Robin Hobb's Blog, page 29

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I know.  It's only Sunday.  I don't leave until Thursday.  But when I get excited, I tend to want to hurry the week along. 

Parma looks as if it's going to be about ten to fifteen degrees warmer than it is here.  Maybe I'd better pick up some sun block, too!

I'm very excited to be going to Italy. This will be my first visit there, but the culmination of many bookish and imaginary excursions throughout my life.  Even before I...

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Here's a last minute annoucement. Tomorrow, Monday, May 31,  at 3:45 PM Pacific time, I'll be doing a radio interview with John Batchelor. www.JohnBatchelorShow.com  

Also, I've just updated my schedule for my upcoming tour of Italy. On the Robinhobb.com site, you will see my schedule to the right of this post. Please don't think that my dates in Roma were dropped; they just don't appear right now as my site limits how many...

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Here's a wonderful goodie for collectors and readers of all sorts.

http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2010/05/win-autographed-copies-of-robin-hobbs.html

That link goes to, of course, Pat's Fantasy Hotlist at Blogspot.  He's well known for the great contests and give-aways that he hosts.  This one is for autographed copies of Dragon Keeper AND Dragon Haven AND a dragon figurine!

I'll refer you to Pat's for more news on how to win ...

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I had an absolutely great day.  First, there was the radio interview.  And then afterward, I took advantage of Amanda' s suggestions and visited the Public Market and then went for a stroll on the River walk.My shopping was mostly window shopping, my favorite kind.

Then I came back to the hotel and had some quality time with my characters.  I just love rising word counts.

Jennie, my author escort in Milwaukee, successfully...

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Isn't it great to wake up in the morning with something magical to anticipate?

Today is Uncle Hugo's day!

Uncle Hugo is a rara avis.  It's an indepedent book store.  It's a specialty book store.  It's an SF/fantasy book store!  And it's right next door to Uncle Edgar's, which shares all of those credentials save that it is for fans of mysteries.

It's a place of wonderful memories for me.  I signed there early in my career as...

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I am so excited to share these dates with you!  As I know more specifics, I will add them here.

 

Robin Hobb Italian Book Tour   2010

 

June 12

Parma              Festival Del Fantasy   4-7PM   Tournament of Creative Writing

June 13

Parma             Festival Del Fantasy     11-1PM           Book Presentation 

June 14

Parma              Festival Del Fantasy    6PM                  Book Presentation 

June 15

Pavia               Il Delfino ...

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This will be my next stop, on Thursday at 7:30 PM.  Eagle Harbor Books is at 157 Winslow Way East on Bainbridge Island.  The drive from here is about an hour but I'm actually looking forward to it, and will probably leave a bit early so I can have light for it.  It goes through one of my favorite sections of Washington State.

I'll be doing a reading from Dragon Haven, and then a question and answer session, followed by signing b...

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Cover art for French Graphic Novel 'Assassin Royal' 4

 

Wow.  Just wow.  I think that sums it up.  Soleil does it again.

Robin

All went well. Peter was there to run the show. (Yay!) Lea and company showed up as well. Lea was wearing dangling Annie Scarborough earrings, which so filled me with envy that I could scarcely remember what I was reading when I dared to glance that way! If you have never seen Elizabeth Anne Scarborough earrings, you need to go peek at her website.

Ahem.  I was talking about Powells and a Dragon Haven reading before I distracted myself.   Well, the reading was well attended, and once more I wa...

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I'm so glad to be typing on a full sized, curved keyboard again!!!!  My fingers  love  it!

Last night, I visited Mysterious Galaxy, and as always, had a wonderful time.  There was a large friendly audience that was attentive to the reading and asked many good questions afterward.  And they gave me chocolate!  And a wondeful book called FEED!  What more could I ask!  I signed a lot of stock for them, so if you missed the reading ...