This week marks 13 years since the publication of A Dance with Dragons, the latest book in A Song of Ice and Fire.

Since then the Game of Thrones TV show has come and gone, while George RR Martin still has two novels in the series to go.

The Winds of Winter is up next and now the 75-year-old author has addressed rumours surrounding its release in his latest blog post.

The writer shared how he’s about to travel to the UK for the “longest trip we’ve taken in a while”.

Aside from visiting…