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Liam Pieper
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Liam Pieper is an author and ABIA-winning ghostwriter of global bestsellers as well as more modest successes with his name on the cover. The first was a memoir, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, shortlisted for the National Biography Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award. His second was the Penguin Special Mistakes Were Made, a collection of funny true stories. He was co-recipient of the 2014 M Literary Award, winner of the 2015 Geoff Dean Short Story Prize, the inaugural creative resident of the UNESCO City of Literature of Prague, and the 2018 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow for Australian Writing. His novels are The Toymaker, Sweetness and Light and Appreciation, which is objectively the most fun of the three.

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At home with Liam Pieper

Welcome to the Penguin Long Weekend Literary Festival! Please enjoy Liam Pieper’s author talk on his latest novel Sweetness and Light. To purchase a copy, please go to this link https://www.penguin.com.au/books/sweetness-and-light-9781760890070 We’d love to hear your thoughts via #PRHLongWeekend. Liam Pieper is an author and journalist. His first book was a memoir, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, shortlisted for the National Biography Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award. His second was the Penguin Special Mistakes Were Made, a volume of humorous essays. He was co-recipient of the 2014 M Literary Award, winner of the 2015 Geoff Dean Short Story Prize, the inaugural creative resident of the UNESCO City of Literature of Prague, and the 2018 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow for Australian Writing. His first novel, The Toymaker, received the 2016 Christina Stead Fiction Award from the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

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Unabridged with Liam Pieper

Liam Pieper, whose new book SWEETNESS AND LIGHT is out now, gets in front of the camera for our inaugural episode of Unabridged, a 10-question, rapid fire interview that gives readers an insight into who our authors are and what makes them tick. Find out more about SWEETNESS AND LIGHT https://www.penguin.com.au/books/sweetness-and-light-9781760890070

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Miles from utopia

Liam Pieper reflects on subverting the self-actualisation narrative, in Sweetness and Light.

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Sweetness and Light book club notes

Take your reading group on an Indian adventure that's not covered in the guidebooks. 

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Silence is deadly

Liam Pieper’s The Toymaker asks people to speak up when it matters.

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The Toymaker book club notes

Liam Pieper’s The Toymaker: a gripping book club selection.