Ailsa Piper
Ailsa Piper’s newest book is the memoir, For Life. Previously she wrote a travel memoir, Sinning Across Spain, then The Attachment, co-authored with Tony Doherty.
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Ailsa Piper
Ailsa Piper’s latest book is For Life, which has been reviewed as “intensely metaphoric”and a memoir that “beats with a radically open heart.” It tells of how her life was remade by seahorses and birds and sat water after being sideswiped by grief. Her first book, the travel memoir Sinning Across Spain, told of a 1300 kilometre walk she took while carrying the misdemeanours of others. Then came The Attachment: Letters From a Most Unlikely Friendship, co-authored with Tony Doherty – a celebration of conversation across divides and differences. Previously, her theatre script, Small Mercies was co-winner of the Patrick White Playwright’s Award, and her adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi was widely acclaimed when it was performed by the Bell Shakespeare Company. She has written for major Australian newspapers and journals, as well as for radio.
Ailsa is also an accomplished audiobook narrator, and a respected moderator and interviewer at writers’ festivals, having chatted with many of our best writers. She is a passionate reader, swimmer and walker.