Latest Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm news

Fantasy.fr has posted the covers of the French translation of the Dragon Keeper as well as a preview sample of the text, the first chapter of the first volume (sans the prologue). The French translation of TDK is going to be split in two: the first volume, Dragons et serpents will be released September 22, and the second part, Les Eaux acides November 17^th. Observant fans may notice that the order of the covers has been switched from the original US editions as well as mirrored horizontally. It will be interesting to see what the French covers for the Dragon Haven volumes will look like!

Thank you Manu for sending us the link!

Antebar wrote to tell us that Robin’s Italian publisher Fanucci released the Italian translation of Forest Mage titled Il mago della foresta this week. The best source for all Italian Robin Hobb news is of course Blood Memories where they also posted a video of Robin’s visit to Rome earlier this year. You can watch it here.

Tantor Media has recently added more titles to their catalogue of Robin Hobb audio books. Assassin’s Quest and Mad Ship were released in early August, and yesterday also Ship of Destiny became available. Now the only major RH work not yet published in audio format is the Tawny Man trilogy (the Soldier Son trilogy was released previously in audio format by Recorded Books). Anne Flosnik is the narrator for the Liveship stories and Paul Boehmer reads the Farseer books. You can listen to samples from the books at Tantor’s page for Robin Hobb.

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The Farseer trilogy: Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin’s Quest
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Rain Wild Chronicles: Dragon Keeper, Dragon Haven
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On September 21^st, Robin will be participating in “Books by the Bay”, a fund raising event promoting literacy. The event will take place at the Olympia Golf and Country Club in Olympia, WA between 5 PM and 7 PM. More details at the official site and at the organizer’s site.