Writers Write : Actors Read
Well-known actors read short stories written by Aotearoa New Zealand writers to a live audience at Ockham Collective's The Nix in Auckland.
Curated by Bridget van der Zijpp, and recorded and mastered by Depot Sound.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
Writers Write : Actors Read
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Miriama Te Rangimarie Smith reads The Kiss by Patricia Grace
The Kiss has been selected Patricia Grace’s short story collection Small Holes In The Silence (Penguin Random House NZ), also recently republished and celebrated in Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories (AUP)....
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Maaka Pohatu reads A Casket Made of Flax by Airana Ngarewa
A Casket Made of Flax was selected from Airana Ngarewa’s short story collection Pātea Boys, published by Moa Press. Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine) was born and raised in Pātea, and has published three books – the ...
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Elisabeth Easther reads Collateral by Michelle Duff
Collateral – a futuristic story about a musician receiving an unusual sanction for his past demeanours – is selected from Michelle Duff's wonderful debut collection Surplus Women, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press....
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24:32
John Leigh reads Mr Van Gogh by Owen Marshall
Mr Van Gogh – a story about a boy reflecting on a man who was known as the local eccentric – was selected from Owen Marshall’s collection The Authors Cut (Penguin Random House NZ), originally published in Mr Van Gogh And Othe...
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18:20
Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand reads School Days by Maurice Gee
School Days has been selected from the collection A Glorious Morning Comrade published by Auckland University Press in 1976, read in memory of Maurice Gee, who we lost in June this year at the age of 93. He left a profound legacy to ...
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