New Demons kickstarter launched

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The kickstarter for the anthology New Demons has been launched. This is a cross-genre anthology of horror, crime and the supernatural expected to be released in March 2025 and it includes a brand new story by Robin Hobb. The book will be available in limited edition hardcover as well as paperback and ebook editions. Head over to the wiki for all the details.

Robin Hobb's event schedule for 2024

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Robin Hobb will be attending several conventions in the US and making a virtual visit to Greece this year!

Here is a list of her planned 2024 events - for more details visit the blog on her website.

  • Emerald City Comic Con from February 29th to March 3 in Seattle, WA. Robin will be on a panel with Jody Houser and others on Friday and doing signings on Saturday.
  • Phoenix Fan Fusion from May 24th to 26th in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Isle of Wonder from June 28th to 30th in Cres, Crete. This will be a virtual appearance only, more details to be announced.
  • San Diego Comic Con from July 24 to 28th in San Diego, CA

A new Hobb short story for 2024?

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A horror anthology edited by Joe R. Lansdale, Patrick R. McDonough and Keith Lansdale titled New Demons has been announced and one of the writers in the lineup is none other than Robin Hobb! Whether it will actually be a Megan Lindholm story remains to be seen. Very little is yet know about this anthology except that it is a kickstarter project and that you can sign up to receive announcements.

Subterranean Press' Ship of Magic preorders open very soon

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Subterranean Press have announced details on their long-awaited edition of Ship of Magic. The book will be printed in two colors throughout, with a full-colour wraparound dust jacket, duotone endsheets, and duotone chapter head illustrations by John Howe.

Cover of Robin Hobb's Ship of Magic, Subterranean Press 2024. It is a painting by John Howe of a sailing ship out at sea. The ship has a female figurehead, the sails have a bird with opened wings depicted on them and the ship is surrounded by sea serpents.

All of the elements for The Mad Ship and Ship of Destiny are also already complete. They are expecting to publish all three volumes in 2024 but they are sold separately, not as a set.

Ship of Magic is naturally the first to be published in the following formats:

  • Limited: 600 signed numbered copies, bound in cloth: $195

  • Lettered: 26 signed bradel bound copies, housed in a custom traycase: $1500

Preorders were opened earlier for folks who already own copies of Subpress' Farseer edition so they have first chance to buy matching copies.

General preorders for Ship of Magic open on Monday the 4th of December 2023 at noon ET. (That is UTC-5 for time zone converting purposes.) Links to the book's product page will go live at that time on the Subterranean Press website.

End paper image for Subterranean Press's edition of Ship of Magic. It's is a duotone drawing in blue shades of a pack of serpents on the Lack. The artist is John Howe. Endpapers for Ship of Magic, art by John Howe.

Assassin's Apprentice comic roundup

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Assassin's Apprentice hardcover comic volume 1 art by Anna Steinbauer

Assassin’s Apprentice, volume 1 is a hardcover edition collecting all the six issues of series 1 of the comic adaptation. It was published on the 7th of November 2023 with the retail price of $29.99. Besides including all of the issues published so far, it also features their covers and some sketches.

Robin will be at the University Bookstore Seattle on the 14th of November during a ticketed event where she will also moderate a discussion with the other guests - Terry Brooks, Christopher Paolini and Shawn Speakman. If you cannot attend the event, Ubookstore carries a selection of her books and ships internationally. You can also get the hardcover comic signed by her through the Signed Page.

And finally, the series also moves on! The next bit is Series II, issue 1 which will be out on the 13th of December 2023.

Assassin's Apprentice Series II issue 1 art by Anna Steinbauer

New Liveship Traders special edition forthcoming

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In 2016, Subterranean Press published what was back then the only complete US hardback edition of the Farseer trilogy. Because it was limited in numbers and had gorgeous new dust jacket art by John Howe, it quickly became a coveted collector's item and to this day remains one of the priciest and most challenging to obtain editions among Robin Hobb's works.

In the recent years, there have been rumours about a continuation in the form of the Liveship Traders trilogy. This now seems to be very close to happening, as a brand new painting by John Howe for Ship of Magic was posted at a closed fb group. It was then reposted on Petrik Leo's youtube channel. (Timestamp 9:09). Since the cat seems to have been out of the bag for a good while already without being taken down, I'm sharing the art below. There are no confirmed publication details yet, but I'll be sure to post them as soon as they're publicised.

Painting of a sailing ship with a nude female figurehead, surrounded by many sea serpents with their heads far above the surface of the sea. Artist is John Howe.

Documentary about fantasy genre's roots features Robin Hobb

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An interview with Robin Hobb is featured on a French documentary about the origins of the fantasy genre titled Aux sources de la fantasy. This is a four part series, and the second episode concerning William Morris includes Robin Hobb being interviewed by John Howe at her place.

This second part of the documentary airs this Sunday the 11th of December 2022 on ARTE. This is a European public service channel available in many European countries via cable or satellite, and included in many satellite packages elsewhere in the world, so check your local listings and times. The announced time seems to be either 8:25 or 9:30 in the morning - might depend on your location!

If you are in France or Germany, you can access the whole documentary series via ARTE's streaming service (currently 2 out of the 4 episodes are available).

You can also visit series writer Alexis Metzinger's twitter for some behind-the-scenes photos.

Robin Hobb AA comic signing

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Robin Hobb will be signing copies of the brand new first issue of the Assassin's Apprentice comic at Action City Comics & Toys on December 17 at 11 am. The address is 2016 S 320th St Suite M, Federal Way, WA 98003

In-store signing Robin Hobb & Shawn Speakman, images of the AA comic cover, Robin Hobb's photo, Saturday December 17th 11 AM, Action City Comics & Toys 2016 S 320th St Suite M, Federal Way, WA 98003, Call to pre-order: (253) 529-9710

An interview with Robin Hobb and Jody Houser →

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There's a new interview with Robin Hobb and Jody Houser (who adapted the story) about the upcoming Assassin's Apprentice comic series. Included is a two page preview so hop over to ARC Worlds to read it!

All the available information about this adaptation so far is at the wiki and remember you can already preorder the first issue through your local comics shop anywhere in the world! For signed copies, head over to Signed Page.

Assassin's Apprentice comic news

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More details about the upcoming comic adaptation of the Farseer trilogy by Dark Horse comics are here!

The issues seem to be set to appear monthly: #1 on the 14th of December, #2 on the 11th of January and #3 in February.
Each issue is full colour, and has 32 pages. The announced 6 issues will cover the first book of the Farseer trilogy with the title Assassin's Apprentice, with more to follow later. It's expected that there might be a volume published at some point that collects all the issues but this is so far unconfirmed.

Here is the cover art for #2, the art is by Anna Steinbauer. Cover art for the second issue of the Assassin's Apprentice comic featuring young Fitz with a dog. Art by Anna Steinbauer.

The first two issues are available for preorder now through your local comics shop. The product is not restricted so there should be no issues with international orders. If you'd like to have signed copy, head over to Signed Page - you can preorder copies of the first issue with a signature from Robin or if you're willing to wait until February, a bundle of signed copies of the first three issues.

The wiki has a dedicated page for this adaptation where you can find all the available details as more issues are released.

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