In the twenty years since The Beekeeper’s Apprentice introduced Mary Russell to the world, many questions have been raised about the good lady, and about her relationship with Sherlock Holmes, her religious beliefs, her Oxford college, what kind of car she drives—and just where on the Sussex Downs is that house of hers, anyway? In a fervent…
Read MoreWe 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 MoreToday’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 MoreThe Mary Russell Companion is many things to many people: research tool (What year did “Mrs Hudson’s Case” take place?); source of amusement (Fernando Pessoa, pirate!); extended, free-form Laurie R. King novel (gasp: the Memoirs, fiction? Never!). Tirade against accusers..? A Protest: Russell and the Mary Sues Since the Memoirs first began to appear,…
Read MoreToday we’re celebrating twenty years of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, when Mary Russell was introduced to the world and her “author” (or—editor?) Laurie R. King encountered the joys and madness of a fan community. Yes, I’m talking about you guys. Today also marks the sale date for the gorgeous new Picador hardback: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Twentieth Anniversary…
Read MoreTomorrow, Picador books publishes the shiny new Twentieth Anniversary edition of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, with a new foreword by yours truly (author, or editor?? Only Mary Russell knows for sure…) To mark the day, I’m giving you a sample of the annotated Beekeeper’s Apprentice from my own electronic volume, The Mary Russell Companion. When I was…
Read MoreAfter a slow beginning, this next twelvemonth is heating up when it comes to events. June 29030, ALA conference, Las Vegas. I’m sitting the Sisters in Crime booth Sunday, then talking to Sherlockians and at the Author Tea on Monday. If you’re a librarian, I’ll see you there! July 24-27, in Corte Madera, the Book…
Read MoreA quick reminder: the penultimate library drawing for a Russell Book Club in a Box will be tomorrow, so if your library holds book clubs and if you haven’t sent us their name already, do so now by clicking here. * * I was in England recently, and spent a spectacularly lovely day in Oxford,…
Read MoreThe 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 MoreAll the Russells are now in the UK! Laurie’s British publisher, the fabulous Allison & Busby, has finally completed the list of Mary Russell novels in beautiful new paperback covers.
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