Overview

• At Poland’s Opole Book Festival, Sapkowski defended Martin’s prolonged work on The Winds of Winter by highlighting the creative dilemma posed when a TV adaptation outpaces its source material.
• He called HBO’s decision to go beyond published books “indecent” and said he would lose the will to write if his own work were preempted by an adaptation.
• Sapkowski contrasted his own productivity by assuring fans he will write new Witcher tales and teasing “when I say I’ll write something, I will.”
• His latest Witcher novel, Crossroads of Ravens, will release internationally on September 30, 2025, while Netflix’s The Witcher is in production for a fourth season.
• Martin has described The Winds of Winter as “the curse of my life,” leaving fans in limbo after Game of Thrones concluded without his final two novels.