Fair Play Publishing
@fairplaybooks.bsky.social
An independent publisher of #books on Sport, Fiction and Life. Founder @manlywritersfest.bsky.social. Imprints: Fair Play, Popcorn Press, Pepper Press.
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au
www.fairplaypublishing.com.au
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📘 #NewRelease : LIGHT AND SHADOW by Candida Baker. When history leaves gaps, fiction steps in. A richly imagined novel tracing the scandalous life of Eadweard Muybridge & the legacy left to his granddaughter.
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An interesting read here on scammers in the publishing industry theconversation.com/a-global-pub... via @theconversation.com
We are an independent, traditional publisher. It may send us broke 😅, but we are happy to be traditional in this context.
We are an independent, traditional publisher. It may send us broke 😅, but we are happy to be traditional in this context.
A global publishing scam assisted by AI has targeted Australia. Here are 5 tips to avoid scammers
Aspiring authors in Australia are among those who have been scammed by a network of publishing houses using cloned websites and AI tools.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
An interesting read here on scammers in the publishing industry theconversation.com/a-global-pub... via @theconversation.com
We are an independent, traditional publisher. It may send us broke 😅, but we are happy to be traditional in this context.
We are an independent, traditional publisher. It may send us broke 😅, but we are happy to be traditional in this context.
From 97-year-old Natalie Scott last week to YA newcomer Amy Coomer today — our authors span generations, but share one thing: they tell brilliant stories.
Writing and reading don’t come with age limits. 'Rosemary Boy' proves it. 💛📚✨
Writing and reading don’t come with age limits. 'Rosemary Boy' proves it. 💛📚✨
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
From 97-year-old Natalie Scott last week to YA newcomer Amy Coomer today — our authors span generations, but share one thing: they tell brilliant stories.
Writing and reading don’t come with age limits. 'Rosemary Boy' proves it. 💛📚✨
Writing and reading don’t come with age limits. 'Rosemary Boy' proves it. 💛📚✨
20 years ago today — 16 November 2005 — Australia finally broke the 32-year drought and qualified for the 2006 World Cup. Those of us who lived it will never forget it.
Moments like that are why so many of our football books exist. They didn’t just celebrate a qualification — they
Moments like that are why so many of our football books exist. They didn’t just celebrate a qualification — they
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
20 years ago today — 16 November 2005 — Australia finally broke the 32-year drought and qualified for the 2006 World Cup. Those of us who lived it will never forget it.
Moments like that are why so many of our football books exist. They didn’t just celebrate a qualification — they
Moments like that are why so many of our football books exist. They didn’t just celebrate a qualification — they
Good to see two FPP authors now working at the BBC (not on Panorama!). Flora Snelson (Hear Us Roar) and @sallyfreedman.bsky.social (Get Your Tit$ Out for the Lads). 👏🏼👏🏼
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Good to see two FPP authors now working at the BBC (not on Panorama!). Flora Snelson (Hear Us Roar) and @sallyfreedman.bsky.social (Get Your Tit$ Out for the Lads). 👏🏼👏🏼
Our Spring books are still coming. Join author Amy Coomer this Saturday on the Gold Coast talking about her new #YA novel, 'Rosemary Boy'.
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Our Spring books are still coming. Join author Amy Coomer this Saturday on the Gold Coast talking about her new #YA novel, 'Rosemary Boy'.
What if the love you needed most never arrived? Natalie Scott’s A Secret Grief is a lyrical memoir of memory, exile, and a mother–daughter bond that never quite connected.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
What if the love you needed most never arrived? Natalie Scott’s A Secret Grief is a lyrical memoir of memory, exile, and a mother–daughter bond that never quite connected.
buff.ly/3o9Kvyc #NewBook #Memoir
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buff.ly/3o9Kvyc #NewBook #Memoir
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Some books are written in a season. Some are written in a lifetime. At 97, Natalie Scott finally shares hers. 'A Secret Grief' is here.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Some books are written in a season. Some are written in a lifetime. At 97, Natalie Scott finally shares hers. 'A Secret Grief' is here.
#AuthorLife #Memoir #AusBooks buff.ly/3o9Kvyc
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✨ “Baker’s power and truth as a describer of women’s longing, desire and sexual love is second to none…” — Sue Woolfe
Light and Shadow is out now. Part history, part fiction, unforgettable.
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#HistoricalFiction #CandidaBaker #NewRelease
Light and Shadow is out now. Part history, part fiction, unforgettable.
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#HistoricalFiction #CandidaBaker #NewRelease
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
✨ “Baker’s power and truth as a describer of women’s longing, desire and sexual love is second to none…” — Sue Woolfe
Light and Shadow is out now. Part history, part fiction, unforgettable.
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#HistoricalFiction #CandidaBaker #NewRelease
Light and Shadow is out now. Part history, part fiction, unforgettable.
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#HistoricalFiction #CandidaBaker #NewRelease
Author Candida Baker at the launch of her latest book, ‘Light and Shadow’. Available now in paperback and as an ebook.
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Author Candida Baker at the launch of her latest book, ‘Light and Shadow’. Available now in paperback and as an ebook.
📘 #NewRelease : LIGHT AND SHADOW by Candida Baker. When history leaves gaps, fiction steps in. A richly imagined novel tracing the scandalous life of Eadweard Muybridge & the legacy left to his granddaughter.
🔗 www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/lig...
#HistoricalFiction #AustralianAuthors
🔗 www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/lig...
#HistoricalFiction #AustralianAuthors
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
📘 #NewRelease : LIGHT AND SHADOW by Candida Baker. When history leaves gaps, fiction steps in. A richly imagined novel tracing the scandalous life of Eadweard Muybridge & the legacy left to his granddaughter.
🔗 www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/lig...
#HistoricalFiction #AustralianAuthors
🔗 www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/lig...
#HistoricalFiction #AustralianAuthors
If you're interested in #horses, you're going to love our next book. It's #historicalfiction by Candida Baker, based around the #truecrime committed by the 19th-century photographer who discovered that at some point in a horse's gallop, all four hooves are off the ground. Find out more on Thursday!
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If you're interested in #horses, you're going to love our next book. It's #historicalfiction by Candida Baker, based around the #truecrime committed by the 19th-century photographer who discovered that at some point in a horse's gallop, all four hooves are off the ground. Find out more on Thursday!
Kidnapped at birth.
Living his twin’s life.
Searching for the truth.
Rosemary Boy — a YA novel about identity, grief and belonging.
Out now ✨
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Living his twin’s life.
Searching for the truth.
Rosemary Boy — a YA novel about identity, grief and belonging.
Out now ✨
buff.ly/jHTfrCh
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Kidnapped at birth.
Living his twin’s life.
Searching for the truth.
Rosemary Boy — a YA novel about identity, grief and belonging.
Out now ✨
buff.ly/jHTfrCh
Living his twin’s life.
Searching for the truth.
Rosemary Boy — a YA novel about identity, grief and belonging.
Out now ✨
buff.ly/jHTfrCh
Where to find us this Spring! buff.ly/yO6GP4X #reading #footballbooks #memoirs #historicalfiction #YAfiction
Where to find us this Spring
📅 COMING UP – October & November Events Plenty is happening across Sydney and Queensland — come along, meet the authors, and celebrate new Australian stories. Wednesday 29 October – Better Read Than…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Where to find us this Spring! buff.ly/yO6GP4X #reading #footballbooks #memoirs #historicalfiction #YAfiction
Our latest #audiobook is a memoir of love, grief, and healing, based on a devastating #cancer diagnosis. Find it on Spotify. buff.ly/7GEyEz3
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our latest #audiobook is a memoir of love, grief, and healing, based on a devastating #cancer diagnosis. Find it on Spotify. buff.ly/7GEyEz3
Author Spotlight: Amy Coomer is part of Gen Z — and she’s written the story Gen Z has been waiting for. 'Rosemary Boy' captures the mess, beauty and pain of finding yourself in a world that won’t stop watching. Out now 📚
#RosemaryBoy #YAAuthor #Identity #NewBook
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#RosemaryBoy #YAAuthor #Identity #NewBook
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October 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Author Spotlight: Amy Coomer is part of Gen Z — and she’s written the story Gen Z has been waiting for. 'Rosemary Boy' captures the mess, beauty and pain of finding yourself in a world that won’t stop watching. Out now 📚
#RosemaryBoy #YAAuthor #Identity #NewBook
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#RosemaryBoy #YAAuthor #Identity #NewBook
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Our #Spring reads continue. Here is our next book out next week. An amazing read from Candida Baker, a historical fiction of epic proportions.
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Our #Spring reads continue. Here is our next book out next week. An amazing read from Candida Baker, a historical fiction of epic proportions.
A message from Candida Baker, author of 'Light and Shadow' which is released next week. Join us at @gleebooks.bsky.social next Thursday for the launch with Caroline Baum.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A message from Candida Baker, author of 'Light and Shadow' which is released next week. Join us at @gleebooks.bsky.social next Thursday for the launch with Caroline Baum.
Trevor Thompson and Tim Ayliffe at the launch of Trevor’s latest book, ‘Big Con’ at Better Read Than Dead.
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Trevor Thompson and Tim Ayliffe at the launch of Trevor’s latest book, ‘Big Con’ at Better Read Than Dead.
REMINDER: Join us and hear two storytellers talk about Trevor Thompson's latest book, 'Big Con' about Australia's unknown #soccer pioneer. TONIGHT at Better Read Than Dead. www.betterreadevents.com/events/big-c...
Big Con: Trevor Thompson in-conversation with Tim Ayliffe | Better Read Events
Join us with Trevor Thompson to celebrate the release of Big Con! Trevor will be joined by Tim Ayliffe.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
REMINDER: Join us and hear two storytellers talk about Trevor Thompson's latest book, 'Big Con' about Australia's unknown #soccer pioneer. TONIGHT at Better Read Than Dead. www.betterreadevents.com/events/big-c...
Kidnapped at birth. Thrust into grief. Searching for himself. 'Rosemary Boy' is out now. Fabulous new Australian fiction. www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/ros...
Rosemary Boy
Seventeen-year-old Jules Edwards always thought he was ordinary—until a viral news broadcast and a DNA test unravel everything. Kidnapped as a baby, Jules is forced to leave behind the only life he’s ...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Kidnapped at birth. Thrust into grief. Searching for himself. 'Rosemary Boy' is out now. Fabulous new Australian fiction. www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/ros...
Out today → Rosemary Boy: a Gen Z coming-of-age story about identity, grief, and belonging. #YAfiction #NewBook #RosemaryBoy
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Out today → Rosemary Boy: a Gen Z coming-of-age story about identity, grief, and belonging. #YAfiction #NewBook #RosemaryBoy
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Hear about Australia's unknown #soccer pioneer. A Hall of Famer in British Columbia; unheard of here. Trevor Thompson is in conversation about his latest book, 'Big Con' with crime writer, Tim Ayliffe.
Big Con: Trevor Thompson in-conversation with Tim Ayliffe | Better Read Events
Join us with Trevor Thompson to celebrate the release of Big Con! Trevor will be joined by Tim Ayliffe.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Hear about Australia's unknown #soccer pioneer. A Hall of Famer in British Columbia; unheard of here. Trevor Thompson is in conversation about his latest book, 'Big Con' with crime writer, Tim Ayliffe.
GET IT from tomorrow! Our latest #fiction—'Rosemary Boy'. Told with honesty and heart, Amy Coomer’s latest novel is a deeply moving exploration of identity, grief, and belonging. buff.ly/jHTfrCh
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
GET IT from tomorrow! Our latest #fiction—'Rosemary Boy'. Told with honesty and heart, Amy Coomer’s latest novel is a deeply moving exploration of identity, grief, and belonging. buff.ly/jHTfrCh
Want some weekend listening? As well as the major #audiobook platforms, we now have our modest range of audiobooks available for purchase directly from our website. Football. Fiction. Life. buff.ly/DmaIxd7
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Want some weekend listening? As well as the major #audiobook platforms, we now have our modest range of audiobooks available for purchase directly from our website. Football. Fiction. Life. buff.ly/DmaIxd7
Want to read a #reallygoodfootballbook? Don't just take our word for it (although we *are* the leaders in football fiction!). buff.ly/OdrpjUn
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Want to read a #reallygoodfootballbook? Don't just take our word for it (although we *are* the leaders in football fiction!). buff.ly/OdrpjUn