EVENTS:

NZSA Northland Branch meeting

Saturday 4 October, 2025 at 10.30 am, at 33 Pompallier Estate Drive and via Zoom.

Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send directions to the venue and the Zoom link with the agenda.

POETS@ONEONESIX

116a Bank Street Whangārei 

Wednesday 15 October, 5.30 – 7.30pm

Share your poetry and enjoy the company of fellow poets.

Kerikeri WRAP Festival

– hopefully the first of many!

From 29 – 31 August, writers, readers and poets shared three days of inspiration. Keynote speakers, Dame Fiona Kidman and Monty Soutar connected us with the past and brought hope for the future.

Our sincere thanks to the organisers, Kim Martins and Catherine Lea, and their incredible team of volunteers. This inaugural literary festival in the heart of Northland bodes well for the future!

Kim Martins in conversation with Dame Fiona Kidman

Booktok around the world

BEAGLE RADIO INTERVIEW ON FLASH FICTION

Librarian and flash fiction writer, Eddie Williams, interviewed author, Deb Jowitt.

They talked about flash fiction, Deb read a story then turned the tables by asking Eddie to read his wonderful story, Your Next Home, from the anthology, Changing Landscapes.

A second interview featuring Sue Barker will be broadcast in the next few weeks. The Whangarei Central Library hosts this programme called The Shelf. There is a big bank of previous interviews that are available in podcast on Youtube.

 Deb’s interview starts at 13.26. podframe.beagleradio.co.nz/podcasts/2025-09-10_14-00_The-Shelf_Beagle-Radio.mp3

WRITERS & POETS DOUBTLESS BAY

Invite you to the launch of their first

ANTHOLOGY at The Barn

622 SH 10, Taipa

Friday 31st October

6.30-8.30pm

Sausage Sizzle by the Lions Club

$3.00

BYO drinks

Anthology $20.00 Cash sales only

CONGRATULATIONS!

Our own Leena Taylor her completed a second beautiful book in the Thousandth Way Chronicles series.

Enter Lacey’s journey of discovery as she grapples to remember the task entrusted to her. Who is she? What is she?

Pathway of Life is the beginning of a new story. A new life. And a continuation.

Lacey’s journey will last her lifetime.

Can she convince her family and friends to join her?

Doorway of Death: Book One of The Thousandth Way Chronicles saw Reyna Murray battle with those who sought to destroy her family, her world, her life.

Lacey has to continue this fight.

Available on Amazon and through http://www.leenataylorgillespie.com

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“A time comes when silence is betrayal”

Rev Martin Luther King