EVENTS:
NZSA Northland Branch meeting
Tuesday 5 May 2026, via Zoom
Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the Zoom link with the agenda.
POETS@ONEONESIX
116a Bank Street Whangārei
Wednesday 27 May 2026, 5.30 – 7.30pm
LOCAL CELEBRATION!
National Flash Fiction Day 2026
Come join us at the Judge House of Ale
Walton Street, Whangarei
Monday June 22nd 2026 at 5.30pm
Flash and poetry readings
Prizes announced
Food and drink available to purchase
Door prize
RSVP
Whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
Is not too late to register!
There are still places left for our event of the year.
MEMBER’S BOOK LAUNCHED:
(Delayed because of inclement weather, but it finally happened!)
CONGRATULATIONS!
NORTHTEC CREATIVE WRITING EXCELLENCE AWARD
It’s our pleasure to announce that NorthTec Creative Writing graduate, TONI DALY, is the recipient of this year’s Excellence Award, sponsored by NZSA Northland, NorthTec and NZSA (PEN inc). Along with her $500 prize, Toni will receive one year’s complimentary NZSA membership. A well-deserved recognition of her accomplishment!
Toni, who writes as Lindy Kato, left school at fifteen and eventually trained as a psychiatric nurse. Following seventeen years nursing, she spent the next fifteen years in the revolving care of the Mental Health Team she had previously worked for, diagnosed with something she didn’t have. After gaining an MSc in ecotoxicology, and a teaching diploma during these harrowing times and eventually a doctorate (genetics), she enrolled in the NorthTec diploma because she knew she would need support to write her story and it would be cheaper than engaging a psychologist!
BOOK LAUNCH
Bleak Expectations by Lindy Kato
(Toni K Daly)
12 Noon, Monday 4May 2026
Outside NorthTec campus café
A sequel to Desperate Times
Vale, Evon Morgan
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the sudden passing of Evon. Her bookshop, Book Inn in Te Kamo, Whangārei, was a precious treasury. Her devotion to local writers and the promotion of our creative output will never be forgotten. Evon will be greatly missed by our community of readers and writers.
RAFFLE: THE BOOKLOVER’S BLANKET
Raising funds for Northland Branch so we can support our local writers, and in particular our one-day hui coming up on Indie Publishing. See our website if you’re keen on joining us: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/
$5 per ticket, four chances for $10, 8 for $15, 20 for $20. Please email Lesley Marshall at editline@xtra.co.nz with how many tickets you’ve bought and evidence of payment.
The raffle will be drawn at the hui in May. It can be posted free to anywhere in NZ.
Please pay into NZSA Northland Branch with your name, and Blanket Raffle as reference
06 0493 0251640 00
Lovingly needle-felted by NZSA Northland foundation member, Lesley Marshall. The wool is all either pure merino, or a merino-silk mixture.
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“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
Ray Bradbury
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