Reading Café – Meet Alison Wong

Alison Wong is both a poet and author. Her initial studies and career were in mathematics and IT, however literature is her passion.

In 1996 Alison was awarded a Reader's Digest NZ Society of Authors Fellowship in the Stout Research Centre, and in 2002 the Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University.

Cup, an anthology of Alison’s poetry was published in 2006.  As the Earth Turns Silver (2009) is her first novel and draws on her Chinese heritage.

Alison Wong is the winner of the 2009 Janet Frame Award for fiction.

When: Thursday 8th April 12:30pm
Where: Ringwood Library, 4 Ringwood Street Mall, Ringwood
Cost: $10 includes lunch
Bookings essential phone 98700177

Cheers, Maryanne

Meet Alison Wong

Alison Wong was born and raised in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, after her grandparents on both sides migrated from China’s Guangdong province in the 1890s. She studied mathematics at Victoria University in Wellington, worked in IT, and spent several years in China. In 1996 she held a Reader’s Digest NZ Society of Authors Fellowship in the Stout Research Centre, and in 2002 the Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University.

She author of the poetry collection, Cup. As the Earth Turns Silver is her first novel.

When: Thursday 13th August 7pm
Where: Knox Library, 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 98011422

Cheers, Maryanne