I really wanted to title this post, “They know him at the Mac Store”. Amanda Palmer fans will know why. But one of the things about blogging these days is that people tend to come here via Twitter, and unless the tweet has an obvious hook people won’t click through.

Anyway, one of the things that Neil did while he was in the UK was a reading at one of the city’s Apple stores. He was interviewed by Mariella Frostrup, and the whole thing is now available as a podcast via the iBookstore iTunes feed. Mariella is far more relaxed about the interview than the Newsnight guy, and there are some good questions too. I love the mix of accents — it is so London.

Included in the show are a short excerpt from the book, the news about the Neverwhere short story that I mentioned in my report on the Bath event, and the stories of how Neil came to write The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and The Graveyard Book. Neil also talks about a forthcoming movie based on his story, “How To Talk To Girls At Parties” (which was a Hugo nominee and a Locus award winner). If you are not going to be able to make any of the events on the Ocean at the End of the Lane tour, this is just as good as being there, except you don’t get your book signed.