Tayi Tibble (Te Whanau a Apanui / Ngati Porou) was born in 1995 and lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Her first book, Poukahangatus, won the Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award in 2019, and had its first UK publication in 2022.
'I love [it], it's so good, I'm so impressed . . . totally encapsulates the heady vibe of being a young woman in New Zealand' -- Lorde * Metro NZ * It demonstrates the power of all paradigm-shifting books - which is to fold up previously knotty stumbling blocks like they are furniture left out in the rain, and then replace it with an enlarged space -- John Freeman * LitHubBio * Tibble speaks about beauty, activism, power and popular culture with compelling guile, a darkness, a deep understanding and sensuality -- Hinemoana Baker