EVENTS:

NZSA Northland Branch meeting

Thursday 14 November 2024 at 7.30 pm, via Zoom.

Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the Zoom link with the agenda.

End-of-year event

Saturday 23 November, 2024 at 11.30 am.

Venue: Kiwi North/Whangārei Museum. Join us for a picnic, book exchange and any form of entertainment/interaction you’d like to contribute.

Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send further details.

POETS@ONEONESIX

Thursday 17 October 2024, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm at 116 Bank St, Whangārei

OCTOBER WAS AN EVENTFUL AND SUCCESSFUL MONTH FOR NZSA NORTHLAND!

Kipa Monroe (Ngāti Rēhea) led an inspirational opening mihi.

The programme of edifying and entertaining insights throughout the day included Lesley Marshall’s insider’s guide to self-editing.

(No, she wasn’t preaching – more like telling naughty stories!)

POETRY PARTY!

CALLING ALL POETS AND POETRY FANS

NORTHLAND LAUNCH:

Sunday 17 November, 1-00 pm. Paper Plus, 6 Hobson Ave, Kerikeri

RSVP to www.poetrysociety.org.nz

Subject line: Kerikeri Launch

CONGRATULATIONS!

We’re delighted to announce the 2024 winners of our schools’ short story competitions.

(See Home Page.) Winning stories soon to be published on this website, and during the holiday period, in the Northern Advocate.

UPDATE:

 Emma Philips, the winner of our inaugural NZSA Northland Young Writers’ Award,

has the first story in the current list of flash fiction in Flash Frontier Tima/Wā.

Write on, Emma!   https://flashfrontier.com/

OPPORTUNITY:

Cloud Ink Submissions

Ready to get that novel published? Cloud Ink will be open for submissions from

1 December 2024 to 31 January 2025. All details are on our website.

We are really looking forward to reading some exciting submissions. Details here

CONGRATULATIONS!

NZSA Northland member, Suzanne Chappell, has just launched her first non-fiction book:

New book for people with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, M.E., or Long COVID

Simple Steps to Activate Self-Healing
for People with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, M.E., or Long COVID.

Since 1991, Suzanne has helped people with aches and pains in a clinic called Aches Away! in Whangarei (now in Maungatapere).

When the lockdowns prevented her from seeing clients face to face, she went online, joining up with a business mentor living in Dubai and created Aches Away & Energize for people with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, M.E., or Long COVID in UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 

She presents free weekend online Increase Energy Workshops (under 1 hr a day), runs a free Aches Away & Energize Facebook Group presenting weekly, live, and sees clients online in her Aches Away & Energize Health Program for people who want to work closer with her, and learn the technique.

Suzanne and her husband, Terry, have a 40-year-old organic Kiwifruit orchard. On Saturdays they get up at 4.30 am in the winter to sell at the Growers Market.  

Last Christmas Suzanne planned to have a few weeks off and instead started writing Simple Steps. Nine months later, it’s launched:

You can get Simple Steps to Activate Self-Healing on Amazon Australia, in ebook or paperback, click here: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DG98F3XS

Price: ebook, US$2.99 or paperback, US$10 (purchase in NZ$)  ISBN: e-book kindle: 978-0-473-70493-3

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Colum McCann