The Overlook Connection Bookstore is running a Facebook contest to see who can identify the panelists in the photo above, as well as the convention and year. We’ll give you one: Robert McCammon is on the far right. You have to Like their Facebook page to participate, and guesses must be mailed to [email protected]. For contest details, including the prizes, visit the Facebook post by the Overlook Connection.
The audiobook edition of Speaks the Nightbird is one of the finalists in the Fiction category for the 2013 Audie Awards!
The Audies are “awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).” More on the Audies can be found on the APA website. The winners will be announced on May 30, 2013.
The actual Press Release from the APA in PDF format can be found here.
The unabridged audiobook edition of Speaks the Nightbird was produced by Audible, Inc., and was narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Audible also produced unabridged recordings of the other Matthew Corbett novels, all read by Edoardo. You can purchase the audiobooks from Audible’s site.
Subterranean Press chose artist Les Edwards to do the cover and interior paintings for their upcoming signed, limited edition of The Night Boat. Les is now offering prints of his paintings via his website, as well as the original paintings (though the cover painting has already sold). You can visit the gallery on Les’s website or click the individual links and images below to visit each page on Les’s website.
Robert McCammon’s Swan Song is one of today’s Kindle Daily Deals! Today only, you can buy the Kindle ebook for only $1.99. Click here to see the Kindle Daily Deals.
Swan Song is also on sale for the other formats, too, though apparently only in the U.S.:
The Horror Writers Association, a group originally conceived by Robert McCammon, has announced that the latest recipients of the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award are Robert McCammon and Clive Barker. The award is given in recognition of the recipient’s overall body of work. Previous recipients of the award include Stephen King, Anne Rice, Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ramsey Campbell, Rick Hautala, and Peter Straub.
The award will be presented at the HWA Bram Stoker Awards Banquet in New Orleans, LA, on June 15, 2013. Robert McCammon will attend, along with previously-announced guests Editor John Joseph Adams, Media Guest of Honor Amber Benson, Poet Bruce Boston, Ramsey Campbell, Artist Glenn Chadbourne, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Jonathan Maberry.
Have a look at the first of the two color plates [by Les Edwards] from Robert McCammon’s classic novel, The Night Boat. If WW II zombie Nazis are your thing, this book has that need covered, in spades. It also happens to be a heckuva fun read, presaging McCammon’s more mature work in The Wolf’s Hour, Swan Song, and others. If you’d prefer not to wait for the hardcover coming this fall, the ebook is already available, though without the great interior illustrations.