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

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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

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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,

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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Beowulf

12 May 2020

One of the most challenging jobs I have had recently was directing the Anglo Saxon epic poem ‘Beowulf’ for Audible – technically England’s oldest audiobook, as it was originally an oral poem told by Saxon bards. Our version was performed by the Icelandic poet and

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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

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