Becs Tetley
@becstetley.bsky.social
Nonfiction writer and editor in Wellington, New Zealand. 📝 Essays in Tahoma Literary Review, The Spinoff, Roi Fainéant, Reckon Review, Headland Journal, and elsewhere. 📚 Reviews in Kete Books. 🎓 MA Creative Writing - AUT. 📷 Ebony Lamb
So excited to have my flash nonfiction piece, "Paper Grenades", included in this stellar issue 💞✨ tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/_...
Tahoma Literary Review@tahomareview.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew issue! It's TLR's 30th!!! Our spring collection of poetry and prose (including graphic narrative) is online. Please enjoy, starting with cover art by Emily Tironi. tahomaliteraryreview.com/issues/issue...
Got two lit mag rejections on April Fools' Day, so assuming they're actually silly acceptances 😜
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 ❤️🌟 headland.org.nz/issues/issue... 📷: Headland Journal
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 www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/reading-l...
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. ...
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"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." thespinoff.co.nz/society/06-0...
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.
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Love this comic series about NZ arts funding 101 ♥️🌟♥️
The Spinoff@thespinoff.bsky.social · 2y agoBehind the scenes of New Zealand arts funding
So cool to be part of this stunning issue ✨❤️🌟
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · 2y agoCan you pencil in some CNF into your day with a great story from our oppression 77? Cool! Here’s “Racing Airplanes” by @becstetley.bsky.social ! Get it while it’s a click away! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/racing-...
"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 🥹♥️ www.roifaineantpress.com/post/racing-...
"Racing Airplanes" by Becs Tetley
I’m five, holding my scooter in position at the front of our house. I’m staring down the driveway that stretches to the gate near the street when I hear the boom buzz of an airplane taking off. A new ...
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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · 2y agoGood morning, friends. Hmm, a timely title, no? Oppression 77 is live. Tell everyone, all day, every day, loudly. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity
So excited my essay, "Racing Airplanes," is landing in Roi Fainéant this Sunday! 🛬😍✨
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · 2y agoThis bite from “Racing Airplanes” a CNF piece by Becs Tetley says everything I feel about the current state of affairs. However this story underscores the power of hope- trust me, need this right now. Sunday 11/17.
