Since 2020, I’ve had the joy of running creative writing workshops for Queensland high school students. I’m able to design and deliver fun and practical custom workshops for students to support their craft in a specific area, or I can tailor one of my example workshops below.
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Queensland Academy of Creative Industries
All Hallows’ School
The Lakes College
Grace Lutheran College (Rothwell campus)
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Creating evocative characters in a sci-fi short story (Year 7 English)
Using stimulus to write (Year 11 English)
Writing a gothic short story (Year 11 English)
How to make description purposeful (Year 12 English)
Moving in and out of dialogue (Year 12 English)
From poem to prose: Using a poem as a springboard for a short story (Year 12 English)
Subverting female archetypes (Year 12 Literature)
Testimonials
“Dr Alex Philp is a well-loved member of our extended school community. Her writing workshops are incredibly popular due to her warm presentation style, engaging materials and activities, and knowledge that stretches our students beyond the classroom. At the end of her workshops, there's often a gaggle of excited students clustering around Alex wanting to show her what they've written and she takes the time to acknowledge and praise them all. As a teacher, I also enjoy completing the activities she sets and eagerly look forward to her next workshops! She is an absolute gem.”
Alice Elwell
(Head of English and Theory of Knowledge, Queensland Academy of Creative Industries)
“Alex has run a Gothic writing workshop at Grace Lutheran College for the past six years. She is a warm, knowledgeable presenter who relates extremely well to the students and inspires them to explore and enjoy their writing in the Gothic. We always look forward to Alex presenting at the College.”
Michael Fichtenmayer
(Head of English, Grace Lutheran College — Rothwell campus)