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.
Writers Write : Actors Read
Millen Baird reads The Baddest Toroa in Town by Airini Beautrais
The Baddest Toroa in Town is selected from the Airini Beautrais' prize winning collection Bug Week which was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Airini won the Best First Book of Poetry in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2007 for Secret Heart. Her subsequent books include Western Line, Dear Neil Roberts, Flow: Whanganui River Poems and in 2021, she won the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for her short story collection, Bug Week. Subsequently essay collection, The Beautiful Afternoon, was longlisted for the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Prize in 2025.
Millen Baird is a multi-talented actor, comedian and producer, and a ubiquitous screen presence in NZ - best known for M3GAN, Auckland Daze, and his sketch comedy The Millen Baird Show.
This episode contains strong language so listener discretion is advised.
Curated by Bridget van der Zijpp, recorded live at Ockham Collective’s The Nix in Auckland, and recorded, edited and mastered by Depot Sound in Devonport. The Live events were supported by Auckland Council and the Creative Communities Scheme.
