Sally Piper

14 July 2017

Second book signed with University of Queensland Press

Sally Piper

14 July 2017

I have signed a publishing agreement for my second novel 'The Geography of Friendship', with University of Queensland Press. Publication is set for July 2018.

Wishing family, friends, followers and fellow writers and readers a very happy Christmas. I hope you tap into the joy! ♥️🎄💚

Not all of the Tarkine/Takanya was beautiful. Some areas of it were ravaged by fire that burnt so hot in areas back in February that there’s been little recovery of the trees, other areas are scarred by logging, mining and tailing dams, and some of the rivers and creeks are contaminated with heavy metals. It is a weird juxtaposition of beauty and destruction, but I was so pleased to have been able to spend time in the beauty of this outstanding region of Lutruwita/Tasmania. #tarkine #takanya #lutruwita #tasmania

Slime mould 💛 #tarkine #lutruwita #tasmania #slimemould

Fungi. Tarkine NP, Lutruwita/Tasmania. #tarkine #fungi

Reflections and ripples. Corinna + Pieman River, Tarkine National Park, Lutruwita/Tasmania. #tarkine #tasmania

White-bellied sea eagle with the loveliest legs. Arthur River, Tarkine National Park, Lutruwita/Tasmania. #whitebelliedseaeagle #tarkine #tasmania

Lutruwita/Tasmanian West coast beach stripes.

I’m not surprised I AM NANNERTGAROOK by @tasma_walton won this year’s ARA Historical Novel Prize (along with DUSK by @robbie_gc_arnott) or why it’s making its way onto ‘Best of 2025’ lists. The novel speaks to the heart of the consequences of the abduction and enslavement of Indigenous women and children by sealers with colonisation. It begins by laying the groundwork of all Nannertgarook stood to lose with her abduction: her family and kin, Country, ceremonies, knowledge, and the lore and law she was yet to be taught by her elders. She is taken to ever more isolated islands with no elders to teach her the things she yearns to know. But love for the memory of what she’s lost, love for the many children she subsequently has, and her determination to teach them what cultural knowledge she does carry, sustains her throughout her life and sustains us, her readers, through the many challenges of her existence. The book is based on the true story of Tasma’s ancestor and is written with such beauty, authority, wisdom and courage that it’s impossible to look away, and by looking in, it’s impossible to deny who the real savages were and the destruction they wrought upon a millenia-old civilisation. #iamnannertgarook #tasmawalton #prizewinninghistoricalfiction @bundyipublishing

No 1 fan of @aaron9305 @elisepaje 💞💞 #kosci100 #kosciuskonationalpark #ultramarathon #supportcrew

Intrepid Kosciusko Ultra Marathoners!💪 @aaron9305 @_hughpiper_ @orlagibson_ #kosci100 #kosciuskonationalpark

Such a fun and fascinating conversation between @sofielagunabooks and @fionastager @avidreader bookshop this evening where they spoke about Sophie’s new novel THE UNDERWORLD. The book opens with fourteen year old Martha facing the challenges of starting at boarding school and trying to find her tribe, which she does quickly when befriended by other nerdy Latin and Classic lovers. These are passions that follow her into adulthood and inform her preoccupations with Greek and Roman mythology and her imaginings of what it would be like to travel into the Underworld. @penguinbooksaus #sophielaguna #theunderworld

No fledgling is safe around these fierce hunters 🪶🐥 #kookaburra (Not so) #noisyminor

Up she comes. 🌕 #beavermoon

A fantastic night of poetry @avidreader last night with @janeelizabethfrank speaking with @damon_obrien about her new collection GARDENING ON MARS published by @shearsmanbooks. The poems weave thoughts about art, family, nature and yes, even gardening on mars throughout. I can’t wait to read the whole collection, imagining Jane’s voice, not mine, as I do! ♥️📚 #janefrank #gardeningonmars #poetry #shearsmanbooks

I loved chatting with @janeharperauthor @bris_powerhouse last night. Jane was such a generous speaker, sharing writing, plotting and characterization advice and tips with the audience and captivating us with the story of her new standalone crime novel LAST ONE OUT, published by @panmacmillan. This novel is a cracking read. It’s set in a rural town (a setting Jane is renown for in all of her books) succumbing to the pressures of an encroaching coal mine which is fracturing the community and leading people to act in unpredictable and terrifying ways. ♥️🕵️‍♀️📚 #janeharper #lastoneout #authorevents #crimefiction #panmacmillan

This lovely boy walked with me today. He did half a kilometre of this stop and go. 🦘 (It was uphill in case you’re wondering about the heavy breathing!😂)

Excited to be celebrating the launch of SILENCE IS MY HABITAT by @ladyredjess @avidreader, the conversation led by the inimitable @ashleyhay7 #jessicawhite #silenceismyhabitat @upswellpublishingau

One of my favourite photos from @briswritersfest last weekend is this one of @fionastager, sentinel of @avidreader bookshop set up on the Turbine Platform @bris_powerhouse on #loveyourbookshopday It’s a mammoth task to bring the thousands of books to the people for festivals, but we’re so glad that you do. 📚♥️📚

On the ferry to @briswritersfest with literary legend @dranitaheiss! Nice way to travel to “work”😉⛴️

@dranitaheiss delivered a powerful and moving opening key note address for @briswritersfest. The word ‘acknowledgement’ resonated strongly throughout all the things that have been important to her and her career - family, First Nations voices in literature and all those who mentored her and paved the way for her own voice to be heard, friendships, support and of course acknowkedgement of @avidreader, the bookshop very dear to all readers and writers in Brisbane. It was a truly inspiring and open-hearted address.

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