EVENTS:

NZSA Northland Branch meeting

Thursday 10 October 2024 at 7.30 pm, via Zoom.

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

POETS@ONEONESIX

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

FRINGE FESTIVAL EVENT AT THE WHANGĀREI LIBRARY

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER, 10AM – 12.45PM.

Come and meet our Northland authors and talk to them about their books (which will be for sale).
They’ll be in spots around the library for you to explore with a writers’ map.

Picture book readings under the stairs, big Q&A table at the front for anyone who would like information about writing, flash fiction and longer fiction near the Large Print section, poetry, scripts and nonfiction book events upstairs – it’s all happening!
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SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER

THE BIG EVENT – IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISITER. FOLLOW THE LINK ON THE HOME PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE!

Book Launch – The Secret Staircase by J.L. Williams

RSVP jwilliamswriter@gmail.com or neill@craniums.co.nz

A modern children’s classic from award-winning, NZSA Northland historical fiction author
J. L. Williams.

An old house, a secret staircase, and a hidden time-tunnel.

A thrilling time-travel adventure for readers aged 8–12.

A quaint old hotel in a sleepy seaside town holds a secret—a hidden staircase that opens a gateway to a tumultuous past.

When twelve-year-old Jay and his younger sister Poppy visit their eccentric grandmother in Russell, they’d rather be anywhere else. But strange sounds only they can hear—mysterious voices, fireworks, or is it gunfire?—make them question their surroundings.

If you enjoy Lucy M. Boston’s Green Knowe series or The Secret Lake by Karen Inglis, you won’t be able to put down this gripping time-travel mystery. The Secret Staircase delves into themes of colonisation and culture with sensitivity and heart, launching readers on an unforgettable adventure.

Can Jay and Poppy trust their new-found friends, find the treasure, and return to the present before it’s too late?

CONGRATULATIONS!

NZSA Northland member, Mary Watkins, pen name Tanya Maree, has published her first book, after living in NZ for 34 years. Mary is originally from Seattle, Washington.

This touching debut transfixes the reader, allowing her to resonate deeply with them. The emotions in her work are evocative and ultimately hopeful. The autobiographic approach allows the reader to see her complete life story commencing from her childhood and continuing to her forties. Tanya provides a well-balanced sensitivity along with complete honesty. Her informal approach creates a bond between the reader and author as the reader is invited deep into her personal life, from stories of growing up, to finding and losing love. As Tanya travels around the globe, the reader shares moments of unrest, emotion, wit, hope, pain, fearfulness and honesty. A Gemini with a Gypsy Soul is a well-written and touching work worthy of one’s attention.

After surviving a mildly dysfunctional but fun childhood, the writer captures the trials and tribulations of her need for exciting adventures and a genuinely heartfelt desire to find that perfect someone.

Books are available on Amazon.com, Good Reads, in e-book, soft, and hardback, and also locally in the Mangonui and Kaitaia area.

(The cover image is of the hunting camp where Mary worked in Southwest Alaska.)

OPPORTUNITIES:

Our National and Schools Short Story Competitions have now closed and the entries are with the judges. Thank you all for your submissions!

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