Contests
Russellscape, redux!
[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 MoreExcerpts, contests, giveaways–and takeoffs
I’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 MoreAnd the winners are…
We have had (for those of you with short attention spans and/or memory loss) two contests celebrating both April’s National Library Week and Mary Russell’s 20th birthday (Miss Russell’s popularity over this score of years also owing much to the enthusiasm of libraries.) The first celebration was Book Club in a Box, weekly drawings of Russell…
Read MoreLives Change @ Mary Russell
Today’s your last day to tell me “How The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Changed my Life” or: “When I First Met Mary Russell, She…” This year’s celebration of libraries, whose theme for National Library Week this year has been: Lives Change @ Your Library. (And yes, there will be Extra Points Given for a mention of libraries…
Read MoreContest of wits–and heart
The contest is heating up! AND NOW WITH A SPECIAL RUNNER-UP EDITION! (SEE BELOW!) “How The Beekeeper’s Apprentice Changed my Life.” or: “When I First Met Mary Russell, She…” Drawing, essay, short story, poem. Video, embroidered pillow, decorated cake—though if it’s perishable, big, or even just beloved, why not just send in some photographs? The…
Read MoreReader talent wins!
Every year, LRK—and her readers!—celebrate National Library Week and our love for libraries with a contest. The theme of 2012 was “Thrills in the Stacks”. 2013 (LRK’s 20th anniversary as a writer) was, “If a Martian asked me what a ‘library’ was…” (That fabulous winning story, by our own fabulous Sabrina We-Knew-Her-When Flynn) is…
Read MoreThe English Russells
Would you like a complete set of Mary Russell novels? You know, Mary Russell, whose first Memoir, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, was published twenty years ago this spring? What if they were the gorgeous UK Russells? And maybe, hardbacks? (I’ll even toss in the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, as well!) If you’d like this pile…
Read MoreThis week I’ve…
This week I: – Sent Dreaming Spies in to my editor, waited a day, and received back word that she adores it, that it’s the most perfect thing I’ve ever written, and that perhaps more to the point, she’s going to send me a check. – Finished my parts of The Mary Russell Companion, coming to…
Read MoreA box of Russells goes to…
The first drawing for one library’s Book Club in a Box will be Friday. Have you nominated your favorite library for this book club’s worth of Russells? Send their name to info@laurierking.com with the subject line Library, and–good luck, this or the next six giveaways!
Read MoreLives change @ your library.
And a very Happy National Library Week to you! The theme of this year’s American Library Association celebration is Lives change @ your library. So that’s what Team LRK is celebrating as well. As you must know by now, I love libraries. I use libraries by the cubic meter, by the hundredweight, by the hour. …
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