{"product_id":"small-bodies-of-water","title":"Small Bodies of Water","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby Nina Mingya Powles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lyrical, poetic essay collection that blends memoir with powerful writing on the natural world, taking us from London to New Zealand, Shanghai to Malaysia - from the winner of the Nan Shepherd Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Remarkable' - Robert Macfarlane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Gorgeous' - Amy Liptrot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Urgent and nourishing' - Jessica J. Lee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo - where her mother was born and her grandfather studied freshwater fish. There, the local swimming pool became her first body of water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things, but have still been, in their own way, home: from the wild coastline of New Zealand to a pond in northwest London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn lyrical, powerful prose, \u003cem\u003eSmall Bodies of Water\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together memories, dreams and nature writing. Exploring everything from migration, food, family, earthquakes and the ancient lunisolar calendar, Nina reflects on a girlhood spent growing up between two cultures, and what it means to belong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNina Mingya Powles is a poet and writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, currently based in London. Her debut poetry collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMagnolia 木蘭\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e was published in New Zealand, the UK and the US, and was a finalist in the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection and the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Powles won the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize in 2018 and the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize for under-represented nature writers in 2019. Her resulting book of essays \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Bodies of Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was published in 2021 by Canongate. She has also published a short food memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The Emma Press, 2020).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48898274689259,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0746\/4939\/files\/SmallBodiesofWater.png?v=1781838393","url":"https:\/\/nowherebookstorenz.myshopify.com\/products\/small-bodies-of-water","provider":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}