Dani Powell

Dani Powell grew up in Meanjin/Brisbane and has lived in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for the past 25 years. Dani’s debut novel Return to Dust (UWA Publishing 2020) won the NT Chief Minister’s Award for Fiction in 2022. Dani’s short fiction, poetry and essays have been published in Island, Overland Literary Journal and Australian Poetry, as well as in several Australian anthologies. Her location-based performances have been produced in and around Mparntwe as well as for ABC’s Radio National.