Tayi Tibble

Tayi Tibble is a writer and poet from Te Whanganui a Tara of Ngāti Porou and Te Whanau a Apanui descent. In 2017 she completed her Masters in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters where she was the recipient of The Adam Foundation Prize. Her first book, Poūkahangatus, was published by Victoria University Press in 2018 and went on to win the Jessie McKay Prize at The 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book awards. She works as a publishing assistant at Victoria University Press and as a staff writer at The Pantograph Punch.