Second book signed with University of Queensland Press

Sally Piper

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.

Proofs! For GRACE’S TABLE! Out in the UK 1st August 2019. Where is this year going? And someone @legendpress has been very tricksy with their lunch • Posted @withrepost • @legendpress The proofs are in! GRACE'S TABLE, the new novel by @sally.piper.writer out 1st August 2019. Grace has not had twelve people at her table for a long time. Hers isn’t the kind of family who share regular Sunday meals. But it isn’t every day you turn seventy. As Grace prepares the feast, she reflects on her life, her marriage and her friendships. When the three generations come together, simmering tensions from the past threaten to boil over. The one thing that no one can talk about is the one thing that no one can forget. #books #bookstagram #proofs #newbooks #amreading #foodnovel #bookish #bookworm #bookstagrammers

Anyone with a skerrick of interest in or concern for the environment or natural world should get their hands on a copy of @griffithreview Issue 63: Writing the Country. It’s a cracker issue, packed full of essays, reportage, memoir, fiction and poetry about the lands that define and sustain us. #griffithreview #writingthecountry #naturewriting

This has made my day! Thank you @abia_awards and a big shout out to Team @uqpbooks who miraculously turn clunky word docs into beautiful books! #abiaawards #uqp #thegeographyoffriendship

Light’s truth 🌈

To my dear UK friends and followers, I’m off to the UK soon and the good folk @legendpress and P&G Wells Bookshop in Winchester are hosting an event for THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRIENDSHIP on Thursday 9th May from 6:30-8:30pm. I would love to see you there and raise a glass in celebration with you and your friends! It’s a free event but please RSVP to info@legend-paperbooks.co.uk #thegeographyoffriendship #booklaunch #winchester #hampshire #pgwells #legendpress @uqpbooks

Reflecting on the beautiful sights of Western Australia. #happyholidays #westernaustralia

Taking tree scars 53 metres to the top 😢🌿 #gloucestertree #westernaustralia

This big boy suddenly popped up right beside the walking trail #kangaroo #lovenature #westernaustralia

South-west Western Australia coastal flora #lovenature #westernaustralia

Absolutely thrilled that THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRIENDSHIP has made the Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year longlist in the 2019 ABIA Awards. Big shout out to Team @uqpbooks for all the love and care given to Geography. And congratulations to all the other authors longlisted across the various categories! #abia2019

Eucalyptus flowers #kingspark #perth

Desert eucalypts #uluru

Sunrise over Uluru. Sunset over Kata Tjuta #uluru #katatjuta #bucketlist

Spotted these prettys on today’s walk 💛 #waterlillies

Growing up in Victoria I’d see echidna all the time, but this is the first one I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been living in Queensland, and it’s road kill. 😢 #echidna #spinyanteater #monotremes #egglayingmammal #nativeaustraliananimals

Botanists amongst you, any idea what this gorgeous tree is called? It produces striking orange blooms in its upper canopy every year around now and the rainbow lorikeet spend most of the day getting plastered on its nectar.🤔(@tweak.and.grow - I couldn’t find it in the super power book) #mysterytree

The next stop on the UK Blog Tour for #thegeographyoffriendship is @noveldelights. Thanks so much for the thoughtful review 🧡🖤 #Repost @noveldelights with @get_repost ・・・ Today it’s my turn on the @legendpress blog tour of slow burning sinister thriller The Geography of Friendship by@sallypiperwriter . This is an authentic, raw exploration of female friendships set against the backdrop of the isolating Australian bush. Find out more from my latest review (link in bio above 👆). #thegeographyoffriendship #sallypiper #legendpress #proofcopy #bookstagram #bookstagramming #bookstagrammer #igreads #newblogpost #bibliophile #blogtour

This cone is from a Bunya pine, the nut of which was a staple food of Australia’s First People for millennia. This one weighed about 8kg and I was thankful it didn’t land on my head🤕 #bunyapine #bunyanut

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The UK/Ireland edition of THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRIENDSHIP is out of the box and in bookstores today! After beginning this writing malarkey in the UK, where I lived for 8 years, it seems a fitting tribute that what eventually evolved from those fledgling attempts has found its way back there. Thank you @legendpress for these author copies, which I received today and have added to the sense of celebration 20,000km away! #thegeographyoffriendship #publicationday