Kim Wilkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3855633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kim Wilkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kim |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkins |
| SIGNATURE | WILKINS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7783-8248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Place and Time to Write and Publish
Community publishing in regional Australia operates by temporal frameworks shaped by place that differ from those shaped by the commercial imperatives that govern mainstream publishing. This paper draws on Rita Felski’s tripartite feminist heuristic of everyday time, life time, and large-scale time, alongside Mary Graham’s Indigenous epistemology of place, to analyse interview data from writers, publishers, booksellers, and community connectors i…
The significance of place in book publishing
This article argues for the importance of place in the study of contemporary publishing activity. We offer insights from a research project into the production of books by community groups and individuals in regional Australia, with a focus on four sites: Alice Springs/Mparntwe, Broken Hill/Willyama, Winton (on the lands of the Koa people) and Ayr (on the lands of the Bindal people). Our design is informed by place- and relationality-centred Indi…
Towards a comprehensive picture of Australian literature beyond the publishing capitals
This article details the independent, small press and community publishing in Australia that is occurring outside the two major metropolitan publishing centres of Sydney and Melbourne. Guided by Mary Graham's articulation of the significance of place (2007) and drawing on a dataset constructed from the AustLit database from 2013 to 2023, we identify a high quantity of varied publishing activity in Australia's regions. The result is a comprehensiv…
Stories and systems
This research article argues for the effectiveness of storytelling techniques not only for communicating complex systems, but also for analysing complex systems and modelling outcomes. This kind of analysis and modelling of impacts is vital in strategic decision making and technology foresight. Strategy engages at many points with complex sociotechnical systems. Disruptive technological impact does not necessarily inhere in the technological obje…
Genre pastiche and Community
Community (NBC, 2009-14, Yahoo, 2015), a sitcom about a study group at a community college, is known for its tendency to shift generic registers. 1 In one episode it imitates the style, manner and mood of a heist movie, in the next a mockumentary, then a Western.Other episodes are modelled on 'bottle episodes', police procedurals, 'clip' shows, postapocalyptic films, 1980s teen dramas, courtroom dramas, Christmas specials, conspiracy thrillers, e…
Metamodern pastiche Introduction
Calibrating possibility
Story thinking for technology foresight
This article explores how skills and knowledge from the field of science fiction and fantasy (SFF) creative writing can be applied in technology foresight, especially for workshops with transdisciplinary research teams. The practical model introduced here, Story Thinking, builds upon and complements existing models for combining elements of storytelling with foresight, and highlights the contributions of writing practitioners. It offers four bene…
Genre Worlds
Babylon Berlin ’s bifocal gaze
There is a curious sequence towards the end of the first episode of Babylon Berlin (Sky1, Das Erste, 2017-), when Detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) exits his office at the
Creative resistance
It is frequently asserted in both film scholarship and criticism that Noah Baumbach is a literary filmmaker. While Baumbach’s oeuvre certainly showcases his interest in literature through a range of stylistic techniques, this article presents the case that Baumbach projects his literary filmmaking as an authorial trademark in line with Timothy Corrigan’s conceptualisation of contemporary auteurism. By critically positioning himself as an auteur, …
Young Adult Fantasy Fiction
Young adult fantasy (YA fantasy) brings together two established genres - young adult fiction and fantasy fiction - and in so doing amplifies, energises, and leverages the textual, social, and industrial practices of the two genres: combining the fantastic with adolescent concerns; engaging passionate online fandoms; proliferating quickly into series and related works. By considering the texts alongside the way they are circulated and marketed, t…
A crowd at your back
This article presents a study of a model of textual production that situates genre fiction, specifically fantasy fiction, within its community and industry contexts. I argue that Australian fantasy 'fandom' operates in some ways like a research and development space for the literature it consumes, through allowing, enabling and enthusiastically supporting - both ethically and materially - a thriving small press culture. Fandom is known for its pa…
The publishing ecosystems of contemporary australian genre fiction
The cultural and commercial operations of the publishing industry have been dramatically reshaped by digital technologies, yet little is known about how these effects are differentiated across sectors of the industry. This article analyses data about the production of Australian-authored fantasy, romance and crime fiction titles to explore the specific publishing ecosystems of different genres and the roles played by multinational, small press an…
Genre Worlds and Popular Fiction
Popular romance fiction is the most prolific and profitable popular genre globally, a robust counter to narratives in the media and academia about the death of the book. Like all genres of fiction, romance has multiple dimensions. Popular romance is a sector of the publishing industry, a social formation, and a body of texts. To date, research has focused overwhelmingly on the third dimension, largely because of the dominance of the conceptual fr…
What is Australian Popular Fiction
Australian popular fiction is the most significant growth area in Australian trade publishing since the turn of the twenty-first century, yet it has received little sustained scholarly attention (Fletcher et al. 5). Over the last two decades, the rhetoric of the decline of literary fiction has become a recurring theme in cultural journalism (see, for example, Knox; Mordue; Neill; Sullivan; Williamson). But while the fate of literature prompts ele…
The fixity of prostate seed implants
The differential in the motion of the smooth strand and the strands with grooved surfaces can be attributed to the increased surface area of the grooved strands. This finding is significant since it will impact, theoretically, the design, and thus the migration of seed implants that are used to treat cancer patients, particularly those with prostate cancer.
Valhallolz
Cutting off the Head of the King’
Popular genres and the Australian literary community
Australian fantasy fiction is a highly successful field of Australian writing both nationally and internationally, and yet it occupies uncertain territory in the Australian literary community. In many ways, it is the opposite of that community's default notion of Australian writing: it is popular, not literary; international, not local; fantastic, not realism. These incongruities make it an excellent case study for examining how the Australian li…
Genre Worlds and Popular Fiction
Popular romance fiction is the most prolific and profitable popular genre globally, a robust counter to narratives in the media and academia about the death of the book. Like all genres of fiction, romance has multiple dimensions. Popular romance is a sector of the publishing industry, a social formation, and a body of texts. To date, research has focused overwhelmingly on the third dimension, largely because of the dominance of the conceptual fr…
Story thinking for technology foresight
This article explores how skills and knowledge from the field of science fiction and fantasy (SFF) creative writing can be applied in technology foresight, especially for workshops with transdisciplinary research teams. The practical model introduced here, Story Thinking, builds upon and complements existing models for combining elements of storytelling with foresight, and highlights the contributions of writing practitioners. It offers four bene…
Metamodern pastiche Introduction
Babylon Berlin ’s bifocal gaze
There is a curious sequence towards the end of the first episode of Babylon Berlin (Sky1, Das Erste, 2017-), when Detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) exits his office at the
Popular genres and the Australian literary community
Australian fantasy fiction is a highly successful field of Australian writing both nationally and internationally, and yet it occupies uncertain territory in the Australian literary community. In many ways, it is the opposite of that community's default notion of Australian writing: it is popular, not literary; international, not local; fantastic, not realism. These incongruities make it an excellent case study for examining how the Australian li…
Cutting off the Head of the King’
Valhallolz
The fixity of prostate seed implants
The differential in the motion of the smooth strand and the strands with grooved surfaces can be attributed to the increased surface area of the grooved strands. This finding is significant since it will impact, theoretically, the design, and thus the migration of seed implants that are used to treat cancer patients, particularly those with prostate cancer.
The publishing ecosystems of contemporary australian genre fiction
The cultural and commercial operations of the publishing industry have been dramatically reshaped by digital technologies, yet little is known about how these effects are differentiated across sectors of the industry. This article analyses data about the production of Australian-authored fantasy, romance and crime fiction titles to explore the specific publishing ecosystems of different genres and the roles played by multinational, small press an…
Genre Worlds and Popular Fiction
Popular romance fiction is the most prolific and profitable popular genre globally, a robust counter to narratives in the media and academia about the death of the book. Like all genres of fiction, romance has multiple dimensions. Popular romance is a sector of the publishing industry, a social formation, and a body of texts. To date, research has focused overwhelmingly on the third dimension, largely because of the dominance of the conceptual fr…
What is Australian Popular Fiction
Australian popular fiction is the most significant growth area in Australian trade publishing since the turn of the twenty-first century, yet it has received little sustained scholarly attention (Fletcher et al. 5). Over the last two decades, the rhetoric of the decline of literary fiction has become a recurring theme in cultural journalism (see, for example, Knox; Mordue; Neill; Sullivan; Williamson). But while the fate of literature prompts ele…
Young Adult Fantasy Fiction
Young adult fantasy (YA fantasy) brings together two established genres - young adult fiction and fantasy fiction - and in so doing amplifies, energises, and leverages the textual, social, and industrial practices of the two genres: combining the fantastic with adolescent concerns; engaging passionate online fandoms; proliferating quickly into series and related works. By considering the texts alongside the way they are circulated and marketed, t…
A crowd at your back
This article presents a study of a model of textual production that situates genre fiction, specifically fantasy fiction, within its community and industry contexts. I argue that Australian fantasy 'fandom' operates in some ways like a research and development space for the literature it consumes, through allowing, enabling and enthusiastically supporting - both ethically and materially - a thriving small press culture. Fandom is known for its pa…
Babylon Berlin ’s bifocal gaze
There is a curious sequence towards the end of the first episode of Babylon Berlin (Sky1, Das Erste, 2017-), when Detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) exits his office at the
Creative resistance
It is frequently asserted in both film scholarship and criticism that Noah Baumbach is a literary filmmaker. While Baumbach’s oeuvre certainly showcases his interest in literature through a range of stylistic techniques, this article presents the case that Baumbach projects his literary filmmaking as an authorial trademark in line with Timothy Corrigan’s conceptualisation of contemporary auteurism. By critically positioning himself as an auteur, …
Genre Worlds
Calibrating possibility
Story thinking for technology foresight
This article explores how skills and knowledge from the field of science fiction and fantasy (SFF) creative writing can be applied in technology foresight, especially for workshops with transdisciplinary research teams. The practical model introduced here, Story Thinking, builds upon and complements existing models for combining elements of storytelling with foresight, and highlights the contributions of writing practitioners. It offers four bene…
Stories and systems
This research article argues for the effectiveness of storytelling techniques not only for communicating complex systems, but also for analysing complex systems and modelling outcomes. This kind of analysis and modelling of impacts is vital in strategic decision making and technology foresight. Strategy engages at many points with complex sociotechnical systems. Disruptive technological impact does not necessarily inhere in the technological obje…
Genre pastiche and Community
Community (NBC, 2009-14, Yahoo, 2015), a sitcom about a study group at a community college, is known for its tendency to shift generic registers. 1 In one episode it imitates the style, manner and mood of a heist movie, in the next a mockumentary, then a Western.Other episodes are modelled on 'bottle episodes', police procedurals, 'clip' shows, postapocalyptic films, 1980s teen dramas, courtroom dramas, Christmas specials, conspiracy thrillers, e…
Metamodern pastiche Introduction
The significance of place in book publishing
This article argues for the importance of place in the study of contemporary publishing activity. We offer insights from a research project into the production of books by community groups and individuals in regional Australia, with a focus on four sites: Alice Springs/Mparntwe, Broken Hill/Willyama, Winton (on the lands of the Koa people) and Ayr (on the lands of the Bindal people). Our design is informed by place- and relationality-centred Indi…
Towards a comprehensive picture of Australian literature beyond the publishing capitals
This article details the independent, small press and community publishing in Australia that is occurring outside the two major metropolitan publishing centres of Sydney and Melbourne. Guided by Mary Graham's articulation of the significance of place (2007) and drawing on a dataset constructed from the AustLit database from 2013 to 2023, we identify a high quantity of varied publishing activity in Australia's regions. The result is a comprehensiv…
A Place and Time to Write and Publish
Community publishing in regional Australia operates by temporal frameworks shaped by place that differ from those shaped by the commercial imperatives that govern mainstream publishing. This paper draws on Rita Felski’s tripartite feminist heuristic of everyday time, life time, and large-scale time, alongside Mary Graham’s Indigenous epistemology of place, to analyse interview data from writers, publishers, booksellers, and community connectors i…
Art (11 works) · Literature (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Fantasy (6 works) · History (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Publishing (6 works) · History (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works)