'The beauty of Wolfarth's story telling is hard to convey...
Joanna Bourke, BBC History Magazine
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Joanna is a cultural historian, lecturer and editor. According to The Sunday Times, she is 'a brave writer'.
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For as long as she can remember, she has been fascinated by how we make sense of our worlds through making things and telling stories.
Her first book, MILK: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding, was published by W&N in 2023. She co-edited the nonfiction book ASIA-ART-ACTIVISM. Her short story, The Pear Tree, won the Urban Tree Writing Prize and she was the winner of the 2024 Wild Muse Nature Writing Prize with a creative non-fiction essay on birth and the west coast of Ireland. She is currently working on her second nonfiction book. ​
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As a specialist in Southeast Asian art history, she has a PhD in history of art and has held lectureships at SOAS, University of Arts, University of Leeds and Sotheby's Institute of Arts. She currently teaches at The Open University. For more information about her academic teaching, publications and research, download her CV here.
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As a non-fiction author she explores cultural histories, memoir, feminism, our relationships to landscape, art and architecture, and more. She has written for The Observer, Hyperallergic, History Today and Wellcome Stories. ​
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As an editor she specialises in helping writers shape their vision, as well as structural and line edits.
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She also runs online workshops and courses on art, writing, and representations and histories of (m)otherhood.
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To work with Joanna, please email wolfarth.jm@gmail.com
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​For book related enquires please contact her agent, Jessica Woollard at David Higham Associates.
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FIND OUT MORE……
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About her book Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding here.
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For regular essays and writing advice sign up to Joanna's Substack here.
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