Robin Hobb
Three HarperVoyager books shortlisted for the David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy
Today sees the announcement of the 2015 David Gemmell Awards shortlists in each of the three categories – The Legend Award for Best Novel, The Morningstar Award for Best Debut and The Ravenheart Award for Best Cover Art, and as always the lists are full of some of the biggest… Read More
World Book Night: Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice WBN edition
If, like us, one of your favourite things to do when you’ve finished a book you’ve loved is to encourage as many people as possible to read it, then World Book Night is your kind of event. On Thursday 23rd April, this annual celebration of reading will see 20… Read More
Assassin’s Apprentice & World Book Night 2015
I read Assassin’s Apprentice many years ago (before I worked at Voyager!) and I know that for me, alongside Lord of the Rings, it was Robin’s books that really started my love affair with fantasy novels. When I came to HarperCollins I was hugely excited about the prospect of working… Read More
From Kick-Ass Heroines to Terrifying Villainesses – Watch out for the New Generation of Dangerous Women!
George R.R. Martin’s Dangerous Women is being released by Harper Voyager in three stunning new paperbacks which are being published chronologically over three months this autumn. Dangerous Women Volume 1 has already hit the shelves, so in anticipation of… Read More
Download Assassin’s Apprentice for free!
Just downloaded iOS8? Now is your chance to download a FREE copy of Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice! We know that once people start reading Robin’s incredible writing, they get sucked in to her world so want to give as many people as possible the chance to… Read More
Robin Hobb: A reading guide
Robin Hobb is one of the world’s finest writers of epic fiction. One of the questions we get asked a lot is what order the books should be read in. To help you out, if you’ve just read and loved Assassin’s Apprentice and are wondering where to go next, here’s… Read More
Photos from last night’s #GeorgeandRobin event
All photos copyright Toby Madden. To read a wrap up of the event, read our report from Stuart Dredge here, or you can read the post about the event from Fantasy Faction here. Read More
George RR Martin and Robin Hobb: ‘We’re both wolf people here!’
Tonight was our World Exclusive event, sponsored by blinkbox Books, featuring the incredible George R.R. Martin and Robin Hobb in conversation. To sum up the event for those who weren’t able to make it or tune in to the live stream, we’ve invited journalist Stuart Dredge to write… Read More
Queen of fantasy takes to the throne
It’s been so great having Robin Hobb in town this past week! Will you be heading to see her and George R.R. Martin in conversation tomorrow night?… Read More
Tickets to see Robin Hobb and George R.R. Martin are now live!
We’re excited to announce that tickets for our world exclusive event with George RR Martin and Robin Hobb are now on sale. Spend an evening listening to two of the world’s greatest storytellers, discussing how they build their fictional universes, create their characters… Read More
First look at Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb
Want to read an extract of Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb? Well io9 have the first exclusive excerpt on their website! Fool’s Assassin comes out in August and its publication marks a long-awaited return to the world of Fitz and the… Read More
A new look for The Farseer Trilogy
Just revealed today, we have a beautiful new look for Robin Hobb’s wonderful Farseer Trilogy, featuring illustrations by the inimitable Jackie Morris. What do you think?… Read More
Jane Johnson Recommends…
Looking for a new book or series to get stuck into? Here are two titles our publishing director thinks you’ll enjoy… Neverness by David Zindell A stunning epic by a mathematician who writes like a poet, this wonderful book remains my all-time favourite science fiction novel. In… Read More