Pip Harry is the award-winning and bestselling author of August and Jones, The Little Wave, I'll Tell You Mine, Head of the River and Because of You. Drift, a YA novel in verse is her newest book.

Pip will speak with Bendigo Writers Festival Youth Curator Cecile Shanahan about the extraordinary backstory behind Drift, which was inspired by a swarm of 20,000 bees that settled in the walls of her house. Pip will also delve into how personal experiences can inspire and shape the stories we share with others.