Tiny Moons
A Year of Eating in Shanghai
Published on 27. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-912915-34-7 (ISBN)
Description
Tiny Moons is a collection of essays about food and belonging. Nina Mingya Powles journeys between Wellington, Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai, tracing the constants in her life: eating and cooking, and the dishes that have come to define her. Through childhood snacks, family feasts, Shanghai street food and student dinners, she attempts to find a way back towards her Chinese-Malaysian heritage.
Reviews / Votes
Authentic, honest and full of warmth -- Jennifer Wong * CHA Journal * 'Funny, compact and beautifully written.' -- Simon Winder * New Statesman *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
119 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912915-34-7 (9781912915347)
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Person
??Nina Mingya Powles is a poet, writer and zinemaker from Aotearoa New Zealand, currently based in the UK. Her debut poetry collection, Magnolia ??, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In 2018 she was one of three winners of the Women Poets Prize, and in 2019 won the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize. She has published two books of essays, Tiny Moons (The Emma Press, 2020) and Small Bodies of Water (Canongate, 2021).
Nina is also the author of several poetry pamphlets and zines. Slipstitch, a pamphlet of poems and collages, was published by Guillemot Press in 2024. She is part of 'field notes collective', a collaborative nature writing project alongside Jessica J. Lee, Alycia Pirmohamed and Pratyusha. this too is a glistening, a collaborative pamphlet, was published in November 2024.
Her latest poetry collection, In the Hollow of the Wave, was published by Nine Arches Press in July 2025.
Nina is also the author of several poetry pamphlets and zines. Slipstitch, a pamphlet of poems and collages, was published by Guillemot Press in 2024. She is part of 'field notes collective', a collaborative nature writing project alongside Jessica J. Lee, Alycia Pirmohamed and Pratyusha. this too is a glistening, a collaborative pamphlet, was published in November 2024.
Her latest poetry collection, In the Hollow of the Wave, was published by Nine Arches Press in July 2025.