Monthly (ish) notes on cooking, writing, making and memory by Nina Mingya Powles.

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I’m a poet, writer, sewist, zinemaker and librarian from Aotearoa New Zealand, currently living in the UK. I am author of several poetry pamphlets, zines and poetry books, most recently Magnolia 木蘭 and a collection of essays, Small Bodies of Water. I’ve also written a short food memoir, Tiny Moons, which grew out of my Shanghai food blog.

My next book of poems, In the Hollow of the Wave, is out July 2025.

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