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Remember that awesome video where a bunch of really cool fantasy authors got together and played D&D together?

Well, they’re back. This past January, Author D&D met again with some old friends and newbies.

And now, we have a little something to show. The Author D&D TEASER video … just to get you excited for the whole thing …

Watch for the full Author D&D Video coming this April!

If you haven’t picked up your copy of The Daylight War yet, what are you waiting for? The U.K. versions is available at Waterstones and Amazon. Americans, check out the Random House page for all the appropriate buy links. Or go out and support your local bookstore.

Yesterday was the release date for the German version of The Daylight War! Check out the link to buy it here.

This week Peat will finish up his official Daylight War Tour with a visit to Austria and Germany. His first stop will be at the Morawa Bookshop Vienna, Austria TONIGHT! You can RSVP for the event on Facebook here.

For all other readings/signings/conventions, take a look at his Facebook events or his tour schedule.

Weren’t able to make it to a U.S. event? Peat signed a stockpile of his books at each bookstore he visited. Even if you are not local, most of these will deliver. In the U.K.? Peat did the same for all the bookstores he visited as well. You can check out the list below:

• Waterstones at Deansgate in Manchester
• Waterstones in Nottingham
• Forbidden Planet in London
• Waterstones in Milton Keynes
• Waterstones in Birmingham
• Topping & Company in Bath

Posted on March 12, 2013 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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To end his Daylight War Tour in the U.K., Peat spend the first weekend of March in Wales at the Sci Fi Weekender. It wasn’t like most con events. After racing across Snowdonia (and seeing a plethora of sheep … sheep for a brick anyone?), Peat arrived to his first Sci-Fi Weekender in Wales. First of all, everyone stayed in “chalets”, which one might think of an adorable collection of ski lodges high in the mountains … think more of an adorable trailer park. Check out the pictures of the event below.

Peat’s trailer “Savannah” where he stayed in the freezing cold for the weekend

Amy W., from Voyager, hanging out with a new posse

The Rebel alliance has a new hero

Don’t worry folks, he has an escape plan

Saved! By Wonder Woman in a pencil skirt! (Check our her DJ page here)

Amy McColloch (watch for her book this June). from the pub team in dire straits 

Voyager Booth with U.K. Daylight Wars on display

Basically, every night turned into a huge nerdy rave. And pretty much everyone was in costume.

Not good, not good at all … Exterminate!

Very impressive costume from Halo

Easily wins most adorable … everything. Mini doctor meets the dalek

The Andorian are some of Peat’s biggest fans!

Joker holding The Daylight War

And, of course, Inevera is a fan (as Carol Hinds!)

Mark, a reviewer from the Walker of Worlds

Peat hanging out with Catwoman (Carol again!)

Peat and the whole publicity team from Harper Voyager … I think they had a new hire that day …

Panel

Authors from the End of the World Panel

Peat with author Danie Ware 

If you haven’t picked up your copy of The Daylight War yet, what are you waiting for? The U.K. versions is available at Waterstones and Amazon. Americans, check out the Random House page for all the appropriate buy links. Or go out and support your local bookstore

This week Peat will finish up his official Daylight War Tour with a visit to Austria and Germany. His first stop will be at the Morawa Bookshop Vienna, Austria on March 12th. You can RSVP for the event on Facebook here.

For all other readings/signings/conventions, take a look at his Facebook events or his tour schedule.

Weren’t able to make it to a U.S. event? Peat signed a stockpile of his books at each bookstore he visited. Even if you are not local, most of these will deliver. Check out the following locations to pick up your signed copy of The Daylight War: Singularity & Co in Brooklyn, Bakka Phoenix Books in Toronto, Barnes and Noble in Roseville, MN, University Bookstore in Seattle, Powell’s Books in Portland, Borderlands Books in San Francisco, Barnes and Noble in Huntington Beach and the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego.

Posted on March 11, 2013 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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Last night at the Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo, Peat appeared in a cozy panel with fellow fantasy authors Ellen Kushner and Myke Cole. Cici from Singularity & Co, asked the authors about their roots in fantasy, the world of contemporary fantasy today and how it has changed and Myke’s secret desire to write romance …

 

From left to right: Cici, Myke, Ellen, Peat

After the panel, friends and fans bought books from all three authors from WORD Brooklyn and lined up to get their books signed and talk to the authors.

Signing books

Want more pictures of the evening? Check out the Tor.com Facebook album.

Also, be sure to check out Housing Works located on 126 Crosby St. Not only is it an awesome place to browse and buy books, you are also supporting the fight against homelessness and aids. You can read more about their mission here.

If you haven’t picked up your copy of The Daylight War yet, what are you waiting for? The U.K. versions is available at Waterstones and Amazon. Americans, check out the Random House page for all the appropriate buy links. Or go out and support your local bookstore

Peat is back in the US, but not for long! Next week he will finishing up his official Daylight War Tour with a visit to Austria and Germany. His first stop will be at the Morawa Bookshop Vienna, Austria on March 12th. You can RSVP for the event on Facebook here.

For all other readings/signings/conventions, take a look at his Facebook events or his tour schedule.

Weren’t able to make it to a U.S. event? Peat signed a stockpile of his books at each bookstore he visited. Even if you are not local, most of these will deliver. Check out the following locations to pick up your signed copy of The Daylight War: Singularity & Co in Brooklyn, Bakka Phoenix Books in Toronto, Barnes and Noble in Roseville, MN, University Bookstore in Seattle, Powell’s Books in Portland, Borderlands Books in San Francisco, Barnes and Noble in Huntington Beach and the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego.

Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:05 am by megelizabeth
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Catch up with Peat as he tours the U.S. and U.K. to promote the release of The Daylight War.

• @PVBrett – Warded Man #1 in Kindle Dark Fantasy: http://t.co/zTOwnqe0 My other higher ranked books are not tagged as DF & not on the list. Weird.
• @PVBrett – So. Awesome. RT @MykeCole You’re only a Selfer if you run. Report your abilities! Join the SOC. http://t.co/Dl7WfchG

• @PVBrett – Awesome early birthday gifts from @D18matt: http://t.co/W3uR92vS 40 isn’t too old for action figures!

• @PVBrett – These were waiting out in the cold when I got home. Luckily, they are HOT! http://t.co/NGdqPSzB

• @PVBrett – I see your #churrowaffle, @scalzi, and raise one bacon, egg, hash brown & cheese sandwich with WAFFLE BREAD: http://t.co/E3iqDmZO

• @PVBrett – My nephew Ronan in the onesie I got him. My sister doesn’t get the joke. *sigh* http://t.co/XuXbpVbd

• @PVBrett – After 30min circling my office looking for parking, I gave up, drove home, and walked to work in the snow. Great start to the morning.

• @PVBrett – Sometimes, you win. RT @MykeCole I’ve got some things to say about digging deep over at @scalzi‘s Big Idea –http://t.co/iqiT89EI
• @PVBrett – All life’s little pains & stresses fade into white noise when a creative project picks up steam. It is an addictive high, hard to maintain.
• @PVBrett – Ice cream, no less! RT @MykeCole FORTRESS FRONTIER CAKE!!!!! http://t.co/lkNFkqDq

• @PVBrett – Daylight War excerpt-in German! MT @HeyneFantasySF Leseprobe aus Peter V. Bretts neuem Roman Die Flammen der Dämmerung http://t.co/6BBhHeiW
• @PVBrett – You can read a book with slightly sticky dessert fingers, but you can’t work an iPad.
• @PVBrett – Hardest part about doing a bunch of written interviews is finding new interesting ways to answer the same damn ten questions everyone asks.
• @PVBrett – Exactly 5000 twitter followers! What do I win? http://t.co/WgE8PvVr

• @PVBrett – Awesome. RT @HarperFiction 10 days until The Daylight War comes out & it’s already in the Amazon Top 100. http://t.co/wLp2b8IA
• @PVBrett -Want to read the first 50 pages of The Daylight War? You know you do… http://t.co/UbBl4oPm
• @PVBrett – We now interrupt our regularly scheduled book release ramp-up for a (hopefully) short visit from the flu.
• @PVBrett – Aaaaaand cut. http://t.co/zfdSMnpD

• @PVBrett – There is relief, and some sadness, at the thought of never having to lug around another humungous Wheel of Time hardcover.
• @PVBrett – If I shave my beard before the tour, it might make things easier with the TSA, but I wouldn’t look like a fantasy author anymore. #catch22
• @PVBrett – UK Printing error beauty. Totally unreadable, but definitely a keeper. http://t.co/zcTJtDhr Via @HarperVoyager

• PVBrett – Advised by @brentweeks to save small bills for tipping on tour. Feels like I’m heading to a strip club instead: http://t.co/3yzl8VNq

• PVBrett – Apparently @brandsanderson will be at http://t.co/ixlARZwr to sign two days after me. I should leave him a note… or put gum on the chair.
• PVBrett – Cold and run down, my grumpy day was brightened by amazing birthday gifts from @arrhyth_mia:http://t.co/ek6tw9rk

• PVBrett – My new website is up & running, and if I do say so myself, it looks fricken’ GORGEOUS: http://t.co/ntoVkb0X Thanks to @LarryRostant & @wenk
• PVBrett – Today has been a great day for t-shirt deliveries: http://t.co/NempkEOq

• @PVBrett – Loving all the snapshots of their books people are sending me. Gives me happies despite my deathly illness.
• @PVBrett – Wow. Oh, wow. Just… Wow. http://t.co/pnYXUYqK

• @PVBrett – Ordered room svc and Wreck-It Ralph. Which robe should I lounge in? http://t.co/6QzpisVR #klimpton

• @PVBrett – A lot of people are saying Daylight War ends in a cliffhanger just because there is a literal cliff involved. But no. That fight was over.
• @PVBrett – Look Mom, I have a real job! Daylight War just hit #3 on the London Times Bestseller List!
• Numbers are in! Daylight War debuts at #19 on NYT hardcover list, #28 on e-book list and #25 on print/e combined bestseller lists. Woohoo!
• @PVBrett – The wonderful team at @awfulagent sent me a surprise gift for making the Times list: http://t.co/QCeE3tZp

• @PVBrett – I am regaling everyone with tales of my years on the Chippendale’s circuit with @brentweeks.
• @PVBrett – My Chinese agent announced the NYT news. Here is the Bing translation: “Fantasy fan’s power is too strong: “magic-Indian man” series the third bomb “day battle” stakes New York Times hardcover fiction list #19!!”
• @PVBrett – The five year old kid flying in a Captain America costume totally just turned my bad airport mood around. He wins at travel.
• @PVBrett – It is pronounced “in-ever-uh”. Krasians call the Creator Everam (ever-ahm) because His will is everything. Inevera means ‘Everam’s will’.
• @PVBrett – Think of your job. Now imagine a person whose sole job is to criticize how you do your job. And they have 1000 assistants. That.
• @PVBrett – Disappointed there was no “Porn and Prejudice”, or “War and Teats”. http://t.co/4fm2HOkgsO

• @PVBrett – Heading to Manchester now, where Grandpa Brett was raised after coming over from Ireland.
• @PVBrett – If all the Scots pissed at me for not coming farther north this trip came down to Manchester, it would be like a reenactment of Braveheart.
• @PVBrett – Incredible event at Forbidden Planet tonight. Over 150 people. Ran out of bookplates. Exhausted, but now awake at 4:50am. WTF, jetlag? WTF?
• @PVBrett – MT @awfulagent This just in, @PVBrett‘s DAYLIGHT WAR is a #50 @USATODAY bestseller! Congratulations! http://t.co/AsM5H2Hk1D
• @PVBrett – Lovely recap of Manchester event. MT @RobJackface Liz wrote a blog about seeing @PVBrett in Manchester on Monday. http://t.co/qxbugDCWiw
• @PVBrett – Daylight War remains an international bestseller in its 2nd week, slipping to #14 on the London Times and #27 on the New York Times lists!

Posted on March 6, 2013 at 7:45 am by megelizabeth
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Peat isn’t the only fantasy author with a 2013 book. Myke Cole‘s second book Shadow Ops: The Fortress Frontier is now available for purchase. Speculate! Podcast sat down with these two authors, and best friends, to take about everything from writing process to Dungeons and Dragons.

Check out both parts of the episode below:

• Episode 66: Peter V. Brett & Myke Cole Author Interview – Part 1
• Episode 66: Peter V. Brett & Myke Cole Author Interview – Part 2

If you haven’t picked up your copy of The Daylight War yet, what are you waiting for? The U.K. versions is available at Waterstones and Amazon. Americans, check out the Random House page for all the appropriate buy links. Or go out and support your local bookstore

His next appearance will be back in the States on hometurf in NYC. Gonna be in the Big Apple? Come out to the Dragons in Space Redux at the Housing Works Bookstore. You can RSVP for the event on Facebook here.

For all other readings/signings/conventions, take a look at his Facebook events or his tour schedule.

Weren’t able to make it to a U.S. event? Peat signed a stockpile of his books at each bookstore he visited. Even if you are not local, most of these will deliver. Check out the following locations to pick up your signed copy of The Daylight War: Singularity & Co in Brooklyn, Bakka Phoenix Books in Toronto, Barnes and Noble in Roseville, MN, University Bookstore in Seattle, Powell’s Books in Portland, Borderlands Books in San Francisco, Barnes and Noble in Huntington Beach and the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego.

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 8:00 am by megelizabeth
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