The strangest tale about Kangchenjunga ever told

November 9, 2022 Reviews and tributes buddhism, kangchenjunga, mountain literature, philip battley, sikkim, tibet 2 Comments

A book review of A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor Hundreds of books have been written about the world’s highest mountain, Everest, and dozens about its second highest, K2. There have not been so many about the

Move over Jim Dale, there’s a new audiobook narrator in town

September 10, 2021 My books and writing audiobooks, everest, mountain literature, philip battley, the chomolungma diaries, travel writing 2 Comments

A quick message to announce something that I know some of you will have been waiting for as eagerly as when you used to wonder what colour socks your gran was knitting you for Christmas. Yes, that’s right, I’ve narrated my first audiobook!

The Chomolungma Varieties: struggles of an apprentice audiobook narrator

March 24, 2021 My books and writing audiobooks, everest, philip battley, the chomolungma diaries, travel writing 7 Comments

At the end of last year, I mentioned that I would be slowing down the blog to concentrate on other writing projects. In case you’d forgotten I exist or were wondering if I’d boarded the Mars probe for an attempt

My second audiobook — Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo, narrated by Philip Battley

July 22, 2020 My books and writing andes, audiobooks, chimborazo, cycling, ecuador, feet and wheels to chimborazo, mountain literature, north coast 500, philip battley, scotland, travel writing 0 Comment

More excitement ! I’m delighted to say that my book Feet and Wheels to Chimborazo is now available as an audiobook. Once again, I’ve been enormously privileged to work with highly experienced, professional stage and screen actor Philip Battley as my narrator.

My very first audiobook — Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest, narrated by Philip Battley

June 10, 2020 My books and writing audiobooks, everest, john d burns, kangchenjunga, mountain literature, philip battley, seven steps from snowdon to everest, travel writing 2 Comments

Exciting news! I’m delighted to say that my book Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest is now available as an audiobook. I’ve been enormously privileged to work with a highly experienced, professional stage and screen actor as my narrator, and I would like to introduce you to him in this post.