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! 🤩
❤️🇳🇿📚
❤️🇳🇿📚
‘A mower parted the bronze sea of corn’ 🌽
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
‘A mower parted the bronze sea of corn’ 🌽
❤️ Palmy!
After much editing behind the scenes, I suspect, the final result is excellent. I've included just a select few screenshots here but you should absolutely check out this short clip of me talking about my books and my wonderful local library:
Gavin's story
YouTube video by Palmerston North City Library
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
❤️ Palmy!
‘all that was ever seen was a shoe’ 💔
been a while since I absolutely had my ass kicked by a poem...
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
‘all that was ever seen was a shoe’ 💔
'What we need is here.' 🙌🏽
"And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here."
From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry: bookshop.org/a/862/9781582430379
#poem #booksky #writing
From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry: bookshop.org/a/862/9781582430379
#poem #booksky #writing
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
'What we need is here.' 🙌🏽
‘The world is not illusory, we are’ 🍃
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
‘The world is not illusory, we are’ 🍃
🥳🎉🎊
This is cool news from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura! www.read-nz.org/news/article...
"Thanks to our friends at Mātātuhi Foundation, we'll be leading some mahi for a national Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Week in 2026." ^DR
#ReadNZ #Booksky #pukapuka
"Thanks to our friends at Mātātuhi Foundation, we'll be leading some mahi for a national Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Week in 2026." ^DR
#ReadNZ #Booksky #pukapuka
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🥳🎉🎊
‘I lie here in a riot of sunlight’ 🔆
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
‘I lie here in a riot of sunlight’ 🔆
'Whistling their whims on a low fence-
wire’ 🐦⬛
wire’ 🐦⬛
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'Whistling their whims on a low fence-
wire’ 🐦⬛
wire’ 🐦⬛
‘dead leaves
On their way to the river
Scratch like birds at the window’ 🍂
On their way to the river
Scratch like birds at the window’ 🍂
I don't do this so much these days but a poem for a Sunday. Leaves by Derek Mahon, from this beautiful book.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
‘dead leaves
On their way to the river
Scratch like birds at the window’ 🍂
On their way to the river
Scratch like birds at the window’ 🍂
‘My heart born naked
was swaddled in lullabies.’ 💞
was swaddled in lullabies.’ 💞
John Berger • And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos
Peege
@bloodsigns
Peege
@bloodsigns
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
‘My heart born naked
was swaddled in lullabies.’ 💞
was swaddled in lullabies.’ 💞
Reposted by Feana Tu’akoi
To make you smile
(warning: dad joke)
(warning: dad joke)
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
To make you smile
(warning: dad joke)
(warning: dad joke)
‘longing to be a poet whose song
would move stones and
organise city walls’ ✨
would move stones and
organise city walls’ ✨
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
‘longing to be a poet whose song
would move stones and
organise city walls’ ✨
would move stones and
organise city walls’ ✨
‘how anything
and everything is seen
is up to you.’ 🌼
and everything is seen
is up to you.’ 🌼
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
‘how anything
and everything is seen
is up to you.’ 🌼
and everything is seen
is up to you.’ 🌼
‘how the water leaves
and how the river stays.’〰️
and how the river stays.’〰️
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
‘how the water leaves
and how the river stays.’〰️
and how the river stays.’〰️
Reposted by Feana Tu’akoi
A poem by legendary (former) Wellington bookseller Louise Wrightson, who also studied creative writing with Bill Manhire in 1996 thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...
The Friday Poem: ‘Flood’ by Louise Wrightson
A new poem by Louise Wrightson.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A poem by legendary (former) Wellington bookseller Louise Wrightson, who also studied creative writing with Bill Manhire in 1996 thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...
Reposted by Feana Tu’akoi
An absolutely delightful evening at Unity Books for the launch of Francis Aschoff's debut book of poetry. Go get yourself a copy!
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
An absolutely delightful evening at Unity Books for the launch of Francis Aschoff's debut book of poetry. Go get yourself a copy!
‘Let us bask for a moment
in the beauty of a closed door’ 🚪
in the beauty of a closed door’ 🚪
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
‘Let us bask for a moment
in the beauty of a closed door’ 🚪
in the beauty of a closed door’ 🚪
‘But tonight he is alive’ ✨
The Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin crushes me every time.
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
‘But tonight he is alive’ ✨
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Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun
In a world full of distractions, it can be difficult to form a habit that needs attention. Experts advise on getting out of the rut
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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‘I do not remember being born’ 🌼
It's Mother's Day and I love this poem by Kate Baer
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
‘I do not remember being born’ 🌼
‘We shall not sleep’ 🌙
Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc?... #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
‘We shall not sleep’ 🌙
‘And now they obscure the sky.’ 🌳🌳🌳
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
‘And now they obscure the sky.’ 🌳🌳🌳
‘Healing was learning’ ❤️🩹
andrea gibson #smallpoemsunday
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
‘Healing was learning’ ❤️🩹
Reposted by Feana Tu’akoi
A reminder: if you're interested in our creative practice-based MFA in Visual Narrative at Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, applications are open for two more weeks (until December 1st). Also, we now have a sparkling redesigned website! www.visualnarrativelab.nz
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A reminder: if you're interested in our creative practice-based MFA in Visual Narrative at Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, applications are open for two more weeks (until December 1st). Also, we now have a sparkling redesigned website! www.visualnarrativelab.nz
Reposted by Feana Tu’akoi
Sarah Walker's 'Piscine', an essay on addiction, grief and polluted inheritances is one of two co-winners of the Kill Your Darlings Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025
Piscine by Sarah Walker
Read a winner of the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025!
www.killyourdarlings.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sarah Walker's 'Piscine', an essay on addiction, grief and polluted inheritances is one of two co-winners of the Kill Your Darlings Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025