Philippa Moore

Philippa Moore is an award-winning Hobart-based writer who has just completed a PhD in Creative Writing and History at the University of Tasmania. As a novelist, poet and journalist, her work appears regularly in consumer magazines, international media, literary journals, anthologies and online, including The Guardian, Womankind and Hello Keanu!. As a historian, Philippa is passionate about telling the stories of lesser-known women from the past in creative and provocative ways. Her research spans colonial Australia to post-war Britain, with specific research interests in feminist history, creative history, deep mapping methodologies and convict history. Philippa’s PhD project received a 2023 KSP Residential Fellowship and she was the joint winner of the 2022–23 Van Diemen History Prize.