Nat Baker
@natbaker.bsky.social
writer of fictional words @takahemagazine @HeadlandJournal @NewsroomNZ @millymagazine @Turbine | Kapohau...Occasional reviews @Kete Books...Here for writing and writers...Opinions all mine (She/her)
Reposted by Nat Baker
Only a couple days left to apply!
Kick off 2026 with a short fiction fix 😎
Kick off 2026 with a short fiction fix 😎
Want to explore the art of short story writing in a series of supportive workshops with me?
Apply for CREW 254 Tri 1 intake by 1 Dec @modernletters.bsky.social ✍️
Students consistently rate the course excellent. Or to quote from a recent thank you card: "BEST EVER."
www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Apply for CREW 254 Tri 1 intake by 1 Dec @modernletters.bsky.social ✍️
Students consistently rate the course excellent. Or to quote from a recent thank you card: "BEST EVER."
www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
How and when to apply | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Information for domestic undergraduate students applying for limited entry Creative Writing courses at Victoria University of Wellington.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Only a couple days left to apply!
Kick off 2026 with a short fiction fix 😎
Kick off 2026 with a short fiction fix 😎
Reposted by Nat Baker
‘We are calling for essays from young people campaigning for a more equitable, sustainable and compassionate world.’ Writers under 25 are eligible - deadline 27 March.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
‘We are calling for essays from young people campaigning for a more equitable, sustainable and compassionate world.’ Writers under 25 are eligible - deadline 27 March.
Reposted by Nat Baker
Applications are open for the 2026 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship. Deadline 31 January 2026 (and expressions of interest in the course itself should be made by early December).https://authors.org.nz/call-for-applications-for-maori-and-pacific-publishing-scholarship/
Call for applications for Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa
authors.org.nz
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Applications are open for the 2026 Penguin Random House Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship. Deadline 31 January 2026 (and expressions of interest in the course itself should be made by early December).https://authors.org.nz/call-for-applications-for-maori-and-pacific-publishing-scholarship/
Day two. Loving the cheeky Weka 🐤
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Day two. Loving the cheeky Weka 🐤
Beautiful Day One on the Queen Charlotte Track 🫶
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Beautiful Day One on the Queen Charlotte Track 🫶
Please read, an incredibly important, sobering and moving account of the future, happening now: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We sent the kids home. Then all our cellphones went out’ – This is climate breakdown
When the Maui fires ripped through Hawaii, the community came together. For everyone it was a life-changing experience. This is Ryan’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Please read, an incredibly important, sobering and moving account of the future, happening now: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These all sound so good! I definitely need a copy of Flashlight and Audition 🤗 www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/b...
Booker Prize 2025: the six shortlisted books, reviewed by experts
Ben Markovits's gently melancholic The Rest of Our Lives and Kiran Desai's culturally insightful The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny are among the finalists.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
These all sound so good! I definitely need a copy of Flashlight and Audition 🤗 www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/b...
Another incredible afternoon hosted by the incredible Women’s Bookshop #Ladiesliteratea 🫶👏
November 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Another incredible afternoon hosted by the incredible Women’s Bookshop #Ladiesliteratea 🫶👏
Reposted by Nat Baker
not to bignote but um five or six of the things I have worked or advised on have won prizes or been longlisted. so there.
holla I am looking for manuscript assessment proofreading and editing mahi mostly because I'm pohara but also it stops me from losing my mind to entropy when I engage with other people about their work
October 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
not to bignote but um five or six of the things I have worked or advised on have won prizes or been longlisted. so there.
Book for the day 💕 Wonderful NORTHBOUND by @naomiarnold.bsky.social 🫶
October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Book for the day 💕 Wonderful NORTHBOUND by @naomiarnold.bsky.social 🫶
Reposted by Nat Baker
“On any given day we could be spooning in bed
archival as ammonite”
Our latest #fridaypoem is SPIRALS EXIST IN NATURE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE by Rae White. overland.org.au/2025/10/spir...
archival as ammonite”
Our latest #fridaypoem is SPIRALS EXIST IN NATURE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE by Rae White. overland.org.au/2025/10/spir...
Spirals exist in nature and have always been here - Overland literary journal
On any given day they could be trying to legislate / that you’re not a woman. / On any given day we could be spooning in bed / archival as ammonite / the cats mirrored as new fern’s Fibonacci beside us.
overland.org.au
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“On any given day we could be spooning in bed
archival as ammonite”
Our latest #fridaypoem is SPIRALS EXIST IN NATURE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE by Rae White. overland.org.au/2025/10/spir...
archival as ammonite”
Our latest #fridaypoem is SPIRALS EXIST IN NATURE AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE by Rae White. overland.org.au/2025/10/spir...
Reposted by Nat Baker
Waitomo District Council posted these photos today, saying that the road to recovery will likely take years & cost millions of dollars.
We are starting to see the multi-year impacts of climate change induced extreme weather events.
We can't socially or financially afford to keep going this way.
We are starting to see the multi-year impacts of climate change induced extreme weather events.
We can't socially or financially afford to keep going this way.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Waitomo District Council posted these photos today, saying that the road to recovery will likely take years & cost millions of dollars.
We are starting to see the multi-year impacts of climate change induced extreme weather events.
We can't socially or financially afford to keep going this way.
We are starting to see the multi-year impacts of climate change induced extreme weather events.
We can't socially or financially afford to keep going this way.
Me getting an ultrasound on my hip.
Sonographer: oh, there’s your issue.
Points to blurry black and grey streaked image to a tear in my muscle.
Me: so, how does that get fixed?
Sonographer: honestly, I don’t know. No-one ever comes back after I see them.
Me: fair.
Sonographer: oh, there’s your issue.
Points to blurry black and grey streaked image to a tear in my muscle.
Me: so, how does that get fixed?
Sonographer: honestly, I don’t know. No-one ever comes back after I see them.
Me: fair.
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Me getting an ultrasound on my hip.
Sonographer: oh, there’s your issue.
Points to blurry black and grey streaked image to a tear in my muscle.
Me: so, how does that get fixed?
Sonographer: honestly, I don’t know. No-one ever comes back after I see them.
Me: fair.
Sonographer: oh, there’s your issue.
Points to blurry black and grey streaked image to a tear in my muscle.
Me: so, how does that get fixed?
Sonographer: honestly, I don’t know. No-one ever comes back after I see them.
Me: fair.
Laura Borrowdale's latest collection is a heart-stopper. Thanks @ericastretton.bsky.social for the opportunity review extraordinary (and sometimes frightening) NZ fiction!! 😱⭐ www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...
Review: Dead Ends, by Laura Borrowdale
'These are hard stories to ‘like’ but on the terms they have set, the parameters of the worlds Borrowdale has conjured, they command respect by needling at uncomfortable questions about what it takes ...
www.ketebooks.co.nz
October 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Laura Borrowdale's latest collection is a heart-stopper. Thanks @ericastretton.bsky.social for the opportunity review extraordinary (and sometimes frightening) NZ fiction!! 😱⭐ www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reviews/r...
Reposted by Nat Baker
the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate
Reposted by Nat Baker
Is that WAKE, Elizabeth Knox’s horror novel, on Jacinda’s bedside table during Covid? Almost yelled out in the theatre. Really good film anyway. PRIME MINISTER @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Is that WAKE, Elizabeth Knox’s horror novel, on Jacinda’s bedside table during Covid? Almost yelled out in the theatre. Really good film anyway. PRIME MINISTER @elizabethknoxnz.bsky.social
If you’ve not yet voted in your local election - please do - there’s still time! Our democracy relies on each of us exercising the (historically hard won) privilege of having our say 🗳️ 🤗💕
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
More than twice the number of local election votes cast than this time in 2022
More than 622,000 votes have been returned to date, representing just over 18 percent of eligible votes.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you’ve not yet voted in your local election - please do - there’s still time! Our democracy relies on each of us exercising the (historically hard won) privilege of having our say 🗳️ 🤗💕
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Exciting times for all those short-listed!! Congratulations 🥂 Hoping to listen in between work meetings.
Mulligan's announcement at 1.45pm
Jesse Mulligan will announce who won the 2025 Surrey Hotel writers residency award this afternoon
newsroom.co.nz
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Exciting times for all those short-listed!! Congratulations 🥂 Hoping to listen in between work meetings.
Me: I’m trying to write ✍️
Onyx: … same…
Onyx: … same…
September 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Me: I’m trying to write ✍️
Onyx: … same…
Onyx: … same…
Reposted by Nat Baker
Writers of Aotearoa, his is your reminder that Turbine | Kapohau 2025 is open for submissions of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction until 1 November - check out the submission guidelines and send us your work!
Current Issue - TURBINE | KAPOHAU
EDITORIAL Welcome POETRY Jessica ArcusKate AschoffRebecca BallNathaniel CalhounDavid EggletonRebecca HawkesJacksonLilly KelleherBrent KininmontRata Lee 🔈Winshen LiuMargo Montes de Oca 🔈Mikaela Nyman a...
turbinekapohau.org.nz
September 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writers of Aotearoa, his is your reminder that Turbine | Kapohau 2025 is open for submissions of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction until 1 November - check out the submission guidelines and send us your work!
Reposted by Nat Baker
Oh.
That doesn’t seem right
That doesn’t seem right
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh.
That doesn’t seem right
That doesn’t seem right
Reposted by Nat Baker
Paula, as ever, has been incredibly generous about my work. 💙
there is just so much to love about this book - I hope every poetry fan gets a copy!
nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/17/p...
nzpoetryshelf.com/2025/09/17/p...
Poetry Shelf review and reading: Sick Power Trip by Erik Kennedy
Sick Power Trip, Erik KennedyTe Herenga Waka University Press, 2025 Mujaddara I know. I know what’s happening elsewhere.While I mess around with my kitchenware.from ‘Autumn Couplets&#…
nzpoetryshelf.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Paula, as ever, has been incredibly generous about my work. 💙
Me… trying to write…
September 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Me… trying to write…