ROBIN HOBB

Well!  What happened?  My blog post about October events seems to have vanished.  

So let's try again, but with a bit more urgency as THE FIRST EVENT IS TOMORROW!

The Schedule

October 5, 2025 at Barnes and Noble in Puyallup

I will be at the new Barnes and Noble store in Puyallup at the South Hill Mall.  Terry Brooks and Shawn Speakman will also be there and we will all be signing books.

Noon at 3500 S. Meridian, South Hill Mall, Puyallup.

October 19, 20225  SF Author Fest at Powells Books, Oregon

Sadly, I will not be at Orycon this year.  BUT I will drive down on Sunday, October 19, to join other writers at the SF Authrorfest.  Starting a 4 PM, we will gather at the Cedar Hills Crossing Powells to sign books and chat with readers.  We hope to see you there.  

November 15  Grit City Comic Show   Tacoma Convention Center

This is one of my favorite 'comic cons'.  It's smaller, it's affordable, it's very family friendly.  The Lego display alone is worth the price of admission!  I will be there with copies of the Dark Horse comics of Assassin's Apprentice!  I hope to see you there.  Ihope to have sets to sell as well as individual issues to fill out your collection.

Other News

Some nice news of upcoming publications in foreign markets.

OneHotBook is a Czechoslovakian publisher of audio books.  My books have benn out of print in Czechoslovakia for some time, but OneHotBook will be using the translation to create an audio book of Assassin's Apprentice.  I am very pleased to be connecting with readers there again.

Aser el Kotob is working on an Arabic translation of the Farseer Trilogy.  I've already heard from their delightful and meticulous translator.  More when the books are actually available.

Recently on Instagram, I encountered these wonderful new images for the Italian editions of The Soldier Son Trilogy.  This set of books is not as well kmown as my other works.  And no, it does not take place in the same world as the Farseer Trilogy or the Liveship Traders.  These three books, titled in English as Shaman's Crossing, Forest Mage, and Renegade's Magic take place in a world unique to these three volumes.

Nevare is my hero in this story of a second son of a noble family, the lad who is expected to become a soldier and serve his king.  What happens when a soldier becomes 'infected' with the magic of the indigenous people that his folk are colonizing? 

And that is as close to a spoiler as I'm going to go.

I am very pleased to share this cover art for the Italian editions of The Soldier Son Trilogy.  Published by Fanucci Editore   (Follow that link for more astounding art.)

These covers were created by Antonello Venditti.  

This cover art, in my opinion, is true to the story in the books.  I am very pleased that the artist chose to read the books and illustrate the cover in a way that was in keeping with the story.  in his own words: 

"Working on these covers meant facing a challenge: remaining faithful to the narrative force and the profound messages the author conveys, or bending instead to a more "commercial" image, aligned with dominant aesthetic stereotypes.
I chose the first path. Because bodies tell stories, and beauty has neither a single face nor a single canon. An illustration is never mere ornament: it carries a duty—the duty to convey truth, dignity, and the possibility of recognition.
Otherwise, art risks being reduced to a mere commissioned execution, an exercise in flattery, serving only to feed illusions and perpetuate the idea that "beautiful" must always and only mean the same thing."

                                             --Antonello Venditti

Too often, lovely translations of my books go uncelebrated here!  I'm in the slow process of correcting that!  From time to time, you will see a showing of the lovely translations of the Robin Hobb books from my various pulbisher.   Today, it's The Liveship Traders in Finnish.  I cannot express how grateful I am to see my works translated into other languages. 

Here, better late than never, are the covers for the Otava editions, Finnish language. (This link goes to the English translation of the site!)