Mikaela Nyman
@miknyman.bsky.social
Beach walker, ocean dweller. Writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction in English and Swedish.
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:
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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.
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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.…
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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!
Poetry in Performance / Final blast /Thursday 23 Oct with Frankie McMillan, Sara Qasem and I + open mic - can’t wait!
Brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective. Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-9-oc...
Brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective. Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-9-oc...
October 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Poetry in Performance / Final blast /Thursday 23 Oct with Frankie McMillan, Sara Qasem and I + open mic - can’t wait!
Brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective. Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-9-oc...
Brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective. Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at
events.humanitix.com/copy-of-9-oc...
Such a pleasure to run an ekphrastic poetry workshop at the beautiful Maia Gallery at Toihoukura in Gisborne today. A big thank you to Regina de Wolf-Ngarimu for organising and to artist Merle Walker for your stunning art and kōrero about your intention and thought process. 💜
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Such a pleasure to run an ekphrastic poetry workshop at the beautiful Maia Gallery at Toihoukura in Gisborne today. A big thank you to Regina de Wolf-Ngarimu for organising and to artist Merle Walker for your stunning art and kōrero about your intention and thought process. 💜
Off on NZSA business! In awe of what Tairawhiti Writers Hub in Gisborne has put on over their ten day Hui Kaituhi writers festival. Teaming up w Reg de Wolf-Ngarimu for a fun ekphrastic poetry wshop at Toihoukura - School of Maori Visual Art & Design Sat 18 Oct
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events.humanitix.com/art-poetry-e...
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Off on NZSA business! In awe of what Tairawhiti Writers Hub in Gisborne has put on over their ten day Hui Kaituhi writers festival. Teaming up w Reg de Wolf-Ngarimu for a fun ekphrastic poetry wshop at Toihoukura - School of Maori Visual Art & Design Sat 18 Oct
events.humanitix.com/art-poetry-e...
events.humanitix.com/art-poetry-e...
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Thrilled to hear that PhD grad Lynn Jenner has won the 2025 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award for her manuscript ‘The Gum Trees of Kerikeri’, described as 'a collection set in Te Tai Tokerau Northland that reflects on place, history and belonging through finely observed details.' Congratulations, Lynn!
October 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Thrilled to hear that PhD grad Lynn Jenner has won the 2025 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award for her manuscript ‘The Gum Trees of Kerikeri’, described as 'a collection set in Te Tai Tokerau Northland that reflects on place, history and belonging through finely observed details.' Congratulations, Lynn!
Poetry in Performance / Take 3 / Thursday 16 Oct with Anna Jackson, Juanita Hepi, and Erik Kennedy + open mic - brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective.
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-23-o...
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-23-o...
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Poetry in Performance / Take 3 / Thursday 16 Oct with Anna Jackson, Juanita Hepi, and Erik Kennedy + open mic - brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective.
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-23-o...
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-23-o...
Insightful on peacebuilding & healing on day 1 of the Collective Trauma Summit
2025. A political solution for Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine is not enough - people & communities need healing. The arts and creative thinking have a role to play in embodied healing, in bearing witness to victims’ stories.
2025. A political solution for Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine is not enough - people & communities need healing. The arts and creative thinking have a role to play in embodied healing, in bearing witness to victims’ stories.
October 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Insightful on peacebuilding & healing on day 1 of the Collective Trauma Summit
2025. A political solution for Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine is not enough - people & communities need healing. The arts and creative thinking have a role to play in embodied healing, in bearing witness to victims’ stories.
2025. A political solution for Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine is not enough - people & communities need healing. The arts and creative thinking have a role to play in embodied healing, in bearing witness to victims’ stories.
Tomorrow at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 11:30 - 12: farewelling He Tukutuku Auahatanga: Maureen Lander & Community exhibition with a reading by our latest NZ Poet Laureate Robert Sullivan + free eco-poetry wshop at 2pm at Puke Ariki. Limited spaces. Book at
pukeariki.com/event/E29794...
pukeariki.com/event/E29794...
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tomorrow at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 11:30 - 12: farewelling He Tukutuku Auahatanga: Maureen Lander & Community exhibition with a reading by our latest NZ Poet Laureate Robert Sullivan + free eco-poetry wshop at 2pm at Puke Ariki. Limited spaces. Book at
pukeariki.com/event/E29794...
pukeariki.com/event/E29794...
East coast, people - it will be epic! The 2025 Tui Tui Tuhia Tairāwhiti Hui 9-12 Oct is sold out but the Hui Kaituhi fringe fest continues next week 13-19 Oct. Looking fw to catching up w friends and being part of the fringe fest fun! 🤩
Check out the packed programme:
authors.org.nz/about/tekait...
Check out the packed programme:
authors.org.nz/about/tekait...
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
East coast, people - it will be epic! The 2025 Tui Tui Tuhia Tairāwhiti Hui 9-12 Oct is sold out but the Hui Kaituhi fringe fest continues next week 13-19 Oct. Looking fw to catching up w friends and being part of the fringe fest fun! 🤩
Check out the packed programme:
authors.org.nz/about/tekait...
Check out the packed programme:
authors.org.nz/about/tekait...
Poetry in Performance 2nd session Thurs 9 Oct with Gregory Kan, Lee Fraser, Philip Armstrong + open mic - brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective.
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-poet...
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-poet...
October 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Poetry in Performance 2nd session Thurs 9 Oct with Gregory Kan, Lee Fraser, Philip Armstrong + open mic - brought to you by the Canterbury Poets’ Collective.
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-poet...
Tickets (incl zoom option) $10 at the door or at events.humanitix.com/copy-of-poet...
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Wonder what Mister "The world doesn't owe you a living" Luxon would be doing if the Fifth Labour Government had said that to Air New Zealand in 2001 instead of writing a $900m bail-out cheque.
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wonder what Mister "The world doesn't owe you a living" Luxon would be doing if the Fifth Labour Government had said that to Air New Zealand in 2001 instead of writing a $900m bail-out cheque.
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
Oh, I keep forgetting - Market Forces for Thee and Thine, Corporate Welfare for Me and Mine! #nzpol
Scored a typewriter - to go with my grandmother’s unpublished(!) novel manuscript. Who knew! Found the original MS for her novel Färjan (1954) published by Schildts in Finland. Of course journos had to ask if her husband had helped her… 🙄The answer was NO.
October 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Scored a typewriter - to go with my grandmother’s unpublished(!) novel manuscript. Who knew! Found the original MS for her novel Färjan (1954) published by Schildts in Finland. Of course journos had to ask if her husband had helped her… 🙄The answer was NO.
Poetry in Performance kicks off today 2 Oct with Open mic and a trio of poetic firepower - see Jake Arthur, Janet Charman and Melanie McKerchar live in Ōtautahi - or join via Zoom. More poetry for the people! 😎
Tickets $10 at the door or via Humanitix
events.humanitix.com/poetry-in-pe...
Tickets $10 at the door or via Humanitix
events.humanitix.com/poetry-in-pe...
October 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Poetry in Performance kicks off today 2 Oct with Open mic and a trio of poetic firepower - see Jake Arthur, Janet Charman and Melanie McKerchar live in Ōtautahi - or join via Zoom. More poetry for the people! 😎
Tickets $10 at the door or via Humanitix
events.humanitix.com/poetry-in-pe...
Tickets $10 at the door or via Humanitix
events.humanitix.com/poetry-in-pe...
That thing around our necks has a name. Stop genocide now! 🇵🇸
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
That thing around our necks has a name. Stop genocide now! 🇵🇸
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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
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
Publications — KUPU TOI TAKATAAPUI | TAKATAAPUI LITERARY JOURNAL
www.kuputoitakataapui.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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
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. 😎
OPENING NIGHT this Friday 26th Sept from 6pm at Gover St Gallery. All welcome! Bring your friends, it was a blast last year. 😎
September 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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. 😎
OPENING NIGHT this Friday 26th Sept from 6pm at Gover St Gallery. All welcome! Bring your friends, it was a blast last year. 😎