Starting today, Robert McCammon embarks on a virtual Blog Tour to help promote the release of The Providence Rider, the fourth book in the Matthew Corbett series. His first stop is an interview at Peter Schwotzer’s Literary Mayhem.
The next stops on Mr. McCammon’s Providence Rider Blog Tour (updated June 14 with direct links to articles):
June 12: The Big Idea at Whatever
June 13: On Favorite Literary Villains at Criminal Element
June 14: Book Notes at largehearted boy
As you’ve no doubt heard, Ray Bradbury died earlier today. Robert McCammon posted the following on Twitter today:
Robert McCammon (@MacCammon)
6/6/12 7:40 PMA sad day. Ray Bradbury was my writing hero. I loved “The Lake”. It brought me to tears and I wished I could create that same bittersweet emotion. But he wrote so many great things, and left such fantastic stories and characters…. Today the summer sun still shines and tonight the summer moon will glow…but the world is different—and a little colder—without him.
The photo below shows Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, and Robert McCammon. The three made an appearance at A Change of Hobbit bookstore in Santa Monica, CA, on October 23, 1988.
Website WritingRaw has published a brief new interview with Robert McCammon. You can find it at the bottom of their website: WritingRaw.com
The Birmingham News published an interview with Robert McCammon today to promote his booksigning at the Alabama Booksmith (Birmingham, AL) tomorrow (Wednesday, May 30, 2012) at 4 PM.
Birmingham author Robert McCammon continues Matthew Corbett series with “The Providence Rider”
On April 22, 2012, Robert McCammon was a guest speaker of the Huntsville Literary Association. He spoke at the Huntsville-Madison County Library in Huntsville, AL, and read the first chapter of the fifth Matthew Corbett novel, The River of Souls, which he had just started writing.
Video of the presentation can be found on YouTube. The reading from The River of Souls begins at about 13:35. The sound quality isn’t quite as good as the video quality (which is better than the thumbnail below suggests!), but it’s not too bad. Enjoy!
Robert McCammon will be signing copies of The Providence Rider (and other books) at the Alabama Booksmith in Birmingham, AL, on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at 4 PM.
If you can’t make the signing but would like a signed copy of the book, visit the Alabama Booksmith website for details on how you can reserve a signed copy. They will also have copies of all of the in-print McCammon titles available for sale.
On April 22, 2012, Robert McCammon was the guest of the Huntsville Literary Association. He read the first chapter from The River of Souls, the in-progress fifth Matthew Corbett book, and signed books for the assembled crowd.
Photos by Hunter Goatley. Click on an image to view a larger version.
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Subterranean Press has announced the trade hardcover edition of The Hunter from the Woods, which will be available in Fall 2012. You can pre-order the trade hardcover edition from Subterranean here.
Subterranean Press has also published the final part of their 3-part interview with Robert McCammon by Gwenda Bond. She and Robert talk about Matthew, his favorite research finds, the challenges of writing historical fiction, and the exclusive new Matthew Corbett novella that will be included with the limited edition. Robert also shares a tip about something to look for the books that fans of the series won’t want to miss. You can read part all three parts of the interview on the Subterranean site: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Finally, a few reviews have popped up around the ‘net in recent days:
Finally, Lou Pendergrast has created a Robert McCammon group on GoodReads. The goal is to read one Robert McCammon novel each month and discuss it.
Robert McCammon attended the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet, held in conjunction with the 2012 World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, UT, from March 29 through April 1, 2012. There was a group talk and signing held at Columbus Library on March 29, a mass signing on March 30, a “Robert McCammon Q&A” on March 31, and the Stoker Awards the evening of March 31.
I’ve been told that the Robert McCammon Q&A Session was video recorded and will be posted soon on the HWA YouTube channel. I’ll post it as soon as it’s available. You can watch the entire Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony on Ustream.
Here are links to various reports and videos from the event, followed by various photos. Special thanks to Darlene Dineen of Columbus Library for arranging the signing and sending me her photos.
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| Columbus Library signing, March 29, 2012 – Photos by Darlene Dineen | |
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 Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeff Strand, Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon |
 Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeff Strand, Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon |
 The fans |
 The fans |
 Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeff Strand, Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon |
 Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeff Strand, Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon, Joe McKinney |
 The fans |
 Jeff Strand, Joe McKinney |
 Sherrilyn Kenyon |
 Robert McCammon |
 McCammon signing line |
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 Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeff Strand, Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon, Joe McKinney |
 Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeff Strand, Joe Lansdale, Robert McCammon |
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 Robert McCammon and Mort Castle |
 Robert McCammon, Bob Meracle, Joe Lansdale |
 Robert McCammon Q&A |
 Robert McCammon signing |
 Robert McCammon and Eric Guignard |
 Fans Eric and Jeanette Guignard |
