Weeeeeeeeell, moving on from the Shakespearian for a mo, I did say it was a busy book season, and here in my all-too-mortal hands, I hold a glossy and shockingly high profile new book which owes its existence entirely to my own persistence and perspicacity – the very first publication to be released in the…
Shakespeare’s Muses of Fire AUDIO GIVEAWAY
As previously hinted at, Audible do take a while to get round to upping their stuff, but at last, today, the SHAKESPEARE'S MUSES OF FIRE audiobook is live on the platform!I'm very proud of this near-17-hour production, so I hope Shakespeare fans the world over listen in and enjoy the trip… But here's a chance…
Bill Oddie: Meet SOME Heroes
What a Monday morning to receive this most dire of all unwanted news – Bill Oddie OBE, flown the nest at 85. Clown. Musician. Footlighter. Naturalist hero. Pun-slinger without parallel. Old-time Music Hall hater and adorer. Activist. Humanitarian. Clever bugger. Banaman's Crow sidekick. Scourge of the humbug, the selfish and the pretentious. Owner of the…
HISTORIES OF BRITAIN 3 and 4!
Well, you can read about the first two instalments of HISTORIES OF BRITAIN here and here… But, yes, it was mighty remiss of me not to have blogged for the release of HISTORIES OF BRITAIN III: THE ANGLO SAXON CHRONICLE several weeks ago – life never seems to let up, does it? Even while not…
TALES OF BRITAIN: Winter 2026
Your author in mufti, with the new edition of TOB, and the very knackered old copy which has travelled the world with me. Glorious tidings! Indeed, these are tidings I should have had for you ninety-seven yonks and an eon ago, but the fact remains that TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT – and…
HISTORIES OF BRITAIN 2!
Well, what a merry Christmas this now shall be for you all! At the ten-and-a-halfth-hour, Audible has finally announced the arrival of the FIRST EVER audiobook recording of the entirety of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain – a totally insane epic tissue of fantasies written by a Norman monk 900 years…
TALES OF BRITAIN: Summer 2025
Happy encroachment of the season of mists and mellow fruitiness to all! Something wicked this way comes… Firstly, I can't pretend that this year's Edinburgh Fringe outing for Tales of Britain was a huge success – choosing a LGBT+-friendly venue was important to us, but it was a bit of a shock to realise that…
HISTORIES OF BRITAIN is here!
Good heavens to Bertha, I seem to have made history! Which is to say, I have somehow managed to publish a whole second book AND recorded and edited an entire audiobook within the same year as my gorgeous official Fry & Laurie history SOUPY TWISTS! My most committed FANS – hi, Tiddles! – may have…
Get It Right: Audiobook Perfectionism
Just a little housekeeping squib of an update from me in these somewhat seismic times of upheaval here in Writhlington BA3. On one positive note, those lovely people at Erudio have cancelled my student loan after 25 glorious years of never earning enough to pay back the few grand I begged back in 1999; at…
FAB FOOLS 5: THEY’VE ARRIVED…
... And to prove it, they're here! PREVIOUSLY, ON FAB FOOLS: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4! Happy Fab Fools Friday, lovely nits! Here's just a little mini-mini online author event to thank everyone who made this book finally a reality! https://youtu.be/LcnMmUV8-bo As I say in the vid, the books won't be hitting shops until the spring, but it only…
