AUDIE AWARD WIN
4 May 2023
I am very pleased and proud to announce that the epic recording of War & Peace which I directed during Lockdown, superbly performed by Thandiwe Newton, has won the 2023 ‘Audie’ Award for Best Literary/Classic Fiction recording of the year. We put our hearts and
ON HIS MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
4 May 2023
To mark the 70th Anniversary of James Bond’s first adventure, Charlie Higson has written and read a brand new Bond adventure. As the coronation of King Charles III approaches, can Bond avert a threat to topple the monarchy and kill the heir before he can
THE DRIFTED STREAM
7 Mar 2023
I am proud to announce the release of ‘The Drifted Stream’, Audible’s new collection of British and Irish verse, selected and introduced by Andrew Motion. Read by: Matt Addis, Nicholas Boulton, Imogen Church, Simon Dormandy, Stephen Hogan, Joe Jameson, Jonathan Keeble, Shaheen Khan, Abraham Popoola,
War And Peace
16 Nov 2021
The incredibly versatile Thandiwe Newton and I were probably the only people to use Lockdown to read Tolstoy’s epic novel ‘War and Peace’ – TWICE! Firstly to prepare it and then to record it, unabridged, for Audible UK. Due to her incredibly busy schedule it
Winter Dawn
8 Dec 2020
Alex Callister’s ass-kicking agent Winter returns for the third in the popular series of thrillers this month. Winter is again voiced by Ell Potter, who was nominated for a 2019 Audie Award for her reading of the first book, ‘Winter Dark’. For this third book,
Love Bytes goes to Colorado
3 Feb 2021
“Featuring SPECIAL GUEST baritone ANDREW GARLAND, ‘She Loves Me Not’ is Sohap’s Anti-Valentine’s Day-themed Listeners’ Club Session. Featuring hilarious music by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Gabriel Kahane, William Bolcom, and more. If you are single and eating ice-cream on the couch for Valentine’s Day, this concert is
Christmas No.1
12 Jan 2021
For Christmas 2020 I directed a Top Secret recording for Audible – a new reading of Charles Dickens’s beloved classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ by the legend that is Mr. Hugh Grant. We had a great time working on it together, even though Covid meant that
The Weekend
8 Dec 2020
This year I have reunited with composer Scott Stroman, with whom I have previously written ‘Fables’ and ‘Fever Pitch: The Opera’ to work on a jazz-opera adaptation of Michael Palin’s stage play ‘The Weekend’, for Highbury Opera Theatre. It was the original intention to premier
Lockdown Audio Production
28 Apr 2020
With recording studios closed by the C19 Lockdown, the Audio industry has been exploring new ways to carry on working remotely, and I have already directed my first full-length audiobook for Audible (title to be announced shortly), working with the actor Ell Potter, who was