George R R Martin has again poured cold water on hopes for a near‑term release date for The Winds of Winter, telling a podcast in November 2023 that he has made no 'substantial' progress on the long‑awaited novel since earlier updates in 2022, despite rumours it could arrive in 2026.
The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire saga and the first since 2011's A Dance with Dragons, still has 'several hundred pages left' to be written, according to Martin and his publishers.
