Fair Play Publishing
@fairplaybooks
An independent publisher of non-fiction and fiction #books on sport, life, and lived experience. Founder @manlywritersfest.bsky.social. Imprints: Fair Play, Popcorn Press, Pepper Press. www.fairplaypublishing.com.au
A reminder to #Perth readers of really good #literaryfiction. Acclaimed author, Sue Woolfe, will be talking about her book, 'The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves', this week.
🎧 Author P.J. Laverty talking about his new novel RIPPA II: Young Pilgrim, a reluctant teen surfer who happens to be a gun soccer player, shipped to England in the late '80s. Listen to the full chat here: buff.ly/xtWLITh 📖⚽
It's NAIDOC Week - 50 Years of Deadly. 🖤💛❤️ Emeritus Professor John Maynard, a Worimi historian, tells the story of #FirstNations footballers, First Nations golfers, and the #Socceroos. Explore his books 👇 buff.ly/ple5Ban #NAIDOC2026 #NAIDOCWeek
Even before Trump/Infantino/red card, @segunirora.bsky.social wrote in 'Saving Soccer' in relation to those two: "It tells the world that the people holding the keys to our global sporting institutions have lost any sense of shame." Want to read more? www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/fix...
Want to know more about #FIFAcorruption? We've got the reading for it!
A little publishing secret… This surfboard sign at Coolum Beach helped inspire the cover of our new football novel RIPPA! 🌊⚽ Sometimes the best design ideas don't come from a brief. They come from paying attention while you're out walking. Stories are everywhere.
Only 18 days left to enter our 'money-can't-buy' lunch with the wonderful @philippeauclair.bsky.social by telling us in 25 words or fewer about your favourite #football moment. Details here: buff.ly/9ZvWjAv
Author Mel Brennan had a front row seat to the inner workings of CONCACAF, the hosts of the 2026 #WorldCup. He loves the game, but he left because of what he could not bear to witness. This is his story and his manifesto for change. buff.ly/0pDrICI
Just 1 in 10 young men read on any given day. Our author P.J. Laverty reckons football fiction can be the gateway, and his new novel RIPPA II Young Pilgrim is out now. This week: Football Fiction in the Reading Room. 📚⚽ buff.ly/UeFtY3Y
No more #football till tomorrow? And no more #Socceroos until July 4th (AEST)? No matter, read all the football you can get via our #WorldCup Reading Room. 26% off all books until the end of #WorldCup2026. buff.ly/UeFtY3Y
The #WorldCup is a wonderful event, but behind the glossy facade is a long tale of institutional failure. The World Cup succeeds because of the #football, the players & fans, not FIFA. Read our latest book on 'Fixing Football' by @segunirora.bsky.social www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/products/fix...
Listen to a remarkable story from author Anna Dombkins, ‘Home, Forever’ with Sarah Kanowski on ABC Conversations. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
This week in our #WorldCup Reading Room: Radicalised by FIFA by Prof Jean Williams. 📕 A Leicestershire farm, a life in academia, and the rotten heart of world football…all in one very sharp book. #WomeninFootball www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/collections/...
The pioneers. The first #Matildas. The reformers. The next generation of women football writers. Our Women in Football shelf is open in our #WorldCup Reading Room. 26% off through to the end of the tournament. ⚽📚 #WomensFootball buff.ly/UeFtY3Y
1-0 down, but if there’s one thing The Goals That Changed Australia teaches you, it’s that everything can change with a single moment. Plenty of football left. C’mon you Socceroos. 🇦🇺⚽ #WorldCup2026 #Socceroos #USAAUS www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/collections/...
Socceroos top of Group D and we're a football publisher trying very hard to act normal about it. 📚⚽ Reading material for the nerves is in our bio. #WorldCup2026 #Socceroos #GoSocceroos buff.ly/Wn2Uz4R
Reasons to read a football book between matches: 1. The football's not on 2. You'll sound clever at the pub. 3. We made them and would quite like you to. 📚⚽ #WorldCup2026 #Socceroos #GoSocceros www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/pages/world-...
Some footballers are remembered for trophies. The ones we feature in the #WorldCup Reading Room this week are remembered for everything else: the brilliance, the trouble, the redemption, and the sheer improbability of their lives. buff.ly/Wn2Uz4R
Still getting over that exciting #Socceroos match? Chill with a really good #football book from our #WorldCup reading room. 26% off for 2026. buff.ly/Wn2Uz4R
Did you know, as we watch the #Socceroos in #WorldCup2026, that an Australian was one of the pioneers of #soccer or #football in BC in #Canada? He is in their Hall of Fame & had a stadium named after him. We have a book about him! www.fairplaypublishing.com.au/collections/... #AUSTUR
Want to know more about #SouthAmerican #football? Then look no further than @jorgeous24.bsky.social's two top reads: 31 Days in Brazil and Tales of South American Football. Both 26% off for 2026. buff.ly/07RaEL7 #WorldCup2026 #Brazil #Argentina #Paraguay #Peru #Ecuador #Colombia #Uruguay
Gianni #Infantino wants us all to "chill" a bit. But where there's football, there's also #football politics and, when it comes to books about it, we've got the best collection around. Take a look at Week 2 of our #WorldCup Reading Room at a 26% discount. buff.ly/HiS2i0X
'What is football really for?'. With this #WorldCup upon us, it's worth thinking about the answer again. #FIFA makes us do it. buff.ly/qMODu5h OpEd from @segunirora.bsky.social in @josimarfootball.bsky.social
Another gem from our #WorldCup reading room. @paulmurphybkk.bsky.social's '#Socceroos in #Scotland'. You'd be surprised just how many there has been and still are. 26% off for 2026 from now until the final whistle in July. buff.ly/HiS2i0X