Congratulations to Alison Wong

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Tuesday Nov 05, 2024

2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate, recipient of the Burr/Tatham Trust Award recognising her contributions to literature

A celebrated novelist and poet whose works weave together themes of identity, migration, and cultural heritage. Alison’s poignant explorations of heritage and history amplify diverse voices, and she proudly stands as the first – and still the only – Asian New Zealand writer to win the NZ Post Book Award for Fiction for her historical novel As the Earth Turns Silver.

Read more about Alison here: Alison Wong | Arts Foundation