Mark May 6th 2026 on your calendars, Seattle. A new Barnes and Noble bookstore will be opening at 520 Pike Street. I'm very excited to be there to sign your books, old and new!
I will be cutting the ribbon to let you in! Kat and I are planning some fun giveaways to celebrate! In a time of book bannings, every new book store that opens is a cause for celebration!
Well, we only finished with Emerald City Comic Con, and now we are prepping for Anaheim and Wondercon!
Wondercon runs from March 26, Thursday to March 29th at the Anaheim convention center. I haven't visited a Wondercon before, so I'm hoping to meet a lot of new reaaders and writers.
You will be able to purchase books for signing there, but I'm always happy to sign any books you bring from home. All three volumes of the Dark Horse graphic novels of Assassin's Apprentice are now available, so I hope to see many of those. And now that the Rain Wild Chronicle covers from Harper Collins have matching art with the Penguin Random House trade paperbacks, I hope readers will want to complete a matching set.
My schedule as I know it now is below but please be aware that convention schedules change. It's safest to consult their schedule when you arrive.
Saturday, 3/28 11:30 Room 208
FANTASTIC FLIGHTS. This panel will be moderated by MYSTERIOUS GALAXY .
Panelists (Besides me!) LaDarion Williams (Author, playwright, film maker), ND Stevenson (Author and Illustrator, Nimona), Petra Lord (author, Queen of Faces) and Charlie Jane Anders. (author)
The title of our panel pretty wide open, so please bring us some good questions! I suspect there will be a signing session afterwards, and at a guess, it will be in the Autograph Area.
Sunday, 3/ 29 11-noon
Spotlight Panel Robin Hobb, moderator Kat Ogden
As you might guess, this is a spotlight on my works and career, ably moderated by Kat Ogden. I suspect we will throw this open to questions after about 15 minutes. Afterwards, I will sign from 12;30 to 1:15 Autograph Area AA01. Bring any and all Robin Hobb books or the Graphic Novels or comics from Dark Horse Comics.
As you can see, I don't havec an intense schedule, so I'm looking forward to attending panels, wandering the merchandise rooms and meeting new people. If you see me in the hall and want something signed, don't hesitate to stop and chat. That's what conventions are all about.
I hope to see you there!
Robin
We all wish I were a better photographer! But, after many years, there they are, in Trade Paperback format, The Rain Wild Chronicles and with the same covers that Harper Collins used in the UK.
Here is the long tale!
In England and the rest of the UK, all of the Realm of the Elderlings books (ROTE) that includesall the Fitz and Liveship books were published by Harper Collins. So when the trade paperbacks were issued, they all had lovely matching covers.
In the US, ALMOST all the ROTE books were published by Penguin Random House (or the Random Penguins as Kat and I fondly call them.) All, except the Rain Wild Chronicles. Those were published by Harper Collins in the US. And for many years, they had covers with lovely art but it was very different from the US books.
Then the Random Penguins decided to use the same cover art as the UK editions, so again, all the ROTE books had matching covers EXCEPT The Rain Wild Chronicles.
Well, recently Harper Collins in the US decided to also use the lovely UK covers. So now, if you like all your books to match and look stunning on your shelves, you can have all the books of the Realm of the Elderlings in trade paperback editions with matching covers.
I can't tell you how pleased I am by this. It's something I've hoped for, literally for years!
So. Nothing but vast satisfaction tonight as I look at these.