Latest Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm news

Next weekend, from the 18^th to the 20^th of May, Robin Hobb will be at Pyrkon in Poznań, Poland. You can see her schedule here.

After that, she will be at Imaginales in Epinal, France from the 25^th to the 27^th—the schedule for that is here. She might also be visiting Paris, so stay tuned for updates if you’d like to meet her there.

//update! See also Robin’s website for an up-to-date schedule for both events.

If you preorder the Farseer colouring book from Dabel Brothers before the end of April, you get a free poster with your order. Preorder here! Note that this is a different poster from the one that was available at Emerald City Comic Con. And yes, they do ship overseas.

The Gemmell Awards have moved to the shortlist round of voting, and Assassin’s Fate is a finalist in two categories: for the Legend award for the 2017 best fantasy and for the Ravenheart Award, which is given to the best cover illustration. You can vote here until the first of June—but why not do it right away?

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.