Canada’s The Star has published a profile of George R. R. Martin on this page. There’s an interesting comparison made between football and his writing, and some other tidbits.
For those hoping to be in the audience for CBC Radio’s North by Northwest program, they have published some more information regarding it here. It’s first-come, first-served, with only 140 spots. Doors open at 4. Given that GRRM drew more than 500 people at the Toronto signing, it’s probably wisest to camp out an hour or three early to secure a place.
Canada’s Globe and Mail has published a good profile of George R. R. Martin. The article is no doubt prompted by the fact that GRRM is touring Canada right now.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with a new inclusion in the "Apperances" section, indicating that George will be appearing at Semana Negra—an annual literary festival held in Gijón, Spain—in 2008. A long way off, but that gives plenty of time to start planning the trip.
It’s come to our attention that GRRM will be appearing on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest program. It will be recorded in Vancouver at 16.00 on January 13th, prior to his signing at Chapters at 19.00. Apparently, the program will be before a live audience, so if you’re planning to be in Vancouver that day, you should contact the CBC and try and learn more regarding how to gain admittance.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new material in "From My Readers", and George’s LiveJournal has been updated with a post-New Year’s entry. A notable remark in the latter is that the third Dunk & Egg story needs “a solid week of work” to be completed.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new material in "News", discussing Testors and its forthcoming resin miniatures (previously reported on here), and in the "Cover Art" gallery.
Random House has posted an interview with George from around the time of the publication of A Feast for Crows. It can be found here.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new material in "Cover Art", "From My Readers" and "News". The last of these concerns news related to Subterranean Press’s limited editions of “A Song of Ice and Fire” and GRRM: A RRetrospective, as Subterranean offers a special deal on purchasing both sets of books.
Asimov’s Science Fiction, one of the top SF/F fiction magazines, is holding its annual reader awards for the best works published in their pages. GRRM is nominated in the “Best Novella” category for the story “Shadow Twin”, written in collaboration with Daniel Abrahamson and Gardner Dozois. It’s an excellent story, among other excellent stories in the magazine. Vote now!
The New York Times has published a lengthy profile of GRRM. It’s well worth checking out.
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new material in "Cover Art", "From My Readers" and "What I’m Watching".
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new material in "Cover Art", "From My Readers" and "What I’m Watching".
GRRM’s official site has been updated with new pictures from fans and an updated sample from A Feast for Crows (the second Daenerys chapter; it’s unclear whether any substantial changes have been introduced to previous previews of this chapter). Also, George’s bookselling page has been re-opened.
Locus’s November 2005 issue features GRRM on the cover. Inside, there’s an interview as well as a review of the book. Locus has now released some choice excerpts from the interview on its official website.