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. No publication date has been revealed yet, but it will be sometime in late 2021.
Posted by Tony Thomas in the Facebook Robert McCammon Group:
I am sad to report that Rowena Morrill has died. She painted the covers for six of Robert McCammon’s paperbacks for Pocket Books in the 1980s. Last evening, Rowena suffered a series of cardiac arrests and passed away. Rowena Morrill 1944–2021.
Locus has posted their obituary for Rowena.
In 2009, reader Jeff Brown composed and performed a soundtrack inspired by Robert McCammon’s Swan Song. Jeff has given me permission to post his demos.
Jeff Brown’s soundtrack for Swan Song
For more reader-created audio, check out the Fan Audio page.
Italian publisher Fanucci has acquired the Italian translation rights to Swan Song and Boy’s Life. Both books were previously published in Italy in 1991 and 1992. Presumably, the Fanucci editions will be new translations.
Last year, Fannuci published Il grande libro degli Zombie, a translation of Otto Penzler’s Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! anthology.
More info when it’s available, which probably won’t be until next year, at the earliest.
Turkish publisher Ithaki has acquired the rights to publish Turkish translations of Swan Song and Boy’s Life.
The Donald Maass Literary Agency has announced that Chinese publisher Xiron has acquired the Chinese rights to Robert McCammon’s Swan Song.
As we reported last month, these rights deals were also recently signed:
These will be the first translations of each book published in those countries. Presumably, these editions will be published in 2020 or 2021.
Other upcoming international editions planned include:
If you read German, an excerpt from Luzifer’s upcoming translation of Boy’s Life can be read on their website.
The Donald Maass Literary Agency has announced the following new translation rights deals for Robert McCammon novels.
These will be the first translations of each book published in those countries. Presumably, these editions will be published in 2020 or 2021.
Other upcoming international editions planned include:
Bulgarian publisher Iztok-Zapad released Лебедова песен, their translation of Swan Song, on August 15, 2019. The translation is by Costa Sivov. Iztok-Zapad previously published Boy’s Life in 2013.
The Taiwan publisher Nautilus has released their two-volume translation of Swan Song. This book was originally announced way back in 2013, and it was finally released on July 11, 2019!
Russian publisher Azbooka-Atticus has acquired the translation rights for five Robert McCammon novels: Boy’s Life, Swan Song, The Border, The Listener, and Speaks the Nightbird. No word on when the books will be published, but I would guess the first will appear in 2019.