NZSA Northland News October 2022

Events:

NZSA Northland Branch Meeting

Hybrid Zoom and face-to-face meeting

Hikurangi Library, or your home: Sunday 9 October 2022 at 10.30 am

Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the Zoom link, and directions to the Hikurangi Library, with the agenda.

POETS@ONEONESIX

Thursday 20 October 2022, 5.00 pm – 7.30 pm, 116 Bank Street, Whangārei

CONGRATULATIONS!

“Winning way with words”

The results are out for the two sections of our schools’ short story competition, and the winning entries have been published in The Northern Advocate. (Saturday, October 1, 2022) – a double-page spread.

Year Seven and Eight Competition

The judges said:

“We loved your stories and enjoyed the way you had fun with your writing …”

1^st Keira Piper, Aropohue School, My Marae

2^nd Vanessa Richards, Raurimu Avenue School, Hide and Seek

3^rd = Jade Marris, Parua Bay School, The Little Kiwi, Cosmo

3^rd = Zaniah Reynolds, Parua Bay School, Regret

High Schools Competition

The judges said:

“The winning entries used simple, clear language to engage the reader…The writers’ enthusiasm shone through.”

1^st Emily Taylor, Whangarei Girls High School, The Secrets of Persephone

2^nd Olivia Cook, Huanui College, Calm before the Storm

3^rd Esme McInnes, Huanui College, Ruined

Inaugural Labour Weekend Writing Event

Nova Scotia Junction (Old National Bank), Waipu

Lindy Davis (author, journalist and creative writer) is proposing an annual Labour Weekend Writer’s Festival, starting with 2022, in Waipu. It would include:

• readings
•  Q & A panel
•  author engagement with workshops
• book sales
• and possibly a wine/cheese evening that creates an opportunity for writers in the Northland region to come together.

If you’d like to contribute to this inaugural event, please contact:

lindyonbeach[at]gmail.com

INVITATION:

You are invited to the launch of

Mad, Bad and Dead

by Sherryl Clark

Thursday 13^th October at 6.30pm (doors open 6pm)

May Bain Room, Whangarei Central Library

Rust Avenue, Whangarei

We’ll have a lively Q&A session and a reading from the novel!

Refreshments provided – all books in the series on sale

RSVP to clark.sherryl@gmail.com for catering, thank you

PODCAST

Dear fellow NZSA members

The Author’s Tale podcast hosted by Stephanie Frewen (NZSA Canterbury) presenting casual chats with fabulous New Zealand authors is now featuring the award-winning poet and novelist James Norcliffe, a Canterbury NZSA member.

The podcast is available on most podcast platforms and don’t forget to subscribe or follow for free, to make sure you don’t miss future episodes. You can also listen to previous chats with Kathleen Gallagher, and with Gavin Bishop whose book, Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes has recently won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award, the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction, and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration.
https://shows.acast.com/the-authors-tale

Kind regards
Steph Frewen (NZSA Canterbury)

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Mark Twain