Alex Philp is an award-winning writer and academic. Her research includes both creative practice and scholarship; her interests include Gothic representations of sister relationships in literature and on screen, uncanny spaces, short fiction and screenwriting.

Alex’s short fiction has appeared in national publications such as The Saturday Paper, Griffith Review, Overland and elsewhere. She was awarded a fellowship by Screen Queensland to attend the Sidewalk Narrative Lab in Birmingham, Alabama (2023) and most recently she was selected for Screen Queensland’s inaugural Writers’ Room program (2025). She has completed residencies at Can Serrat International Art Residency (Barcelona) and Varuna, The National Writers’ House (NSW).

Actively engaged beyond the university, Alex frequently and passionately collaborates with Queensland high schools such as Queensland Academy of Creative Industries and All Hallows’ School to design industry-focussed creative writing workshops for young writers.