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1 The Writing Collective: a Cross-university Collaboration between Undergraduate Creative Writing Students Alex Philp , Emma Doolan , Rohan Wilson , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 59 2020; 'Online publishing platforms present opportunities for emerging writers to both share their work with an audience and to engage in a critical dialogue with peers. However, the potential of these platforms remains largely untapped in a tertiary education environment, even with the increasing focus on online learning. This paper presents the results of a pilot project that matched undergraduate students at a metropolitan university with students at a regionally based university to use the digital platform Wattpad as a site for creative writing peer critique. We found that while Wattpad presents a number of benefits for students engaging both across universities and online, digital spaces present unique challenges for the critique process. Critiquing often relies on trust and personal bonds in order to be effective, and these can be harder to establish in a digital environment. Wattpad also presents barriers to ease of use and ease of communication. From our perspective as facilitators of the Writing Collective, we examine the successes produced by the collaboration, as well as the drawbacks, and suggest further avenues for research.' (Publication abstract)
1 Collaboration and Its Discontents : Considerations for Creative Writing HDR Students Collaborating on Traditional Research Outputs Alex Philp , Ella Jeffery , Lee McGowan , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 59 2020; 'Collaboration between creative writing researchers in the academy, and particularly the benefits and potential of HDR writing groups, are topics that have drawn increasing scholarly attention. Batty notes that while ‘creative writing is often seen as an isolated practice, it is also one in which practitioners crave connection and people with whom to share their ideas, for moral support and critical feedback’ (2016: 69). While collaboration is vital to developing new networks and communities, the development and maintenance of collaborative practice is often as complicated as it is productive. This article examines some of the deeper complexities of collaborating on traditional research outputs and considers the ways in which creative writing HDR students in particular can develop a range of strategies to navigate collaborative practice. Through reflecting upon several exemplars of collaborations experienced by the authors – including a HDR writing group – this article contends that collaboration is often more complex than the literature suggests. Rather than being conceptualised as an always generative, ideal model for producing research outputs, collaboration should instead be conceptualised, discussed in scholarship, and approached in ways that are as diverse, paradoxical, and fluid as collaborative endeavours are in practice.' (Publication abstract)
1 y separately published work icon TEXT Special Issue Website Series Creating Communities : Collaboration in Creative Writing and Research no. 59 October Lee McGowan (editor), Alex Philp (editor), Ella Jeffery (editor), 2020 20756512 2020 periodical issue 'An Early Career Researcher (ECR), a Higher Degree Research (HDR) candidate and an older researcher walk into a bar … a cliché perhaps, but we are keenly aware that this is all too often how discussions of collaborative endeavours begin. We are confident it is how a number of the contributions in this Special Issue began – the creation of informal spaces, opportunities and networks to make it possible is the focus of at least one article. The idea for a TEXT Special Issue centred on collaboration emerged when we, as three creative writing academics in different stages of our careers, began discussing not only how we collaborated, but why we did (or did not) do it. Our discussions ranged from the collaborative process as a means to build capacity, academic employability, and a research profile; to produce a sense of belonging in HDR communities; and to the deeply rewarding though at times challenging nuances of working with colleagues who are also friends. Collaborative endeavours raise questions of opportunity and innovation, and of power shifts and hierarchies, as well as of what we value as practitioners. The increasing pressure to publish placed on academics in all stages of their careers by both our institutions and the broader research environment demands further considerations. Questions raised in our early discussions are centred in this Special Issue. We ask: How does collaboration in our patch of the academy work? What are the possible benefits and challenges of collaborative practice? How do we build creative writing communities in the academy, and why should we?' (Lee McGowan, Alex Philp and Ella Jeffery, Introduction)
1 Blueprints : Constructing the Creative Writing PhD Ella Jeffery , Alex Philp , Emily O'Grady , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: New Writing , vol. 17 no. 4 2020; (p. 391-401)

'This article uses architectural analogies to explore the complexities of planning and executing a practice-led PhD project in contemporary Australian writing. Many scholars and creative practitioners have conceived of the writing process as a form of building, scaffolding or construction. A PhD always involves some aspect of planning – but to what extent can the creative practice be planned for? What happens when the project outpaces the planning, or when a writer finds herself in unscaffolded space? This article examines practice-led research methodologies drawn from the experiences and insights of three creative practitioners who are also current and recently completed PhD candidates. Their perspectives reveal the multiplicity of approaches available in creative practice research and points to the opportunities to explore the complexities between structure, space and practice in discussions of the creative writing PhD.' (Publication abstract)
1 Spectre Alex Philp , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 65 no. 1 2020; (p. 121-127)
1 Basset Hound Alex Philp , 2018 single work
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2018;
1 Truffle Alex Philp , Reimena Yee (illustrator), 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Autumn no. 111 2018; (p. 72-79)

'The truffiere looks bigger than in the photos online. The photos on the web page make it look quaint, like a hobby farm. In real life there are large sheds, and the strong oak and hazelnut trees are scattered across acres. I feel duped but I don't know why...'  (Publication abstract)
1 Blood Brothers Alex Philp , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 21 no. 6 2017;
1 Agistment Alex Philp , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 225 2016; (p. 25)
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