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Professor Kim Wilkins

Deputy Dean - Graduate School

Graduate School

Professor

School of Communication and Arts
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Deputy Associate Dean (Research)

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
k.wilkins@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 52589

Overview

Kim Wilkins is a recognised expert on creative practice, popular literature, and the publishing industry. She is the author of more than 30 full-length works of fiction, and her work is translated into more than 20 languages globally. Her scholarly research centres on creative communities, such as writing groups and fan cultures. She is most recently the author of Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction and 21st-Century Book Culture (with Beth Driscoll and Lisa Fletcher), which outlines a new theory for understanding popular fiction through its related industrial, social, and textual pleasures and processes.

Kim is also passionate about interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration and methodologies, and is currently undertaking funded research on technology foresight with Dr Helen Marshall for the Commonwealth Department of Defence. She leads creativity workshops for academics in other disciplines, to help them imagine different perspectives on research problems and their stakeholders, and has worked on teams researching digital health, defence innovation, and zero net emissions in agriculture. Since 2019, she has served a leadership role as Deputy ADR in the Faculty of HASS, with a special interest in research training and HDR strategy.

Research Interests

  • Creative practice
  • Popular fiction
  • Publishing and book culture
  • Storytelling, creativity, and the imaginaton

Qualifications

  • Master of Research, The University of Queensland
  • PhD (Creative Writing), The University of Queensland
  • Master of Arts Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
  • BA (Hons), The University of Queensland

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

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Available Projects

  • Creative writing PhDs for established practitioners

    Currently not available for new HDR students.

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book

Book Chapter

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • 'Words of art': magic and language in early modern England

    Wilkins, Kim (2012). 'Words of art': magic and language in early modern England. The British World: Religion, Memory, Society, Culture, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia, 2-5 July 2012. Toowoomba, Qld, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.

Other Outputs

  • What IF Consortium reports: envision, engage, empathise, inhabit

    Anderton, Joanne, Marshall, Helen and Wilkins, Kim (2023). What IF Consortium reports: envision, engage, empathise, inhabit. Brisbane, QLD Australia:

  • Project Ursula speculative fiction techniques for technology foresight: facilitator handbook

    Marshall, Helen, Wilkins, Kim, Bennett, Lisa, Anderton, Joanne and Ivanova, Ksenia (2023). Project Ursula speculative fiction techniques for technology foresight: facilitator handbook. Brisbane, QLD Australia: What If Lab; The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/c6a0989

  • The Ursula Project: Conceptual Framework

    Marshall, Helen , Wilkins, Kim , Bennett, Lisa and Anderton, Joanne (2023). The Ursula Project: Conceptual Framework. Brisbane, Australia: The What If Lab, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/9a5e903

  • Web 3.0 technology impacts and future scenarios

    Anderton, Joanne, Ivanova, Ksenia, Marshall, Helen, Wilkins, Kim, Bennett, Lisa and Scott, Haley (2023). Web 3.0 technology impacts and future scenarios. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Human and Decision Sciences Division, Defence Science Technology Group.

  • Queens of the sea

    Wilkins, Kim (2019). Queens of the sea. Sydney, Australia: HarperCollins.

  • Odin's girl

    Wilkins, Kim (2017). Odin's girl. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PS Publishing.

  • Stars across the ocean

    Freeman, Kimberley (2017). Stars across the ocean. Sydney, Australia: Hachette Australia.

  • The silver well

    Forsyth, Kate and Wilkins, Kim (2017). The silver well. Perth, Australia: Ticonderoga Publications.

  • The engagement party

    Freeman, Kimberley (2016). The engagement party. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Livre Australia.

  • In Hornhead Wood

    Wilkins, Kim (2016). In Hornhead Wood. Dreaming in the Dark. edited by Jack Dann. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PostScript.

  • Sisters of the fire

    Wilkins, Kim (2016). Sisters of the fire. Sydney, Australia: Harlequin Mira.

  • 9 fathom deep

    Wilkins, Kim and Diskett, Joseph (2014). 9 fathom deep. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Story City.

  • Daughters of the storm

    Wilkins, Kim (2014). Daughters of the storm. Sydney, Australia: Harlequin Mira.

  • Evergreen Falls

    Freeman, Kimberley (2014). Evergreen Falls. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Australia.

  • Ember island

    Freeman, Kimberley (2013). Ember island. Sydney, QLD, Australia: Hachette Livre Australia.

  • The year of ancient ghosts: stories

    Wilkins, Kim (2013). The year of ancient ghosts: stories. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Ticonderoga Publications.

  • Wild dreams of blood

    Wilkins, Kim (2012). Wild dreams of blood. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Review of Australian Fiction.

  • Lighthouse Bay

    Freeman, Kimberley (Kim Wilkins) (2012). Lighthouse Bay. Sydney, Australia: Hachette Australia.

  • Wildflower hill

    Freeman, Kimberley (2010). Wildflower hill. Sydney, Australia: Hachette Australia.

  • Austlit: Australian popular medievalism subset

    Wilkins (Kimberley Freeman), Kim (2009). Austlit: Australian popular medievalism subset. St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia: AustLit.

  • Dreamless

    Wilkins, Kim (2008). Dreamless. Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia: ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI).

  • Gold dust

    Wilkins (Freeman, Kimberley), Kim (2008). Gold dust. Sydney: Hachette Livre Australia.

  • The Forest

    Wilkins (Kimberley Freeman), Kim (2008). The Forest. Dreaming Again: Thirty-five new stories celebrating the wild side of Australian fiction. (pp. 125-141) edited by Jack Dann. Pymble, NSW, Australia: HarperCollins.

  • The pearl hunters

    Wilkins, Kim (2008). The pearl hunters. Malvern, SA: Omnibus Scholastic.

  • Giants of the frost

    Wilkins, Kim (2006). Giants of the frost. PhD Thesis, School of English, Media Studies & Art History, The University of Queensland.

  • The resurrectionists

    Wilkins, Kim (2000). The resurrectionists. M.A. Thesis, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.16

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Note for students: Professor Kim Wilkins is not currently available to take on new students.

Current Supervision

Completed Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

Professor Kim Wilkins is not currently available to take on new students.

  • Creative writing PhDs for established practitioners

    Currently not available for new HDR students.

This staff member is a UQ Expert for media in the following fields:

Popular fiction, Bestsellers and book culture, Writing and publishing, Fantasy fiction, Creativity and the imagination

They are happy to lend their expertise to your articles or broadcasts and share their research discoveries and insights with the community via media channels.

For additional assistance with story ideas, general advice and information or help with seeking further experts, please email the UQ Media Team or telephone (07) 3365 1120.

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ResearcherID: J-6356-2018

ORCID: 0000-0001-7783-8248

Scopus ID: 56099936800

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