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• Fleur Beale says "THANK YOU" A Big Fat Thank You Letter From Fleur Beale To The brilliant and wonderful readers who wrote to me for the ASB Wordbank Competition It’s always a thrill to get letters from people who have read something I’ve written, especially when the letters are as thoughtful as these were...

• ASB Wordbank Competition WINNERS!   The winners are: 5–7 year age category: Isla Thompson, with runner up Brian Kim; 8–10 year age category: Joe Perry, with runner up Devan Ngataaria Hammond; 11–13 year category: Cheyenne Kumeroa, with runner up Lucas Netana-Rakete. READ MORE…

• The Whole 'October Story' The October Story He shrugged the brightly patterned shirt on over his watermelon-sized head. Cycle helmets, caps and beanies had always sat ridiculously upon this sphere, now, with both arms stuck up in the air and the shirt’s top button wedged up his left nostril, a ludicrous panic set in. It wasn’t the sort of panic that beaded sweat, or made him shake. It was an old fear, one that filled his mouth with saliva and brought the memory of a stale smell like a smog swarming around his senses. He pulled the shirt firmly down and tried to breathe…