A review and an award ballot

Hannah Williams wrote a great Wingfeather review for Speculative Faith awhile back. Here's a snippet:

Andrew Peterson is perhaps first known as a songwriter and singer, and his talents there translate beautifully onto the pages of a novel. Everything he writes touches something inside us, whether it reawakens the wonder and excitement of childhood, or the deep void of loss, or the shuddering sense of revulsion.

Click here to continue reading. Thank you, Hannah!

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Speaking of SpecFaith, the first-ever Silmarillion Awards are in their voting phase this week. Wingfeather has several finalists. :-) Click here to vote. (Careful, though—there are spoilers in at least one category.) Voting is open through Thursday.

Iggyfeather fan art from Aria

Check out these sweet drawings from a "fellow nerd and Iggyfeather." Wow—I cannot get over their faces! And the last one—now I want to read the whole graphic novel. Thanks for sharing these, Aria. Andrew loved your email. :-)

Pennybridge

Look what Andrew found for us in Sweden:

Remember, love. You are Cadwick, blacksmith of Pennybridge. You are in my heart, and my heart will wait for your return.

Next week, the Petersons' travels take them from Sweden to Norway, where they will need to be on the lookout for trolls. If they find any, you can be sure that Andrew will post photos on his Instagram account, where he's chronicling their trip. (His travelogue currently includes a giant key, an ancient rune stone, good friends, and some ruins—plus this portal into Anniera.)

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Fantasy News: Best Friend, Most Nefarious Villain, Strangest Character—these are three of the ten categories in the brand-new Silmarillion Awards, hosted by Speculative Faith. So fun. Check them out!

"My Love Has Gone Across the Sea" by Trio Paradiso

Trio Paradiso Music, a flute/piano/violin ensemble from Roseville, California, recorded their own version of Andrew and Skye's song. Joining them is Jennifer Carlton on vocals. This is beautiful, ladies. Thank you!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C0XWtFzfIFQTrio Paradiso is:Bailey Gillespie: PianoAllison Fisher: Flute (and accordion)Aubrey Fisher: Violin

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Andrew and his family are off on a huge adventure—a summer tour of Sweden, Norway, and the UK! He's promised to Instagram the whole trip, so be sure to follow him there. And if you're anywhere near one of the shows, he'd love to meet you. Check out their tour dates at his music site!

A Wingfeather alphabet book

Remember the fifth-grade class in Buenos Aires who sent Andrew the Handyball videos? They finished reading the first book and made their own glossary of many important names and terms. It's so fun. :-) My favorite page is U.(If you haven't finished reading the first book, you will find a few spoilers in here.)ABC's of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

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Forum updates: The forum has a few new topics in it, and a brand-new subforum just for animated series chatter! No tea today—sorry; it's hot out and we've switched to chilled cider and berry bibes. :-)

Kickstarter update #22: The beginnings of a Wingfeather Tale

Featherheads—for you must know that this is now our official title—something magical is happening on a porch in Tennessee. :-)https://www.instagram.com/p/BGe7obyI3AO/

CCM: Andrew and Randall

Andrew and his good friend Randall Goodgame of Slugs & Bugs are on this month's cover of CCM Magazine. In the interview they talked about what it's like to be parents while on the road, how they do music and stories with their families, and other dadly things.

Make sure your kids know that you like them.—AP

Read the rest of the interview here.

The Andrew Birthday Project, 2016

Last year for our dear author's birthday, we held a surprise party in the forum and subjected him to a recounting of the many ways we are grateful for him. That was SO fun, guys. There's nothing happier than pouncing upon a person we love and informing them of their loveliness.This year, let's do something similar. But instead of telling Andrew what we appreciate about him, let's show him how we've enjoyed his world and his stories. I propose a fan art project wherein we each imagine ourselves into the story.Draw a picture¹ of yourself as a character or creature or cloven of Aerwiar. Then, send it to him, either via physical mail or as a photo attachment in an email. You can find mailing instructions on the Art By You page.

Andrew's birthday is on Saturday (although you may certainly send him things after that). Let's help make it awesome. :-)

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¹Or, if you're not the drawing type (and I promise, Andrew will still love a drawing by you no matter what), you can do another creative activity (Play-Doh sculpture? Poem or song? Fiction-snippet? Cosplay?) that shows you living in his world.