I’ve worked as a translator for many years, but as a writer, I’ve never been translated. Until now! Essay in J lit mag Night Land Quarterly vol.43, trans. editor-in-chief Akira Okawada, titled ‘Barbed Hooks and Fantastical Worlds: Junko Mase, an author who almost broke her translator’ #xl8 #WITmonth

Hot off the press, a new short story by emerging writer Tamaki Senomoto (瀬本 環), transl me, with multiple translation challenges: Tsugaru dialect, child voice, set in Neputa Festival (pic Rosino). A privilege to work w editor Nour Kamel Ibrahim @ ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social
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*drumroll* Very honoured my book made the shortlist for the 2026 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (fiction category). Find it really hard to believe my paper baby is among such incredible books! Huge thanks to ATB ¦ ITK & everyone who supported me #amwriting #litfic #nzfiction

Spotted my book in @unitybooksauckland in some really good company 😍 So happy I made it on this shelf! Sometimes I love being a W...

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Happy New Year! This is my end-of-year publishing roundup for 2025: I branched out and tried some completely new things.

Stoked I could work with such amazing people in 2025 and balance fun projects with working full-time + parenting. Hope to do more and longer in 2026 #2025roundup #amwriting #xl8

V happy (also v surprised) to find name on list with these writers! Renee Liang, Michael Botur, Shelley Burne-Field, Tim Saunders, Lee Hana, Cristin Leach, Jessica le Bas, Lorraine Carmody, Kirstie McKinnon, Anna Scaife <3

(KM Sparkling Prose shortlist, winners announced Oct)

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Te Moana o Reo is about to be reviewed on RNZ (this morning 10.35am NZ time) ...am waiting with bated breath to see what Elizabeth Heritage says. I feel very fond of this book, it's a celebration of Aotearoa languages and has my first ever essay in it, on working in Japan #multilingual #nzfic #essay

New flash fiction out today in the Wild Umbrella, an ambitious new journal based in Dublin, Ireland!

Editor Mina El Attar also interviews me on inspiration, writing process and motherhood, which feels very exposing.

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Excited for this great book, Te Moana o Reo ¦ Ocean of Languages, ed. Michelle Elvy & Vaughan Rapatahana, launching with a national tour! There'll be readings by some amazing people and I so wish I could be there. #nzfiction #multilingual #booklaunch