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What better way to find out more about your favourite books or get them signed than to join us at the 2025 Manly Writers' Festival from 28-30 March 2025?

We're delighted to bring you the latest book written by a Socceroo with a twist: because this book is not about football—but man's and woman's best friends from Jim Fraser (cap #234). 

Twenty-eight short stories that are funny or sad, will make you chuckle, and all of which are genuine feel-good reads.

From overwhelming anxiety to paralysing depression to tumultuous manic episodes, Jacqui’s journey has been anything but easy.

Yet the one thing that has consistently helped her find focus and hope has been running.

It's 'Booktober': want to have a chat about a really good book?

Then join us at one of our book launches or author talks this 'Booktober'.

​Shirley Singh was in Fiji with her husband attending a family wedding when she received a 'phone call to return to Australia immediately. The reason? Three of her four children had been murdered. It was 22 April 2003. 

"Just Because hits you like a tonne of bricks!" This is a brave, brave book by Lisa Gallate and one that will live long in the memory....."

This beautiful, bold, colourful food memoir includes 18 recipes personally selected by the Gujral family. It is a migrant story, a business story, and an intergenerational story all in one and is available now from us and all good bookstores.  

Our October release is from our newest imprint, Pepper Press - books about Life.

For a small, independent publisher, May was a big month. We had two books rolling off the presses and out into really good bookstores everywhere.

Launch of Amanda Trenfield's memoir, When A Soulmate Says No, from our Pepper Press imprint.

It's been a busy year for us at Fair Play Publishing. We've published eight books during an extended Covid lockdown, taking our total to 26 books on football that wouldn't have existed without us. Some might think a lockdown would make it easy - what else is there to do besides work?