January 2020 roundup of Northland writers’ news

• ‘The First’ by Terry Moyle has been launched. For the first time the true story of New Zealand’s first successful aeroplane flights and the people behind them. Extensive research corrects more than a hundred years of history with a startling account of what really happened in 1911 and how Manurewa, the first aeroplane to fly, became ‘lost’. Click on through for Terry’s page and his website https://www.facebook.com/terry.moyle.39/posts/10159486303382178
• Piet Nieuwland’s latest poem ‘Beneath the silence of light’ appears in Sky Island Journal #11 https://www.facebook.com/groups/449540938563494/permalink/1321668824684030/
• Pavlova Press would still love submissions of historical-themed creative writing https://www.facebook.com/events/879646405798485/
• Exclusive poem by Syreeta Hewson of Kerikeri ‘Pomegranates and Dystopia’ https://writeupnorthconz.wordpress.com/2019/12/06/pomegranates-and-dystopia-by-syreeta-hewson/
• Michael Botur performing poetry at ArtBeat Festival, Saturday February 1, roundabout 2pm-3pm.
• Dr Renee Liang works between Whangarei and Auckland. A poet, playwright, fiction writer, MC and advocate for the NZ Chinese community, Renee’s work has been profiled plenty on WriteUpNorth.co.nz. Renee Liang’s essay A Kete Half Emptyis funded by the D’Arcy Writers Grant and was first published in North & South in January 2020 and you can read it at Noted.co.nz and on Stuff.co.nz. https://writeupnorthconz.wordpress.com/2020/01/15/a-kete-half-empty-why-poverty-in-new-zealand-is-everyones-concern-essay-by-dr-renee-liang/
• New flash fiction by author Michael Botur https://writeupnorthconz.wordpress.com/2020/01/26/adults-flash-fiction-by-michael-botur/

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