Ya-Wen Ho

Ya-Wen Ho is a letterpress printmaker, graphic designer, and poet living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. A Taipei-born New Zealander, she works bilingually between Mandarin and English, merging the two languages in performance. Her first book of poetry 'last edited [insert time here]' was published by Tinfish Press (Hawaii, 2012). Literary awards include a Horoeka/Lancewood Reading Grant (2015) and the Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship at New Zealand Pacific Studio (2016). Photo by Dennis Thorpe.