Wong, Alison

Alison Wong (b.1960)

Contents

Aotearoa NZ Poetry Sound Archive (2004):

CD39

1. A Lesson in Chinese History [1-2]
2. An Introduction to Dunedin [1-3]
3. Baby
4. Bedtime
5. Conversation with a Three Year Old
6. Dinner
7. Playground
8. Round Hill
9. September 11
10. Small Talk
11. Splash Planet
12. The Camphor Wood Chest
13. The Photograph
14. The River Bears Our Name
15. There’s always things to come back to the kitchen for

Bio / Bibliography:

Alison Wong was the 2002 Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago. She is the co-founder of Porirua’s live poetry venue Poetry Café, for which she received a Civic Honour Award from Porirua City Council. She is working on a historical novel and a collection of poetry.

Select Publishing History:

[Date - Publication - Genre - Title]

2003 - Glottis 8 - Poetry - The Doorway / Kilmog Hill
Sep 2002 - Porirua Poets Porirua Poems (Pataka) - Poetry - The River Bears Our Name/ Life Drawing / Splash Planet/ Dinner / Baby
Sep 2002 - Revival: The OUSA-Critic Literary Review 2002 - Poetry -Conversation with a Three Year Old
2001 - Sport 27 - Poetry - Splash Planet / Playground / Dinner / Baby / Small Talk
2001 - Frogpond XXIV:1 – International Haiku Issue (Haiku Society of America) - Poetry - (Haiku) Christmas Day
Dec 2000 - Landfall 200 - Fiction - 5 novel extracts
Oct 2000 - NZ Short Short Stories: The Collection (Tandem) - Fiction - After Her Father
19.08.2000 - NZ Listener (Finalist in Listener Montana National Poetry Day Competition) - Poetry - Life Drawing
Spring 1999 - Sport 23 - Fiction - 4 novel extracts
14.08.1999 - NZ Listener (Finalist in Listener National Poetry Day Competition) - Poetry - A Lesson in Chinese History
1998 - Another 100 NZ Short Short Stories (Tandem) - Fiction - After Her Father
1997 - Mutes & Earthquakes: Bill Manhire’s Creative Writing Course at Victoria (VUP) - Poetry - The River Bears Our Name
1997 - Takahe 28 (Finalist in Takahe Poetry Competition) - Poetry - Arum
1996 - Printout 11 - Poetry - The Photograph / The River Bears Our Name
1995 - Sky Falling (NZ Poetry Society Anthology) - Poetry -Tulips