Date: Wednesday 26 November, 5:30pm
Location:  St Enoch's Church, 12 Centennial Ave, Alexandra

 
All members and the public are welcome to attend.

This meeting will take place immediately prior to the Heritage Talk: Rich history - Central Otago's historical gold mine. 

Please indicate if you will be attending both events when booking.

Date: Wednesday, 26 November, 6:45pm
Location:  St Enoch's Church, 12 Centennial Ave, Alexandra 

Join author Sophie Rogers as she talks about how a high school research project became a historical romance novel. Sophie will discuss what she discovered about Chinese-European relationships and marriages during Otago's goldrush era. Sophie will also talk about where she sourced her information, and the challenges of weighing historical accuracy with entertaining fiction, plus the process of turning it into a novel. 

Sophie is a Central girl through and through. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Otago, majoring in History. She published her first book, Nightshades and Paperwhites, in 2022. She is currently working on the sequel. You may know Sophie from Alexandra paper plus, where she currently works.

Entry by koha-donation. 

*This talk will follow the Central Otago Heritage Trust AGM which runs from 5:30 to 6:30pm. All members and the public are welcome.