EVENTS:
NZSA Northland Branch meeting
Thursday 13 June 2024 at 7.30 pm, via Zoom.
Secretary, Trish Fenton will send the Zoom link with the agenda.
POETS@ONEONESIX
Thursday 20 June 2024, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm at 116 Bank St, Whangārei
JUNE CELEBRATIONS – NATIONAL FLASH FICTION DAY
Welcome to the 2024 celebration of flash fiction in Aotearoa New Zealand!
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day. Since 2012 we have been celebrating the small form with this big competition.
The 2024 competition is closed. The long list has been announced. Updates: nationalflash.org
Watch for the short list in early June!
All info about this competition is posted at the NFFD site, here.
LOCAL EVENT:
June 22nd is National Flash Fiction Day
Come join the celebration!
Dickens Inn Private Function Room
2.30 pm June 22nd 2024
Northland writers will be reading their short, short stories
National and regional winners will be announced
Door prize
Food and drinks available to purchase
Short story, poetry collections & T shirts available to purchase
All welcome, limited space, please RSVP to whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
COMMUNITY OUTREACH:
Throughout Northland and online there are many writers’ groups that would welcome your participation. Here are a few to start with:
Whangarei Writers’ Workshop
Meets every Friday 10.00-12.00 or 12.30 (depending on group size) at the Kamo Club, 7 Meldrum Street, Kamo. Writers are welcome to come along to 3 sessions before joining, to see if it’s for them. It’s an appraisal group, where the writer’s work is read and feedback given, though there is no pressure to bring work to every session.
Interested in joining?
Contact: heatherwhelan2@gmail.com
Whangarei Library 3.30 Flash
Whangarei flash fiction group meets first Tuesday of the month at 11am in the May Bain Room, Whangarei Central Library, to read, share and constructively critique each other’s stories. The group is well-established. It has been meeting for twelve years.
For further information contact whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
Writers and Poets Doubtless Bay and Kaitaia
Want to meet like-minded folks in the Far Far North? Come and join us. We meet weekly to chat and share news, and we organise readings and occasional workshops. We share and communicate via
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/992603708382931
More Than Words Focused Writing Group
This is a focused writing group where career writers can work side by side on their individual projects, with the opportunity to float ideas and get feedback. This is not a structured writing group and exercises will not be provided. Please bring your own WIP. Babies welcome. 9am -12pm Wednesdays starting 29th May at Whangarei Library, ground floor, back section. Look for the More Than Words sign. Find us on Instagram @morethanwordsNZ
More Than Words Sunday Social Writers
This is a chance to network with other career writers in Northland, get inspired, and have fun. Meet at Astroboy, 69 Bank Street, Whangarei, on the first Sunday of each month 2pm – 4pm starting June 2nd 2024. Find us on Instagram @morethanwordsNZ
Write up north
writeupnorth.co.nz
Facebook: Writers up North
Writers Up North – Northland Writers Network
NOTE:
If you belong to a writers’ group and would welcome new members, please email the details to us so we can include the information in our newsletter and on our website.
northlandauthors[at]gmail.com
(Note – we use [at] to avoid spam. You know what it should be!)
GLOBAL OUTREACH – FROM OUR ROAMING WRITER
Kath Farr’s stand-alone, second-in-series, contemporary romance, Never Say Never was released in eBook format on 29th February 2024.
She’s terrified of settling down. He’s already loved and lost. Will they find the courage to fight for another happily ever after?
Harbour Town, Australia. Naomi Walker isn’t proud of her past. On the run from an abusive ex who forced her to commit crimes, the thirty-something single mom is convinced she’ll never find happiness. But when she discovers the handsome plumber who went above and beyond to make her daughter smile is her new next-door neighbour, she’s determined to help ease his hidden pain.
Tommy Stevenson believes people only get one soulmate. Solo parenting a young son after losing his childhood sweetheart to cancer, the gruff man is barely holding it together. And he’s both shocked and plagued by guilt when the gorgeous newcomer to his quiet hometown instantly fits into his patched-up everyday.
Hardly daring to think about the future, Naomi wavers between trading tender glances and looking over her shoulder. And while Tommy senses the depth and perfection of their connection, he tells himself he has no business falling head over heels.
Can their painful secrets pave the way to a blissful new beginning?
Never Say Never is the slow-burn second book in the Harbour Town contemporary romance series. If you like mature characters, charming settings and steamy scenes, then you’ll adore Kath Farr’s seaside rendezvous.
Publisher: Treehouse Publications kathfarr.com
ISBN: 978-1-0670000-0-4 RRP: $6.99
Available from Amazon, Kobo, Apple Books and Barnes & Noble in ebook version, coming soon in print.
Affordable editing, feedback and mentoring
I’m Jackson, and I get a kick out of helping
other writers succeed. I’m a much-published, PhD-qualified poet and writer, and
a trained, experienced editor and educator. If you’re applying for a grant or
mentorship, I’ll help you polish your writing sample. If you write poems or
stories, I’d love to help you choose, sequence and perfect the best pieces for
your next book. If you’re an emerging writer, talk to me about online or email
coaching. Affordable rates.
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.co.nz/
– 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.co.nz/
“Writing without revising is the literary equivalent of waltzing gaily out of the house in your underwear.”
– PATRICIA FULLER
Northland Branch 
Brilliant newsletter – thanks Trish!
Thanks, Deb!