Tor Books has announced the dates and locations for Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance book tour! Take a look at the itinerary below for details.
You can also read over 10 chapters from the second volume of the Stormlight Archive right here on Tor.com. Keep an eye on our Stormlight Archive index for more news and sneak peeks at Words of Radiance, out on March 4th from Tor Books.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 / Provo, UT (midnight signing)
12am
BYU Bookstore
Wilkinson Student Center (WSC)
Brigham Young University
University Hill,
Provo, Utah 84602
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 / San Diego, CA
7pm
Mysterious Galaxy
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #302
San Diego, CA 92111
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 / Huntington Beach, CA
7pm
Barnes & Noble #2743
7881 Edinger Avenue
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Thursday, March 6, 2014 / San Francisco, CA
12:30pm
Copperfield’s Books – San Raphael
850 4th St
San Rafael, CA 94901
6pm
Borderlands Books
866 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Friday, March 7, 2014 / Portland, OR
7pm
Powell’s City of Books
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
Saturday, March 8, 2014 / Seattle, WA
12:00pm
University Bookstore
4326 University Way, NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 / Houston, TX
6:30pm
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 / Salt Lake City
6:30pm
The Literacy Promise (educator conference – speaker)
Thursday, March 13, 2014 / Omaha, NE
7:00pm
Barnes & Noble #2662
3333 Oakview Drive
Omaha, NE 68144
Friday, March 14, 2014 / Phoenix, AZ
7pm
The Poisoned Pen
4014 N Goldwater Blvd #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Saturday March 15, 2014 / Tucson, AZ
Tucson Book Festival
10-11am
Building a Mythology (Panel Discussion)
Integrated Learning Center – Room 150
(Brandon Sanderson, Dennis McKiernan, Yvonne Navarro, Sam Sykes; Moderator: Maryelizabeth Hart)
11-11:30am
Signing
Integrated Learning Center – Sales & Signing Area #4
2:30-3:30pm
A Knight, a Zombie and a Klingon Walk into a bar: Writing genre comedy (Panel Discusson)
Integrated Learning Center – Room 150
(MaryJanice Davidson, Gini Koch, Isaac Marion, Brandon Sanderson; Moderator: John Muñoz)
3:30-4pm
Signing
Integrated Learning Center – Sales & Signing Area #4
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 / Lexington, KY
7pm
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
161 Lexington Green Cir B1
Lexington, KY 40503
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 / Dayton, OH
7pm
Books & Company
At The Greene
4453 Walnut Street
Dayton, OH 45440
Thursday, March 20, 2014 / Washington, DC
7pm
Barnes & Noble #2238
7851 L Tyson’s Corner Center
McLean, VA 22102
Friday, March 21, 2014 / Philadelphia, PA
7pm
Towne Book Center & Café
220 Plaza Drive, Suite B-3
Collegeville, PA 19426
Saturday, March 22, 2014 / Chicago, IL / Milwaukee, WI
2pm
Barnes & Noble #2622
55 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, IL 60077
7pm
Boswell Book Company
2559 N Downer Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Never any Florida destinations. :(
No New York or Boston? We read books, too.
But… but… Colorado is RIGHT THERE. Denver is like a 10-hr drive from SLC. :(
Well, I’m glad I got WOK signed when Brandon was here for The Rithmatist tour.
YES! Thank you, Brandon, for always coming home to Nebraska! :-D
No love for Dallas. Always Houston in the middle of the week.
Will wait to see him at JordanCon, I guess.
And wow! talk about a busy March 4th for him and Team Sanderson!
I’ll be at the Virginia signing with bells on!!!!
Seriously, no New England stops again!?!?
@5 I think he’s done like one tour signing in DFW. :( Why all the Houston though. The only people who want to go to Houston were either born there or haven’t been to Houston.
Brandon’s going up the
caffeineCalifornia/Pacific coast like a Highstorm. We’ll have to look into setting up a direct feed from Starbucks to Mysterious Galaxy to keep him awake after the midnight openerWhen will Peter get a turn on one of these trips?
I think Brandon has been to Dallas four times before, and he was in New York two months ago. It’s a big country and he can’t go everywhere on every tour. :(
I’m not going on the tour, thank goodness. All that travel just about kills Brandon and drives his family crazy, so no thanks. I’m planning to go to JordanCon though.
@1 He actually came to Orlando for The Way of Kings tour. I do wish we had something close than D.C. this time around, though.
How do you gain access to these? I know he’s come through the UBookstore in Seattle before, but from my most recent visit there, the reading/signing area in there is TINY, and an author like Brandon is sure to more than fill up the store.
Peter, will the e-book be available for free or at a discount with the purchase of the hardback? I know Brandon has said in the past that he wanted to give the ebook for free for WoR, but I haven’t heard if this is going to happen.
halibulu@12 the UBooks signing is usually at the University Temple Methodist Church, but I can’t tell if they’re doing it there this time or not.
Nathan@13 I haven’t heard from Tor whether they’ll be doing Kindle MatchBook with this book. It’s not something they do regularly; when the program started, they started a pilot experiment with three or four of Brandon’s books, but I don’t know how they feel that has gone.
I have never been to a book signing by one of my favorite authors so I am not quite sure how it works. Chances are I will not have had this book read by the time he rolls through Chicago. I was going to do a re-read of WOK first and finish that before starting WOR. So one question, are there spoilers at these types of events? I am guessing he reads from sections of the book but was just wondering about the spoiler issue. Thank you so much! I can not wait to read this book!
@12 I don’t know about all the venues, but I just googled the venue of interest to me (PA), and saw that they have an RSVP number to call. So maybe the other ones have similar things.
So how is this fitting in with Brandon’s creative writing class? Is the class only half semester?
@17 When I took the class from him years ago he got subs on days he had to miss.
Is he actually doing the signing in Provo at the BYU bookstore? Because it seems to me like it’d get crowded, fast.
Aww no Alabama love? Even something like Nashville would work!
Will Brandon be at JordanCon this year??? Hope hope hope……
See you there, Peter!
@10, Peter A: I’ve just not seen a DFW tour date since I’ve been paying attention (2011). As you said, it’s a big world.
If I still lived in OKC, I would be just as use to the disappointment.
@8: very true! Then when they get hit with the oil smell of the city, they are ready to leave again. :-)
Huntington Beach! Yes! Keep coming to LA – I’m selfish enough to advocate for LA based on the fact that we have a ton of readers here.
@15 I’ve gone to quite a few signings and most people are generally respectful of not giving out spoilers. All the authors I’ve seen won’t talk about spoilerish subjects, but as always there’s the chance someone could let something out. It’s never been a problem I’ve run into before though. I live in the Chicago area so I will be at that signing as well. Hope that helps.
edit: spelling
JHeez15 @15
The rule for book tours so close to the release date is no spoilers. Given the number of chapters Tor has posted as preview material, it may or may not be considered acceptable to ask about those things, but the norm is to lean well toward no reveals that anyone in the audience hasn’t yet read.
All that is from experience of past events, you can be sure that Brandon will define the rules for the event before he begins.
Peter, you should still come so San Diego, if only for the weather. ;-)
No Canadian dates?
Maybe squeeze Vancouver in between Seattle and Houston?
halibulu – The last time he used the space inside the bookstore, it was for The Way of Kings and the space was filled to (way!) overflowing. They put as many chairs in there as they could, and I think they even moved some stuff out of the way, to squeeze more in, but… since then they’ve been (as Peter said) across the street at the Methodist church. They’re usually ticketed, because ubooks has to rent the space; last time (Steelheart) the tickets were $5, or free if you bought your book at any ubooks location.
Come! come! come! I will be there in master-servant garb. :)
As others have said, don’t stay away from a signing for fear of spoilers. Brandon is generally pretty clear right up front that there are to be NO SPOILERS in the general Q&A, and anyone who reveals anything by their question is subject to lynching by people who haven’t finished yet. :) Spoiler questions have to be saved for the signing line, and even there, I’ve often seen him look around and ask if everyone in earshot has finished the book before he answers.
Peter… you really should come to Seattle… ;) (but, you know, maybe not in March… I can understand that…)
It is literally impossible for the DC-area signing to be any more convenient for me. Can’t wait!
DavidL, you sleep in the B&N?
No, but I do drive past it every day at quarter to seven.
Wetlander: Someday I need to go visit my sister in University Place again. Haven’t been there since right before my oldest niece was born.
Glad to see that Brandon is coming back to Omaha, NE!
Does Brandon need another Runza? LOL!
Hamburglar53
I think DavidL’s got you there.
San Diego event not quite that easy for me (NOT complaining!), but Mysterious Galaxy is less than 2 miles out of the way of my commute. The harder part is getting off work before 7.
@PeterAhlstrom
I was looking through Brandon’s tour dates and saw that he was going to be in Colorado Springs in the next week, but for a writing conference. Is he planning on doing a signing as well (or just need a tour guide for interesting things around the area)? ;-) It’s my hometown, and it would be a shame not to see him, but I understand if the schedule is too much.
Oh, well. The Steelheart tour took place literally on the block of my family’s piano school. Now, I have a forty five minute trip to San Francisco I must wheather in order to get my Sanderson fix.
Then again, I haven’t been out to the city in a while. This should be fun.
Never a trip to Canada either… Boo
“Never a trip to Canada”? He was in Canada on the AMoL tour one year ago.
It’s true. Toronto and Vancouver. I’m crossing my fingers for a Winnipeg stop next tour though. Nebraska is closer than either Toronto or Vancouver to us Canadian prairie folk!
Woo hoo – another Houston signing! Maybe I can make this one… It’s amusing to see the envy from the Dallasites @5 and @8 :-) Anyone know if MBTB is going to have the same signing policy that they usually do (must buy the book from them in order to get a signed copy)?
Brandon will be in Calgary in August at When Words Collide…but I see Omaha is still closer to Winnipeg than that.
The Houston signing is ticketed. The Murder by the Book site says this: “A copy of Words of Radiance must be purchased in order to get a line number and get anything signed. We will start giving out numbers on Tuesday, March 04.”
Fantastic! Phoenix always feels like the red-headed stepchild of cities, but even we will be getting the Sanderson Highstorm!
Ugh…why is March 4 SO FAR AWAY?
@ZenBossa or The Allknowing Peter
Do you know the policy for signing at “The Poison Pen” in Phoenix? I’ve already preordered my copy elsewhere but I could always buy a different book of his there.
During the Steelheart tour, I went to the signing in Manhattan to get my copy signed. I really wanted to have TWoK signed, but I couldn’t find the hardcover locally to buy. I should’ve bought it online, I waited too long, no one was selling it. I don’t buy hardcovers anymore… most everything I read now is on Kindle. But this is the first time in a long time that I want to buy a hardcover just to have it signed. So now, I’ve got TWoK hardcover, and will be buying the TWoR from the bookstore in Philly. Only an hour away from home!
@PeterAhlstrom, did you see my question at #34?
43. Hamburglar53
I was actually just wondering the same thing. My copy is coming via Amazon… but does that mean I can still get it signed ?
Hamburglar & Zen – You can always call or email the bookstore and ask what their policy is. That way you’d know for sure. :)
Thanks WetlanderNW.
I will be sure to do that.
Woot!! So excited. I will be seeing you @Wetlandernw at the Seattle signing again this year. I am bringing even more friends this time.
Karaokeang!! Woot! See you soon. :) Friends – friends are good! (I’m pretty pumped for this event…) I’ll probably be doing the same thing I did last fall. :)
How many different books does Brandon typically bring with him to sell, when he does signings? The bookstore in Phoenix requires you to buy something, to get something signed, and there are very few Sanderon books I don’t own. And I don’t really want to wait two weeks until I get Words of Radiance!
Zen, did they specify that it had to be a Sanderson book? Often, they’ll be happy if you just buy some book from them. Pick up something by Brent Weeks or Patrick Rothfuss. :)
Thanks, Wetlander, I will try that. There are a number of books I have been thinking about getting.
Also, if the bookstore is close to you, you can buy the book at the bookstore the day it comes out, save your receipt, and bring it the day of the signing.
hihosilver@28: I did check about this, and Brandon’s schedule the one day he’ll be in Colorado Springs is too packed with the conference to do anything off-site. Sorry!
One of these days I will see a signing tour come through St. Louis. Just you wait. It will happen. And more than likely when it does, I’ll be out of town.
Hey, Jules P.S. @@@@@ 38! Winterpeg, eh? Me too, me too!
We’ve got at least a few fellow fans just over into Saskatchewan, also. Cheers!
Woot! San Diego on day one! Thank you Brandon!
No locations in the South huh? Not even Atlanta??
Brandon will be in Atlanta in April for JordanCon. That costs more than a signing (since signings are free), but JordanCon will also have Pat Rothfuss.
We will be heading to Newport the same day Brandon is in Portland. Oh so tempting. If only it was on the way.
Colorado misses Brandon!
I wish you would come to NY!!!
Hopefully in the future they could tie in Tulsa, OK…. One can dream.
Taking the day off for the VA signing. I’ll have the book n three formats by then. Audible, Kindle and Hardcover.