Mikaela Nyman
@miknyman.bsky.social
Beach walker, ocean dweller. Writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction in English and Swedish.
Here's an opportunity for Pacific writers to participate in a UNWOMEN Pacific creative writing competition for International Women’s Day. Deadline: 20 Feb 2026. Collaboration is accepted!
Details in the link below:
asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/a...
Details in the link below:
asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/a...
Say it Loud: Pacific Voices for Women and Girls
This International Women’s Day, we’re inviting people across the Pacific to share, through poetry, spoken word, or song, what fairness, dignity, safety, freedom and opportunity for women and girls rea...
asiapacific.unwomen.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Here's an opportunity for Pacific writers to participate in a UNWOMEN Pacific creative writing competition for International Women’s Day. Deadline: 20 Feb 2026. Collaboration is accepted!
Details in the link below:
asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/a...
Details in the link below:
asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/a...
Yay, we retained our fab independent bookshop Poppies in Ngāmotu New Plymouth 🤩 New owner, same fab team.
I’m doing the honours for Ami Kindler’s poetry debut on Sat 14 Feb @2:30pm. Poetry and talk about writing, inspiration and process is on the cards. Free event! All welcome! Come celebrate!
I’m doing the honours for Ami Kindler’s poetry debut on Sat 14 Feb @2:30pm. Poetry and talk about writing, inspiration and process is on the cards. Free event! All welcome! Come celebrate!
February 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Yay, we retained our fab independent bookshop Poppies in Ngāmotu New Plymouth 🤩 New owner, same fab team.
I’m doing the honours for Ami Kindler’s poetry debut on Sat 14 Feb @2:30pm. Poetry and talk about writing, inspiration and process is on the cards. Free event! All welcome! Come celebrate!
I’m doing the honours for Ami Kindler’s poetry debut on Sat 14 Feb @2:30pm. Poetry and talk about writing, inspiration and process is on the cards. Free event! All welcome! Come celebrate!
Aaaah, real poetry! New year, new words to share.
Join us at Dawn Cafe, Ōakura on Thursday 12 Feb. Doors open from 6pm, reading starts around 7.
Bring along a poem to share, or just come along for the ride.
The kitchen will be serving burgers, the bar will be flowing, so too will the words
🤩🎤
Join us at Dawn Cafe, Ōakura on Thursday 12 Feb. Doors open from 6pm, reading starts around 7.
Bring along a poem to share, or just come along for the ride.
The kitchen will be serving burgers, the bar will be flowing, so too will the words
🤩🎤
February 9, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Aaaah, real poetry! New year, new words to share.
Join us at Dawn Cafe, Ōakura on Thursday 12 Feb. Doors open from 6pm, reading starts around 7.
Bring along a poem to share, or just come along for the ride.
The kitchen will be serving burgers, the bar will be flowing, so too will the words
🤩🎤
Join us at Dawn Cafe, Ōakura on Thursday 12 Feb. Doors open from 6pm, reading starts around 7.
Bring along a poem to share, or just come along for the ride.
The kitchen will be serving burgers, the bar will be flowing, so too will the words
🤩🎤
Here’s an opportunity to be part of shaping the fun! New Plymouth District Council is on the lookout for people passionate about the arts to assess applications for Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) funding for local projects.
Check the website npdc.govt.nz/ccs-assessors Nominations in by 20 Feb!
Check the website npdc.govt.nz/ccs-assessors Nominations in by 20 Feb!
February 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Here’s an opportunity to be part of shaping the fun! New Plymouth District Council is on the lookout for people passionate about the arts to assess applications for Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) funding for local projects.
Check the website npdc.govt.nz/ccs-assessors Nominations in by 20 Feb!
Check the website npdc.govt.nz/ccs-assessors Nominations in by 20 Feb!
Neil Young gifts his music to Greenland 🇬🇱
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to his music and withdraws it from Amazon over Trump
The singer-songwriter has donated access to his music archive to ‘ease the unwarranted stress and threats’ Greenlanders have experienced from the US government
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Neil Young gifts his music to Greenland 🇬🇱
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
‘Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck’ at the Met. Wish I could see it. Schjerfbeck is described as a modernist, a portrait painter seemingly uninterested in people. That’s also what makes her work tantalizingly great.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
January 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM
‘Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck’ at the Met. Wish I could see it. Schjerfbeck is described as a modernist, a portrait painter seemingly uninterested in people. That’s also what makes her work tantalizingly great.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Like my Åland Islands, Greenland is autonomous, sparsely peopled and represented on the Nordic Council. People may even harbour ambitions of greater independence. In 2021 Niviaq Korneliussen won the Nordic Council Literature Prize w the novel Naasuliardarpi (The Flower Valley). Read her! 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Like my Åland Islands, Greenland is autonomous, sparsely peopled and represented on the Nordic Council. People may even harbour ambitions of greater independence. In 2021 Niviaq Korneliussen won the Nordic Council Literature Prize w the novel Naasuliardarpi (The Flower Valley). Read her! 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱
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Kia ora koutou — Te Waka Taki Kōrero/The Māori Literature Trust has opened applications for two grants (up to $6K) for mid-career Māori writers. Applications for Te Tupu Hauora close on 30 Jan, 2026. All info on the website linked below. Mauri ora!
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
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 9:17 PM
Kia ora koutou — Te Waka Taki Kōrero/The Māori Literature Trust has opened applications for two grants (up to $6K) for mid-career Māori writers. Applications for Te Tupu Hauora close on 30 Jan, 2026. All info on the website linked below. Mauri ora!
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
Violence begets violence, shooting innocent civilians is abhorrent 😢 Lighting a light for kindness & creativity: ‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler - in response to the darkest days of the Second World War. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler
A new documentary explores how Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s books about the pigtailed free spirit were written in response to the darkest days of the second world war
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Violence begets violence, shooting innocent civilians is abhorrent 😢 Lighting a light for kindness & creativity: ‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler - in response to the darkest days of the Second World War. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
Such a great vibe at Dawn cafe in Oakura! Poetry - open mic. Go, Taranaki!
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Such a great vibe at Dawn cafe in Oakura! Poetry - open mic. Go, Taranaki!
No jobs in our backyard, but there’s still a world out there… Alandic Bookfair 2025 / Åländsk bokmässa 2025 this Sat 13 Dec w lots of exciting authors & books. Will talk about my latest baby, The Anatomy of Sand (THWUP).
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
No jobs in our backyard, but there’s still a world out there… Alandic Bookfair 2025 / Åländsk bokmässa 2025 this Sat 13 Dec w lots of exciting authors & books. Will talk about my latest baby, The Anatomy of Sand (THWUP).
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
I'll be in Hãwera this Friday at 1pm at The Foundry on High St wearing my NZ Society of Authors / Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) hat. Pop in and have a chat! Bring your writer friends along.
Free and open to anyone interested in writing. Thanks South Taranaki Library Plus!
Free and open to anyone interested in writing. Thanks South Taranaki Library Plus!
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'll be in Hãwera this Friday at 1pm at The Foundry on High St wearing my NZ Society of Authors / Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) hat. Pop in and have a chat! Bring your writer friends along.
Free and open to anyone interested in writing. Thanks South Taranaki Library Plus!
Free and open to anyone interested in writing. Thanks South Taranaki Library Plus!
Delighted to be included in the Listener’s list of the Top Poetry Books of 2025 - and in such great company too 💙
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Delighted to be included in the Listener’s list of the Top Poetry Books of 2025 - and in such great company too 💙
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The podcasts of this year's Dunedin Readers and Writers Festival are up!
I listened to the conversation with Tāme Iti on my busride home—it’s fantastic. Great questions, generous answers. I learned quite a few things about not-so-distant history.
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz/podcasts-2025
I listened to the conversation with Tāme Iti on my busride home—it’s fantastic. Great questions, generous answers. I learned quite a few things about not-so-distant history.
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz/podcasts-2025
Podcasts-2025 — Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The podcasts of this year's Dunedin Readers and Writers Festival are up!
I listened to the conversation with Tāme Iti on my busride home—it’s fantastic. Great questions, generous answers. I learned quite a few things about not-so-distant history.
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz/podcasts-2025
I listened to the conversation with Tāme Iti on my busride home—it’s fantastic. Great questions, generous answers. I learned quite a few things about not-so-distant history.
www.dunedinwritersfestival.co.nz/podcasts-2025
Final week of the Big Exhibition at Gover St Gallery in New Plymouth. Pop in to have a look!
‘Stardust’ by Mikaela Nyman
Unframed, Limited Edition Intaglio with hand stitching. 1/3. 23cm x 26cm
‘Stardust’ by Mikaela Nyman
Unframed, Limited Edition Intaglio with hand stitching. 1/3. 23cm x 26cm
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Final week of the Big Exhibition at Gover St Gallery in New Plymouth. Pop in to have a look!
‘Stardust’ by Mikaela Nyman
Unframed, Limited Edition Intaglio with hand stitching. 1/3. 23cm x 26cm
‘Stardust’ by Mikaela Nyman
Unframed, Limited Edition Intaglio with hand stitching. 1/3. 23cm x 26cm
Looking forward to the Alandic Bookfair 2025 / Åländsk bokmässa 2025. Will be in conversation with Aino Waller about my poetry collection The Anatomy of Sand, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press this year.
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looking forward to the Alandic Bookfair 2025 / Åländsk bokmässa 2025. Will be in conversation with Aino Waller about my poetry collection The Anatomy of Sand, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press this year.
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
Organisers: Ålands Litteraturförening and Föreningen Norden på Åland 🇦🇽🇫🇮
This year's Sot Sot Storian (microfiction) competition saw sign language celebrated as a first for Vanuatu. 🇻🇺 Wonderful to be part of this initiative!
Check out the latest issue of Flash Frontier at:
flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor... flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor...
Check out the latest issue of Flash Frontier at:
flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor... flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor...
Sot Sot Storian microfiction competition 2025
Vanuatu’s writers excel in providing a supportive environment for emerging writers to thrive in, and they don’t hesitate to pay it forward.
flashfrontier.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This year's Sot Sot Storian (microfiction) competition saw sign language celebrated as a first for Vanuatu. 🇻🇺 Wonderful to be part of this initiative!
Check out the latest issue of Flash Frontier at:
flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor... flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor...
Check out the latest issue of Flash Frontier at:
flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor... flashfrontier.com/sot-sot-stor...
Taranaki festival time! ‘Ten artists, one location’ at the fabulous Gover St gallery in New Plymouth. Open 9 to 5:30pm all days during the Taranaki Arts Trail and Garden Festival weeks from 31 Oct to 9 Nov 😎
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Taranaki festival time! ‘Ten artists, one location’ at the fabulous Gover St gallery in New Plymouth. Open 9 to 5:30pm all days during the Taranaki Arts Trail and Garden Festival weeks from 31 Oct to 9 Nov 😎
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Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Tusiata Avia named as 2026 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria Universi...
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for ...
www.wgtn.ac.nz
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Delighted to announce that acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Creative NZ / Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Writer in Residence for 2026, and will be joining us at the IIML next year to work on her next book! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Inspiring collaboration with photographer Marcus Boman 4 years ago. Translated my granddad Valdemar Nyman’s poem and all the text into English for Boman’s artistic photo book I AM. Launched at the 2021 Helsinki Book Fair. Part of #Åland100, celebrating 100 years of autonomy 🇦🇽
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Inspiring collaboration with photographer Marcus Boman 4 years ago. Translated my granddad Valdemar Nyman’s poem and all the text into English for Boman’s artistic photo book I AM. Launched at the 2021 Helsinki Book Fair. Part of #Åland100, celebrating 100 years of autonomy 🇦🇽
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At the 2025 Helsinki Bookfair with Helen Heath, in spirit. Or at least under/between cover(s). My 2022 essay & translation of Helen Heath’s poems from Are Friends Electric? Published in Ellips fabulous lilla-e (little e) series (pictured). If in Helsinki - swing by the Bookfair this weekend!
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At the 2025 Helsinki Bookfair with Helen Heath, in spirit. Or at least under/between cover(s). My 2022 essay & translation of Helen Heath’s poems from Are Friends Electric? Published in Ellips fabulous lilla-e (little e) series (pictured). If in Helsinki - swing by the Bookfair this weekend!
Reposted by Mikaela Nyman
This day of protest. And now this incredible gathering of voices speaking on behalf of the land: nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/10/23/p...
Poetry Shelf Protest series: ‘Reading Poetry to Rare Lizards’ – Poetry in Defence of the Environment
Summit, Thomson Gorge Road (looking towards Mount Aspiring). Photo: Gregory O’Brien, October 2025 Backcountry Now and everthe mountain river. A fantail flits.Moss over branch,the trees hurry.…
nzpoetryshelf.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This day of protest. And now this incredible gathering of voices speaking on behalf of the land: nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/10/23/p...
Reposted by Mikaela Nyman
Te Whāriki launches this Friday! At Unity, Wellington, 6pm, with readings by poets including Chris Tse, Joanna Cho, Amelia Kirkness and Tru Paraha. There will be wine! And cheese! All welcome!
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Te Whāriki launches this Friday! At Unity, Wellington, 6pm, with readings by poets including Chris Tse, Joanna Cho, Amelia Kirkness and Tru Paraha. There will be wine! And cheese! All welcome!