Maia Publishing is proud to call for submissions as we create our next fiction collection.
PAUSE:
it’s about the space between breaths...
- Oliva Aroha Giles
PAUSE is a collection of writing from wahine in Aotearoa – women whose words offer the world an escape, a breath of motivation, a thoughtful questioning of our priorities.
We’re looking for your powerful stories of
love, hope, despair, courage
- stories that invoke a journey of growth, of letting go, of moving beyond the unbearable into somewhere new.
We want stories from women in Aotearoa on any relevant topics that women can relate to: mothering, love, relationships, parenting, juggling, balance (or lack thereof!), health, whanau, food, connection, friends, travel.
“Its about the liminal space between breaths
- how many of us get stuck there because we feel we’ve invested too much of ourselves to let go and start again,
but where we are is unbearable?”
Olivia Aroha Giles
…wahine have voices that need to be heard
Inhale is a collection of writing from wahine Māori – women whose words offer the world an escape, a breath of motivation, a thoughtful questioning of our priorities.
We’re following that up with PAUSE - that moment between breath, the time we can take to rest, the brief intersections in the chaos of our busy lives.
All New Zealand women are invited to contribute.
Submissions should be recieved before the end of January.
We envisage the launch of this pukapuka in April 2025.