EVENTS:
NZSA Northland Branch meeting
Tuesday 4 August 2026, 7.30 pm, via Zoom
Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the Zoom link with the agenda.
POETS@ONEONESIX
116a Bank Street Whangārei. Launch of Fast Fibres Poetry 13, with the theme of happiness
Wednesday 26 August 2026, 5.30 – 7.30pm
THE WAIPU MARKET
The perfect place to meet local authors and buy fabulous books.
Thanks to Heather Whelan for the photos and inspiration!
BOOK LAUNCH:
You are invited to the launch of “For All the Dead Girls” by Sherryl Clark.
We’ll be celebrating at Books, Bikes and Beyond, 420 Kamo Rd,
Te Kamo.
2pm, Saturday 22 August.
Champagne and readings, books on sale.
RSVP would be lovely so the bubbles don’t run out – clark.sherryl@gmail.com
CONGRATULATIONS!
Making the most of NZSA Membership
A message from Donna Blaber:
After seeing the Sandra Hyde Scholarship in the NZSA Literary Bulletin, I applied and was awarded the scholarship. I’m thrilled and very much looking forward to attending the conference.
Here’s the link to the award: https://www.romancewriters.co.nz/events/sandra-hyde-romance-writers-memorial-scholarship/
Note from Lesley Marshall:
Sandra Hyde was a lovely person, a long-term member of RWNZ, and after she died unexpectedly her family sponsored this scholarship for her.
Hats off to Lynn Jenner!
A round up of recently published books that deserve a spell in the spotlight!
https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/05-07-2026/fresh-on-the-shelves-11-new-books-worth-checking-out
OPPORTUNITIES:
Details on: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/competition-details-and-results/
SPARKLING PROSE
| Call for submissions! International story competition ~ through 14 August ~ The Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose competition is accepting stories up to 1888 words. Experimentation is encouraged. The competition calls for works of fiction up to 1888 words – a reference to the year of Mansfield’s birth. We take our themes from Mansfield’s writing. This year, the theme is ‘wild places’. All submissions must follow the theme, however loosely. You can write your work in any form – short story or hybrid or another imaginative form, but please note this is not a competition for flash fiction (see Flash Frontier to read Aotearoa’s best flash). Stories should be considerably longer than a flash fiction. Submissions need not be directly related to Katherine Mansfield. We encourage experimentation and outside-the-box thinking! Send your stories of quiet, strange, beautiful, oddball or wild double lives – we look forward! Up to two entries per person. Entry fee: $15 per story or 2 for $25 The 2025 judges are the award-winning Wellington writers Tim Jones and Vivienne Plumb. Submissions are accepted through midnight, 14 August 2026. Details and how to submit here. |
WHILE YOU’RE AT THE BAY…
Check out this interview with NZSA Northland member,
Deb Jowitt:
https://atthebay.org/small-craft/
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“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
Sylvia Plath
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