Category: International editions

Ithaki Publications in Turkey is releasing Kuğu Şarkısı, their Turkish translation of Swan Song, on January 16, 2025! They acquired the rights in 2020, and they previously published Boy’s Life in 2022. Both books were translated by Esat Ören. The cover has been added to the Book Cover Gallery. Thanks to Turkish reader Ahmet Okan for the heads-up!

Kuğu Şarkısı on Ithaki’s website

Polish publisher Vesper has revealed the cover for their next translation of Robert McCammon’s work: Mister Slaughter, due for release in August 2024! This time, the cover art is by Krzysztof Wroński. More info when I have it!

Update 2024/07/22: The book has been added to the Vesper website. It is scheduled for release on August 30, 2024.

Pan Slaughter by Robert McCammon at vesper.pl

Polish publisher Vesper has revealed the proposed cover for their upcoming Polish translation of Swan Song. The art is by Maciej Kamuda. Vesper plans to publish three or four Robert McCammon translations in the second half of 2024. In recent years, they’ve published translations of Speaks the Nightbird, The Queen of Bedlam, Boy’s Life, The Listener, and Usher’s Passing.

Update 2024/07/22: The book is listed on the Vesper website now, but a publication date has not been announced yet.

Łabędzi śpiew by Robert McCammon vesper.pl

 

French publisher Monsieur Toussaint Louverture is reprinting their translation of Boy’s Life for publication on March 22, 2024. This new edition of Zephyr, Alabama removes the Alex Green artwork in favor of an elegant dustjacket that matches the style of the majority of their publications.

It can be pre-ordered from Amazon.fr, among many other sites.

The cover has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.

Greek publisher Klidarithmos has announced that their translation of Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life will be available on February 14, 2024. The trade paperback release uses the Alex Green artwork from the French edition published by Monsieur Toussaint Louverture in 2022. This translation is by Antonis Kalokiris.

For more details, visit the product page for Η ζωή ενός αγοριού.

Italian publisher Cut-Up Publishing will release Il Grande Spettacolo delle Ombre, an Italian translation of Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, edited by Mort Castle and Sam Weller and originally published in 2012. The collection includes 26 stories by various authors, including Robert McCammon’s “Children of the Bedtime Machine.”

The book will be available on January 12, 2024, in hardcover and ebook formats. For more details, visit the Cut-Up Publishing page for the book.

Polish publisher Vesper has announced that their translation of The Queen of Bedlam will be released on October 11, 2023. From their Facebook announcement (translation by Facebook) for Królowa Bedlam:

PREMIERE DATE

10.11.2023 “Królowa Bedlam” Robert McCammon

The second of the highly-anticipated October premieres is the follow-up of Robert McCammon’s “Zewu nocnego ptaka”.
[…]
Robert McCammon once again gives a description of incredible imagination and literary art. Plastic descriptions, characteristic characters, dynamic action and a great dose of humor create a gripping historical crime that will remain in the memory of every reader for a long time.

The book will be published in a hard frame, Janusz Ochab is responsible for the translation, the cover was designed by Maciej Kamuda. The novel has less than 700 pages. The retail price of the book is 89.90 PLN, in our online bookstore you can buy it for 54 PLN + shipping cost. Pre orders will start next week.