So excited to have my flash nonfiction piece, "Paper Grenades", included in this stellar issue 💞✨

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Got two lit mag rejections on April Fools' Day, so assuming they're actually silly acceptances 😜

Great tip - thank you! ✨

I've never liked ticking clocks 🕛 I'll remove batteries from any clock within hearing distance. My essay, "Pacific Standard Time" explores the deeper reason.

Forever grateful to Headland Journal for including me in Issue 19 back in 2023 ❤️🌟

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📷: Headland Journal

Meri Kirihimete from Wellington, New Zealand 🎄✨

Absolutely 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Reviewers' Favourites: Books from 2024 Who better to ask for their favourite books from Aotearoa now that 2024 has entered its final chapter? Kete reviewers give their thoughts. ...

Reviewers' favs of 2024 are here! I was torn between two knockout essay collections: Bad Archive and Otherhood. Thankfully, @ericastretton.bsky.social didn't make me choose📚🌟

@lilobrien.bsky.social @kathrynvanbeek.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
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The Sunday Essay: Lush and lost on Ponsonby Road Drinking wasn't just a pastime, it was my profession – and it got way out of control.

"At some point over the course of every drinking session, a responsible voice inside my hazy brain would cut me off from further drinks. But during the last two years of my life in Auckland, things began to darken, and it seemed the voice had abandoned me."

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Love this comic series about NZ arts funding 101 ♥️🌟♥️

If you enjoy @thespinoff.bsky.social, please consider becoming a member 🌟

Makes my heart pitter patter - thank you @rfpress.bsky.social 💓

So cool to be part of this stunning issue ✨❤️🌟

"I will never tire of this game, even though I'll never win."

My latest essay, "Racing Airplanes," is now live! Thank you @melissacuisine.bsky.social and the @rfpress.bsky.social team for making my pub dreams come true 🥹♥️

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So excited my essay, "Racing Airplanes," is landing in Roi Fainéant this Sunday! 🛬😍✨