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.

TICKET GIVEAWAY! Readers and authors unite at Avid Reader Bookshop’s Sunday Best Book Club! On Sunday 7th October from 10-11am I’ll be chatting with Avid’s Book Club convenor about The Geography of Friendship. We’ll cover the novel’s themes, research, #metoo, bushwalking, female friendships, pushing back against fear...pretty much anything you’d like to chat about. I have two free tickets for the event. To go into the draw to win them, like this post and leave a comment saying you’d like to enter. I’ll draw the winner on Friday 28th September and put your name on the list at Avid. Good Luck! @avidreader @uqpbooks #thegeographyoffriendship #bookclubs

Today is Australian Reading Hour day so it’s a legit excuse to leave the desk and stick my nose in a book! #readinghour #learn #grow #escape #relax #takethetime #darkemu #brucepascoe

The Geography of Friendship is in some terrific literary company here! #Repost @avidreader with @get_repost ・・・ Our book club books for October! Interested in joining? Go to avidreader.com/bookclubs to peruse and sign up! 📚 . Australian book club: “Wintering” by Krissy Kneen . Her Voice book club: “The Female Persuasion” by Meg Wolitzer . Open + Daylight book club: “The Overstory” by Richard Powers . Crime book club: “Snap” by Belinda Bauer . High Noon book club: “Flights” by Olga Tokarczuk . Sunday Best book club: “The Geography of Friendship” by Sally Piper . Young & Restless book club: “Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murato . Science Fiction & Fantasy book club: “2312” by Kim Stanley Robinson . Young at Heart book club: “I Am Out With Lanterns” by Emily Gale . Good Sex book club: “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Milan Kundera

#Repost @qldwriters with @get_repost ・・・ Our Literary Salons are gaining a rep as the home of innovative and surprising storytelling! Join regular @newyorkermag contributor Anwen Crawford on Friday 28 Sep at 7pm along with @anisa_nandaula, @iamjonobri, @sally.piper.writer, @kali.napier and @furioushorses for an evening of words and wine! Ticket link in bio 🍷 🗣 📝 🍷 #brisbane #brisbaneanyday #writing #writersofistagram #poetry #writingcommunity #amwriting #poetrycommunity

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Writing can be a solitary pursuit, but there is much to be said for having a strong network around you. If you’d like some ideas on how to build yours then this @qldwriters seminar might be for you. It’s a free event but bookings essential. Phone Chermside Library on 3403 7200 to register. The library’s address is 375 Hamilton Road, Chermside, Brisbane. @brisbanelibraries #networkingforauthors #chermsidelibrary #brisbanelibraryevents #sallypiper

And then it watched me doing the dishes. Seriously, can a person have no privacy?🙄

Snake intimidation. This afternoon it was trying to find an opening in the screen door. This evening it’s hanging off the screen door. I think it wants in🐍 #perilsofbushliving

We’ve probably been unstuck from the #bwf2018 bookshop window by now, but it was fun being one of @uqpbooks poster girls and boy for the weekend. @jackieryan_inc @shastradeo @lauraelvery @cassmoriarty @rosswatkins_author

Brilliant panel with Kate Grenville and Indigenous Canadian novelist and poet Katherena Vermette speaking with Human Rights lawyer Susan Harris Rimmer about the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the systems that ignore violence again women and the behavior of Australia’s (male) politicians who allow for those systems to persist. #bwf2018 #kategrenville #katherenavermette #humanrights

Not a bad view from the top of the Emporium Hotel for #bwf2018 Artist Drinks last night.

Today is Indigenous Literacy Day! The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is one I’ve supported for some time now because I know literacy really does change lives, and yet so many of Australia’s remote indigenous communities have no books from which to learn. I have set up a ‘Fill a Bookshelf’ fundraising page to help buy books for remote indigenous communities. Please consider making a donation, no matter how small - I and indigenous children in remote Australia would be grateful. LINK to fundraising page in bio @indigenousliteracyfoundation #indigenousliteracyday #fillabookshelf

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Oh dear. I decided I’d cook my father (a man who has all he needs at 89) a blueberry, coconut and lemon curd cake for Father’s Day. All was going well, to include a clean sweep out of the tin. Then this happened. Looks like I backed the car over it. #kitchencalamities #fathersday2018

I finally got to meet the lovely Kayte Nunn this evening at Avid Reader Bookshop where she chatted with @fionastager about her latest novel The Botanist’s Daughter. A book with botany at its heart (amongst other things) will be slipping to the top of my reading pile! #thebotanistsdaughter @kaytenunn2 @hachetteaus @avidreader

Colour-coordinated cupcakes! These generous touches are just one of many reasons I love visiting book clubs. #thegeographyoffriendship #bookclubs

These two talked up a storm at Books@Stones Bookstore this evening. Mirandi Riwoe in-conversation with Emily O’Grady about her Vogel prize-winning novel The Yellow House - a novel about the legacy of trauma and vilification experienced by those related to people who commit heinous crimes. #theyellowhouse #emilyogrady @allenandunwin @mirandimay @booksstones

#Repost @betterwordspod with @get_repost ・・・ This week we are joined by @sally.piper.writer to discuss her beautiful novel The Geography of Friendship. We’re also talking about the massive leap from nursing to writing and the pressure of winning literary awards. . . . Find the link in our bio to listen or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! . . . 📷: @unfinishedbookshelf #geographyoffriendship #uqpbooks #uqp #aussiereaders #aussieliterature #aussiewriters #booksandglasses #podernfamily #podcastlife #bookishpodcast

I’ve been having some great chats about #thegeographyoffriendship lately with book clubs. Big time thanks to @salwilsonwords and @tweak.and.grow for the invites, book savvy company and delicious desserts! #bookclubs

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