A neat announcement of inviting local unpublished writers who either live, work or study in Mangere who would like to send contributions to be shortlisted towards a short stories/poetry collection that I hope to publish and launch at the Mangere Town Centre library around Aug/Sept 2017.This is a great opportunity to meet and share with like minded people who enjoy crafting words and shaping thoughts through writing that can often challenge, move, persuade, inform or peak interest etc. on issues and stories that are relevant to our community.
At the end of last year, I was given the opportunity to register my interest in applying for funding that would benefit the community in the area of the arts. This was one of 2 projects that was proposed and both have been given approval by our local board to be funded. Wow! much appreciated.
It's now to get a team of writers, some of whom I've already been working with and others whom I'm yet to meet to work together on this pilot publication and if all goes well, we look forward to continuing to work on this type of initiative for local writers.
The intention of the publication is to give voice to our local writers to discuss issues, ideas, thoughts etc. and to share these stories locally, nationally and even internationally. I'll be editing this book and look forward to publishing a book that can be used in local schools, tertiary institutions and within families and organisations to use.
Looking forward to sharing about this in futures blogs as it develops...
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