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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! The first event of Peat’s UK tour is just over a month away.

With The Core’s release date fast approaching, Peat will be making appearances all over the UK. We couldn’t be more excited about his upcoming events. Check them out!

UK Tour – September 24-30

Waterstones Lunchtime Signing (Milton Keynes)

What: Signing at lunchtime. Come get books signed and hang out!

When: Sunday, September 24th beginning at 12PM

Where: Unit 72, Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes, MK9 3GA

Waterstones Afternoon Talk (Birmingham)

What: Afternoon signing/talk. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

When: Sunday, September 24th beginning at 4PM

Where: 24-26 High St, Birmingham B4 7SL

Waterstones (Reading- Broad Street)

What: Afternoon signing/talk.

When: Monday, September 25th beginning at 12:30PM

Where: United Reform Building, 89a Broad Street, Reading, RG1 2AP

Grim Gathering Waterstones Signing (Bath)

What: Peter will be joined by four other Fantasy authors – local stars Joe Abercrombie and Mark Lawrence, rising star Peter Newman and debut novelist Anna Stevens. Consequently, we can expect a fabulous evening of hard and fast sword and sorcery, peppered with wizardy and wild romance. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

When: Monday, September 25th beginning at 7PM

Where: 4-5 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DA 

Forbidden Planet (London)

What: Evening signing at Forbidden Planet.

When: Tuesday, September 26th beginning at 6PM

Where: 179 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JR

Waterstones Lunchtime Signing (Nottingham)

What: Signing at lunchtime. Come get books signed and hang out!

When: Wednesday, September 27th beginning at 12:30PM

Where: 1-5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham NG1 2GR

Waterstones Evening Signing (Sheffield)

What: Evening signing/talk. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

When: Wednesday, September 27th beginning at 7PM

Where: 24-26 Orchard Square, Sheffield, S1 2FB

Waterstones Lunchtime Signing (Liverpool)

What: Signing at lunchtime. Come get books signed and hang out!

When: Thursday, September 28th beginning at 12:30PM

Where: 12 College Lane, L1 3DL

Waterstones Evening Talk (Manchester)

What: Evening signing/talk. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

When: Thursday, September 28th beginning at 7PM

Where: 91 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW

Signing (Leeds)

What: Lunchtime signing/talk.

When: Friday, September 29th beginning at 12:30PM

Where: 93-97 Albion St, Leeds LS1 5JS

Waterstones Evening Talk (Newcastle)

What: Evening signing/talk. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

When: Friday, September 29th beginning at 7PM

Where: Emerson Chambers, Blackett St, Newcastle, NE1 7JF

Blackwell’s Lunchtime Signing (Edinburgh)

What: Signing at lunchtime. Come get books signed and hang out!

When: Saturday, September 30th beginning at 12:30PM

Where: 53–59 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1YS

Waterstones Evening Talk (Glasgow)

What: Evening signing/talk. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.

When: Saturday, September 30th beginning at 7:30PM

Where: 153 – 157 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW

We’ll be updating Peat’s events as they’re confirmed! To keep up with where Peat will be and when, you can always head over to the Appearances page.

Posted on August 23, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! For all Peat’s US fans, we’re wishing you the best of luck with the demon carnage from yesterday’s solar eclipse. Stay safe and keep your wards fresh.

For Peat’s UK fans, we’ve got some great news! We’re teaming up once again with the wonderful folk over at Goldsboro Books to put out some signed, stamped, limited-editions of The Core:

Goldsboro always done amazing work. Here’s what you can expect by ordering from them–

*Exclusive Signed and Numbered Edition*

*Stamped with one of the Avatars: Ashia, Briar, Inevera, Jeph, Ragen-Elissa, or Selia*

*Exclusive Black Sprayed Edges*

*Each Avatar is Numbered and Limited to Only 100 copies*

*If you have the previous books in the series and would like the same Avatars and numbers, please let Goldsboro know in the comments section of your order by September 15th at the latest*

This is your only surefire chance to get signed/stamped copies of The Core. Some have already sold out, so if you want a chance at them, preorder now!

Reminder: Today is the LAST DAY to enter Harper Voyager’s early-proof giveaway! For a chance to win an early copy of The Core, head over to the official giveaway hosted on Goodreads.

You can pre-order the The Core here!

Posted on August 22, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! Our friends at HarperVoyager UK are currently hosting a limited-time giveaway for The Core.  They’ll be giving away early copies of The Core to five lucky winners. You can enter over at the official Goodreads website, but this giveaway ends on August 22nd, so make sure to get in the drawing now!

Entering is simple, just sign up with your name/email or login with FB to have your name entered for a chance to win.

Once again, this giveaway ends on August 22nd and is only available for people living in Great Britain (sorry everyone else). Best of luck!

You can pre-order the The Core here!

Posted on August 21, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! You remember the UK version of The Skull Throne, right? It’s one of my favorite Demon Cycle covers featuring one of my favorite characters. When Peat let me pick which Skull Throne version to add to my own collection, I chose this one:

Larry Rostant, the mastermind behind all Demon Cycle covers, puts his all into each one. In the designing process, he created other versions of the cover– what-if versions that never get used. Like this one:

In a parallel universe, someone has the Skull Throne with that cover. You can check out more Skull Throne Outtakes on Larry Rostant’s Pinterest here or by clicking on one of the pictures above. While you’re there, consider browsing his other work too, it’s all incredible and definitely worth a look.

You can pre-order The Core here!

Posted on August 18, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
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Posted by Karen

Hey everyone! In the course of designing a book, one of the most important aspects to think about is the cover. Specifically, what artwork you want to show off that says ‘hey, I’m awesome!’.

The Demon Cycle has, in my opinion, some of the best covers out there, but it took a lot of work to get them there. That means a lot of cover choices that went unseen. Despite not being picked, they’re still gorgeous works of art. Here are some of my favorites…

Daylight War. Smack dab in the middle of the series, this cover features the beautiful and powerful Inevera. Here’s one of the shots that almost got used:

Check out more unused cover pics of Daylight War.

Skull Throne went through a bunch of options too. Here’s a Rojer pose that was cool, but didn’t quite make it onto the UK version:

The US version also took some tries. Peat’s publisher didn’t want to get it right, they wanted to get it PERFECT. Here are just a few of the takes:

Check out more unused cover pics of Skull Throne.

Beautiful aren’t they? I wouldn’t want to be the one choosing between these for the official covers– they’re all too good! Let us know which ones are your favorites.

You can pre-order The Core here!

Posted on August 17, 2017 at 8:00 am by Hannah
Filed under Karen, Warded Art
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