Pip Harry
Our Coffee and Conversations With An Author have proved to be a very popular initiative this year which has really opened the Senior School Library to up to parents. We are excited about our final Coffee and Conversations this academic year - Australian author Pip Harry.
Pip Harry is a writer and editor. Her YA novels include I’ll Tell You Mine (2012), winner of the Australian Family Therapists Children’s Literature Award (2013). Head of the River, longlisted for the Gold Inky award (2015) and shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Literary awards (2016) and Because of You, shortlisted for the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards, Victorian Premier's Literary Award and Queensland Literary Awards (2018). Pip lives in Singapore with her family and currently works as Editor for the Australian and New Zealand Association (ANZA).
The Little Wave (2019), a verse novel, has recently been published in Australia. It is about a Sydney school who hosts a class visit from the country, and a group of children who uncover the value of true friendship, courage new experiences. Click here to read more about Pip and make sure you mark this event in your diary.
Pip Harry, was our last Coffee & Conversations With an Author for this school year, was a fabulous speaker. Pip, who lives here in Singapore with family and currently works as Editor for ANZA, shared the journey which her to write her award-winning books for children and young adults.
Pip shared this lovely book trailer for her new book The LIttle Wave below. I am looking forward to sharing this with our students as it is such a good model for a book trailer and will be a great example for them to use when they are making their own,