ROBIN HOBB

Refreshing the events updates.

First, coming up this Friday, June 19th (Juneteeth!  Hurray!)   I will be at the Lakewood Barnes and Noble store with Peter Orullian and Terry Brooks.  Peter, Terry and I will be chatting about books and celebrating the launch of a new book, SONGS OF THE DEAD, co-written by Peter Orullian and Brandon Sanderson.  We will get started at 6 PM.  There will be an opportunity for questions and for getting your books signed.  I hope to see lots of readers there.  That B&N store is a really nice one.  Come early and browse!

Then on Thursday,June 25th, I will be in Lehi Utah, at Lehi High School at 6 PM.  Poppy Books is sponsoring the launch of Ryan Cahill's new book THE FALL.  With Ryan and me will be Brandon Sandesron.  This is a ticketed event, so you might want to act fast. For Tickets   We will chat about fantasy, and afterwards, Ryan and I will sign books.  Signed Brandon Sanderson books will also be available.

I hope to meet lots of readers!  Plan now!

This question comes up from time to time, and thanks to Shawn Speakman, there is now an easy answer.  At The Signed Page website, there is a Robin Hobb bookstore.  

At that site, you can purchase in print US editions of any Hobb book, and Shawn will ship them anywhere.  If you want them autographed, or if you want a simple inscription, simply include a note to that effect when you order the books.  

Shipping will, of course, vary depending on where you live.  

It's that simple.

I do request that you be very precise if you want an inscription.  Please don't ask for 'Robin's favorite quote from the book.'  If you have q quote you like, print out what it is and I will put it in the inscription.  And I do hope you will be kind to my rapidly declining hands, and keep the requested inscription  to a couple of sentences or less.  

One request that always leaves me puzzled.  "Please sign this to 'My darling husband Benny, with thanks for all the joy you have given me.'  Just an example of course, but I'd like to just sign it "To Benny.  Best wishes, Robin Hobb."  And when the book reaches you, you can put in that more personal inscription!  

That's it.  Oh, one final request.  If you are discovering how to get a signed book here at my website, please let Shawn know that is where you found the information.  

Farewell May!  June is only hours away.  And it's going to be a busy month for me.

There's the vegetable garden, and the endless mowing of the much too big lawns.  And there is the actually writing time, which is hours a day at the keyboard.

Then there is Being a Writer.  Which is when I put on my social hat and head out to talk to actual readers and sign books.

So, here is the June schedule of me Being a Writer as I know it right now.

June 6, coming at us like a rocket!  I will be chatting with Evan Leikam about a new book.  Anji Kills a King.  At his point, I know only the title, but I have a copy and will begin reading it today.  This event is at Parallel Worlds in Portland Oregon.  2639 N. E. Alberta Street.  7 PM After our conversation, we will both be signing, and yes, you may bring books from home for me to sign.  This is book one of The Rising Tide.

TIME  CORRECTION  On June 19, I will be closer to home.  The Lakewood Barnes and Noble has invited Terry Brooks and me to help with the launch of a new book by Peter Orullian and Brandon Sanderson!  6 PM on June 19th. 10330 59th Ave SW, Lakewood Washington. This collaboration is entitled Songs for the Dead, and is on my to be read pile as well.  (It just keeps getting taller!)

Then, because one cannot have too many fun conversations with Brandon Sanderson, On June 25, I will be flying off to Utah, for an evening with Ryan Cahill and Brandon Sanderson.  We will be celebrating the launch of Ryan Cahill's novella The FALL, the prequel to his The Bound and the Broken series.  This is a ticketed event!  Get your tickets at Ryan Cahill's website.  I am very much looking forward to this.  Poppy Books is hosting this at Lehi Highschool in Lehi Utath.  6 PM.  Tickets are about $25.  

Where else can you find me?  Well, if you happen to live near McKenna Washington (Very small town, barely a blip on the map) you can find me on most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Writers' Refuge.  This is a gathering I host in an elegant concrete block building that has been, in its time, a gas station, a gun shop, a tattoo parlor, a military surplus store, and probably other things I don't know about.  But it is now a place where, from 6 to 8 PM about 3 days a week, writers can gather to come in, sit down, shut up and write.  Well, yes, you can drink coffee or tea and eat a few cookies and sometimes we do take a break and chat.  35617 State Route 507 South, McKenna, Washington.  Just show up.  If the chairs are full, we will bring out more chairs.  This month, of course, I will NOT be there on the 19th, 24th and 26th, but the building will still be open for writers to work.  Feel free to drop in and try it out.

And that is it for June, as I know it right now.  I'll hope to meet readers at one of these and sign books.

See you there?