Pip Williams
Pip Williams is the author of social research, essays, memoir and the odd poem, but she is best known for her companion novels, The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho. Since its publication in 2020,The Dictionary of Lost Words has been translated into more than 30 languages and has become an international bestseller, winning a number of major Australian book awards, being shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and being chosen for the Reese Witherspoon Book Club. The Dictionary of Lost Words went on to be a New York Times bestseller and has been adapted for stage, turned into a book-concerto, and been optioned for a limited series.
The Bookbinder of Jericho was published in 2023 and was the bestselling Australian novel for that year.
Pip will be appearing at the following events:
ADAPT OR PERISH Peter Goldsworthy and Pip Williams in conversation with Sarah Macdonald