Audiobooks to Go!
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I know there are quite a number of Kydd fans who find the audiobooks a boon, especially on long commutes. But you have to have a good narrator! I’m fortunate to have someone of the calibre of Christian Rodska in that role. He really is incredible – such a range of voices and an emotional expression that just pulls you in!
Christian Rodska
Rodska is a professional actor with a distinguished career. Among his television and stage credits are Macbeth, Driving Miss Daisy, Spooks, Doc Martin and Sharpe. His voice can also be heard on Ice Road Truckers and Megastructures on Channel Five in the UK.
Kathy and I are currently re-listening to the entire Kydd series on audiobooks. But we have to limit ourselves to just half an hour or so a day – or the next book would not be written! At the moment we’re mid-way through MUTINY, so plenty more to enjoy… I calculated that from KYDD up to and including CARIBBEE there’s over 150 hours!
Spoken word recordings first became possible with the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1877. However it was to be some time before recordings of full length books became practical – this wasn’t really until the 1930s. The term audiobook came into usage in the 1970s when audiocassettes began to replace records. With the advent of the internet, broadband technologies, new compressed audio formats and portable media players, the popularity of audiobooks grew significantly during the late 1990s and 2000s. And this trend continues as people discover the pleasures and convenience of the spoken word.
Less than a year after the invention of the phonograph this drawing offered a vision of the future – but novels would remain impractical for phonographs for 50 years
When W H Howes was set up in the UK it was named after one of Trentman’s distant relatives; a man called William Frank Howes. Howes was a well-known captain of clipper ships during the 1830s. And I was chuffed to find that the salty links do not end there. Christian Rodska is the son of a Danish sailor, who was at one time captained the royal yacht of King Faisal.
Julian Stockwin 
At 78 my eyesight is deteriorating. I have to read emails and articles with a magnifying glass.
I am considering buying a type of e Book and wonder when the Kydd series will be available in that format ?
William – all my books are available as ebooks. Here is one Australian supplier
http://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?pn=1&productType=917504&author=Julian+Stockwin&list=8
Thanks a lot for getting you bevel published in audiobook format. There great. I’m now “reading” The Admiral’s Daughter”. Christian Rodska bar rations are fantastically good too.
Julian , Quick question. Where can I get access to audio books in Australia? Thanks Brian
Should be available worldwide in the near future.
Hey, the Yanks love your books too. What’s up with the limit of audiobooks to Europe? I’ve read the series and it would be nice to listen to them on a trip!
Will be available in the States soon!