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
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