On Wednesday 19 February, Mikaela Nyman hosted an evening of readings from Now and then at Poppies Bookshop in New Plymouth. Mikaela is a wonderful supporter of Landing Press, and she was joined by six local writers in the anthology. Among them they represented the diversity of Now and then, and Sieni Skelton-Richardson & Hailey Richardson presented their poem, ‘Dancing the siva with my daughter’ in dance! Writers in Now and then come from all over the country, and it’s wonderful to see opportunities for them to read their work.

Our big thanks to Mikaela, the NZ Society of Authors Taranaki, Migrant Connections and Poppies Bookshop