Ukrainian rights to Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life, Speaks the Nightbird, The Queen of Bedlam, and Swan Song have been acquired by Ukrainian publisher Zhorzh in a four-book deal!
Zhorzh on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ZhorzhClub
Zhorzh on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/zhorzhclub/
More information when it’s available, of course.
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 asked me to post this video of author Pete Mesling performing his original composition “Remembering Fount Royal.” Pete wrote:
This is a piece I wrote recently. It’s inspired by the setting of Robert McCammon’s first Matthew Corbett novel, SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD. I call it “Remembering Fount Royal.” It’s by no means a definitive recording, but I hope you dig it.
The Polish pop culture website Badloopus has posted a new interview with Robert McCammon conducted by
Polish publisher Vesper has posted a book trailer for their translation of Speaks the Nightbird.
Polish publisher Vesper is taking pre-orders for their translation of Speaks the Nightbird. The books are expected to being shipping in a week or so. It looks beautiful!
Artist Александр Павлов (Alexander) from Russia sent in another new illustration he did. This one is inspired by Speaks the Nightbird. You can find larger versions, as well as more of his art, on Alexander’s page in the Fan Art Gallery.
Russian publisher Azbooka has released the cover art for their upcoming translation of Speaks the Nightbird. This will be the fourth time Speaks the Nightbird has been published in Russia. This is a new translation by Vasily Dorogokuplya.
No release date has been announced yet.
Azbooka released Boy’s Life, Swan Song, and The Listener earlier this year. They currently hold the translation rights to The Border, They Thirst, Stinger, The Queen of Bedlam, and Mister Slaughter.
Speaks the Nightbird at Azbooka
Open Road Media is republishing six of the Matthew Corbett ebooks on August 17, 2021. These ebooks will be available worldwide. Open Road has designed new covers for the six books, and you can see the new covers on their website!
The covers were created by Ian Koviak.
The Queen of Bedlam ebook is published by Simon & Schuster in North America. The international ebook edition is temporarily not available, but we expect that Open Road will republish it outside of North America within a month or so.
Polish publisher Vesper has acquired the Polish translation rights to four more Robert McCammon novels: Boy’s Life, Swan Song, Usher’s Passing, and The Listener.
In 2019, Vesper acquired the rights to Speaks the Nightbird, and just a couple of days ago, they posted the planned cover art for their edition, which you can see below. The art is by Maciej Kamuda Art.
2021-12-19 update: Zew Nocnego Ptaka will be released February 28, 2022!
Zew Nocnego Ptaka on the Vesper website
