Kate Liston-Mills, writer, artist, and storyteller is based on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales (Yuin Country). Her work weaves words, sound, and image, exploring the fragile spaces between home, loss, and belonging. In books like The Waterfowl Are Drunk! and Dear Ibis, Kate crafts stories that ask: What happens when our sense of place is torn apart, and how do we rebuild?

To Heal a Lyrebird is Kate’s first real exploration into writing as an art form. The new book is part of a larger multidisciplinary arts project called The Lyrebird Project. This new book challenges the idea of genre and form far beyond the written page. Kate is experimenting with spoken word, soundscapes, theatre, songwriting, fashion and visual art and installation, reimagining the book as a living, breathing thing despite the digital world it was born out of. As an artist, librarian, and mother, her work is shaped by the rhythms of everyday life—by creativity, connection, and the search for meaning in the world around us.

This site serves as a place to pause, reflect, and find something that resonates.

To Heal a Lyrebird — the third instalment in the trilogy launched Nov, 2025.