Robin did a live interview with Vicki St. Clair on March 1^st. The podcast for the episode is now available. You can listen to it either by clicking on the embedded player here or you can download the podcast episode from the RSS feed here (it’s the episode titled “Conversations with Three Pacific Northwest Authors”). The part with Robin’s interview starts around 21 minutes. They talk about the basic plot of Dragon Keeper among other things, but no big spoilers.

Suvudu has a really nice review of Robin’s upcoming short story The Triumph along with a few very good questions about the real historical background for this story, as well as writing short stories and for anthologies. No spoilers! The Triumph is part of an anthology called Warriors to be released March 16^th. You can buy Warriors from amazon.com or from the Book Depository.

The 110/110 book that was published in January to celebrate the 110^th birthday of University Book Store is now available free online at their website. Among these 110 words long stories are Euthanasia by Robin Hobb and Alone by Megan Lindholm. The book is available in 8 .pdf files—the RH & ML stories are in part 7. “Interpretation of Dreams”. You can still get an actual copy of this book for free when you buy a contributing author’s book from the Univeristy Store—this also applies to online orders.

Props to Willem for noticing the whole book is now downloadable! :)

Today, March the 5^th, is Robin Hobb’s birthday. Remember to stop by at her newsgroup to wish her many happy returns of the day! :)

The UK hardcover edition of Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb is officially out today. This is the second volume to the Rain Wild Chronicles : The Dragon Keeper. Out today are also the audio book of Dragon Haven, and the regular size paperback for Dragon Keeper! US hardback and audio book editions of Dragon Haven will be released in May, and so will the Dutch translation, Drakenziel. Have you heard when the Rain Wild Chronicles will be translated to your language? Drop us a line and we’ll let everyone else know too!

You can buy these books through our affiliate links: Dragon Haven hardback at amazon.co.uk or at bookdepository.co.uk, Dragon Haven audio book at amazon.co.uk or at bookdepository.co.uk and Dragon Keeper paperback at amazon.co.uk or at bookdepository.co.uk.

Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is giving away 3 copies of the upcoming anthology Warriors that includes the Robin Hobb story The Triumph. Visit here for details on how to enter.
Warriors is a cross-genre anthology of 20 new never before published stories edited by GRR Martin and Gardner Dozois for Tor Books. It features stories from Tad Williams, Peter S. Beagle, Naomi Novik, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin and many others. The first edition is a hardback and will be available in stores March 16^th.
Buy Warriors from amazon.com or order it from the Book Depository (with free delivery worldwide).