Kim Aikman
Writer
Kim Aikman lives in Walyalup (Fremantle), Western Australia, with her husband and four children. Her manuscript, Heartwood, was chosen by Allen & Unwin for the 2019 Publisher Introduction Program Fellowship at the Varuna Writers Centre. She was selected for the FAWWA Four Centres Emerging Writers’ Program 2021-2023, working with Richard Rossiter as her mentor. During 2023, Kim studied at the Faber Writing Academy with Carrie Tiffany and was a fellow at the KSP Writers’ Centre. In 2024, she participated in the Granta Writing Memoir Workshop, while continuing her postgraduate studies. This year, Kim is working on her thesis: a memoir-in-essays that explores the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters.
Kim holds a BA (Hons) in English from the University of Nottingham and a MSc in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh. She has also studied editing, publishing, fiction writing, journalism, and scriptwriting, and is currently working towards a Master of Arts (Literature & Writing) at Deakin University.
Kim has worked in publishing, documentary production, book selling and, perhaps most notably, in a poetry library, alongside reviewing books, films, and restaurants. For several years, she wrote a blog about motherhood and creativity. Her writing has appeared in The Independent, The List, Mslexia, Essence, Verandah, Westerly, Meanjin Quarterly, and Gems Zine.
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