Latest Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm news

Official launch of the new illustrated 25^th anniversary edition of Assassin’s Apprentice will be held at the University Book Store in Seattle on October the 1^st at 7pm. Robin will be attending and signing copies of the book.

If you can’t get to the event, you can order a signed copy through their event page, just remember to request a signed copy in the comment! They ship internationally.

This new special hardcover edition features 10 full-colour illustrations by Magali Villeneuve and a new foreword from the author. The publisher plans to follow it up with illustrated editions of Royal Assassin and Assassin’s Quest.

A new US hardcover edition of Assassin’s Apprentice will be published later this year! This is a special illustrated edition to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the beginning of Fitz’s tale. The publisher is DelRey and the book will feature 10 full-colour illustrations by Magali Villeneuve. This special edition will also feature a new foreword from the author. It is schedule to be published the 1^st of October 2019 and is already available for preodering.

Preorder from bookdepository, amazon.co.uk, amazon.com.

All the various special (and regular!) editions of Assassin’s Apprentice are listed at the wiki.

The Rain Wild Chronicles will be published in Czech by Fragment. The first part, Dračí strážce, was released on the 15^th of November.

The book features wonderful original art on the front cover depicting Thymara and Sintara.

Unbound Worlds is currently offering an excerpt of the first 50 pages of the Book of Swords anthology. The Book of Swords features a Six Duchies story titled Her Father’s Sword and as it happens to be the second story in the book, it’s fully included in this sample!

The Book of Swords has also started to appear around the world in translations this year, including Bulgarian, Italian, Polish and Portuguese. It will also have a followup volume titled The Book of Magic in October, which will include a new Megan Lindholm story.

Robin has just confirmed her traveling schedule for the rest of 2018.
First up is Castlefest in the Netherlands from the 2^nd to the 5^th of August.
Then there’s Festival Bang! in Lisbon, Portugal on the 27^th of October. They’ve put up a video on youtube about it!
And then she’ll also attend the Lucca Comics and Games in Lucca, Italy which takes place form the 31^st of October to the 4^th of November.