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Really? Send me the link.” (Anon)
Events
Next NZSA Northland Meeting
Saturday 19th September at 11.00 am, in Maungatapere. Karen Phillips will send the agenda, including directions for the venue.
Poets at ONEONESIX …
…will meet at 116 Bank Street, Whangarei
Date: Thursday 17 September, 5.00 pm to 7.30pm.
News
The recently published Fast Fibres Poetry 7 is available from fastfibres@live.com
Congratulations to Karen Phillips on the publication of her second collection of short stories!

Publishing in the time of Covid-19
Karen Phillips will read from her 2nd short story collection Glass Houses published by The Cuba Press and talk about the ups and downs of publishing a book in Covid-19 times. Lesson learned: check for stray viruses before starting.
Date: Saturday 3 October at 10:30.
Venue: No 1 Parnell Gallery, Rawene
Call for Submissions
A Plethora of Pavlova
Kathy Derrick and Jac Jenkins’ Pavlova Press is the guest editor for the October issue of Flash Frontier – the theme (no surprises!) is pavlova. Closing date 30 September. https://www.flash-frontier.com/2020/07/30/pavlova-press/.
You can check out the Flash Frontier submissions page: https://www.flash-frontier.com/submissions/
Wanted to Buy
A copy of Mists of Time: Myths and Legends of Ngapuhi by Bunty Howearth
Contact Lesley Marshall editonline@xtra.co.nz
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