Christine Piper

Writer ( and novelist (“AfterDarkness” 2014). Editor. Researcher (

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

Thanks to all who came to my talks in #Tokyo. Especially the citizen activists (many in their 60s/70s) who braved 38-degree heat. I also loved meeting members of the Australia NZ Literary Society of Japan, who know more about Aussie #literature than I do. 🤯 #Unit731 #books

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

August 15 (VJ Day) is a day of peace in Japan. So it’s a good time to revisit my essay “Unearthing the Past”, about a group of civilian activists striving to seek justice for the victims of #Unit731.
Read: https://t.co/hGsgQZfFwi

Aug 17 event in Tokyo: https://t.co/RQNEoQuEtC

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

In #Tokyo next week, learn about the Japanese Army’s secret biomedical warfare program, a.k.a. #Unit731 I’m giving my a talk with fellow author and civilian activist Kazuyuki Kawamura in Kichijoji on August 17. #books #war

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@timecaptales I wrote about Unit 731 in my novel, After Darkness https://t.co/ixY4GZ9CkB and also in this award-winning essay: https://t.co/hGsgQZgdlQ – about activists in Japan trying to help victims of Unit 731. I'm doing a talk in Tokyo on August 17 about U731: https://t.co/RQNEoQvcja

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

Saddened to hear the #VogelsLiteraryAward is ending. When I won 10 years ago (to the day!) my life changed. The $20K was a godsend. But the recognition that publication brought mattered most. 🙏 to the Stevns family who funded the prize for 44 years + Allen & Unwin. End of an era

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

Join me in Tokyo on May 6 for a talk about my book - published in Japan as 暗闇の後で (Kurayami No Atode). Translator Masashi Hojo will share memories of his father, who was a pearl diver in Broome for 29 years and interned in Australia. https://t.co/GbLrfD9hkD #WW2 #authortalk

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

Read about the translation journey of my book and others: https://t.co/wjSIWfljKx By Thuy On #ArtsHub #translation #copyright #afterdarkness #literature #japan

[ArtsHub @ArtsHub]

To the uninitiated, the prospect of having your book translated into different languages is daunting and exciting, but how does it happen?

#book #translation #language #author
https://t.co/HwjZV1L2Nw

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

"This is the biggest act of copyright theft in history". I 100% agree. Authors' works cannot be used to train AI without permission. #ai #copyright
https://t.co/cVQBraofBl

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

Today marks the end of WW2. For most, it was a day of happiness. Not so for many Japanese Australians, who faced repatriation to Japan after years of internment. Article by @TetsKimura
https://t.co/DZMAiLZUCJ

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@psephy @masakofukuisyd @NikkeiAustralia Wow, thanks Donna – did you buy it already?!

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@LisaPoisso Thank you, Lisa! I'm still going on my other one...

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@SydWritersRoom I like that I'm a 'stalwart'!

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

私のデビュー小説 After Darkness が日本語翻訳され本日　日本で出版されるという素晴らしいニュースに私は興奮しています。https://t.co/3iofLFQSZd

買う：https://t.co/WWUSF3tnjj

#暗闇の後で #小説 #731部隊　#翼竜　#戦争 #日系人 #本

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@masakofukuisyd @NikkeiAustralia Thanks Masako!

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

The Japanese version of my novel, ‘After Darkness’, is out today! https://t.co/3iofLFQSZd
It’s unusual for foreign rights to sell 9 years on. Translator Masashi Hojo loved the story & persisted with the translation, then found a Japanese publisher.
Buy: https://t.co/WWUSF3tnjj

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@AmraPajalic Thank you, Amra. You are such an amazing writer and I hope to read more of your stories elsewhere.

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

Vale Gabrielle Carey, author of Puberty Blues among other books. I remember her as an academic who helped mentor me and 6 other editors working on the 2011 UTS Writers’ Anthology. She was wry and intelligent and didn’t suffer fools. https://t.co/eUY9dxnPa2

[Christine Piper @cyberpiper]

@gretchenshirm Oh dear. I feel the same way about Edith Blyton, who I loved as a kid.