On Feb 17, Dreaming Spies hits the shelves. As with the last few books, I’ll do daily blog posts from now until pub day, talking about various aspects of the book. There will be NO SPOILERS, I promise, other than telling you that the book takes place partly in Japan and partly in England. None of…
Read More19 January 1915 My aunt is a perfect virtuoso of the arts of delay. Under our roof the immoveable object has spent the last week meeting the irresistible object…and it has moved. The delays of bank signatures and explanations, and the troubles of wartime shortages, and the foul weather, and the increased risk of German invasion…
Read More[Coming soon: a 2016 Russellscape contest. Stay tuned…] At the center of Dreaming Spies is a book— A folding book of illustrated poems, some eight inches tall and three and a half wide, with a slip-case to hold it. When stretched out, it forms a panorama of the very road you travelled along to get…
Read MoreReady for the Twitter party? Got your tweeds and brogues stashed for the walk home across the Downs? Not on Twitter? Well, feel free to be a wallflower in the corner, trying to keep track of the fast dash of witty conversation as the guests get increasingly tipsy on Holmes’ honey wine and the sake…
Read MoreOkay, so every so often we do things on the site just for the fun of it. Here’s one of them: It’s a party, hosted by Russell & Holmes, inviting you (via Twitter) to join them in Sussex tomorrow. Or if you’d rather, you can just look on and watch the fun. These parties are…
Read MoreSo many lovely images, when it comes to a book about Japan in the Twenties. Random House are having fun with it, designing cards for us to send to all our friends– –and today I opened a Pinterest page to go with the excerpts you’ve been reading. Today’s images are at the book’s beginnings, and…
Read More12 January 1915 My determination to demonstrate maturity is tried hourly. My aunt has an incredible talent for getting under my guard, or perhaps it’s more a matter of finding a sensitive spot with her prodding finger. Maybe if she did not resemble Mother… I gather my patience to me and keep repeating myself: firmly,…
Read MoreIt’s been another fantastic BSI weekend here in ([bloody cold]) New York City. Thursday after a lunch (French onion soup, nice and hot. Did I mention that it’s been cold here?) with the Random House Team Laurie, including editorial, publicity, and marketing, that was enthusiastic and energetic and warm (sensing a theme here?) the BSI…
Read MoreI’m off to New York today, so I, a Central Coast native and weather wimp, would appreciate any warm thoughts you can send that city’s way. And if you’re within striking distance of Manhattan, come out and see me on Saturday when I’ll be signing copies of In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, in, well,…
Read MoreWhee–a third gorgeous card from your friends at Random House, who are getting pretty excited about Dreaming Spies. This one doesn’t make specific reference to any birthday, but we all know whose birthday it is today, don’t we? That’s right: Happy 161st, Mr Holmes!
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