Contests
Twenty Weeks of Puzzzzzzle
Oh, I am so glad I don’t have to prove myself on these puzzles contributed by readers! This one is made up of ten titles of my books and 24 character names, which can be found in any direction: up, down, or diagonal, and written either backwards or forwards. The clues will be posted on…
Read MoreWeek Three of Twenty: a Sherlock Holmes contest!
For various reasons too complicated to go into here, the date ascribed to Sherlock Holmes for a birthday is Jan 6, or Epiphany. Every year on a weekend close to that date the Baker Street Irregulars travel to New York (and London—and since some wish to participate in both, the NY and London weekends trade…
Read MoreWeek 2, Twenty Weeks of Buzz
This is week 2 of the Word is, people look at blogs for a number of reasons. Pure entertainment, perhaps, or simple information is another, or even that ineffable search for human contact among the electrons, a desire for community and like minds. The idea behind this year’s Twenty Weeks of Buzz is to bring…
Read MoreBooks and dream libraries
Laraine was the winner of the signed copy of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley. We’re discussing the book this month over at the Virtual Book Club, and Alan will join us—or, me, for a discussion towards the end of the month. In the meantime, here in the UK I…
Read MoreSweetness? Sweet!
The Virtual Book Club, which I started in early 2007, has now worked its way through all the books in the LRK canon and a number of related novels and non-fiction works. So in September, we begin anew, only with a difference: We’ll do the occasional month of “The Writer as Reader” where I choose…
Read MoreName that baby!
You thought that once the Fifteen Weeks of Bees were over, we’d be finished with contests, right? Ah no, we’re just beginning. How creative are you feeling? Well, sharpen those pencils and wits, kids, because Laurie needs a title. That’s right, The Green Man just doesn’t do it. As a working title, sure, because it’s about…
Read MoreFifteen Weeks, at an end
As of today, the Fifteen Weeks of Bees is officially over. We opened its doors on the first of February, and thanks to the concerted efforts of a large number of highly competent and hard-working women (some of whom were not even related to me, although by now they may feel they are) we kept…
Read MoreMary Russell’s MyStory
Today is the first Tuesday in Fifteen Weeks that Mary Russell hasn’t had a new blog post over at her MySpace page. Instead, we have this. And a year from now, more or less, we’ll be giving a copy of the hardback of The Green Man to someone who illustrates the miniature book made from…
Read MoreFifteen Weeks Wrap-up
Congratulations to Mary Turner, the winner of last week’s drawing from those who donated any amount to Heifer International through the Team LRK page. Mary won copies of the two brand new trade paperback editions of Mary Russell novels numbers 5 and 6 from Bantam Books as well as an ARC of The Language of…
Read MoreRussellscape winner
Please excuse the suspense — all of the Russellscape entries were so great, it took me a while to consult my panel of expert judges and pick a winner. In the end, we decided on Sara McClelland for her illustration of The Language of Bees (number 18 on the Russellscape page) as well as her…
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