Book grant for "Navigating Journeys" accepted...

I'm over the moon again with much thanks to our Mangere Otahuhu local board for believing in us and in granting the funds to publish and print our third installment of community voices 'Mana Mangere writers collective' books.

This time we've changed it up a notch and want to include youth and specifically teenagers who would like to contribute to our new book entitled "Navigating Journeys".

So this time, I'll be running creative writing workshops (first come first served basis) free of charge for interested teens in our local libraries (funded by the grant) with a view to publish a book at the end of the year.

This means again, a bit of running around for me to make things happen at the various locations before the end of the year but that's what makes it really exciting in being hopeful to attract young writers from our local areas.

And so the fun begins and if you know of any teenage writers of either poetry or prose, please pass on the message. I'll have soon have the details for our writing workshops at one of our four local library locations of:

• Mangere Town Centre
• Mangere East
• Mangere Bridge
• Otahuhu 

Watch this space or contact me on: helentauaufilisi@gmail.com for further details...