Kate Liston-Mills, writer, artist, and storyteller is based on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales. 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?

Beyond the page, she experiments with spoken word, soundscapes, and visual art, reimagining the book as a living, breathing thing in a digital world. As a radio host, 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
Coming Sep/October 2025