Overview
Background
Kim Wilkins is a recognised expert on storytelling, 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 working with partners and has recently undertaken funded research on technology foresight with the Commonwealth Department of Defence, and with a series of regional councils for the Linkage Project 'Community Publishing in Regional Australia'. Since 2019, she has served a range of leadership roles, including in the HASS Office of the ADR, and the UQ Graduate School. She is Academic Director of the newly established Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing.
Availability
- Professor Kim Wilkins is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Research), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Creative practice
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Popular fiction
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Publishing and book culture
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Storytelling, creativity, and the imaginaton
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Viking tattoos of Instagram: Runes and contemporary identities
Bennett, Lisa and Wilkins, Kim (2019). Viking tattoos of Instagram: Runes and contemporary identities. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 26 (5-6), 135485651987241-1314. doi: 10.1177/1354856519872413
2019
Journal Article
Horns: vikings, adaptation, evolution
Wilkins, Kim (2019). Horns: vikings, adaptation, evolution. Studies in Medievalism, 28.
2019
Journal Article
"Strange Companies": the Northman in popular historical fiction
Bennett, Lisa and Wilkins, Kim (2019). "Strange Companies": the Northman in popular historical fiction. Journal of Historical Fictions, 2 (1), 1-17.
2019
Other Outputs
Queens of the sea
Wilkins, Kim (2019). Queens of the sea. Sydney, Australia: HarperCollins.
2018
Journal Article
Genre worlds and popular fiction: the case of twenty-first-century Australian romance
Fletcher, Lisa, Driscoll, Beth and Wilkins, Kim (2018). Genre worlds and popular fiction: the case of twenty-first-century Australian romance. Journal of Popular Culture, 51 (4), 997-1015. doi: 10.1111/jpcu.12706
2018
Journal Article
The publishing ecosystems of contemporary australian genre fiction
Driscoll, Beth, Fletcher, Lisa, Wilkins, Kim and Carter, David (2018). The publishing ecosystems of contemporary australian genre fiction. Creative Industries Journal, 11 (2), 203-221. doi: 10.1080/17510694.2018.1480851
2017
Journal Article
'A crowd at your back': fantasy fandom and small press
Wilkins, Kim (2017). 'A crowd at your back': fantasy fandom and small press. Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy: Quarterly Journal of Media Research and Resources, 170 (1), 1329878X1774352-125. doi: 10.1177/1329878X17743524
2017
Journal Article
Writing time: Coleridge, creativity, and commerce
Wilkins, Kim (2017). Writing time: Coleridge, creativity, and commerce. Text, 41
2017
Other Outputs
Stars across the ocean
Freeman, Kimberley (2017). Stars across the ocean. Sydney, Australia: Hachette Australia.
2017
Other Outputs
The silver well
Forsyth, Kate and Wilkins, Kim (2017). The silver well. Perth, Australia: Ticonderoga Publications.
2017
Other Outputs
Odin's girl
Wilkins, Kim (2017). Odin's girl. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PS Publishing.
2016
Journal Article
“Ravished by Vikings”: the pre-modern and the paranormal in Viking romance fiction
Wilkins, Kim (2016). “Ravished by Vikings”: the pre-modern and the paranormal in Viking romance fiction. Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 5 (2), 1-13.
2016
Book Chapter
Pagan places: contemporary paganism, British fantasy fiction, and the case of Ryhope Wood
Wilkins, Kim (2016). Pagan places: contemporary paganism, British fantasy fiction, and the case of Ryhope Wood. Popular fiction and spatiality reading genre settings. (pp. 109-123) edited by Lisa Fletcher. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-56902-8_8
2016
Other Outputs
In Hornhead Wood
Wilkins, Kim (2016). In Hornhead Wood. Dreaming in the Dark. edited by Jack Dann. Hornsea, United Kingdom: PostScript.
2016
Book Chapter
Women, Akubras and ereaders: romance fiction and Australian publishing
Driscoll, Beth, Fletcher, Lisa and Wilkins, Kim (2016). Women, Akubras and ereaders: romance fiction and Australian publishing. The return of print? Contemporary Australian publishing. (pp. 67-87) edited by Aaron Mannion and Emmett Stinson. Melbourne: Monash University Publishing.
2016
Book Chapter
From Middle Earth to Westeros: medievalism, proliferation and paratextuality
Wilkins, Kim (2016). From Middle Earth to Westeros: medievalism, proliferation and paratextuality. New directions in popular fiction genre, distribution, reproduction. (pp. 201-221) edited by Ken Gelder. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-52346-4_10
2016
Other Outputs
Sisters of the fire
Wilkins, Kim (2016). Sisters of the fire. Sydney, Australia: Harlequin Mira.
2014
Other Outputs
The engagement party
Freeman, Kimberley (2014). The engagement party. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Livre Australia.
2014
Other Outputs
9 fathom deep
Wilkins, Kim and Diskett, Joseph (2014). 9 fathom deep. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Story City.
2014
Journal Article
Valhallolz: medievalist humor on the internet
Wilkins, Kim (2014). Valhallolz: medievalist humor on the internet. Postmedieval, 5 (2), 199-214. doi: 10.1057/pmed.2014.14
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Kim Wilkins is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Literature in a Changed Publishing Environment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall, Dr Leah Henrickson
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Doctor Philosophy
Creative writing and the creation of a new Australian novel genre
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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Doctor Philosophy
Honeyeater: A novel method of creative observation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Skye Doherty
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanics of Imagination: Arthur Coghlan and Generative AI in Creative Nonfiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Leah Henrickson
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Doctor Philosophy
The Realness of Unreal Things: A Model for Writing Speculative Fiction Memoir
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tom Doig, Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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Doctor Philosophy
Connecting Children with Nature Through Fiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
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Doctor Philosophy
Start with a Bang: The Critical Nature of Perilous Beginnings in Australian Crime Fiction Writing and Publishing.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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Master Philosophy
The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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Doctor Philosophy
Design Fixation and its Impact on Creative Thinking in Primary School Students
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ben Matthews
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Doctor Philosophy
The Realness of Unreal Things
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tom Doig, Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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Master Philosophy
The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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Doctor Philosophy
Writing the Speculative Fiction Series
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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Doctor Philosophy
The Realness of Unreal Things: A Model for Writing Speculative Fiction Memoir
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tom Doig, Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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Master Philosophy
The Remake: Generation Loss Across Iterations of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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Doctor Philosophy
Connecting Children with Nature Through Fiction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Between People and Books: The Contemporary Australian Bookshelf
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall, Dr Leah Henrickson
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Honeyeater: A novel method of creative observation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Skye Doherty
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Cover Story: Developing Methodologies for the Analysis of Book Titles and Book Covers
Principal Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies and Sensible Magic: The Art of Kinesthetic Research
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Bernadette Cochrane
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2022
Master Philosophy
First Nations YA Literature: Using the `tropes and tenets' of speculative fiction in OwnVoices young adult writing
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The Theatre of Death and riding the slipstream: A study of the migration and metamorphosis of real-world matter into the Fantastic.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Helen Marshall
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2019
Master Philosophy
Kismet: Dressing Characters for Authenticity in Historical Fiction
Principal Advisor
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2019
Master Philosophy
Flyaway: Visual Evocation of the Beautiful Sublime in Australian Gothic Fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lisa O'Connell
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
'The Republic of Birds' and 'Fantastic Cartography: The fantasy map and the portal-quest fantasy'
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Wisdom Tree and the Novella in the Twenty-First Century
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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2017
Master Philosophy
Fiction and the Lived Experience of Leprosy.
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Displaced Pieces: The Equivocation of the Real and the Imaginary in Literary Fantasy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2016
Master Philosophy
Fantastic writing: writing the fantastic into the everyday
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Making the Dead Speak: Writing Dialogue in Historical Fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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2016
Master Philosophy
The Bride With Red Hair - Digital Publishing and the Australian Genre Author
Principal Advisor
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2016
Master Philosophy
Cities of Struggle: Victorian Gothic and the Hardboiled Pulps in Secondary World Urban Fantasy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2014
Master Philosophy
The Wolf-King of Rome: Viewpoint as a tool for classical reception in children's historical fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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2012
Master Philosophy
Nix (Creative Work) & Creating Place in Fantasy Fiction: Understanding the Role of the Reader When Writing Fantasy Worlds (Critical Essay)
Principal Advisor
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2011
Master Philosophy
'The Blue Poppy Sea': Reflections on writing from the leaky boat of an ethnographic novel.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Writing the Speculative Fiction Series
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Timefield: science fiction and the neuroscience of reading
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Ludic Mythology: Apotheosis in Synthetic Worlds
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alastair Blanshard
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2019
Master Philosophy
Over Land: The Rise of Life-Driven Nature Writing and the Implications for Nature Writers
Associate Advisor
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2019
Master Philosophy
Exegesis: Putting the Child Back into Children's Literature. Creative work: Time Squad, a children's novel.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Richard Newsome
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Heroic Masculinity and Male Homosociality in Three Kingdoms and Le Morte Darthur
Associate Advisor
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2008
Master Philosophy
Cherry Pie: The novel manuscript Cherry Pie, and the critical essay 'Trixie Belden: Godmother of Tart Noir?'
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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2008
Master Philosophy
THE WAITING GAME and WRITING CREATIVE NONFICTION: A PERSONAL JOURNEY
Associate Advisor
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2007
Master Philosophy
'THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET EXTREMELY HAPPY' and THERE'S A TRACK WINDING BACK: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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