Events
The Great PNW Library Extravaganza
Okay, what is it with the libraries in Washington state? They are uniformly fabulous, with uniformly fabulous people in charge. They even have amazing names! Take yesterday: I fly into SeaTac and am met by the coordinator of adult programming for Kitsap County, whose name is Chapple Langemack. We then go to lunch with the…
Read MoreLaurie’s Libraries (WA edition)
As part of the 20th anniversary Laurie Loves Libraries extravaganza, I’m packing my bags for a Pacific Northwest Literary storm, due to hit WA tomorrow. That’s right, Thursday, March 14: 2:00 at the Renton library; 4:40 on the Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry; 7:00 at the library in Bremerton, continuing Friday at 10:00 in Poulsbo. Whew! Surely…
Read MoreLaurie Loves Libraries, cont.
Tonight I’ll be continuing my 20th anniversary celebration with an event at the Vacaville Town Square Library in Vacaville, CA. (You can download a flyer here.) Hope to see you there, but if you can’t make it, you can still enter your favorite library for this week’s book drawing by clicking here.
Read MoreTen Weeks of Library Love
If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll come out and join me tonight at the Santa Clara City Library for the opening of the LRK ten weeks of library love, a celebration of all things library in honor of the twentieth anniversary of A Grave Talent. Hope to see you there!
Read MoreA party!
This Sunday is the annual garden party at the Sussex home of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. But before you get out the car or book tickets, let me tell you that it’s all online, and all in the communal imagination. That’s right: a Twitter party. Russell and Holmes have done this twice before, only…
Read MoreMalic-ious Laurie!
Malice Domestic is an annual conference held in Bethesda, MD, dedicated to the traditional mystery, gentle on its surface but roiling with deadly currents beneath. And guess who’s just been named next year’s guest of honor? Guest of Honor: Laurie R. King Toastmaster: Laura Lippman Lifetime Achievement: Aaron Elkins Malice Remembers: Dick Francis International Guest…
Read MoreThere was a library in Syracuse…
Rosamond Gifford was the only child of a wealthy lawyer, who inherited a fortune in 1917, invested it with care, and left a greater fortune when she died in 1953. The first grant of the Rosamond Gifford Trust was a set of incubators for premature babies; her most recent grant brought me to Syracuse to…
Read MoreNQKing lecture
Last year we began our series of lectures on religious topics named in memory of my husband, who taught comparative religion in California and before that in Africa. Please join us for the 2012 Noel King Memorial Lecture, next Thursday at UC Santa Cruz. This year’s discussion is centered on the ethics and religious implications…
Read MoreWhile I pondered, weak and weary…
My ‘hood Santa Cruz is reading Poe, during October! I’ve been asked to speak at the opening of the community read on Saturday, but there’s a number of quaint and curious events going on during the month–here. And just take a look at these posters–or rather, Poesters:
Read MoreSt Louis, Denver, & New York (Times)
Since Thursday, I’ve been in St Louis for BoucherCon, the World Mystery Conference, along with 1600 or so other writers, editors, publicists, future writers, and just plain fans. BoucherCon is a mixed conference, as much for fans as for people looking to learn something about the craft and the industry, and it’s often the only…
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