Creative Projects

The Lost House

Novel

After a near-drowning leaves Olivia in a coma, she drifts between intensive care and a mysterious Queenslander on the rainforest’s edge. In the valley, she befriends Luca and embarks on a haunting journey of self-discovery. This novel explores family dynamics, trauma, and the enduring pull of place.

Shortlisted: the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Manuscript Prize & Varuna Residential. Awarded, 2019 Byron Bay Residential.

Making the Invisible, Visible

Article

The year is 2004. In a small room located in the basement of a New York hotel, two hundred people have gathered. With all the seats taken, some stand in the aisles, others sit cross-legged on the floor. As a diminutive woman with a fierce streak of grey in her short hair takes to the stage, the applause is deafening. Maureen Murdock has arrived.

The Skeleton’s New Skin

Essay

This essay in the Gestalt Journal, GANZ, explores how Kimberley Lipschus uses myth and story in psychotherapy. It examines The Skeleton Woman and its application in the reproductive sphere, showing how myth can support women navigating miscarriage, fertility challenges, and reproductive trauma.

Clinicalising Women’s Health

Article

MUTHA MAGAZINE: Kimberley Lipschus recounts her personal experience of clinicalisation during a deeply personal loss.

Excavate My Contents

Article

MAMAMIA: While enduring a heart-wrenching miscarriage, writer and filmmaker Kimberley Lipschus was handed a form titled, Excavation of Contents.