That thing around our necks has a name. Stop genocide now! 🇵🇸

www.kuputoitakataapui.com/publications Also have put this up on the Kupu Toi Takataapui website - comes from some of the work I did for my thesis. Would love to build a more comprehensive list of queer Maaori fiction and poetry with you all <3

Delighted to be part of The BIG Exhibition w 30 artists at Gover St Gallery in New Plymouth - and part of the Taranaki Fringe festival (Ten artists, one location). OPENING NIGHT this Friday 26th Sept from 6pm at Gover St Gallery. All welcome! Bring your friends, it was a blast last year. 😎

Such inspiring speakers on politics, law, health & arts. Whakapapa, education & well-being and the importance of supportive partners, parents and grandparents of all genders came up again and again. On the Women in Arts panel, celebrating Women's Centre New Plymouth's 50th at Te Whare Hononga 💜

Spring has sprung 😎Canterbury is the place to be! Featured poets Janet Charman, Jake Arthur, Gregory Kan, Anna Jackson, Mikaela Nyman with local legends Melanie McKerchar, Lee Fraser, Philip Armstrong, Erik Kennedy, Juanita Hepi, Frankie McMillan and Sara Qasem. canterburypoets.org.nz/tickets/

A ‘rewarding’ poetry collection ‘with flashes of Nordic noir humour’ - a delightful review and reading of my ‘Mudlarking’ poem by Harry Ricketts on Radio NZ. You may keep the skates, Harry! 😎🙏 www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

We're celebrating 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Did you know takahē publishes short fiction & poetry in Te Reo Māori with English translation? You can also enter the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize with a poem in Te Reo with English translation. It closes at the end of this month, so kia tere!

The Anatomy of Sand - now available in Finland! 🇫🇮 It sold out in Mariehamn 🇦🇽 but through Boklund (thanks to Ellips) it’s now possible to order my first English-language poetry collection online in the Nordic countries. Limited copies available though. 😊 www.boklund.fi/bokhandel/ly...

In good company! 😎Catherine Chidgey was so inspiring last night. Our writers’ talk on writing stories - and poetry! - with an eye on climate &nature for survival starts at 11:30am at Puke Ariki Library. Come join us! #StoryWorlds

‘Fiction for Survival: Storytelling in the Face of Ecological Crisis’ - reflecting our changing world while holding space for hope, resilience and action. Join authors Clare Moleta, Mikaela Nyman, Tim Jones & Cassie Hart (Kāi Tahu / Kāti Māmoe). Sun 14th Sep 11:30am, Puke Ariki Library. Free event!

Nyman warns us how flawed our methods of prediction are: ‘Our technological fortress is built on a waning moon, / our sense of control but a chimera.’ — Sophie van Waardenberg reviews The Anatomy of Sand in Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books. www.nzreviewofbooks.com/ten-thousand...

The takahē staff are deeply saddened at the sudden passing of our Essays Editor, Kelly Ana Morey, and send heartfelt condolences to her whānau, friends, and all those in the writing community who will feel this great loss.

The Women’s Centre New Plymouth celebrates its 50th w discussions on women in politics, women in law, women in art, heroic bitches etc on Saturday 20 Sept. For the full programme and to register, see: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Or email the fab admin person at [email protected] (she’s real)

“Literature has a democratic function only because it doesn’t preach – if you preach then you become authoritarian” — Lea Ypi Ypi’s memoir ‘Free‘ detailed her experience of growing up in Albania. Can’t wait to read her new book! theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Nästa helg är det dags för Konstrundan Finland - Open Studios i hela landet! 🇫🇮Maria Rosenlöf visar fotografier & video i Vårdö, inkl vår gemensamma poetiska videofilm med 2 av mina dikter. Kom till Grundsunda och kolla utbudet! ❤ På Åland är det 39 konstnärer som deltar i år! 🇦🇽

Driven to total silliness by a month of packing and posting 1500 books sold in the August sale, the THWUP team are shown here cowering together in a stairwell with various volumes of Selected Poems on their heads. Buy some Selected Poems! Half price! teherengawakapress.co.nz/collections/...

Meeting my fabulous publisher Ralf Andtbacka, Ellips, in Vasa, Finland. Award-winning Finnish-Swedish poet and critic who has supported the lifeblood of poets and poetry in Finland and internationally for decades.

The Anatomy of Sand in Mariehamns Bokhandel in the Åland Islands 😎

Join renowned Sámi artist Inga-Wiktoria Påve for an illustration workshop that explores image, symbol, memory. Rooted in her Sámi heritage and duodji (craft), Inga will guide you to connect with your own culture through mark-making. No experience needed. Book at pukeariki.com/event/E29080...

Going back to 1949 you can find some treasures. Fleur Adcock, for example. teherengawakapress.co.nz/products/col...

'In this book, Nyman has done what the best poets do: taken unsettling truths and embedded them deep within the text, amongst an accurate and vivid picture of our imperfect and broken world.' Erica Stretton reviews The Anatomy of Sand for Kete. www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...

“In this book, Nyman has done what the best poets do: taken unsettling truths and embedded them deep within the text, amongst an accurate and vivid picture of our imperfect and broken world.” A short capsule review in Kete. www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...

A celebration of connection between people, places and ideas. Presented by Puke Ariki and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, the Story World festival invites you to listen deeply, speak honestly, imagine boldly. Climate fiction (SADO) for me! 😎 Tickets & info at pukeariki.com/story-worlds

An eclectic gathering of illness poems to help Poetry Shelf celebrate Paula Green’s The Venetian Blind Poems

Men vad roligt att vi fick sån stor publik på Kulturnatten i Mariehamns bibliotek! Tack alla som kom och lyssnade på Katarina och mig i ett samtal om skrivandet som både process och besatthet. Lite dikter hann vi också läsa.

Delighted to have a poem in the Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, edited by Tracey Slaughter, published by Massey University Press.

The siege of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands as reported in London newspapers in August 1854. Hordes of Russian, French & British troops fighting over strategically placed rocks in the Baltic Sea and world dominance…

A sprawling conversation with Rachel Smith about poetry, translation and cross-pollination across art disciplines in the latest Flash Frontier flashfrontier.com/new-book-rac...

Looking forward to being part of Story Worlds 11-14 Sept with a fab line up of thinkers, storytellers, authors & artists exploring how stories shape our understanding of the world, especially when viewed through the lenses of language, ecology, and participation. pukeariki.com/story-worlds...

If you’re lucky to be in Vanuatu - don’t miss the book launch of Grace Mera Molisa’s autobiography of wan Mama Blong Independence (previously unpublished work). This Thursday 7 Aug at 5.00pm, at the National Museum, Port Vila 🇻🇺 Free event open to the public. Books will be available for purchase.

Mariehamns Kulturnatt 15/8 🇦🇽 18.00-19.00 Skrivande: “Författarna Mikaela Nyman och Katarina Gäddnäs samtalar om skrivande som ett utforskande, ja kanske till och med en besatthet. Om tillhörighet, nyfikenhet som drivkraft, och att skriva det hjärtat brinner för."🇦🇽 www.mariehamn.ax/kultur-och-b...

In great company - Apirana Taylor, Gregory Kan & I reviewed by Tony Beyer in the latest Landfall Review online 😎 landfallreview.com/memory-tryin...

And that's a wrap! Thanks to everyone who came to see Quintet and to our floor talk. Feedback has been overwhelming, truly 🙏 Here’s one of mine that seems to hv struck a nerve, along w my video narration. Maybe I should do voiceovers instead…

The finalists for the 2025 Pikihuia Awards celebrating first-time and emerging Māori writers in te reo Māori and English have been announced! Nice to see our 2024 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence Shelley Burne-Field popping up in two categories. mailchi.mp/mlt/newslett...

PercyThomsonGallery: Floor talk 3 Aug 1:30pm. Relish the wellbeing that art can provide: chuckle, remember, learn, ponder, wonder and dream... 'Quintet' featuring Brenda Cash, MiSun Kim, Suzan Kostanich, Mikaela Nyman and Jeanette Verster, + ‘Morgan Paige Taitoko and Richard Landers: New Light'

“You know that thing they say about “Trust God but tie up your camel?” As an atheist I always think of it as “Work for revolution but tie up your camel.”” @pipadam.bsky.social in convo heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/07/28/p...

“The Anatomy of Sand is a thought-provoking, political and poetically advanced poetry collection that at the same time is deeply human. It asks questions about belonging, memory, and what it means to want to create - in body, language and in the world. A book to savour” - Review in Ålandstidningen 💙

Looking forward to this event. 🇦🇽 book.visitaland.com/en/book/to-d...

Birgit Brauer was found murdered near a plaque to Taranaki horticulturalist Victor Davies (1887-1977) ‘If you seek his monument, look around.’ My poem 'If you seek her monument' ends “She's the reason we still hike / Lucy's Gully in packs" Quintet Artists' talk 3 Aug at 1:30pm at PercyThomsonGallery

Two students won awards for their sign language micros in Vanuatu’s 2025 #sotsotstorian comp. Bravo Lorenzo Lawac ‘The Echoes of Malekula’ and Annaline Donald ‘The Smell of Laplap’ 🎉 🇻🇺 Prizes sponsored by last year’s winner Leina Isno. Justice Viran Molisa Trief did the honours. #vanuatuliterature

The first official Vanuatu Bislama Language Week in Aotearoa NZ starts on Sunday 27 July. 🎉 A week of cultural events across the country. Speeches, string band & craft at Te Papa from 10:30am on Sunday. Check events in your area on MPP’s website: www.mpp.govt.nz/programmes-a...

Congratulations, shortlisted Sot Sot Storian 2025 writers 🎉 Theme: Culture and Identity/Kalja mo Aedentiti. This year: a special new prize for stories in sign language - a historic first! Prize-giving this Friday 25 July in Port Vila. Check Vanuatu Literature socials for more details 🇻🇺

Spectacular day in Wellington: sun, friends, poems, readers, listeners, and the best discussions before, at and after Writers on Mondays at Te Papa organised by the International Institute of Modern Letters. Thanks everyone! Nafanua Kersel and Tamara Tulitua, let’s do this again 💙

Yay, way to go Jasmine, you’re the best - and we’re so lucky 🤩

So exciting to see the submissions for Sot Sot. Storian, Vanuatu’s microfiction competition now in its 2nd year. Sign language, who’d thought! Vanuatu writers, you continue to surprise and inspire 💪🏾🇻🇺 www.dailypost.vu/news/sot-sot...

Looking forward to korero with Nafanua Kersel and Tamara Tulitua about poetry, oceans, ancestry, black sand and black sugarcane. Our hearts and souls. Come join us at Writers on Mondays at Te Papa on 21 July. Free lunchtime event, starts at 12:15. www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter....

To put your heart and soul out for all the world to see is equally thrilling and scary. To be closely read and gently pushed out at high tide on a raft of generous words is simply miraculous.

Thank you to all who braved the storm to come to our exhibition opening. So joyous, such great conversations! If you have your way past Stratford, do pop in to Percy Thomson Gallery. You can check out some pics here percythomsongallery.org.nz/pages/curren...

Selina Tusitala Marsh 💪🏽🤩

It’s Writers on Mondays season again, starting next week, 7 July. Free event at Te Papa - you don’t know how lucky you are, Wellingtonians. Taranaki can only dream of it. Check it out, go and be inspired!