One of our favourite authors, Joe Abercrombie, has released details for his UK and US Tour – it’s not complete, there are still events to be added, but it should give you an idea as to where you can track the handsome, loveable rogue down and have him sign a copy of the highly anticipated (and very excellent!) Half a King.
UK Dates
Sunday 29th June
6.30pm – Evening talk with Blackwell’s Edinburgh at Pleasance theatre, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ. Tickets are £5 available from Blackwell’s Bookshop, 52-63, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 IYS Tel: 0131 622 8218.
Monday 30th June
12.30pm – Signing at Waterstones Newcastle, Emerson Chambers, Blackett Street, NE1 7JF. For more information please contact the store on: 0191 261 7757
7.00pm – Talk at Waterstones Liverpool One, 12 College Lane, L1 3DL. Tickets are £3 / £2 with loyalty card and available in store or on 0151 709 9820
Tuesday 1st July
AM – Event at Werneth Secondary School, Harrytown, Romiley, SK6 3BX, DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED
6.30pm – Talk with Waterstones Manchester Deansgate at Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square, M2 5PD. Tickets £6/£4 loyalty cardholders and available in store or on 0161 837 3000
Wednesday 2nd July
12.30pm – Signing with Waterstones Sheffield, 24-26 Orchard Square, S1 2FB. For more information please contact the store on: 0114 272 8971
7.00pm – Talk with Waterstones Nottingham, 1/5 Bridlesmith Gate, NG1 2GR . Tickets are £3 and available in store or on: 0115 9470069
Thursday 3rd July
12.00pm – Signing with Waterstones Birmingham, 128 New Street B2 4DB. For more information please contact the store on: 0121 631 4333
4.30pm – Signing at Goldsboro Books London, 23-25 Cecil Ct, WC2N 4EZ. For more information please contact the store on: 020 7497 9230
6.30pm – Launch party event at Goldsboro Books. Contact: Dave Headley
Friday 4th July
12.00pm – Signing at Waterstones Milton Keynes Unit 72, Midsummer Place, MK9 3GA. For more information please contact the store on: 01908 395384
Evening – Talk with Waterstones Oxford DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED
Saturday 5th July
1.30pm – Signing with Waterstones Bristol, 11A Union Galleries, BS1 3XD. For more information please contact the store on: 0117 925 2274
7.00pm – Talk with Waterstones Yeovil, 37a Middle Street, BA20 1LG. Tickets are £3 and available in store or on: 01935 479832
Saturday 12th July/Sunday 13th July
YA Lit Con/London Film and Comic Con event and signing – EVENTS TO BE CONFIRMED
Wednesday 16th July
7.30 for 8.00pm – Talk at Toppings Bath, The Paragon, Somerset BA1 5LS. Tickets are £6 and available in store or on 01225 428111
Saturday 19th July
Edge Lit festival Derby
3.00pm – Panel: Are We Entering a New Era of Fantasy Fiction? Graham Edwards, Janet Edwards, Freda Warrington, Joe Abercrombie in Cinema 2
4.00pm – Guest of Honour Interview/Q&A in The Box
US Dates
Wednesday, July 23 – SEATTLE, WA
Time: 7:00pm
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
July 24 – July 27 – SAN DIEGO, CA
Comic-Con International
Panel and signing times to come
Monday, July 28 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Time: 7:00pm
Borderlands Books
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tuesday, July 29 – REDONDO BEACH, CA
Time: 7:30pm
Mysterious Galaxy
2810 Artesia Blvd.
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Wednesday, July 30 – SANTA FE, NM
Time: 7:00pm
Jean Cocteau Cinema
418 Montezuma Ave
Santa Fe, NM 87501
*event with George Martin and Cherie Priest
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If you were at the Fantasy-Faction event we ran a couple of years ago you may remember Joe, Myke Cole and Peter V. Brett talking about how important it is to support bookshops and I think this is especially true if you are attending a signing. Yep, you could probably save yourself a couple pennies by ordering the book off Amazon (or ebay) and heading to the bookshop to meet Joe, but if a book shop is willing to host an author (remember, they don’t charge authors – they instead hope that people will buy the book) then it seems right to thank them by buying a copy at their store if you can. I can’t imagine there is much fun in being a book store manager struggling to manage a queue of 50 people jostling to see an author and then checking sales later to see that they’ve sold only two copies of that author’s book. That said, Joe is a stand-up guy and I’m sure that no matter where you bought the book he’d sign it – I’m just adding my thoughts 🙂
Jennie Ivins