pip adam
He tangata tiriti ahau. Nō Mēhiko, Kōtirana me te iwi Romani tōku tūpuna. Ko pip adam ahau.
pip is the author of the novels kluge (2026), Audition, which was shortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction; Nothing to See (2020), also shortlisted for the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction; The New Animals (2017), which won the Acorn Foundation Prize for Fiction; I'm Working on a Building (2013); and the short story collection Everything We Hoped For (2010), which won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction in 2011. Pip makes the Better off Read podcast.
Find pip's books at UBS - the University Bookshop.
Image: Rachel Lynch
Events at WORD
Technology & AI in Fiction
In a future shaped by “intelligent machines”, what can remain uniquely human? Tim Corballis and pip adam discuss.
View event details
I Wish I Wrote That
Four writers share a favourite song or book that they adore. Be introduced to new musical and literary gems or gain new ways of looking at old favourites.
View event details
Working Class Heroes
Dominic Hoey (1985) and pip adam (Kluge) discuss and celebrate the importance of seeing working class characters and stories on the page.
View event details
Pax Assadi
The hilarious Pax Assadi has herded ducks in West Auckland and experienced catastrophic culture shock in Pakistan. He discusses his joyfully chaotic and painfully honest memoir, Mortified.
View event details
Word Social Feed
wordchch
🇳🇿 WORD Christchurch gets the city buzzing with books, ideas and kōrero. Next festival: 1 - 6 September 2026. Watch out for events through the year!