While telling us about his forthcoming appearances to read The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains, Neil Gaiman also announces that, in June, Harper Collins will be releasing it “as a book in its own right: Eddie Campbell has done many, many more illustrations to accompany it turning it into something that’s almost a graphic novel.” (See the cover at right.)

As for Gaiman’s appearances, he says he’ll be reading The Truth… “accompanied by the FourPlay String Quartet and the paintings of Eddie Campbell, this summer. I’ve already announced the London dates here, at the Barbican, on the 4th and 5th of July: http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=16044. (UK people: there are still tickets, although they are going fast.)

“You can see some extracts from the original performance of it, commissioned by and performed at the Sydney Opera House, at this link: http://play.sydneyoperahouse.com/index.php/media/1152-neil-gaiman-the-truth-is-a-cave-in-the-black-mountains.html”

In the US, he’ll be appearing on Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 8pm at The Warfield, 982 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. Tickets ($40) are available on this page. On Friday 27 June 2014 at 8pm, he’ll be at Carnegie Hall (the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage), 881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019. Tickets (ranging from $39 to $129) are available from this page.