Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
Station of the Year
NZ Radio Awards 2009
13 March, 2010
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The Book Reading
Produced by the Drama department
Broadcast every weekday around 10:45am on Nine to Noon.
This Week
8 March 2010
Duet, by David Hill
(Parts 6 to 10 of 15)
Kallum plays blues guitar and thinks classical music is for losers. But when his mate Saul asks him to play a duet for the youth orchestra, he agrees to give it a go.
Soon he finds himself enjoying the challenge that music presents. And there is Paige, gorgeous Paige, Kallum’s duet partner. They are drawn together, but their relationship rapidly spirals out of control with consequences that may change their lives forever.
David Hill is well known to Radio New Zealand listeners for his stories and reviews, and also to readers worldwide for his novels for young adults.
The narrator Kip Chapman is a talented young actor with a growing list of credits in film, television and theatre.
Published by Mallinson Rendel
ISBN: 978-1-877423-06-2
Coming Up
28 March 2010
Monday 28 March
As It Happens by Stephen Higginson
Jimmy Van is a low-life on the run from the law. When he comes across an uninhabited house he stumbles into more than he was counting on. (Part 1 of 2, RNZ)
Read by Jason Whyte.
Unpublished short story.
Tuesday 29 March
As It Happens by Stephen Higginson
(Part 2 of 2, RNZ)
Wednesday 17 March
The Bestest Wedding by John F.
Bragg Watching her granddaughter have her final fitting brings back memories of all the weddings she’s attended
Read by Beryl Te Wiata.
Unpublished short story.
Thursday 18 March
The Windmill by Alice Miller
The challenges of musical composition chart the twists and turns of a relationship. (Winner of the 2009 BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story Competition) (Part 1 of 2, RNZ)
Friday 19 March
The Windmill by Alice Miller
(Part 2 of 2, RNZ)
Read by Michele Amas.
Unpublished short story.
Previous Programmes
1 March 2010
Duet, by David Hill
(Parts 1 to 5 of 15)
Kallum plays blues guitar and thinks classical music is for losers. But when his mate Saul asks him to play a duet for the youth orchestra, he agrees to give it a go.
Soon he finds himself enjoying the challenge that music presents. And there is Paige, gorgeous Paige, Kallum’s duet partner. They are drawn together, but their relationship rapidly spirals out of control with consequences that may change their lives forever.
David Hill is well known to Radio New Zealand listeners for his stories and reviews, and also to readers worldwide for his novels for young adults.
The narrator Kip Chapman is a talented young actor with a growing list of credits in film, television and theatre
Published by Mallinson Rendel
ISBN: 978-1-877423-06-2
15 February 2010
The Year of the Shanghai Shark, written and adapted for radio by Mo Zhi Hong
(Parts 5 to 10 of 10)
In the Chinese city of Dalian Hai Long and his mates drink Coca-Cola, eat American fast food and go to English language lessons. But this year Hai Long leaves school to learn the unlikely trade of his uncle – a learned man who is actually a highly successful professional pick-pocket specializing in robbing foreigners.
Read by Gary Young
Published by Penguin (NZ)
ISBN: 978-0143008934
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About us
The Drama Department commissions new writing and seeks to work with New Zealand’s best writers. Each year, up to 30 hours of new drama and comedy more than 200 readings (one-off short stories and serialised book readings), and over 50 new children's stories are produced.
email: DramaInfo@radionz.co.nz
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DRAMA_STUFF_24_February_2010.pdf
Drama_Stuff_23_December_2009.pdf
Purchasing audio
A number of dramas and book readings are available for purchase through Replay Radio.
(Please note that not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.)