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Pip Williams

Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney and now calls the Adelaide Hills home. She is co-author of the book Time Bomb: Work Rest and Play in Australia Today (New South Press, 2012) and in 2017 she wrote One Italian Summer, a memoir of her family’s travels in search of the good life, which was published with Affirm Press to wide acclaim. Pip has also published travel articles, book reviews, flash fiction and poetry.

Genres: Historical

Novels

   The Dictionary of Lost Words (2021)
   The Bookbinder (2023)
     aka The Bookbinder of Jericho

Non fiction show

Award nominations

2021 Walter Scott Prize for Best Historical Novel (nominee) : The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams recommends

The Eights (2025)
Joanna Miller
"A story about women taking their place in a man's world, The Eights beautifully captures the power of friendship and love in the wake of extraordinary loss. It was a pleasure to read."

Life Hacks For a Little Alien (2025)
Alice Franklin
"Unique and thoroughly engaging. Life Hacks for a Little Alien tells a story about feeling different. It is insightful and funny and gently poignant. By telling the story of one little alien, Alice Franklin has told the story of many. By creating a character obsessed with an ancient manuscript whose text cannot be deciphered, she has illuminated the power of language and our desire, whether we are human or alien, to be understood. I was reading other books when I picked this up, but after reading the first page I could not put it down - the other books had to wait."

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club (2024)
Helen Simonson
"Written with humor and compassion, it is a delight."