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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 16h

Gearing up for my workshop at Percy Thomson Gallery on Sat 17 Oct, 2pm to 3pm with a giant version of my moose & trolls. They're up to mischief those two. This is also a story of power & domination, otherhood &othering - and the violence it breeds. Just look at what's happening in Gaza... #Kalevala

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Join me for a Fantastic ekphrastic poetry workshop on Sat 17 Oct at 2pm to 3pm at Percy Thomson Gallery. Free, but limited spaces. Book with the Gallery, check their website percythomsongallery.org.nz [The trolls & moose aquatint is from my Kalevala series, showing now in ‘Liminal Spaces’ at PTG]

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Taranaki artist Ellie Field’s gorgeous glass work adorns the cover of The Anatomy of Sand (THWUP, 2025), my first poetry collection in English. Ellie took the glass girl to Back Beach for a photo shoot. More of Ellie’s work in our exhibition ‘Liminal Spaces’ at Percy Thomson Gallery until 15 Nov.

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you’re in Taranaki btw 10 Oct and 15 Nov, welcome to our exhibition ‘Liminal Spaces’ at Percy Thomson Gallery - my prints&poetry; Ellie Field’s glass art - plus a feminist rewriting of the Finnish epic Kalevala with a sonnet for lovers and otherhood 💜 PercyThomsonGallery.org

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Opening night for the BIG Exhibition tomorrow, Friday 25 Sept. Eight artists, one location, this is part of the Taranaki Fringe Festival. Join us at the Gover St Gallery in Ngāmotu New Plymouth from 6pm onwards for a dose of joy & community spirit. All welcome!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy news 🎉 the Children’s Writer in Residence in Otago is returning in 2027! Apply by 18 Oct. The residency is made possible with support from Creative New Zealand and Robert Lord Writers Cottage. More info & link to applications here: www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We’ve delivered our art and we’re pretending everything is under control 😅 Opening night this Friday 25 Sept from 6pm. Delighted to be part of Taranaki Fringe Fest’s BIG Exhibition at Gover St Gallery w 7 other artists. Come along for a joyful night celebrating community spirit. All welcome!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ah, was going to show you my reading pile - pure poetry! - but realised it’s confidential. Relishing the intense email exchange with Josiah Morgan and Fiona Kidman on form, content, quirks, detail… Find out more about the 2027 Ockham NZ Book Award judges here: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We’re outed. Ellie Field's glass art and my fine art prints will be on show in our first joint exhibition 'Liminal spaces' at the Percy Thomson Gallery in Oct-Nov. Alongside Creative Fibre national exhibition, Taranaki Arts Trail and Garden Festival. Why not plan a spring excursion to Taranaki?😎

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks Virginia Winder, Warren & the Most FM 100.4FM for giving writers airtime! Join us for 3 poets waxing lyrical Sat 12 Sept at Poppies New Plymouth, hosted by NZ Society of Authors Taranaki. Helen Lehndorf, Airini Beautrais & I will talk art & craft and read poetry. Free event. All welcome!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Spring has sprung 🌱Looking forward to waxing lyrical w Airini Beautrais and Helen Lehndorf over sand - salt - bruises - quilts… At Poppies New Plymouth Saturday 12 Sept. Free event. All welcome!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We’re all slayed by flu, illness, bereavement, heart ache for the world in our small nook of the motu. So here’s a small light in the tunnel, check out the offerings of NZ Poetry Shelf. Happy National Poetry Day!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Planning to be in Taranaki on 12 Sept? Come join three poets waxing lyrical at Poppies New Plymouth: • Airini Beautrais • Helen Lehndorf • Mikaela Nyman A kōrero about poetry - and poems, of course!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today’s class visit took us to the uncanny valley - the simulation room where the next gen nurses are trained. Where dolls blink and moan and gasp and go "No, no" 😱

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Looking forward to party with poets on Tuesday 18 Aug at The Cabana. Go Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Trust! Ben Fagan (MC), Simon Sweetman, Nick Ascroft, Nafanua Purcell Kersel, Mikaela Nyman, Helen Rickerby, Allan Manson, Rangi Hapi Doors open 6pm. Tickets are $5. Join us!😎 #HBRW #PartyOfPoets26

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Inspiring kōrero about our poetry and respective mythologies (Sāmoan / Finnish) w Tamara Tulitua and Nafanua Kersel a year ago at Te Papa. Then Nafanua went on to win the Ockhams 💙 Check out this year’s Writers on Mondays. Free to the people! tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Winter edition of Words Out Loud poetry & open mic this Wednesday in the Hourglass’ courtyard in Ngāmotu New Plymouth! 🤩 Come join us - no voice is too small, no mic too large. New voices, fresh faces, closet scribblers, stage ramblers - we want you all!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I lost my sister to cancer, Mum to broken ♥️ Proud to be with 60 artists supporting He Wāhi Toi fundraiser for Te Kahu Pairuri Hospice Taranaki. It speaks to the power of creating a safe place, the strength in creativity & community. he-wahi-toi-art-exhibition-and-auction.raiselysite.com

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Had a blast performing poetry & song to a full house at Taranaki Arts Festival Winterfest 2026. My awe inspiring collaborator Ngâneko Eriwata & I took the audience on a journey through Te Ao Māori and the mythological world of the Finnish Kalevala, interweaving our stories, legends, languages 💜

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

6 poets + 6 musicians in a powerful performance. Guess who’s my date? POETS of Arranged Marriage: Holly Shanahan, Angus Hellen, Mikaela Nyman, Can Mitchell, Adam Harris, Ami Kindler MUSICIANS: Ngâneko Eriwata, Missie, Liana Hart, Adrian Whelan, Caleb Northwood, Sam Fawkner-Egli. Tomorrow! Sold out!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Winterfest in Taranaki, the best way to warm weary bones and hearts. My idea of a good Sunday: listening to master storytellers Elizabeth Knox and Witi Ihimaera weaving their magic. www.winterfest.co.nz

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Etching poem. Today was this kind of day…

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Walk past this every week and think ‘yep…’

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

And here are the musicians we are paired with for the Winter Fest Arranged Marriage between poets and musicians. I’m so excited about my (secret) singer-songwriter 🤩 www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/arrang...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Taranaki Taonga - David Hill, Laureen Keenan and Elizabeth Smither at the Taranaki Winter Fest! www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/tarana...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

So looking forward to hearing Elizabeth Knox, here, in Ngāmotu New Plymouth around solstice time. www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/elizab...

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Elizabeth Knox: Night, Ma | Winter Fest

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Bring on the Taranaki Arts Festival’s Winterfest! Looking fw to being part of a line-up of poets paired with awesome musicians at Arranged Marriage on 24 June. www.winterfest.co.nz/shows/arrang...

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Arranged Marriage | Winter Fest

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

If you’re at Auckland Writers Festival this weekend - don’t miss this kōrero tonight with these two amazing award-winning poets, Tusiata Avia and Nafanua Kersel. #AWF26

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Taranaki Zinefest is happening on Sunday July 5, 10am-2pm at Peeps DIY, New Plymouth. Come get inspired and excited by zine makers and creative folks from all over the motu. Register by 1 June. Qs? Email Taranakizinefest@gmail.com

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

‘Green for go’. Can tell that I’ve been devouring Bea Uusmaa’s books on a certain ill-fated balloon expedition. 🙏 Paula Green

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Because poets are vocal and abundant, also in Vanuatu: Sot Sot Storian microfiction 2026 features a Poetri Pawa Prize category on the same theme “Routes and Roots”, familiar to anyone of island heritage. If you know any RSE workers in NZ, please forward the link! www.dailypost.vu/news/new-poe...

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New poetry competition opens for ni-Vanuatu writers

An exciting new chapter for ni-Vanuatu storytelling began on May 1, 2026, with the launch of the Poetri Pawa Praes (PPP). This national competition is designed to amplify diverse local

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Got a poem on NZ Poetry Shelf - ‘Green for go’, pretty self-explanatory. Thsnks Paula Green 🙏 nzpoetryshelf.com

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NZ Poetry Shelf

a poetry page with reviews, interviews and other things

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Sot Sot Storian 2026 has launched! 🇻🇺 Theme: Routes and routes. Submit your best microfiction (max 150 words). This year there’s a separate Poetri Pawa category for poets. Deadline: 30 June. Check out the rules at Vanuatu Literature socials 🤩 #SotSotStorian #microfiction #Vanuatuliterature

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hv bn writing like a feral ferret. Looking fw to sharing prose & poetry w readers and writers at Waiheke library, Thurs 16 April at 6:30pm. Heartfelt thanks to the library staff and Angel Glass NZ for sponsoring this fab writer’s residency 💙 www.facebook.com/share/18iQJR...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Ominous red skies last night as cyclone Vaianu’s heading to NZ. Unusual for whole North Island to be on emergency alert. Expect giant waves & coastal flooding. Too quiet atm. Hot food, shower, cold wine, laptop&phone powered. Water in buckets. (Garbage bins on the road WTF people?!) Stay safe!

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thrilled that my poem ‘Famnas av vatten’/Hugged by water has bn set to music by Finnish composer Gustav Nystrōm (supported by Svenska Kulturfonden)💙 The Cantilena choir’s concert is on 19 April at Önningeby on Åland. The poem is from my Riptide/Rivstrōm collection published by Ellips in 2023.

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Pinching myself. Waiheke Writers Residency. The resident tūi already gave me an earful. So grateful 💙

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Don’t miss the next Monica Brewster evening on Tuesday 14 April! Tusiata Avia, award-winning poet and performer will reflect on truth-telling, vulnerability and the power of language to challenge and transform. govettbrewster.com/news/2026/fe...

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Monica Brewster Evenings 2026 | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre

New Zealand's most courageous contemporary art museum and home to the collection of modernist filmmaker and kinetic artist Len Lye.

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Got old-fashioned mail w return ticket to Waiheke Island for a 3-week writers’ residency 🤩So glad I could shift dates to mid-term break. Writing&researching plus public talk at Waiheke library 16/4. Great to see Lily Holloway got the WWR weekend. I was a judge for Given Words in 2019 when Lily won.

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Because poetry is best shared! 🤩Great Words out Loud fun at The Hour Glass in Ngāmotu New Plymouth last night! Thanks Holly Shanahan for your mahi. They told me off in Dunedin that it was really hard to get any good photos of me at events as I’m constantly moving around. Yeah nah that’s poetry too

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Poetry, words out loud, open mic - heaps of fun! Join us at The Hourglass in Ngāmotu New Plymouth tomorrow Wednesday 18 March at 7pm. Free event, ALL welcome! 🤩🎤

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hi, it’s mostly free form poetry. Check out my latest poetry collection The Anatomy of Sand (2025) from Te Herenga Waka University Press for a long Kalevala poem.

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A dozen eggs arrived at a time of transition between seasons, between Kalevala Day and Easter. These gorgeous prints by Manu Berry will illustrate a suite of my Kalevala inspired poems, still to be stitched and assembled, courtesy of Maungatua Press

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Doesn’t help to be in good company when you don’t get paid for your work… I’m one of the 318 authors who did not get my Public Lending Right compensation for 2025, despite being registered. Total rip off. No wonder writers struggle to make a living

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The National Library still hasn’t paid hundreds of authors. It has ‘no definitive timeframe’ for a fix

In what's being referred to as ‘a fucking saga’, 318 writers have been told they won’t receive public lending right money, even though they were told they'd successfully registered for the annual paym...

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Mikaela Nyman @miknyman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Today is International Mother Language Day! Got to love OAR Dunedin’s Access Radio team - here’s their Layers of Identity project, young story-tellers looking at the world and sharing their creative thinking. There’s a book in the pipeline too. oar.org.nz/shows/layers...

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Layers of Identity - Otago Access Radio

Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and belonging.

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