Chasing the Bard

Follow Shakespeare into the world of the Fey

Coming soon…


Welcome to the future home of the podcast novel Chasing the Bard. Shakespeare ventures in his own midsummer nightmare, where a dark goddess plots to use his bardic powers to save her world- if he likes it or not.New Zealand author Philippa Ballantine, has appeared in Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing SwordMurder at Avedon HillMetamor City and as Askana Moldarin in Morevi; Remastered.
Having previously ventured into audio drama with her first novel Weaver’s Web Philippa is looking forward to new challenges with Chasing the Bard: the podcast.  
Originally published in print in 2005 with DragonMoon Press, Chasing the Bard was nominated for the Sir Julius Vogel award in the following year.  The podcast of the novel will feature music, special effects and a voice cast of the some of the best known personalities in the podosphere; proving the international reach of this new media.  This will lead directly into the publication of the sequel Digital Magic in August 2008.


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