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If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook, you've probably seen this already. There is a giveaway for UK readers to win a copy of the anniversary edition of Assassin's Quest.

It's a beautiful book, well bound with quality paper. The interiors are by John Howe, the well known Tolkien artist. He also did the UK covers for the original editions of the Farsee Trilogy.

Yes, the giveaway is only for the UK. That's because the offer is from HarperCollins UK, the publisher for the United Kingdom.

If you want a chance to win, follow @harpercollinsuk on Instagram

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Can't wait for the book to come out? Are you sure?

Well, if you really can't wait, click on the link above and enter for a chance to win one of 25 galleys.

Better hurry!

We've just done a nice update to the website at www.robinhobb.com I'd like to invite you all to drop in and then to let us know what you think of it!

You will also find there information on how to share your fan art with us, for display on the website or Tumblr.

Please do give us some feedback on what you like or dislike about the site. Are we missing something that you'd like to see there?

And yes, I know I look peculiar at the start of the Hebben video. Still do that to me when my mouth is open and my eyes are blinked!

Thanks for dropping by!

Robin

Book release days are always special to me! The works is finally out there for readers, and it's wonderful to hear back what they think of the tale. Fool's Quest

I have two exceedingly handsome covers for the US and UK editions. I could not be prouder of how they are presented, nor more grateful to all the people who worked to make them so lovely! Here is the US cover.Fool's Quest

In addition to Fool's Quest launching this month, next month will see a special anniversary for me. Assassin's Apprentice will be twenty years old, and HarperVoyager will be issuing a special edition of it in the UK. John Howe, who provided the first cover illustrations for me in the UK, has returned to gloriously decorate this edition.

I don't have a link yet for that edition, but believe me, it is stunning!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Well, just in case you didn't notice, there's a give away for ARC's of Fool's Quest. Act fast, there's a limited number and only two days to get them!

Please do remember that an ARC is an Advance Reading Copy. It will not be the same as the published hardback. All my pre editing mistkes will be in it for you to enjoy and ponder! :)

Best wishes!

Robin

Well, I see my website is glitching and not updating my blog here. My, I do love this digital age we live in! :)

So, if the computer won't do it, I'll do it myself!

Do you speak or/and read Spanish? Do you read Spanish SF/fantasy or write or edit it?

No. Me neither. :( But I'm always in search of a good story and I love discovering new writers and works.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comme...

So this week, over on reddit fantasy, we are celebrating Spanish week and trying to bridge that gap. I hope readers and writers and editors will drop by to join us. I've already learned a great deal and it's only Monday!

And on WEdnesday, I will be doing my very first bi-lingual Ask Me Anything on reddit. Please come and visit!

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Well, I am safely arrived in my London hotel and I’ve even paid back a bit of my sleep debt from this crazy week. I’m now ready for adventure!

For a detailed listing of bookstores that I’ll be visiting click on the appearances tab at the top of my home page to see where I’ll be reading and signing books.

For specific information on where I will be during Loncon3, please visit their page at http://www.loncon3.org/

Here is the quick reference to find me in the UK!

August 9, 1 PM Waterstones Reading Oracle, 12 Holy Brook Mall, The Oracle, RG1 2AQ Signing

August 9, 7 PM Waterstones Birmingham, 128 New Street, Birmingham B2 4DB Reading and Signing

August 10 1PM Waterstones Sheffield, 24-26 Orchard Square, Sheffield S1 2FB Signing

August 10 6PM Waterstones Liverpool One, 12 College Lane, L1 3DL SOLD OUT (see note below)

August 11, 7PM Waterstones York, 15 Coney Street, York Y01 9QL SOLD OUT (see note below)

August 12 6PM Forbidden Planet, London

August 13 LONCON 3

August 14 LONCON 3 Panels: 1:30 PM The Changing Face of the Urban Fantastic

4:30 PM What’s In A Name?

August 15 LONCON 3 Panels: 1:30 Fantasy and Medievalism

5:00 Kaffeeklasch

6:00 Liveship Trading: Fantasy Economies

August 16 LONCON 3 9:00 AM Morning Stroll!

Workshop 11:00 Children’s Writing: Right Here, Write Now!

3:00 Worldbuilding

6:00 I Before They Except after You (point of view)

August 17 LONCON 3 Panels 11:00 Food Politics

1:30 Keynote Interview

5:00 Signing

August 18 LONCON 3 Reading 10:00

Panel 1:30 When Assassin Didn’t Need To Be Hooded

CLOSING CEREMONIES 3 PM

August 19 The George RR Martin and Robin Hobb Interview with Jane Johnson

Freemasons Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ

BUT I COULDN’T GET TICKETS!

Some of the bookstore events are sold out. If you could not get a ticket, or have to work, you can still get a book personalized to you. Contact the bookstore and pre-order the book, paying for it. Then request the dedication you want in the book. I will sign and personalize the book for you to pick up later. And if you just want a signed book, that’s even easier. I will be leaving signed stock at the bookstores for readers to buy in the following days.

If you could not get tickets to my chat with GRRM at the Freemasons Hall, you can still enjoy

it, live, no matter where you live. BlinkBox Books will be livestreaming it from their Facebook. That’s an important detail. Not their website, their FACEBOOK. Details are here:

https://blog.blinkboxbooks.com/articl...

That’s all for now!

Robin

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  That is one gorgeous cover!  And before anyone can ask, I will tell you it is by Alejandro Colucci

On Monday, August 4, at 7 PM, well ahead of the official US publication date, I will launch this book from University Book Store in Seattle Washington. 1.800.335.7323 | 4326 University Way, N.E. – Seattle, Washington 98105

This is our plan for that evening. I will do a short reading from The Fool’s Assassin. Then we will have a question and answer period. During that time, you are welcome to enter for our two doorprizes. Just print your name on the back of any University Book Store receipt and put it in the basket. After the Q and A, and before I sign books for people, we will draw two names. The prizes I’ve chosen this time are two baskets of books. One holds three books that I regard as essential reading for any fantasy fan. The other holds three books whose authors’ works I am enjoying now. And maybe a random dragon or two.

I will be happy to sign any books you bring with you, old or new, and even happier to sign books you purchase that night at the store. Please remember that it costs stores time and effort and money to invite authors in, so purchase accordingly, please! If you have more than three books to be signed, the standard courtesy is to circulate back to the end of the line with the ‘more than three’ books and take a second turn. That way everyone gets a chance to have at least three books signed. Thank you and I look forward to seeing you there!

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Well, Loncon3 is just around the corner! In terms of the calendar, that is. I’ll actually be flying a substantial distance to be there.

Every year, the World Science Fiction Convention is held in a different location. This year, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention will be held at the ExCel center in London, from August 14 to 18th. And I am both proud and humbled to say that I’ve been invited to be one of the Guests of Honor!

If you’d like to know more about Loncon 3, click Here.

If you’d like to know my specific schedule, you can find that Here.

Or, for a quick glance, I’ve put together my schedule with a very much abbreviated description of what the panel will be about:

 

Thursday‎, ‎August‎ ‎14

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1:30pm

The Changing Face of the Urban Fantastic (Where is urban fantasy headed?)

Capital Suite 13 1:30pm – 3pm

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4:30pm

What’s In a Name? (Why do writers change their names?)

Capital Suite 7+12 4:30pm – 6pm

 

‎Friday‎, ‎August‎ ‎15

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1:30pm

Fantasy and Medievalism (The medieval setting in fantasy tales)

Capital Suite 7+12 1:30pm – 3pm

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5pm

Kaffeeklatsch: Robin Hobb (1), Elisabeth Vonarburg (2)

London Suite 4, 5pm – 6pm

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6pm

Liveship Trading: Fantasy Economics (We can’t all be mercenary soldiers!)

Capital Suite 8 , 6pm – 7pm

 

‎Saturday‎, ‎August‎ ‎16

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9am

Stroll with the Stars (Let’s all go for a walk this morning.)

Front of Aloft , 9am – 10am

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11am

Right Here, Write Now (For kids, mostly. When do you start to be a writer?)

London Suite 3 , 11am – 12pm

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3pm

Worldbuilding Masterclass (Worldbuilding that says it all!)

South Gallery 33 3pm – 5pm

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6pm

I Before They, Except After You (Point of View characters? He or me?)

Capital Suite 2 6pm – 7pm

 

‎Sunday‎, ‎August‎ ‎17

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11am

Food Politics What are we eating these days? Do we know?

Capital Suite 3 11am – 12pm

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1:30pm

An Interview with Robin Hobb

Second Stage 1:30pm – 3pm

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5pm

Signing: Robin Hobb

Boulevard Signing Space 5pm – 6pm

 

‎Monday‎, ‎August‎ ‎18

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10am

Reading: Robin Hobb

Capital Suite 9 10am – 10:30am

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1:30pm

Robin Hobb: When Assassins Didn’t Need to Be Hooded Writing about killers.

Capital Suite 8 , 1:30pm – 3pm

 

I’ll hope to  meet some of you there!

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UK READERS ONLY!!!!

Now this is a special double notice, so read carefully.

If you pre-order Fool’s Assassin from Waterstones by July 31, you can add the code RH2014 to your order and get 7 pounds off the price. And if you go to my link here, and preorder the book, you might also win a lovely print by Jackie Morris of Withywoods! But that second part is only good until August 11. So, to get both offers, follow this link today!

http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/campai...