environmental themes.

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GRAVE OF THE ROTI MENGEOFF HAVELFiction for middle readers • 9781922089724 (PB) 198 x 128 mm • 112 pp • RRP $14.99Aaron doesn’t usually get to see much of his dad but now he’s going to spend a whole month with him in the Indonesian islands. Paradise! But what starts as a fun holiday soon turns into something quite different, and Aaron is caught up in a whirlwind adventure he’ll be lucky to survive.

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THE AMAZING SPENCER GRAYDEB FITZPATRICKFiction for middle readers • 9781922089328 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 168 pp • RRP $14.99Spencer Gray is twelve – finally old enough to join Dad in his glider. His mates are going to be so jealous! Going up is awesome – but when disaster strikes, Spencer will need to be nothing short of amazing.

RIDDLE GULLY SECRETSJEN BANYARDFiction for middle readers • 9781925163957 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 224 pp • RRP $14.99Youth reporter Pollo di Nozi stumbles upon two very surprising secrets – complete with hidden treasure, cunning crooks, mistaken identities and mysterious disappearances.

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SHIMMERJENNIFER MCBRIDE & LYNDA NIXON Fiction for middle readers • 9781922089434 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 232 pp • RRP $14.99 Kora is a powerful genie sent away against her will. David’s life is in chaos and Kora might be just what he needs. Kora and David must learn that the best way of helping themselves is to first help each other.

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MYSTERY AT RIDDLE GULLYJEN BANYARDFiction for middle readers • 9781921888748 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 200 pp • RRP $14.99Strange things are happening in Riddle Gully and Pollo smells a scoop. With Shorn Connery, her sheepish sidekick, Pollo is determined to track down the Graffiti Kid.

RIDDLE GULLY RUNAWAYJEN BANYARDFiction for middle readers • 9781922089878 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 180 pp • RRP $14.99When Pollo implicates the Mayor’s nephew in a spate of local robberies, she sets in train a series of mishaps that only she and her friends can set to rights.

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YA90 PACKETS OF INSTANT NOODLESDEB FITZPATRICKYoung adult • 9781921361999 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 288 pp • RRP $17.95Joel and Craggs are in it together. They drink booze together, they flirt with petty theft together and, when Craggs turns violent, they face the consequences together too.

BEAUTIFUL MONSTERKATE MCCAFFREYYoung adult • 9781921361982 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 288 pp • RRP $19.95It only takes a few blood-stained seconds for Tessa’s life to change forever. Her brother is gone and now she wants her old life back. If Tessa can just be perfect, life will get better.

CREEPY & MAUDDIANNE TOUCHELLYoung adult • 9781921888953 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 220 pp • RRP $19.99 Hilarious and heartbreaking, Creepy & Maud charts the relationship between two social misfits, played out in the space between their windows.

HOW I BECAME THE MR BIG OF PEOPLE SMUGGLINGMARTIN CHAMBERSYoung adult • 9781922089540 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 220 pp • RRP $27.99Welcome to the gap year from hell! Nick Smart is fresh out of school, a wet-behind-the-ears jackaroo on a gap year. But at Palmenter Station, nothing is what it seems. Nick is about to discover there’s a lot of grey between black and white, between legal and illegal and between right and wrong.

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MY SUPERHERO CHRIS OWEN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MOIRA COURT Picture book • 9781925161212 (PB)230 x 220 mm • 48 pp • RRP $16.99Superheroes have amazing strength and incredible speed. But this charming book is a celebration of super skills of a quite different kind.

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SAM, GRACE AND THE SHIPWRECK MICHELLE GILLESPIE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SONIA MARTINEZ Picture book • 9781921696008 (HB)270 x 215 mm • 32 pp • RRP $24.95This beautifully illustrated book is an evocative retelling of the events surrounding the wreck of the Georgette off the south-west coast of Australia.

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MISS LLEWELLYN-JONES GOES TO TOWNELAINE FORRESTAL WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MOIRA COURTPicture book • 9781921696046 (PB)200 x 215 mm • 32 pp • RRP $16.95Miss Llewellyn-Jones takes Teddy shopping – with disastrous results. Teddy slips away on an adventure and it takes all his ingenuity to find his way home.

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CROCODILE CAKEPALO MORGAN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS NIXONPicture book • 9781921361555 (HB)265 x 295 mm • 42 pp • RRP $24.95Take a great big slice of this quirky, colourful picture book. Written in fast-paced, catchy verse, Crocodile Cake is about a girl who bakes a very dangerous cake – the kind you have to eat before it eats you.

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THE LAST VIKING THE LAST VIKING RETURNSNORMAN JORGENSEN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES FOLEYPicture book • 9781925163155 (PB) and 9781925161151 (HB)

235 x 295 mm • 32 pp • RRP $16.99 (PB) and $24.99 (HB)CBCA Picture Book of the Year winner, Norman Jorgensen, teams up with illustrator James Foley on these fun picture books about a boy who outwits local bullies and protects his younger siblings by channelling his inner Viking.


CAN A SKELETON HAVE AN X-RAY? KYLE HUGHES-ODGERSPicture book • 9781925162691 (HB) 240 x 230 mm • 32 pp • RRP $24.99From the practical to the philosophical, this book is guaranteed to fire young imaginations.

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DREAMERSEZEKIEL KWAYMULLINA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SALLY MORGAN Picture book • 9781922089700 (HB)220 x 235 mm • 24 pp • RRP $24.99We are the dream and the dreamers – so begins this beautifully written story that celebrates the imagination of children at play. Complemented by Sally Morgan’s rich and colourful illustrations, the book is full of movement. It lends itself to interactive reading aloud with play-acting or actions.

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HAROLD AND GRACE SEAN E. AVERYPicture book • 9781925162295 (HB) 200 x 200 mm • 32 pp • RRP $24.99A gloriously illustrated book about the metamorphosis of friendship.

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THE DEEPTIM WINTON WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY KAREN LOUISEPicture book • 9781863682107 (PB)221 x 222 mm • 32 pp • RRP $14.95Alice’s family lives by the sea. Every day they run down to the jetty and jump into the smooth, dark water. But Alice is afraid of the deep.

THE OTHER BEARS MICHAEL THOMPSON Picture book • 9781922089274 (PB)230 x 210 mm • 32 pp • RRP $16.99 Mother and Father Koala are suspicious of the OTHER bears. But all their grumpiness melts away, watching the littlest bears at play.

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TEN TINY THINGS MEG MCKINLAY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY KYLE HUGHES-ODGERS Picture book • 9781921888946 (HB)230 x 238 mm • 36 pp • RRP $24.99 Tessa and Zachary have a machine that is swift and splendiferous. But one morning, the machine breaks down. Tessa and Zachary are forced to venture into the world beyond its metal walls.

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CATERPILLAR AND BUTTERFLY AMBELIN KWAYMULLINA Picture book • 9781921888014 (PB)210 x 210 mm • 36 pp • RRP $16.95Determined to escape any possible danger, Caterpillar hides away in the safety of her chrysalis. There, she finally discovers the inner strength she needs to truly live.

HOW FROGMOUTH FOUND HER HOMEAMBELIN KWAYMULLINA Picture book • 9781921888861 (PB)210 x 260 mm • 32 pp • RRP $16.99Frogmouth isn’t like the other birds. She doesn’t want to live in the trees. Frogmouth is in search of something more.

THE TWO-HEARTED NUMBAT AMBELIN & EZEKIEL KWAYMULLINA Picture book • 9781921888007 (PB)210 x 210 mm • 36 pp • RRP $16.95 Numbat has two hearts, one of stone and one of feather. When having more than one heart becomes troublesome, Numbat must choose which one to keep …

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ON A SMALL ISLAND KYLE HUGHES-ODGERSPicture book • 9781925161168 (HB)240 x 240 mm • 32 pp • RRP $24.99On a small island, in a gigantic sea, lives Ari. Ari longs for the large ships to stop at his island, he longs to see remarkable things and to have interesting friends. Then Ari has an idea. A dazzling idea ...


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IN LOVE AND WAR: NURSING HEROES LIZ BYRSKI Memoir • 9781925161458 (PB)205 x 138 mm • 216 pp • RRP $24.99 After the Battle of Britain, airmen filled the small Sussex town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. Returning to make peace with her memories Byrski uncovers the untold story of the nurses who brought our men back to life.

KOOMBANA DAYS ANNIE BOYDHistory • 9781921888885 (HB)250 x 175 mm • 400 pp • RRP $39.99 Koombana Days is the story of the ship and of the people in whose lives she figured so large. The vessel has never been found and the tragedy remains unexplained.

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WHEN WAR CAME TO FREMANTLEDEBORAH GARE & MADISON LLOYD-JONESHistory • 9781925161298 (HB)250 x 175 mm • 144 pp • RRP $45.00 As one of Australia’s largest wartime ports, Fremantle played a unique role in the nation’s story. Featuring extraordinary photographs, this volume is a fascinating account of our homefront during the Boer War, World War I, World War II and more.

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UNDER A BILARI TREE I BORNALICE BILARI SMITH WITH ANNA VITENBERGS & LOREEN BREHAUTMemoir • 9781925162103 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 236 pp • RRP $24.99 Alice Bilari Smith lived in the Pilbara, on stations and in the bush, on government reserves and in towns. This is Alice’s insightful and inspiring story.

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AFTER THIS: SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST SPEAKALICE NELSON History/memoir • 9781925162356 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 288 pp • RRP $24.99A powerful collection of fourteen narratives by Australian Holocaust survivors told in their voices. Each individual’s account of the war years – and of the life that followed – tells a deeply personal story that affirms the resilience of the human spirit.

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UNDER CORPORATE SKIESMARTIN BRUECKNER & DYANN ROSS Current affairs • 9781921361760 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 352 pp • RRP $26.95 Under Corporate Skies is about what happens to communities when they stand in the way of corporate profits. It is the story of a tiny town pitted against a strong corporate neighbour.

BETTER THAN OKDR HELEN STREET & NEIL PORTERSelf-help • 9781922089793 (PB)230 x 152 mm • 224 pp • RRP $29.99 These solution-focused and easy-to-read essays are by 27 of the world’s top experts in Positive Education. You too can help children develop a lifelong love of learning with this practical and positive guide.

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THE LAST WHALE CHRIS PASHHistory • 9781921361326 (PB)230 x 152 mm • 240 pp • RRP $29.95 It’s the end of the seventies and one young reporter is bearing witness to the final days of Australia’s whaling industry.

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TAKE OUTFELICITY YOUNGCrime • 9781921361838 (PB) 198 x 128 mm • 318 pp • RRP $24.99When DSS Stevie Hooper steps into the empty Pavel house and someone else’s jurisdiction, she upsets more than the ego of a struggling suburban cop. She has breached the defences of a ruthless group that has, at its rotten heart, a disregard for human life.

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PRIME CUTALAN CARTERCrime • 9781921888519 (PB) 198 x 128 mm • 320 pp • RRP $22.99Cato is brought in from the cold to solve the case of a torso washed up on the wild shores of the Great Southern Ocean.

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SWEET ONEPETER DOCKER Crime • 9781922089755 (PB)230 x 152 mm • 320 pp • RRP $29.99When a senior Aboriginal war veteran dies horribly at the hands of state government authorities, Izzy, a journalist and daughter of a war veteran herself, flies to the goldfields of Western Australia to cover his death. But Izzy is about to learn that for every action there is an equal and bloody reaction.

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GETTING WARMERALAN CARTERCrime • 9781922089205 (PB)230 x 152 mm • 352 pp • RRP $22.99Cato Kwong is back. Back in Boom Town and back on a real case – the unsolved mystery of a missing fifteen-year-old girl.

BAD SEEDALAN CARTERCrime • 9781925162257 (PB)230 x 152 mm • 344 pp • RRP $29.99When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes his investigation doubly painful. The killer is elusive and brutal, and the investigation takes Cato to Shanghai.


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REALITYRAY GLICKMANAdult fiction • 9781922089373 (PB)205 x 138 mm • 380 pp • RRP $26.99Six people have been chosen at random. Without their knowledge, Kathy, Mario, Garry, Hannah, Robert and Julia are about to participate in the ultimate game of manipulation.

EQUATORWAYNE ASHTONAdult fiction • 9781921361890 (PB)205 x 138 mm • 688 pp • RRP $27.95The year is 1947 – Carlos slips over the orphanage wall in search of the village girl who has captured his heart. From that moment, his is a life at sea, a life that moves across the globe and across generations.

WHISKY CHARLIE FOXTROT ANNABEL SMITH Adult fiction • 9781922089144 (PB)205 x 138 mm • 304 pp • RRP $24.99Whisky and Charlie are identical twins. But everything about them is poles apart. Charlie can’t even bear to talk to his brother anymore – until a freak accident steals Whisky from his family, and Charlie has to face the fact he may never speak to his brother again.

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BOY ON A WIREJON DOUSTAdult fiction • 9781921361456 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 240 pp • RRP $22.99Sent to boarding school at a young age, Jack Muir quickly has to decide who he is going to be. Will he roll over or bare his teeth at the bullies, the bullied and the boarding school system?

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Fremantle Press is an independent not-for-profit publishing house renowned for producing books of high quality. Our publications include works by new and established Western Australian authors. A key component of Fremantle Press’s publishing program

is our Indigenous titles list, which is highly regarded nationally and internationally.

THE WEST:AUSTRALIAN POEMS 1989–2009JOHN MATEERPoetry • 9781921361869 (PB)198 x 145 mm • 152 pp • RRP $24.95Taking its bearings from the Indian Ocean, Mateer’s poetry crisscrosses the continent inviting the reader on a journey into the psyche, culture and landscape of Australia. The West represents twenty years of work by internationally renowned poet John Mateer.

ESPERANCECAROLINE CADDYPoetry • 9781920731151 (PB)198 x 128 mm • 160 pp • RRP $24.95Esperance is a collection of works from Caddy’s first seven books of poetry plus seventeen new poems. It won the Wesley Michel Wright Prize and was shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival and for a Western Australian Premier’s Book Award.

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