Imagine my surprise to discover that Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks and I had attended the grand opening of a Lakewood Barnes and Noble yesterday! There it was, reported by KIRO 7 on MSN news. I thought I had been up at Third Place Books in Bothell, interviewing Joe Abercrombie! I thought we had had a wonderful time and I stayed to sign books until 10 PM and bade farewell to Joe Abercrombie while he still had a substantial line of people!
The MSN news report is, of course, false. I have no idea why it was put up as if it had happened, but I assure all and sundry, that Terry, Shawn and I will indeed be at the grand opening of the new Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Lakewood on May 28th. Here is the correct information from the Tacoma News Tribune. I will even be there at 9 in the morning! The address is 10330 59th Ave. SW, Lakewood Washington. The fake news would be kind of funny, except I fear people will see it and think they've missed the grand opening! It's just a very strange thing. So I want to assure everyone that YES, we will be there and happy to meet readers!
It was great to see Joe and he has two more stops in the US before he heads back to the UK, one in Royal Oaks, Michigan and a final stop on May 24th in Naperville, Illinois at Andersons Book Shop. If you haven't read The Devils, I do think you should get a copy. It is Grim Dark fun, with many a sly joke. And if you haven't ready any of Joe Abercrombie's books, well, I sort of envy you!