conferences
Laurie’s Adventures in BEEKEEPERing
Well, April was certainly busy. Two conferences, two Beekeeper’s 30th celebrations, all the flights and hotels and chatter those involve—and, I even wrote a bunch of new words. Not here on Mutterings, unfortunately, maybe I should fix that. As you may know, last year I decided to celebrate the anniversary of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice with…
Read More2024!
Welcome to 2024: New year, new calendar, new thoughts. I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, but around this time last year, I said that I wanted to focus on what has come to be known as “Swedish death-cleaning”—a rather noir term for dealing with all that stuff your kids won’t have any idea what to…
Read MoreLeft Coast Laurie
Saturday (Feb 27) is a day-long celebration of great mysteries from Left Coast Crime. LCC is one of my favorite conferences, intimate and exciting, and I HATE that I can’t meet up in the bar. Left Coast was my last outing before the world shut down last year…sigh. Here’s your chance to spend the day…
Read MoreBoucherCon, LRK-style
The panel schedule is out for Bouchercon (here) so I thought I’d let you know where I’ll be. You can find me wandering the hallways, always willing to chat with fans-and-friends and I’ll be dropping in at the Mystery Writers of America table, but more formally, I’ll be at— Thursday morning, in the book room…
Read MoreBoucherCons I have loved
Ah, BoucherCon. So many memories. I wrote about some of them, over the years. Such as: The Vegas Con: just… surreal. Washington, DC, a month after 9/11, and the comfort of friends. Albany, NY: my birthday, in a post-apocalytic setting… …with good friends… And you can’t get better than being a Con’s guest of honor,…
Read MoreThe World of BoucherCon
BoucherCon, the Mystery Conference named to honor Anthony Boucher, takes place every fall. This year’s, the 50th, will be in Dallas. I’ve been to going to BoucherCons since before I was published, starting with London in 1990—and when I count them up, I’m astonished to find adds up to twenty-one of them! I’ve been to gatherings…
Read MoreFun with adverts
One of the fun things we do here in Team LRK is put together ads and images for various projects. I toss down some words and ideas, then Robert the Photoshop King tries to make sense of them. We always go back and forth a hundred times, but we always end up with something I…
Read MoreLeft Coast Laurie
Left Coast Crime is coming, in Vancouver, BC—yahoo! And although any crime conference is mostly about the schmoozing in the bar or over coffee, there are panels. And I do have a couple of those. One on religion, and the other because Island of the Mad is nominated for a Lefty Historical award, which is really lovely: Religion…
Read MoreSinCing into a Retreat
I’m in Victoria, BC for a retreat with my Canadian Sisters in Crime. Not that they’re all Canadian, because there seem to be a fair number of folk from south of the border. And not that they’re all Sisters, since my friend Jim Ziskin is here (male Sisters are generally termed Misters, in SinC lingo.)…
Read MoreMe and BCon
The gathering of the Tribes of Mystery takes place in Toronto this year, from October 12-15. BoucherCon is the granddaddy of mystery conferences, with nearly four full days of multiple events simultaneously. If you’re looking for one Laurie King, you’ll find her at these panels: Thursday 2:30-3:30, Anatomy of Innocence (Grand Centre) Friday 5-6, interviewing…
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