Nina Mingya Powles

Nina Mingya Powles is a writer and poet from Aotearoa New Zealand, currently based in London. She is the author of several books of poetry and creative non-fiction including, most recently, In the Hollow of the Wave (2025), Magnolia 木蘭 (2020) and Small Bodies of Water (2021). She writes a monthly Substack on food and memory titled Crispy Noodles.