She is of Te Hikutu ki Hokianga Ngapuhi Nui, Scottish, Cornish, English and Portuguese descent. Her poetry has been published in a number of international journals and anthologies, including Albert Wendt, Robert Sullivan and Reina Whaitiri (eds.), Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English (Auckland University Press, 2003). Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in English, teaching creative writing, critical theory and literature at London Metropolitan University.
In 2018, her book Rāwāhi was published in Ukrainian translation by Krok publishing house translated by Hanna Yanovska. During the Festival one could hear Wood’s poetry performed by the author herself.
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Myroslav Shkandrij
Nicky Walsh
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Oldřich Pavlovský
Peter Michalík
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Radoslav Passia
Regula Venske
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Rostyslav Nyemtsev
Rune Belsvik
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Serhii Plokhy
Serie Barford
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Sofi Oksanen
Stanislav Komárek
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Tanya Evanson
Thomas Wohlfahrt
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Tobias Voss
Valzhyna Mort
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Viacheslav Rahoisha
Vitaly Chernetsky
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Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Zoë Beck
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George G. Grabowicz
Hendrik Hellige
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Hernan Diaz
Iben Akerlie
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Imbi Paju
Jean Molitor
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Jerzy Onuch
Jo Davies
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Katrin Stangl
Kim Thúy
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Larry Tremblay
Liz Page
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Marián Potrok
Mariann Maray
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Mark Neville
Martyna Bunda
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Meik Wiking
Michael Kaufman
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Michael Kimmel
Moe Clark
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Abir Mukherjee
Adam Pomorski
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Agata Pyzik
Aleš Šteger
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Alexandra Shulman
Andreas Kappeler
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Andreas Umland
Anna Khromova
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Annick Lefebvre
Barbara Cassin
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Bas Kwakman
Bohdan Zadura
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BOICUT
Chris Abani
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Constantia Soteriou
Dariusz Kosiński
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Derek Brazell
Dorje Batuu
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Edward Nawotka