Category: Robert McCammon

The author photo for Seven Shades of Evil and huge news from The Alabama Booksmith!!

Robert McCammon as “The Wicked Gambler” (Makeup and photo by Amanda Chapman)

Robert McCammon’s walking cane is going to one lucky fan!

For his author photo for Seven Shades of Evil, coming in October 2023 from Lividian Publications, Robert McCammon once again asked makeup artist and photographer Amanda Chapman to create “The Wicked Gambler,” a character representative of the time period in which the Matthew Corbett stories are set.

The elegant walking cane Robert McCammon used in his period photo shoot will belong to one lucky fan when the book is published! The first 500 signed first editions purchased from The Alabama Booksmith will come with an entry in a drawing that will take place at the launch party. All previous pre-orders from The Alabama Booksmith have already been entered.

Read about the origin of the walking cane in the brand-new Robert McCammon short story “The Wicked Gambler and his Walking Cane”!

Seven Shades of Evil launch party set

The Alabama Booksmith announces details of the official launch party for Seven Shades of Evil. The event will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2023. At 2:30, in the upstairs auditorium, Mr. McCammon will talk about the new book and take questions. At 3:30, he will draw the name of the lucky winner of the beautiful walking cane and then go downstairs to sign books.

Because of limited space for the talk, reservations are required. There is no charge for tickets, but they must be requested as books are purchased. Each copy purchased from The Alabama Booksmith may receive one seat. No reservations are needed for the booksigning, and space is unlimited. Simply ask for a ticket in the Notes section when you place your pre-order for the book.

You can pre-order a signed first edition of Seven Shades of Evil from the Alabama Booksmith website.

For full event details, visit the Alabama Booksmith website page for the event.

Lividian Publications is producing the release of Seven Shades of Evil.


Robert McCammon is one of the authors participating in this year’s annual Monroeville Literary Festival. The festival takes place March 3 and March 4, 2023, in Monroeville, AL. From the website linked below:

Held each year in the Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, the Monroeville Literary Festival began in 2020 and follows the 22 year tradition of the Alabama Writers Symposium. During the Monroeville Literary Festival, guests are invited to explore the writing, music and art of the literary South through two days of fun, food and literature!

Admission is free, though there are luncheon and dinner tickets that can be purchased, too. For details and to register for the event, visit:

Annual Monroeville Literary Festival kicks off March 3rd + 4th—register now

Alabama Booksmith hosted Robert McCammon on Saturday, December 3, 2022, for the public launch of The King of Shadows. I managed to make it down to Birmingham for the event, and it was great to see so many people turn out for it. The crowd—80 to 100 people—was easily twice the size of the turnout for the Cardinal Black launch in 2019. Considering how small the bookstore is, that was a lot of people!

Before signing books, Mr. McCammon read an excerpt from The King of Shadows and answered audience questions. Thanks to Alabama Booksmith, the event was livestreamed on Facebook, and I’ve uploaded it to YouTube.

In addition, thanks to Tony Thomas, better video of just the reading from The King of Shadows is also available on YouTube:

Finally, YouTube user It’s Terrific has posted a video of his experience and the items he had signed.

Finally, finally, YouTube channel The Jeff Word also posted a video of his experience.

Check RobertMcCammon.com in a day or two for some photos from the event.

The auction listing for Robert McCammon’s painted figure of THE MUMMY is now live on the Monsters vs Madness: A Benefit Auction For Planned Parenthood website!

About a third of the figures are listed now. The rest will be posted over the next ten days. Bidding runs November 11–27.

Update: Robert McCammon’s figure had a Buy It Now price of $200 and sold within the first three minutes of the auction’s start.

More photos and details can be seen on the auction site: Robert McCammon’s MUMMY Figure

Best Selling author Robert R. McCammon has a very different take on the MUMMY; he’s a dapper fellow with a bow tie and boutonniere! Clearly ready for the Monster Prom, Robert’s fancy Mummy is one of a kind. Thanks so much for participating, Rick!

The Polish book site Booklips has published a new interview with Robert McCammon to promote the releases of the Polish editions of Speaks the Nightbird and Boy’s Life.

Read the interview in Polish on Booklips |  Read the interview in English

Lots more interviews from 1981 to now can be found on the Robert McCammon Interviews page!

Robert McCammon is participating in Monsters vs Madness: A Benefit Auction for Planned Parenthood. From their website:

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we’re auctioning off movie monster figurines hand-painted by some amazing artists including Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop, Don Maitz, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger from KNB Effects, Chris Walas, Mitch O’Connell, Steve Wang, Joseph Michael Linsner, Tom Taggart, Kirk Thatcher, Bob Eggleton, David Fisher, and many more!

Robert McCammon painted a figure of the Mummy, which can be seen below. The website hasn’t been updated yet, but photos of some of the other figures can be found on the Facebook page for the auction.

The auction takes place November 11–27. Register to bid on the Monsters vs Madness website.

 

The Alabama Booksmith has announced that Robert McCammon will sign his new book, The King of Shadows, there on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 3 PM!

The event will start with a presentation with Mr. McCammon discussing and, most likely, reading from The King of Shadows.

Copies of his in-print novels, including The King of Shadows, will be available for purchase, and attendees are welcome to bring other books for Mr. McCammon to sign.

NOTE that masks are required inside the Alabama Booksmith! I expect this to be true in December, too.

For details, including information about ordering a signed copy, visit the Alabama Booksmith website.

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