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.
Episodes
12 episodes
Mele Toli reads Bluey by Maria Samuela
Bluey has been selected from Maria Samuela's collection Beats of the Pa’u published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Maria was born in Wellington and her writing is predominantly centred on the Cook Island diaspora. Her st...
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22:44
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 Zeal...
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22:02
Donna Brookbanks reads Emergency Procedures by Amy Head
Emergency Procedures by Amy Head has been selected from the stunning collection Signs of Life, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press - which is set amidst the rubble of post-quake Christchurch. Amy is also the author o...
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17:14
Rutene Spooner reads Hooks and Feelers by Keri Hulme
Keri Hulme's story Hooks and Feelers won the 1975 BNZ Katherine Mansfield prize and set her on the writing path that led to her becoming our first ever Booker Prize winner with The Bone People. Selected from the anthology ...
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31:15
Claire Chitham reads Babydoll by Catherine Chidgey
Babydoll by Catherine Chidgey was first published on ReadingRoom. Catherine Chidgey is currently experiencing world-wide acclaim with her most recent novel The Book of Guilt, her ninth novel. Her previous two, The Axeman’s Carniva<...
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17:37
Harry McNaughton reads Jewel's Darl by Anne Kennedy
The award-winning story Jewel’s Darl by Anne Kennedy won the 1983 BNZ Katherine Mansfield Prize, shooting the as-yet-unheard-of Anne Kennedy to instant literary fame. Later Peter Wells made an iconic short film of the story, casting a ...
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32:29
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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27:09
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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12:20
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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25:25
Jamie Irvine reads American Microphones by Damien Wilkins
American Microphones is written by Damien Wilkins, selected from his short story collection For Everyone Concerned and Other Stories published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. He is the author of 14 books including his most recent ...
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