EVENTS:
BRANCH MEETING
Thursday 21 September 2023, at 7.30 pm, via Zoom.
Secretary, Trish Fenton will send the Zoom link with the agenda.
(Note one-off change from our usual second Thursday of the month.)
POETS@ONEONESIX
Thursday 21 September, 2023, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm, 116 Bank Street, Whangārei
WRITERS’ RETREAT
BY THE BAY BEACHFRONT APARTMENTS
BOOK LAUNCH
WAR BRIDE by Patricia Fenton
May Bain Room
Whangārei Central Library
Tuesday 3 October, 5.30 – 7.00 pm
To register attendance, please email:
info@lit-links.nz
OPPORTUNITIES:
SECOND ANTHOLOGY COMING SOON …
Whangarei Library 3.30 Flash wants your best and most brilliant 300-word flash fiction stories for their second anthology set to launch late November 2023. Theme: Changing Landscapes.
Up to two submissions per writer accepted. Entry free. Young Northland writers (12-18 years) encouraged to submit their stories, as well as adult writers based in Northland.
For terms and conditions, go to: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063584556815
or contact whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
NATIONAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
STILL TIME FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE A TIGHT DEADLINE!
Sponsored by The Northern Advocate and Pavlova Press
PRIZES
First Place $500
Second Place $100
Third Place $50
Theme: Journeys
Closes: 30 September 2023
Conditions and entry form available on this site: Competitions
WHAT IS SCBWI?
Firstly, it’s the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, so it’s aimed right at those who create children’s books. It’s an organisation based in the USA, but has “chapters” all over the world, each with their own regional advisers who run events and meetings. Over the last 20+ years, the Australian chapter has grown and now has branches in most states.
This year, New Zealand broke away from Australia East and became its own region or chapter. So we now have a committee and two advisors, one for each main Island. You would think Australia would have more distance issues than us! But children’s creators in NZ live far and wide.
It’s not cheap to join, mainly because of the exchange rate (you have to pay in US dollars), but that doesn’t mean you can’t take part in the NZ offerings. Most of the seminars are online, and non-members just pay a bit more. In Whangarei, I’ve started organising coffee get-togethers every now and then, and anyone can come along who is a children’s book creator. The more the merrier! Just email me at clark.sherryl@gmail.com to go on my contact list.
There is more information about SCBWI at www.scbwi.org and their YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErOT_O_OHO7UryrKfAwTUg
PAV DECONSTRUCTED
Edited by Jac Jenkins and Kathy Derrick
“A volume filled with sticky ingredients, held together by Kiwi humour. Here readers will find poems, art, stories and songs – and a recipe for a humdinger of a gin fizz with a pav twist. It opens with an introduction by Andrew Paul Wood (New Zealand) and Annabelle Utrecht (Australia) and is sprinkled with newspaper clippings, quips and cartoons, and even a suggestion for a new postage stamp series. But beware: the endings are not always sweet. For some, frothy egg whites lead to darker stories from family histories. Pain and loss may lurk under the fluff and sometimes our obsessions run deep. This eclectic and colourful collection invites readers into the many layers of pavlova.”
Michelle Elvy, author of the everrumble and the other side of better
Help Pavlova Press get their luscious, hard-cover book, Pav Deconstructed, under NZ Christmas trees this year! They have set up a PledgeMe campaign to cover a portion of Pav Deconstructed’s high production costs. This is the early-bird way to pre-order your copy so pop over to the campaign page and choose your reward – if you can’t manage a copy of Pav Deconstructed, there are smaller rewards to choose from too. The campaign is already up and running and off to a good start. Remember that you will only pay (and receive your reward) if the campaign has reached its goal in 2 months’ time.
FUND RAISING AUCTION:
During the month of November, thanks to the generous donations of members and supporters, Northland Branch will hold an online auction culminating in person and online at our final meeting of the year. (Details of time and venue to follow.)
Leading up to the auction, a spreadsheet displaying all the offerings and bids will be updated and displayed on our website: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity!
Donations to date include:
- Picture book manuscript assessment
- Editing services
- Original artworks
- Short story on-line or face-to-face mentoring
- Fabulous selection of children’s books
- Short story anthologies
- Poetry anthologies
- … and much more
Further donations welcomed.
SHARING NZSA NORTHLAND BRANCH NEWS AND EVENTS:
– Share with us on our Facebook Pages for NZSA Northland
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1618171775233622 (Private group)
https://www.facebook.com/NZSANorthlandBranch (Public)
– Submit your news, including events, awards, recent publications and book launches, to: northlandauthors[at]gmail.com for inclusion in our monthly newsletter.
Free for financial members. 50 cents per word for non-members.
Check for further updates on: https://northlandauthors.wordpress.com/
“Half my life is an act of revision.”
-John Irving
Northland Branch 
Please accept my apologies for 21st Trish.
Sue Barker
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Apologies noted, Sue.
Thanks for using this site. We really need to promote more of this!