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Me I've been an actor for over 40 years and I've performed in everything from Shakespeare to rock musicals but what impresses people most is that I once presented Play School and the fact that I'm one of the people telling you to "Mind the Gap" on London Underground! For the past 20 years I've been involved in recording audiobooks. I'm heading for 500 (!) and if I didn't have a list of all those books I don't think I'd believe it! This website will concentrate on the audiobooks and will, I hope, answer most of the questions that I'm asked when I go around the country talking about what I do. How many books have you recorded? speaker

“Sometimes, rarely, you finish an audio book and wonder if you will ever hear such a perfect combination of voice, text, and mood again. Gordon Griffin won an award for his reading of Oxygen; I’m not surprised.........” Sue Arnold, The Guardian.

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February, 2010

TALKING THE TALK

The talk season has begun. I am leaping about giving my talk on recording audiobooks. I talk about how I got into recording books, preparation of the books and the recording process as well as reading extracts from contrasting books that I have recorded. It's all pretty relaxed and light-hearted and it gets me out of the studio! Been as far as Dublin, St Ives, Gateshead and Jersey and I'm very big in North Wales!!! Coming up: Truro, Southampton, Norfolk, Luton, Leicestershire and East Grinstead. Gordon Griffin- the Tour!

Posted on Wednesday February 3rd, 2010

GROWING PAINS

Because I record so many books, I seldom have time to read a book without a pencil in my hand so I have a pile of books waiting to be read - but not recorded. One of those books on my "to read" pile is Paper Boy by Christopher Fowler. Well, I will get to read it sooner than I think because I am recording it! I am really delighted. This is Chris's memoir of growing up Greenwich in the early 60s and with his observations on eccentric aunts and batty cousins and references to products of the time (Vesta's Chow Mein and fruit Spangles) it at times reads like a London Alan Bennett. Lovely stuff!
PAPER BOY by Christopher Fowler (Magna)
February 2010

Posted on Tuesday February 2nd, 2010

MY KINGDOM FOR A NORSE!

I`d never heard of Jan Guillou until I was asked to record this book - the first of his Crusaders series- but I have since discovered that he is an eccentric Swedish journalist, one-time spy and best selling writer. The Norwegian friend who helped with the pronunciations told me that these books are huge in Scandinavia. The Road to Jerusalem is a vast saga (monks and knights and the odd beheading or two!) following the life of young Arn Magnusson in the 1100s. It`s compelling stuff. I hope to get to record the other parts of the trilogy. I want to know what happens next!
THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM by Jan Guillou(Magna)
January 2010

Posted on Monday February 1st, 2010

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B   Winchmore Hill 

11:43pm on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 

nice looking website.

Gordon says:  thanks

Website Administrator   USA 

6:27pm on Friday, January 29th, 2010 

Americans are your NO 1 visitors.

Website Administrator   London 

9:27pm on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 

Testing Comments...
I love your Audio Books.

Gordon says:  Thank you...That's working really well.


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