ANDREW BISS

I'm pleased to say that an audiobook edition of The End ofthe World will become available for purchase sometime over the next couple of weeks at Amazon.com , Audible.com (a subsidiary of Amazon), and iTunes . It's being narrated by the scandalously talented Wayne Farrell , who is turning in such a great performance of all the characters in the book. This is no small feat, either. As well as characters of different ages and genders, he's also had to contend with a number of different accents. Wayne, though, has more than risen to the challenge, giving each character its own distinctive voice without ever drifting into the realm of caricature. Hearing his readings of each chapter as they've been completed has almost been like hearing the book again for the first time. From books on tape, to audio CDs, and now MP3 downloads, audio editions of books have for a long time now enjoyed a significant following. They're great for listening to when taking a long car,...

Good grief, I can't believe how long it's been since I last blogged! The fact is, I've been so busy lately that I've barely had time to catch my breath. Even my extensive newspaper reading ( The Guardian ) has been heavily curtailed, just giving myself enough time to catch up on the eurozone crisis, the atrocities of the pencil-necked Bashar al-Assad, and Baby . But, for the moment at least, I have a little breathing space, and so I'm trying to catch up with everything that got a little sidelined recently. The most exciting news is that the audio version of Schism will soon be available for discriminating shoppers everywhere. It's narrated by the shockingly talented Peter Bishop , and will be available for purchase in the next few weeks at Amazon, Audible.com and iTunes. It may not be 'Listen with Mother' material - a bit too, er...gritty, shall we say? - but quite honestly, that old poster is just as disturbing, if you ask me. It looks like some nigh...