Get to Know Pip Harry

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Meet Pip!

Pip Harry

Pip Harry is an Australian author, copywriter and journalist. Her young adult novels include I'll Tell You MineHead of the River and Because of You. Her middle grade novel The Little Wave won the 2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. Pip's second middle grade novel, Are You There, Buddha?, was a 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book and was shortlisted for the 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature. Pip's next middle grade novel, August & Jones, was published by Hachette in 2022 and was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers 2023 and the 2024 YABBA Awards, and won the CBCA Shadow Judging Book of the Year for Younger Readers. Pip is also the author of two picture books: Over or Under? and The Inside Dog. See also: www.pipharry.com.

 

Pip's books

DriftDrift

A beautifully written verse novel that will resonate with younger teen readers who are beginning to understand themselves and the changing world they live in.


August & JonesAugust & Jones

A story of two extraordinary kids who discover the life-changing power of friendship and teamwork. With your best friend beside you, anything is possible!

 

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Are You There, Buddha?Are You There, Buddha?

A fresh, funny and very contemporary take on puberty, first periods and relationships.

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The Inside DogThe Inside Dog

Cuddles is an inside dog, so when his family goes on a farm holiday he is horrified to find himself outside with the farm dogs - a charming story about being brave and trying new experiences!

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Over or Under?Over of Under?

A beautiful picture book about learning to swim in the waves at the beach.

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