Feana Tu’akoi
@feanatuakoi.bsky.social
Writer
2025 Convenor of Judges NZCYA Book Awards
2024 University of Otago CoE Creative NZ Children’s Writer in Residence
https://www.feanatuakoi.com/
2025 Convenor of Judges NZCYA Book Awards
2024 University of Otago CoE Creative NZ Children’s Writer in Residence
https://www.feanatuakoi.com/
Pinned
Final session of the Storylines NZ Waikato Tour, with the fab new Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador, Kate Di Goldi. Best end to the best week! 🤩
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The NZ Series
A non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in concise terms.
#nzhistory #nzgeography #oratiabooks #thenzseries @philippaw.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @thesaplingnz.bsky.social @nzsauthorswgtn.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social
A non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in concise terms.
#nzhistory #nzgeography #oratiabooks #thenzseries @philippaw.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @thesaplingnz.bsky.social @nzsauthorswgtn.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The NZ Series
A non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in concise terms.
#nzhistory #nzgeography #oratiabooks #thenzseries @philippaw.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @thesaplingnz.bsky.social @nzsauthorswgtn.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social
A non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in concise terms.
#nzhistory #nzgeography #oratiabooks #thenzseries @philippaw.bsky.social @christchurchlib.bsky.social @thesaplingnz.bsky.social @nzsauthorswgtn.bsky.social @nzsa.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Love @beckamoor.bsky.social’s illustrations! The fourth Reggie Rabbit book is out now 🐰🔍
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Becka Moor. Elegant and appealing caricature for Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice, part graphic novel, part chapter book by Swapna Reddy. Young detective Reggie Rabbit investigates underground. Oxford Children’s 1 Jan. @beckamoor.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Love @beckamoor.bsky.social’s illustrations! The fourth Reggie Rabbit book is out now 🐰🔍
Just finished reading my first book of the year.
‘Northbound’ tells the story of @naomiarnold.bsky.social’s epic four-season trek on the Te Araroa trail. SO good, that I’m now listening to the audiobook, read by the author herself! 🥳
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‘Northbound’ tells the story of @naomiarnold.bsky.social’s epic four-season trek on the Te Araroa trail. SO good, that I’m now listening to the audiobook, read by the author herself! 🥳
❤️🇳🇿📚
January 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Just finished reading my first book of the year.
‘Northbound’ tells the story of @naomiarnold.bsky.social’s epic four-season trek on the Te Araroa trail. SO good, that I’m now listening to the audiobook, read by the author herself! 🥳
❤️🇳🇿📚
‘Northbound’ tells the story of @naomiarnold.bsky.social’s epic four-season trek on the Te Araroa trail. SO good, that I’m now listening to the audiobook, read by the author herself! 🥳
❤️🇳🇿📚
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shel silverstein was a prophet
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
shel silverstein was a prophet
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Buy New Zealand books and buy them from independent booksellers!! #pukapuka 📚
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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‘the inexpressible nothing’ ✨
Eternal
From one flower picked to another bestowed
the inexpressible nothing
-Giuseppe Ungaretti
(tr. Cid Corman)
From one flower picked to another bestowed
the inexpressible nothing
-Giuseppe Ungaretti
(tr. Cid Corman)
December 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
‘the inexpressible nothing’ ✨
‘The way I found
Of opening a poem I took
From the way he walked into a field.’ 🌾
Of opening a poem I took
From the way he walked into a field.’ 🌾
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
‘The way I found
Of opening a poem I took
From the way he walked into a field.’ 🌾
Of opening a poem I took
From the way he walked into a field.’ 🌾
‘So much light in what we call the dark’ ⚡️
December 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
‘So much light in what we call the dark’ ⚡️
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A new grant! Te Waka Taki Kōrero – Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026. There are two grants available to the value of $6,000 each. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.
Apply Now: Te Tupu Hauroa Development Grants 2026
The Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026.
mlt.org.nz
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A new grant! Te Waka Taki Kōrero – Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026. There are two grants available to the value of $6,000 each. Deadline 30 Jan 2026.
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I visited the Penguin Books Australia studio recently and made a little video about how to draw Beans!
Hope you like it :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oALr...
Hope you like it :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oALr...
Learn how to draw Detective Beans with author Li Chen
YouTube video by Penguin Books Australia
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I visited the Penguin Books Australia studio recently and made a little video about how to draw Beans!
Hope you like it :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oALr...
Hope you like it :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oALr...
‘like otters wrapped in kelp’ 🦦
December 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
‘like otters wrapped in kelp’ 🦦
‘poems
skinned free of poets’ ⚡️
skinned free of poets’ ⚡️
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
‘poems
skinned free of poets’ ⚡️
skinned free of poets’ ⚡️
‘In a field
I am the absence
of field.’ 🦠
I am the absence
of field.’ 🦠
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
‘In a field
I am the absence
of field.’ 🦠
I am the absence
of field.’ 🦠
‘Time and instants glitter in the running stream’ ✨
A poem in response to the #PoemsAbout #YouShouldn'tHave for @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk
#poetry
#poetry
December 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
‘Time and instants glitter in the running stream’ ✨
‘and she’s still not coming home.’ 😮💨
What a poem.
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.
#poem #books #writing
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.
#poem #books #writing
December 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
‘and she’s still not coming home.’ 😮💨
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A long journey for this book begun in the MA16 workshop and just published by OUP: 'the lively and frequently jaw-dropping story of Alan and Joan MacLeod’s 1963 journey from Dunedin to the Isle of Skye in Scotland with their six children, aged five to fifteen.'
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/interview...
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/interview...
A house-truck across the world: Hannah Bulloch
Author of OVERLAND TO THE ISLAND, Hannah Bulloch, delves into the writing and research processes that brought her book to life. ...
www.ketebooks.co.nz
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A long journey for this book begun in the MA16 workshop and just published by OUP: 'the lively and frequently jaw-dropping story of Alan and Joan MacLeod’s 1963 journey from Dunedin to the Isle of Skye in Scotland with their six children, aged five to fifteen.'
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/interview...
www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/interview...
‘But spooning
is even better.’ ☝🏽
is even better.’ ☝🏽
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
‘But spooning
is even better.’ ☝🏽
is even better.’ ☝🏽
The judges for the 2026 NZCYA Book Awards have been announced! 🥳
www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
Judges | New Zealand Book Awards Trust
www.nzbookawards.nz
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The judges for the 2026 NZCYA Book Awards have been announced! 🥳
www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
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Te Reo Māori e-books
oratia.co.nz/product/te-r...
#reomāori #oratiabooks
@etangata.bsky.social
@christchurchlib.bsky.social
@lianza.bsky.social
@nationallibrarynz.bsky.social
#tereomāori #māori #languagebooks #Polynesianlanguages #ebooks #learntereo #honablack
oratia.co.nz/product/te-r...
#reomāori #oratiabooks
@etangata.bsky.social
@christchurchlib.bsky.social
@lianza.bsky.social
@nationallibrarynz.bsky.social
#tereomāori #māori #languagebooks #Polynesianlanguages #ebooks #learntereo #honablack
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Wow, the photo they selected was a *choice* 💀
Palmy Proud is described as “a brag book” highlighting “the best of Palmerston North” with new issues of the magazine coming out twice a year and being distributed around town and other major centres. [1/5]
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Palmy Proud is described as “a brag book” highlighting “the best of Palmerston North” with new issues of the magazine coming out twice a year and being distributed around town and other major centres. [1/5]
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wow, the photo they selected was a *choice* 💀
Palmy Proud is described as “a brag book” highlighting “the best of Palmerston North” with new issues of the magazine coming out twice a year and being distributed around town and other major centres. [1/5]
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Palmy Proud is described as “a brag book” highlighting “the best of Palmerston North” with new issues of the magazine coming out twice a year and being distributed around town and other major centres. [1/5]
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
‘I am always tying up
and then deciding to depart.’ ⚓️
and then deciding to depart.’ ⚓️
here's frank o'hara's beautiful poem “to the harbormaster”, and the joan mitchell painting of the same name which was inspired by the poem.
john ashberry later read “to the harbormaster” at o'hara's funeral
john ashberry later read “to the harbormaster” at o'hara's funeral
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
‘I am always tying up
and then deciding to depart.’ ⚓️
and then deciding to depart.’ ⚓️
‘bed of eyes and leaky pens’ 🖊️
“a bed is left open to a mirror
a mirror gazes long and hard at a bed
light fingers the house with its own acoustics
one of them writes this down
one has paper
bed of swollen creeks and theories and coils
bed of eyes and leaky pens”
C D Wright
#poetry
a mirror gazes long and hard at a bed
light fingers the house with its own acoustics
one of them writes this down
one has paper
bed of swollen creeks and theories and coils
bed of eyes and leaky pens”
C D Wright
#poetry
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
‘bed of eyes and leaky pens’ 🖊️
‘at your bedside, scattered
citrus rinds, the cat, the scent of clementines.’ 🍊
citrus rinds, the cat, the scent of clementines.’ 🍊
A winter poem for my sweetheart as it appeared in The Stinging Fly.
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
‘at your bedside, scattered
citrus rinds, the cat, the scent of clementines.’ 🍊
citrus rinds, the cat, the scent of clementines.’ 🍊