Johanna Bell

Johanna lived in Garramilla for 14 years where she founded StoryProjects, a community arts studio, to elevate new voices from northern Australia. Over a decade she worked with Top End artists and communities to produce storytelling favourites like SPUN, ATMOS and the Birds Eye View Podcast made with women in the Darwin Correctional Centre. She now lives in Nipaluna (Hobart) where she writes fiction, poetry and children’s books. Her work is widely published and she has won a string of awards, including a 2025 Tasmanian Literary Award for ‘Department of the Vanishing’. Johanna will be in conversation with the always-curious Jess Ong who grew up in Leanyer and brings you stories about the Top End via ABC Darwin.
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  • Sex, Lyrebirds and Cassette Tapes – Launching ‘Department of the Vanishing’

    The Bookshop Darwin 1/30 Smith St, Darwin City, NT, Australia

    What's a sexy syllable? How do lyrebirds seduce a mate? And what happens to cassette tapes when they're left unplayed for fifty years? Join Jess Ong as she quizzes award-winning author Johanna Bell about her latest book 'Department of the Vanishing'. Set in a time of mass extinction, ‘Department of the Vanishing’ blends documentary poetry,...