The Fifteen Weeks are drawing to a close, but we still have some of the best and biggest prizes and events yet to come. This Friday we’ll do our first drawing from those who have donated to Heifer International through the Team LRK page, and the lucky donor will win the brand new Bantam paperback…
Read MoreToday I return to the Left Coast. I will be at Vroman’s in Pasadena tonight, and tomorrow with my dear friends at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale. I hope you will join me there. If you prefer your book tours virtual, I am stopping in at the excellent blog Mystery Fanfare today, where I…
Read MoreI hope I may be forgiven for bringing out my drum for a little patter, but- THE LANGUAGE OF BEES IS NUMBER SIX ON THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS’ LIST AND NUMBER NINE ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST!!! I’m enormously grateful to all of you who helped on the various Fifteen Weeks of Bees efforts,…
Read MoreAs I said the other day, when it comes to being a travelling companion, my GPS/SatNav, whom I call GyPSy Rose, is a bit unfulfilling. However I have to say that, as a servant, she is nothing short of incredible. Most of us live in a society where servants are a theoretical or fictional entity.…
Read MoreThank you to everyone who came by to say hi in Baltimore last night. I hope the kind people near Richmond, VA will do the same tonight when I visit the Meadowdale Library. I will also be at the Harvard Coop Bookstore on Thursday evening, along with Les Klinger. Hope to see you there. (Details…
Read MoreThe winners of last week’s Letters of Mary Fan Fiction contest were: 1. Laughing Beekeeper by Yolanda 2. My Virgil by Canzonett 3. A Pause in the Journey by Roseriter Congratulations to all three of you, and thank you to everyone who submitted their fan fiction stories. To read all of the story submissions, visit…
Read MoreThank you to everyone who came out to the Cleveland Park library on a rainy afternoon yesterday and made it such a grand success. And I hope to see more of you at the SW Anchor library in Baltimore this afternoon. ___________ As I mentioned, I have a travelling companion. She is small and dark,…
Read MoreTomorrow I will be in Baltimore at the Enoch Pratt Library. If you can, please join me there. And now, a recap of my Saturday… **** 4:50—wake up when people in the adjoining room thoughtfully watch early morning cartoons half an hour before intended alarm clock klaxon. Repress temptation to pound on wall, instead take…
Read MoreIn 1887, an ill-employed medical doctor sat in his empty office and wrote a story as he waited for patients to come. The lights he wrote by were jets of burning gas coming out of the wall with a sconce set on top; the methods of transportation available to him were horse, train, bicycle, or…
Read MoreHere is a picture of myself and Jenny Sterlin, the voice of the Mary Russell audio books, at the April 29 event in New York (courtesy of Laidee Marjorie). If you have photos from any of LRK’s Language of Bees events, please share them with us! (Click on the photo to enlarge.)
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