Michaela Tamma
@michaelatamma.bsky.social
Writer 🎭 Venetian📍Finland.
Big fan of typewriters, fountain pens, clay teapots.
SL Bath Flash Fiction Award, Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize. HC Manchester Fiction Prize.
Big fan of typewriters, fountain pens, clay teapots.
SL Bath Flash Fiction Award, Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize. HC Manchester Fiction Prize.
When I say I live in Finland, everybody goes: “Oh wow, so beautiful!” Sure — especially at 7 a.m., when you have to shovel 20 cm of snow just to get the car out.
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 AM
When I say I live in Finland, everybody goes: “Oh wow, so beautiful!” Sure — especially at 7 a.m., when you have to shovel 20 cm of snow just to get the car out.
The best Monopoly edition ever
January 2, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The best Monopoly edition ever
My top reads of 2025:
1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - ex aequo
2. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
3. Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
4. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
#amreading
1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - ex aequo
2. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
3. Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
4. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
#amreading
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My top reads of 2025:
1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - ex aequo
2. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
3. Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
4. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
#amreading
1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
and The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - ex aequo
2. Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
3. Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
4. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
#amreading
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Christmas market near Helsinki Cathedral. With a Venetian carousel, of course.
December 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Christmas market near Helsinki Cathedral. With a Venetian carousel, of course.
The resident dolphin and the visiting monk seal. Venice and her admirers.
Venezia, dopo il delfino Mimmo ecco che spunta la foca monaca nelle acque della laguna
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/12/16/news/venezia_foca_monaca_laguna_avvistamento-425042724/?rss
https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/12/16/news/venezia_foca_monaca_laguna_avvistamento-425042724/?rss
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The resident dolphin and the visiting monk seal. Venice and her admirers.
17 days since the last sunshine. The sun rose at 09.12 today and set at 15.11, so the woods are in a state of perpetual twilight.
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
17 days since the last sunshine. The sun rose at 09.12 today and set at 15.11, so the woods are in a state of perpetual twilight.
Limone di Sorrento. They make Limoncello out of these guys! Not easy to find here in the Land of the Finns, it deserves a picture.
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Limone di Sorrento. They make Limoncello out of these guys! Not easy to find here in the Land of the Finns, it deserves a picture.
Live broadcast of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition 🥰
www.chopincompetition.pl/en
Also on their youtube channel
www.chopincompetition.pl/en
Also on their youtube channel
International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
Official website of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
www.chopincompetition.pl
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Live broadcast of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition 🥰
www.chopincompetition.pl/en
Also on their youtube channel
www.chopincompetition.pl/en
Also on their youtube channel
Experimenting with different notebook formats. At first glance a regular TN 11x21cm gives me leaflet vibes, but I’m attracted to the reduced page space. Potentially liberating.
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Experimenting with different notebook formats. At first glance a regular TN 11x21cm gives me leaflet vibes, but I’m attracted to the reduced page space. Potentially liberating.
I used to shrivel inside whenever I received a damaged-in-transit book. Now I’m more like, this book needs extra love. This one is The Odyssey, (beautifully) translated by Daniel Mendelsohn. Dented, a bit torn ❤️
August 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I used to shrivel inside whenever I received a damaged-in-transit book. Now I’m more like, this book needs extra love. This one is The Odyssey, (beautifully) translated by Daniel Mendelsohn. Dented, a bit torn ❤️
Are print newspapers on the path to extinction? I hope not. Ebooks have not terminated printed books, it is possible to have the best of both worlds.
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Are print newspapers on the path to extinction? I hope not. Ebooks have not terminated printed books, it is possible to have the best of both worlds.
Currently listening to A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike. I like audiobooks, they conjure up the tradition of oral storytellers, but the other day I browsed through a physical copy of the novel at the local bookshop and I didn’t recognise the narrator’s voice. Good or bad, not sure.
August 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Currently listening to A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike. I like audiobooks, they conjure up the tradition of oral storytellers, but the other day I browsed through a physical copy of the novel at the local bookshop and I didn’t recognise the narrator’s voice. Good or bad, not sure.
Sweet temperatures in Venice these days, like the summers of my childhood.
June 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sweet temperatures in Venice these days, like the summers of my childhood.
I’m a paparazzo to the hedgehogs
June 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’m a paparazzo to the hedgehogs
The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases #currentlyreading
May 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases #currentlyreading
Stories I like: The Rest is Silence by @brechtdp.bsky.social
I am still pinching myself - but here it finally is: my story in The Hudson Review. It would mean the world to me if you gave this one a read! 🙏
Our Spring 2025 issue is online! Featuring essays by Antonio Muñoz Molina; third-prize winner of our fiction contest Brecht De Poortere; poetry by Elizabeth Spires and David Hamilton; Erick Neher's review of Gypsy and Brooke Allen's analysis of WWII movies; and more! tinyurl.com/32vazysy
May 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Stories I like: The Rest is Silence by @brechtdp.bsky.social
Stories I like: Three Plagues by @ivygrimes.bsky.social
Story out today on the Ninth Letter site!
New story just dropped! Read "Three Plagues" by @ivygrimes.bsky.social for free on our website. Link in bio!
May 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Stories I like: Three Plagues by @ivygrimes.bsky.social
That’s what I call a bargain
Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say
Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
That’s what I call a bargain
All those fascinated by The Conclave’s processes should check out the procedure for electing a venetian Doge. Tamper-proof. Ish.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Win or Lose
No voting system is flawless. But some are less democratic than others.
www.newyorker.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
All those fascinated by The Conclave’s processes should check out the procedure for electing a venetian Doge. Tamper-proof. Ish.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
The irony of living near an airport: listening to takeoffs 24/7 makes me want to travel on horseback.
May 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The irony of living near an airport: listening to takeoffs 24/7 makes me want to travel on horseback.