Pip Smith

Will Llewyn and Ellie find their way through the grey to the wonderful, colourful Greenland? This fabulous story, told in rhyme, stars Llewyn, who lives in an extremely grey and monotonous world. When he meets a green elephant, Ellie, who has incredible stories of travelling to Greenland — a land of jellyfish lights that swim through the sky, and hills...

Too Close for Comfort by Pip Smith is the inaugural winner of the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest. This prestigious biennial prize is awarded for a book of poetry by an Australian female poet which engages with Australian culture in some way. The award, along with future awards, has been made possible thanks to a generous bequest from the estate...

Coralie threw the life jackets one by one, as hard as she could, and watched them catch on the wind and blow into the sea.   Coralie is thirteen years old and lives on Christmas Island, where sea birds circle the sky and the seasons are marked by the migratory patterns of crabs. But life on the island isn’t always...