Question: george rr martin the winds of winter release date

title: The Winds of Winter
text: On January 10 , 2017 , Martin announced on his blog in a response to a comment that he believed that The Winds of Winter will be released `` this year '' , referring to 2017 . However , he also noted that he had believed the same thing would occur the previous year . He confirmed on his blog that he was still working on The Winds of Winter as of July 22 , 2017 , being `` still months away '' from finishing the book . He also indicated that it may not be published until 2018 or later , with Fire & Blood , the book on the history of House Targaryen , possibly preceding it . In April 2018 , Martin confirmed on his blog that Fire and Blood would be published November 20 , 2018 , and The Winds of Winter would not be published in 2018 . In June and again in August 2018 , he confirmed he 's continuing work on The Winds of Winter . 

Answer: answer: The Winds of Winter would not be published in 2018 . In June and again in August 2018 , he confirmed he 's continuing work on The Winds of Winter .
answer: On January 10, 2017, Martin announced that he believed that The Winds of Winter would be released "this year". In July he confirmed to being "still month away" from finishing the book. In April 2018 he confirmed that The Winds of Winter would not be published in 2018.