Latest Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm news

First, The Book of Swords has been translated to Italian and is now available as Il libro delle spade. This anthology contains the most recent Robin Hobb story La spada del padre (Her Father’s Sword).

Also, the long-awaited Italian translation of Blood of Dragons will finally be published in July this year by Fanucci. The book will be released in hardcover, and the publisher is also planning a re-release of the entire Rain Wild Chronicles in paperback. Title or cover art for the translated book has not been revealed yet. As always, bloodmemories.it is your best source for all things Robin Hobb in Italian!

It’s March the 5^th—let’s all wish a very happy and special birthday to Robin!

Have you visited her websites lately? There’s one for Robin Hobb and another for Megan Lindholm! And if you use social media, you can find her on facebook, twitter, tumblr and instagram.

A Farseer colouring book will be published by Dabel Brothers Publishing this April. The artist for the project is Manuel Preitano. Visitors to this year’s Emerald City Comic Con were treated to these free sample posters which feature Fitz and Nighteyes and were signed by Robin Hobb. An early preview was also posted to Robin’s Facebook back in November, showing some possible examples from the colouring book featuring Chade.

The Dabel Brothers online shop generally ships overseas as well, so most likely the colouring book will available worldwide.

First, Robin will be at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle which takes place from March 1^st to the 4^th. Her schedule is here at the official site . It sounds like some really exciting things might take place there!

Then, from the 15^th to the 21^st of March, she will be in France. A more detailed schedule can be seen at J’ai Lu’s Facebook page. Her French readers are super lucky this year, as she will also be at Imaginales in May!

Fool’s Assassin will be translated into Finnish under the title Narrin käskyläinen.

There is no publication date yet, but the publisher Otava has added the cover to their online database. Only the Farseer and the Tawny Man trilogies have been translated into Finnish previously. For many of Robin’s Finnish readers, this news means a long wait of 12 years is almost over.

This will be the 10^th language the Fitz and the Fool trilogy will be translated into. All the existing editions and translations are listed in the wiki.