In Seattle? Get Aud a day before everyone else

Image description: Photo, taken on a bright spring day with an old disposable camera, of a friendly neighbourhood street: cars parked in the shade of a tree growing on the sidewalk in front of Phinney Books and its next-door neighbour, the 74th Street Alehouse.

The three Aud novels are officially reissued on Tuesday 3 June, but I’ll be busy doing other things that night—like packing—in preparation for an early morning flight the next day to Kansas City for the Nebula Awards Conference where I’ll be being honoured as SFWA’s 41st Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master. (I love saying that…)

So for those who live in Seattle and like to support their local bookstore, and who might just want to get their books a day early, I’ll be at Phinney Books on Monday 2 June, starting around 4:30 pm, signing stock and personalising any pre-orders, then repairing to the pub next door for a well-earned pint. This is a quiet relaunch—Aud isn’t new—but for me it’s worth marking because seeing all three books together for the first time in matching editions is something I’ve dreamt of for years. And what better way to celebrate than a quiet, satisfied Guinness in your local pub? Feel free to join me there—if you can believe the forecast it promises to be a warm sunny day, perfect for a book and a drink—or just raise a glass from afar.

So if you want to say Hi and get a signed and/or personalised set, or just a single copy of The Blue Place or Stay or Always—or any of my other books (Slow River, Ammonite, Hild, Menewood, Spear, With Her Body, and So Lucky1)—either drop by that afternoon/early evening to get them signed in person or call in/email your order now and have it mailed to you first thing Tuesday morning.

Aud in one week! I am soooo looking forward to that pint!

I can’t remember if Phinney Books still any copies of my collector’s edition memoir, And Now We Are Going to Have a Party—contact the shop and ask ︎